Photoshop Tips & Tricks

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Tips & Tricks on How to use Photoshop 7.0

This lens is a basic use on tips & tricks of how to use photoshop to make basic designs.  I am not a professional by any means and i do not know everything  - but these are some basic tricks of how to do things i learned while making designs for my online shop http://www.cafepress.com/shopaholicchick i will try to post tips at regular intervals for new things i have learned - much of this stuff i figured out on my own - some of it other people showed me - all of it allows you to do new and more interesting things in photoshop!!!

This is generally for people who are using photoshop to make designs for t-shirts or other silimar type uses - however it will also help if you are just trying to learn photoshop for fun

How to make 1 image in several colors 

if you have an image and you would like to offer it in a variety of colors this is how to change the colors easily without using the paint bucket to fill every little section
  1. make sure your image is all on one layer - do this by using the merge visible feature
  2. go to image from the menu bar at the top
  3. choose adjust
  4. choose replace color
  5. when the window appears to adjust color use the eyedropper to pick what color on your image you wish to adjust
  6. if you have several shades of the same color and want to adjust only one - or want to adjust them all - use the bar at the top of the color adjust screen to determine how much of a varient there is on the color to change - if you move it to the left it will be more narrow and only change the one you clicked on - to the right it will also adjust similar colors
  7. use the bars at the bottom to adjust the color, brightness & lightness
  8. make sure you save it once you have a color scheme you like - then repeat for each additional color!!!

what do you need to know how to do? 

Post here if there is something you are trying to do - if i know how to do it i will poat a step-by-step on how to do it!!

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Amazon books on using Photoshop 

these are some books by pros on the subject - i cant reccomend any since i have not read them myself - but if your looking for more check them out!!

Photoshop Elements 8 for Windows: The Missing Manual

Amazon Price: $29.69 (as of 12/15/2009) Buy Now

Photoshop Elements 8 For Dummies (For Dummies (Computer/Tech))

Amazon Price: $19.79 (as of 12/15/2009) Buy Now

The Photoshop Elements 8 Book for Digital Photographers (Voices That Matter)

Amazon Price: $31.49 (as of 12/15/2009) Buy Now

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