Ten tips for using Photoshop

Skills to introduce you to the following Photoshop skills can not guarantee that you will become a master, but it is the only way to become a master, if you want to become a high hand, or look at the good. At least it will make your operation simpler. Note: The following methods are also valid for the Mac, except that the CTRL key is replaced by the command key, and the ALT key is replaced with the option key.

1, the reproduction of graphics

No matter what tool you use, just select the graphic, and hold down the ALT and CTRL keys while you drag the left mouse button. If the graphic is not selected before dragging, the same layer is copied.

2, the shape of the micro-shift

Sometimes because the graph is too small and so on, with the mouse for small mobile operation is very inconvenient, then as long as the selection of mobile tools, press the keyboard on the top and bottom of the arrow keys, you can move the graphics freely.

3, Layer mobile skills

To move the current selected layer up, just press the CTRL key, and then press the "]" key, you can shift the current layer up, press the CTRL key, then press the "[" button, you can move the current layer down.

4, Quick view of Photoshop processing effect

When using Photoshop, if you want to see the effect of the selection process, remove the selection, we can use the hidden selection of Photoshop, but more cumbersome. In fact, you just press the win button on the keyboard, you can see the effect of the image processing. When you press the win button again, you will return to the selected state.

5. Accurate image reduction

Cutting tools you must have used, this situation you must have encountered: when you adjust the cutting box, and the Trim box is closer to the image boundary, the Cut box will automatically be affixed to the edge of the image, so that you can not accurately cut the image. However, as long as you adjust the trim box when the "Ctrl" button, then the Trim box will be obey orders, so that you accurately cut.

6, change the transparency of the previous

You can change the transparency of the drawing (including writing with a brush, pencil, airbrush, eraser). First, draw a pen, and then under the Filter menu will appear "Go X" (x depends on what you just in the pen is the tool), click on it, appear the "Retreat" menu, now you can change your last amount of transparency.

7. Multi-Layer selection skills

When we need multilayer selection, we can select the area in the file with the selection tool, and draw out a selection virtual frame. Then hold down the "Alt" key, and when the cursor becomes a large "+" number with a small "-" in the lower-right corner (this means that the selected area or pixel is reduced), pull the second box inside the first box, and then hold down the Shift key, when the cursor into a lower right corner with a small "+" big "+" number, and then in the second box to pull out the third selection box, so that the two rotate use, you can make multi-layer selection. In fact, this method can also choose irregular objects, their own to experience it.

8, with the color-filled skills

Press the "Shift+backspace" key to directly use the Fill dialog box.

Press the Alt+backspace key to fill in the foreground color and press the Ctrl+backspace (delete) key to fill in the background color.

When using the freeform (Layer > Free Transform) feature, press the Ctrl key and drag a control point to adjust for arbitrary deformation; the "Shift+ctrl" key and drag a control point to adjust it; Press Alt Key and drag a control point to adjust it symmetrically; Press the "Shift+ctrl+alt" key and drag a control point to adjust the perspective effect.

9, play the magnifying glass

Magnifier is one of the most basic features of Photoshop and see what we can do with a magnifying glass:

① Ctrl + ALT Plus "+" or "-" to allow the frame to scale with the screen at the same time.
② Press CTRL + "+" or "-" to enlarge or shrink the image.
③ a mouse on the hand tool allows the image to match the size of the window.
④ctrl+alt[number key 0] "or double-click the magnifying glass to make the screen display size in 100% proportions.
⑤ space Plus ctrl quickly pull up Magnifier, then add ALT to Shrink mirror. Note The order, do not, the input method will run out of trouble.
⑥ in fact, in addition to using a magnifying glass to zoom out of the image, there is a good alternative, is the navigator on the Zoom Out button, or directly pull the middle of the small triangle resize the image is also good.

10. Copying Objects multiple times

When we want to copy the Selection object in the file, use the Copy command from the Edit menu. Copy it once, you may not feel trouble, but to replicate multiple times, one click on the very inconvenient. Then you can use the selection tool to select the object, and then click the Mobile tool, and then hold down the "Alt" key, when the cursor into a black and white overlapping two arrows, drag the mouse to the desired location. To copy more than once, just repeat the mouse.

As long as you work hard, master certain law skills, plus some good ideas, I believe you will become a master Photoshop, Master, high Master!