How to process photos with ps

learn PS basics: Photoshop+ 167 skills+classic Photoshop skills

common skills?

1. open the file quickly?

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

2. change the canvas color at will?

Select the paint bucket tool and hold down Shift to click on the canvas edge to set the canvas background color as the currently selected foreground color. If you want to restore to the default color, set the foreground color to 25% gray (R192, G192, B192) and hold down Shift again to click on the canvas edge. ?

3. choose the shortcut key of the tool?

You can quickly select a tool in the toolbox by pressing the shortcut key. The alphabetic shortcut keys for each tool are as follows:?

marquee -M move -V lasso -L magic wand -W?

airbrush -J brush -B pencil -N rubber stamp -S?

history brush -Y eraser -E blur -R fade -O?

pen -P text -T measurement -U gradient -G?

paint bucket -K straw -I gripper -H zoom -Z?

default foreground and background colors -D toggle foreground and background colors -X?

edit mode switch -Q display mode switch -F?

In addition, if we hold down the Alt key and then click the displayed tool icon, or hold down the Shift key and repeatedly press the letter shortcut key, 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 precise crosshairs, and press it again to restore the original state. ?

5. show/hide the control panel?

press the Tab key to switch between displaying and hiding all control panels (including the toolbox). If you press Shift+Tab, the toolbox will not be affected, and only other control panels will be displayed or hidden. ?

6. quickly restore the default values?

Some friends who are not good at Photoshop have really gone through many twists and turns to adjust the satisfactory effect, and it turns out that the original default effect is the best. This is blindsided, and I regret it! How to return to the default value? Try tapping the tool icon on the options bar, and then choose Reset Tool or Reset All Tools from the context menu. ?

7. freely control the size?

the shortcut key of the zoom tool is "z", in addition, "Ctrl＋+SPACEBAR" is the zoom tool, and "Alt＋+SPACEBAR" is the zoom tool, but it can only be zoomed with mouse click; The same pressing Ctrl+“+ "+"and "-"keys can also enlarge and reduce the image respectively; Ctrl+Alt+"+"and Ctrl+Alt+"-"can automatically adjust the window for full-screen zoom display. With this tool, you can browse full-screen regardless of the percentage of pictures displayed! If you want to automatically adjust the window according to the size of the picture when using the zoom tool, you can click the "Full Canvas Display" option in the property bar of the zoom tool. ?

8. when using a non-Hand Tool, press and hold the space bar, and it 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 a ratio of 1:1. ?

9. when using the Erase Tool, press and hold the Alt key to switch the eraser function back to the specified step recording state. ?

1. when using the Smudge Tool, hold down the Alt key to change from pure smudge to foreground smudge. ?

11. when you want to move the font selection range typed with the Type Mask Tool, you can first switch to the quick mask mode (switch with the shortcut key q), then move it, and then switch back to the standard mode. ?

12. after holding down Alt key, click the mouse in any open image window with 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 with a distance of 1 pixel by pressing the arrow keys on the keyboard. If you hold down the Shift key first and then press the arrow keys, you can move the image with a distance of 1 pixels at a time. Pressing Alt to drag 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 palette). ?

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

16. Use painting tools such as (e.g. brush, stylus, etc.), hold down the Shift key and click the mouse to connect the two clicked points in a straight line. ?

17. hold down the Alt key and select a color with the eyedropper tool to define the current background color. Monitor the color change of the current picture 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 the sampling point through the pop-up menu on the information panel. To add a new sampling point, just click anywhere on the canvas with the color sampler tool, and press and hold 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 (for example, color scale command, curve command, etc.), you must hold down the Shift key and click again to add a new sampling point, and hold down Alt+Shift 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 cropping grip and the cropping frame is close to the image boundary, the cropping frame will automatically stick to the edge of the image, making it impossible for you to crop the image accurately. However, as long as you press the "Ctrl" key when adjusting the cutting frame, the cutting frame will be obedient and allow you to cut accurately. ?

replication skills?

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

2. If you recently copied a picture and saved 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 feature and use the last setting, hold down the Alt key (Ctrl+Alt+N) when opening it. ?

