The basic operation and shortcut keys of PS, the complete collection of essential notes of zero-based Xiaobai.

ps is applied to many fields in our daily work, the most common one is our e-commerce industry. Even when looking for a job, there will be a sentence in the recruitment information: those who can use PS flexibly are preferred. It can be seen that in the Internet age, ps is a plus item. Therefore, I specially arranged the basic notes of ps for you, hoping that through these notes, you can better understand the tools of the whole ps and their uses.

1. Create a new document

1. Create a new menu: "File"? -"new" command

2, Ctrl+N

① resolution (number of pixels in unit area)

3 resolution is used for printing, and 72 resolution is used for electronic screen display (the larger the value, the clearer the image).

② color mode

CMYK CMYK is used for printing: cyan, magenta, yellow and black

RGB is used for displaying: red, green and blue

2. Open document

1, Ctrl+O

2. File-open command

3. (only in the case of blank workspace)

4. Drag and drop to open: select the file to be opened in the computer, drag it to the ps icon, and then move it to the menu bar or the property bar.

3. Place (in the work area) and drag it into the canvas. Make sure that the place command can be confirmed by pressing Enter.

fourth, save (Ctrl+S) PSD format for designers to modify later, JPG format cannot be modified, and Png format is transparent background format.

V. Save as (Ctrl+Shift+S)

VI. Display the canvas 1%: (Ctrl+1)

VII. Zoom in and out the canvas:

①Alt+ mouse wheel

②Ctrl+ plus or minus key

③ Zoom tool

VIII. According to the display: CTRL. Undo one step: Ctrl+Z undo multiple steps: Ctrl+Alt+Z

Xi. freely transform shortcut keys: Ctrl+T

1. press the shift key, and drag the control points at four corners with the mouse to enlarge or reduce the picture in equal proportion, and the aspect ratio of the picture remains unchanged.

2. Press shift+alt and drag the control points at the four corners to see that the picture becomes a rectangle with equal proportion with the central point as the symmetrical center; The control points of dragging the edges can become rectangles with equal length or width.

3. Press Ctrl+alt+shift and drag the control points of four corners to become isosceles trapezoid with the same height; If the dragging angle is too large, you can also distort the picture.

12. Basic operations of layers

1. Unlock the background layer: click the lock at the back of the layer to unlock it

2. Show the hidden layer: click the eye icon in front of the layer

3. delete the layer: press the Delete key to delete the selected layer or click the trash can icon below or drag the selected layer onto the trash can icon

4. Create a new layer: click the icon (CTRL+alt+shift+N) on the left side of the trash can < P > 5. Copy the layer

① Under the moving tool, press and hold ALT to click and drag to copy, and press and hold Shift to control the horizontal or vertical translation of the copied layer

② Copy in situ. Shortcut key Ctrl+j

6. Grouping: Ctrl+g Ungrouping: Ctrl+shift+g

7. Merging layers: Ctrl+e

13. Marquee selection tool (shortcut key M, switching tool shift+m)

1. Marquee selection: flowing dotted line (ant line)

2.

3. Color (foreground color and background color, You need to add a new layer yourself)

Restore the default foreground and background colors (black and white): press D

to switch the foreground and background colors; click the curved arrow or press X

to fill the foreground color; Alt+delete

to fill the background color; Ctrl+delete

4. Separate the image: Ctrl+shift+j to cut out the selected content and put it in the original position. Cancel selection: Ctrl+d

6. Feathering: Make the result of blurring edges

When feathering in the property bar, select Fill after feathering (before selecting painting)

Feathering needs to be selected-Modify-Feathering shortcut key shift+f6 to feather (after box selection is finished)

7. Load selection: hold down Ctrl and click the layer shrinkage of this layer. Change color (shortcut key shift+f5)

XIV. Move tool (shortcut key v)

1. Move tool can be moved, copied and copied across canvas

2. Alignment: there must be two or more layers

3. Distribution: there must be three or more layers

4. Quickly select layers: press and hold Ctrl under the move tool. Press and hold shift at the same time to add or subtract selections

15. Boolean operation: selection operation

1. New selection: each drawing is a new selection

2. Add to selection: the newly drawn selection is added with the previously drawn selection (the shortcut is to press and hold shift before drawing a new selection)

3. Subtract from the selection: subtract the newly drawn selection from the previously drawn selection (shortcut method: press and hold alt before drawing the new selection)

4. Intersect with the selection: leave the intersection between the newly drawn selection and the previously drawn selection (shortcut method: press and hold shift+alt before drawing the new selection)

5. Move while drawing: press and hold the space bar while drawing to move the selection

16. Vector tool (shortcut key u, Shift+u)

1. Shape mode: a new layer will be created automatically during drawing, and the foreground color will be filled automatically by default

2. Color filling: solid color filling, gradient filling and pattern filling

3. Graphic stroke: solid color filling, gradient filling and pattern filling; Stroke size; Stroke options

4. Graphic size: the property bar can be accurately resized or Ctrl+T

5. Graphic drawing: hold down shift to draw a positive graphic, hold down alt to draw a graphic with the mouse as the center, and hold down shift+alt to draw a positive graphic with the mouse as the center.

6. Rounded rectangle: set the radius first when drawing, and the higher version can be modified in the property bar

7. Polygon: set the number of sides of the polygon and smooth stars when drawing

8. Straight line: change the thickness of the line first when drawing. Hold down shift to constrain the angle

9. Customize shape appending: Set-All-Append

1. Boolean operation (to get a new layer through the operation of the shape layer): same selection operation

11. After vector graphics calculation: shape groups must be merged

17. Little black and white

1. Little black (a).

XVIII. Lasso tool

1. Lasso tool: roughly framed, not suitable for accurate drawing deduction

2. Polygon lasso tool: suitable for drawing deduction with edges and corners, straight line (when entering, the selection can be made quickly)

3. Magnetic lasso tool: magnetic, which can identify the edge of an object (the edge is clear), and can be clicked when the operation deviates. The value is high when the boundary is clear.

