75 Super Tips for Photoshop [see]_photoshop

The fact that Photoshop retains good usability while maintaining its power is largely due to its neat and concise interface and Easy-to-use customizations (except for its large number of tools and commands).
In fact, Photoshop has a lot of amazing "hidden" features. No matter how many years you have spent in Photoshop, you will continue to discover more and more things. I doubt anyone who claims he knows anything about Photoshop "all" (except maybe Adobe's software engineers).


The following 75 tips will help you (whether you're a novice or an experienced expert) to master Photoshop's "hidden" features to help you do complex work faster and more efficiently, or they will tell you something you didn't know about Phtoshop! For your convenience, we divide them into eight parts: * Interface skills [↑]

1. You may know that by pressing the TAB key you can hide the Toolbox and the floating panel, and also press the Shift+tab key to hide only the floating
To move the panel (while leaving the toolbar visible).

2. Hold down SHIFT and click on the title bar of the floating panel (top blue bar) to allow it to be adsorbed to the nearest screen
Edge.


3. Double-click each column on the floating panel (that is, the one with the title) to minimize it. Through the floating panel
The minimized buttons on can be in compact mode (with minimal options and content visible) and Normal mode (display face
Switch between all the options and content on the board.


4. You can open the options panel for the current tool by pressing the ENTER key (or by double-clicking the tool button on the Toolbox). No
However, it can only be opened by the Window/show Options command on the menu.


5. Use the proportional scaling area (in the lower left corner of the Photoshop form or Navigator panel) to quickly select an accurate
, and pressing Shift+enter when you enter a value causes the cursor to remain in the scaling area.


6. To change the display information of the status area (at the bottom of the window, the default display file size, you can pass the window/
Show status bar opens), select a new item from the pop-up menu by pressing the button on the status area. Click Status
The left area of the button on the area can display the print size of the current file, hold down Alt-click to display file size and resolution
Rate, hold down CTRL and click to display tile information.


7. Tired of the gray canvas background? Select the Paint Bucket tool [K] (Paint Bucket) hold down SHIFT and click on the canvas
Edge to set the canvas background to the current foreground color. (Note: To restore to the default color, set foreground colors
Press SHIFT again to click on the edge of the canvas for 25% grayscale (r192,g192,b192). ）


8. The Cancel button in all dialog boxes in Photoshop can be changed by holding down the ALT key
Bit (Reset) button. This allows you to easily revert to the original value without having to cancel it again.


9. The CapsLock key on the keyboard can control the cursor between the precise state and the standard state switch. Note: if
Photoshop parameters [Ctrl+k,ctrl+3] (File/preferences/display & Cursors ...)
The cursor is already set to the exact state, when the CapsLock key does not work.


10. Press "F" key can be in Photoshop three different screen display mode (standard display mode → with menu full
Screen display mode → full screen mode) toggle (or you can use the buttons at the bottom of the toolbox). Tip: In
Press Shift+f in Full-screen mode to toggle whether the menu is displayed. Double-click the background space in Photoshop to open the text
Piece command [Ctrl+o] (File/open).


11. Shift-click the color bar under the color panel to change the type of chromatogram it displays. Alternatively, you can
Right-click on the color bar and choose a different color mode from the pop-up color bar options menu.


12. Right-click on the title bar of the picture window to quickly invoke commands such as the canvas Size command,
Image size commands and replication, and so on. Click on any blank (gray) area on the palette panel to
To add a custom color, hold down the CTRL key and click to subtract a color, hold down SHIFT and click to replace
a color.


13. By copying and pasting the 16 color values shown in the Photoshop picker, you can use Photoshop and its
It switches color data between programs (other programs that support 16-color values).


* Tool Tips [↑]


14. To draw a line using the Brush tool, first click on the picture, then move the mouse to another point and hold
When you click the image again, Photoshop uses the current drawing tool to draw a line between two points.


15. Hold down the CTRL key at any time to switch to move tool [V], hold down the Ctrl+alt key to drag the mouse to copy
The contents of the current layer or selection.


