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It’s all Photoshopping Satuday!

So lets take a day that you’re all off the work on and ready to use Photoshop for some fun to booth reveal some exciting news as well as posting some quick-tips!

In the breaking news, just released and kinda sneak peak for the blog readers is the Creative Suite Tips & Tricks podcast, fresh of the site here! Go over to the Creative Suite Tips & Tricks site to find it or wait a day or so for it to get added to iTunes (I will post a link here then)! I’m really excited on this and I’ll be posting weekly or even half weekly updates to it!

So now, lets bring on the Quick-Tips and make it a Saturday with Photoshopping!

 Always open .jpeg in ACR!

If you always want to open your .jpg files inside of camera raw, go under the Photoshop preferences, down to File Handling and tick the box “Prefer Adobe Camera Raw for JPEG Files”.

Shortcuts on Applying Filters

You might have known that you can re-apply the same filter again by pressing Command + F (PC: Ctrl + F) but did you know, that by pressing Command + Option + F (PC: Ctrl + Alt + F) you can get the filter dialog of the filter you just applied, with the settings you applied before filled in.

Hide all layers except one!

To hide every other layer except one, hold down the Option (PC: Alt) key and click on the eye icon next to the layer.

Creating Layer Shortcuts

When creating new layers, there are the shortcuts you must know! First, to create a new layer below the current layer, hold down the Command (PC: Ctrl) key while pressing the new layer button. If you want to create your layer through keyboard strokes, press Command + Shift + N (PC: Ctrl + Shift + N) and to bypass the “New Layer” dialog box, throw in the Option (PC: Alt) key in the mix so it gets Option + Command + Shift + N (PC: Alt + Ctrl + Shift + N). Of course to Create a new layer via copy (likewise to duplicate) press Command + J (PC: Ctrl + J).

That’s it for Saturday Photoshopping, enjoy the tips and check back for the regular news on Monday! Until then, have a great weekend and check out the Creative Suite Tips and Tricks (CST&T) Podcast!

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Erik is a web designer, photographer and software trainer who runs web design company XLD Studios as well as software training company Bernskiold Media. Both web design and teching to others is one of his great passions. Another passion is photography and at his portfolio you can find many great collections of nature photographs.