[Help] Official Photoshop Help Thread

There are two ways really to adjust filesize.

When you're done and ready to host, go to file > save for web. You have two main options; .gif and .jpeg. If you select to save it as a .gif file, then to the right you will see something that says "Colors" and then next to it a box with a number in it that has two arrows. It should be set to 256 default. To lower the filesize (kb) then just lower that number.

If you choose to save it as a .jpeg file, then there will be a slider on the right that says "quality". Obviously the lower that quality slider number is the lower the filesize (kb). Keep moving it around until you get what you like (the kb size should appear near the bottom of the preview of the graphic when in the "save for web" page).

Hope it helped.

There are tons of options, really. You could try brushing, smudging, filters, gradient maps, C4D renders, etc. Do you have anything specific that you'd like to be able to do? Otherwise you're going to get a pretty generic response.

How am I supposed to smudge with a text layer?

Ok well, I made a new document, typed an X, got it to my liking and went to edit > define brush, then named it "x brush". Now where is it and how do I use it? >_<

I find that when that happens to me, deleting the text layer (saving the image as a .psd) then closing & reopening Photoshop corrects the problem. You could try that if you'd like xeggie .

Looks like whoever made that banner used the pentool.

How I use the pen tool (probably different from other people, I dunno) is first I get out the pen tool (should look like --> ) and plot an anchor point by clicking somewhere outside of the banner's boundaries. Then I usually plot another anchor point somewhere else across from the original anchor, still outside of the banner's boundaries. Now between the two anchor points is a line. Somewhere on that line, click your mouse. An anchor point will appear again, this time with two little "handlebars". You can drag those around to make bends in the path and whatnot, and you can also move around that anchor point by holding down CTRL and clicking on the anchor point and dragging it where you want it to go. The line should move and bend as you move the anchor point around. Keep moving it around/adding more anchor points until you like your shape, and then click your brush tool. Select a circle brush, usually you like to use the 1px brush, but the person who made the mushroom banner used the 3px brush I believe. Now click on your pen tool again ()and then right click somewhere on your banner. Select "stroke path" and then on the dropdown select "Brush". Ok it and voila. Rinse and repeat until satisfied.

Let me know if that made sense. XD

Hm I do not know... Is it because you have have the whole layer selected? I don't know, I've never had that problem personally. :/

"My Pictures" usually does the trick. =/

I'm assuming they came in .zip folders correct?

Right click the zip folder > extract all. Then go to my computer > local disk > program files > adobe > photoshop CS3 > presets > brushes, then drag and drop the extracted files.

Thanks ZL, worked like a charm. <3