PhotoshopUser 2020 03 March

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Darren Herlihy | KelbyOne Member

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CONTENTS

[052] AUTOMATING PHOTOSHOP AND SPEEDING UP YOUR WORKFLOW
By Dave Cross

FEATURE

Automation in Photoshop is more than just actions. It’s anything that helps you work faster, or

is faster than the manual way of doing things. Some people may be reluctant to consider using

automation because every image they work on is different; however, you can still implement

automation strategies that can greatly speed up your workflow. And who doesn’t want to get

their work done faster? Dave Cross takes you on a tour of all the ways you can automate

Photoshop and shows you how to incorporate these functions into your own workflow.

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A NOTE FROM SCOTT

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CONTRIBUTORS

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FROM THE HELP DESK

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NEW ONLINE TRAINING

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[024] DOWN & DIRTY TRICKS

Invisible Athlete Composite Design

[062] BEGINNERS’ WORKSHOP

How to Isolate a Subject and Add a Colored, Offset Shadow

[082] THE PERFECT SELECTION

Hacking Tonal Selections for Precision

[072] PHOTO EFFECTS

When Not to Retouch, Plus Colorizing Lights at Night

[088] PHOTOSHOP PROVING GROUND

Critique As a Learning Tool

[060] SHORTCUT CITY

Liquify Filter Shortcuts

[104] PRODUCT & BOOK REVIEWS

Get the Scoop on the Latest Gear

[100] PHOTOSHOP Q&A

Get Answers to Your Photoshop Questions

[116] PHOTOSHOP TIPS

Boost Your Productivity & Creativity

[094] DESIGNING IN PHOTOSHOP

Capture from Image: The Hidden Feature in Photoshop 2020

[038] DOWN & DIRTY TRICKS

Create Your Own Surreal Lighthouse

[068] EFFECTS TOOLKIT

Two Superfast Techniques to Enhance Colors in Photoshop

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PHOTOSHOP ENHANCEMENTS

When it comes to the development and growth of

Photoshop, there are three big things Adobe can do:

First, they can add new features. Photoshop has been

around for 30 years now, so I have to imagine coming

up with new features is much harder today than it was

even 10 years ago. Adobe has already added so many

features and, with the Creative Cloud, they now update

it even more frequently (the latest update was released

in late February). It’s such a mature product that I’d hate

for my job to be “the guy who thinks up new Photo-

shop features that nobody’s thought of before.” Second,

they can do bug fixes, which are always necessary for any

piece of software. But as important as new features and

bug fixes are, it’s number three that’s the most valuable

to me: updating existing features.

For example, take a look at what Adobe did to the

Lens Blur filter in this most recent update. Lens Blur has

been in Photoshop since 2003, and it’s pretty much

been unchanged since then. To be honest, it wasn’t that

awesome of a filter, which is why, as you’re reading

this, you’re likely thinking to yourself, “There’s a Lens

Blur filter in Photoshop?” Yeah, it’s not super popu-

lar. Well, I should say it “wasn’t super popular,” but

Adobe updated it, and it’s vastly improved. I think it’s

going to have a second life and become quite a popular

filter after all. I didn’t need a new Lens Blur filter, I just

needed the one we already had to look realistic enough

to actually be useful, and for me, that type of enhance-

ment is a home run.

Another nice improvement is the changes Adobe

made to one of my favorite (and most-used) features:

Content-Aware Fill. It now works better than ever, and

that’s no little thing. They also worked on speed, and

faster is always a good thing (though Photoshop never

felt sluggish to me), which also falls under “making what

we already have better.” In the most recent update, they

increased the responsiveness of your mouse (or pen) any-

time you’re panning or zooming.

Now, I’m not suggesting in any way that Adobe stop

making new features, because Adobe’s engineers are

not only magicians, but they’re also great at coming up

with new ideas for features that make our lives easier,

even when we didn’t know we needed a particular feature.

Content-Aware Fill is just one example. At the time, hav-

ing Photoshop analyze your image and decide what

should fill any gaps in your photo wasn’t even some-

thing I dreamed they’d be able to do, and now it’s been

there for so long that it just seems, well, regular. Content-

Aware Fill is magic (for the most part), and I’m still

wowed when Adobe comes out with features we didn’t

know we couldn’t live without. But I think making current

features in the program that we work in every day even

better, faster, and more useful is just as important, and

I applaud Adobe for going back and enhancing features

that are already there, giving new life to parts of Photo-

shop many folks have never discovered.

Before I sign off and you tear into the rest of the

magazine, here’s my pick for which filter I’d love to see

Adobe update next: the Lens Flare filter! I know many

of you just asked, “There’s a Lens Flare filter?” It’s there,

and it’s “okay,” but with a little bit of love, I think it

could be awesome. A new interface with a much larger

preview (or just an onscreen preview like the Lighting

Effects filter), and some really nice presets and a bit

more control would be sweet. There are a number of

iPhone apps that do great lens flare looks. I’d love to

see that kind of functionality in Photoshop. Hey, it could

happen. I would have lost a bet if you told me Adobe

would be updating the Lens Blur filter, so I’m holding

out hope. ☺

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