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Make 2004 your year for  personal improvement in digital image editing and design!

Educational Tools are important in understanding Photoshop but no matter your level of ability, you learn more and more when you just dig in deep.  There's a lot to learn but once you've mastered the basics you can really start to open up your options as new worlds of possibility await you in the realm of graphic design. 

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Thanks for joining us on your journey towards better understanding of Adobe® Photoshop® & effectively applying it for graphic design. Enjoy this issue & Happy Happy New Year!

Adjustment Layers:

You can make adjustments on layers themselves or add an adjustment layer on top of the layer by Control or Command clicking on the layer icon and then creating a new adjustment layer from the icon or under the Layer Menu. Doing this will only apply adjustments to the "areas" that you just selected from that first layer onto the custom adjustment layer and retains the original layer state as you can turn on or off the adjustment layer. Or you could just duplicate the original layer and make adjustments on that layer but you always want to retain an original image for reference and backup.

Finding the transform handles

Often you may find the transform handles disappear because you have a smaller layer underneath or the layer is just too big.  To solve this (after Ctrl/Command-T for free transform) you can press Ctrl/Command-O to fit the view on screen so now you can see the outer handles and make your transformation.

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