No, I don't know: Photoshop Skills Collection 80

Skills

1. Quickly open file

Double-click the background space in Photoshop (the default is the gray display area) to open the Browse window for the selected file.

2. Change the canvas color freely

Select the Paint Bucket tool and hold down SHIFT and click on the edge of the canvas to set the canvas background to the currently selected foreground color. If you want to revert to the default color, set the foreground color to 25% grayscale (r192,g192,b192) and press SHIFT again to click on the edge of the canvas.

3. Select shortcut keys for tools

You can quickly select a tool in the Toolbox by pressing a shortcut key, and the letter shortcuts for each tool are as follows:

Marquee-M Mobile-V Lasso-L magic Wand-W

Airbrush-j Brush-B pencil-N rubber-S

History Brush-y eraser-e Blur-R Dodge-O

Pen-P Text-T metric-u gradient-g

Paint Bucket-k pipette-I hand-h zoom-Z

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

Edit mode Toggle-Q display mode toggle-F

In addition, if we hold down the ALT key and then click the Displayed tool icon, or hold down the SHIFT key and repeat the letter shortcut, you can cycle through the hidden tool.

4. Get accurate cursor

Pressing the CAPS LOCK key allows the brush and the magnetic tool's cursor to appear as an exact crosshair, and then revert to the original.

5. Show/Hide Control Panel

Press the TAB key to toggle the display or hide all of the dashboard (including the toolbox), and if you press Shift+tab the Toolbox will not be affected and only show or hide other dashboards.

6. Restore default values quickly

Some are not good at Photoshop friends in order to adjust the effect is really a few twists and turns, the results found or the original default effect of the best, this under the silly eye, regret the original Ah! How do I get back to the default value? Try clicking the tool icon on the options bar and choosing Reset tool or Reset all tools from the context menu.

7. Free Control size

The accelerator key for the Zoom tool is "Z", in addition, "Ctrl + Space bar" for the Zoom tool, "ALT + space bar" to reduce the tool, but to match the mouse click to zoom, the same press CTRL + "+" and "-" keys can also be enlarged and reduced images; ctrl+alt+ "+" and CTRL + ALT + "-" You can automatically adjust the window to zoom in full screen display, you can use this tool, regardless of the number of pictures to display the situation can be full screen browsing! If you want to automatically adjust the window by the size of the picture when you use the Zoom tool, click the full Canvas option in the Properties Bar of the Zoom tool.

8. When using a hand Tool (hand tool), press and hold the SPACEBAR to convert to a hand tool to move the visible range of the image within the window. Double-click on the Hand tool to display the image in the most appropriate window size, and double click on the Zoom tool to make the image appear in a scale of 1:1.

9. When using the Erase Tool (eraser tool), hold down the ALT key to switch the eraser function back to the specified step record state.

10. When using the Smudge Tool (fingertip tool), hold down the ALT key to be applied from a pure smudge to a foreground color.

11. To move using type Mask Tool (text Mask tool) out of the glyph selection range, you can switch to a quick mask mode (with the shortcut key Q switch), and then move, when finished, just switch back to standard mode.

12. After holding down the ALT key, 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 without changing the function window.

13. When using Move Tool (Mobile tool), you can press the arrow keys on the keyboard to move the image on the layer directly by 1 pixel, if you hold down the SHIFT key and then press the direction key to move the image at each pixel distance. Pressing the ALT key to drag the selection will move the selection's copy. "Key can increase or decrease the sampling width (option palette) in real time.

15. Measuring tools are very handy to measure distances (especially on slashes), and you can also use them to measure angles (like a protractor). When the information panel 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 first line's node, so that the angle between the two lines and the length of the line are displayed on the information Panel. Drag the measurement line with the measuring tool (or you can move a single node of the measurement line only), and drag the measurement line off the canvas to remove it.

16. Use drawing tools such as brushes, pens, etc., hold down the SHIFT key and click the mouse to connect the two click points in a straight line.

17. Hold down the ALT key to use the Eyedropper tool to select the color to define the current background color. Monitor the color changes of the current picture by combining the color sampler tool (SHIFT+I) and the information Panel. 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 use the Color sampler tool on the canvas and click anywhere else, holding down the ALT key to remove the sampling point. However, a maximum of four color sampling points can be placed on a single image. When a dialog box (such as a level command, Curve command, and so on) pops up in Photoshop, adding a new sampling point must hold down the SHIFT key and click, holding down the Alt+shift click to subtract a sample point.

18. Cutting tools you must have used, this situation you must have encountered; When you adjust the cutting grip, and the trim box is closer to the edge of the image, the trim box will automatically be affixed to the edges of the image, so that you can not accurately cut the image. However, as long as you adjust the trim border when the "Ctrl" key, then the trim box will be obey orders, so that you accurately cut.

