I want to see alpha value for given pixel in Photoshop, is it possible? Answer Roman Nurik provides the easy answer on Stackoverflow. Note that it’s usually easier to select the layers you are interested in and copy them over to a new document with no background (right click on the layers in the layer … Read more
There is a horizontal ruler guide set somewhere in the middle of an existing Photoshop CS5 document. How to get its exact position (number of pixels from the top) so I can create another guide 100px away from it? Answer In the menu choose “View > New Guide…”, this will ask you for Horizontal or … Read more
This is my first question here and I’m not sure if this is the appropriate site for my question, but here it goes. If this is not the correct site, please direct me to the correct one. I have a psd file. I simply want to extract the layers from it into separate image files. … Read more
I need a map of the SMC campus, but I’m really sick of running out of ink after printing one thing and then having to pay ridiculous sums of money to buy more ink. The map is here: I would print in black and white, but I’m wondering if there are any chrome or photoshop … Read more
When I run Photoshop CS4 on Windows 7, other running programs don’t receive the ESC key (I noticed in PuTTY and Total Commander’s Lister). When I close Photoshop, they start receiving the ESC key again. I tried multiple keyboard layouts, no change. Photoshop is an out-of-box install, no settings changed I exported the list of … Read more
I’m looking for a simple way to print multiple images on the same page. The default image printing function in Windows lets me select how many images I want on each page. How do I do this on the Mac? When I select multiple images in the Finder and then File / Print, the Preview … Read more
Title pretty much says it all… Is there a way to open/import an SVG file with Photoshop CS2 or CS3? I am on Mac OS X but cross platform solutions are preferred. Illustrator can open SVG files, so I find it odd that Photoshop cannot. I understand Illustrator is vector based, but Photoshop has limited … Read more
i have multiple layer with an animal on each layer. one layer has a bird that is too big. how can i make this bird smaller without affecting the size of the other animals in the other layers. i want to maintain aspect ratio. Answer Use the ‘Free Transform’ command. Check the chainlink between the … Read more
Does anyone know of a way to check graphics files (particularly JPEG, GIF, and PNG) for corruption (preferably in an automated way)? Explanation: A few days ago, a command worked incorrectly and ended up deleting thousands of graphics files from a FAT32 volume that was practically out of space. I’ve used several different file/photo-recovery programs, … Read more
I have an RGB image with one layer, and I want to apply Round Corners filter to it. However, the filter is disabled (look at the image). What am I doing wrong??? Answer If alpha channel is added, you can not use Round Corner Filter. To remove alpha channel, use Layer -> Transparency -> Remove … Read more
