Photoshop Quick Tip : Bigger Font Previews
Posted by Jennifer Farley | January 10, 2008 | 6 Comments
If you find youself squinting at the previews in the list of fonts in the font drop down menu, then help is at hand. In Photoshop CS2 and CS3, you can set the font preview size to anything from Small to Huge. Choose Edit > Preferences > Type and you’ll see the dialog box below.
In the drop down menu, choose the size you want for your font preview. In the illustration below you can see the default setting of medium font preview size (on the left) and the difference when I changed the setting to large. Much easier to see.
Photoshop Quick Tip : Rotate through images quickly
Posted by Jennifer Farley | November 15, 2007 | 3 Comments
Just a short quick tip today. If you have a pile of images open in Photoshop, a very quick way to cycle through them is to hit Ctrl + Tab. This will rotate through all the open images. Much quicker than choosing Window > Filename - and picking each file out one at a time.
Photoshop Tip : Create a flattened layer AND keep all your layers intact
Posted by Jennifer Farley | September 27, 2007 | 8 Comments
It’s always a good idea to keep an original PSD file with all your layers when you’re working on a project. If you want to flatten an image in Photoshop, you don’t need to make a duplicate file in order to create a fattened layer while keeping your original layers. You can use this keyboard shortcut to have both in one file.
In windows, use Ctrl + Alt + Shift + E
On the mac, use Cmd + Option + Shift + E
In the example below, you can see the layers palette on the left with four layers on it. By using the keyboard shortcut, Photoshop creates a new layer for you and places a flattened version of the image into this layer.
Photoshop Tip : Layer Palette Thumbnails
Posted by Jennifer Farley | August 10, 2007 | 1 Comment
When you look at the thumbnail on the Layers palette in Photoshop you see a small preview of what appears on each layer. If you find that the thumbnails on the Layers palette are too small (or possibly too big) you can change the thumbnail size. Click on the Layers palette menu (the triangle in the upper right corner) and choose Palette Options.
The Layers Palette Options dialog box opens and you can choose from Small, Medium, Large or No thumbnails. Choose whichever option suits you best. I generally use the Large thumbnails if I only have a few layers to deal with because it gives me a better preview of what’s on the layer. If you have a LOT of layers you might want to use the Small or No Thumnails option so that you don’t have to do a lot of scrolling through your layers.
Photoshop : Quick Tip - Sample colour from anywhere
Posted by Jennifer Farley | July 27, 2007 | 2 Comments
Up until Photoshop 7, you could use the Eyedropper to sample colour ONLY from within an open image. This colour would then become the Foreground colour.Since then the Eyedropper tool has grown up and left the nest and will now let you sample colours from anywhere - the open image, the palettes, the toolbar. You can even sample colours from outside Photoshop.
So if you wanted to pick a colour up from a website (very useful) or from your desktop, there is a little trick to it.
1. Make sure that you have one open document inside Photoshop.
2. Make sure that Photoshop is not fully maximised so that you can see other applications open behind it.
3. (Here’s the trick). Select the Eyedropper tool, then click once in the open document and drag the eyedropper tool outside of Photoshop. Let go of the mouse key over the colour you want to sample and voila!
Photoshop Quick Tip : Changing Ruler Units Fast
Posted by Jennifer | July 16, 2007 | Leave A Comment
Sometimes when you’re working on a project in Photoshop, you realise, after you’ve opened a new document, that your rulers are set to pixels rather than centimeters (or vice versa or one of the other units). Here’s a mega-quick way to change ruler measurement units:
Right-click (windows) or Control-click (Mac) directly on the ruler. A pop-up menu will appear and you can select your preference from here.
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