10 Top Photoshop Tips Part 2

Continuing from Mondays Post

6) Color Fill - Press Alt/Option+Delete to fill a layer or area with the color in the forefront. To fill a layer or selection with the background color, press Cmd/Ctrl+Delete.

7) Changing Brush Size - Press the [ ] keys. By holding the shift key down and pressing the [and ] keys, the brush gets softer and harder, correspondingly. You are allowed to change the level up to five times).

8) Removing Scratches or Blemishes – If your edition of Photoshop does not have the Spot Healing Brush, edit out blemishes or scratches from a photo by double clicking on the Blur Tool. Next in the Blur Tool Options palette, decrease the opacity to 15%, and then change the mode to Lighten. Now when you paint over scratches they will vanish.

9) Drawing With Brush Tools – If you want to draw a straight line with one of the brush tools, click, hold the Shift key, and click again where you want the line to end. The Photoshop program will draw a straight line from point to point.These steps also work with most tools, including erasers and even the highlight tool in the Extract filter.

10) Creating Duplicates – Choose Duplicate Layer in the Layers palette and change the document setting to ‘New’ to generate a new picture from any layer.





Take a look at this video I found on You Tube...
Removing Belmishes using phot shop