1. Press Tab to hide the toolbar and palettes, Shift+Tab will hide only the palettes.

2. Double click on the gray background will open a dialog box to open the file.

3. To select all layers press Alt+Ctrl+A.

4. Caps Lock will change your cursor to a clearer cross.

5. Press the F key and you can select from three different screen modes, allowing you to work area more.

6. To draw a straight line using a brush or pencil, single-click at the start point, then hold Shift+click at the end point.

7. Pressing Ctrl will turn any tool into a Move Tool as long as you hold it.

8. Pressing Space will turn any tool into a Hand Tool as long as you hold it.

9. Pressing Ctrl and “+” or “-” zooms in and out of the image.

10. If you use the Eyedropper Tool (Eyedropper) with Alt pressed, this will allow you to take a color sample for the background color.

11. Use Ctrl+Alt+Z and Ctrl+Shift+Z to undo and redo a series of actions.

12. You can easily increase the size of the canvas using the Crop Tool, stretch it beyond the canvas and click OK.

13. Ctrl+J will create a copy of the current layer.

14. Ctrl+Shift+E will merge all visible layers into one, Ctrl+Shift+Alt+E will merge a copy of the visible layers into one new layer.

15. Ctrl+D to remove selection, Ctrl+Shift+D to return selection.

16. Shift and “+” or Shift and “-” will change the layer’s blending mode to: Normal, Dissolve, Multiply, Screen, Overlay, etc.

17. If the Brush tool is selected, the transparency of the tool can be changed by pressing the corresponding number on the keyboard.

18. Hold Alt and click on the eye icon next to the layer icon in the layers palette to hide all other layers except the current one.

19. Select the layer, hold Alt and click on the border between the top and current layer to create a Cliping Mask

20. While holding Alt, click on the “Create a new layer” button in the layers panel so that a dialog box with settings for the new layer appears.

21. While holding Alt, click on the “Create a new channel” button on the channels panel to create an alpha channel.

22. The Move Tool has an “Auto Select Layer” option available in its settings, depending on where you click.

23. When working with the Grid, drag the upper left corner where the Grid scales are located, and the starting point for them will be in the place where you release the mouse button. Double clicking in the upper corner will reset the reference point to its original position.

24. Having created a path using the Pen Tool, you can hide/show it again using the combination Ctrl+Shift+H.

25. Ctrl+Tab will switch you between different image windows.

26. While holding Shift+Alt, the object will be transformed proportionally, from the center.

27. If you have the Move Tool selected and you want to copy something, just hold down Alt and drag the image. By holding Shift+Alt you can easily move the object along the Grid guides.

28. If you want to straighten the horizon or uneven edges after scanning, then take the Ruler Tool (Ruler), draw a line along your curve, then go to Image > Image Rotation > Arbitrary, Photoshop will set the rotation angle values ​​itself, just click OK and image rotated

29. To display the Rules panel, press Ctrl+R.

30. Ctr+E will merge the current layer with the underlying one.

31. If the Brush Tool is selected, you can control the diameter of the brush using the “[” and “]” buttons.

32. Double clicking on the Zoom Tool will return the image scale to 100%, and on the Hand Tool it will stretch the image to fit the screen area.

33. Change the active layer using Alt+[ or ].

34. Move the active layer up or down when help Ctrl+[ or ].

35. To hide the Grid guides, press Ctrl+H.

36. Press X to switch the foreground and background colors.

37. Press D to reset the foreground and background colors to the default colors: black and white.

38. To display the Brushes settings palette, press F5.

39. Ctrl+click on the layer icon in the layers panel will create a selection of the layer’s contents.

40. If you want to see the contents of the layer mask, then hold down Alt and click on the layer mask.

41. Alt+click on the layer mask icon to create a black mask.

42. For better organization of layers, group the selected ones by pressing Ctrl+G.

43. Ctrl+Shift+N will create a new file, displaying a dialog box; Ctrl+Shift+Alt+N will create a new layer in the working file.

44. When the Brush Tool is active, the [ and ] keys will decrease and increase the diameter of the brush, and Shift + [ or ] will change the hardness of the brush.

45. Press Alt to make the Burning Tool act as the Dodge Tool, and vice versa.

46. ​​When creating text, pressing Enter creates new line To finish writing, press Ctrl+Enter or Enter on the numeric keypad.

47. You can move the layer to any other open image in Photoshop, i.e. a copy of the layer will be created. Hold Shift while dragging and the contents of the layer will be inserted clearly in the center.

48. After applying the filter, its effect can be softened using the Fade function by pressing Shift+Ctrl+F.

49. You can copy a layer mask by dragging it with Alt pressed onto another layer.

50. You can easily get a horizontal one from the vertical Grid guide by selecting the Move Tool, holding Alt and clicking on the guide itself. And vice versa.

