Beginning Photoshop tricks

Beginning Photoshop tricks
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Zoom in
· On a Mac, press Command-+.
· On a PC, press Control-+.
Zoom out
· On a Mac, press Command-ÿ (minus symbol).
· On a PC, press Control-ÿ (minus).
Layer opacity shortcut

To change the opacity of your active layer, switch to the Move tool (by pressing the letter "v") then simply type in the desired amount of opacity (i.e., 82 percent, 65 percent, 25 percent). If you want a round number (like 20 percent, 30 percent, 40 percent) just input the first number (i.e., 2 for 20 percent, 3 for 30 percent, and so on).

Repeating filters

Once you've run one of Photoshop's filters, Photoshop assumes you might want to run that same filter again, so it conveniently puts that filter at the top of your filter's menu (to keep you from digging through the submenus just to run the same filter).
Even better yet, it creates a keyboard shortcut. To reapply the last filter you used, using the exact same setti...