120 Photoshop Novice must-see skills

Photoshop's Getting stronger! Trying to control all of its features is unrealistic (not to mention that there are so many hidden features!). , then we might as well collect the 120 PS techniques summed up by the gods, and occasionally look over to make their designs more powerful and efficient!

These 120 tips cover most of the main features of PS, these features you are familiar with, but understand their details, control the shortcut of the Strokes, repair drawings may be able to harvest the magic!

01. Rotation Style

Cmd/ctrl+shift+alt+t is a magical shortcut that can help you create amazing kaleidoscope patterns, and when you use it, you can copy the current layer and repeat the previous rotation, zoom, and more. As demonstrated, using this shortcut makes it easy to turn a dazzling light into a beautiful kaleidoscope. In the operation, you first use cmd/ctrl+t and appropriate rotation, enter to determine, and then use this set of shortcut keys until the entire style is completed. 02. Make the picture overlay the text

This is the function of the clipping mask, but there is a simpler way to do it: place the picture layer directly above the text layer, hold down the ALT key, click the line between the two layers, and you're done! 03. Overlooking the picture when you zoom in on the details of the image, you just hold down the H key, slide the mouse to see the entire view, and you can see the cursor becomes a small box, that is the part you are working on. Drag the box to the other area, release the H key, you will switch to the area where the cursor is, super convenient! 04. Fast Full Layer mask when you hold down the ALT key and then click the Layer Mask button, you can create a mask that covers all of the content. 05. More convenient marquee selection when you press and hold the ALT key, the selection of any marquee tool will be selected at the center of your cursor's original location. 06. Adjust the PS default background color

Few people will take the initiative to adjust the PS background color dark gray, if you want to quickly replace the background color, select the Paint bucket tool, Shift-click the background, you can replace it with the foreground color! To restore the default, right-click on the background, choose the default is good! 07.1000 history history entries not enough? Simple! In the menu bar Select Select Edit, Preferences--performance, then you can adjust the number of history to become 1000! Of course, this setting will affect the performance of your computer. Small hard disk, poor performance of the computer, please be careful to handle. 08. Layer color identification using color to organize layers is a good choice, right-click on the eyes of the layers panel, you can use color to identify the layer, and then you can manage the layer based on the color. 09. Close all documents to close more than one document at a time, hold down the SHIFT key and click the Close button on any window. 10. Temporarily switch the mobile tool no matter what tool you are using, press and hold Cmd/ctrl to temporarily switch to the Move tool, Release the button and restore the previous tool. 11. Interactive Zoom Press and hold the cmd/ctrl+ space button (although the IME will be switched, but no effect), move the mouse to quickly zoom, swipe to the left to zoom to the right, zoom to the mouse cursor's initial position and center. 12. Make a copy of the layer quickly press and hold the Cmd+alt key and drag any layer to easily duplicate the layer. 13. Dispersion Effect

The diffuse light filter gives the image a soft, airy feel, especially after you have lowered the saturation. Click D to have the color reset, and then, in the filter-and-Filter gallery, you'll find this hidden filter, and then cmd/ctrl+u quickly bring up the saturation palette and adjust the saturation level. 14. Undo! Revoke! Revoke! You know Cmd/ctrl+z is a shortcut to undo, but to undo it all the time, you need to use Cmd/ctrl+alt+z. 15. Cyclic adjustment Blending mode if you have not adjusted the default shortcut settings, use the shift mate + and-keys to quickly adjust the blending mode from start to finish, looping back and forth until you find the desired effect on the layer. Common shortcut key collection (16–43)

