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Reset the Preferences as You Launch You’ve probably heard the best way to fix many common problems in Photoshop is to delete the Preferences. Rather than struggling to find the preference file and delete it, instead, quit Photoshop and...
Maximize File Browser Give yourself the maximum viewing area for the File Browser by viewing it in Full Screen Mode, with all palettes hidden. To do this, hold the Command key and then click on the File Browser button in the options bar and...
Find the Transform Handles If you have dragged a large image onto a smaller layer the outer edge of the new, larger layer is of course, hidden. This becomes a problem when you use the free transform command, since you cannot see the handles...
Fill Commands These commands fill the entire later: to fill with Foreground color, use Option-Delete. To fill with Background color, press Command-Delete. These commands only fill areas in the layer where there are pixels (preserving transparency)....
Temporary Flatten a File To open a flattened version of a layered document, hold down Shift-option as you open the file. You’ll be asked if you want to "Read the composite data instaed". This only works if "Always Maximize...
Instant Background Want an instant background for a project when nothing inspires you? Take an image – just about any will do – and apply a motion blur at the maximum setting of 999 (or some other high number). You’ll blur...
CMYK Safe Colors Unfortunatly, there is no checkbox in the Color Picker for "Only CMYK Colors" as there is for "Only Web Colors". To ensure that you’re picking colors in the Color Picker that are safe to use in CMYK,...
Change Opacity With Airbrush Turned On If you have the Airbrush capabilities turned on in the Options Bar, the standard shortcut will no longer work to change the Opacity (normally you can press 1 for 10, 3 for 30, etc.) Once you’ve turned...
Scale Layer Styles If you’ve applied a Layer Style to a layer and then scale down the contents of the layer, the style probably needs to be scaled too. Rather than returning to the original settings and re-adjusting them, just Control-click...
Adding New Text Close to Existing Type Did you ever try to add some new text a little to close to existing text, only to have the Type tool assume you want to edit the existing text? To avoid this, hold down the Shift key as you click with the...
