As powerful as Photoshop is, there is little about the program that is obvious. Case in point: How do you rotate a layer? Right-click on it and select Rotate? Choose Rotate from the Layer menu? Click on the Rotate tool? The answer is no, no, and no. Fortunately, there’s the Free Transform command, which rotates the active layer and much, much more. This week’s Photoshop Top 40 Countdown video takes us through features of the Free Transform tool step by step.
Every photo manipulation application offers a gradient tool, but Photoshop’s is special. Not only can you paint a soft transition from black to white, you can also soften the transition from one image to another. The gradient tool fades, swipes, and more. This week, Deke takes us through the many shades of the gradient tool and shows how to best use it for smooth results.
Be they pits, pock marks, or pimples, we all suffer blemishes that we wish we didn’t. Or so we would were it not for Photoshop’s Healing Brush. This amazing tool grafts good skin onto bad—and heals the seams in between. This week, Deke shares his techniques for using the Healing Brush to its full potential.
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