Go to my tutorial that I have explained previously: How to make flash (.swf) transparent?

How can I make my small fonts look crispy/sharp?

Set font type to ‘Verdana‘, size to 11 or 10, and anti-aliasing method to None.

Why my brush turns to cross cursor and how to bring it back to normal?

Turn off your ‘Caps Lock‘ button on your keyboard and it will be back to normal.

How to reduce my image in size but keep it sharper?

Go to Image > Image Size and change the size, tick Resample Image and choose Bicubic Sharper from the drop down menu. Your resized image will be sharper now.

How to find the center of my document in photoshop?

While your document is open, go to View > New Guide. In the popup window select Horizontal and enter 50% in the position field. Open again and choose Vertical this time and 50% again. You are done.

Is there any way to automate cutting and straightening of scanned images?

Yes there is, put several photos on your scanner and scan it as a single file. Now open it in Photoshop CS and go to File > Automate > Crop and Straighten Photos, PCS will do all the job for you just watch and enjoy!

1. Open a new window with: Width:120pixels; Height:120pixels; Resolution:72 pixels/inch; Mode:RGB color; Contents:White.

2. Draw something in the middle.

Go to Filter > Other > Offset and make selection as shown below

3. By now your image should look like this.

4. Draw some more flower or whatever you were drawing in the empty place in the middle. This is it. See this image as a background in this page.

5. You might say, why I have to do it difficult way, following all these steps. You could just draw an image and put it as a backgound, but it does not always work. See what would happen if you do it that way.

1. Open a new window with: Width:150pixels; Height:150pixels; Resolution:72 pixels/inch; Mode:RGB color; Contents:White. Go to Channels Pallete Window > Show Channels and make New Channel as shown.

2. Next make a Fixed Selection with Rectangular Marquee Tool (M) 15X15 pixels and make a selection. Paint it with white.

3. Rectangular Marquee Tool (M) still selected move the selection 1 pixel to the right and 1 pixel down [do it with arrows on the keyboard]. Press Delete.

Now go back 1 pixel up and 1 pixel left [come to the previous position]. And go to Edit > Define Pattern, enter the name and press OK. Deselect it, Ctrl + D.

Make a new Channel again like shown below.

4. Select the Paint Bucket Tool (G). And select your pattern from Options Toolbar

Paint it with your pattern, you should have same like shown below

5. Press Ctrl button and Click Alpha 2 channel. (Ctrl+Click Alpha 2)

6. Now Go to Layers palette and click on the Layer 1. Choose the color for your grid.

Select the Paint Bucket Tool (G) and don’t forget to select Foreground for Fill, from Options Toolbar.

Next paint it and Deselect (Ctrl+D)

7. And finally what we have is thin Grid Lines!

1. Open a new window with: Width:2pixels; Height:2pixels; Resolution:72 pixels/inch; Mode:RGB color; Contents:Transparent.

2. Zoom in the window, so that it is big enough for you to see. Next, select the half of the image. [you can do it by setting Rectangular Marquee Tool (M) to Fixed Size, Width:2px Height:1px]. And fill it with grey, ALT+Backspace.

Finally Deselect – Ctrl+D.

3. Now Select all the image – Ctrl+A, and go to Edit > Define Pattern Once you click you will see your pattern you have just created. Name it and press OK.

We have finished the first part.

4. Open any image you like. We are going to apply the effect on it.

5. Select the Paint Bucket Tool (G).

6. From the Options Toolbar select Pattern for the Fill menu and choose your pattern from Pattern drop down menu. (If you don’t see Options Toolbar, Select it from Window > Show Options)

7. Make a new layer. Go to Layer > New > Layer. While Paint Bucket Tool (G) selected fill the new layer with your pattern.

8. Finally reduce the Pattern opacity to 40% and you are done! (You can apply Overlay or Lighten for the pattern layer as well, check it out whichever suits your needs)

9. Easy Huh?!

1. Open any image.

Make new layer by clicking Create a new layer icon

2. Set foreground color to red and background color to white.

3. Select Gradient Tool and apply to the layer you have just created. Hold Shift and apply from right to left.

4. Make a copy of the background image by dragging it to new layer icon (). Position it on top as shown to the left.

5. And finally set the Opacity of the layer to 50%.

(You can do this effect by setting the blending mode to Overlay too, see which one suits you)

6. And finally here is your easy smoothly applied Gradient effect.

1. Open a new window with: Width:120pixels; Height:120pixels; Resolution:72 pixels/inch; Mode:RGB color; Contents:White.

2. Type a big letter inside, in my case I have typed “at” sign with Caflisch Script font with a size of 200pixels.

Next rasterize the type layer by right clicking and choosing Rasterize Layer

3. Tick the Lock Transparent Pixels

4. Select Airbrush Tool (J) and don’t forget to change the foreground color to something different. Now paint on the letter. As you see it paints only the letter and not the sides of it… cool huh?

1. Open a new window with: Width:200pixels; Height:100pixels; Resolution:72 pixels/inch; Mode:RGB color; Contents:White.

Choose Gradient Tool (G) and apply to the image from top to bottom. Make sure your foreground and background colors set to default. Press “D” to set to default. Hold down Shift when you apply.

2. Go to menu Filter > Render > Difference Clouds.

3. Go to menu Image > Adjust > Invert or (Ctrl + I)

4. Go to menu Image > Adjust > Levels or (Ctrl + L)

Adjust the middle handler like shown below.

4. Play a little with Image > Adjust > Color Balance

That’s It! You did it!

1. Open a new window with: Width:200pixels; Height:150pixels; Resolution: 72 pixels/inch; Mode: RGB color; Contents:White. Type ADES (or anything you want).

Then make a copy of this layer. Right click on the layer and chose Duplicate Layer.

2. Click on the ades copy layer and go to Edit > Free Transform (Ctrl+T). Next go to Edit > Transform > Rotate 180° (Right Click+Rotate 180°). And again go to Edit > Transform > Flip Horizontal (Right Click+Flip Horizontal).

Click on the Move Tool () and chose Apply from pop up
window.

You should have something like this.

3. Right click on ades copy layer and chose Rasterize Layer. Next go to Edit > Free Transform (Ctrl+T). Right click on ades copy image and chose Perspective.

Now adjust the image by pulling from lower corners as shown below.

4. Right click on the ades copy layer and chose Blending Options > Gradient Overlay and chose specifications as shown below. And click OK!

You are done! Now try with the image instead of text.

1. Open a new window with: Width:150pixels; Height:100pixels; Resolution:72 pixels/inch; Mode:RGB; color Contents:White.

Make a new layer. Then chose Rounded Rectangular Tool and make a button shape

2. Next right click on the layer you made and choose blending options.

Do as shown below. And click OK.

3. By now your button should look like this.

4. Now Ctrl+Click on the layer to select it.

Then go to Select > Modify > Contract, Contract by 3 pixels. Now make a new layer and fill it with the same color.

5. Right click on the layer 3 and chose blending options.

And do as shown below, don’t forget to tick Reverse. Otherwise you won’t get the effect. Click OK, you are done!

6. Here is your Beveled Button