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Quick Feather Key

Posted by Tommy Maloney in Tips at May 18th, 2006

When using any of the selection tools that have the Feather option in the Options bar, press the Enter key on your number pad to jump right to the Feather option box.

Quick Copy to a New Layer

Posted by Tommy Maloney in Tips at May 18th, 2006

Instead of selecting something, copying, clicking new layer, then pasting… you can just press Ctrl-J. This copies your selection to a new layer. Ctrl-Shift-J moves it to its own layer.

Purge

Posted by Tommy Maloney in Tips at May 18th, 2006

If you’re working with Photoshop for an extended length of time and you notice it’s getting slower, go under Image > Purge. NOTE: This eliminates your undos.

Layer Select

Posted by Tommy Maloney in Tips at May 18th, 2006

You can Right-button/Control click on your document to open a pop-up menu that lists the Layers under your cursor.

Don’t Use Scan Lines

Posted by Tommy Maloney in Tips at May 18th, 2006

Seriously. Unless you’re creating a tv, don’t use scan lines. They’re not cool anymore, and they’re just kind of irritating.

Cloned Windows

Posted by Tommy Maloney in Tips at May 18th, 2006

Instead of zooming in, editing, then zooming out to see your result, duplicate your window. Go under Winow > Arrange > New Window. This clones your window, so you can work in one window zoomed in, but leave the other at 100% to immediately see the results.