1. Hold down the Cmd/Ctrl key while at the same time clicking on a layer in Photoshop's main image window to auto-select a layer.
2. If you want to remove all the colour from an image, and don't want to go into gray scale mode, press Shift Cmd/Ctrl U (called 'De saturate') and make your image gray scale while still in RGB mode. Note: using the channel mixer will produce a better result. Click on the Gray scale option.
3. Press Cmd/Ctrl J to copy a selection into its own layer. Press Shift Cmd/Ctrl J to cut and move a selection.
4. Press Ctrl/Cmd H to hide the 'marching ants' (selection marquee).
5. To set a feather using the Lasso Tools press the Return/Enter key to highlight the Feather field in the Options palette and here you can enter or change the value.
6) Color Fill - Press Alt/Option Delete to fill a layer or area with the color in the forefront. To fill a layer or selection with the background color, press Cmd/Ctrl Delete.
7. Press the [ ] keys to change the brush size. By holding the shift key down and pressing the [and ] keys, the brush will get softer and harder, respectively. You can adjust the level up to five times.
8. If your version of Photoshop is without the Spot Healing Brush, double click on the Blur Tool and in the Options palette, decrease the opacity to 15% and change the mode to Lighten to remove the undesired scratches and blemishes. When you paint over these marks, they will disappear before you eyes.
9) Drawing With Brush Tools If you want to draw a straight line with one of the brush tools, click, hold the Shift key, and click again where you want the line to end. The Photoshop program will draw a straight line from point to point. These steps also work with most tools, including erasers and even the highlight tool in the Extract filter.
10. Create a brand new picture from an existing layer by choosing Duplicate Layer in the Layers palette and changing the document setting to New.
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