- Filters. The filters are typically what we think of when we think of Photoshop, they are special effects that are applied to images to give them different looks. Each filter can draw out a different effect, color, or reduce those things. Filters work even better when you know how to pair them with other abilities of Photoshop. To get to the filters, simply look at the top menu bar, click Filter > Filter gallery > then choose a filter.
- Keyboard shortcuts. There are several keyboard shortcuts that will help you do your work even faster and look like a pro.
- V= move tool
- F= flips through screens
- Space= temp hand key
- B= paintbrush
- D= Sets the background/foreground colors as default
- X= flips between foreground and background colors
- E= Eraser
- S= Stamp tool (also clone tool)
- W=Quick selection
- Ctrl+J= duplicates layer you have last selected
- Color enhancing. Color is one of the main things you do with Photoshop, you want your photos to appear full of life and be attractive. Two of the main things you can do here are toggle with saturation and vibrance. Vibrance is the ability to increase the saturation of colors that are less saturated; so, it tends to balance out the color in a photo. Saturation is the ability to increase the intensity of all the colors in your image; so the intensity differences are still there but they're all more intense.
- Add sharpness and detail. Adding sharpness to your image can make it look much more detailed and awesome. If you are unsure of how much sharpness to add, then just add a little; if you add to much, it can make the photo look bad and that could have a worse effect than not sharpening at all.
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