167 practical Photoshop skills (with examples)-PS tutorial

Classic Photoshop skills. if you are at the initial stage, read this article carefully and master it. now you are at the intermediate level. It's definitely not an advertisement. After learning it, you can go to the photo studio as a senior designer to learn common skills and typical Photoshop skills. if you are at the initial stage, read this article carefully and master it. now you will be at the intermediate level. It's definitely not an advertisement. ­

1. quickly open a file

Double-click the blank background area of Photoshop (the gray area by default) to open the browsing window of the selected file. ­

2. change the canvas color at will

Select the paint bucket tool and press Shift to click the canvas edge to set the canvas background color to the selected foreground color. If you want to restore to the default color, set the foreground color to 25% grayscale (R192, G192, B192) and Press Shift again to click the canvas edge. ­

3. select a shortcut for the tool.

You can press the shortcut key to quickly select a tool in the toolbox. The letter shortcut keys of each tool are as follows:

Select box-M mobile-V cable-L magic wand-w­

Spray gun-J paint brush-B pencil-N rubber stamp-S

History paint brush-Y eraser-E fuzzy-R fade-O-

Pen-P text-T measurement-U gradient-g­

Paint Bucket-K straw-I grip-H zoom-Z

Default foreground and background color-D switch foreground and background color-X

Switch Edit mode-switch Q display mode-F ­

In addition, if you press the Alt key and then click the displayed tool icon, or press the Shift key and press the letter shortcut key again, you can choose a hidden tool cyclically. ­

4. get the exact cursor

By pressing the Caps Lock key, the cursor of the paint brush and magnetic tool can be displayed as a precise cross, and the cursor can be restored once again. ­

5. Display/hide dashboards

You can press the Tab key to switch between Display and hide all dashboards (including the toolbox). If you press Shift + Tab, the toolbox is not affected and only other dashboards are displayed or hidden. ­

6. quickly restore the default value

Some of my friends who are not good at Photoshop are really doing some twists and turns out they are still the best by default to adjust their satisfactory results. this is silly and I regret it! How to restore to the default value? Click "reset tool" or "reset all tools" in the context menu ". ­

7. free size control

The shortcut key of the zoom tool is "Z". In addition, "Ctrl + space key" is the zoom-in tool, and "Alt + space key" is the zoom-out tool. However, you must click the mouse to zoom in; press Ctrl + "+" and-to zoom in or out the image; ctrl + Alt + "+" and Ctrl + Alt + "-" can automatically adjust the window to zoom in and out on the full screen, with this tool, you can view images in full screen regardless of the number of hundreds of images displayed! If you want to automatically adjust the window according to the image size when using the zoom tool, you can click the "full canvas display" option in the attribute bar of the zoom tool. ­

8. when using a non-Hand Tool, press and hold the space key to switch to the Hand Tool to move the visible range of the images in the window. Double-click the hand tool to display the image in the most appropriate window size. double-click the zoom tool to display the image in a ratio. ­

9. when using Erase Tool (eraser Tool), press and hold the Alt key to switch the eraser function to the specified step record status. ­

10. when using the Smudge Tool (fingertip Tool), press and hold the Alt key to change from pure smear to foreground painting. ­

11. to move the selection range of the font that is played by the Type Mask Tool (text Mask Tool), you can first switch to the quick Mask mode (use the shortcut key Q to switch) and then move it, after the switch, you only need to switch back to the standard mode. ­

12. press and hold the Alt key, and use the Rubber Stamp Tool (Rubber Stamp Tool) to click the mouse in any open Image window to set the sampling position in the window, but will not change the window. ­

13. when you use the Move Tool, you can press the arrow key on the drive to Move the image on the layer from 1 pixel, if you hold down the Shift key first and then press the direction key, the image will be moved at a distance of 10 pixel each time. By pressing the Alt key, you can move the copy of the selected area. ­

14. when using a magnetic cable tool or magnetic pen tool, you can press the ["or"] "key to increase or decrease the sampling width in real time (in the option palette ). ­

15. the measurement tool is very convenient in measuring distance (especially on diagonal lines). You can also use it to measure the angle (just like a measuring angle ). On the premise that the information panel is visible, select the measurement tool and drag a straight line. press the Alt key to drag the second line from the node of the first line, in this way, the angle and length of the two lines are displayed on the information panel. You can drag a measurement line (or move only one node of the measurement line) with a measurement tool and drag the measurement line outside the canvas to delete it. ­

