Speed road to Photoshop

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There is also option to inverse layer mask when you move it. First press and hold Alt-Shift and then left click and drag. Simply

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Interest way to drag selected layer. First choose Move tool by press V on keyboard. Then check the fields as seen on first image. So this will give you additional manipulating way for your layers, to drag them as one pack.

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There is speed option on the layer panel to make a layer group. First you have to select layers and to do that you should hold Shift or Ctrl and left click on layers and select it. Then just press on the icon at the bottom of the layer panel and you have created one layer group.

 

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There is one another way to flat your graphic. Some before we talk about flatten but the problem with flatten is if the layers have used layer style it will happen that this will effect on the whole final view on graphic as well every layer with effect will change appearance of the layers bellow. To flat them down and in same time to keep visual appearance of each layer hold Ctrl-Shift and press E. But there is also option under the Layers menu.

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One other way to go from one layer to another is when you select move tool, press V, and then hold Ctrl key and pres on image on the object... you are swiftly jumped into that layer.

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If you need your layers as separate files there is simply way- go Files, find Scripts and choose Export Layers To Files. This is it...

 

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In many cases documents include so many layers but what if you don't want to open them all? So here what to do- go to File, then Open and find your document. Before click on it to open it click and hold Alt-Shift and you will open it as one flatten document. Interesting for some time.

 

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It could happen sometimes that you document miss background layer. Here you are how to make it- when open this document note the Background Content in the dialog. Click on it and choose some of option you have there. Now your document will have background layer.

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How about the changing the options of the layer effect. Simply right click on it and from drop down menu choose what you want to change. If you double left click you will have whole panel open with many of options.

 

[Wingman81]

Thanks for the layer quick course. 
But I think it looks a bit different in my Photoshop version. When you link layers the link symbol is at the front neyt to the eye symbols. I will check which version I have on Monday.

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Lets start with Pen tool. This is the basic view how this panel look like. Pen tool is called from keyboard by pressing key p and please select Path mode [first arrow] and the Pen toll [second arrow].

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I do not use any marking to see where is my pen going but here you are how to do that. Click on small arrow on tool bar and from drop down choose Rubber band. When you work with pen a thin line will stretch from point to pen top.

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Most important is how to draw with pen tool. Simply left click and there will be made point. Next clock will make next point, connected with previous and so on. If you want to make curved line hold left click and move the mouse until get deserved curve. If you want to go with strait line you need to hold Alt and left click on the point where is curve end, then you can continue with strait line.

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Simply way to make selection from path. Most easy is to hold Ctrl and press Enter and you get instantly selection from path. This can be used when you have only one path made. Other way is to use for example Pen tool and then right click and choose Selection from drop down menu.

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When you choose option to fill path you will have several options from drop down menu. There is various fill, like Pattern, Black, White... we are choosing there Foreground color. This is most important for us as well this color actually present basic color of our illustration and it is actually in many cases camouflage color.