16. Hold down the SPACEBAR to switch to the hand tool [H] (Hand Tool) at any time.


17. The accelerator key for the Zoom tool is "Z", and CTRL + SPACEBAR is the zoom tool, ALT + SPACEBAR to shrink
Tools.


18. Press CTRL + "+" and "-" key to enlarge and reduce the image of the view;
The ALT key at the same time as the hotkey can automatically adjust the window to Mansi display (ctrl+alt+ "+" and ctrl+alt+
"-"), this is very useful! (Note: If you want to automatically press the size of the picture when using the Zoom tool
To adjust the window, select the Resize window to Mansi display in the Zoom tool option (Resize
Windows to fit) option. ）


19. The current background color can be defined by holding down the ALT key when selecting a color with the eyedropper tool.


20. Combine color sampler tool [Shift+i] (color sampler Tool) and Information Panel (window/
Show Info), we can monitor the color changes of the current picture. Color values before and after changes are displayed in the information panel
Next to its sample point number. The pop-up menu on the information Panel allows you to define the color mode for the sampling point. To
Add new sampling points just click anywhere on the canvas (with the color Sampler tool), hold down the ALT key
Click to remove sampling points. Note: A maximum of four color sampling tips can be placed on a single image: when
Add a new sampling point when you eject a dialog box (such as a level command, a curve command, and so on) in Photoshop
You must hold down the SHIFT key and then click, Press Alt+shift to click a sample point to subtract it.


21. Measurement Tools (Measure Tool) are very handy for measuring distances (especially in diagonal line), and you
It can be used to measure the angle (like a protractor). The first thing to ensure is the information Panel [F8] (window/show
Info) visible. Select the Metrics tool to click and drag out a line, hold down the ALT key and then drag from the node on the first line
A second line, so that the angle between the two lines and the length of the line are displayed in the


* Command tips [↑]


22. To use the newly used filter again, select Filter/last Filter [Ctrl+f] from the menu; To use a new
Option use the filter you just used to remember to add an Alt key (ctrl+alt+f or ALT + Filter/last
Filter). Tip: To retire the last used filter or adjust the effect (or change the synthetic mode), press
Ctrl+shift+f (Filter? Fade Filter).


23. If you have recently copied a picture that exists in the Clipboard, Photoshop is creating a new file [Ctrl + N] (file
/new ...) , the size of the picture in the Clipboard is used as the default size for the new diagram. Skip this feature
While using the previous setting, hold down the ALT key while it is open [Ctrl+alt+n] (ALT + File
? New ...).


24. Press ctrl+alt+z and Ctrl+shift+z key combinations are backwards and forwards in the history record (or you can
Use the menus in the history panel to work with these commands. In combination with the restore [Ctrl+z] (edit/undo) command,
These hotkeys allow you to freely switch between the history and the current state.


25). The Alt+backspace and Ctrl+backspace key combinations are filled with foreground and background colors, and the other is very
A useful hotkey is shift+backspace–– to open the Fill dialog box. Tip: Press Alt+shift+backspace
And the Ctrl+shift+backspace key combination fills the foreground and background colors with only the existing pixels (guaranteed
Transparent area).


26. Hold down the ALT key while using the free transform tool [ctrl+t] (Edit/free TransFORM) (
Ctrl+alt+t or Alt + edit/free TransFORM), you can first copy the original layer (after the current selection)
Transforms on the replication layer. Hint: ctrl+shift+t (edit/transform?) Again) to hold again
Row last transform, ctrl+alt+shift+t (Alt + edit/transform/again) After copying the original artwork
And then perform the transformation.


27. To prevent the use of the cutting tool [C] (crop Tool) when the selection box adsorption on the picture border, drag cut
Hold down the CTRL key when you have a control point on the selection box.


28. To correct the tilt of the image, first use the measurement tool on the diagram can be used as a horizontal or vertical datum of the local painting
A line (like the frame of the image, the door frame, the horizon between the eyes, and so on), and then select image/from the menu
Rotate canvas/arbitrary, open the correct angle of rotation has been automatically filled out, just press
Make sure it's OK. Note: You can also use the cutting tool to complete the rotation and shearing work: first with the cutting tool
[C] Draw a box, drag the control points on the selection box to adjust the angle and size of the marquee, and finally press ENTER to achieve the rotation
Turn and cut. Tip: The measurement tool will also automatically fill in the angle of the Digital transform tool (edit/
transform/numeric) dialog box.


29. Use "Create new layer by copy [Ctrl+j] (layer/new/layer via copy)" or "by cutting
Cutting new layer [ctrl+j] (layer/new/layer Via cut) command to complete a copy between steps
& Paste and cut & paste work. Note: by copying (cutting) The new layer command is pasted when it is still placed in the
The original place, however, by copying (shearing) & pasting will be affixed to the center of the picture (or constituency).


