Photoshop Tutorials

[pimp my ride]

Hey guys/gals, I know many of you have seen those cool looking graphics in people's sig's. But you could never figure out how to do them, right?

Well this is the place for you! I will try to add a new Tutorial every week. I will also add some Keyboard Commands too, so you can get things done faster

Good luck!!


Here are the Tutorials:

Keyboard Commands
Lightning
Line Grid
Matrix Effect

[pimp my ride]

First we can start out with some Keyboard Commands to help you get things done faster:


Viewing

Fit image in window CTRL + 0 (zero)
100% magnification ALT + CTRL + 0 (zero)
Zoom in CTRL +
Zoom out CTRL +
CTRL + SPACEBAR
ALT + SPACEBAR
Apply zoom percentage, and keep zoom percentage box active SHIFT + ENTER in Navigator palette
Zoom in on specified area of image CTRL + drag over preview in Navigator palette
Scroll image with hand tool SPACEBAR + drag
Scroll up 1 screen PAGE UP
Scroll down 1 screen PAGE DOWN
Scroll up 10 units SHIFT + PAGE UP
Scroll down 10 units SHIFT + PAGE DOWN
Move view to upper left corner HOME
Move view to lower right corner END
Toggle layer mask on/off as rubylith \

Selecting and Moving Objects

Repositions marquee while selecting Any marquee tool (except single-column and single row) + drag
Add to selection Selection Tool + SHIFT + drag
Remove from selection Selection Tool + ALT + drag
Intersect a selection Selection Tool + SHIFT + ALT + drag
Constrain marquee to square or circle SHIFT + drag
Draw marquee from center ALT + drag
Constrain shape and draw marquee from center SHIFT + ALT + drag
CTRL (except when pen, path, shape, slice, or image map tool is selected)
Switch from to ALT + drag
Switch from to ALT + click
Move copy of selection + ALT + drag selection
Move selection area 1 pixel Selection +
Move selection 1 pixel +
Move layer 1 pixel CTRL +
Move selection area 10 pixels Selection +
Move selection 1 pixels +
Move layer 10 pixels CTRL +
Increase detection width + [
Decrease detection width + ]
Accepts cropping + ENTER
Exits cropping + ESC
Make protractor + ALT + drag end point
Snap guide to ruler ticks SHIFT + drag guide
Toggle guide orientation ALT + drag guide

Painting

Any painting or shape tool + ALT
Select background color + ALT + Click
+ SHIFT
Delete + ALT + Click
Set opacity, tolerance, strength, or exposure for painting mode Any paint or edit tool + number keys (1 = 10%, 0 = 100%)
Set flow for paint mode Any paint or edit tool + SHIFT + number keys (1 = 10%, 0 = 100%)
Cycle through blending modes SHIFT + or
Fill selection/layer with foreground color ALT + backspace
Fill selection/layer with background color CTRL + backspace
Fill from history ALT + CTRL + backspace
Display fill dialog box SHIFT + backspace
Lock transparent pixels on/off /
Connect points with straight line Any painting tool + SHIFT + click

Editing Text

Move type in image CTRL + drag type when Type layer is selected
Align left + SHIFT + CTRL + L
Align horizontal center + SHIFT + CTRL + C
Align right + SHIFT + CTRL + R
Align top + SHIFT + CTRL + L
Align vertical center + SHIFT + CTRL + C
Align bottom + SHIFT + CTRL + R
Select 1 character left SHIFT +
Select 1 character right SHIFT +
Select 1 line up SHIFT +
Select 1 line down SHIFT +
Select 1 word left SHIFT + CTRL +
Select 1 word right SHIFT + CTRL +
Select characters from insertion point to mouse click point SHIFT + click
Move 1 character left
Move 1 character right
Move 1 line up
Move 1 line down
Move 1 word left CTRL +
Move 1 word right CTRL +
Designate a new origin over existing type SHIFT + click or click + drag
Select word Double-click
Select line Triple-click
Select paragraph Quadruple-click
Select story Quintuple-click
Show/Hide selection on selected type CTRL + H
Toogle Underlining On/Off SHIFT + CTRL + U
Toggle Strikethrough On/Off SHIFT + CTRL + /
Toggle All Uppercase On/Off SHIFT + CTRL + K
Toggle Small Caps On/Off SHIFT + CTRL + H
Toggle Superscript On/Off SHIFT + CTRL +
Toggle Subscript On/Off SHIFT + ALT + CTRL +
Choose 100% horizontal scale SHIFT + CTRL + X
Choose 100% vertical scale SHIFT + ALT + CTRL + X
Choose Auto-leading SHIFT + ALT + CTRL + A
Choose 0 for tracking SHIFT + CTRL + Q
Justifies paragraph, left aligns last line SHIFT + CTRL + J
Justifies paragraph, forces last line SHIFT + CTRL + F
Toggles paragraph hyphenation On/Off SHIFT + ALT + CTRL + H
Toggles single/every line composer On/Off SHIFT + ALT + CTRL + T
Decrease type size of selected text 2 pts/px SHIFT + CTRL + <
Increase type size of selected type 2 pts/px SHIFT + CTRL + >
Decrease leading 2 pts/px ALT +
Increase leading 2 pts/px ALT +
Decrease baseline shift 2 pts/px SHIFT + ALT +
Increase baseline shift 2 pts/px SHIFT + ALT +
Decrease kerning/tracking 20/1000 ems ALT +
Increase kerning/tracking 20/1000 ems ALT +

