550+ more shortcuts for Adobe Photoshop CS4

Adobe Photoshop CS4 packs a ton of fresh features and an updated interface, which alone make it a worthy upgrade for existing users. One of the Photoshop's strengths is that it makes extensive use of keyboard shortcuts.+ Keys for selecting tools :+ Keys for selecting tools in extract toolbar :+ Keys for selecting tools in liquify toolbox :+ Keys for working with extract,liquify and pattern maker :+ Keys for using filter gallery :+ Keys for using the refine edge dialog box :+ Keys for using the black and white dialog box+ Keys for using camera raw dialog box :+ Context menu :+ Keys for using the curves dialog box :+ Keys for using vanishing point...

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Blogumus for your Flickr Photos!

#fullpost{display:inline;} Roy Tanck's Flickr Widget requires Flash Player 9 or better.If you enjoyed using Blogumus - the animated flash-based widget to display your blog labels - then I'm sure you'll love Roy Tanck's latest widget creation: an animated, cloud style Flickr widget! You can see an example of this in action on the left which uses my Flickr Photostream.Roy's widget is very easy to customize and add to your blog. Simply visit the Flickr Widget page and use the form to add your Flickr photostream feed URL, then choose the dimensions and background color for your widget.Once you're done, press the "Generate code snippet" button to be presented with a preview of your widget and the code. You can then paste this code into an HTML/JavaScript widget in your sidebar, or even directly...

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Best of the Web – March 2009

Create Smokey Typography Learn how to create cool smokey typography in 12 simple steps. Open up a new document (600X250px) and create a new layer called ‘black background’. Fill your entire canvas with black. Now add some white text to the center of your canvas. I used the font ‘Gill Sans’ set to bold. Now duplicate your text layer. Select your original and rasterize it (layer>rasterize>layer). Then apply a motion blur to this layer by going to filter>blur>motion blur. Set your angle to 90 and your blur strength to 20. Finally reduce your layer’s opacity to 60%.Read MoreCreate Gooey Slimy Text with Photoshop TutorialThis tutorial...

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Glowing Demon Eyes Effect in Photoshop

Red-eyed demon effect or maybe yellow-eyed demon effect. Just pick your color. Ever watch Supernatural and suddenly you get this sudden desire to turn everyone into a yellow eyed demon? Well, in today's tutorial you're gonna learn how to get this glowing demon eyes effect using Photoshop even on someone as angelic as our Bones star here ;) to:1. Open your image. Preferably something with eyes. Duplicate it twice. Set the first duplicate layer yo screen and the second one to soft light. Then hit CTRL+SHIFT+E to flatten the layers.2. Duplicate the new image. Working with the duplicate layer, go to Image > Adjustment > Hue/Saturation. Set...

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