A good way to create selections in Photoshop is to use “channel-based selections.” To create a channel-based selection, go into the Channels Panel. Look through all the alpha channels and find a channel with the most contrast between the foreground and background color. You can then use this channel as a selection to create a…
The “Warning: No pixels are more than 50% selected” appears when you are working with a selection tool (Rectangular Marquee, Lasso Tool, or another) in Photoshop and the Feather is set too high. To fix this warning, type in “0” in the Feather input box on the Options Bar and try again! If you want…
The default Blend Mode for Layer Groups is called “Pass Through.” It allows any Adjustment layers inside the group to affect all the layers below it, including layers not inside the group. In other words, the group is simply used for organizational purposes. If you change the group’s Blend Mode to “Normal“, none of the…
Try this Photoshop keyboard shortcut to activate multiple layers in your Layers Panel. Press Shift Alt [ (Windows) Shift Option [ (macOS) to activate the layer below the currently selected layer (or the ] key to activate the layer above). You can keep adding one layer at a time to the selection by tapping either…
The Black & White Adjustment Layer is meant to create black and white photos. However, you can use it to control the luminescence values of the colors of your image. To do so, create a Black & White Adjustment Layer, and set the Blending Mode to Luminosity. This change will bring the color of the image…
When using the Type tool, Press Ctrl (Mac: Command) Shift < or > to increase or decrease the point size. For more tips and tutorials, subscribe to Photoshop Training Channel on YouTube!
Try using this Photoshop keyboard shortcut when a layer inadvertently snaps to an object. Hold Ctrl (Windows) or Command (macOS) after you start to drag to prevent Photoshop from snapping the layer to other objects. For more tips and tutorials, subscribe to Photoshop Training Channel on YouTube!
In Photoshop CS6 and newer, the / (forward slash) key toggles on and off the Shield, the shaded area outside of the crop, while using the Crop Tool. For more tips and tutorials, subscribe to Photoshop Training Channel on YouTube!
You can crop an image using another image’s dimensions as the measurements for the crop. To do so, open both images, go to the image whose dimensions you want to copy, go into the crop size menu, and choose Front Image. Then go to the second document, and you’ll see the crop tool active with…
If you want to lock your guides so you don’t accidentally move them, try this keyboard shortcut. Press Ctrl Alt (Windows) or Command Option (macOS). Or you can go to the View menu and choose “Lock Guides.” For more tips and tutorials, subscribe to Photoshop Training Channel on YouTube!
You can load channels as selections by using a keyboard shortcut. Red Channel: Ctrl Alt 3 (Mac: Command Option 3).Green Channel: Ctrl Alt 4 (Mac: Command Option 4).Blue Channel: Ctrl Alt 5 (Mac: Command Option 5). For more tips and tutorials, subscribe to Photoshop Training Channel on YouTube!
If you have a text block with quotation marks, you might want to have the quotation marks appear outside the text block so that the copy can line up. Double-click on the text layer’s thumbnail on the layer’s panel to select the text block, then from the Paragraph panel’s (Window > Paragraph) flyout menu, choose Roman…
