Tool Panel Tips
1. Quickly open a file. Double-click the blank space in the background of Photoshop (the gray display area by default) to open the browser window for selecting the file.
2. Change the canvas color at will. Select the paint bucket tool and hold down Shift and click on the edge of the canvas to set the canvas background color to the currently selected foreground color. If you want to revert to the default color, set the foreground color to 25% gray (R192, G192, B192) and hold down Shift again and click on the edge of the canvas.
3. Shortcut keys for selecting tools You can quickly select a tool in the toolbox by pressing the shortcut keys. The letter shortcut keys for each tool are as follows:
Marquee-M Move-V Lasso-L Magic Wand-W
Airbrush-J Brush-B Pencil-N Rubber stamp-S
History Brush-Y Eraser-E Blur-R Dodge-O
Pen-P Text-T Measure-U Gradient-G
Paint bucket-K Straw-I Gripper-H Zoom-Z
Default foreground and background color -D Switch foreground and background color -X
Edit mode switch-Q Display mode switch-F
In addition, if we hold down the Alt key and then click the displayed tool icon, or hold down the Shift key and repeatedly press the letter shortcut key, we can cycle through the hidden tools.
4. Get a precise cursor Press the Caps Lock key to display the cursor of the brush and magnetic tool as a precise crosshair, and press it again to restore it to its original state.
5. Show/hide the control panel. Press the Tab key to toggle the display or hiding of all control panels (including the toolbox). If you press Shift+Tab, the toolbox will not be affected and only other control panels will be displayed or hidden.
6. Quickly restore the default values. Some friends who are not good at Photoshop have gone through many twists and turns in order to adjust to a satisfactory effect, but they found that the original default effect is the best. Now they are dumbfounded and regret it! How to restore to default value? Try lightly clicking the tool icon on the options bar, then choosing Reset Tools or Reset All Tools from the context menu.
7. The shortcut key for freely controlling the size of the zoom tool is "Z". In addition, "Ctrl+Spacebar" is a zoom tool, and "Alt+Spacebar" is a zoom-out tool. However, you must click with the mouse to zoom; press Ctrl+"+" in the same way. and "-" keys can also be used to enlarge and reduce the image respectively; Ctrl+Alt+"+" and Ctrl+Alt+"-" can automatically adjust the window to full screen zoom display. Using this tool, you can zoom in and out regardless of the percentage of the image. It can be browsed in full screen even when displayed! If you want to automatically resize the window according to the size of the image when using the zoom tool, you can click the "Full canvas display" option in the property bar of the zoom tool.
8. When using a non-Hand Tool, hold down the space bar to convert it to a hand tool, which allows you to move the visible range of the image in the window. Double-click the hand tool to display the image in the most suitable window size, and double-click the zoom tool to display the image at a 1:1 ratio.
9. When using the Erase Tool, hold down the Alt key to switch the eraser function to restore the specified step recording state.
10. When using the Smudge Tool (fingertip tool), hold down the Alt key to change from pure smearing to smearing with the foreground color.
11. When you want to move the glyph selection range typed using the Type Mask Tool, you can first switch to the quick mask mode (use the shortcut key Q to switch), and then move it. After completion, just switch back to the standard mode. That’s it.
12. After holding down the Alt key, use the Rubber Stamp Tool to click the mouse in any open image window to set the sampling position in the window, but the active window will not be changed.
13. When using the Move Tool, you can press the arrow keys on the keyboard to directly move the image on the layer at a distance of 1 pixel. If you hold down the Shift key and then press the arrow keys, you can move the image in steps of 10 pixels each time. distance moving image. Dragging the selection with the Alt key will move a copy of the selection.
” key can increase or decrease the sampling width in real time (in the options palette).
15. Measuring tools are great for measuring distances (especially on diagonal lines), but you can also use them to measure angles (like a protractor). With the information panel visible, select the measurement tool, click and drag out a straight line, hold down the Alt key and drag out a second straight line from the node of the first line, so that the angle between the two lines is equal to the angle of the line. The lengths are displayed on the information panel. You can move the measurement line by dragging it with the measurement tool (you can also move only one node of the measurement line individually). You can delete the measurement line by dragging it outside the canvas.
16. Use drawing tools (such as brushes, stylus, etc.), hold down the Shift key and click the mouse to connect the two click points with a straight line.
17. Hold down the Alt key and use the eyedropper tool to select a color to define the current background color. Monitor the color changes of the current image 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 sampling point number on the information panel. The color mode of the sampling point can be defined through the pop-up menu on the information panel. To add a new sampling point, just click anywhere on the canvas with the color sampler tool. Hold down the Alt key and click to remove the sampling point. However, only four color sampling points can be placed on a picture at most. When a dialog box pops up in Photoshop (for example: color level command, curve command, etc.), you must hold down the Shift key and click to add a new sampling point. Hold down Alt+Shift and click to subtract a sampling point.
18. Everyone must have used the cropping tool, and you must have encountered this situation; when you adjust the cropping grip and the cropping frame is close to the edge of the image, the cropping frame will automatically be attached to the edge of the image. , making it impossible to crop the image accurately. However, as long as you hold down the "Ctrl" key when adjusting the cropping border, the cropping frame will conform to your needs and allow you to crop accurately.