16. Use a painting tool, such as a paint brush or pen, to hold down the Shift key and click the mouse to connect the two clicks in a straight line. ­

17. press the Alt key and use the straw tool to select a color to define the current background color. Use the color sampling tool (Shift + I) and information panel to monitor the color changes of the current image. The color values before and after changes are displayed next to the sampling point number on the information panel. You can use the pop-up menu on the information panel to define the color mode of the sampling point. To add a new sampling point, you just need to use the color sampling tool on the canvas and click anywhere. Press and hold the Alt key and click to remove the sampling point. However, a maximum of four color sampling points can be placed on a graph. When a dialog box (such as a level command or curve command) appears in Photoshop, you must press Shift to add a new sampling point and then click, press Alt + Shift to subtract a sampling point. ­

18. cropping tools must have been used by everyone, and you must have met this situation. when you adjust the cropping grip and the cropping frame is close to the image boundary, the drop box is automatically pasted to the edge of the image, so that you cannot crop the image accurately. However, as long as you press the "Ctrl" key when adjusting the cropping border, the cropping box will accept the reply, allowing you to crop it accurately. ­

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Replication skills

19. press Ctrl + Alt and drag the mouse to copy the content of the current layer or selection area. ­

20. if you recently copied an image to the clipboard, Photoshop uses the size of the image in the clipboard as the default size when creating a new file (Ctrl + N. If you want to skip this feature and use the previous settings, press and hold the Alt key (Ctrl + Alt + N ). ­

21. to create a new file, you must have the same size, resolution, and format as an opened image. Select "file"> "New", click the Windows option in the Photoshop menu bar, and click the enabled image name in the bottom column of the pop-up menu! ­

22. when using the free conversion tool (Ctrl + T), press and hold the Alt key (Ctrl + Alt + T) to copy the source image layer (in the current selection area) and then perform the transformation on the copy layer; ctrl + Shift + T: execute the last transform again. Ctrl + Alt + Shift + T: copy the source image and then execute the transform. ­

23. you can copy, paste, and cut to and paste from one step by using the "copy new layer (Ctrl + J)" or "cut new layer (Ctrl + J)" command; the commands for creating layers by copying (cutting) are still placed in their original places. However, by copying (cutting) and pasting it, it is pasted to the center of the image (or selection area. ­

24. to copy the image directly without the name dialog box, press and hold the Alt key before running the "image"> "copy" command. ­

25. the Photoshop clipboard is very useful, but you prefer to use the Windows clipboard to directly process the image captured from the screen. OK. press Ctrl + K and set "output to clipboard" on the pop-up panel! ­

26. implement regular copying in Photoshop

When designing a layout, we often place some elements in a regular manner to seek a kind of aesthetic, which can be easily obtained through the combination of four shortcut keys in Photoshop. ­

(1) circle the objects you want to copy.

(2) press Ctrl + J to generate a floating Layer;

(3) confirm after rotating and moving to the appropriate position;

(4) now, you can press Ctrl + Alt + Shift and then press "T" continuously to replicate consecutive objects. (Only press Ctrl + Shift to move regularly .)

27. when we want to copy the selected object in the file, we need to use the copy command in the Edit menu. You may not be bothered to copy a copy once, but it is inconvenient to copy a copy once. In this case, you can select an object with the selection tool, click the mobile tool, and then press and hold the "Alt" key. When the cursor turns to a black and white overlapping two arrows, drag the mouse to the desired position. To copy multiple times, just relax the mouse again. ­

28. you can drag a selection area from one document to another by using the box selection tool or cable logging tool. ­

29. to create a copy document for the current historical status or snapshot, you can:

(1) click the "create a document from the 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 the desired status (or snapshot) select a new document from the pop-up menu and drag the history status of the current image to the window of another image to change the content of the target image. Press and hold the Alt key and click any historical status (except the current and recent status) to copy it. The copied status changes to the current (recent) status. You can copy the step from the Alt-drag action to another action. ­

Selection tips

30. drag the selected area or layer from one document to another, and hold down the Shift key to center it on the Target document. If the source and target documents are of the same size (size), the dragged elements are placed in the same location as the source document (instead of in the center of the canvas ). If the target document contains a selection area, the dragged elements are placed in the center of the selection area. ­

31. in the action Board, click the triangle button in the upper right corner, select the loading action from the pop-up menu, and enter the PhotoshopGoodiesActions directory, which contains buttons, specifications, commands, and image effects, there are six action sets of text effects, textures, and frames, which contain a lot of practical things! In addition, there is an ACTIONS. pdf file in this directory, which can be opened with Adobe Acrobat software. it details the usage and effects of these ACTIONS. ­

