Double click a layer’s thumbnail in the Layer palette to open the Layer Style dialog. Here you can add a style such as a pattern overlay or drop shadow to your layer.
Wednesday, December 12th, 2012
Trevor’s Quick Illustrator Tip – Duplicate, Drag, and repeat
When you need to make a duplicate of an object without copying and pasting it you can do so. With the object selected hold down Alt as you click and drag to where you want the copied object to go. To do it again without having to click and drag, press Ctrl + D on a PC or Command + D on a Mac – it’s the command to repeat the previous action. Repeat as often as required.
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Friday, December 7th, 2012
Trevor Quick Photoshop Tip – Duplicate a Layer
Original photo by: Falk Schaaf
Need an exact copy of a layer? Select the layer – click the layer in the Layer palette – not the thumbnail and press Ctrl + J on a PC and Command + J on a Mac. The new layer will appear above the original layer and will have “copy” added to the original layer name.
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Wednesday, December 5th, 2012
Trevor’s Quick Illustrator Tip – Rotate Objects
Angle of your object not right? You can rotate it by selecting the object, hover just outside one of the bounding boxes corners. Your cursor will change to a curved double headed arrow and when it does you can rotate the object by clicking and dragging it until you get the perfect rotation..
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Friday, November 30th, 2012
Trevor’s Quick Photoshop Tip – Entire Layer a Selection
original photo by: Gisela Royo
To select the content on just one layer of your image to work on it or to make a mask from it, Ctrl + Click on the layer thumbnail on a PC (Command + Click on the Mac). Once the contents of that layer is selected you can work with it.
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Wednesday, November 28th, 2012
Trevor’s Quick Photoshop Tip – Resize an image
original Photo By: Gisela Royo
To resize the content on a layer or an object in Photoshop CS6 bring up the bounding box or transform controls by pressing Ctrl + T on a PC or Command + T on a Mac. When the controls appear you can drag on them to resize the object. To resize the background layer of an image you’ll first have to transform it to a regular layer by double clicking it in the layer palette and click Ok.
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Friday, November 23rd, 2012
Trevor’s Quick Illustrator Tip – Edit in a Group
When you want to edit a specific part of a group of shapes without ungrouping everything to do so double click the grouped shape to enter isolation mode. Now select the object that you want to edit and make your changes. When you’re done double click outside the grouped shapes to exit isolation mode. This works for groups contained within groups as well.
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Wednesday, November 21st, 2012
Trevor’s Quick Photoshop Tip – Change your Units of measure
original photo by: John De Boer
Need to change the units of measure on your rulers from pixels to inches or vice versa? To do this, right click on either of the rulers and select the measurement you’d like to use. Options include Pixels, Inches, Centimeters, Millimeters, Points, Picas and Percent. Bonus tip – this works in Illustrator too.
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Wednesday, November 14th, 2012
Trevor’s Quick Illustrator Tip – Groups
When working with Multiple Shapes to make one image it’s good to be able to resize or edit them together. To Group them all together, begin by selecting everything to be grouped and press Ctrl + G on a PC or Command + G on a Mac. To ungroup them press Ctrl + Shift + G.
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Friday, November 9th, 2012
Trevor’s Quick Photoshop Tip – Toggle Display of Rulers
Photo by: John De Boer
To make your Rulers display along the left and top of an image Ctrl + R on a PC or Command + R on a Mac. To make the Rulers disappear, simply press the keystroke shortcut again. Bonus tip – this works in Illustrator too.
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