Copy tips
19. Hold down the Ctrl+Alt keys and drag the mouse to copy the contents of the current layer or selection.
20. If you have recently copied an image and stored it in the clipboard, Photoshop will use the size of the image in the clipboard as the default size of the new image when creating a new file (Ctrl+N). To bypass this feature and use the last settings, hold down the Alt key (Ctrl+Alt+N) while opening.
21. If you create a new work, you need a file with the same size, resolution, and format as an open picture. Select "File" → "New", click the Windows option on the Photoshop menu bar, and click the name of the opened image in the bottom column of the pop-up menu. Yes, it's that 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) and then transform the copied layer; Ctrl+Shift+T To perform the last transformation again, Ctrl+Alt+Shift+T copies the original image and then performs the transformation.
23. Use the "New Layer by Copy (Ctrl+J)" or "New Layer by Cut (Ctrl+J)" commands to complete copy-to-paste and cut-to-paste work in one step; ) New Layer command will still put them in their original place when pasted, but by copying (cutting) and then pasting, they will be pasted to the center of the image (or selection).
24. If you want to copy the image directly without the naming dialog box appearing, hold down the Alt key and then execute the "Image" → "Copy" command.
25. Photoshop’s clipboard is great, but you’d rather use the Windows system clipboard directly to process images captured from the screen. Okay, press Ctrl+K and click "Output to Clipboard" on the pop-up panel!
26. Realize regular copying in Photoshop. When doing layout design, we often place certain elements regularly to seek a form of beauty. This can be easily achieved through the combination of four shortcut keys in Photoshop. .
(1) Circle the object you want to copy;
(2) Press Ctrl+J to generate a floating Layer;
(3) Press Rotate and move to the appropriate position and confirm;
(4) Now you can hold down Ctrl+Alt+Shift and press "T" continuously to copy continuous objects regularly. (Just hold down Ctrl+Shift to move regularly)
27. When we want to copy the selected objects in the file, we need to use the copy command in the edit menu. You may not find it troublesome to copy once, but if you want to copy multiple times, clicking again and again will be quite inconvenient. At this time, you can first select the object with the selection tool, then click the move tool, and then hold down the "Alt" key. When the cursor turns into two overlapping arrows, one black and one white, drag the mouse to the desired position. To copy multiple times, just release the mouse repeatedly.
28. You can use the Marquee Tool or Lasso Tool to drag a selection from one document to another.
29. To create a copy of the current historical state or snapshot:
(1) Click the "Create new document from current status" button;
(2) Select 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 the desired state (or snapshot) and select New Document from the pop-up menu. Drag a certain historical state of the current picture in the historical state to the window of another picture to change the content of the destination picture. Alt-click any historical state (except the current, most recent state) to copy it. The copied state then becomes the current (most recent) state. Alt-drag a step in an action to copy it to another action.
Selection skills
30. When dragging a selection area or layer from one document to another, hold down the Shift key to center it on the destination document. If the source and destination documents are the same size (dimensions), the dragged element will be placed at the same location as the source document (rather than in the center of the canvas). If the destination document contains a selection, the dragged element will be placed in the center of the selection.
31. Click the triangle button in the upper right corner of the action palette, select Load Action from the pop-up menu, and enter the Photoshop GoodiesActions directory. Under it are buttons, specifications, commands, image effects, text effects, textures, and frames. The action set contains a lot of practical things! In addition, there is an ACTIONS.PDF file in this directory, which can be opened with Adobe Acrobat software, which details the use of these actions and the effects they produce.
32. Click the brush tool in the toolbar, click the small triangle to the right of the brush label in the subsequently displayed property bar, and click the small arrow in the pop-up menu to select "Load Brush...". Go to the Brushes folder of the Photoshop directory and select *.abr. It turns out there are so many cute things here.
33. Draw a beautiful mark and want to reuse it in your artwork? Easy to do, use the Lasso tool to select it, select "Save Brush..." in the pop-up menu of Brushes, and then use the Brush Tool to select the new brush tip... Friends, do you want to spray paint your room?
34. If you want to select the part between two selection areas, hold down the Shift and Alt keys while dragging next to any existing selection area, and draw a second selection area (a multiplication sign will appear next to the mouse cross , indicating that the overlapping area will be retained).
35. To delete squares or circles in the selection area, first add any selection area, and then press the Alt key to drag the rectangular or elliptical mask tool within the selection area. Then release the Alt key, hold down the Shift key, and drag until you're satisfied. Then release the mouse button and then the Shift key.
36. Delete a selection area from the center outward. In any selection area, first press the Alt key to drag the rectangular or elliptical mask tool, then release the Alt key and press and hold the Alt key again, and finally release the mouse button. Release the Alt key.
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37. When you want to quickly switch mask areas or select area options in the quick mask mode, hold down the Alt key and then move the cursor to the quick mask mode icon and click the mouse.
38. When using the marquee tool, hold down the Shift key to draw a square or circle selection; hold down the Alt key to draw a selection from the starting point.
39. Use the Reselect command (Ctrl+Shift+D) to load/restore the previous selection.
40. When using the Lasso tool to draw a selection, press the Alt key to switch between the Lasso tool and the Polygonal Lasso tool. When drawing a selection, hold down the space bar to move the selection you are drawing.