32. click the paint brush tool in the toolbar, click the triangle on the right of the paint label in the property bar that is displayed later, and click the arrow in the pop-up menu to select "load paint ...". Go to the Brushes folder in the Photoshop directory and select *. abr. There are so many cute things here. ­

33. draw a beautiful mark and try again in the work? Well, use the plug-in tool to select it. in the Brushes pop-up menu, select "save paint ...", Then, use the paint brush tool to select the new pen ...... Friend, do you want to enjoy room spraying? ­

34. if you want to select the area between two selected areas, hold down Shift and Alt at the same time next to any selected area, draw the second selection area (a multiplication sign appears next to the Cross of the mouse, indicating that the overlapping area will be retained ). ­

35. remove a square or circle from the selection area. first add any selection area, and then press Alt to drag the rectangular or elliptical mask tool in the selection area. Then release the Alt key, hold down the Shift key, and drag it until you are satisfied. Then, release the mouse button and then release the Shift key. ­

36. delete a selected area from the center. in any selection area, press the Alt key to drag the mask tool for the rectangle or oval, release the Alt key, and hold down the Alt key again, finally, release the mouse button and then release the Alt key. ­

37. when you want to quickly switch the mask area or select the area option in the quick mask mode, hold down the Alt key and move the cursor to the quick mask mode icon and click the mouse. ­

38. when using the box selection tool, you can press Shift to draw out the selection area of the square and the positive circle. press Alt to draw the selection area from the starting point. ­

39. run the "reselect" command (Ctrl + Shift + D) to load/restore the selected area. ­

40. you can press the Alt key to switch between the plug-in tool and the polygon plug-in tool when you use the plug-in tool to sketch a selection. You can press the space key to move the selected area. ­

1. copy the layer. the mixed mode is the filter color,
2. coating 2 mask plate reverse wipe out eyes
3. stamp (alt + ctrl + shift + E)
4. mixed Channel, select monochrome, Red + 54, Green + 54, blue + 32
6. hybrid mode-stacked
7. adjust the fingerprint layer, image-Adjust-shadow/highlight-shadow: 50, 50, 144 highlight: 0.01, 30 intermediate tone: 20, 0 0.01
8. re-stamp
9. use the stamps to erase the sun on the right cheek
10. Use a light reduction tool. the intensity ranges from high to high. The intensity is 50%. only the eyes are black,
11. print again, filter-Others-high contrast, parameter 80
12. change the pattern of high contrast to soft light to enhance comparison,
13. sharpen the image in your favorite method.
14. try a red color that is less saturated for a long time, or some other fine-tuning.

1. select the clip graph.
2. create a new canvas, fill the background with black, drag the character material into the canvas, and use the eraser tool to erase parts outside the face.
3. create a new transparent canvas (20x20 px) and set the foreground color to white. Use a 1px pencil tool to draw the left and bottom sides of the canvas.
4. edit> transform> deformation, and adjust the grid layer nodes.
5. set the opacity of the layer to 20%. Double-click the grid layer to open the layer style window, and select the outer light. the blending mode is "color fades", the opacity is 100%, the color is white, and the size is increased by 0 and 5.
6. create a new layer, use the pen tool to select several blocks along the grid, and fill them with black.
7. Press Ctrl and click the black block layer to obtain the selection area, select the portrait layer, cut and paste (the pasted layer is named "fragment "), and scale it down by pressing Ctrl + T and move it to the following position.
8. select the fragment layer, hold down the Alt key, and click the right arrow key on the keyboard at the same time (9 points) to obtain a three-dimensional effect. In this case, 10 fragment layers are displayed on the layer panel. all fragment layers except the top layer are merged, and the merged layers are named "side ". Double-click the side layer, open the layer style window, select gradient superposition, set opacity to 80%, angle 180, use #000000 to # D58761 gradient, other properties take the default value.
9. use the paint brush tool to add some texture effects to the side.
10. Repeat Step 6-step 9 to obtain the following results.
11. merge all the black blocks. double-click the layer style window to open the layer style window, and select the slope and relief. The style is "inner slope", the depth is "75%", the size is 5 PX, and the 0px is softened, angle 0, height 50. The highlight mode is "filter", the highlight color # DCA57E, opacity 100%.
The shadow mode is "stacked front slice". The Shadow color is #000000, and the opacity is 75%.
12. create a new layer under the fragment layer and add the smoke effect with the smoke brush. Select the fragment layer and use the black ro brush to depict the right side of the canvas. the following fade-in effect is displayed.
13. create a new layer above the character layer, use the pen tool again to randomly select several blocks and fill them with black. Set the layer blending mode to "Soft Light ".

