Photoshop is the most important software tool for our daily life and prepress production. We will introduce some tips for using Photoshop in the future to help readers.
1. To change the distance between two characters, place the cursor in the middle of the character and use alt+lift or alt+right.
To change the spacing of several characters, select the character, hold down ctrl and alt while using the left and right arrow keys.
2. Use the shortcut key to quickly browse the big picture: home, scroll to the top left corner of the picture; end, scroll to the bottom right corner of the picture; pageup, scroll to the top of the picture; pagedown, scroll to the top of the picture Below; ctrl+pageup, scroll to the very left of the picture; ctrl plus pagedown, scroll to the far right of the image.
3. Move the current layer up and use ctrl+]; Press Ctrl+[, to move the current layer down.
4. There are two ways to convert a color image to a grayscale image. One is to convert the RGB mode to grayscale. One is to convert RGB to LAB, then discard the A and B channels, leaving only the luminance channel. The latter gives more subtlety to the darker part of the image and less loss of image information.
5. For image gradation or contrast adjustment, first separate the image of the layer into a 16-bit channel, then adjust, then turn back to the 8-bit channel after the end, so that the image information loss is the smallest, the effect is better than the direct adjustment Much better.
6. Use the filter you just used again, select Filter → Last Filter [Ctrl+F]; to use the new filter you just used, add an Alt key (Ctrl+Alt+F or Alt + Filter → Last Filter ). To retire the last used filter or adjust the effect, press Ctrl+Shift+F (Filter → Fade Filter... ).
7. Recently copied a picture exists in the clipboard, Photoshop in the new file [Ctrl + N] (File → New ...) will use the size of the clipboard image as the default size of the new map. To skip this feature and use the last setting, hold down the Alt key [Ctrl+Alt+N] (Alt + File →New...) when opening.
8. Press Ctrl+Alt+Z and Ctrl+Shift+Z to go backwards and forwards respectively in the history (or use the menus in the history panel to use these commands). Use these hot keys in conjunction with the Restore [Ctrl+Z] (Edit → Undo) command to freely switch between history and current state.
9. Alt+Backspace and Ctrl+Backspace key combinations fill the foreground and background colors respectively. Press Alt+Shift+Backspace and Ctrl+Shift+Backspace to fill only the existing pixels when filling the foreground and background colors. Transparent area).
10. Hold down the Alt key (Ctrl+Alt+T or Alt + Edit → Free Transform) while using the free transform tool [Ctrl+T] (Edit → Free Transform) to copy the original layer (after the current selection) Transform on the copy layer. Ctrl + Shift + T (Edit → Transform → Again) to perform the previous conversion again, Ctrl + Alt + Shift + T (Alt + Edit → Transform → Again) for the original copy and then perform the transformation.
11. To prevent the use of the crop tool [C] (Crop Tool) When the box is attached to the picture frame, hold down the Ctrl key while dragging the control point on the selection box of the cutting tool.
12. Correct the tilted image by first using the measurement tool [U] to draw a line on the diagram as a horizontal or vertical reference (image frame, frame, horizontal lines between eyes, etc.), and select Image → Rotate Canvas → from the menu → Arbitrary, the correct rotation angle has been automatically filled after opening. You can also use the cutting tool [C] to draw a box, drag the control point on the box to adjust the angle and size of the box, press Enter to rotate and cut. The angle measured by the measurement tool is also automatically filled in the Digit Transform Tool (Edt → Transform → Numeric) dialog box.
13. You can copy & paste and cut & paste in one step by copying the new layer [Ctrl + J] (Layer → New → Layer ViaCopy) or cutting the new layer [Ctrl + J] (Layer → New → Layer ViaCut) .
14. After cropping the image (using the Crop tool or selecting Edit → Crop ), all pixels outside the crop range will be lost. To trim the available "canvas size" without loss (Image → Canvas Size
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15. Alt-click [Ctrl+Alt+Shift+E] (Alt + Layer → Merge Visible) to copy all visible layers and merge them into the current layer. Press and hold the Alt key while merging layers (Layer → Merge Down) to copy the current layer and merge it into the previous layer.
16. When using the marquee tool [M] (Marquee Tools), hold down the Shift key to draw a square and a perfect circle; hold down the Alt key to center the selection from the starting point.
17. Press the Alt key while using the lasso tool to draw selections to switch between the lasso tool and the polygonal lasso tool.
18. Press and hold the spacebar while sketching the selection to move the selection that is being outlined.
19. Hold down the Shift or Alt key to add or trim the current selection. Hold down the Ctrl key and click on the layer's icon (on the panel) to load its transparent channel. Then press Ctrl+Alt+Shift to click on another layer. To select the intersection of the two layers of transparent channels.
20. Switch to quick mask mode [Q] before zooming or copying pictures to preserve the original selection.
21. Hold the Alt key while dragging the guide to switch between the horizontal guide and the vertical guide. Hold down the Alt key and click on an existing vertical guide to turn it into a horizontal guide and vice versa. Note: The guides are created by dragging from the ruler, so make sure the ruler is open [Ctrl+R] (View → Show Rulers ).
22. Hold down the Shift key while dragging a guide to force it to snap to the scale on the ruler.
23. Double-click on a guide to open the Guide & Style Parameter Settings dialog box [Ctrl+K, Ctrl+6].
24. Double-click the ruler [Ctrl+R] to open the Unit & Ruler Parameter Settings dialog box [Ctrl+K, Ctrl+5]
You can also select the scale unit in the options menu on the information panel.
Photoshop is the most important software tool for our daily life and prepress production. We will introduce some tips for using Photoshop in the future to help readers.