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Refine Edge

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Anonymous, 31 July 2009 11:32

Refine Edge can be found in Photoshop CS3 and CS4 and provides a sophisticated way of improving the quality of selection edges. It also allows you to view a selection against different backgrounds to make the adjustments easier to see. Five sliders control inside Refine Edge Radius Slider: Increase the Radius to create a more exact selection boundary in areas ...

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Refine Edge

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Anonymous, 31 July 2009 11:32

Refine Edge can be found in Photoshop CS3 and CS4 and provides a sophisticated way of improving the quality of selection edges. It also allows you to view a selection against different backgrounds to make the adjustments easier to see. Five sliders control inside Refine Edge Radius Slider: Increase the Radius to create a more exact selection boundary in areas ...

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Photo Filters

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Anonymous, 31 July 2009 11:26

For adjusting tones in your images, an excellent way is to use Photoshop’s built in Photo Filters, found by going to Image > Adjustments > Photo Filters or from the Adjustment Layer list in the Layers palette. It’s always best to use an Adjustment Layer if you want to work non-destructively. There are 20 Photo Filter presets to choose from ...

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Interpolation

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Anonymous, 31 July 2009 11:18

Interpolation is another name given to the process of image resampling. There are five methods that can be used for calculating the best route for resizing an image – Nearest Neighbor, Bilinear, Bicubic, Bicubic Smoother and Bicubic Sharper. All the Interpolation options are found inside the Image Size Dialog box from the drop-down list. A close-up view of the options ...

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Bicubic Smoother

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Anonymous, 31 July 2009 11:12

The Bicubic smoother is an Interpolation option from the drop-down list inside the Image Size Dialog box and is a good choice if you’re looking to increase the size of your images and offers smoother interpolated enlargements as a result. It’s also worth adding a small amount of sharpening after Interpolating using the Bicubic Smoother option. A close-up view of ...

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Crop

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Anonymous, 03 September 2008 17:01

Cropping is the term that’s used when one or more edges in an image are trimmed. There are many reasons why you may want to crop an image but this tool is usually used to remove a distraction or to improve the composition.  Most image software programmes offer a crop tool that can be dragged across the whole image and ...

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Contrast

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Anonymous, 03 September 2008 16:44

Contrast is the difference between two different things. In photography, contrast is often referred to in the context of colour. It can also be related to lighting and tonal values within an image. The bigger the difference between the two extremes the higher the contrast. Many imaging software programmes offer contrast sliders to either increase or decrease the amount of ...

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Curves

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Anonymous, 24 April 2008 10:43

Curves can be accessed by going to Image > Adjustment > Curves (Photoshop). Changing the shape of the curve in the dialog box that’s provided alters the tonality and color of an image. Bowing the curve upward or downward lightens or darkens the image, depending on whether the dialog box is set to display levels or percentages. The steeper sections ...

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Free Transform

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Anonymous, 24 April 2008 10:39

The Free Transform command lets you apply transformations to a file (for example rotate, scale, skew, distort, and perspective) in one continuous operation. Photoshop allows you also apply a warp transformation. Instead of choosing different commands, you simply hold down a key on your keyboard to switch between these transformation types.

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Stroke a Layer or Selection

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Anonymous, 24 April 2008 10:35

Stroke is the simplest and easiest way to add an equal width border to a selection or a layer. Select the area you want to stroke. Choose Edit > Stroke. In the Stroke dialog box, specify the width of the hard-edged border. For Location, specify whether to place the border inside, outside, or centered over the selection or layer boundaries. ...

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Workspace

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Anonymous, 24 April 2008 09:55

You can customize the palette locations in a workspace. You also have the option to save custom workspaces and switch between them. In Photoshop, you can also customize menu items and keyboard shortcuts for faster working.If you happen to move any of your palettes around you can always reset them to default by going to Window > Workspace > Reset ...

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