30. Crop the image (using the cropping tool or select edit/crop), all pixels outside the cropping range are lost
Lost. To crop without loss, you can replace it with the canvas size (image/canvas size) command. Although
However Photoshop will warn you that there will be some cuts, but for some reason it is not--all "cut
The "Cut off" data is kept out of the picture. Tip: ImageReady's clipping command (Image/crop) will
Ask questions to delete the clipping area or hide it. Note: This does not work on the indexed-color mode (in indexed mode
Using the canvas size command loses pixels other than the screen.


31. Hold down the ALT key when merging visible layers [Ctrl+alt+shift+e] (ALT + Layer/merge
Visible) to merge all visible layers into the current layer after copying one copy. Tip: You can also merge layers
When you hold down the ALT key (Layer/merge down), the current layer is copied and merged into the previous layer.
This command does not have a corresponding hotkey ––ctrl+alt+e does not work.


* Selection tips: [↑]


32. When using the Marquee tool [M] (Marquee tools), hold down the SHIFT key to draw squares and positive circles
Selection, and holding down the ALT key will tick the selection from the starting point to the center.


33). Before loading/restoring using the Ctrl+shift+d command [Select/reselect]
's constituency.


34. When using the Lasso tool to sketch a selection, press the ALT key between the Lasso tool and the polygonal lasso tool
Switch.


35. When you sketch a selection, hold down the SPACEBAR to move the selection you are sketching.


36. It is well known to hold down the shift or ALT key to increase or trim the current selection, but do you know to press
Can the shift and ALT key sketch select the intersecting parts of two selections? Tip: Hold down the CTRL key and click on the diagram of the layer
The label (on the layer board) can load its transparent channel, and then hold down the Ctrl+alt+shift key to click on another layer to select
An area in which two layers of transparent channels intersect.


37. Switch to Quick mask mode before zooming or copying pictures [Q] to retain the original selection.


38. Use layers of tips [↑]


39. Press shift+ "+" key (forward) and shift+ "-" key (backward) can be cut in the synthesis mode of various layers
Change. We can also press alt+shift+ "one character" to quickly switch the compositing mode.


N = OK (normal)


I = dissolution (dissolve)


M = positive superposition (Multiply)


S = screens (screen)


O = Diego (Overlay)


F = Soft Light (Soft Light)


H = Strong Light (Hard Light)


D = Colour Dodge (color Dodge)


B = Color deepened (colour Burn)


K = Darken (darken)


G = lighten (lighten)


E = difference value (difference)


X = Exclude (exclusion)


U = Hue (Hue)


T = saturation (saturation)


C = colors (color)


Y = Brightness (luminosity)


Q = behind (behind 1)


L = threshold value (Threshold 2)


R = Purge (Clear 3)


W = Dark Tone (Shadows 4)


V = Middle Tone (midtones 4)


Z = Highlights (Highlights 4)


The number is valid in the following cases: [Note 1]


Work only on layers that are closed in the preserve transparent area


Indexed color mode (Indexed mode)


Multi-layer pictures with straight lines [N] (line) and paint bucket [K] Tools (Bucket tools)


Dodge and deepen tools [O] (Dodge and Burn tools)

40. Press the number key directly to change the current tool or layer opacity. Press "1" to indicate 10% opacity,
"5" is 50%, and so on, "0" is a 100% opacity. Consecutive press number keys such as "85" to indicate opacity
Degree of 85%. Note: The above hotkey is also valid for the current drawing class tool, so if you want to change the current layer
, go to the Move tool or a selection tool first.


41. alt-click the desired layer before the eye icon can hide/show all other layers.


42. alt-click the brush icon in front of the current layer to remove its links to all other layers.


43. To clear all layer effects on a layer, hold down the ALT key to double-click the layer effect icon on the layer, or in the menu
Select Layer/effects/clear effects. Tip: To turn off one of the effects, hold down the ALT key and
Select its name in the Layer/effects submenu. Or you can cancel it in the Layer Effect dialog box.
"Apply" tag.


44. Hold down the ALT key in the Layers panel and click between the two layers to make them a group. When some layers are linked in some and
You just want to organize a subset of them. This function works well (because the marshalling command [Ctrl+g] (
Layer/group with Previous becomes a marshalling link layer command when the current layer has links to other layers
[Ctrl+g] (Layer/group linked)).


