The Photoshop CS5 Book for Digital photographers part 22 is full-color, graphically rich, and contains project-based examples of every key step in the digital photography process. Integrating all the newest features of Photoshop CS5 into the book’s workflow, Scott shows readers how to work with their images like a pro, from importing to organization to correction to output. In addition to fully updating the book for CS5, Scott has also added a brand new chapter, which lets readers in on his entire, personal post-processing workflow by incorporating his popular 7-Point System into this book | The Adobe Photoshop CS5 Book for Digital Photographers Photoshop Killer Tips Getting Sharp Edges on Your Stroke Layer Effect If you ve applied a large stroke using the Stroke layer effect under the Layer menu or Stroke layer style by clicking on the Add Layer Style icon at the bottom of the Layers panel and choosing Stroke from the pop-up menu you ve probably already noticed that the edges start to get rounded and the bigger you make the stroke the rounder they get. So what s the trick to nice sharp straight edges Switch the Stroke position or location to Inside. That s it White Balance Quick Fix If you have an image whose white balance is way off and you didn t shoot it in RAW try this go under the Image menu under Adjustments and choose Match Color. When the Match Color dialog appears just turn on the Neutralize checkbox in the Image Options section. It works better than you d think for most white balance problems plus you can write an action to do all that for you . Change Ruler Increments If you want to quickly change the unit of measure in your ruler say from pixels to inches or from centimeters to millimeters just Rightclick anywhere inside the Rulers and choose your new unit of measurement from the pop-up menu that appears. Using Scrubby Sliders Anytime you see a numerical field in Photoshop like the Opacity field in the Layers panel for example you can change the setting without typing in a number or dragging the tiny slider. Instead. click directly on the word Opacity and drag left to lower the opacity or right to increase it . This is very fast and totally addictive and if you re not using it yet you ve got to try it. There s no faster way to made quick changes also press-and-hold the Shift key while using it and it goes even faster . Doing a Smooth Zoom In Another way to zoom in on your image is to click-and-hold the Zoom tool the magnifying glass icon on the spot where you want to zoom and it smoothly zooms in right on that spot. The only downside is .
