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One of the obscure modes of the Crop Tool is the ability to fix perspective at the same time as making a crop. To use the mode, all you need to do is check the perspective check-box in the option bar which allows you to drag the corner handles independently so you can position the box edges along the lines you want to crop to which will result in a rectangular image that has been … Read entire article »

In Photoshop, if you’d rather resize text a little more dynamically simply use the following shortcut: Cmd-Shift-> to increase the size and cmd-Shift-< to decrease (of course, substitute the CTRL key on Windows) and if you want to move in larger increments, add the alt/option key in to the mix for increments of ten. … Read entire article »

Type ‘Styles’ for Photoshop Creating simple ‘styles’ for type in Photoshop is really easy – set up the type the way you want it to be, and save that as a tool preset – just click the big, often overlooked icon at the left of the Control Strip and from the panel menu of the panel that appears – choose New Tool Preset and it’ll be there for you to use. Don’t forget to save the … Read entire article »