Marquee Tool
- Using the rectangular or elliptical marquee tool hold shift to draw a perfect square/circle
- Hold shift when holding a shape to move it in a straight line
- Draw a shape, hold shift whilst drawing another to join it onto the original shape
- Draw a shape, select- modify- smooth tool to round the edges e.g. set rectangle edges from 1 to 60
Creating Brushes
- Use the magnetic or polygonal lasso tool to trace around the image wanted
- Cut and paste onto another layer
- Go to edit- define brush preset
- Save and select from the brushes
- Press "(" to shrink the image, press ")" to enlarge
Downloading Brushes
- Go to Brusheezy, find a brush on a free download (not premium)
- Press proceed on the firewall and always save as
- The brush will download as a compressed zip file, extract all on the file
- Load the brush in the brush window on Photoshop, it will appear at the bottom
History Brush
- Insert image
- Image window- mode- greyscale (don't flatten)
- Image window- mode- rgb (don't flatten)
- Window- history, click the box on the last task before greyscale (e.g. image paste, insert)
- Use the history brush tool to restore colour to the image where wanted
Custom Shape Tool
- Select the custom shape tool by clicking and holding the rectangular shape tool above the hand tool
- Go to the shape drop-down menu on the top bar then click the cog and add all shapes
- Select the wanted shape and draw (don't forget to hold shift for a perfect shape)
- Fill in shapes with colour using the paint bucket tool, etc
- When finished rasterize the layer by right clicking on the layer containing the shape and selecting "rasterize layer"
Warping and Opacity
- Draw a shape using the marquee tool
- Fill using a gradient or the paint bucket tool
- Press ctrl + t then right click on the shape and select "warp"
- Move the shape around until happy
- In the layer sidebar is a section called opacity, which should be at 100%. To fade the image reduce the percentage
Stroking
- Create a shape using the marquee tool or highlight a picture
- Go to edit- stroke
- Change the width, e.g. to 10px
Filters
Iris Blur
- Image- mode- rgb (don't flatten)
- Go to the filter window- blur gallery- iris blur
- Position the size and area of the blur until happy
Tilt-Shift
- Following the steps of iris blur, change the image mode to rgb
- Filter- blur gallery- tilt-shift
- Position where wanted
- Add colour to layer
- Filter- noise- add noise
- Adjust the amount and type
Extrude
- Insert picture
- Filter- stylize- extrude
- Adjust the filter
- You can also use the extrude tool to create decorative borders by pairing it with the marquee and gradient tools
Textures
- Insert picture
- Filter- filter gallery
- Select from different effects
Layer Mask
- Paint using a brush
- Add a vector mask to the layer by clicking the box with a circle at the bottom of the layers sidebar
- Draw a gradient (the length of the line determines how strong the gradient is)
Downloading Fonts
- Go to dafont
- Find a font and download, save as to a folder
- It will download as a compressed zip file, extract all
- Open up font installer and drag the extracted file over
- The font will be immediately available on Photoshop. If already open and the font isn't present, close then reopen
Type Mask Tool
- Insert picture
- Select the horizontal or vertical type mask tool hidden under the type tool selection
- Click wherever on the image, it should then turn pink
- Type whatever wanted and adjust by opening the character window (make sure its perfect- you won't be able to change the fonts, text, leading, kerning, etc once you click off!)
- Select the marquee tool and use it to move the text to wherever you want on the image
- Press ctrl + c to copy then open a new layer and press ctrl + v to paste
- Put on a stroke, blend, add shadows and highlights, etc
Guidelines
- Use guidelines to match up text, images, etc
- View- rulers or press ctrl + r
- Drag guidelines from the left bar or the upper bar
- To delete go to view- clear guidelines
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