Photoshop Tips Collection 80 (on)
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1. Open the file quickly
Double-click on the background blank of Photoshop (the default is the gray display area) to open the browse window for the selected file.
2. Feel free to change the color of the canvas
Select the Paint Bucket tool and Shift-click on the edge of the canvas to set the canvas background color to the currently selected foreground color. If you want to restore to the default color, set the foreground color to 25% gray (R192, G192, B192) and hold down Shift again to click on the edge of the canvas.
3. Select the shortcut key for the tool
You can quickly select a tool in the toolbox by pressing a shortcut. The letter shortcuts for each tool are as follows:
Marquee-M Mobile-V Lasso-L Magic Wand-W
Airbrush-J Brush -B Pencil-N Rubber Stamp-S
History Brush - Y Eraser - E Mode Paste - R Dodge - O
Pen-P text-T metric-U gradient-G
Paint Bucket - K Straw - I Grip - H Zoom - Z
Default foreground and background color -D toggle foreground and background color -X
Edit mode switching - Q display mode switching -F
In addition, if we hold down the Alt key and then click the displayed tool icon, or hold down the Shift key and press the letter shortcut repeatedly, you can cycle through the hidden tools.
4. Get accurate cursor
Press the Caps Lock button to display the cursor and magnetic tool cursors as precise crosshairs, and press again to return to the original shape.
5. Show/hide the control panel
Press Tab to toggle display or hide all panels (including the toolbox). If you press Shift+Tab, the toolbox is unaffected and only the other panels are shown or hidden.
6. Quickly restore defaults
Some friends who are not good at Photoshop have tried their best to adjust the satisfaction. After all, they found that the original default effect is the best. This is a silly eye, regret not the original! How to restore to the default value? Try tapping the tool icon on the options bar and choosing Reset Tool or Reset All Tools from the context menu.
7. Free control size
The shortcut key of the zoom tool is “Z”. In addition, “Ctrl+Space” is the zoom tool, “Alt+Space” is the zoom tool, but it can be zoomed with the mouse click; the same press Ctrl+“+” and “-” You can also zoom in and out images separately; Ctrl+Alt+“+” and Ctrl+Alt+“-” can automatically adjust the window to zoom in and out with full screen. With this tool, you can browse full screen regardless of how many copies of the image are displayed. ! If you want to automatically adjust the window by the size of the image when using the Zoom tool, you can click the "Full Canvas Display" option in the properties bar of the Zoom tool.
8. When using the non-Hand Tool, press and hold the space bar to convert to the hand tool to move the visible range of the image in the window. Double-clicking the mouse on the hand tool will make the image appear at the most appropriate window size. Double-clicking the mouse on the zoom tool will display the image in a 1:1 ratio.
9. While using the Erase Tool, hold down the Alt key to switch the eraser function back to the specified step recording state.
10. When using the Smudge Tool, hold down the Alt key to smear from pure smudge to smear with the foreground.
11. To move the glyph selection range typed using the Type Mask Tool, switch to the quick mask mode (switch with the shortcut key Q), then move it, and then switch back to the standard mode. Just fine.
12. After holding down the Alt key, use the Rubber Stamp Tool to click on the mouse in any open image window to set the sampling position in the window, but the window will not be changed.
13. When using the Move Tool, press the arrow keys on the keyboard to move the image on the layer directly at a distance of 1 pixel. If you hold down the Shift key and then press the arrow key, it will be 10 pixels each time. Distance moving image. Pressing the Alt key to drag the selection will move the copy of the selection. The “key” can increase or decrease the sample width in real time (in the option palette).
15. The metrology tool is very convenient for measuring distances (especially on oblique lines), and you can also use it to measure angles (like a protractor). Under the premise that the information panel is visible, select the metric tool to click and drag a line, and hold down the Alt key to drag the second line from the node of the first line, so that the angle between the two lines and the line The length is displayed on the information panel. Drag with the measurement tool to move the measurement line (you can also move only one node of the measurement line separately) and drag the measurement line outside the canvas to delete it.
16. Using paint tools such as (brush, pen, etc.), hold down the Shift key and click the mouse to connect the two click points in a straight line.
17. Hold down the Alt key to select the color with the eyedropper tool to define the current background color. Monitor the color change of the current picture by combining the Color Sampler tool (Shift+I) and the information panel. The color values before and after the change are displayed next to their sample point numbers on the information panel. The color mode of the sampling point can be defined by a pop-up menu on the information panel. To add a new sample point, simply use the color sampler tool on the canvas to click anywhere, and hold down the Alt key to remove the sample point. However, you can only place up to four color sampling points on a single image. When there are dialog boxes in Photoshop (for example: level commands, curve commands, etc.) pop up, to add a new sample point, you must hold down the Shift key and click, hold down Alt+Shift to subtract a sample point.
18. The cutting tool must be used by everyone. You must have encountered this situation. When you adjust the cutting grip and the cutting frame is closer to the image boundary, the clipping frame will be automatically attached to the edge of the image. Up, you can't crop the image accurately. However, as long as you press the "Ctrl" key while adjusting the crop border, the crop box will obey the post and let you cut it accurately.