• Cmd/ctrl+shift+alt+e merging copies of all layers
• F can quickly switch background display mode
• X can quickly toggle foreground and background colors
• D This shortcut can quickly restore the foreground color and background color to the default black and white
• ] and [Quick switch brush size
• Cmd/ctrl+j Quick Copy Layer
• SPACEBAR to hold down the spacebar to quickly drag the entire image up or down
• Tab key to quickly hide all tools and panels
• Cmd/ctrl+t transform layers so that they can be edited
• Cmd/ctrl+e Merging selected layers
• Cmd/ctrl/ctrl+shift+opt+s Store as Web format (often the friends who design the page often use this shortcut?) ）
• Cmd/ctrl+l Adjusting the color scale
• Cmd/ctrl+t Open the Free transform tool
• Cmd/ctrl+m Open Curve Tool
• Cmd/ctrl+b Adjusting the color balance
• CMD/CTRL+SHIFT+OPT+C zoom picture to your preset state
• Cmd/ctrl+opt+g Creating a clipping mask
• Cmd/ctrl+0 adapting the image to the screen
• cmd/ctrl+shift+>/< This shortcut allows you to select the text to be scaled at 2pt intervals.
• cmd/ctrl+option+shift->/< can make your selected text scale at 10pt intervals
• Shift+f5 Fill Selection Fill the selection
• }/{increase or decrease brush hardness
• ,/. Toggle Brush
• Toggle the first and last brushes
• Cmd/ctrl+] Let the layer position move up
• cmd/ctrl+[RID layer position Move down
• Cmd/ctrl+shift+[placing layers on the bottom
• Cmd/ctrl+shift+] Place the layer on the top level

Layer Control Tips

44. The convert layer style transforms the layer into a normal pixel-based layer, making it easier to control the content. You can add a blending effect to a layer, then right-click on the blend effect, select Create layer, and the effect will become a separate layer for easier management. 45. Viewing a layer this is a common-sense technique. When you want to view a particular layer, click the eyes in front of the other layers to hide them, and then you can see the only layer that is visible. 46. Flip the layer mask after adjusting for the layer, click Cmd/ctrl+i to flip the layer mask and quickly hide the effect, then white on the picture surface so that the adjusted section can be displayed. 47. Remove the link between the layer and the mask in fact, this technique is also very simple, you just need to click on the layer and mask link between the layers of the interface icon to contact the link relationship, with the mouse to select the part of the thumbnail you want to move, move it together where it is good. 48. Quick copy hold down the ALT key and drag the layer you want to copy, and you're done with the ~49. Convert background Double-click the background layer, just click OK to unlock it, and then you can edit it. 50. Adjustment layer Most of the time people will edit a layer directly, but a lot of times the picture processing is ruined and can't go back. Of course, a stupid way is to copy the original layer for a rainy day. But there's a better way: Create a new adjustment layer. You can create a new adjustment layer by selecting the layer you want to edit and clicking the half-black, half-white circle icon at the bottom. No matter how you edit this layer, the original is not affected. Of course, you can also complete this process by creating a new adjustment layer from the menu layer. 51. Move a list of layers It's also a trick, when you use the Move tool, right-click at a point on the image to see all the layers that exist on that point, and then you can select the icon you want to select. 52. The Panel Options layer panel is one of the most important components in PS, and you need to set it up handy (or you've adapted to the default settings?). ）。 Click the menu button at the top right to have a pop-up menu and set it up to make it more usable. 53. Move layers up and down using drag and drop layers is the way everyone is accustomed to, the keyboard party's choice is usually the shortcut key: cmd/ctrl+]/[, the combination of mouse and shortcut keys will be much faster. 54. Fill shortcuts you can use the Opt/alt+ Backspace key to fill a layer with the foreground color, fill the background with cmd/ctrl+backspace, and use the Shift+backspace shortcut to call up the Fill Control panel if you want to set it up carefully. 55.5% grayscale layers In many cases, it is useful to create a new layer with 50% grayscale. This layer can be easily reduced or deepened, add textures or halos, can optimize the image in a non-destructive way, create a new layer, and thenAfter selecting edit-fill, then set blending mode to overlay. 56. Layer Group shortcut layer groups are useful, but you don't have to click the Layer group icon to create a new one, and then move the layer in. You just need to select a group of layers, and then drag to the icon on the good, shortcut is also a good choice: cmd/ctrl+g. 57. Editing multiple text layers