41. Hold down the Ctrl key and click on the layer icon (on the layer panel) to load its transparency channel, then hold down the Ctrl+Alt+Shift key and click on another layer to select the area where the transparency channels of the two layers intersect.
The original selection can be retained.
43. How to use the Shift and Alt keys in the "Selection Box" tool:
When using the "selection box" to select a picture and want to expand the selection area, hold down the Shift key and the cursor "+" will change to "ten +". Drag the cursor so that you can expand the area you selected based on the original selection. Select the required area. Or select two or more marquees in the same picture at the same time.
When using the "selection box" to select pictures and want to subtract the extra pictures from the "selection box", hold down the "Alt" key and the cursor "+" will change to "ten-", drag the cursor, so that You can leave the pictures you need.
When using the "selection box" to select a picture, if you want to get the overlapped part of the two selection boxes, then hold down the "Shift+Alt" keys, the cursor "+" will change to "十í", drag the cursor so that you want The important part.
When you want to get a perfect circle or square in the "selection box", just hold down the "Shift" key.
44. How to use the Shift and Alt keys in the "Lasso" tool:
To increase the selection range press the "Shift" key. (The method is the same as 1 in "Select Box")
To reduce the selection range press the "Alt" key. (The method is the same as 2 in "Select Box")
Press the "Shift+Alt" keys in the area where the two selection boxes overlap. (The method is the same as 3 in "Select Box")
45. How to use the Shift and Alt keys in the "Magic Wand" tool:
To increase the selection range press the "Shift" key. (The method is the same as 1 in "Select Box")
To reduce the selection range press the "Alt" key. (The method is the same as 2 in "Select Box")
Press the "Shift+Alt" keys in the area where the two selection boxes overlap. (The method is the same as 3 in "Select Box")
Shortcut key tips
46. You can use the following shortcut keys to quickly browse your images:
Home scrolls to the upper left corner of the image; End scrolls to the lower right corner of the image; Page UP scrolls to the top of the image; Page Down scrolls to the bottom of the image; Ctrl+Page Up scrolls to the left of the image; Ctrl+Page Down scrolls to the right of the image.
47. Press the Ctrl key + Alt key + 0 key to display the image in a 1:1 ratio.
48. When you want to "kern" (adjust the space between individual letters), first click between two letters, then hold down the Alt key and use the left and right arrow keys to adjust.
49. To restore the settings in the dialog box to the default, first hold down the Alt key, the Cancel key will become the Reset key, and then click the Reset key.
50. To quickly change the value displayed in the dialog box, first click the number with the mouse so that the cursor is in the dialog box, and then use the up and down arrow keys to change the number. If you press the Shift key before using the arrow keys to change a value, the value will change faster.
51. In addition to the familiar shortcut key Ctrl+Z (which can freely switch between history and current status), Photoshop 6.0 also adds Shift+Ctrl+Z (which can be used to gradually resume operations according to the order of operations). ) and Alt+Ctrl+Z (allowing the user to gradually cancel operations according to the order of operations). Press Ctrl+Alt+Z and Ctrl+Shift+Z to move backward and forward in history respectively (or you can use the menu in the History panel to use these commands).
52. Fill function:
Shift+Backspace opens the fill dialog box;
Alt+Backspace and Ctrl+Backspace key combinations are used to fill the foreground color and background color respectively;
Press Alt+Shift+Backspace and Ctrl+Shift+Backspace to only fill existing pixels (keeping transparent areas) when filling the foreground and background colors.
53. The D key and X key on the keyboard can quickly switch between the foreground color and the background color.
54. Use any drawing tool to draw a straight stroke: first click the mouse at the starting point, then hold down the Shift key, then move the cursor to the end point and click the mouse.
55. When opening the Curve dialog box, press the Alt key and click the curve box to make the grid finer, and click the mouse again to restore it to its original state.
56. After using the rectangular (ellipse) selection tool to select a range, hold down the mouse and press the space bar to adjust the position of the selection frame at will. After releasing it, you can adjust the size of the selection range.
57. Add a rectangle or ellipse drawn from the center outward. In any added selection area, first press the Shift key to drag the rectangular or elliptical mask tool, then release the Shift key, then press the Alt key, and finally release Open the mouse button and release the Alt key. Press the Enter or Return key to close the slider box. To cancel changes, press the Escape key (Esc). To increase or decrease a value in 10% increments while the pop-up slider dialog box is open, hold down the Shift key and press the Up Arrow or Down Arrow key.
58. If you want to preview the CMYK mode color of the RGB mode image on the screen, you can first execute the "View" → "New View" command, create a new view, and then execute the "View" → "Preview" → "CMYK" command , you can view the images in both modes at the same time for easy comparison and analysis.
59. Press the Shift key and drag the marquee tool to limit the marquee to a square or circle; press the Alt key and drag the marquee tool to draw the marquee from the center; press the Shift+Alt key to drag the marquee tool to draw a square from the center Or circular marquee.
60. To prevent the marquee from adhering to the image border when using the crop tool, hold down the Ctrl key while dragging the control point on the crop tool marquee.
