Comments on: 5 Photoshop tips nobody told me http://markdunkley.com/5-photoshop-tips/ Mark Dunkley's Journal Wed, 09 May 2012 02:57:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: derek lapp http://markdunkley.com/5-photoshop-tips/comment-page-1/#comment-16 derek lapp Sun, 18 Oct 2009 20:33:54 +0000 http://markdunkley.com/?p=32#comment-16 i can't believe no one ever told you about these. i use them so frequently. clipping layers don't only act as a mask, but any child layer will inherit the layers styles of the parent. IE if you have 3 layers clipped to a box, then you add a stroke, inner shadow and gradient overlay to the box layer, the clipped layers will inherit the attribute sets. also, if you want to change brush sizes quickly, use the keys with the brush tool selected to pan through the brush palette. another gem is cmd (or ctrl) + left-click with the move tool. with the move tool selected, look for a drop-down list and select 'layer'. now, if you cmd+left-click, photoshop will auto highlight the layer in the layers palette. it's incredibly useful if you have tons of layers and eventually stop naming them like i do. i can’t believe no one ever told you about these. i use them so frequently.

clipping layers don’t only act as a mask, but any child layer will inherit the layers styles of the parent. IE if you have 3 layers clipped to a box, then you add a stroke, inner shadow and gradient overlay to the box layer, the clipped layers will inherit the attribute sets.

also, if you want to change brush sizes quickly, use the keys with the brush tool selected to pan through the brush palette.

another gem is cmd (or ctrl) + left-click with the move tool. with the move tool selected, look for a drop-down list and select ‘layer’. now, if you cmd+left-click, photoshop will auto highlight the layer in the layers palette. it’s incredibly useful if you have tons of layers and eventually stop naming them like i do.

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