Photoshop

Photoshop Basics

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Basics & Viewing Images

• Open an image: Command+o
• Undo something you’ve done: Command+z
• View workspace panels: Right side of screen.
• Using the tools panel: Left side of screen.
• Zooming & Hand tools

Making Selections

• Marquee tools
• Lasso tool
• Quick selection
• Magic Wand tool
• Inverting selections
• Refining selections
• Using Quick Mask mode

Layers

• Creating a new layer: F7
• Changing the layer visibility: Click The Eye Thingy.
• Deleting the layer: Click Delete
• Changing the opacity of a layer:
• Duplicating a background:

Enhancing and Retouching Photos

• Cropping a photo: C
• Straightening an image with the Ruler tool
• Using the Smart Sharpen filter
• Adjusting saturation
• Adjusting brightness and contrast
• Using neutral density gradient
• Using the Dodge & Burn tools
• Removing red eye
• Spot Healing Brush tool & Healing Brush Tool: Press J For Tool. Click Option.