Using Photoshop Better

Use Photoshop with greater efficiency and effect.

David Eldridge

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Introduction: Purpose/Flow

• This presentation file is incomplete:– Light overview– Few pictures– Memory overload

• Key in on your tasks

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Overview

• Tools• Modifiers• Single-Key Shortcuts• Combinations• Actions• Mouse Combinations• Layer Work• Additional Interest

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Tools

• Many Keyboard Shortcuts are One-handed:– M: Marquee: (↑: Ellip/Rect || Vert/Horiz 1px line)– L: Lasso: (↑: Plain/Poly/Magnet)– V: Move– W: (↑: Quick Selection Tool/Magic Wand)– I: (↑: Eyedropper/Color

Sampler/Ruler/Note/Count)

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Tools: Continued

• Many Keyboard Shortcuts are One-handed:– J: ‘Heal’: (↑: Spot Healing Brush/Healing

Brush/Patch/Red Eye)– B: Brush: (↑: Brush/Pencil/Color Replacement)– G: ‘Paint’: (↑: Paint Bucket/Gradient)– T: Type: (↑: Horizontal Type/…/…/…)

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Modifiers: Alt[A]

• Alt+Click: – When making a selection, the beginning point

becomes the center.– When modifying a selection it’s subtractive.

• Click, Alt:– When making a selection, the beginning point

becomes the center.

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Modifiers: Shift[S]

• Shift+Click: – When making a selection, the proportions are

constrained to equivalence (squared).– When modifying a selection it’s additive.

• Click, Shift:– When making a selection, the proportions are

constrained to equivalence (squared).

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Modifiers: Ctrl[C]

• When in selection mode, it causes the pointer to act more like the move tool

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Modifiers: Space

• (Technically, not a modifier, but…)• When making a selection, space allows moving• space is like the hand tool when you are not

making a selection

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Single-Key Shortcuts

• D: Change colors to black (fore) and white (back)

• X: Swap Fore- and Background colors• Z: Zoom (better to use [C]= or [C]-)– Ctrl+= looks like Ctrl++, but isn’t– Technically, Ctrl++ aka Ctrl+Shift+= is something else

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Single-Key Shortcuts

• F: Full Screen• Tab: Toggle the tools and tabs• [ OR ]: Contract or Expand (brush)• 01-00,1-0: Change opacity (tool or layer)– 01,02…50…99,00: 1,2…50…99,100%– 1,2,5,9,0: 10,20,50,90,100%

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Combinations

• Ctrl+A/C/X/V: Select All, Copy, Cut, Paste• Ctrl+R: Toggle Rulers• Ctrl+J: Duplicate Layer• Ctrl+T: Transform Layer• Ctrl+Alt+Shift+N: New Layer w/o dialog box• Ctrl+Delete w/selection: Fill (w/background)• Alt+Delete w/selection: Fill (w/foreground)

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Combinations: More

• Ctrl+I: Invert selection colors• Ctrl+Shift+I: Invert selection• Ctrl+D: Select None• Ctrl+H: Hide guides, selection (marching ants),

…• Ctrl+Shift+C: Copy merged• Ctrl+(Alt+)=/-: zoom and more

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Mouse Combinations

• Ctrl+Alt+Shift+N: New Layer w/o dialog box• Ctrl+Alt+Scroll Wheel[↑,↓]: Zoom in, out• Alt+Click: (in ‘fill’ modes) samples color to the

foreground palette• Drag Click for speedy visibility toggling

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Layer Tab Work

• Ctrl+Click thumb…/…mask: Load as selection• Drag layer(s) into New: make copy of layer(s)• Ctrl+Alt+Drag…: Copy layer style/mask to new

layer• “Convert to Smart Objects”

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Layer Tab Work: More

• Double click thumbnails:– Vector Smart Objects: opens original in editor– Bitmap: layer style dialog– Background: new layer from background dialog– Fill/Adj. Layers: settings dialog– Text: select in edit mode

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Additional Interest

• Create New Docs and Snapshots from History• Use actions to save time• Use actions in batches to save more time• Use drag controls for opacity, sizes, etc.• Use tool settings for more control• “Crop” trims; “Canvas Size…” doesn’t• Drag Rulers, Swap units, Use your imagination

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Conclusion:Last Things

• We covered tons• There’s much more• Consider teaching us

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Questions?

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Questions?

• No? Good.

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Resources and Tools

• Shortcuts: tr.im/PsCuts

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Contact

• Please send any more questions to– david@socklint.com– 785.783.4755– j.mp/rgum Google+

• For this presentation visit goo.gl/SorQJ

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