21. If you create a new work, you need a file with the same size, resolution and format as an opened picture. Choose File →“New, click the Windows option in the Photoshop menu bar, and click the name of the opened picture in the bottom column of the pop-up menu. Yes, it's that simple! ?

22. when using the free transform tool (Ctrl+T), hold down 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 "Create a new layer by copying (Ctrl+J)" or "Create a new layer by cutting (Ctrl+J)" to complete the work of copying to paste and cutting to paste in one step; When you paste the new layer command by copying (cutting), it will still be placed in their original places, 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 before executing the command Image → Copy. ?

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

26. realize regular copying in Photoshop?

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

(1) circle out the objects you want to copy; ?

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

(3) press rotate and move to the appropriate position to confirm; ?

(4) Now you can hold down Ctrl+Alt+Shift and press "T" continuously, so you can copy continuous objects regularly. (Just holding down Ctrl+Shift will just move regularly)?

27. when we want to copy the selected object in the file, we need to use the copy command in the edit menu. You may not feel trouble copying once, but it is quite inconvenient to copy many times and click again and again. 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 turns into two arrows with black and white overlapping, Drag the mouse to the desired location. To copy multiple 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 copy document for the current historical state or snapshot, you can:?

(1) click "create new document from current status" button; ?

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

(3) drag the current state (or snapshot) to the "create new document from current state" button; ?

(4) Right-click the desired state (or snapshot) and select a new document from the pop-up menu. Drag a historical state of the current picture in the historical state into the window of another picture to change the destination picture?

capacity. You can copy any historical state (except the current and recent state) by holding down the Alt key. Then the copied state becomes the current (latest) state. Hold down Alt and drag a step in an action to copy it to another action. ?

selection skills?

3. when dragging a selection area or layer from one document to another, hold down the Shift key to center it on the destination document. If the source document and the destination document are the same size (dimensions), the dragged element will be placed in the same place as the source document (not in the center of the canvas). If the destination document contains a selection, the dragged element will be placed in the center of the selection. ?

31. Click the triangle button in the upper right corner of the Action Palette, select Load Action from the pop-up menu, and enter the Photoshop\Goodies\Actions directory, under which there are six action sets: button, specification, command, image effect, text effect, texture and frame, which contain many practical things! In addition, there is a ACTIONS.PDF file in this directory, which can be opened by Adobe Acrobat software, and it introduces the usage and effects of these actions in detail. ?

32. Click the brush tool in the toolbar, click the small triangle on 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 Brushes folder of Photoshop directory. There are so many lovely things here. ?

33. Draw a beautiful mark and want to reuse it in your work? Easy, select it with lasso tool, select "Save Brush …" from the popup menu of Brushes, and then select this new pen with brush tool … Friend, do you want to paint the room?

34. If you want to select the part between two selection areas, press and hold Shift and Alt keys beside any existing selection area at the same time to draw the second selection area (a multiplication sign appears next to the mouse cross, indicating that ?

35. Delete the square or circle in the selection area. First, add any selection area, and then press Alt to drag the rectangular or elliptical mask tool in the selection area. 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 a selection area outward from the center. in any selection area, first press Alt key to drag the rectangular or elliptical mask tool, then press and hold Alt key again after releasing Alt key, and finally release the mouse button and then release Alt key. ?

37. To quickly switch the mask area or select an area option in the quick mask mode, first hold down the Alt key, 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 circle selection; Holding down the Alt key will mark the selection from the starting point as the center. ?

39. use the reselect command (Ctrl+Shift+D) to load/restore the previous selection. ?

4. Press Alt key to switch between lasso tool and polygonal lasso tool when using lasso tool to draw a selection. Hold down the space bar while sketching the selection to move the selection being sketched. ?

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

42. switch to quick mask mode [Q] before zooming or copying pictures to keep the original selection. ?

43. how to use the Shift and Alt keys in the selection box tool?

when selecting a picture with the "selection box", you want to enlarge the selection area. At this time, hold down the Shift key, and the cursor "+"will become "ten+".Drag the cursor, so that it can be enlarged on the basis of the original selection?

the selection area you need. Or select two or more check boxes in the same picture at the same time. ?

when selecting a diagram with the "selection box"