Creative COW Master Series Automating Photoshop: Tool Presets

Adobe Photoshop Tutorial at Creative COW

Richard Harrington
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Washington District of Columbia USA

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A great way to speed up Photoshop is to use Tool Presets. In this short video tutorial excerpt from The Creative COW Training DVD Series, Automating Photoshop, let Richard Harrington guide you through creating Crop Tool presets and text presets as your learn ways to smooth your workflow and quickly change frequently used settings.

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