PS tips

PS Tips

1. Quickly open files

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

##2. Change the canvas color at will

Choose paint Use the Bucket tool and hold down Shift while clicking 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 press the shortcut keys Select a tool in the toolbox. The letter shortcut keys for each tool are as follows:

Select Box-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 Measurement-U Gradient-G

Paint bucket-K Straw-I Gripper-H Scale-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 selection of hidden tools.

4. Get the precise cursor

Press the Caps Lock key to enable the brush and magnet The tool's cursor appears as a precision crosshair, which can be restored by pressing it again.

5. Show/hide the control panel

Press the Tab key to switch between showing or hiding all control panels ( Including the toolbox), if you press Shift+Tab, the toolbox will not be affected, only other control panels will be displayed or hidden.

7. Free size control

The shortcut key for the zoom tool is "Z". In addition, "Ctrl+Spacebar" is the zoom tool, and "Alt+Spacebar" is the zoom-out tool. However, you need to click with the mouse to zoom; press Ctrl+"+" in the same way. The key and the "-" key 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 of the image no matter how many percent it is. It can be viewed in full screen mode recently! 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 (Hand Tool), press and hold the space bar to convert it into a Hand Tool, which can be moved The visible range of the image within the viewport. 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 standard mode.

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 effect will not be changed. Windows.

13. When using the Move Tool, you can press the direction 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 direction keys, Moves the image 10 pixels at a time. Dragging the selection with the Alt key will move a copy of the selection.

14. When using the Magnetic Lasso Tool or Magnetic Pen Tool, press the "[" or "]" key to increase or decrease the sampling width in real time (in the options palette).

15. Measuring tools are very convenient 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, pens, 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 relatively close to the image boundary, the cropping frame will automatically It sticks 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 Copies 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 opened picture. Select "File" → "New", click the Windows option on the Photoshop menu bar, and click the opened image name in the bottom column of the pop-up menu. Yes, it's that simple!

22. Free to use When using the Transform Tool (Ctrl+T), hold down the Alt key (Ctrl+Alt+T) to first copy the original layer (in the current selection) and then perform the transformation on the copied layer; Ctrl+Shift+T will execute the last time again. Transformation, Ctrl+Alt+Shift+T is to copy the original image and then perform 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 ;Pasting via the Copy (Cut) New Layer command will still place them in their original places, however, via Copy (Cut) and then Paste, 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, you can first hold down the Alt key and then execute the "Image" → "Copy" command.

25. Photoshop’s clipboard is easy to use, but you would 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. In Photoshop, through four The combination of shortcut keys can be easily derived.

(1) Circle the object you want to copy;

(2) Press Ctrl+J to generate a floating Layer;

(3) Press Rotate and move to Confirm the appropriate position;

(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 must 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 use the selection tool to select the object, 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 the lasso tool to drag the selection from one document to another.

29. To create a copy document for the current historical 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 the desired Select New Document from the pop-up menu of the status (or snapshot). Drag a certain historical status of the current picture in the historical status 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 Tips30. When dragging a selection area or layer from one document to another, hold down the Shift key to make it Centered 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/Goodies/Actions directory. Under it are buttons, specifications, commands, image effects, and text. The six action sets of effects, textures, and frames contain a lot of practical things! In addition, there is an ACTIONS.PDF file in this directory, which can be opened with Adobe Acrobat software. It details the use of these actions and the generated results. Effect.

32. Click the brush tool in the toolbar, click the small triangle to the right of the brush label in the property bar that appears, 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 works? 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 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 overlap. of this area will be reserved).

35. To delete squares or circles in the selection area, first add any selection area, and then within the selection area, press the Alt key and drag the rectangular or elliptical mask tool. 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 hold down the Alt key again. Finally, release the mouse button and release the Alt key.

37. When you want to quickly switch the mask area or select area options in the quick mask mode, first 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 centered on 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 transparency of both layers. The area where channels intersect.

42. Switch to Quick Mask Mode [Q] before scaling or copying an image to retain the original selection.

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 selection based on the original selection. Expand your desired selection 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 excess 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 picture 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 Cursor so that it's the part you want.

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:

Press the "Shift" key to increase the selection range. (The method is the same as 1 in "Selection Box")

Press the "Alt" key to reduce the selection range. (The method is the same as 2 in "Selection Box")

Press the "Shift+Alt" key in the area where the two selection boxes overlap. (The method is the same as 3 in "Selection Box")

45. How to use the Shift and Alt keys in the "Magic Wand" tool:

Press the "Shift" key to increase the selection range. (The method is the same as 1 in "Selection Box")

Press the "Alt" key to reduce the selection range. (The method is the same as 2 in "Selection Box")

Press the "Shift+Alt" key in the area where the two selection boxes overlap. (The method is the same as 3 in "Select Box")

Shortcut key skills

46. You can use 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 image below; Ctrl+Page Up scrolls to the left of the image; Ctrl+Page Down scrolls to the right of the image.