Replication Tips

19. Press and hold the Ctrl+alt key to drag the mouse to copy the current layer or selection content.

20. If you have recently copied a picture that exists in the Clipboard, Photoshop will use the size of the picture on the Clipboard as the default size for the new diagram when you create a new file (Ctrl + N). Skip this feature and use the previous setting to hold down the ALT key (ctrl+alt+n) as you open it.

21. If you create a new piece, you need to have the same size, resolution, and format as an open picture. Choose "File" → "New", click on the Photoshop menu bar Windows option, in the pop-up menu in the bottom of the box clicked on the open picture name, yes, it is so simple!

22. When using the Free Transform tool (ctrl+t), hold down the ALT key (ctrl+alt+t) to copy the original layer (in the current selection) after the transformation on the copy layer; Ctrl+shift+t to perform the last transformation again, ctrl+alt+shift+ T performs the transformation after copying the original image.

23. Use the "Create new layer by copying (ctrl+j)" or "Create new layer through cut (ctrl+j)" command to finish copying to paste and cut to paste in one step; copy (cut) The new Layer command will still be placed where they were, but then pasted by copy (cut). will be posted to the center of the picture (or selection).

24. To copy the image directly without the naming dialog box, hold down the ALT key before you perform the image → copy command.

Photoshop's clipboard works fine, but you would prefer to use the Windows system Clipboard directly to process images that are intercepted from the screen. OK, press ctrl+k, and then "output to clipboard" Point in the pop-up panel!

26. Implement a regular copy in Photoshop

When doing layout design, we often put some elements regularly to find a form of beauty, in Photoshop through the combination of four shortcut keys can be easily drawn.

(1) Circle to select the object you want to copy;

(2) producing a floating Layer according to Ctrl+j;

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

(4) You can now press and hold the Ctrl+alt+shift continuously press "T" can be regularly copied from the continuous object. (only hold ctrl+shift only have regular movement)

27. When we want to copy the Selection object in the file, we use the Copy command from the Edit menu. Copy once you may not feel the trouble, but to replicate multiple times, one click is quite inconvenient. Then you can select the object with the selection tool, then click the Move tool, and then hold down the ALT key. When the cursor becomes a black and white two arrows that overlap together, drag the mouse to the desired position. To replicate more than once, just repeat the relaxed mouse.

28. You can use the Marquee tool or lasso tool to drag a selection from one document to another.

29. To establish a replication document for the current history state or snapshot:

(1) Click the "Create new document from current state" button;

(2) Select a new document from the History panel menu;

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

(4) Right click on the desired state (or snapshot) Select a new document from the pop-up menu drag a history of the current picture in the history state to the window of the other picture to change the content of the destination picture. Alt-click any historical state (except the current, recent state) to copy it. The state that is then copied becomes the current (recent) state. You can copy it to another action by holding down the steps in the alt-drag action.

Selection Tips

30. When you drag a selection or layer from one document to another, hold down the SHIFT key to center it on the destination document. If the source document and destination document have the same size (size), the dragged element is placed in the same place as the source document (rather than in the center of the canvas). If the destination document contains a selection, the dragged element is placed in the center of the selection.

31. In the Action palette, click on the Triangle button in the upper right corner, from the pop-up menu to select Load action, into the Photoshopgoodiesactions directory, under which there are buttons, specifications, commands, image effects, text effect, texture, frame Six action set, contains a lot of practical things yo! In addition , there is also a actions.pdf file that can be opened with Adobe Acrobat software that details how these actions are used and how they are produced.

32. Click the Brush Class tool in the sidebar, click the small triangle to the right of the brush label in the property bar that appears, and then click the small arrow in the pop-up menu to select "Load brush ...". Select *.abr in the Brushes folder in the Photoshop directory. It turns out there are so many lovely things here.

33. Draw a beautiful mark, want to reuse in the work? OK, select it with Lasso tool, select "Save Brush ..." In brushes pop-up menu, and then use Brush tool to select this new pen ... Friends, want to do room spraying it?

34. If you want to select a section between two selection areas, hold down the shift and ALT key at the same time as you already have any of the selected areas and drag, drawing the second selection (a multiplication next to the mouse cross, indicating that the area that is coincident will be retained).

35. Delete a square or circle in the selection area, first add any selection, and then, in the selection area, press the ALT key to drag the rectangle or oval mask tool. Then release the ALT key, hold down the SHIFT key, and drag until you are satisfied. Then release the mouse button before releasing the SHIFT key.

36. Delete a selection from the center, in any selection area, first press the ALT key to drag the rectangle or oval Mask tool, and then release the ALT key and then hold down the ALT key, finally release the mouse button and then release the ALT key.

37. In quick mask mode, to quickly toggle the mask area or select the region option, hold down the ALT key and move the cursor over the Quick Mask mode icon to click on the mouse.

