Option-drag in preview with Reconstruct tool, Displace, Amplitwist, or Affine mode selected. Cycle through controls on right from top. Cycle through controls on right from bottom. Increase brush size Brush, Stamp tools.
Decrease brush size Brush, Stamp tools. Increase brush hardness Brush, Stamp tools. Decrease brush hardness Brush, Stamp tools. Create a floating selection from the current selection. Fill a selection with image under the pointer. Create a duplicate of the selection as a floating selection.
Select a plane under another selected plane. Delete last node while creating plane. Make a full canvas plane, square to the camera. Double-click the Create Plane tool. Parametric Curve Targeted Adjustment tool. Saturation Targeted Adjustment tool.
Luminance Targeted Adjustment tool. Grayscale Mix Targeted Adjustment tool. Last-used Targeted Adjustment tool. Toggle Auto Mask for Adjustment Brush tool. Toggle Show Mask for Adjustment Brush tool.
Toggle pins for Adjustment Brush tool. Does not work if Crop tool is active. Select multiple points in Curves panel. Click the first point; Shift-click additional points. Add point to curve in Curves panel. Move selected point in Curves panel 1 unit.
Move selected point in Curves panel 10 units. Open selected images in Camera Raw dialog box from Bridge. Open selected images from Bridge bypassing Camera Raw dialog box. Display highlights that will be clipped in Preview. Alt-drag Exposure, Recovery, or Black sliders. Option-drag Exposure, Recovery, or Black sliders.
Filmstrip mode Add 1 - 5 star rating. Filmstrip mode Add yellow label. Filmstrip mode Add purple label. Deletes Adobe Camera Raw preferences. Select the previous point on the curve. Select multiple points on the curve. Display highlights and shadows that will be clipped. Set a point to the composite curve. Set a point to the channel curves. Switch from Magnetic Lasso tool to Lasso tool.
Switch from Magnetic Lasso tool to polygonal Lasso tool. Move layer 1 pixel when nothing selected on layer. Convert between horizontal and vertical guide. Select foreground color from color picker. Select foreground color from image with Eyedropper tool. Sets opacity, tolerance, strength, or exposure for painting mode. Mixer Brush changes Wet and Mix to zero.
Fill with foreground or background color. Connects points with a straight line. Set blending mode to Threshold for bitmap images, Normal for all other images.
Control-drag type when Type layer is selected. Command-drag type when Type layer is selected. Select characters from insertion point to mouse click point.
Create a new text layer, when a text layer is selected in the Layers panel. Select a word, line, paragraph, or story. Double-click, triple-click, quadruple-click, or quintuple-click. Scale text within a bounding box when resizing the bounding box. Control-drag a bounding box handle. Command-drag a bounding box handle. Move text box while creating text box. Justify paragraph, left aligns last line. Decrease or increase type size of selected text 2 points or pixels.
Decrease or increase leading 2 points or pixels. Decrease or increase baseline shift 2 points or pixels. Turn command on and all others off, or turn all commands on.
Alt-click the check-mark next to a command. Option-click the check-mark next to a command. Turn current modal control on and toggle all other modal controls. Change action or action set options. Display Options dialog box for recorded command.
Create a new action and begin recording without confirmation. Option-click the New Action button. Select contiguous items of the same kind. Select discontiguous items of the same kind. Set options for Save Selection As Channel button. Alt-click Save Selection As Channel button. Option-click Save Selection As Channel button. Control-click Create New Channel button. Command-click Create New Channel button. Double-click alpha or spot channel thumbnail.
Toggle composite and grayscale mask in Quick Mask mode. Load layer transparency as a selection. Control-click filter mask thumbnail. Command-click filter mask thumbnail. Create new empty layer with dialog box. Create new layer below target layer. Add to layer selection in Layers panel. Merge a copy of all visible layers into target layer. Copy current layer to layer below. Merge all visible layers to a new layer above the currently selected layer.
Toggle lock transparency for target layer, or last applied lock. Shift-click vector mask thumbnail. Open Layer Mask Display Options dialog box. Double-click layer mask thumbnail. Shift-click filter mask thumbnail. Option-click layer mask thumbnail. Option-click filter mask thumbnail. Select all type; temporarily select Type tool. Double-click type layer thumbnail. Alt-click the line dividing two layers. Option-click the line dividing two layers.
Double-click the Filter Blending icon. Create new layer group with dialog box. Though it may not rate as one of the top video editing programs, Adobe Photoshop does come with a video editor. This editor lets you make simple changes to your videos, including cutting out content and combining two videos into one.
You can even click and drag different videos or clips together to create one longer video. The pros of using Photoshop are numerous. You can now use a number of different filters to give your photographs a custom look. Those filters let you change the color or the overall look of each photo.
With patterns and brushes, you can add a whimsical touch to your image or remove blemishes from the faces of your models. While it comes loaded with features like these, you can also customize certain features to do even more work on your pictures. Despite the great benefits of Photoshop, it's a program best suited for professionals. As an amateur photographer, you can still get some use out of the program, but you may find that you do not understand how to use some of its top features.
It can take months or even longer for beginners to learn how to change filters, use layers and make other adjustments. It's also worth pointing out the high price of the software.