Regular editors of text layers should know that the button at the far right of the text Tools menu bar will bring up the character settings panel, so when you want to adjust multiple text layers at once, you only need to press and hold Cmd/ctrl to select multiple text layers, then set the settings for multiple layers at once in the character Settings panel. 58. Layer Mask View

Press and hold the Alt/opt key, then click on a mask thumbnail, then switch back and forth between the image view and the Mask view, and hold down the SHIFT key to turn the mask on or off. 59. Select a similar layer this is used to help you choose the same type of layer, such as the selection of all the shape layer or text layer, you need to do is to go to the menu, select, choose Similar! 60. Change transparency when you do not apply the brush tool, you can use the number keys to quickly set the transparency of the layer, the number 1 is 10%, the number 5 is 50%, the number 0 is 100%. 61. Quick Call Brush

The shortcut key to quickly open the brush panel is F5.

62. Mixed Flame Effect

A: Copy the Flame

Open a portrait image and a normal flame image, use the Move tool, use the auto-select layer, and display the transform control. Drag and drop the flame image onto the portrait image and select Blend mode.

B: Position and twist

Click on the side paragraph to change the layer of the flame, resize, rotate, and position. In the adjustment state, the right mouse button click to bring up the menu, select "Twist", adjust the flame posture. Use the shortcut key cmd/ctrl+j to copy the layer and adjust the effect by overlaying the layer.

63. Use right-click to select more Features

In order to ensure the ease of use of PS, the vast majority of PS tools in the process, you can right-click to invoke more functions. Of course, some people like to use shortcut keys, some people like to adjust the top menu or sidebar, but if you like to use the mouse, this is the right choice.

64. Quick Navigation

Although many times we know that there are shortcut keys, we seldom consciously use them. For example, fast zoom can use Cmd/ctrl with +/-buttons, and quick drag and drop image hold spacebar on it.

65. Key Selection Shortcuts

This is also a useful trick, when using any of the selection tools, hold down SHIFT to select more selections, press and hold alt/opt to remove portions of the selected area, while holding, shift, and alt/opt to intersect the selection.

66. Paste in place

When you cut and paste, PS defaults to placing the pasted new layer in the central position of the entire view. But if you want to paste a layer into a previous location, you can use Cmd/ctrl+shift+v to paste it. Similarly, if you want to drag one layer to the same position in another PSD file, hold down SHIFT and drag.

67. Hide Guides

Use Cmd/ctrl+h to hide guides and editable edges so you can see directly the image without interference.

68. Useful cmd/ctrl+ Click

Use this shortcut to click on any image thumbnails, masks, and paths so you can quickly change the area of their shape to a selection.

69. Toggle Lasso

When you use the Lasso tool, press and hold alt/opt and release the mouse button to temporarily switch to a polygon lasso tool.

70. Fixed proportional selection

You may not pay much attention to this feature, in the menu bar of the rectangle selection tool, you can set the scale of the selection so that the selection you pull out can be selected according to the specific proportions. This is useful when making a specific scale background map.

71. Selection transformations

In fact, the selection can be transformed as a layer, you can invoke this feature with the select-to-transform selection, or you can right-click the selection and choose distort or tilt, and so on.

72. Pen Tool Rubber Band

Even for many experienced designers, pen tools and Bezier curves are also a headache, because many times it is unclear how the curve will change after the next anchor point! So this tip is important: switch to the Pen tool, on the top menu bar, the Auto Add/Remove button to the left, there is a pinion, check the "Rubber Band" box, then you can see the trend of the curve, make the best choice.

73. Non-destructive cropping

The Crop tool has a non-known function of hiding the cropping area rather than deleting it. There are more options in the Gear button in the top menu bar, and you can see the "Enable clipping concealment" option. With this, you can control the crop box and the actual crop size at any time.