61. To correct a tilted image, first use the measuring tool to draw a line on the image where it can be used as a horizontal or vertical reference (such as the image border, door frame, horizontal line between the eyes, etc.), and then select "Image" from the menu. ” → “Rotate Canvas” → “Any Angle…” After opening, you will find that the correct rotation angle has been filled in automatically. Just press OK.
62. You can use the cropping tool to complete the rotation and shearing work in one step: first use the cropping tool to draw a box, drag the control points on the selection box to adjust the angle and size of the selection box, and finally press Enter to rotate. and cut. The angle measured by the measurement tool will also be automatically filled in the digital transformation tool ("Edit" → "Transform" → "Number") dialog box.
63. After cropping the image, all pixels outside the cropping range are lost. To crop without loss you can use the "canvas size" command instead. While Photoshop will warn you that some clipping will be made, for some reason not all of the "clipped" data is actually kept out of the frame, but this doesn't work with Indexed Color mode.
64. When merging visible layers, press Ctrl+Alt+Shift+E to copy all visible layers and merge them into the current layer. You can also hold down the Alt key when merging layers, which will make a copy of the current layer and merge it into the previous layer, but the Ctrl+Alt+E hotkey will not work at this time.
65. Press the Shift+Backspace key to activate the "Edit" → "Fill" command dialog box. Press the Alt+Backspace key to fill the foreground color into the selection box; press the Ctrl+Backspace key to fill the background into the selection box.
66. Press the Shift+Alt+Backspace keys to fill the foreground color into the selection box and maintain the transparent setting. Press the Shift+CtrBackspace key to fill the background color into the selection box and maintain the transparent setting.
67. Press Alt+Ctrl+Backspace to fill a selection or layer from history, and press Shift+Alt+Ctrl+Backspace to fill a selection or layer from history and keep the transparency setting.
68. Pressing the Ctrl＋“=" key can make the image display continue to enlarge, but the window will not shrink; pressing the Ctrl＋"-" key can make the image display continue to shrink, but the window will not shrink; press Ctrl+Alt＋"=" The image display will continue to be enlarged, and the window will be enlarged accordingly; press Ctrl+Alt+"-" keys to make the image display continue to shrink, and the window will be reduced accordingly.
69. When moving layers and selections, hold down the Shift key to move horizontally, vertically or at a 45-degree angle; press the arrow keys on the keyboard to move 1 pixel at a time; hold down the Shift key and then press The arrow keys can move 10 pixels at a time.
70. When creating a guide line, press the Shift key and drag the guide line to snap the guide line to the ruler scale; press the Alt key and drag the guide line to change the guide line to a horizontal or vertical orientation.
71. In the "Image" → "Adjustment" → "Curve" command dialog box, hold down the Alt key and click the mouse within the grid to make the grid fine or rough; hold down the Shift key and click on the control points to select multiple Control points, hold down the Ctrl key and click a control point to delete it.
72. If you want to copy an image on a certain layer to the center of another image window with a different size, you can hold down the Shift key when dragging to the destination window, and the image will be automatically centered after dragging to the destination window.
73. When using the "Edit" → "Free Transform" (Ctrl+T) command, hold down the Ctrl key and drag a control point to perform free deformation adjustment; hold down the Alt key and drag a control point to perform free transformation adjustment. Symmetric deformation adjustment; hold down the Shift key and drag a control point to make proportional scaling adjustments; hold down the Shift+Ctrl key and drag a control point to adjust the perspective effect; hold down the Shift+Ctrl key and drag Move a control point to make bevel adjustments; press Enter to apply the transformation; press Esc to cancel the operation.
74. In the color palette, press the Shift key to click a color block, and the foreground color will be used to replace the color; press the Shift+Alt key to click the mouse, and the foreground color will be inserted as a new color block at the clicked location; press Clicking on a color block with the Alt key will change the background color to that color; clicking a color block with the Ctrl key will delete the color block.
75. On the layer, channel, and path palettes, when you press the Alt key and click the tool button at the bottom of these palettes, the corresponding dialog box can be called up to change settings for tools that have dialog boxes.
76. On the layer, channel, and path palette, press Ctrl and click a layer, channel, or path to load it as a selection; press Ctrl+Shift and click to add it to the current selection; press Ctrl+Shift+Alt and click to intersect with the current selection.
77. When using a layer mask in the layer palette, press the Shift key and click the layer mask thumbnail. A red cross will appear, indicating that the current mask is disabled. Press the Alt key and click the layer mask. Plate thumbnail, the mask will be displayed as the entire image, making it easy to observe and adjust.
78. In the Path Palette, hold down the Shift key and click the mouse on the path bar of the Path Palette to switch whether the path is displayed.
79. After changing the settings of a certain dialog box, if you want to restore it to the previous value, hold down the alt key. The cancel button will become a reset button, and you can click on the reset button.
path tricks
80. After selecting a point on the adjustment path, press the "Alt" key, then click the left mouse button on the point. At this time, one of the "adjustment lines" will disappear, and then click on the next path point. It will no longer be affected.
81. If you use "Path" to draw a path, and the current mouse status is a pen, you only press the Enter key on the small keyboard (remember it is the Enter key on the small keyboard, not the main keyboard). ! ), then the path will immediately become a "selection area".
