1. Open the file quickly

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

2. Change the color of the canvas at will

Select the paint bucket tool, hold down Shift and click the canvas edge to set the canvas background color to the currently selected foreground color. If you want to return to the default color, set the foreground color to 25% gray (R 192, G 192, B 192), then hold down Shift and click the canvas edge again.

3. Select the shortcut key of the tool

You can quickly select tools in the toolbox by pressing the shortcut key. The alphabetic 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 Fade in and out

Pen -P text -T measurement -U gradient -G

Paint bucket -K straw -I clip -H zoom -Z

Default foreground and background color -D Toggles the foreground and background color-x.

Edit mode switch -Q display mode switch -F

In addition, if we hold down the Alt key and click the displayed tool icon, or hold down the Shift key and repeatedly press the letter shortcut, we can cycle through the hidden tools.

4. Get an accurate cursor

Press the Caps Lock key to display the cursors of brushes and magnetic tools as accurate crosshairs, and press the key again to restore the original state.

5. Show/Hide Control Panel

Press the Tab key to switch between showing and 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.

6. Quickly restore the default values

Some friends who are not good at Photoshop have adjusted the satisfactory effect after many twists and turns, and found that the original default effect is the best. This is a plot against me, I regret it! How to restore the default values? Try clicking the tool icon on the options bar, and then select Reset Tool or Reset All Tools from the context menu.

7. Free control of size

The shortcut key of the zoom tool is "Z", while "Ctrl ++ SPACEBAR" is a zoom tool, and "Alt ++ SPACEBAR" is a zoom tool, but it can only be zoomed by clicking with the mouse. Press Ctrl+"+ "+ "and"-"keys to enlarge and reduce the image respectively; Ctrl+Alt+"+ "and Ctrl+Alt+"-" can automatically adjust the window for full-screen zoom display. With this tool, no matter what percentage the picture is displayed, you can browse it in full screen! If you want to automatically adjust the window according to the picture size when using the zoom tool, you can click the "Full Canvas Display" option in the zoom tool property bar.

8. When using a non-hand tool, hold down the space bar, which can be converted into a hand tool to move the visible range of the image in the window. Double-click the mouse on the hand tool to display the image with the most suitable window size, and double-click the mouse on the zoom tool to display the image with the scale of 1: 1.

9. When using the eraser tool, hold down the Alt key to switch the eraser function back to the specified step recording state.

10. When using the smudge tool, hold down the Alt key to change from pure smudge to foreground smudge.

1 1. When you want to move the font selection range typed with the text masking tool, you can first switch to the quick masking mode (switch with the shortcut key Q), then move it, and then switch back to the standard mode after completion.

12. After holding down the Alt key, click the mouse in any open image window with the rubber stamp tool to set the sampling position in the window without changing the active window.

13. When using the move tool, you can directly move the image on the layer by the distance of 1 pixel by pressing the arrow keys on the keyboard. If you press the Shift key first and then press the arrow keys, you can move the image 10 pixels at a time. Alt dragging the selection will move the copy of the selection.

14. When using the magnetic lasso tool or the magnetic pen tool, press the "["or "]" key to increase or decrease the sampling width in real time (in the options panel).

15. It is very convenient to measure the distance with a measuring tool (especially on the diagonal), and you can also use it to measure the angle (just like a protractor). On the premise that the information panel is visible, select the measuring tool, click and drag a straight line, and hold down the Alt key to drag the second straight line from the node of the first straight line, so that the included angle between the two straight lines and the length of the straight line are displayed on the information panel. Drag with the measuring tool to move the measuring line (or just move a node of the measuring line alone), and drag the measuring line outside the canvas to delete it.

16. Use painting tools, such as brushes and directional pens. ), hold down the Shift key and click the mouse to connect the two clicked points into a straight line.