38. When using the Marquee tool, hold down the SHIFT key to draw the square and the positive circle selections, and hold down the ALT key to tick the selection from the starting point center.

39. Use the Re-select command (CTRL+SHIFT+D) to load/restore the previous selections.

40. When using the Lasso tool to sketch a selection, press the ALT key to toggle between the lasso tool and the polygonal lasso tool. When you sketch a selection, hold down the SPACEBAR to move the selection you are sketching.

41. Ctrl-click on the layer of the icon (on the level board) can be loaded into its transparent channel, and then hold down the Ctrl+alt+shift key click on another layer to select two layers of transparent channel intersection area. You can keep the original selection.

43. How to use the SHIFT and ALT keys in the Select Box tool:

When you select a picture with the selection box, you want to enlarge the selection, by holding down the SHIFT key, the cursor "+" becomes "ten +", dragging the cursor so that you can enlarge the selection you need on the basis of the original selection. or select two or more marquee boxes in the same picture. When you select a picture with the Select box, and you want to subtract the extra picture in the selection box, hold down the ALT key and the cursor "+" becomes "10-", dragging the cursor so that you can leave the picture you need. When you select a picture with the selection box, and you want two marquee overlays, hold down the "Shift+alt" key, and the cursor "+" becomes "Ten í", dragging the cursor so that you want the part. When you want a positive circle or square in the marquee, hold down the SHIFT key.

44. How to use the SHIFT and ALT keys in the Lasso tool:

Increase the selection by pressing the SHIFT key. (method is the same as 1 in the selection box)

Reduce the selection by pressing the "ALT" key. (method is the same as 2 in the selection box)

The two marquee overlay area presses the "Shift+alt" key. (method is the same as 3 in the selection box)

45. How to use the SHIFT and ALT keys in the Wand tool:

Increase the selection by pressing the SHIFT key. (method is the same as 1 in the selection box)

Reduce the selection by pressing the "ALT" key. (method is the same as 2 in the selection box)

The two marquee overlay area presses the "Shift+alt" key. (method is the same as 3 in the selection box)

Shortcut Key Tips

46. You can use the following shortcuts to quickly browse your image:

The home scrolls to the upper-left corner of the image; The end scrolls to the lower-right corner of the image, the page up scrolls to the top of the image, the page down scrolls to the bottom of the image, the ctrl+page up scrolls to the left-hand side of the image, and the ctrl+page down scrolls to the right-hand edge

47. Press the CTRL key +alt +0 key to make the image display in 1:1 proportion.

48. When you want to "tight" (adjust the vacancy between the individual letters), first click between two letters, and then press the ALT key to adjust the left and right arrow keys.

49. Restore the settings in the dialog box to the default, first hold down the ALT key, the Cancel key will become reset key, and then click the Reset button.

50. To quickly change the value displayed in the dialog box, first click the number with the mouse, so that the cursor in the dialog box, and then you can use up and down ARROW keys to change the number of implants. If you press the SHIFT key before changing the value with the arrow keys, the change in the value is faster.

In addition to the familiar shortcuts ctrl+z (which are free to switch between history and current state), the shift+ctrl+z (used for progressive recovery in the order of *) and alt+ctrl+z (allowing users to follow * Sequential phasing out of * two shortcuts. Press the CTRL+ALT+Z and ctrl+shift+z key combinations to backward and forward in the history (or you can use the menus in the history panel for these commands).

52. Fill function: Shift+backspace Opens the Fill dialog box, alt+backspace and ctrl+backspace key combinations are filled with foreground and background colors, respectively, by Alt+shift+backspace and ctrl+shift+ The BACKSPACE key combination fills the foreground and background colors with only the existing pixels (keep the transparent area).

53. The D key and the X key on the keyboard can quickly switch between foreground and background colors.

54. Draw a line stroke with any drawing tool: First click at the start point, then hold down the SHIFT key, and then move the cursor to the end point to click the mouse.

55. When you open the Curve (Curve) dialog box, press the ALT key and click the curved box to make the grid line finer, and then click to restore the original.

56. Using the Rectangle (Ellipse) Selection Tool selection range, hold down the mouse, and then press the SPACEBAR to adjust the position of the selection box at will, open and then adjust the size of the selection range.

57. Add a rectangle or oval that is drawn outward from the center, press shift to drag the Mask tool for the rectangle or ellipse, and then press the ALT key, and then release the ALT key, when the mouse button is selected. Press the ENTER key or return key to close the slider box. To cancel the change, press the Escape key (ESC). To increase or decrease the value in increments of 10% when you open the Pop-up Slider dialog box, hold down the SHIFT key and press the UP or DOWN ARROW keys.

58. To preview the CMYK mode color of the RGB mode image on the screen, you can view the images of both modes at the same time by executing the views → new view commands, creating a new view, and then performing the view → preview → CMYK command.