82. If you draw a path with the pen tool, and your current mouse status is pen, you only need to press the Enter key on the small keyboard (remember it is the Enter key on the small keyboard, not the main keyboard). ! ), the path is immediately loaded as a selection.
83. Hold down the Alt key and click the mouse on the trash can icon on the path control panel to delete the path directly.
84. When using other path tools, hold down the Ctrl key to temporarily change the cursor to the direction selection range tool.
85. Hold down the Alt key and click the mouse on the trash can icon on the path control panel to delete the path directly.
86. When using other path tools, hold down the Ctrl key to temporarily change the cursor to the direction selection range tool.
87. Click an empty area on the Paths panel to turn off the display of all paths.
88. While clicking the buttons below the Paths panel (Fill path with foreground color, Stroke path with foreground color, Load path as selection), hold down the Alt key to see a series of available tools or options.
89. If we need to move the entire path or multiple paths, please select the path you want to move and then use the shortcut key Ctrl+T to drag the path to any position.
90. When outlining a path, our most commonly used operation is to outline a single line of pixels, but a problem will arise at this time, that is, there are rectangular teeth, which greatly affects the practical value. At this time, we might as well convert the path into a selection first , and then stroke the selected area. You can also get the lines of the original path, but you can eliminate the square teeth.
91. Converting the selected area into a path is a very practical operation. This function is consistent with the corresponding icon function in the control panel. When this function is called, the required attribute settings will be available in the pop-up MAKE WORK PQTH settings window.
92. When using the pen tool to create a path, hold down the Shift key to force the path or direction line to be horizontal, vertical, or at a 45-degree angle. Hold down the Ctrl key to temporarily switch to the path selection tool. Hold down the Alt key to place the pen cursor on the black node. Click to change the direction of the direction line so that the curve can turn; press the Alt key and use the path selection tool to click on the path to select the entire path; to select multiple paths at the same time, hold down Shift and click one by one; when using the path selection tool, press Holding down the "Ctrl+Alt" keys and moving closer to the path will switch to the add node and subtract node pen tools.
93. To switch whether the path is displayed, you can hold down the Shift key and click the mouse on the path bar of the path palette, or click in the gray area of the path palette, or press Ctrl+Shift+H. To switch color modes directly on the Color palette, hold down the Shift key and then move the cursor to the color bar and click.
ActionsAction skills
94. If you want to add a new command after a command in an action, you can first select the command, then click the Start Recording button on the palette, select the command to be added, and then click the Stop Recording button.
95. After holding down the Ctrl key, double-click the name of the action to be performed on the action control panel to execute the entire action.
96. If you want to execute several macros (Actions) at the same time, you can first add a macro and then record each macro to be executed.
97. If you want to add a new command after a certain command in a macro (Action), you can first select the command, then click the start recording icon on the palette, select the command to be added, and then click to stop recording. icon.
Filter tips
98. Filter shortcut keys
Ctrl+F - Reapply the filter you just used.
Ctrl+Alt+F - Apply the just-used filter with new options.
Ctrl+Shift+F - Undo the last used filter or adjustment effect or change the composition mode.
99. In the filter window, press the Alt key and the Cancel button will turn into a Reset button to restore the initial state. If you want to enlarge the size of the image preview in the filter dialog box, directly press "Ctrl" and click the preview area with the mouse to enlarge; otherwise, press the "Alt" key and the image in the preview area will quickly become smaller.
100. The first line of the filter menu will record the usage of the previous filter to facilitate repeated execution.
101. On the layer panel, you can adjust the opacity and color mixing of the filtered effect (the object of the operation must be a layer).
102. Feathering the selected range can reduce the abrupt feeling.
103. When using the filter of "Filter" → "Rendering" → "Clouds", if you want to produce more obvious cloud patterns, you can hold down the Alt key before executing this command; if you want to generate low-diffusion clouds To achieve the desired effect, you can hold down the Shift key before executing the command.
104. When using the filter of "Filter" → "Rendering" → "Lighting Effect", if you want to copy the light source in the dialog box, you can first hold down the Alt key and then drag the light source to copy.
105. Process the selected area. If no area is selected, the entire image will be processed; if only a certain layer or channel is selected, only the current layer or channel will be processed.
106. The processing effect of the filter is measured in pixels, which means that the same parameters will produce different effects when processing images with different resolutions.
107. In RGB mode, you can use all filters on graphics. Text must be turned into graphics before you can use filters.
108. When using a new filter, you should first experiment with the default settings, then try a lower configuration, and then try a higher configuration. Observe the process and results of the following changes. Work with a smaller image and save the copy of the master file instead of using Undo. This allows the author to compare the results and note which settings he really likes.
109. Before selecting a filter, place the image in a newly created layer and then apply the filter to that layer. This method allows the author to blend the effect of the filter into the image, or change the color blending mode to get the desired effect. This method also allows the author to change the filter effect of the image at any time according to his own ideas during the design process.
110. Even if the *author has processed the layer with a filter, you can still choose the "Fade..." command. When using this command, the user only needs to adjust the opacity and also change the color mixing mode. Before ending the command, the *author is free to apply filters to the layer. Note that if "Restore" is used, changes cannot be made.