14. The operation is the same as Step 13, but the fill color is changed to white.
15. select the character layer, filter> blur> surface blur, 5 px radius, and threshold value 15. Create an adjustment layer above all layers, layer> create adjustment layer> color level, set the attribute to 10, 1.25, 244.
16. to get a cool feel, you can add a barcode tattoo to your arm.

1. create a new gray coating and adjust the brightness with a curve, 152,124
2. put an emphasis on your eyes and mouth,
3. reduce the overall saturation, saturation-56
4. overlay the color to the overall color trend,
5. hide the two layers of the color and the color. open the channel panel and copy the R channel,
6. create a new layer and paste it, and adjust the transparency in the color filter mode.

1. copy the layer, create a new channel mixed adjustment layer, gray channel, Red + 64%, Green + 2%, blue + 10%, monochrome
2. create a solid color hybrid layer, select the 575046 color, and set the blending mode to the color,
3. create a curve adjustment layer, ①-input 68, output 32, ②-input 114, output 68, ③-input 208, output 197,
4. create a solid color layer, select 443B25 color, set blending mode to color, and press Alt to click the mask,
5. press Ctrl + D to restore the default background color. press Ctrl + Delete to fill the mask with a black background color,
6. change the color of the transition part of the picture, in the middle and high light and dark areas, to enrich the color of the picture, use the paint brush in the mask
Insert the colored part, 300 pixels, opacity 10%, traffic 100%
7. font arrangement and design

8. in order to echo the tone of the character and the screen, place lip gloss on the character's lips, create a new layer, select the linear fade-in hybrid mode, add a 90753D color, and select a paint brush suitable for the lip gloss, scatter paint brush, pixel 39,
9. zoom in, draw lip gloss in the reflective part of the lips, pay attention to observation, and constantly adjust. after the lip gloss is painted, you can see the overall picture. at this time, the screen has been echoed, and the color has become rich and not overwhelming, the product,
10. if the product is taken directly to the model, you can color the product or insert the product directly to the model after the color is adjusted.

1. open the file and copy a layer copy.
2. select the copied layer and press the shortcut key ctrl + t to change the face of the character to make it more slim.
3. press the merge layer (ctrl + e) and then use the load cutting tool to create a new image and cut out more parts,
4. image-Adjust-optional color: red -- 70,-20,-20,-50. yellow -- 40,-20,-30,-80. white-0, 0,-50. median-0,-5,-5,-5
5. adjust the overall color according to the curve (ctrl + m), RGB Full Channel-output 214, input 174, blue channel-output 131, input 124,
6. image-adjustment-color balancing (ctrl + B), shadow-10, 0, + 15. Highlight -- 10, 0, + 2.
7. Use a stamp tool to cover the skin around the mouth evenly,
8. Use a pen to circle the bag-in-the-eye and dark area of the face. the curve is 60, and the selection area is highlighted so that the eye bag is reduced and the facial muscles are not relaxed,
9. continue to the selection area 60, the curve is highlighted, make the face full, output 146, input 113.
10. circled the highlights to 60.

11. the curve is highlighted to make the face full. the output is 138, and the input is 118.
12. raised the eyebrows, and circled the top of the eyebrows with a plug-in tool, Yuhua 5, copy a layer, and move the copy layer down to achieve the purpose of eyebrow repairing. this is very careful.
13. start to adjust the eyes, choose to circle the eye part, and copy a layer.
14. the pen circled the area for eye shadows. after copying a layer, the curve was dark and the color should be adjusted,
15. then, the color of the shadow is unified, and the color is balanced (in the middle): + 50, 0, and 0. (Shadow): + 20, 0, 0,
16. adjust the color of the detail. the upper eyelid consists of 1/3 parts. the color saturation is 0,-40, and 0.
17. circle the details, at the bottom of the upper eyelid eyelashes, and at 1/3 in the front of the lower eyelid eye, press the DELETE key to DELETE the selection to expose the highlight,
18. delete the extra eye shadows.
19. circled the details, and reached 1/2 on the upper eyelid in the inner corner of the eye. press the DELETE key to DELETE the selected area to expose the highlight.
20. circle the eyes and copy a layer. The first layer will be formed. The remaining part of the eye will be reduced by saturation, fading, and the saturation will be 0,-50, and 0.
21. adjust the eye White details, adjust the curve and highlight,
22. copy a layer of eye beads and then adjust the curve. brush the upper half of the left eye with a pen to display some shadows.