17. Hold down the Alt key and select a color with the eyedropper tool to define the current background color. The color change of the current picture is monitored by combining the color sampler tool (Shift+I) and the information panel. The color values before and after the change are displayed next to the sampling point number on the information panel. You can define the color mode of sampling points through the pop-up menu on the information panel. To add a new sampling point, simply click anywhere on the canvas with the color sampler tool, and then hold down the Alt key to remove the sampling point. However, a maximum of four color sampling points can be placed on a picture. When a dialog box pops up in Photoshop (such as color code command, curve command, etc. ), you must hold down the Shift key and click again to add a new sampling point, and hold down the Alt+Shift key to click to subtract a sampling point.

18. Everyone must have used cutting tools, and you must have encountered this situation; When you adjust the clipping grip and the clipping box is close to the image boundary, the clipping box will automatically stick to the edge of the image, making it impossible for you to clip the image accurately. However, as long as you press the "Ctrl" key when adjusting the cutting frame, the cutting frame will obey and let you cut accurately.

Replication skill

19. Hold down the Ctrl+Alt key and drag the mouse to copy the contents of the current layer or selection.

20. If you recently copied a picture and stored it in the clipboard, Photoshop will use the size of the picture in the clipboard as the default size of the new picture when creating a new file (Ctrl+N). To skip this function and use the last setting, please hold down the Alt key (Ctrl+Alt+N) when opening it.

2 1. If you create a new work, you need a file with the same size, resolution and format as the opened picture. Select File → New, click the Window option in the Photoshop menu bar, and click the name of the open picture in the bottom bar of the pop-up menu. Yes, it's that simple!

22. When using the free transform tool (Ctrl+T), press and hold the Alt key (Ctrl+Alt+T) to copy the original layer (in the current selection) and then transform it on the copied layer; Ctrl+Shift+T means to perform the last transformation again, and Ctrl+Alt+Shift+T means to copy the original image before performing the transformation.

23. Use the command of "Copy New Layer (Ctrl+J)" or "Cut New Layer (Ctrl+J)" to complete the work of copying to paste and cutting to paste in one step; When you paste a new layer by copying (cutting), it will still be placed in its original position, but when you paste it by copying (cutting), it will be pasted in the center of the picture (or selection).

24. If you want to copy an image directly without a naming dialog box, you can hold down the Alt key first, and then execute the command "Image → Copy".

25. The clipboard of Photoshop is very easy to use, but you prefer to use the clipboard of Windows system directly to process the images intercepted from the screen. Ok, press CTRL+K and click "Output to Clipboard" on the pop-up panel!

26. Make regular copying in Photoshop.

When doing layout design, we often put some elements regularly to seek an aesthetic form, which can be easily obtained through the combination of four shortcut keys in Photoshop.

Circle (1) Select the object to copy;

(2) press Ctrl+J to generate a floating layer; ;

(3) Move to the appropriate position according to the rotation to confirm;

(4) Now you can hold down Ctrl+Alt+Shift and press "T" continuously, so that you can copy continuous objects regularly. (As long as you hold down Ctrl+Shift, you just move regularly. )

27. When we want to copy the selected object in the file, we should use the copy command in the edit menu. It may not be troublesome to copy once, but it is quite inconvenient to copy many times and click repeatedly. 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 changes to two overlapping arrows, one black and one white, drag the mouse to the desired position. To copy many times, just relax the mouse repeatedly.

28. You can use the marquee tool or lasso tool to drag the selection from one document to another.

29. To create a duplicate document for the current historical state or snapshot, you can:

(1) Click the "Create a new document from the current status" button;

(2) Select a new document from the history panel menu;

(3) Drag the current state (or snapshot) to the "Create a new document from the current state" button;

(4) Right-click the required state (or snapshot), select a new document from the pop-up menu, and drag a historical state of the current picture in the historical state to the window of another picture to change the content of the target picture. Hold down the Alt key to copy any historical status (except the current and recent status). The copied state becomes the current (latest) state. Hold down Alt and drag a step in an action to copy it into another action.