111. Some filters can process a single channel at a time, such as the green channel, and can get very interesting results. Note that any filter can be used when working with grayscale images.
112. You can get exciting results by applying filters to the alpha channel (you can also work with grayscale images), then use that channel as a selection, apply other filters, and process the entire image through that selection. This technology is particularly useful for crystal refractive filters.
113. Users can break appropriate settings and observe what effects occur. When users set filters out of the ordinary, they can sometimes get wonderful special effects. For example, setting the parameters for Virtual Mask or Dust and Scratches to a higher value can sometimes work particularly well to smooth out the color of the image.
114. There is a technique that can produce better special effects, which is to do the same thing (not too many times). This technology is particularly good for Western Europe when it comes to operating filters. Of course it can also be used with other filters. Users can also use different settings of the same filter, or use completely different filters, on the same selection multiple times to see the effect.
115. Some filters have very obvious effects, and subtle parameter adjustments will lead to obvious changes. Therefore, you must choose carefully when using them to avoid losing the style of each filter due to excessive changes. Images that handle transitions can only be used as samples or examples, but they are not the best works of art. The use of filters should also be done selectively according to the needs of artistic creation.
Layer tricks
116. To move the currently selected layer up: press the "ctrl +]" key combination to move the current layer up; press the "ctrl+[" key combination to move the current layer up. Flip the layer down one level.
117. Use the mouse to drag the layer to be copied to the "New" icon at the top of the panel to create a new layer.
118. When moving a layer or selection, hold down the Shift key to force a horizontal, vertical, or 45° movement.
119. When moving a layer or selecting a range, press the arrow keys on the keyboard to move 1 pixel at a time.
120. When moving a layer or selecting a range, first hold down the Shift key and then press the arrow keys on the keyboard to move 10 pixels at a time.
121. To delete a layer directly, you can hold down the Alt key, move the cursor to the trash can on the layer control panel, and click the mouse.
122. After pressing the Ctrl key, your move tool will have an automatic selection function. At this time, you only need to click an object on a certain layer, and Photoshop will automatically switch to the layer where the object is located; but when When you release the Ctrl key, your move tool no longer has the automatic selection function, making it easy to prevent accidental selection.
123. You cannot drag multiple layers simultaneously to another document in the Layers panel (even if they are linked) - this will only move the selected layer.
124. To organize multiple layers into a group, the quickest way is to link them first and then select the Group Linked Layers command (Ctrl+G). When you want to move multiple layers between different documents, you can use the move tool to drag multiple layers between documents at the same time. This technique can also be used to merge (Ctrl+E) multiple visible layers (because when the current layer is linked to other layers, the "Group with Previous Layer command" will become the "Group Linked Layers" command).
125. Hold down the Alt key and click between two layers in the Layers panel to group them. This is useful when some layers are linked together and you only want to group some of them. Because the group command (Ctrl+G) will be converted to the group link layer command (Ctrl+G) when the current layer is linked to other layers.
126. Double-click the layer with the word "T" in the "Layer Control" panel to edit the text again.
127. Hold down Alt and click the eye icon in front of the desired layer to hide/show all other layers.
128. Hold down Alt and click the brush icon in front of the current layer to unlink it from all other layers.
129. To clear all layer effects on a layer, hold down the Alt key and double-click the layer effects icon on that layer.
130. To turn off one of the effects, hold down the Alt key and select its name in the "Layer" → "Layer Style" submenu; or you can uncheck its "Apply" mark in the Layer Effects dialog box.
131. Here's a time-saving way to add adjustment layers: Just Ctrl-click the "Create New Layer" icon (at the bottom of the Layers panel) and select the type of adjustment layer you want to add!
132. In addition to editing the layer mask in the channel panel, press Alt and click the mask icon on the layer panel to open it; hold down the Shift key and click the mask icon to close/open the mask (a red cross X will be displayed to indicate closed mask). Alt+Shift-click the layer mask to display it in ruby color (50% red). Hold down the Ctrl key and click on the mask icon to load its transparent selection.
133. The mask added by clicking the "Add Layer Mask" icon (at the bottom of the layer panel) displays all the contents of the current selection by default; hold down the Alt key and click the "Add Layer Mask" icon to add a mask. The mask hides the contents of the current selection.
134. When the current tool is the Move tool (or hold down the Ctrl key at any time), right-click on the canvas to open a list of all layers at the current point (sorted from top to bottom): Select the name of a layer from the list to make it the current layer. .
135. Hold down the Alt key and right-click the mouse to automatically select the uppermost layer of the current point, or turn on the Auto-Select Layer option in the Move Tool Options Panel.
136. Alt+Shift+right-click can switch whether the current layer is linked to the top layer.
137. When we need to select multiple layers, we can first use the selection tool to select an area in the file and draw a selection virtual frame; then hold down the "Alt" key, when the cursor changes to a small "-" in the lower right corner When the "+" sign is used (this means reducing the selected area or pixels), pull out the second box inside the first box; then hold down the "Shift" key, when the cursor changes to a small box with a small mark in the lower right corner When the "+" sign appears, pull out the third selection box inside the second box, so that they can be used in turn to make multi-layer selections. Irregular objects can also be selected in this way.