Copying skills
19. Hold down the Ctrl+Alt key and drag the mouse to copy the current layer or selection.
20. If you have recently copied a picture in the clipboard, Photoshop will use the size of the image in the clipboard as the default size of the new image when creating a new file (Ctrl+N). To skip this feature and use the last setting, hold down the Alt key (Ctrl+Alt+N) when it is open.
21. If you create a new work, you need to have the same size, resolution, and format file as an open picture. Select “File” → “New”, click the Windows option in the Photoshop menu bar, and click on the image name that has been opened in the bottom bar of the pop-up menu. Yes, it is as simple as that!
22. Hold down the Alt key (Ctrl + Alt+T) while using the Free Transform tool (Ctrl+T) to copy the original layer (in the current selection) and then transform it on the copy layer; Ctrl+Shift+T to execute the last transformation again, Ctrl+Alt +Shift+T performs the transformation after copying the original image.
23. Use the "Copy New Layer by Copy (Ctrl+J)" or "Create New Layer by Cut (Ctrl + J)" command to copy to paste and cut to paste work in one step; create a new layer by copying (cutting) The commands will still be placed in their original place when they are pasted, but they will be pasted in the center of the image (or selection) by copying (cutting) and pasting.
24. To copy an image directly without the naming dialog box, hold down the Alt key and execute the Image → Copy command.
25. Photoshop's clipboard is great, but you prefer to use the Windows system clipboard directly to process images captured from the screen. Ok, press Ctrl+K and put the "Output to Clipboard" point on the pop-up panel!
26. Implement regular replication in Photoshop
When doing layout design, we often put certain elements regularly to seek a form of aesthetics, which can be easily obtained by combining four shortcut keys in Photoshop.
(1) Circle the objects you want to copy;
(2) Press Ctrl+J to generate a floating layer;
(3) Confirm by pressing and moving to the appropriate position;
(4) Now you can press Ctrl+Alt+Shift and press “T” continuously to copy consecutive objects. (just hold Ctrl+Shift and just move it regularly)
27. When we want to copy the selection objects in the file, use the Copy command in the Edit menu. You may not find it troublesome to copy it once, but to copy it multiple times, it is quite inconvenient to click once. At this point you can first select the object with the selection tool, then click on the move tool, then hold down the "Alt" button. When the cursor turns into two arrows that are black and white, drag the mouse to the desired position. To copy multiple times, just repeat the mouse to relax.
28. You can use the marquee or lasso tool to drag selections from one document to another.
29. To create a duplicate document for the current history state or snapshot:
(1) Click the "Create new document from current status" button;
(2) Select a new document from the history panel menu;
(3) Drag the current state (or snapshot) to the "Create a new document from the current state" button;
(4) Right-click on the desired state (or snapshot) and select New Document from the pop-up menu. Drag a historical state of the current image in the historical state to the window of another image to change the content of the destination image. Hold down the Alt key and click on any history state (except the current, recent state) to copy it. The status that is then copied becomes the current (most recent) state. You can copy it into another action by holding down the steps in the Alt drag action.
Selection skills
30. When dragging a selection area or layer from one document to another, hold down the Shift key to center it on the destination document. If the source document and the destination document are the same size (size), the dragged element will be placed in the same location as the source document (instead of being placed in the center of the canvas). If the destination document contains a selection, the dragged element will be placed in the center of the selection.
31. In the action palette, click the triangle button in the upper right corner, select the loading action from the pop-up menu, enter the PhotoshopGoodiesActions directory, under which there are buttons, specifications, commands, image effects, text effects, textures, frames, six The action set contains a lot of useful things! In addition, there is an ACTIONS.PDF file in this directory, which can be opened with Adobe Acrobat software, which details the use of these actions and the effects.
32. Click the Brush Class tool in the toolbar, click the small triangle to the right of the Brushes tab in the property bar that appears, and click the small arrow in the pop-up menu to select "Load Brush...". Select *.abr in the Brushes folder of the Photoshop directory. There are so many cute things here.
33. Draw a beautiful mark and want to reuse it in your work? It's easy to do it. Use the lasso tool to select it. Select “Save Brush...” in the Brushes pop-up menu, then use the Brush tool to select this new pen... Friends, do you want to do room spraying?
34. If you want to select the part between the two selection areas, hold down the Shift and Alt keys next to any existing selection area and drag to draw the second selection area (a multiplication sign appears next to the mouse cross) , indicating that the area that coincides will be retained).
35. To delete a square or circle in the selection area, first add any selection area, then in the selection area, press the Alt key to drag the mask tool of the rectangle or ellipse. Then release the Alt key, hold down the Shift key, and drag until you are satisfied. Then release the mouse button and release the Shift button.
36. Remove a selection area from the center. In any of the selection areas, first press the Alt key to drag the mask tool of the rectangle or ellipse, then release the Alt key, then hold down the Alt key again, and then release the mouse button. Release the Alt key.
37. To quickly switch the mask area or select area option in Quick Mask mode, hold down the Alt key and move the cursor to the Quick Mask mode icon. Click the mouse.
38. When using the marquee tool, hold down the Shift key to draw the selection of the square and the perfect circle; hold down the Alt key to delineate the selection from the starting point.
39. Use the Reselect command (Ctrl+Shift+D) to load/restore the previous selection.
40. Press the Alt key while using the lasso tool to sketch the selection to switch between the lasso tool and the polygonal lasso tool. Hold down the spacebar while sketching the selection to move the selection you are sketching.