Photoshop Killer Tips: More Accurate Color Sampling
Broaden your sample size when using eye dropper tool to give yourself more accuracy when sampling colors.
Photoshop Killer Tips: Showing Settings in an Action
Edit the settings to get an adjustment dialog during any step in the action.
Photoshop Killer Tips: Bridges Carousel View
This carousel display is only available with Adobe Bridge in CS4.
Photoshop Killer Tips: Fade a Filter
This option under the edit menu allows you to fade the most recently-applied filter.
Photoshop Killer Tips: Choosing Your Layers Visually
This keyboard shortcut will allow you to click inside the display window and automatically select the layer of the object you click on.
Photoshop Killer Tips: Simulating a Polarizing Filter for Skies
Bring the color back into you sky using this technique.
Photoshop Killer Tips: Snapping Layers to Each Other
Get your edges flush and correct with this option.
Photoshop Killer Tips: Using and Aligning Layers to a Guide
Use guides to layout your design elements.
Photoshop Killer Tips: Shape Burst Gradient Stroke
Learn how to create a shape burst gradient stroke
Photoshop Killer Tips: Adjust Layer Mask Opacity
Use output levels or the new Mask panel in Photoshop CS4 to control the density of your layer masks.
Photoshop Killer Tips: Open without Layers
If you want to take a quick look at your layered document without opening all of the layers, you can use this keyboard shortcut to take open the layered document as a single-layered image.
Photoshop Killer Tips: Turn Off Flick Panning
If you don't like the new flick panning feature inside of Photoshop CS4, you can access the options menu and turn it off.
Photoshop Killer Tips: Fill Shortcuts
Some quick ways to fill portions or an entire document with one solid color.
Textured Text Effects in Photoshop
Follow along with Corey as he creates text that appears to be made from this worn texture by using displacement maps, filters, and layer styles.
Type on a Path in Adobe Illustrator
Jeff Witchel demonstrates the options available in Illustrator when placing text onto a path.
InDesign Front and Back Pages Face to Face
Jeff Witchel explains a work around for situations where the front and back page of your document need to bleed across into one another.
Custom Art Brush in Illustrator
Take a paper drawing of a stroke. Scan the paper and import the image into Illustrator. Turn that image into a custom brush.
Diamond Plating Effect using Illustrator and Photoshop
Create this effect starting with a pattern and Illustrator and adding layer effects in Photoshop.