138. Press Shift+"+" key (forward) and Shift+"-" key (backward) to switch between the composition modes of various layers. We can also press Alt+Shift+"a certain character" to quickly switch to the synthesis mode.
N = Normal
I = Dissolve
M = Multiply
S = Screen
O = Overlay
F = Soft Light
H = Hard Light
D = Color Dodge
B = Color Burn K = Darken
G = Lighten
E = Difference
X = Exclusion
U = Hue
T = Saturation C = Color
Y = Luminosity Q = Behind 1
L = Threshold (Threshold 2)
R = Clear (Clear 3)
W = Shadows 4
V = Midtones 4
Z = Highlights 4
color techniques
139. Photoshop is a 32-bit application. In order to view the file correctly, the screen must be set to 24-bit color.
140. First execute the "View" → "New View" command to generate a new window, and then execute "View" → "Preview" → "CMYK" to view images in both modes at the same time.
141. Click the eyedropper or crosshair on the window to change the size and color mode from the pop-up menu.
142. Hold down Shift and click the color bar under the color panel to change the type of color spectrum displayed. Alternatively, you can right-click the color bar and select other color modes from the pop-up color bar option menu.
143. Click on any blank (grey) area on the palette panel to add a custom color to the palette, hold down the Ctrl key and click to subtract a color, hold down the Shift key and click to replace one. color.
144. You can exchange color data between Photoshop and other programs (other programs that support hexadecimal color values) by copying and pasting the hexadecimal color values displayed in the Photoshop color picker.
145. When opening the Color Range dialog box, you can press the Ctrl key to switch between image and selection preview. If you press the Shift key, the straw will turn into a plus straw with a "+" sign, and if you press the Alt key, the straw will turn into a minus straw with a "-" sign.
146. Press Shift+Backspace to directly bring up the coloring dialog box.
147. To switch color modes directly on the color selection control panel, hold down the Shift key and move the cursor to the color bar and click the mouse.
148. To convert a color image into a grayscale image, the usual method is to use "Image" → "Mode" → "Grayscale", or "Image" → "Decolor". But now there is a way to convert colors to grayscale in a more detailed way. The step is to first convert the image into Lab color mode: "Image" → "Mode" → "Lab Color", then go to the channel panel, delete channel a and channel b, and you can get an image with a more delicate grayscale .
149. Press the Ctrl key and click the preview area with the mouse to enlarge the image; press the Alt key and click the preview area with the mouse to reduce the image.
150. Make pictures with transparent background. Generally speaking, pictures with transparent background on the Internet are in GIF format. In Photoshop, you can first use the command "Image" → "Mode" → "Index Color" to convert the picture into 256 colors. , and then use the command FileExportGIF89a to output the image into a GIF file that can contain a transparent background. Of course, don’t forget to use Photoshop’s color selection eyedropper in the command window to set some colors in the image to transparent colors! When saving the file, do not choose to save or save as, but directly select "Output GIF" and then select the transparent color. If you need the transparent parts to be white, select white, and so on. When making pictures, hide the background image and adjust it. Then Save for Web can be transparent.
151. When writing Chinese characters on a GIF, why are the writing discontinuous?
First convert the GIF to RGB, then convert it back to Index Color after writing the text.
152. If the bright colors of the image are excessive due to the execution of the USM sharpening command, you can first convert the image to Lab color mode, and then execute the USM sharpening command in the brightness channel. This will not only achieve the purpose of clearing the image, but also It can also avoid affecting the color.
153. To check whether the image input by the scanner is ideal, you can open the information palette and observe that the light and dark values of the image reach 240 and the dark value reaches 10, indicating that the image contains sufficient details.
154. If you want to convert a color picture to a black and white picture, you can first convert the color mode to Lab mode, then click the brightness channel in the channel panel, and then execute the "Image" → "Mode" → "Grayscale" command. Since Lab The color gamut of the mode is wider, so that the converted image has richer layers.
155. When using Photoshop, we often need to find suitable material pictures from a large number of libraries. In this case, ACDSee can be used to help. You can arrange the ACDSee window and the Photshop window on the screen at the same time, and then use the mouse in the ACDSee browsing window Drag the selected picture (you can select multiple files at the same time by pressing the Ctrl key) to the Photoshop window. Wait until the small "+" icon appears under the mouse pointer and then release the mouse. The picture will be opened in Photoshop.
156. What pictures are suitable for weight loss? In general, we should make corresponding weight loss measures based on the picture quality we require. There are also some pictures that always need to be modified. If you easily merge them and click save, your future modification work will become complicated. Because after saving, you can no longer restore and split the layers, so you should think twice before doing so. Therefore, don’t blindly pursue capacity and ignore quality, which may cause unpredictable trouble in the future!
157. Image File Weight Loss Resize Image: A larger size image takes up more disk space because it has more pixels. But if you try to use the WIDTH and HEIGHT attributes in the markup to resize the image, you will be disappointed because that will not save download time.
Use thumbnails: By setting a very small version of an image, users can click on it to see the full image. But you should indicate the full image size next to it so users can decide whether to view the full image.
Storing GIFs as JPEG: JPEG compression works best for images with many colors.
