Photoshop Top Tips
1 Ctrl + Z to undo what you last did. Ctrl + Alt + Z will allow you to undo multiple steps.
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Sometimes when you want to increase the canvas size around our image when creating a border it can be quite difficult work in it out exactly. Particularly if you have fractions of an inch or cm. However ticking the relative button on the canvas size palette will allow us to add any dimension we choose and Photoshop will do the maths for us. For example if we want to increase the border size by half an inch we simply add 0.5.

3 A very quick and easy way of increasing the brush size is simply to use the square brackets on the keyboard. The right-hand square brackets ] will increase the brush size whereas the left-hand square brackets [ will decrease the brush size.
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Working on an image when we have a brush selected we sometimes need to change the size or even the site style of the brash. This can simply and quickly be done by right mouse click in anywhere in the image and the brush menu will pop up.
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To rename the layer just simply click on the text of the layer and this will enable you to enter and name of your choice.
6 Holding down Alt whilst dragging a layer over the create new layer icon will allow you to rename it. The duplicate layer dialog box will open and allow you to enter a name of your choice.
7 If you are using the Freehand lasso and you reach an area with a straight edge all you have to do is hold down Alt on the keyboard and the Freehand lasso will now act just like the Polygonal Lasso. Alternatively you can change from the Polygonal lasso to the Freehand also by holding down the Alt key.
8 You can fade a filter or effect immediately after applying by going to Edit > Fade, but this will only work immediately after you have applied the filter or effect.
9 Press the F key to remove the frame around the image - pressing the F key again will put you image on a black background. Pressing the F key again and the image will return to the frame.
10 The Tab key will remove all the tools, this will enable you to view your image on a clear screen. Just press Tab to bring them back
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You can adjusted the position of a selection (marching ants) using the arrow keys on the keyboard. Every time you press a key it will nudge the selection one pixel
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Having applied text to your image you may be little uncertain as to which fonts would suit your image. In the options bar highlights any of the fonts by clicking on it, now using the up and down our own simply scroll through the fonts and you will see the effect on your image.
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Clicking on the thumbnail in the layers palette will allow you to select, Layer transparency, Layer properties palette and Open layer styles.
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Clicking on the title bar of your image brings up the following options: Duplicate, Image size, Canvas size, File info and Page setup

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If you have the move tool selected simply right mouse click on your image, a drop down menu will appear listing the layers you have in your layers palette. You can then select which layer you wish to work on.
16 Holding down the Alt key will highlight the first letter of each Menus in the Menu bar. For example if you held down the Alt + L keys this will open the Layers Menu.
17 When making selections with the magic wand expand or contract the selection a few pixels to reduce the chance of the halo affect.
18 When trying to cut out dark objects where the edges are difficult to see, duplicate a layer, lighten it with levels to use as a guide, rather like tracing paper. Dump the layer once the selection is complete and continue on the original.
19 To remove the halo effect from transparencies. Click the lock on the layer and clone over the lighter or darker halo
20 A very quick and easy way to duplicate the layer is to use Ctrl + A to select all then Ctrl + J to copy and paste the selection in as a new layer.
21 holding down the shift key and pressing + and - will allow you to scroll through the modes in the options bar.
22 If you highlight Normal in the blend mode menu on the layers palette you can then use the up and down arrows to scroll through the blend mode options...