If you’re not familiar with Scot Kelby Training or the National Association of Photoshop Professionals, then you don’t you know what you’re missing. Today I attended a their CS4 “Down and Dirty Tricks” conference in Oklahoma City, OK. Among the things we learned today were special effects and palettes only found in Adobe Photoshop CS4, but mostly we learned TRICKS that no Photoshop professionals should be without.
From hidden or overlooked palette functions even down to time savers and quick tips. For me, saving time is a MUST! So anything that makes me go faster, is a step in the right direction!

Over the next few days I’ll take opportunities to share some tips with you. One of the time savers we learned today was how to make quick and sleek product ads. That idea led to tonight’s bookmark!  I would also like to share one of the millions of tips I learned today.

This one may be  something that may be obvious and you may already know, but I actually didn’t, so I was happy to have it pointed out to me.

1. Unlocking layers. To unlock a layer in Photoshop, it is no longer necessary  to double click the locked layer. Now, you can simply “drag” the lock icon to the trash. Simple, huh? Yet, totally overlooked!

You can today’s bookmark  here.

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Smashing Magazine issued a challenge to designers for the new year, and I’m on board! I tried to decide what type of design I’d want to do and could stretch my boundaries as a designer. So in answer to this Challenge, I will be designing and posting a new Bookmark design each day on this blog. The Designs will link to a downloadable PDF that you can feel free to download, print out and share as desired.

Bookmark This!