Photo Editing Tips

Some of the tips for Photoshop CS3

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Drawing straight lines without using the line tool
Choose one of the available tools for drawing a line except line tool (Eraser tool, pencil tool, brush tool, etc) and then hold the shift key while dragging the pointer horizontally or vertically.

Drawing straight lines using the brush tool
While the brush tool is selected, click where you want to start the first point to be at. Then hold the shift key and click to the other point where you want your line to end. You may also use this technique mostly to other tools like highlight tool and eraser tool.

Tips at creating shapes
To start drawing from the center, hold alt while dragging. To create perfect shapes of a square, a circle, or when you are using the polygon tool, hold shift while dragging. If you are using any of tools for drawing like the brush tool, or line tool, and you want to move what you are drawing, hold the spacebar and drag it to where you want your drawing placed.

Closing multiple windows of Photoshop
Hold shift while going to the file menu and choose close.

Easy on the Image Edges

At times, you will find yourself editing pictures like crazy to enhance the raw photo that you had taken with your usual digital camera. While you are bound to check out the various image enhancers such as the mosaic and motion blur, do remember that you have to preserve the image as a whole.

Many people become emphatic about modifying pictures that they end up ruining the whole shot. While they can always revert it, it would be wise to save it under a different file name so that you can always have the original photo if you decide to discard everything without saving it along the way.

Crop and Rotate

This is good for images that are not taken with a straight frame or when the subject is way off center or if it’s lacking in perspective. All you need to do is use the Crop tool of your editing program of choice. It is usually indicated with a scissors icon. Cut the image you want and move subject to where you want it placed. Rotate the image if needed. Enlarge it or make it smaller is also another option to do. Or you can cut the excesses. It’s really up to you to make the necessary adjustments.