Photoshop: fast tool switching

You can get more done with Photoshop when you learn keyboard shortcuts. Just about anything and any tool you want to use in Photoshop has a shortcut.

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offers a great, short list:

“‘M’  -  Marque Tools
‘V’  -  Move
‘L’  -  Lasso Tools
‘W’ -  Magic Wand
‘K’  -  Slice Tools
‘J’  -  Healing brush Tools
‘B’  -  Brush Tools
‘S’  -  Stamp Tools
‘Y’  – History Brush Tools
‘E’  – Eraser Tools”

As the post suggests, print out the list and keep it beside your keyboard until you’ve learned them.

Photoshop beginner: create an abstract background

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Here’s a great tutorial for adding an abstract space background in Photoshop.

Abstract Space Background » Free Photoshop Tutorials | PhotoshopStar gives great instructions:

“Here is one more interesting tutorial how to create an abstract space background, for example, for games website.”