Photoshop image processing skills eighty (1-15)

1. Open the file quickly

Double-click on the Photoshop background blank (the default is the gray display area) to open the browse window for the selected file.

2. Feel free to change canvas color

Select the paint bucket tool and hold Shift to click on the edge of the canvas to set the background color of the canvas to the currently selected foreground color. If you want to revert to the default color, set the foreground color to 25% grayscale (R192, G192, B192) and hold down Shift again to click on the canvas edge.

3. Select the tool shortcuts

You can quickly select a tool in the toolbox by pressing a shortcut key. The letter shortcuts for each tool are as follows:

Marquee -M Move -V Lasso -L Magic Wand -W

Spray Gun - 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 Suction Pipe -I Gripper -H Zoom -Z

Default Foreground and Background Color -D toggle 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 on the displayed tool icon, or hold down the Shift key and press the letter shortcut key repeatedly, you can cycle through the hidden tools.

4. Get precise cursor

Pressing the Caps Lock key allows the pen and magnetic tool cursors to appear as exact crosshairs, press again to restore the original shape.

5. Show/Hide Control Panel

Press the Tab key to switch between showing or hiding all dashboards (including toolboxes). If you press Shift+Tab, the toolbox is not affected. Only other dashboards are displayed or hidden.

6. Quickly restore the default value

Some friends who are not good at Photoshop are really trying to adjust to a satisfactory result. The result is that the original default effect is the best. This is a silly moment and it should not be regretted. How to restore to the default value? Try tapping the tool icon on the options bar, and then choose Reset Tool or Reset All Tools from the context menu.

7. Freedom to control the size

Zoom tool's shortcut key is "Z", in addition to "Ctrl + Space" is a zoom tool, "Alt + Space" is a zoom tool, but with the mouse click can zoom; the same press Ctrl + "+" key and "-" key Can also be used to zoom in and zoom out images, respectively; Ctrl+Alt+“+” and Ctrl+Alt+“-” can automatically adjust the window to zoom in and out. With this tool, you can view the image in full screen regardless of the number of images. ! If you want to automatically adjust the window by the size of the picture when using the zoom tool, click the "Full Canvas Display" option in the Zoom Tool's property bar.

8. When using the non-hand tool, the space bar can be converted into a hand tool and the visible range of the image within the window can be moved. Double-clicking on the hand tool can make the image display in the most suitable window size. Double-clicking the mouse on the zoom tool can display the image in 1:1 ratio.

9. When using the Erase Tool, hold down the Alt key to switch the eraser function to return to the specified step recording status.

10. When using the Smudge Tool, hold down the Alt key to change from pure smear to smear with foreground.

11. To move the glyph selection range typed using the Type Mask Tool, switch to fast mask mode (switch with shortcut key Q) first, and then move, and then switch back to standard mode when finished. You can.

12. After holding down the Alt key, use the Rubber Stamp Tool to click in any open image window to set the sampling position in the window, but it will not change the action window.

13. When using the Move Tool, you can press the arrow keys on the keyboard to move the image on the layer directly at a distance of 1 pixel. If you hold down the Shift key and then press the arrow key, the distance will be 10 pixels at a time. Move the image.

Pressing the Alt key drags the selection to move a copy of the selection. The key can increase or decrease the sampling width in real time (in the options palette).

15. Measurement tools are very convenient for measuring distances (especially on diagonal lines) and you can use it to measure angles (like a protractor). Under the premise that the information panel is visible, select the measurement tool and click and drag a straight line, hold down the Alt key and drag the second straight line from the node of the first line so that the angle between the two lines and the line The length is displayed on the information panel. You can move the measurement line by dragging with the measurement tool (you can also move only one node of the measurement line alone) and drag the measurement line out of the canvas to delete it.