Comments on: 2 Minute Tricks # 16 - Time Savers

by: A. Vargas

Wed, 19 Mar 2008 22:32:35 +0000

I know you hear this all the time, but these tips are really fantastic! I cannot sometimes get myself to sit down, but having these broken down into bite-sized segments makes it very manageable. Also, I’ve compared your tricks for black and white conversion from color with Up To Speed and think yours came out the winner.

If you’re looking for suggestions for a new segment, how ’bout Curves? Many of us are too scared of it and I’ve read that it is evenn preferable to Levels in CS3

by: Markus Juopperi

Wed, 26 Apr 2006 14:58:15 +0000

Not to be an ass on you but I wonder what makes people say they are sorry about their bad or limited english when there are no mistakes in their text and they even use words like "pardon me" and "concerning"...

I don't get it...

Uhm.. back on topic.. The quick way to change values is a really good tip! I find my self using it all the time.

Also the hand tool (through SPACE") has became one of the most frecuently used functions!

by: Barney

Fri, 16 Dec 2005 10:59:45 +0000

Concerning the Quick Value Change: for fine tuning press the ALT key (pardon my poor English)

by: Angela

Wed, 14 Dec 2005 19:48:53 +0000

The quick value change is the best tip I have ever gotten for photoshop!!!! Thank you so much!

by: Sally Perreten

Mon, 28 Nov 2005 00:10:18 +0000

Hi Kent-

re: clipping

Ummmm...why not both!

Sally

by: Kent

Wed, 23 Nov 2005 22:23:54 +0000

Hey Brigitte, The contact sheet options have gone through a variety of revision through out the different versions of photoshop. Older versions might have different settings that make it a little more difficult to get the same results.

As far as the text layers go, I know in Photoshop CS 2 you can change the size and color of multiple layers of text at the same time by selecting all the layer in the tool pallet (click on the top one then hold down shift and click the last one) then select the text tool from the tools pallet. Then you should have access to the text options. Any changes you make (size, color, alignment, etc.) should apply to all the selected layers.

If you have an older version you might be able to do the same thing by linking all of your text layers instead of selecting them. To link layers click on a little empty box in the layer next to the little eye icon in the layers pallet. This will link a layer to the selected layer. When you have all the layers linked try the adjustments and see if they affect all the layers. I wasn't able to test this since i don't have an older copy of Photoshop on hand, so it may or may not work.

Hope that helps, and thanks for listening! -Kent

by: Brigitte Bolduc

Tue, 22 Nov 2005 21:39:56 +0000

GREAT! Just found you out! The contact sheet option is a fabulous time saver! (I don't quite have the same options though..... no "Use auto spacing' nor "Rotate for best fit' so the images end up more 3 by 3: but I shall woirk this out!

My question: if i have a lot of text layers, can I use a sort of style option to change simustaneoulsy the texts caractersitics such as font size ou color? I create a monthly calendar: each week is a different layer. If a want to get a bigger font, I need to resize the text for each layer... blahh.... any suggestions

And Thanks! these are great!

Brigitte

by: Kent

Mon, 21 Nov 2005 03:35:03 +0000

Hey Simon, Great idea! I have posted a couple of pics already. Ill write a story for the front page. -Kent

by: Kent

Mon, 21 Nov 2005 03:26:28 +0000

Hey Sally, Glad you like the show. We can look into doing a show on clipping. Do you mean like clipping paths or like clipping of colors?

-Kent

by: Simon Whitaker

Sat, 19 Nov 2005 19:26:47 +0000

Another awesome tip Kent!

I've decided to set up a Flickr group for photos that people have edited using the techniques on 2minutetricks.com. Here's the link:

http://www.flickr.com/groups/2minutetricks/

Please join in, all of you!

All the best,

Simon