Selection skill

30. When dragging the selection area or layer from one document to another, hold down the Shift key to center it on the target document. If the size (dimensions) of the source document and the target document are the same, the dragged element will be placed in the same position as the source document (instead of the center of the canvas). If the target document contains a selection, the dragged element will be placed in the center of the selection.

3 1. Click the triangle button in the upper right corner of the action palette, and select Load Action from the pop-up menu to enter the PhotoshopGoodiesActions directory, which contains six action sets: button, specification, command, image effect, text effect, texture and frame, which contains many practical things! In addition, there is a ACTIONS.PDF file in this directory, which can be opened with Adobe Acrobat software, and it introduces the usage and effect of these actions in detail.

32. Click the brush tool in the toolbar, click the small triangle to the right of the brush label in the property bar displayed later, and then click the small arrow in the pop-up menu to select "Load brush …". Select *. Abr in the brush folder of Photoshop directory. There are so many lovely things here.

33. Draw a beautiful mark that you want to reuse in your work? Simple, select it with lasso tool, select "Save Brush …" from the brush pop-up menu, and then select this new pen with brush tool … Friend, do you want to do room painting?

34. If you want to select the part between two selection areas, hold down the Shift and Alt keys at the same time and drag next to any existing selection area, and draw the second selection area (a multiplication symbol will appear next to the mouse cross, indicating that the overlapping area will be preserved).

35. Delete the square or circle in the selection area. First, add any selection, and then press Alt to drag the rectangle or ellipse mask tool in the selection. Then release the Alt key, hold down the Shift key and drag until you are satisfied. Then release the mouse button first, and then release the Shift key.

36. Delete the selection area outward from the center. In any selection, first press Alt to drag the rectangle or ellipse mask tool, then press Alt after releasing Alt, and finally release the mouse button and then release Alt.

37. In the quick mask mode, when you want to quickly switch the mask area or select the area option, hold down the Alt key first, 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 and a circular selection; Holding down the Alt key marks the selection at the starting point as the center.

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 Alt to switch between the lasso tool and the polygonal lasso tool. Hold down the space bar while drawing a selection to move the selection being drawn.

4 1. Hold down the Ctrl key and click the icon of a layer (on the layer board) to load its transparent channel, then hold down the Ctrl+Alt+Shift key and click another layer to select the area where the transparent channels of the two layers intersect.

42. Before zooming or copying the picture, please switch to quick mask mode [Q] to keep the original selection.

43. How to use the Shift and Alt keys in the selection box tool:

When you select a picture with the "selection box", you want to expand the selection area. Hold down the Shift key at this time, and the cursor "+"will become "ten+". Drag the cursor, so that you can expand the selection area you need on the basis of the original selection. Or select two or more check boxes in the same picture at the same time.

When you use the selection box to select pictures, you want to subtract the extra pictures from the selection box. Hold down the Alt key at this time, and the cursor "+"will become "ten-". Drag the cursor so that you can leave the picture you need.

When you select a picture with a "selection box", you want to get the overlap of the two selection boxes. Hold down the Shift+Alt key at this time, and the cursor "+"will become "ten". Drag the cursor so that you can get the required parts.

When you want to get a perfect circle or square in the "marquee", just hold down the "Shift" key.

44. How to use Shift and Alt keys in lasso tool:

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

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

Press "Shift+Alt" in the overlapping area of the two check boxes. (The method is the same as 3 in the "Selection Box")

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

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

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

Press "Shift+Alt" in the overlapping area of the two check boxes. (The method is the same as 3 in the "Selection Box")

Quick skill

46. You can use the following shortcut keys to quickly browse images:

The homepage scrolls to the upper left corner of the image; End Scroll to the lower right corner of the image; Page up and scroll to the top of the image; Page down and scroll to the bottom of the image; Ctrl+pageup scrolls to the left of the image; Ctrl+pagedown scrolls to the right of the image.