47. Press Ctrl key + Alt key + 0 key to display the image in a 1:1 ratio.

48. When you want to "kink" (adjust the space between individual letters), first click between the 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, hold down the Alt key first, 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 continue in the order of operations). There are two shortcut keys: the gradual recovery operation) and Alt+Ctrl+Z (which allows the user to continuously and gradually cancel the operation 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 for filling the foreground color and background color respectively;

Press the Alt+Shift+Backspace and Ctrl+Shift+Backspace key combinations to only fill the existing pixels (keep the transparent area) 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 the mouse, 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, and then Press the Alt key and finally release the mouse button and then 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 to create a new view, and then execute "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 constrain the marquee to a square or circle; press the Alt key and drag the marquee tool

to draw the marquee starting from the center; press the Shift+Alt key to drag The Marquee Move tool draws a square or circular marquee starting from the center.

60. To prevent the marquee from adsorbing on the picture 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.). Then select "Image" → "Rotate Canvas" → "Any Angle..." from the menu. 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, and drag the control points on the selection box to adjust the angle and size of the selection box. 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, 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 selection box with the foreground color; press the Ctrl+Backspace key to fill the background color. within the selection box.

66. Press the Shift+Alt+Backspace keys to fill the foreground color in the selection box and maintain the transparent setting. Press the Shift+CtrBackspace key to fill the background color in 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. Press Ctrl＋“＝” key to make the image display continue to enlarge, but the window will not shrink; press Ctrl＋“-” key to make the image display continue to shrink, but the window will not shrink; press Ctrl+Alt＋ The "=" key can make the image display continue to enlarge, and the window will be enlarged accordingly; press Ctrl+Alt+"-" key 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. After pressing the key, press the direction keys on the keyboard to move 10 pixels at a time.

70. When creating a guide line, press the Shift key and drag the guide line to fit it closely 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 inside the grid to make the grid fine or rough; hold down the Shift key and click Click a control point 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. The window will be automatically centered.

73. When using the "Edit" → "Free Transform" (Ctrl+T) command, hold down the Ctrl key and drag a control point to perform free transformation adjustment; hold down the Alt key and drag A certain control point can be adjusted for symmetrical deformation; hold down the Shift key and drag a certain control point to make proportional scaling adjustments; hold down the Shift+Ctrl key and drag a certain control point to adjust the perspective effect; press Shift+Ctrl and drag a control point to adjust the bevel; 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 used as the new color at the clicked location. Insert a color block; press Alt and click on a color block to change the background color to that color; press Ctrl and click on a color block to delete it.

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 the 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. Add 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 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 Tips

80. After clicking to adjust a point on the path, press "Alt" button, and then click the left mouse button on the point. At this time, one of the "adjustment lines" will disappear, and it will not be affected when you click the next path point.

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 ! ) on the keyboard, 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 on the main keyboard! ), then the path will be loaded as a selection immediately.

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. When clicking several buttons below the path 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 Tool or option.

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 paths, our most commonly used operation is to outline single lines of pixels, but problems will arise at this time, that is, there are rectangular teeth, which greatly affects the practical value. At this time, we might as well first The path is converted into a selection, and then the selection is stroked. The lines of the original path can also be obtained, but the square teeth can be eliminated.

91. Converting the selection area into a path is a very practical operation. This function is consistent with the corresponding icon function in the control panel. When calling this function, 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 Click the pen-shaped cursor on the black node to change the direction of the direction line so that the curve can turn; press the Alt key and click the path with the path selection tool 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, hold down the "Ctrl+Alt" keys and move closer to the path to 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 you can 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.

Actions Action Tips

94. If you want to add a new command after a command in an action, you can first select the command and then click Start Recording on the palette. button, 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 and select the command to be added. , and then click the stop recording icon.

Filter skills

98. Filter shortcut keys

Ctrl+F—— Use the filter you just used again.

Ctrl+Alt+F - Use the filter you just used 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 To create a low-diffusion cloud effect, 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. Replication is possible.

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 operator 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 operator to blend the effect of the filter into the image, or change the color blending mode to obtain the desired effect. This method also allows the operator to change the filter effect of the image at any time according to his or her own ideas during the design process.

110. Even if the operator has already processed the layer with a filter, the "Fade..." command can also be selected. When using this command, the user only needs to adjust the opacity and also change the color mixing mode. The operator can optionally apply filters to the layer before ending the command. Note that if you use "Restore", you can no longer change it.

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. Use filters to process data on the Alpha channel to get exciting results (grayscale images can also be processed), then use this channel as a selection, apply other filters, and process through the selection entire image. 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 in Western Europe for 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 skills

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. Move the current 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 and then 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 that object. layer; when you release the Ctrl key, your move tool no longer has the automatic selection function, which makes it easy to prevent accidental selection.

