Photoshop Tips Collection 80 (1-20)

1. Open the file quickly

Double-click on the Photoshop background blank (the default is the gray display area) to open the browse window for the selected file.

2. Feel free to change canvas color

Select the paint bucket tool and hold Shift to click on the edge of the canvas to set the background color of the canvas to the currently selected foreground color. If you want to revert to the default color, set the foreground color to 25% grayscale (R192, G192, B192) and hold down Shift again to click on the canvas edge.

3. Select the tool shortcuts

You can quickly select a tool in the toolbox by pressing a shortcut key. The letter shortcuts for each tool are as follows:

Marquee -M Move -V Lasso -L Magic Wand -W

Spray Gun - J Brush - B Pencil - N Rubber Stamp - S

History Brush - Y Eraser - E Blur - R Dodge - O

Pen-P Text-T Measurement-U Gradient-G

Paint Bucket -K Suction Pipe -I Gripper -H Zoom -Z

Default Foreground and Background Color -D toggle foreground and background color -X

Edit Mode Switch -Q Display Mode Switch -F

In addition, if we hold down the Alt key and then click on the displayed tool icon, or hold down the Shift key and press the letter shortcut key repeatedly, you can cycle through the hidden tools.

4. Get precise cursor

Pressing the Caps Lock key allows the pen and magnetic tool cursors to appear as exact crosshairs, press again to restore the original shape.

5. Show/Hide Control Panel

Press the Tab key to switch between showing or hiding all dashboards (including toolboxes). If you press Shift+Tab, the toolbox is not affected. Only other dashboards are displayed or hidden.

6. Quickly restore the default value

Some friends who are not good at Photoshop are really trying to adjust to a satisfactory result. The result is that the original default effect is the best. This is a silly moment and it should not be regretted. How to restore to the default value? Try tapping the tool icon on the options bar, and then choose Reset Tool or Reset All Tools from the context menu.

7. Freedom to control the size

Zoom tool's shortcut key is "Z", in addition to "Ctrl + Space" is a zoom tool, "Alt + Space" is a zoom tool, but with the mouse click can zoom; the same press Ctrl + "+" key and "-" key Can also be used to zoom in and zoom out images, respectively; Ctrl+Alt+“+” and Ctrl+Alt+“-” can automatically adjust the window to zoom in and out. You can use this tool to display the image no matter how many hundred. Can browse in full screen! If you want to automatically adjust the window by the size of the picture when using the zoom tool, click the "Full Canvas Display" option in the Zoom Tool's property bar.

8. When using the non-hand tool, the space bar can be converted to a hand tool and the visible range of the image within the window can be moved. Double-clicking on the hand tool can make the image display in the most suitable window size. Double-clicking the mouse on the zoom tool can display the image in 1:1 ratio.

9. When using the Erase Tool, hold down the Alt key to switch the eraser function to return to the specified step recording status.

10. When using the Smudge Tool, hold down the Alt key to change from pure smear to smear with foreground.

11. To move the glyph selection range using the Type Mask Tool, switch to the quick mask mode (switch with the shortcut key Q), and then move it. Once it is finished, just switch back to the standard mode. You can.

12. With the Alt key held down, use the Rubber Stamp Tool to click in any open image window to set the sampling position in the window, but it will not change the action window.

13. When using the Move Tool, you can press the arrow keys on the keyboard to directly move the image on the layer at a distance of 1 pixel. If you hold down the Shift key and then press the arrow key, you will have 10 pixels at a time. Distance moving image. Pressing the Alt key drags the selection to move a copy of the selection. The key can increase or decrease the sampling width in real time (in the options palette).

15. Metrology tools are very convenient for measuring distances (especially on diagonal lines) and you can use it to measure angles (like a protractor). Under the premise that the information panel is visible, select the measurement tool and click and drag a straight line, hold down the Alt key and drag the second straight 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. You can move the measurement line by dragging with the measurement tool (you can also move only one node of the measurement line alone) and drag the measurement line out of the canvas to delete it.

16. Using a drawing tool such as a brush, pen, or the like, Shift-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. The color change of the current picture is monitored by combining the color sampler tool (Shift+I) and the information panel. The color value before and after the change is displayed next to the sampling point number on the information panel. The color mode of the sampling point can be defined through the pop-up menu on the information panel. To add a new sample point, simply click on the color sampler tool anywhere on the canvas. Hold down the Alt key to remove the sample point. However, up to four color sampling points can be placed on a single graph. When there are dialogs in Photoshop (for example: color scale commands, curve commands, etc.) popping up, to add a new sampling point you must hold down the Shift key and then click, Alt + Shift click to subtract a sample point.

18. The cutting tools must be used by everyone, and you must have encountered this situation; when you adjust the cutting grip and the trim box is close to the border of the image, the trim box will be automatically attached to the edges of the image. On top of that, you can't accurately cut the image. However, as long as the "Ctrl" key is accepted when the trimming border is adjusted, the trimming box will obey the inscription and let you cut it accurately.

Copy skills

19. Hold down the Ctrl + Alt key drag the mouse to copy the contents of the current layer or selection.

20. If you recently copied a picture to the clipboard, Photoshop will use the size of the picture in the clipboard as the default size for 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 you open it. (to be continued)