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My Favorite 12 Photoshop Tips

Colin Smith

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Colin Smith’s 12 favorite Photoshop Tips

Here are some of my favorite Photoshop Tips! How many did you know?

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Colin


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21 thoughts on “My Favorite 12 Photoshop Tips

  1. January 23, 2025 at 3:28 am

    Thank you for sharing… You sure are a GREAT teacher…♫♥

  2. Mauro Segura
    January 23, 2025 at 9:05 am

    These are great tips, Colin, thank you! I’m also enjoying your Layer Class. Excellent.

  3. Steve Mazzella
    January 23, 2025 at 1:47 pm

    Bring on Part II! You’re an excellent resource!

  4. Bill Townsend
    January 23, 2025 at 3:11 pm

    These are excellent tips applicable to everyday use of Photoshop.
    Thanks. Yes, keep them coming!

  5. Paul Lasky
    January 23, 2025 at 4:57 pm

    Hi Colin. Yes I know all 10 tips and have used them before. My favorites are:
    1) The “Composite Layer” tip. I use this on a daily basis.
    2) Add a Group and a Group Mask to a single file to achieve intersecting effects with the layer
    mask and the Group Mask. Even add a second Group and Mask for 3 intersecting effects. I use this trick
    frequently.

    Yes do another Video with more tips – but don’t bother with Text stuff, I never employ Texts in my images.
    Please show lighting effects tricks with layers, overlays and mask gradients and mask curves. Also especially
    like Adobe Bridge applications; I never use Lightroom anymore.

  6. Dan
    January 23, 2025 at 5:01 pm

    Thanks Colin. My needs are pretty simple, and with PS Elements not all functions were available but there were enough usable nuggets in there to make it valuable. Nice concise style, too.

  7. DAVID GARCIA
    January 23, 2025 at 5:07 pm

    Thanks Colin, almost every one new to me, keep those tips coming.

  8. Michelle
    January 23, 2025 at 6:20 pm

    Thank you! Loved all but esp tips about changing multiple texts & dodge & burn .

  9. techiegrandma7
    January 23, 2025 at 9:35 pm

    Some great tips!! I found the ones on dodging and burning as well as being able to edit multiple text layers at the same time especially helpful.

  10. Les Sakamoto
    January 23, 2025 at 10:24 pm

    Great tips, Colin! I was familiar with perhaps half of the tips, but it’s always good to be reminded of them, and then put them to use. The other tips were new gems for me. Looking forward to more of these! Thanks for sharing.

  11. Claire Hammond
    January 24, 2025 at 12:00 am

    Thanks for your advice

  12. Carl Pollitt
    January 24, 2025 at 9:05 am

    Need help

  13. Ed Adams
    January 24, 2025 at 1:11 pm

    You are the first Photoshop instructor to show #9 which my Brooks instructor told me years ago.

  14. josephmckay028
    January 25, 2025 at 12:48 pm

    Colin, my wife and I are long time users from Scott Kelby, attending several seminars. What a great personality. Always right on.. Thanks for the tips, and the great work that you do. Waiting on a new the funds for a new Mac hopefully, in the next two months and will be able to spend more time on you programs… Keep up the your program, it’s the best. Joe and Carol

  15. shawnie
    January 26, 2025 at 12:13 pm

    thank you so much Colin
    the new shortcut for resizing and changing hardness of the brush was new to me.

  16. Frances
    January 26, 2025 at 12:16 pm

    This was terrific! I noted 15 tips from tips within your tips! And there are at least 6 or 7 that I did not remember – but should because they are so helpful! Thank-you for your excellent instructions!

  17. David Simone
    February 17, 2025 at 9:21 pm

    The composite layer is great. Can I still adjust layers below the composition layer – having trouble with that. Do additional layers above the composite layer effect the look of all below it?

    1. Colin Smith
      May 6, 2025 at 1:37 pm

      If you adjust layers below, you will have to update the composite layer. Another way to do this is with nested Smart Objects if you need to change them layer.

  18. June 20, 2025 at 6:07 am

    Great Tips Colin! Could I get these tips in writing for this senior, Also definitely part two would be appreciated. Keep them coming.

    1. Colin Smith
      August 19, 2025 at 12:55 pm

      Sorry, I got behind in some of my written steps, I’ll catch up when I can.

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