59. Press SHIFT to drag the marquee tool to restrict the marquee to square or round; press the ALT key to drag the marquee tool to draw the marquee from the center; Press Shift+alt to drag the marquee tool to draw a square or circle marquee from the center.

60. To prevent use of the trim tool when the marquee adsorption on the picture border, drag the Trim Tool selection box control point when holding down the CTRL key.

61. 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 (such as the image of the border, the frame, the horizontal line between the eyes and so on), and then select "Image" → "rotate canvas" → "Any angle ..." from the menu, and you will find that the correct angle of rotation has been filled in automatically after opening. , just click OK.

62. You can use the cutting tool to complete the rotation and shearing work: first with the cutting tool to 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 rotation and shearing. The angle of measurement tool is also automatically filled in the Digital transform tool ("edit" → "transform" → "number") dialog box.

63. All pixels outside the cropping range are lost after cropping the image. To crop without loss, you can use the canvas size command instead. Although Photoshop warns you that you will do some clipping, for some reason it is not true that all "clipped" data is left out of the screen, but it does not work on the indexed color mode.

64. When merging visible layers, press Ctrl+alt+shift+e to merge all the visible layers into the current layer. You can also hold down the ALT key while merging the layers, copying the current layer and merging it into the previous layer, but ctrl+alt+e this hotkey does not work at this time.

65. Press the Shift+backspace key to activate the edit → fill Command dialog box, press Alt+backspace to fill the foreground color into the marquee, and press Ctrl+backspace to fill the background with the eight selection box.

66. Press the Shift+alt+backspace key to fill the foreground color in the marquee and keep the transparency setting, press Shift+ctrbackspace to fill in the background color in the selection box to remain transparent.

67. Press Alt+ctrl+backspace to populate the selection or layer from the history record, press Shift+alt+ctrl+backspace to populate the selection or layer from the calendar record, and keep the transparent setting.

68. Press CTRL + "=" to make the image display continue to enlarge, but the window does not shrink, press CTRL + "-" to make the image display continue to shrink, but the window does not shrink; Press ctrl+alt+ "=" to make the image display continuously magnified and the window zooms in; Press ctrl+alt+ "-" Key allows the image display to shrink continuously, and the window shrinks.

69. While moving the layers and selections, hold down the SHIFT key to move horizontally, vertically, or 45 degrees, and press the arrow keys on the keyboard to move 1 pixels at a time, hold down the SHIFT key and press the arrow keys on the keyboard to move 10 pixels at a time.

70. When you create a guide, press SHIFT to drag the guide to the ruler scale, and the ALT key to drag the guide to change the guide to horizontal or vertical orientation.

71. In the image → adjust → curve command dialog box, hold down the ALT key and click inside the format line to make the grid fine or rough; hold down the SHIFT key and click the control point to select multiple control points, hold down the CTRL key and click a control point to remove the point.

72. To copy an image on a layer to the center of another image window that is different in size, you can hold down the SHIFT key as you drag to the destination window, and the image is automatically centered when it is dragged to the destination.

73. When you use the edit → free transform (ctrl+t) command, hold down the Ctrl key and drag a control point to allow for free deformation adjustment; hold down the ALT key and drag a control point to adjust for symmetry; hold down SHIFT and drag a control point to adjust proportionally , hold down the Shift+ctrl key and drag a control point to adjust the perspective effect, press the Shift+ctrl key and drag a control point can be chamfered adjustment, press ENTER to apply the transform, press Esc key to cancel *.

74. In the swatches palette, press SHIFT to click a color block, replaces the color with the front color; when you press Shift+alt, the foreground color is inserted as a new colour block, and the background color is changed by pressing the ALT key to click on a color block; Ctrl-click a color block. The color block is deleted.

75. On the layer, channel, path Palette, alt-click the tool button at the bottom of the Palette, the dialog box for the tool can be the corresponding dialog box change settings.

76. On a layer, channel, path palette, press CTRL and click a layer, channel, or path to load it as a selection, press Ctrl+shift and click to add to the current selection, and then press the Ctrl+shift+alt key and click to cross the current selection.

77. When using a layer mask in a layer palette, press SHIFT and click the layer mask thumbnail to appear with a red fork that disables the current mask, presses the ALT key, and clicks the layer mask thumbnail, which is displayed as an entire image for easy observation and adjustment.

78. In the Path palette, hold down the SHIFT key and click the mouse on the path bar of the path palette to toggle whether the path is displayed.

79. When you change the settings for a dialog box, to revert to a previous value, hold down the ALT key and the Cancel button becomes the reset button, and then click on the Reset button.

Path tips

80. Everyone in the click of a point to adjust the path, press the "ALT" key, and then click the left mouse button click on the point, when one of the "adjustment line" will disappear, and then click on the next path point will not be affected.