Tips for using the Pen tool 74. Adjusting the anchor point position

When you use the Pen tool, press and hold the Cmd/ctrl button, you can temporarily switch to "White arrow mode", that is, at this time, you can easily adjust the location of the anchor point.

75. Add anchor Points

In fact, this is not a skill, when you use the pen tool to stroke the process, you can observe the shape of the Bezier curve changes, choose the best curve path.

76. Remove the handle

Usually the position and curve of the previous anchor point will affect the next anchor point in its curve radian, if you need to remove such an effect, you need to make that anchor point as a breakpoint, you just have to press and hold the Alt/opt button, click on the anchor point, just fine.

77. Convert Selection to Path

In the control panel of the path, you can easily do this by tapping the "Convert work area to path" button.

78. Add Adjustment handle

In fact, this is also very simple, press and hold the alt/opt button, the outward drag is good.

79. Path selection

When you draw a path using the Pen tool, you can right-click on the path with more options, including fill path, create selection and path strokes.

80. Magnetic Pen Tool

Many times the pen stroke is not easy to use, this time you can choose the "Free Pen tool", this time the top menu bar has a marquee "magnetic", after the selection can be used happily the tool!

81. Use the channel to process the sky in the picture

A: Copy the Blue Channel

Go to the Channel tool window and drag the blue channel to create a new channel button and copy it. Click Cmd/ctrl+l to call the color scale, drag the adjustment, let the sky all white, and the ground is all black. Next use the brush tool to smooth the ground part with black.

B: Adjust the selection

Press and hold the Cmd/ctrl button and click on the blue channel to select the white selection. Back to the RGB channel mode, add a curve adjustment layer in the Layers panel, the selection will naturally become a mask, adjust the curve, you can change the color of the sky.

Tips for using brushes and brushes 82. Using Adobe Eazel

Adobe Eazel is an interesting and rigorous painting tool for designers, and it's hard to recognize the weight of strokes on a computer, and it's easy to use this software on a tablet. Next, all you need to do is transfer the drawing results to your computer for post-processing.

83. Change Brush Angle

Round brushes You do not need to think about this, but other angles of the brush you may need to adjust the angle. In the brush panel, you will notice that there is a ring-shaped tool that has two white dots in the symmetrical position, adjusts them to adjust the angle, and, of course, can be set by the input box next to it.

84. Rotate the clone source

The shortcut key for this function is shift+alt+, the result of the adjustment after the end, in the window to open the Clone source panel will know.

85 quasi-materialized textures

Bevel and Emboss filters are often used by digital painters to make strokes look like paint or striped layers, set blending modes to overlay, merge layers, and then use Emboss or bevel filters to look right.

86. Quick Brush Settings

When you use the Brush tool, press and hold the ALT key, the mouse right-click can quickly bring up the brush's current settings, you can see the brush size, hardness and type, this time you can use the mouse to swipe around quickly adjust.

87. Rotate the canvas

Sometimes you need to adjust the angle of the canvas to see what you're making, and the quick R is used to do this. When you click on R, you can quickly and easily select the canvas.

88. Apply Painting

Sometimes pure painting is also a good experience, you can call the Smudge tool, the entire background is set to gray tones, copy multi-layered stacked together, transparency set to about 13%, adjust the number of layers to the state you feel comfortable, then you can be relieved to paint.

89. Add texture to the picture

Sometimes you need to make your pictures look more realistic, and you can add texture by adding textures.

Precise colors and lines 90. Draw a straight line

Use the brush tool to draw a straight line by holding down the SHIFT key.

91. Color Extraction

When you use the Brush tool to draw, press and hold the alt/opt button to temporarily color.

92. Precise smear

Hold down the CAPS Lock button to make the cursor a cross and lock precisely.

93. Cycle Switch Brush

Use, and. button to cycle through the brush.

94. Dodge or Deepen

When you use the Burn tool, hold down ALT to Dodge.

