If you want to change the font, color, kerning, or any other character or paragraph attributes, simply Command + Click or Shift + Click the type layers you want to edit, then adjust the settings to your liking in the Control Bar, Character or Paragraph panels.

This tips works in Adobe Photoshop CS1, CS2 and CS3.

Photoshop has a lot of cool features, and CS3 added lots more that required me to take another look at all the menus. Recently, I found something I had never seen before. It's called Zoomify.

The image you see above, which you can zoom in and out of and scroll around in, started as a 920x400 pixel image. I then went to File>Export>Zoomify in Photoshop CS3 and entered in a few settings as seen below.

When finished, an html file is created in ...

XDepth is an image and video compression solution created to satisfy the increasing demand for augmented precision and color depth in digital imaging. What's quite unique about XDepth isn't just its superior image quality but its full compatibility with the Jpeg format.

The first software implementation of XDepth supports Adobe Photoshop and allows compression of High Dynamic Range pictures.

XDepth is available for Photoshop CS2 and CS3, and runs under Tiger or Leopard.

If you didn’t notice, or you have your Adobe CS3 apps set to NOT check for updates automatically, Adobe has updated Photoshop to 10.0.1. The update brings the following:

• The speed of moving objects contained within multiple layer sets has been improved. 
• Converting images to CMYK using certain profiles no longer results in black files. 
• The Save for Web feature now includes an option to “Include XMP” (metadata) in the settings menu within the main Save for Web interface, making the existing capability easier to access. 
• When using Save For Web with “Include XMP” enabled, all ...

Photoshop CS3 and CS2 both let you easily extract images that are embedded in PDF documents. My friends over at CreativeTechs have the simple solution.

*UPDATE* - I hear you guys! I wish Adobe included this feature in every program they make, but unfortunately, they don't; however, they DO include it in After Effects, Lightroom, Premiere Pro and Soundbooth (all CS3 versions). So, if you use any of these programs, make sure you take advantage of this great feature.
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Have you ever wanted to make adjustments on the fly? There are several ways to resize things such as indents for paragraphs, but here's one you may not be aware of. If you place your cursor right ...

Check out the latest Macworld Creative Notes article for a few interesting links to tidbits, tips and tutorials for Adobe’s Creative Suite users.

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Critical vulnerabilities have been identified in Photoshop CS2 and CS3 that could allow an attacker who successfully exploits these potential vulnerabilities to take control of the affected system. A malicious BMP, DIB, RLE, or PNG must be opened in Photoshop by the user for an attacker to exploit these potential vulnerabilities. Users are recommended to update their Photoshop installations with the patches provided.

Instructions are also provided to do the update manually, but I chose to use the patcher application which took just a few seconds and finished without complications.

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One shortcut that didn’t seem to make it into Photoshop CS3 was the ability to Command + Click on the Trash icon in the Layers palette to delete ALL the layers that are linked to the active one.

Why does Adobe get rid of a perfectly good shortcut? Oh well, at least it still works in CS2 - for those who haven’t upgraded yet.

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Now that Adobe’s Creative Suite 3 has been in the market for a while, we’re starting to see the release of CS3-compatible plug-ins. Here’s an update on a few choice plug-ins for the different applications.

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