Have you been shot? The most common mistakes that designers make in Photoshop

Photoshop is the most popular image synthesis software, fans all over the world, but for novice designers, may make some common mistakes, in this article I listed 6 high frequency errors, to see if you were shot.

One, few layers, no grouping

This bad habit we are in the "designer will practice PS Martial Arts Tips!" the best PS Design White paper mentions that creating layers, learning to group layers is a professional designer must learn, this is not only conducive to your changes, but also the habit of indispensable team work.

In the initial design, you might think that creating a layer less can save time, but when the project gets bigger and larger, you realize how important it is to have enough layers.

When you make a mistake, the layer can give you the opportunity to modify, greatly enhance your editing, copying and even delete the possibility of operations, rather than a new draft.

Multiple layers, you can also make you do not have to always modify a layer, you can duplicate a layer, on this layer modified, the bad can come again at any time.

As for the layer grouping, many predecessors have emphasized the importance of it, I think you must not want to finish a draft, back do not know what they have just done in where, in the layer of half a day, I recommend you to develop these two habits, because they really can improve your workflow.

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Second, do not use shortcut keys

When you stay up late working overtime to change the manuscript, I think this thing can help you a big favor. As a designer, not only learn how to create a perfect gradient or charming lines, learn to use shortcut keys is one of the necessary skills, learn this skill, change the manuscript fast, less overtime, although the money may still be so much ...

About shortcut keys, the original text of the foreigner kindly recommended a few common, for example:

Ctrl + J: Duplicate layers

Ctrl + Alt + Z: Back to previous action step

Ctrl + O: Open file

The intuition does not depend on the grid and the reference line.

This is also a rookie often make mistakes, is to rely on intuition to determine whether the alignment, in fact, is wrong.

In addition to the role of alignment, grids and guides can also help the front of small brother's busy, when you put a psd file to him, small brother can easily through your grid line to understand where is the footer, where is the main body, the entire page style at a glance, little brother immediately to your favor big increase has wood, if you are the opposite sex single designer, It's possible to reap a true love. This kind of hello I good everybody good thing must learn!

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Iv. do anything with Photoshop

Just finished with Photoshop is the most popular software, now to step on. But the reason is very simple, Photoshop is an image synthesis software, as the name suggests, use it to do gif, do vector map, do 3D, is to take a sledgehammer to kill chickens. Do other things, you can also use more professional software, and can save more time.

Five, too many fonts

The same page, the experience of predecessors is not more than two fonts, as long as you have a good understanding of the performance of each font, one or two will suffice.

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Vi. Misuse of filters

Design Novice Just use Photoshop, find the magic of the filter-intuitive display, easy to learn and easy-to-use, and the effect of making your work appear more professional, so large use special. But the author's advice is to focus on the saturation, color, contrast, they can make you truly progress.

Finally, the end of the classical sentence in the design world: less is more. If you find yourself shot, change the speed.

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