95. Using pen and tablet

Tablet is a good friend of the original painter, you can use the tablet unlimited to play your creativity. Of course, using the ipad and the 53 paper is a good tool, but wouldn't it be better to use Wacom's Intuos 5?

96. Adjust the Hardness

You may know that using the] and [buttons can quickly adjust the brush size, if you hold down the SHIFT key to fit] and [you can adjust the hardness.

97. Quickly adjust opacity

In fact, adjust the opacity and the previous shortcut keys, the use of digital 0~9 to adjust. 1 is 10%,0 is 100%.

Adobe Camera Raw Tips 98. Select All

To quickly batch-process a picture, open it in Adobe Camera Raw (Adobe Bridge is also available), then select it all and then process it. Your processing of any image will be applied to all.

99. Turn on Smart objects

When you hold down the SHIFT key in the ACR, the Open Picture button opens the object programmatically. The images that are opened at this time will become smart objects.

100. Mask Sharpening

In the details panel, adjust the Mask slider to adjust the degree of sharpening in the image area. But if you want to control the sharpness in more detail, you need to hold down the ALT key. A grayscale chart can help you understand the degree of sharpening.

101. Quick Reset Slider

Double-click the slider and it will revert to the 0 position.

102. Cropping ratio

Different cropping ratios can highlight different bodies. In ACR, clipping is non-destructive, so you can try different proportions.

103. Exposure before coloring

It's always handy to adjust the exposure before you adjust the color.

104. Adjusting Brush Control

Adjust the brush in the ACR, always choose the best selection of tones. Use the mask appropriately to adjust the shading, and use the shortcut y to turn on or off the mask viewing effect.

105. Erase Mask

While you are using the Adjust Brush tool, hold down the ALT key to erase some masks.

106. Adjust the lightness

Dark Black can make the picture more powerful, you can adjust the brightness to achieve this goal.

107. Straighten field of view

You can adjust the view of the photo by holding down the shortcut A and pulling a line to use as a guide line.

108. Adjust the View

By holding down the ALT key to adjust lightness and exposure, you can see the histogram in the upper right corner of the icon to control details more precisely.

109. Full-screen preview

Click the shortcut key f to switch to full-screen mode in ACR.

ACR and Bridge ACR and Bridge110. Rotate View

Using the shortcut key Cmd/ctrl+b can open the 3D view in PS, it is great!

111. Paste ACR Settings

You can apply the ACR process from one image to another in bridge, in Bridge, right-click on the Circle icon, select Development Settings, copy settings, and then right-click on another image to paste.

112. Similar picture grouping stack

Organize similar pictures into a group that is easy to manage, hold down SHIFT to select multiple photos, and then tap menu: Stack grouping with stacks to implement grouping functions.

113. Open directly in ACR

Under Windows and Mac you can set some format files by default with a software open, of course, you can directly right mouse click on the file, and then choose to open with ACR just fine.

114. Open as a layer

You can open a group of photos as a layer, and you just need to click on the tool->photoshop-> to load the file.

Improve brush skills 116. Creating brushes

You can define a picture you like as a brush, and after you open the file, select Edit-and-define brush presets to get it done.

117. Making sketch Effects

If you're working on a photo as an oil painting or adding a sketch line, you can do that with a filter, and choose Filter---styling--to find the edge.

118. Test

Many brushes, the best way to control them is to create a new document, choose a color, try one, and record what you like.

119. Further exploration

When making a diagram, try to create as many new layers as possible, test different tricks on different layers, use different blending modes, and practice more.

Step by Step:quick brush effects Quick brush effect

A: Set Brush

Select a common portrait, then select a square brush, and apply the following settings: Pitch 631%, size, angle, jitter are set to 100%, scatter: 638%, quantity jitter 50%, Color dynamics: foreground/Background jitter 20%, saturation jitter 20%, luminance 30%.

B: Draw Masks and colors

Using sets

120 Photoshop Novice must-see skills