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IDE Settings

Standard Tricks

• Hand Tool:: hold down space
• Copy selection:: Ctrl + Alt + Click on selection
• Turn off selection: View -> Extras
• Find transform handlers on oversize images: View -> Fit On Screen / View -> Actual Pixels

Layer Mask

1. Make a selection using lasso/path/etc.
2. Go to an unlocked layer
3. Layer palette -> add Layer mask
4. Black = hide; White = show;
5. Use the brush tool to edit the layer mask

Convert Image to Grey Scale

• Image -> Adjustments -> Desaturate
• Image -> Mode -> Grayscale
• Use the grey scale of a channel:

1. Select the Channel that looks the best
2. Click the arrow at the top right of the Channels palette to open the flyout menu
3. Choose Duplicate Channels
4. Choose Document: New

Path

• Turn on View -> Show -> Grid to help
• Finish drawing: Ctrl + Pen click
• Quick convert point: Alt + Pen click and drag
• Restall adjustment of point: click the point with the convert tool

The Pen Tool

1. palette -> Pen Tool
2. Top Tool Bar -> Path
3. Start to place anchor points
   • place as few anchor points as possible
   • when there is a sharp turn, place two adjacent anchor points.
4. To move and change existing anchor points: palette -> direct selection (white arrow)
5. Right Click on path -> make selection -> Enter

Create custom shape

1. Select a path
2. Choose Edit -> Define Custom Shape
3. Enter the name of the new shape
4. Click OK.

Selection

Select with Channel

• save selection as channel: Channels palette -> bottom -> Save Selection as Channel
• load saved selection: Channels palette -> Ctrl + Click on the alpha channel to be loadedp