Tutorial: Tips and Tricks for Photoshop

[alleycatfish]

Tutorial Type: Program
Skill level: Any, really.
Program used: PSCS2
Notes: These are just a few tips and tricks for Photoshop. I use CS2, but I think these should work on all versions. If not, let me know. I don't know how well this will translate to other programs, sorry!
Under the cut: Easy B&W from a Color Image, Levels, Curved Text

Comments

[dravenreborn]

Ooooh! Neat tips and tricks. I'm just really staring to play with ps7 and the tips/tricks you just posted are handy and will be fun to play with.

Thank You! :)

[obliquity]

I figured out a way to do it in ps7... I'll post about it tomorrow. :D

[obliquity]

Well I figured out a round about way of doing it (without using warp text) :P

[adorned_cadaver]

that text tip didn't work for me on ps7 but i will try again.

thanks for the tut.

[xenoamorist]

Grr! This is so frustrating. What am I doing wrong? When I bring up Channel Mixer, the red is already at 100%, so checking 'Monochrome' does nothing. Also, I don't understand how you did that blue effect :/ Did I miss a tutorial, or am I just being stupid?

- hl

[alleycatfish]

In the channel mixer, the red should already be at 100%. When you check the monochrome box, the image should turn black and white.

To get the blue effect, just change the blend mode of the channel mixer layer to lighten.

If that doesn't help, let me know and I'll try to explain it better and possibly with pictures. :D

[xenoamorist]

Hmm, okay... So how do you get it to be the pretty black and white? @_@ Also, how should the channel mixer look when it's set to lighten?

Thanks for explaining things, btw, I appreciate it ^^

- hl

[alleycatfish]

Ok, this should be what the channel mixer looks like before you set it to monochrome - here

Once you click the monochrome box, it should turn B&W - here

If you set the monochrome channel mixer to lighten, your image should have only the blue colors showing - here