Photoshop multimedia image Processing 35 stunts

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 accomplish complex tasks 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 panel (while retaining the toolbar visible).

2. Hold down SHIFT and click on the title bar of the floating panel (the top #123 bar) to make it 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. The minimized buttons on the floating panel allow you to switch between compact mode (with minimal options and content visible) and normal mode (all of the options and content on the display panel).

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). Otherwise, it can only be opened through 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 zoom, and when you enter a value, press Shift+enter to allow the plutonium to be allowed. Keep 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 can be opened by Window/show status bar), select a new item from the pop-up menu by pressing the button on the status area. Click on the left area of the button on the status area to display the current file's print size, hold down Alt-click to display file size and resolution, hold down CTRL and click the display tile information.

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

8. The Cancel button in all dialog boxes in Photoshop can be changed to the reset button by holding down the ALT key. 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 the cursor is set to the exact state in the parameters of Photoshop [Ctrl+k,ctrl+3] (File/preferences/display & Cursors ...), then the CapsLock key does not work.

10. Press the "F" key to switch between three different on-screen display modes in Photoshop (standard display mode → full screen mode with menus → full screen mode) (or you can use the buttons at the bottom of the toolbox). Tip: Press Shift+f in Full-screen mode to toggle the display of menus. Double-click the background space in Photoshop for the Open File 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 another color mode from the pop-up color bar options menu.

12. Click the right mouse button on the title bar of the picture window to quickly #123; Use commands such as canvas size commands, image size commands, and replication, and so on. In the #123, any blank (gray) area on the swatches panel click to add a custom color to the #123 swatch, hold down CTRL while you click to subtract a color, and hold down shift to replace a color.

13. You can exchange color data between Photoshop and other programs (other programs that support 16 color values) by copying the 16 color values shown in the Photoshop picker.

* Tool Tips [↑]

14. To use the brush tool to draw a line, first click on the picture, then move the mouse to another point hold down SHIFT and click the picture again, Photoshop will use the current drawing tool to draw a line between two points.

15. Any time you hold down the CTRL key to switch to move tool [V], hold down the Ctrl+alt key to drag the mouse to copy 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 reduce the tool.

18. Press CTRL + "+" key as well as "-" key to enlarge and reduce the image of the view, corresponding, press the above hotkey while holding down the ALT key can be automatic? It is useful to #123 the whole window to display Mansi (ctrl+alt+ "+" and ctrl+alt+ "-"). (Note: If you want to automatically #123 the size of the picture by using the Zoom tool, you can select the "? #123 in the Zoom tool option, and the full window size to display (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. With the Color sampler tool [Shift+i] (color sampler Tool) and the info panel (window/show info), we can monitor the color changes of the current picture. The color value before and after the change is displayed next to its sample point number on the information panel. The pop-up menu on the information Panel allows you to define the color mode for the sampling point. To add a new sampling point just click anywhere on the canvas (with the color Sampler tool) and hold down the ALT key to remove the sampling point. Note: A maximum of four color sampling points can be placed on a single image: When a dialog box (such as a color order, curve command, and so on) pops up, add a new sample point to hold down SHIFT and click, press Alt+shift to click a sample point to subtract it.

21. The Measurement tool (Measure Tool) is very handy for measuring distances (especially on slashes), and you can also use it to measure angles (like a protractor). First, make sure that the information panel [F8] (window/show info) is visible. Select the Metrics tool to click and drag out a line, hold down the ALT key and drag the second line from the node on the first 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, and use the new option to remember to add an Alt key (ctrl+alt+f or ALT + filter/last filter) with the filter you just used. Tip: To retire the last used filter or #123, the effect of the whole (or change the synthetic mode), press Ctrl+shift+f (filter?). Fade Filter).

23. If you have recently copied a picture of 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 and use the previous setting, hold down the ALT key when you 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 (or you can use these commands using the menus in the history panel). Use these hotkeys in conjunction with the Restore [Ctrl+z] (edit/undo) command to freely toggle between history and current state.

25). The Alt+backspace and Ctrl+backspace key combinations are filled with foreground and background colors, and another very useful hotkey is the shift+backspace–– Open Fill dialog box. Tip: Press Alt+shift+backspace and ctrl+shift+backspace key combinations to fill the foreground and background colors with only the existing pixels (keep the transparent area).

26. When you use the Free Transform tool [ctrl+t] (Edit/free TransFORM), hold down the ALT key (ctrl+alt+t or ALT + edit/free TransFORM) to copy the original layer (in the current selection) and then change it on the copy layer Change. Hint: ctrl+shift+t (edit/transform?) Again) to perform the last transformation again, ctrl+alt+shift+t (Alt + edit/transform/again) performs the transformation after copying the original image.

27. To prevent using the trim tool [C] (crop Tool) when the marquee is adsorbed on the picture border, hold down the CTRL key while you drag the control point on the Trim tool 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 place to draw a line (like the image of the border, the door frame, the horizontal lines between the eyes, etc.), and then select Image/rotate from the menu canvas/arbitrary, open will find the The rotation angle has been automatically filled out, just click OK. Note: You can also use the cutting tool to complete the rotation and shearing work: first with the cutting tool [C] to draw a box, drag the control points on the selection box to do? #123; the angle and size of the whole marquee, and then rotate and cut by enter. Tip: The angle of measurement tool is also automatically filled in the Digital transform tool (edit/transform/numeric) dialog box.

29. Use the "Create a new layer by copying [ctrl+j] (layer/new/layer via copy)" or "Create a new layer by cutting [ctrl+j] (Layer/new/layer via cut)" command to complete the copy & paste in one step and cut & paste work. Note: by copying (cutting) The new layer commands are still placed where they were when they were pasted, while the copy (cut) & paste is posted to the center of the picture (or selection).

30. All pixels outside the cropping range are lost after cropping the image (using the cropping tool or selecting Edit/crop). To crop without loss, you can replace it with the canvas size (image/canvas size) command. Although Photoshop warns you to make some cuts, it is not, for some reason, the fact that all "clipped" data is kept out of the picture. Tip: ImageReady's clipping command (image/crop) asks if you want to remove the clipping area or hide it. Note: This does not work with the indexed-color mode (the canvas size command in indexed mode loses pixels outside 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. Tip: You can also hold down the ALT key while merging layers (Layer/merge down) to copy the current layer and merge it 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 the square and the positive round selections, and hold down the ALT key to tick the selection from the starting point center.

33. Use the re-select command [Ctrl+shift+d] (select/reselect) to load/restore the previous selections.

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

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

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