123. You cannot drag multiple layers simultaneously into another document in the Layers panel (even if they are linked) - this will only move the selected layers.

124. To organize multiple layers into a group, the fastest 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 together. 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 cancel it in the Layer Effects dialog box "Apply" tag.

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 (it will be displayed A red X indicates that the mask is turned off). Hold down Alt+Shift and click on 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 "Add Layer" The mask added by the "Mask" icon 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 the layer from the list You can make it the current layer.

135. Hold down the Alt key and click the right mouse button to automatically select the uppermost layer of the current point, or turn on the automatic layer selection option in the Move Tool Options Panel.

136. Alt+Shift+right-click to 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 lower right corner When using the "+" sign with a small "-" (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 becomes When there is a big "+" sign with a small "+" in the lower right corner, 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 using this method.

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 LightD = Color Dodge

B = Color BurnK = Darken

G = Lighten

E = Difference

X = Exclusion

U = Hue

T = Saturation C = Color (Color)

Y = Luminosity(Luminosity)Q = Behind(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 create 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 in any blank (gray) area on the palette panel to add a custom color to the palette. Hold down the Ctrl key and click to subtract a color. Press Shift-click to replace a 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 the color mode 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 .

Image processing skills

149. Press the Ctrl key and click the preview area with the mouse to enlarge the image; press the Alt key , click the preview area with the mouse to shrink 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" convert the image to 256 colors, and then use the command File/Export/GIF89a to output the image into a GIF file that can contain a transparent background. Of course, don't forget to use the Photoshop option in the command window. Color dropper sets some colors in the picture 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?

Convert GIF to RGB first, then convert back to Index Color after writing.

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 To achieve the purpose of clear image, it can also avoid the impact on the color.

153. To check whether the image input by the scanner is ideal, you can open the information palette and observe that the bright 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 "Image" → "Mode" → "Gray" "degree" command, because the color gamut of Lab mode is wider, the converted image will have 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 to drag the selected picture in the ACDSee browsing window (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 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 images: 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: Set a very small version of the image so 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 is 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). Each pixel stores less information and the final file will be smaller.

Adjust the contrast level in an image: Most graphics software provides heavy retouching options such as gamma correction and highlight/midtone/shadow to change the content of an image. contrast. 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 the picture to make the picture more beautiful. But this finishing touch may make the space occupied 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, and then delete the original image, 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 function is very simple:

Open the main image as the background image.

Then open another picture, Crtl+A to select all, 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 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 Just paint. 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 layer panel: you can change the transparency of the upper layer, or change the blending mode of the layer.

164. To remove burrs

You can try to use the path tool or magic wand to outline the outline of the image, then use "Feather" of "Select", then invert the selection and delete, it may be better .

165. How to store the extracted picture without the background color

"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 filling

Open the picture to be filled, execute Ctrl+A, select all images, execute "Edit"→"Define Pattern", define the picture as a pattern and execute "Edit"→ "filling".

167. Remove texture from pictures

(1)Scan a picture from a pictorial or magazine

Generally, texture is caused by the printing of pictorials or magazines It is caused by the rough texture of the paper. When scanning, the dpi value should be set higher. The higher the resolution, the larger the scanned image will be, and the higher the relative fineness will be. A higher resolution will create good conditions for the next step of image reduction and filter processing.

(2) Adjust the image to the appropriate size

Select the "Image Size" option under the "Image" menu, the "Image Size" dialog box will pop up, and determine the limit ratio option under it To check the box, change the pixels after Width to percentage in the pixel size. The Width value at this time becomes 100. At this time, you can enter the required percentage value to reduce the image proportionally. After the reduction, the texture has been slightly reduced.

(3) Use Gaussian blur to eliminate mesh

Select "Show Channels" in the "Window" menu, and the channel panel will appear. The four channels are RGB, Red, Green and Blue. Select the Red channel and the picture will appear in black and white. Select "Blur" → "Gaussian Blur..." in the "Filter" menu, and the Gaussian Blur dialog box will pop up. Adjust the radius value to control the blur range so that the mesh in the Red channel is almost invisible and the image content is slightly blurry. Then adjust the Green and Blue channels respectively in this way to make the mesh in this channel disappear. Finally, return to the RGB channel. At this time, the picture has no interference from the mesh. Note: The value of Radius cannot be set too large to avoid excessive impact on the RGB channels and making the picture hazy.

(4) Adjust the final effect

If the mesh is too clear, resulting in a larger radius value, the image in the RGB channel will be somewhat blurry. If you want to make the content of the picture clearer, you can also perform the "Sharpen" clearing effect in the "Filter" menu. Finally, use the "Adjustment" → "Levels" or "Brightness/Contrast" options in the "Image" menu to set the contrast and other values ​​you need to achieve the final satisfactory effect. Previous page 1 2 3

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