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Hello world ! Welcome to Part 3 of our Adobe Photoshop Tips Series. Below is 10 more Adobe Photoshop Tips to enhance your experience with, IMO, the world's number one photo-editing software...

If you have missed our earlier posts, check out 10 Adobe Photoshop Tips and 10 Adobe Photoshop Tips (Part 2).

1. Ctrl + Shift + E will merge all of your currently visible layers to one layer; Ctrl + Shift + Alt + E will make a copy of the original and merge all visible layers.


2. While using Marquee Tools, holding Alt will make the starting point as a center of your selection.


3. Use Ctrl + D to deselect and Ctrl + Shift + D to reselect what you just deselected.


4. While selecting with Marquee Tool, pressing the Space Bar can allow you to move the selection.


5. Select the Move Tool; hold Shift and press + or -
   • N = Normal
   • I = Dissolve
   • M = Multiply
   • S = Screen
   • O = Overlay
   • F = Soft Light
   • H = Hard Light
   • D = Color Dodge
   • B = Color Burn
   • K = Darken
   • G = Lighten
   • E = Difference
   • X = Exclusion
   • U = Hue
   • T = Saturation
   • C = Color
   • Y = Luminosity
   • Q = Behind 1
   • L = Threshold 2
   • R = Clear 3
   • W = Shadow 4
   • V = Midtones 4
   • Z = Highlights 4
   
   N.B: The shortcut works even for following situation: Alpha turned off, Indexed Mode, Line tool, Bucket Tools, Dodge and Burn Tools


6. While using Brush Tool, change the opacity in the Options Bar by directly typing the number.
   • Type one number for % of it's ten times [4=40%]
   • Type two number for exact % [press 7 then 2 will get 72%]


7. Holding Alt while clicking on the Eye Icon beside the layer will hide all other layers.


8. Select a layer and hold Alt, then click on the Garbage Can button. It will instantly delete the layer


9. Select a layer, hold Alt and click the top edge of another layer, it will group them.


10. While in the Navigator Palette, hold Ctrl and drag over an area of the preview image to zoom in your actual image.

There you are. Enjoy and please keep sharing the knowledge. Comments and discussions are most welcomed; we will be glad to hear your says!

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