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Top Beginner Tips to use Photoshop

Posted by greg vincent in PhotoShop Tutorials on 01 20th, 2010 | No Comments


  1. Move layers using the control key – you do not necessarily need to execute and activate the move tool just to move the layers around. Just hold down the control key and or the command key and then click on and drag the layer using the mouse
  2. Hide the palettes using the tab key – you can easily and temporarily hide the palette through simply hitting the tab key. Just press the tab key again to bring back the palettes.
  3. How to select layers on the image layers – to choose the entire opaque on the layer you can just hold down the control key and or the command key on the layers specifically in the palette layers.
  4. Double click to open the documents – to be able to open and upload a document in the Photoshop, you do not necessarily need to click on the file open menu option and or press the control + O. It can either be done through double clicking on the gray Photoshop window on the background.
  5. How to drag layers in between the documents – through clicking on the palette layers and drag it across the 2nd window document, you copy a certain layer from one document into another.
  6. Using layer sets – this is done when you are using check out layer sets and or Photoshop 6 and other higher versions. Doing this enables you to organize layers into the folders. It is also very useful if ever you have a lot of layers in the document.
  7. Using the Full screen mode – if in any case that you are working on huge images like photos, you can enlarge the available area for editing through pressing the F key to be able to toggle in between the full screen mode either with or without the normal editing mode and or the menu bar.
  8. How to nudge – you can be able to acquire a superb control on the layer’s position through using the arrow keys using the keyboards to nudge over the layers around. You have to hold down the control key at the windows and or at the command key at the Mac and then use the right, left, down, and up arrows to move the layers in 1 pixel at a time. Hold down the shift key if you wish to move the layers by 10 pixels at a time.
  9. How to quickly choose colors – to bring up the Eyedropper Tool, simply press the letter I and then single click any desired color on your image to make it as the foreground color. You can press the ALT key to make the desired color as the background color. You can as well press the letter D key if you wish to reset the background and the foreground color that you had set. You can also use the X key to swap the foreground and the background color default.
  10. How to keep up the straight lines – usually, you can be able to control the movement of the mouse to the extent of 45 degrees up to 90 degrees through holding down the shift key as you click and drag on using the mouse of course. This usually works on tools like the move tool, the line tool, and the paintbrush tool. It is as well used for drawing straight lines.