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Marquee Tool
in Photoshop Basics
Marquee Tool

Step 1 The marquee tool can do more than just select a square (or ellipse). You can do a few tricks with it that make selecting odd shapes much easier.
Step 2 First, just make a selection.
Step 3 You may know that holding the shift key when there is no selection already on the screen...

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Rounded Corners
in Photoshop Basics
Rounded Corners

Step 1 We are going to create rounded corners with one of Photoshop's most neglected tools, the Pen Tool. First, select the Pen Tool from the toolbar menu.
Step 2 At the top of the screen, you'll see 3 buttons. Shape Layers, Paths, and Fill Pixels. We want to select Paths.
Step 3 ...

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Phosphorescent fingerprint powder text
in Text Effects
Phosphorescent fingerprint powder text

Step 1 Create a new image and fill it with black. Then type some text with the text tool, be sure it is large and bold.
Step 2 Rasterize the layer by going to layer>rasterize>type.
Step 3 Go to filter>distort>polar coordinates and select polar to rectangular...

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Chrome Ball
in Drawing Techniques
Chrome Ball

Step 1 Create a new layer and draw a circle with the elliptical marquee tool. Fill the circle with a light grey.
Step 2 Bevel and Emboss with the following settings:
Step 3 Select the circle layer. Merge all layers together with ctrl-shift-e. Press ctrl-a then ctrl-c then ctrl-alt...

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Shiny 3D Dice
in 3D Effects
Shiny 3D Dice

Editor's Pick in Photoshop Tutorials, January 2006
You can try your luck and play dice with Photoshop, but better use our reliable tutorial to guide your drawing way.

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Making a 40X40 Thumbnail
in Web Layout
Making a 40X40 Thumbnail

Step 1 First, take your large picture and open it up in Photoshop. I chose this one because it's much larger than 40X40 and should give you a decent idea of how to do this with any graphic.
Step 2 Next, resize the image to the smallest you can where you can still make out what the image is.....

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