Tips for Photoshop techniques

98. Filter shortcut keys

ctrl+f--again using the filter you just used.

ctrl+alt+f--use a new filter using the filters you just used.

ctrl+shift+f--the last used filter or adjust the effect or change the mode of synthesis.

99. In the Filter window, press the ALT key and the Cancel button becomes the reset button to restore the initial condition. To enlarge the size of the image Preview in the Filter dialog box, press Ctrl and click the Preview area to zoom in, or the image in the preview area will quickly become smaller if you take the ALT key.

100. The first line of the filter menu records the use of a filter to facilitate repeated execution.

101. On the layer panel, you can adjust the opacity and color blending for the effect after the filter has been performed (the object of the action must be a layer).

102. The selection of the range Feather (Feather), can reduce the abrupt feeling.

103. When using filters → "render" → "Clouds", to produce more obvious cloud patterns, hold down the ALT key before you execute the command, and then hold down the SHIFT key before you execute the command, if you want to generate a low diffuse cloud effect.

104. When you use the filter → render → lighting effect filters, to copy the light in the dialog box, you can press and hold the ALT key before you drag the light source to make the copy.

105. Processing for the selected area. If no range is selected, the entire image is processed, and if only one layer or channel is selected, only the current layer or channel will work.

106. Filter processing effect in pixels, that is, the same parameters to handle different resolution of the image, the effect will be different.

In the RGB mode, you can use all the filters for the graphic, and the text must become a graphic to use the filter.

108. Use the new filter should first experiment with the default settings, and then try a lower configuration, try a higher configuration. Observe the following changes in the process and results. Use a smaller image for processing and save the original copy of the file instead of using restore. This allows the operator to compare the results and write down the settings that they really like.

109. Before selecting a filter, place the image in a newly created layer and then process the layer with a filter. This method allows the operator to mix the effect of the filter into the image, or change the blending mode to get the desired effect. This method also allows the operator to change the filter effect of the image at any time in the design process.

110. Even if the operator has used the filter to process the layer, you can also choose the "Fading ..." command. The user can use this command as long as you adjust the opacity, but also to change the process color mode. The operator is free to use a filter to handle the layer before closing the command. Note that if you use restore, you cannot change it again.

111. Some filters can handle a single channel at a time, such as a green channel, and can get very interesting results. Note that you can use any filter when working with grayscale images.

112. Processing an alpha channel with a filter can result in exciting results (or a grayscale image), then use the channel as a selection, and then apply a different filter to handle the entire image through the selection. This technique is especially suitable for crystal refraction filters.

113. Users can break the appropriate settings to observe what effect occurs. When the user does not set the filter as usual, 3lian.com can sometimes get wonderful special effects. For example, the virtual mask or dust and scratches of the parameters set high, and sometimes smooth the color of the image, the effect is particularly good.

114. There is a technology that produces better special effects, that is, the same (too many times). This technique is especially good for Western Europe in the case of operation filters. Of course, it can also be used for other filters. Users can also use the same filter settings, or with a completely different filter, multiple times for the same selection, see how the effect.

115. The effect of some filters is very obvious, the subtle adjustment of the parameters can lead to significant changes, so carefully selected when used, so as to avoid losing the style of each filter because of the excessive range of changes. Image processing can only be used as samples or examples, but they are not the best works of art, the use of filters should also be based on the needs of artistic creation, selectively.