
Photoshop has become the must have tool for nearly every creative out there, and with that comes a pretty steep learning curve. But it doesn’t have to be as scary as a lot of people make it sound. In this video from Nathaniel Dodson of @TutVid, he goes over 25 “must know” photoshop tips and ticks in just about 20 minutes!
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Learn all about brush smoothing, rubber band tricks, hidden sliders, hidden views, tricks to make healing easier, and much more in this quick Photoshop tutorial crash-course!
What’s Covered In This Video
- 00:14 – Bird’s Eye View
- 00:36 – Painting selections
- 01:29 – Sticky (temporary) tools
- 02:10 – Overscrolling
- 03:00 – Blank blend layers
- 03:35 – Opacity hotkeys
- 05:24 – Move selections
- 05:49 – Rubberbanding the Pen tool
- 06:48 – Smoothing for brushes
- 07:32 – Instant image export
- 08:20 – Export multiple layers as an image
- 08:50 – Duplicate anything
- 09:33 – Straighten images with the ruler
- 10:01 – Straighten perspective in seconds
- 11:43 – Fill type, shape, and fill layers
- 12:52 – Merge selected layers to a new layer
- 13:48 – Healing edges
- 15:00 – Color replacement
- 16:05 – Isolate a single layer
- 16:25 – Switching document hotkeys
- 16:51 – Copying layers
- 17:14 – Temporary rotations
- 17:56 – Hidden scrubby sliders
- 18:54 – Gray point eyedropper
- 19:47 – The banana tool
I hope you’re able to gleam as much help from this video as I have. While it’s pretty top level, and naturally it’ll take practice to master them all, but it’s a pretty incredible help to get a jump start on some complicated and even secret tools in Photoshop.
To learn more, be sure to follow Nate on his various channels below!
- 📸Instagram → http://instagram.com/tutvid
- 📘Facebook → https://www.facebook.com/tutvid
- 📱Twitter → http://twitter.com/tutvid
- 🎓Buy TutVid’s Photoshop Course → http://bit.ly/28NuwFy
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*This video and related content shared with permission from Nathaniel Dodson. Do not share this content without direct written permission from the creator and copyright holder.
David J. Crewe
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