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Pattie-F
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May 1, 2021
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🔎 Photoshop Quick Tips: Did you know...

  • May 1, 2021
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Learn something new in Photoshop

 

If you have a few minutes to spare, check out the Quick Tips below for desktop, web, and iPad. If you are feeling creative and don't know what to do, try one of the projects. For more Photoshop tutorial, learning, and troubleshooting links, check out Photoshop Newsletters, Photoshop Handy Links, and Photoshop Adobe Live recordings.

 

Photoshop for desktop

 

Tools and Features

Edit images using the Camera Raw Filter *new*

Find missing tools in Photoshop

How to swap skies in seconds

How to use the Remove Tool

Landscape Mixer: Blend images and change seasons

Harmonize a subject and background with 1 click

Discover one-click workflows and more

Remove backgrounds with a single click

Layer Shortcuts

How to create an action

Simulate shallow depth of field

Neural Filters: Transform your look with a click

 

 

Generative AI

Photoshop Quick Tip: Use Generative Expand to extend and complete your image

Generate new objects or delete and fill areas using AI

How to create effective prompts for Generative AI in Photoshop *new*

 

 

Color

How to change colors in your image

Colorize photos the easy way

Quickly convert a photo to black and white

 

 

Files and disk access 

Create a GIF from video or still images

Create an action to resize photos

Import Photoshop files to InDesign

How to save in any file format using Save As

Provide full disk access to Photoshop on macOS

How to use Content Credentials and NFTs

 

 

File size and resolution

Resize Images in Photoshop

Create an action to resize photos

 

 

Fill

Photoshop Quick Tip: Use Generative Expand to extend and complete your image

How to use Content Aware Fill in Photoshop

 

 

Lines, shapes, and patterns

Drawing shapes just got easier

Create a seamless repeating pattern easily using Pattern Preview

How to find and use Legacy Shapes

How to draw lines and arrows in Photoshop

Provide full disk access to Photoshop on macOS 

Rotate patterns in Photoshop

 

 

Remove parts of an image

How to remove distracting parts of your image with the Remove tool

Remove backgrounds with a single click

Delete and fill areas using AI

 

 

Selections

How to select objects in Photoshop

 

 

Shortcuts

Photoshop Keyboard Shortcuts

 

 

Text

How to create text on a path

Using decorative text, ligatures, and glyphs

Unified Text Engine

Rotate and warp text in Photoshop

 

 

Troubleshooting

Provide full disk access to Photoshop on macOS

How to fix Black Home Screen

Optimize Photoshop preferences for performance

Reset Photoshop Preferences to default values

Find missing tools in Photoshop

How to find and use Legacy Shapes

 

 

Using Photoshop with other Adobe apps

Import Photoshop files to InDesign

Move artwork between Photoshop and Illustrator

 

 

Projects to try

Create a fabulous snowflake

Make an “out of bounds” image

Create a holiday brush in full color

Add glass objects to a photo

Create a double exposure

Create a cinemagraph

 

Photoshop on the web

 

How to

Create or remove objects using AI on Photoshop web *new*

 

Photoshop on the iPad

 


How to

How to use Generative AI with Photoshop on the iPad *new*

How to Remove Backgrounds Quickly on the iPad

How to use the Healing Brush

How to load custom brushes

How to use global and clipped adjustment layers

How to use Curves

How to convert a photo to black and white 

How to open Lightroom photos in Photoshop

How to fill text with an image

 

 

 Projects to try

Create an animal doodle sketch

Use Fresco and Photoshop to design a creative photo frame

Add a photo to a frame

Place an image inside text

Draw yourself Manga or Anime style

 

 

 

Are you interested in tips for other apps? Check out the Lightroom Quick Tips home page and Lightroom Classic Quick Tips home page.  If you don't already have Photoshop, you can try or buy it here:

 

 


This list of tips is updated regularly, so bookmark this page and check back often! If you want to be notified when we post new tips, simply scroll down to the bottom of this post and click "follow".  Have fun Photoshopping!

 

 

23 replies

Pattie-F
Pattie-FAuthor
Legend
October 27, 2021

Note: I added Quick tips #6 and #7: tips on finding missing tools and harmonizing subject and background. Enjoy!

Pattie-F
Pattie-FAuthor
Legend
October 20, 2021

Updated with Quick Tip #6

Pattie-F
Pattie-FAuthor
Legend
August 4, 2021

Update: Added Quick Tip #5

kentdesign
Community Expert
Community Expert
August 12, 2021

Hi Patti,

 

I have your page of quick tips bookmarked. This morning a received a link with the ACP newsletter and when I clicked the link for the quick tip, It came up "access denied". So I tried using my bookmark, and #4 comes up as it did last month.

However even going in that way, #5 came up with "accss Denied." I figured Silvia is already off by now (noon PDT) so I am writing you directly.  

Is it me or is it the link??? and that IS the question!!!

 

Thanks,

Lynette

Pattie-F
Pattie-FAuthor
Legend
August 12, 2021

Lynette,

 

I deleted the link and added it back again. Please try now and see if it is better for you Sorry for the inconvenience and thanks for letting me know it was not working.

 

Pattie