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Instant Fonts

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

Photoshop CS2 updates right away when you add a font to your system font folder. No more having to restart Photoshop to use your new fonts!Vicky Cristina Barcelona Ace Ventura: Pet Detective Jr. psp

CS2 Clipping Mask Change

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

CS2 changed the Create Clipping Mask shortcut. It is now Ctrl + Alt + G.

Easy Opacity Slider

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

To adjust your layer opacity easier, just click on the word Opacity in the Layers palette, and drag left or right.

Combine All Your Layers Onto One New Layer

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

After all your hard work on all of your layers, don’t Flatten the image. Create a New Layer, hold Ctrl + Alt + Shift, and choose Merge Visible from the Layers Palette menu.

Hide Your Workspace

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

Press the Tab key to hide your Toolbar and other Palettes. Press Shift + Tab to only hide your palettes.

CS Too Slim?

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

Adobe seemed to remove a few things from their CS version. Check your Goodies folder on your install CD to see what might be there, just not installed.

Quick Color Select

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

Holding the Alt key while using any of the painting tools will temporarily change to the Eye Dropper tool.The Third Wheel release

Selection Altering

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

In any of the selection tools, holding the Shift key will change your tool so that it adds to the current selection. Holding the Alt key removes from the selection.