45. Here is a time-saving method for increasing the adjustment layer (Layer/new/adjustment Layer): only
To hold down CTRL (should be the ALT key on the PC) click the "Create New Layer" icon (at the bottom of the layer panel)
Select the type of adjustment layer you want to add!


46. Press the ALT key to click the Delete button (at the bottom of the layer panel) to quickly remove the layer (no need to confirm), the same
Also applies to channels and paths. In addition to editing the layer mask in the channel panel, press ALT to click on the mask on the layers panel
icon to open it; hold down Shift-click on the Mask icon to close/Open the mask (a Red Cross x table will appear)
Shows off the mask. Press and hold Alt+shift the layer mask can be displayed in Ruby color (50% red). Hold down CTRL
Click the Mask icon to load its transparent selection.


47). The masks that are joined by the "Add Layer Mask" icon (at the bottom of the layer panel) are displayed by default on the Layers panel
All contents of the current selection (Layer/add Layer mask/reveal All); alt-click Add
The mask added by the layer mask icon hides the current selection (Layer/add Layer mask/hide
All).


48. Click on the blank area on the path panel to turn off all paths display tip: Press CTRL+SHIFT+H to switch the road
is the path displayed (View?) Show/hide Path).


49. Click on a few buttons below the path panel (fill the path with the foreground color, stroke the path with the foreground color, and route
Drive as a selection, hold down the ALT key to see a series of available tools and/or options. The current tool is
When you move the tool (or hold down the CTRL key at any time), right-click the canvas to open a list of all the layers at the current point (
Sort from top to bottom): Select a layer's name from the list to make it the current layer. Tip: Hold down the ALT key point mouse
Right-click to automatically select the top level of the current point, or open


50. The automatic selection layer option in the Move Tools Options panel can also be implemented. Tip: Hold down the SHIFT key again (
alt+shift+ Right click to toggle whether the current layer is linked to the top level.


51. Tips for guides and rods [↑]


52. When you drag a guide, hold down the ALT key to toggle between horizontal and vertical guides. Hold down the ALT key point
Hitting an existing vertical guide can turn it into a horizontal guide, and vice versa.


53. Note: Guides are created by dragging them out of the ruler, so make sure the ruler is open [Ctrl+r]
(View/show rulers).


54). Holding down the SHIFT key while dragging a guide forces it to align to the scale on the ruler.


55. Double-click the guides to open the guides & Style Parameter Settings dialog box [Ctrl+k, Ctrl+6] (file/
Preferences/guides & Grid).


56. Double-click the ruler [Ctrl+r] to open the unit & Ruler Parameter Settings dialog box [Ctrl+k, Ctrl +5] (
File/preferences/units & Rulers). Tip: You can also select from the Options menu on the information Panel
Select the ruler unit of measure.


57. The coordinate origin of the ruler can be set anywhere on the canvas, as long as you drag from the upper-left corner of the ruler
Apply the new coordinate origin; Double-click the upper-left corner to restore the coordinate origin to the default point.


58. It is also a good idea to use the path tool to create guides for curves and slashes. Just use the Pen tool to trace
You can paint a path as a guide when you draw or paint it (the path remains visible). Tip: Use hidden paths
command [Ctrl+shift+h] (View?) Hide path) to toggle the path display or not.


59. The guide line is not only adsorbed on the edge of the current layer or selection (up or down), but also in the current layer or
Alignment of the horizontal or vertical center of the selection. The converse is the same: the same constituency and layer will also be adsorbed to the existing
Auxiliary Online (Edge and center). Note: The guides are not adsorbed onto the background layer. and to achieve these functions
First, you turn on the snap guides [ctrl+shift+] (View/snap to guides) option. Tips
: To locate the center of the screen, you can create a new and [Ctrl+shift+n] (layer/new Layer) and populate
[Shift+backspace] (Edit/fill) a layer and then the auxiliary line is adsorbed to the vertical center and the horizontal center.
On


60. Navigator and Action skills [note 1][↑]


Many times the keyboard is used to control the Navigator (navigation) more quickly than with the mouse. Here is a list of some common
Navigator Hotkey:


Home = To top left corner of canvas


end = to the bottom right corner of the canvas


PAGEUP = Scroll the canvas up one page


PageDown = Scroll the canvas down one page


Ctrl+pageup = Scroll the canvas to the left one page


Ctrl+pagedown = Scroll the canvas to the right by one page


Shift+pageup = Scroll the canvas up by 10 pixels


Shift+pagedown = Scroll the canvas down by 10 pixels


Ctrl+shift+pageup = Scrolls the canvas to the left by 10 pixels


Ctrl+shift+pagedown = Scroll the canvas to the right by 10 pixels


61. Use CTRL+TAB/CTRL+F6 to switch between multiple documents (or you can also use the Window menu), very
Convenient!


62. Use the RESTORE command [F12] (File/revert) To restore the current document to its last saved state. Police
Sue! In Photoshop5.0, the Restore command clears the history at the same time! This means that once the restore command is used
All changes will be lost after the last save! Photoshop5.5 corrected this point.


63). Channel also has its default corresponding hotkey. This is used to add and subtract between a selection/mask that is stored as a channel
and intersecting operations become very fast and simple. Some common patterns are listed here:


RGB color CMYK Color Index color


CTRL + "~" = RGB


Ctrl+1 = Red


Ctrl+2 = Green


Ctrl+3 = Blue


Ctrl+4 = Other Channel


Ctrl+9 = Other Channel


CTRL + "~" = CMYK


Ctrl+1 = Cyan


ctrl+2 = Magenta


Ctrl+3 = Yellow


Ctrl+4 = Black


Ctrl+5 = Other Channel


Ctrl+9 = Other Channel


ctrl+1 = Index


Ctrl+2 = Other Channel


Ctrl+9 = Other Channel


For example, to create a selection to represent the intersection of Channel 7 and Channel 9, first press Ctrl+alt+7 (add Channel 7
As a selection) and then press by CTRL+ALT+SHIFT+9 (again to intersect Channel 9).


64). Hold down the CTRL key and drag and drop in the agent preview area of the Navigator to update the visual area of the current text file
Domain. Tip: Hold down the SHIFT key while dragging the display box in the agent preview area to lock the direction of movement horizontally or
Vertical. Tip: In the Panel options in the Navigator panel, you can change the color of the display box in the agent preview area.


65. If you want to perform a single step in the action, select the steps you want to perform, and then hold down the CTRL key.
Play button (at the bottom of the behavior panel). Note: To change the parameters of some of the commands in the action,
Double-click the appropriate step to open the related dialog box: Any newly filled values are automatically stored.


66. To start from one step of the action, just select the start step and press the play button (in the Behavior panel
At the bottom).


67. Techniques of reproduction [↑]


68. You can use the Marquee tool [M] (Marquee Tool) or lasso tool [L] (polygonal Lasso) to select
The area is dragged from one document to another. When you drag a selection or layer from one document to another, hold down the SHIFT key
You can make it center on the destination file. Tip: If the source file is the same size (size) as the destination document,
The dragged element is placed in the same location as the source file (rather than in the center of the canvas). Note
Meaning: If the destination document contains a selection, the dragged element is placed in the center of the selection.


69. When you want to move multiple layers between different documents, first link them up, and then you can use the move to start
You drag multiple layers between documents at the same time. Note: You cannot drag multiple layers to another document in the layers panel at the same time (
Even if they are linked-this will only move the selected layer.


70. To organize multiple layers into a group, the quickest way is to link them first, then select the marshalling chain
Connect Layer command [Ctrl+g] (Layer/group linked). You can then cancel the link as you wish.
Note: This technique can also be used to merge multiple visible layers of [ctrl+e] (Layer/merge down) (
The "and previous marshaling (Group with Previous) command" becomes when the current layer has links to other layers
Grouped link layers (Group linked) command).


71. There is a clever way to rearrange multiple layers at the same time (in the Layers Panel): first link to the desired layer
Group [Ctrl+g] (Layer/group with Previous) and drag it to a new place in the layers panel
party to ungroup again.


72. To create a copy file for the current history State or snapshot (Window/show History), you can:


A) Click the "Create new document from current state" button


b Select a new document from the History panel menu


C Drag the current state (or snapshot) to the "Create new document from current state" button


D Right click on the desired state (or snapshot) to select a new document from the pop-up menu


73. Drag a history state of the current picture to another picture's window to change the destination picture's
Content.


74. alt-click any historical state (except the current, recent state) to copy it. And then be replaced.
The state of the system becomes the current (recent) state.


75. alt-Drag the steps in the action to copy it to another action