23. delete pupil
24. Use a curve to adjust the eye color to make it consistent
25. eye highlight
26. circled lips, feathers 2. curve adjusted lips highlight, adjusted lips color
27. adjust nose ggle highlights and eye shadows
28. use the optional color for the overall color, the middle color.
29. fine-tuned with the color filter, (highlight): 0, 2,-2.
30. the hair is pulled along by liquefaction, and the lens Halo is added. The brightness is 35mm and the intensity is,
31. Finally, add a flashing brush to the appropriate position.

1. create a color saturation adjustment layer, saturation-49,
2. create an optional color layer, red:-49,0, + 7,-41. Yellow: 0, 0,-23
3. create a color/saturation layer, brightness-49
4. optional colors. Yellow: 0, 0,-26. White: 0, +. Median: 0, 0,-6, 0.
5. optional colors. Red: 37%, 0,-48. Black:,-47, + 5. transparency reduced
6. cover printing, noise reduction, sharpening, and use smear and simple tools to repair spot spots near your knees,
7. add a dark angle and create a heart-shaped selection area. The area will be indicated by a curve.

1. open the source image, copy the layer, fill in the pure black, overlay mode.
2. create a color saturation layer: Saturation-85.
3. new brightness contrast layer: contrast + 10,
4. create an optional color, red: 0, + 30, 0, + 100. Yellow: 0,-15,-100, 0. Middle color: 0, 0, + 5.
5. cover printing, filter-rendering-illumination effect: lighting, intensity 21, focus 24, gloss 0, material 69, exposure 0, environment 8,
6. Cover and add text decoration

1. copy the layer, filter-Blur-radial blur: quantity 71, Blur method-zoom, quality-good,
2. create a template, erase the car, and then apply the animation of the wheel,
3. color level-optional color. Add materials, render the overall atmosphere, and adjust the details with the shallow. the hardness is the minimum within the main diameter of 5.

1. adjust the partial color slightly to bring up an approximate color tone and establish a color order adjustment layer. the full level channels are 0, 1.35, and 255. Level Red channel: 0, 0.85, 255. Level Green Channel: 10,255, 0.95 level: 0, 255
2. establish a color phase/saturation adjustment layer to reduce the saturation of the source image. the saturation of the entire graph is-30.
3. create a photo filter adjustment layer. in the first step, the blue color has come out. in this step, add the dark yellow color with a concentration of 25%. the mode is "Soft Light". in the "Soft Light" mode, the original dark area is darker. select the channel panel and press ctrl + red to fill the mask of the selected area with Black in the photo filter.
4. create an optional color adjustment layer, red: 100,-33,100,-40. Yellow: 0, 0,-40, 0. White: + 15, 0, + 20, + 20
5. brighten the window, establish the color phase/saturation adjustment layer, and "color". in the "Soft Light" mode, set the color and erase the parts outside the window in the mask. Color: 260, saturation: 25, brightness + 75
6. create a color balance adjustment layer to distinguish the characters from the surrounding environment. after setting the layer, use the black large soft angle paint brush on the mask to focus on the characters. Color Order + 20, + 20, + 40, select intermediate tone

1. create a new layer, fill in pale yellow, superimposition mode, value 247,240,197
2. copy the yellow layer, linearly deepen the model, and mask the yellow car to prevent the car from being yellow,
3. adjust the brightness contrast. take the color and exposure of the highlight part as the standard. the brightness is-20, the contrast is + 64, the new saturation adjustment layer is created, and the saturation is-31. determine the final brightness of the bright area. The color and details of the bright area shall prevail. you can ignore the hidden area first,
4. copy the background layer to adjust the shadow highlight. The Shadow is based on the dark details. The Shadow ranges from 100 to 33, and the radius is 102. the highlight ranges from 0 to 50, and the radius is 30, adjust: Color Correction + 20, intermediate contrast 0, black 0.01%, white 0.01%
5. copy the background layer to adjust the brightness of the sky,
6. adjust the details, erase the wires in the sky, and repair the paint brush to copy the stamps,
7. splice images, fine-tune details, and sharpen