Editing Paths

Select multiple anchor points + SHIFT + click
Select entire path + ALT + click
Duplicates a path + ALT + CTRL + drag
Switch from CTRL
Switch from (regular arrow) to (arrow with +) when over path ALT
Switch from to when pointer is over anchor point or direction point ALT + CTRL
Switch from or to when pointer is over anchor point or direction point ALT
Closes path + double-click
Closes path with straight-line segment + ALT + double-click

Slicing and Optimizing

Toggle browser dither for selected image pane in optimized view SHIFT + CTRL + Y
Toggle through gamma previews in selected image pane ALT + CTRL + Y
Toggle through optimized/2up/4up/original window CTRL + Y
Toggle between slice tool and slice selection tool CTRL
Draw square slice SHIFT + drag
Draw from center outward ALT + drag
Draw square slice from center outward ALT + SHIFT + drag
Reposition slice while creating slice SPACEBAR + drag
Open context-sensitive menu Right mouse button on slice




Credits

[pimp my ride]

This is how to make Lightning in Photoshop:

1. First make a new document, any size you want, with a white background.

2. Put your background color black, and your forground color white.

3. Go to Filter > Render > Clouds.

4. Go to Filter > Render > Difference Clouds.

5. Press Ctrl+I (To invert the colors)

6. Press Ctrl+L (To get into the color levels) And move the MIDDLE arrow all the way to the right.

7. Press Ctrl+B and change the colors to the way you like, and your done!


This is my finished product:

[THAWA]

Excellentness, that's a lot of info. Keep em comin vic

[pimp my ride]

Originally posted by THAWA on 11-21-2003 at 12:21 PM
Excellentness, that's a lot of info. Keep em comin vic

Thanks THAWA!

I'm gonna try to add a new tutorial every week.

I'm gonna need to brew something up tonight so I can post it!

[THAWA]

cool, I've been wanting to learn more about photoshop.

[pimp my ride]

1. First, make a new image, any size works well.

2. Next change your Foreground to Black and your background to white (or press d)

3. Go to Filter > Render > Clouds.

4. Go to Filter > Pixelate > Mosiac, and change your cell size to 20.

5. Go to Filter > Stylize > Glowing Edges, use these settings:

Edge width:2
Edge Brightness:14
Smoothness:8

6. To change the colors, hit Ctrl+U , And change the colors the way you would like, and your done!


This is my finished product:

[prplxd]

Hey Vic,
This was a cool idea.
Why don't you just do a "How-to" on how to make those "kool sigs".

Thanks for your efforts!

[pimp my ride]

Originally posted by prplxd on 11-23-2003 at 07:08 PM
Hey Vic,
This was a cool idea.
Why don't you just do a "How-to" on how to make those "kool sigs".

Thanks for your efforts!

What's your definiton of a "kool sig" ?

[THAWA]

I think something flashy, with different colors adn stuff.

[internetjunkie]

how can i make animations?

[pimp my ride]

ij, I will do a how-to on how to do animations, but angelfire banned my account, so we will have to wait and see if I get accepted for another free host (that is good)

[prplxd]

Originally posted by victimizati0n on 11-23-2003 at 07:39 PM
What's your definiton of a "kool sig" ?

I have no clue!
How did you make yours?

And some of these other guys have multiple images that just seem to blend all together.

And then there's the guys that have those animated/moving images.

Does that give you a better idea of what I mean by "kool sig"?

[palmboy5]

i like the blending, no animating, especially the ones that just flash to another slide. thawa

[prplxd]

Originally posted by palmboy5 on 12-04-2003 at 06:10 PM
i like the blending, no animating, especially the ones that just flash to another slide. thawa

Yea,...
Well us dumb folk are still trying to figure out how to do all that.

Time and playing might just be the answer?