Increase the compression ratio: If it is a JPEG file, you can resave it with a higher compression ratio to reduce the file size. But don't forget the price: higher compression ratios reduce image quality.
Reduce color depth: The color depth of a GIF image is at most 8 bits (256 colors), which stores less information per pixel and the final file will be smaller.
Adjust the contrast level in an image: Most graphics software offers heavy-touch options such as gamma correction and highlights/midtones/shadows to change the contrast within an image. Reducing these values usually reduces file size.
Suppress dithering: Dithering refers to using colors in the existing palette to approximate colors that are not in the palette. Dithering increases GIF file size.
158. How to lose weight on pictures with fonts. Many times we like to use the "Font" function of Photoshop to add a few words to pictures to make them more beautiful. But this finishing touch may make the occupied space soar in vain from tens of K to a capacity counted in M. Strange, why is there such a sudden change?
In fact, when faced with this situation, after you merge the layers, use other tools such as ACDSee to convert the format or save it as another format, then delete the original image and it will naturally become smaller! Generally, it is more appropriate to save it as .jpg.
If the quality requirements of your picture are not too high, you can merge the layers first and then convert it to index color (below 256 colors) or control the size based on the .jpg format.
159. File Weight Loss For example, if you save a *.TIF file in Photoshop, how can a file that was originally over 100K become over 3M? In fact, you only need to change the format and then delete the original file.
160. What format should the black and white pictures be scanned into? If it is a chart, use gif; if it is a photo, use jpg. It is recommended to convert black and white pictures to grayscale first and then save them as gif; if the color is below 256, it is best to use gif - the file size is small and there is no loss of quality; if it is true color, it must be jpg.
161. Transition from real to virtual How to achieve a gradient from high to low opacity of a selected area or layer in Photoshop? It's very simple. Just feather the selection or make a layer mask, create a new layer and make it a black and white gradient, and then merge the layer selection screen that needs to be effected.
You can also use a gradient mask to transition this area or layer from 100% opacity at the top to 0% at the bottom. These percentage values can also be changed at will.
162. Image Mixing and Overlay In advertising design, image synthesis and overlay are often used. In fact, the implementation function is very simple:
Open the main image as the background image.
Then open another image, Crtl+A to select all, and Crtl+C to copy.
Back to the main image, Crtl+V to paste. A new layer appears here. In this layer, select the mode as Multiply or screen. At this point, the two images have been superimposed. Finally adjust the position of the image to be the best.
A very artistic effect has appeared, you can also clone your twin!
163. How to realize the function of drawing dotted lines in Photoshop. Double-click the Brush you want to use, change 100% in the Spacing area to be larger, and a gap will be left. Then use Brush to draw it. First draw the path, define Brush: Space is set above 200, open the Path panel - Storke Path.
How to overlap two images of the same size with a semi-transparent effect?
In the Layers panel: You can change the transparency of the upper layer, or change the layer's blending mode.
164. To remove burrs, you can try using the path tool or magic wand to outline the outline of the image, then use "Feather" of "Select", then invert the selection and then delete. It may be better.
165. How to save the extracted image without the background color behind it? "Copy" the area selected by the dotted line, then "Paste", then delete the bottom layer, and finally "Ctrl+S". Note that the storage format should be .PSD format or .EPS format or .AI format.
166. Quick Fill Open the image to be filled, execute Ctrl+A, select all images, execute "Edit" → "Define Pattern", define the image as a pattern and execute "Edit" → "Fill".
167. Remove texture from images
(1) Under the circumstances of sweeping a pictorial or magazine, the generation of mesh pattern is caused by the rough texture of the pictorial or magazine printing paper. The value of DPI should be set higher during scanning. The higher the resolution, the greater the scanned picture, and the higher the relatively fine degree. Higher resolution will create good conditions for the next picture and the filter processing.
(2) Adjust the picture to the appropriate size in the "Image" menu to select the "Image Size" option, pop up the "Image Size" dialog box, and determine the limited proportion option under it as a check state. The pixels are changed to percentage. At this time, the Width value becomes 100. At this time, you can enter the percentage value required for you to reduce the ratio of pictures. The narrowing mesh conditions have weakened slightly.
(3) Select the "Display Channel" in the "Window" menu with Gaussian blur. At this time, the channel panel appears. The four channels are RGB, Red, Green, and Blue. Select the Red channel, the picture shows the black and white effect. In the "Filter" menu, select "Vague" → "Gaussian Vague ...", that is, the Gaussian fuzzy dialog box pops up. Adjust the diameter value and control the range of blurring, so that the mesh pattern in the Red channel is almost invisible, and the picture content is slightly blurred. Then adjust the GREEN and Blue channels according to this method to disappear the net lines in the channel. Finally, I returned to the RGB channel. At this time, there was no interference with mesh pattern. Note: The value of Radius cannot be set too large, so as not to cause the excessive effect on the RGB channel to make the picture hazy.
(4) Adjust the final effect. If the mesh is too clear to cause the radius value to be large, then the pictures in the RGB channel will be a bit blurred. If you want to make the content of the picture clear, you can also perform the "sharpness" clear effect in the "filter" menu. Finally, use the "adjustment" → "color step" or "brightness/contrast" option in the "Image" menu to set the value of the contrast you need to achieve the final satisfaction effect.