Photoshop Ninja

A little known command in Photoshop this one, it’s not that it’s hidden away, it’s just that people seem to miss it! It’s great when you either have ALOT of layers with layer effects on or not a very fast computer… or a combination of both!

When you apply layer effects it takes quite alot of horsepower to display them, especially if it is a large document with many layer effects applied.

I’d suggest you hide them whilst you don’t need to see them - it really speeds up screen redraw and helps you work faster. Just Control or right click on any layer effect, go down near the bottom and you will see ‘Hide all effects’ - this is a global option that will hide all layer effects in the document, not just the layer you clicked on.

When you are ready to see your Photoshop file with all the layer effects turned on again, simply click in the same manner, and the option will now show as ‘Show all layer effects’.

One of the most common file formats for professional print is the TIFF file format. It offers all the features that print designers need, including lossless image compression and embed colour profiles.
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Rumours are about on various websites that hint at some very exciting news for Mac Photoshop users - Photoshop CS3 running under MacOSX 10.5 could support XGrid, Apples distributed network processing technology!

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If you have ever had to deal with studio shots that feature items with a white background, sometimes it can be infuriating that the white background isn’t, well, pure white! This can be particularly annoying if you are placing the image on a white page and don’t want to cut it out. There is a quick fix for this though and if you have not used them yet it’s time to start using Levels!
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After scrambling for the deadline and then waiting for all the submissions to be looked at, Photoshop Ninja has now been accepted as a member of the 9rules Community!

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