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The Burning & Dodging Swatches make burning and dodging easier when using Gray Brushes.

Burning & Dodging Swatches

Hard & Soft Round Brushes is a library of the most used brushes.

Hard& Soft Round Brushes

The Palette Bin Shortcuts Key (PC Only) can be trimmed and placed above the "F" keys on your keyboard.

Palette Bin Shortcuts Key (Windows Only) (PDF)

Place this shortcuts list next to your computer for quick reference.

Shortcuts (PDF)

Drawing

Drop Shadows

E-mailing Photographs

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Sampling Isn't Sampling

Saving Files

Selection Tools >

Selection Tools Flow Chart >

1 - Introduction

2 - Tips

3 - Three Uses >

Introduction

Use #1: Cookie Cutter

Use #2: Stencil

Use #3: Blue Masking Tape

Two Categories of Selection Tools:

4 - Magic >

Introduction

Magic Wand Tool

Magic Wand Tool & Tolerance

Magic Selection Brush Tool (4.0 & 5.0)

Quick Selection Tool (6.0)

5 - Mechanical >

Introduction

Marquee Tool Family

Lasso Tool Family

Selection Brush

Selecting Hair

Selecting Tones >

Introduction

Grad. Tone Selections w/ Luminosity Masks

Shadows or Highlights Selections

Tone Selections with a Gradient Map

Selection Brush Mop

Still More >

Can't See the Cursor Easily?

Can't See the Marching Ants?

Centering a Selection

Jettison Your Mouse

Multiple Selections

Rounded Corners

Selecting Text

Moving Selections

Saving Selections

Which Selection Tool?

Serial Numbers

Sharpening >

1 - Sharpening Introduction

2 - Telephone Pole Example

Methods >

Adjust Sharpness

High-pass Filter >

1 - High-pass Filter Sharpening

2 - Selective High-pass Filter Sharpening

Quick Fix Sharpening

Unsharp Mask >

1 - Unsharp Mask Sharpening

2 - Amount, Radius, & Threshold

3 - Selective Unsharp Mask Sharpening

4 - Why Is It Called Unsharp Mask Sharpening?

More >

Experiment with Gray Boxes

Sharpening Methods Compared With Step Wedges

Sharpening Software

Theory >

1 - How the Unsharp Mask Sharpening Works

2 - Unsharp Mask Sharpening Math

3 - Colors, Too

Shortcuts

Simulating Curves with a Gradient Map

Size & Resolution >

Article

Change the Size >

1 - Image Size Window

2 - Change a Dimension

3 - Resolution

4 - More

5 - Even More

Calculators

Which Resolution? >

1 - Print Size & Viewing Distance

2 - Other Factors

Skies - Darken with Gradients

Spot Color

Spot Focus

Status Bar

Step Wedge

Straighten Tool

Subject Matter Isn't Important

Swatches >

Basics

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