② Contrast: set the sensitivity of the tool to the edge of the image, and the value will be higher when the image is clear

③ Frequency: determine the number of anchor points generated. The higher the value, the more accurate the captured boundary.

XIX. Quick selection tool (belonging to the brush category)

1. Adjust to size: the [] after p can adjust the brush size

2. You can move the crosshairs and select similar images quickly and continuously, which will automatically identify the edges (create a marquee)

3. Reverse selection of the selection area: Ctrl+shift+i

2. Select the range with similar colors

2. The larger the tolerance value, the larger the range with similar colors, ranging from 5 to 35

3. If continuous is not checked, the subject will also be selected if the color of the subject and the background are similar

4. Applicability of the magic wand tool button: the background is solid color, or the color difference between the background and the subject is large

21. Color range

. Select the selection range under the graph

2. Create a selection area according to the color range of the image, with white selected, black unselected, and gray transparent

22. Eraser tool

1. Eraser tool: directly erase, delete the unnecessary image and fill the erased area with background color

2. Magic eraser: directly delete the color similar to the mouse click. The tolerance value is the same as that of the magic wand

3. Background eraser: the erased area can be displayed as transparent, and the layer can be converted into a normal layer

23. Spot repair brush

1. Adjust the size: [] behind p to adjust

2. Type: content recognition (common)/texture creation/approximate matching

① Content recognition: click. By calculating the matching of light and light, and feathering fusion

② Create texture: You can create texture, and the texture comes with PS and cannot be modified

③ Approximate matching: use the pixels on the edge of the tool to repair the image

XXIV. Repair the brush tool

1. Adjust the size: p [] behind it to adjust

2. Sampling: around the area to be repaired. Click the mouse to sample, and then click or smear on the area to be repaired (when repairing, the repair brush should be larger than the repaired area as far as possible, otherwise, the repair effect is not very good)

3. Alignment: after checking alignment, the suction point moves with the repair point, and if not, the same suction point area is used for repair every time you click repair

4. Pattern: Just smear directly, without sampling. Similar pattern superimposition

25, patching tool

1, source: selection position covered by mouse position

2, target: selection position covered by mouse position

26, content perception and moving tool

can move the position of objects in the picture, which can be automatically filled after moving, draw the selection at the position to be modified, move the selection outside the canvas, and leave a small part of the selection in the canvas.

twenty-seven, the red-eye tool

can repair the red-eye effect produced by the camera in dim light. Click on the red-eye part and it will be automatically repaired.

XXVIII. Imitation stamp

1. The use method is the same as that of the repair brush

2. The difference between the imitation stamp tool and the repair brush tool

① The imitation stamp is non-destructive imitation, and what color/skin is sampled is what it looks like

② The repair brush has an operation process, and the sampled image is fused with the target position during smearing. Automatically adapt to the surrounding environment

29. The pattern stamp tool

selects patterns that can be painted with backgrounds. Add similar patterns

3. Liquefaction (shortcut key: ctrl+shift+x)

1. Position: Filter-Liquefaction

2. Forward deformation: slimming and face-lifting effect can be made

3. Reconstruction tool: the previous deformation can be restored

4. Rotate the twisting tool clockwise: press and hold the alt key to rotate it counterclockwise <

32. Pen tool (shortcut key p)

1. Pen tool

① Method of drawing a straight line: click the fixed point at the starting point, click continuously, and hold down the shift key to draw an angled straight line

② Method of drawing a curve: click the fixed point at the starting point, click and drag the mouse at the next point, and pull out the arc, and the control handle will appear. When drawing again, You need to press and hold the alt key to cancel one handle

③ Automatic addition and deletion: you can directly click on the path to add anchor points or click on anchor points to delete anchor points

④ Temporary switching: you can temporarily switch to the small white tool to move anchor points (with its own control handle, the radian can be adjusted)

⑤ Convert the path into a selection: right-click, select to create a selection, or press Ctrl+ENTER, or under the path panel, Ctrl+ path thumbnail

⑤ delete key will end the drawing of the path of the pen tool at the same time

2. Free pen tool: click and drag the mouse to draw a smooth line path. Right-click the path, select the brush and check the simulated pressure (brush size, hardness, etc. should be set first)

3. Conversion point tool: click the point at the curve position to turn it into a straight line. Click on the point in a straight line, select and drag, and a control handle will appear to adjust the radian.

33. Path panel

1. Path panel can realize the mutual conversion between the selection and the path

2. When saving as jpg,psd PSD, the path panel can store the path, which is similar to a layer, which is convenient for drawing deduction and work.

34. Text tool

1. Horizontal text mask (vertical text mask) tool: click it and a red mask will appear. And the text will become a selection

2. Horizontal text (vertical text) tool: clicking it will automatically create a new text layer. You can change the text attribute in the property bar

3. Confirm the text input: check the property bar or press ctrl+enter or enter under the keypad

4. Select All: ctrl+a or double-click the text layer thumbnail

5. Adjust the word spacing: Alt+ left and right arrows

6. Adjust the line spacing: alt+ up and down arrows

7. Line feed requires manual carriage return for line feed, which is suitable for heading text

8. Paragraph text (regional text): click and drag the text box on the canvas to automatically line feed, and there is a plus sign below when the text overflows.