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» QT: Fading adjustments and filters in Photoshop

Did you know that you can fade the effect of a filter and most adjustments you make in Photoshop after you’ve applied them? You can! Right after you’ve applied the filter or adjustment (and we are talking right after), go under the Edit menu and you’ll see an option that says "Fade" and then the name of whatever filter you applied or whichever adjustment you used.

» QT: Preset folders in Lightroom!

If you are in the Slideshow, Print or Web module, you can create additional preset folders by hitting the keystroke Command + Shift + N (PC: Ctrl + Shift + N) and type a name for it. If you are in the develop module, hold down the option key (PC: alt key) and press the little plus sign that you’d normally hit when you add a preset and you can create new folders there as well! Pretty nifty

» QT: Take advantage of the AMG Plugin!

Many bridge users constantly go through Photoshop when they are making a web gallery thinking it is the only way when it is in fact, unnecessary complicated! You can download the Adobe Media Gallery (AMG) over at the Adobe site and it will allow you from inside Bridge (minimum requirement of Bridge 2.1) create a web gallery from by just selecting the pictures and going to the AMG Panel, then exporting it out to your desktop or a folder to then upload.

» QT: Quickly reset a slider in Lightroom/Camera Raw

To quickly reset a slider in either Lightroom or Camera Raw, just double click on it and it’ll go to its default position, saving you much time

» QT: Render fullsize previews while you are away!

If you are going away from your computer for a little time, remember to start Lightroom on rendering fullsized previews of your photos so that you don’t have to wait for them to render when you zoom into a photo while editing. This can be done by going to Library > Previews > Render 1:1 Previews.

» QT: Export plugins for Lightroom!

If you have upgraded to Lightroom 1.3 (free upgrade so why shouldn’t you) you can take advantage of the new export dialog and also the fact that you can now install plug ins for the exporting to help you export to FTP, sites like Flickr, SmugMug etc. that are released freely on the web and will help your workflow a lot!

» QT: Take advantage of the sample files!

This is quite a universal quick tip to all of the Creative Suite applications. Take advantage of the sample files that comes with all of the applications in the suites. Under the program folder there is most often a folder called Samples where you can find sample files for many of the tools. Perfect if you are exploring new tools or if you teach the software. If the user has a copy of the program, the user will have the sample files!

» QT: Dreamweaver extensions - Useful stuff!

Many don’t realize that Adobe Dreamweaver has got a lot of cool and useful extensions over at the Adobe Exchange site. Many can speed up your workflow a lot and add many useful tools to the program! Some of the extensions even add complete site elements!

» QT: Camera Raw preferences in Bridge

Did you know that you can change the preferences for Camera Raw handling inside of Bridge? You can, if you on the PC go under the Edit menu, and on the Mac under the Bridge menu, you have an option called “Camera Raw Preferences” right above the bridge Preferences.

» QT: Use the global light as blend mode in Photoshop

Did you know that you can use the global light as its own blend mode and not only in many blending options?
Just go to Layer > Layer Style > Global Light and change the default angle and altitude right there and you’ll be making a change to just the global light of the document you are in!