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Photoshop Precision: Using transform options

By tim | Published: February 16, 2010
This is the next installment in the Photoshop Precision series: how to cut the guesswork out of scaling and positioning your images. You can postion and scale objects precisely using the transform toolbar, which runs along the top of the screen if it is set to visible. To show it, you must be in transform mode (Command-T [...]
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Photoshop Precision: Avoid blurring your image

By tim | Published: February 9, 2010
This is the second article in the Photoshop Precision series. Photoshop sometimes appears to blur objects, lines or images.  This could be due to rounding, or losing data after transforming a layer.  Read on for best practice in resizing images and creating vector shapes, and come to grips with the way Photoshop displays your document.
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Photoshop Precision: Aligning guides to the Pixel Grid

By tim | Published: February 2, 2010
Precision is totally possible with Photoshop: here are some ways to set up your document to ensure that it is as crisp as your intention! When designing websites, I find it useful to set the Ruler Origin to the top left of the main content column, so that the dimensions shown on the ruler relate to [...]
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Photoshop Bug: Aligning guides to the Pixel Grid

By tim | Published: December 2, 2008
I had trouble getting designs pixel perfect in Photoshop for a while, particularly when adapting someone else’s document. I found that whilst zoomed in to pixel-level, my cursor wouldn’t line up with the ruler, and I couldn’t move the ruler origin accurately.  After a while, the solution presented itself… I wasn’t the only one fooled! I reckon [...]
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