Although PhotoShop’s Image Size and Canvas Size dialog boxes are fairly straightforward, there is a hidden feature of which you may not be aware. While the Image Size or Canvas Size dialog boxes are open, you can match the image or canvas size and resolution of another open image. To do so, select the image you want to match from the Window menu.
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You may have noticed that PhotoShop automatically adjusts the settings in the New dialog box to match the contents of the Clipboard. If you want to bypass this feature so that PhotoShop ignores the Clipboard and opens the New dialog box with default settings, press Alt in Windows or Option on the Mac and choose File, New.
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Photoshop only gives you bold and italics options when the typeface includes these styles. If you want to simulate bold and italic formatting styles when these options are not available, you still can, but the option is somewhat hidden. If your character palette is not showing, click the button on the type tool options bar to show it. With the text selected, click the arrow in the upper right hand corner of the palette menu. There you’ll find Faux Bold and Faux Italics.
Warning: You cannot warp type when Faux Bold formatting has been applied.
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I often cannot see the cursor whenever I am in a grayish area of the image.
Solution: press down on the spacebar and the hand icon becomes visible where the cursor is located. Some other keys also work, depending on what tool you’re using, but the spacebar always works.
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By default, Photoshop retains several things in memory–undos, items you’ve copied to the Clipboard, a documents action history, and defined patterns. These items can be an enormous drain of memory and are usually the source of low memory errors. Therefore, purge these items from memory as often as possible. To do so, choose Edit, Purge, All.
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In the Layers palette, when you choose Duplicate Layer, you can change the document setting to “New” to create a brand new picture from any layer. I wish I knew about this one a few years ago!
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