You must know the 10 things that Photoshop opens.
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Adobe Photoshop is one of the most popular graphic design software available today. It can be said that as long as you are in contact with graphic design, you should deal with it no matter how early or late. There are so many things to say about Photoshop, but whether you want it to be your right arm or just use it to do some basic image processing, then the following 10 things you must know Whether you are a beginner or have a certain understanding of it.
1. Use of shortcut keys: This is the basis of Photoshop's foundation, but it is also the best way to improve work efficiency. The use of shortcuts allows you to focus your energy on your work rather than on the tool palette. Once you are proficient in using shortcuts, you can use the full-screen mode of work, eliminating unnecessary panel positions, making the field of view wider and making the most of the screen space; some simple commands can be done with the keyboard, no need to divide The heart is on the choice of tools, even if it takes up very little time, but we prefer not to be interrupted at work.
Note: You should use shortcuts as much as possible. The following shortcuts are a good helper for improving efficiency, but I don't know why many books have been passed along, or even mentioned, please be sure to remember them.
Ctrl+J: Copy the current layer to a new layer;
J: Switch to the gun tool;
M: Switch to the marquee tool;
[]: When the current tool is in brush mode (including spray gun, brush, pencil, imitation stamp history brush, eraser and blur and deepening tools), increase or decrease the size of the pen tip;
Shift+BackSpace: Calls up the fill dialog.
In the beginning, you may not be able to remember all the shortcuts, you can use Photoshop tooltips to help you. To do this, open Edit > Preferences > General and select Show Tooltips. This way, when you move the mouse over the tool palette, the tool name and its shortcuts will appear until you remove the mouse.
2. Seamless seam map: Whether it is for 3D images or web page production, seamless stitching is very important, we can easily do it in Photoshop. After customizing your image, run Filter > Other > Displacement to shift in the horizontal and vertical directions. Generally, the displacement is half the size of the image. The most important thing is to set the undefined area to fold back. After the displacement is completed, use the rubber stamp tool to smear the image, eliminate the seam, and then define the image as a pattern. Filled with this pattern, you can get a seamless background image.
3. Customize actions for commonly used combination commands: In the case of image processing, we will use the combination command in many cases. For example, you need to move a document with one multi-layer image to another document. The quickest and safest way is to create a new layer of Shift+CTRL+N; flatten all visible layers below: Shift+Alt+CTRL+E; select all images Ctrl+A; copy CTRL+C; deselect Ctrl+D; delete current Layer. This set of commands is to create an image for the image, which contains all the visible layer images under the current layer. At this time, the content of the image has been left on your clipboard, just paste it in the desired document. It is. This is a typical example. Although you can use a series of shortcuts to complete this set of commands, it is recommended to save it as an action. In the Action Options panel, you can set a convenient function key for this action. Such as Shift+F2, so you can call it at any time, very convenient, especially when importing images from Photoshop into other applications, the time saved is considerable! Different combinations of Shift, Control and F2 to F12 can define a lot of actions and greatly improve efficiency.
4. Automatically select layers: A rather inconspicuous little trick, but very useful, especially in large files with multiple layers, even if the layers are ordered for each layer command, stack layers in order, It's also cumbersome to choose - you may not remember which layers they belong to, and the consequences of wrong operations are sometimes terrible. At this time, you can select the move tool first, and select “Automatically select layers” in the tool options. In addition to the slice tool, path component selection tool, pen tool and hand tool, other tools in the toolbox are current. When selected, while holding down the Ctrl key, the current tool will temporarily become a moving tool. Click on any object on the canvas, Photoshop will automatically go to its layer, so that you can operate. When you are currently moving a tool, even if you don't choose to automatically select the layer, just hold down the Ctrl key, you can also freely select the image content belonging to different layers.
5. Create a custom brush: There is a useful resource in Photoshop that is not fully utilized by most people, and that is to create a custom brush. Create a new document, the size of the brush to be made, with black (can also be color or different grayscale, but the color of the brush will be lighter) draw your brush image, such as a small flower, a few Small trees and so on. Then use the rectangular marquee to select and define it as a new brush. If there is no choice, Photoshop will define all the images on the canvas as brushes. This way, you can create a variety of unique images with these custom brushes, especially decorative patterns such as borders.
6. Lens flare effect: Lens flare is one of the most commonly used retouching effects in primary image processing. In general, you can add an atmosphere to an image by using Filter > Render > Lens Flare directly in the image. So, if you are very satisfied with the effect of a lens flare and want to save it, we can take advantage of the layer blending features. Create a new layer on the image in advance, fill it with black, then perform the lens flare filter, then set the layer blend mode of this layer to "screen", so that the black is hidden, you will get a separate glow Effect layer. However, the only drawback to this method is that it cannot be displayed on a white image.
7. Lighting Effects Filter: The biggest surprise of this filter is that it can create a variety of realistic texture effects. The easiest way to do this is to put a simple texture into a channel, then apply Filter > Render > Lighting Effects to a layer, select the channel where the texture was just stored in the texture channel, and adjust the various lighting settings. You can get a three-dimensional texture effect.
8. Use the adjustment layer: No one is sure that the image can be adjusted perfectly at once, so in addition to developing good backup habits, it is best to use the adjustment layer when using the adjustment layer. You may feel trouble, but this trouble is minimal compared to the loss of image damage. And more importantly, you can make new adjustments at any time during the creative process without worrying about image damage.
9. Quick copy technique: In the same document, make sure that the current tool is a mobile tool (or temporarily a mobile tool). When you press the Alt key, drag the object to copy it. Hold down the Shift key to ensure that you press 45 degrees. Multiply the angle; move the Shift key while moving between different documents. If the two documents are the same size, the object is copied to the same position of the new document. If the document size is different, the object is copied to the new document. middle. Copying in this way is not only convenient, but also reduces the use of the clipboard, further saving system resources.
10. Accumulation of results: When you use Photoshop for a while, you will definitely save a lot of good stuff. Such as your gradual changes in contours, contours, styles, etc., including some swatches that are easy to work with. These are only temporarily saved in Photoshop. Once reloaded, Photoshop will return to its default state and become clean and tidy. These customized things will disappear without a trace. This is not only a pity, but also affects your work (such as the definition of swatches lost). Therefore, it is best to save it with the default manager every time you have a good idea, and store it in a special folder. The Preset Manager saves brushes, swatches, gradients, styles, patterns, contours, and custom shapes so your work will not be lost. After reloading, you can go back to the familiar working environment with the corresponding file overlay.