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- Minimum Diameter: 55%
- Angle Jitter: 77%
- Angle Jitter Control: Pen Pressure
- Roundness Jitter: 5%
- Roundness Jitter Control: Fade
- Minimum Roundness: 100%
To save all these settings as a custom brush, click on the Create
Brush icon (+) at the bottom right of the Brush Settings panel. Give
your brush a meaningful name, and click OK. It will now appear in
the Brushes panel for you to use at any time.
- INCREASE HISTORY STATES
Adobe Photoshop records all your steps during a Photoshop ses-
sion, and you can access and manage these recorded “history states”
through the History panel (Window>History). The History panel is
beneficial because if you’re not happy with the current direction of
your edits, you can click back on a previous history state to start
again from that point.
By default, Photoshop will keep up to 50 history states, but you can
specify how many history States that you want to manage up to 1,000.
When the maximum number of history states has been reached, the
earliest history state (at the top of the History panel) will be discarded.
To increase the number of history states, go to Photoshop (PC:
Edit)>Preferences>Performance, and you’ll find the History States
setting on the right. Note: Increasing the History States to higher
numbers will affect memory usage.
To access options for the History panel, click on the flyout menu
at the top right of the panel, and select History Options. My per-
sonal preference is to enable the Allow Non-Linear History option.
Non-Linear history allows you to shoot off in a new direction while
preserving all the original history states.
- CHANGE BRUSH OPACITY BY TYPING A NUMBER
To quickly change the Opacity of the Brush tool (B) in the Options Bar,
type a number on your keyboard while the Brush tool is selected.
For example, type 2 to set the Brush Opacity to 20%. To be even
more precise, type two numbers in quick succession, for example,
3 and 5 for 35%.
- REMOVE BACKGROUND WITH ONE CLICK
Removing the background from behind the subject in an image is one of
the most-used techniques in Adobe Photoshop, and there are many dif-
ferent ways of doing this; but you can actually do it with one click! With
an image open, click on the lock icon to the right of the Background
layer in the Layers panel to convert it to an editable layer. Open the
Properties panel (Window>Properties), click on Remove Background
in the Quick Actions section at the bottom, and you’re done! Photoshop
automatically selects the subject, and turns the selection into a mask so
you can edit it as necessary.
- EXPAND THE CANVAS WITH THE CROP TOOL
Expanding the canvas in Photoshop was never easier. First, unlock the
Background layer by clicking on its lock icon in the Layers panel. Select
the Crop tool (C) and drag the crop boundary beyond the edges of
the canvas. Press Enter, and Photoshop will add that extra space with
transparent pixels.
- CYCLE BETWEEN OPENED DOCUMENTS
When you have more than one open document, it’s easy to cycle
through them with this keyboard shortcut: Hold the Control key and
tap the Tab key. Throw in the Shift key to cycle through the images in
reverse order.
- PROTECT YOUR DOCUMENT WITH A FEW EASY STEPS
A watermark is a visual method of file protection. Personally, I use my
logo as a “trademark.” But the most important step of protecting your
files is with the metadata in File Info (File>File Info). Here you can add
as many details to your files as you want.
I always start with the Basic section, where I set Copyright Status
to Copyrighted, and enter my information for the Copyright Notice.
If the file’s copyright is registered with an agency, you can add the
Copyright Info URL. This embedded information is very important
to protect your work and copyrights. The same applies to the Audio
Data section.
Pay close attention to the GPS Data section. Do not include any
location information that you don’t want the public to see.
Note: The File Info can be saved as a template. Click on the Tem-
plate Folder drop-down menu at the bottom of the File Info dialog,
and select Export.
- HOW TO CLOSE THE HOME SCREEN WITH ONE CLICK
To quickly close the Home Screen that appears when you don’t have any
documents open, you can click on either the PS icon at the top right
of the Home Screen, or click on the Home icon (house) at the top-left
corner of the Photoshop interface.
If you don’t ever want to see the Home Screen, go to Photo-
shop (PC: Edit)>Preferences>General, and turn off Auto Show the
Home Screen.
