Batch Renaming tip for Adobe Photoshop CS

Adobe added one new field to the Batch rename function in Photoshop CS. In the past if you added a serial number to one batch of photos (example you named them 1 to 100), if you added another batch of photos of the same subject, you couldn’t start with the number 101. But at last now you can............ the new field is found in the bottom left hand corner of the dialog, and it’s called “Starting Serial #”. Got to love it!!!

That annoying number in Adobe Photoshop CS©

I am often asked,” How do I I make that number in the top left-hand corner of my image go away?” The number apprears if you click the Slice tool in the toolbox. It will stay there even when you switch to another tool but it is very simple to remove. To make it disappear, visit View>Show>Slices. Click on slices to remove the check mark there and viola the slice number will have disaapeared from your image!

Free Transform Tip for Adobe Photoshop

If you want to use free transform on a layer, but image extends beyond the edges of your document window (and this happens frequently if your collaging different photos together), you won’t be able to reach the free transform handles to scale your image down to size. Here’s the hidden keyboard shortcut that lets you reach each and every handle, no matter how far the image extends outside your current canvas area. Just press Command-T (PC: Control-T) to bring up free transform, then press Command-0 (PC: Control-0), and your window will zoom exactly the right size to enable you to reach all the handles. Cool!