Any photo processing can be compared to developing film - without this, you won’t be able to get an impressive result. In the simplest case, the frame is edited by the camera. We don't even notice it. But in-camera algorithms do not always work perfectly. Firstly, the camera's capabilities are limited (the processor is not as powerful as in a computer). Secondly, automation cannot accurately predict your creative ideas, so it will produce an average result.

By the way, the author’s ideas are not always realized even in ideal shooting conditions. For example, when photographing in low light, we often get “noisy” shots. What to do if the camera cannot cope with noise on its own? In this situation, you should resort to post-processing in a photo editor.

In this article we will look at how to remove noise from an image. This is one of the first operations with which photo retouching begins. We will be working in Photoshop CC. All screenshots were taken in the operating room MacOS system, but in Windows windows and the settings dialogs look similar.

There are several ways to remove noise in Adobe Photoshop; we will look at the two simplest ones.

We recommend duplicating the original layer and performing all operations with noise on a copy of the layer. If the correction turns out to be very strong, you can always reduce the transparency of the layer or add a mask to it to remove the effect from certain areas of the image.

To duplicate a layer, use the keyboard shortcut Command+J or select menu item Layer → Duplicate Layer.

Removing noise in a RAW converter

You should start working with noise at the RAW conversion stage. This is what will allow you to get an image of maximum quality without loss of detail. By the way, sometimes it is better to leave a little noise, but preserve details in the image, than to get a “clean”, but blurred and undetailed picture.

But even if you are processing an image that has already been converted or taken in JPEG format, you can use the module Adobe Camera Raw for conversion, it works great on any images.

To launch Camera Raw, you must either open the RAW file in Photoshop or use the menu item Filter → Camera Raw Filter/"Camera Raw Filter".

In Adobe Camera Raw, noise reduction controls are located on the Detail/"Detailing".

Noise is usually divided into two components: color (Color) and brightness (Luminance). The color component is visually expressed in the form of multi-colored grains and can be removed quite well. The brightness component is grain. And here, when making adjustments, the main thing is to find a balance between the moment when noise interferes with the perception of the image, and the moment when the photo becomes “plastic” due to excessive blurring of details in the process of dealing with noise.

Often it is enough to remove only the color noise. The brightness is left because it is more similar to film grain and does not interfere with the perception of the image. Work with noise removal should be carried out at 100% image magnification and select the values ​​of all parameters based on the structure and size of the photo.

Let's now look at the parameters that you can influence when removing noise in Adobe Camera Raw.

Color noise:

Color- the impact force of the tool. The higher the value, the greater the effect on the color component. 0 - the impact level is 0, the parameter is not applied.

Color Detail preserves color detail in border areas. High values ​​protect fine, detailed color boundaries, but may cause color spots. Low values ​​provide better noise control, but may cause color loss. Anything outside this radius will be perceived as noise and choked.

Smoothness/“Smoothness of color” helps combat remaining color artifacts. Raise the values ​​if the color spots do not go away.

Luminance Noise (default off):

Luminance- force of influence.

Luminance Detail- everything outside this radius will be perceived as noise and choke. The lower this value, the greater the loss of detail and the softer the image becomes, but more noise is removed. Increasing the value of this parameter preserves more detail, but also leaves more noise.

Contrast/“Brightness contrast”- adding local contrast in border areas while preserving details. If you increase the values, the noise will return, but the image will become more contrasty.

All these and many other photo retouching techniques are discussed and described in detail in the course at Fotoshkola.net.

Here are 100% frame fragments at different stages of noise removal:

Removing noise using the Reduce Noise filter

The second way to remove noise is to use a filter Reduce Noise: Filter → Noise/"Noise" → Reduce Noise.

Let's take a photo taken at ISO 12800 with pronounced noise.

This filter has two operating modes: Basic/"Basic" and Advanced/"Advanced". And any set of parameters can be saved as a preset by clicking on the icon in the header of the parameters block. Then the selected settings can be used for all photographs in a series or for all photographs taken at the same ISO value.

The following parameters are available for adjustment here.

The possibilities of Photoshop are endless: with the help of this program you can create luxurious visualizations, the desired atmosphere, emphasize the mood of the picture or completely transform it. It is not always necessary to spend hours or even days processing one photo - often just a few minutes and knowledge of a few techniques in Photoshop are enough.

You will learn how to:

Getting rid of “ladders” in the gradient

Often the use of a gradient leaves behind “ladders” - color transitions visible to the naked eye. Many designers have no idea how to get rid of them, although there is a simple and quick way. First, change the image mode from 8-bit to 16-bit in the tab Image. Convert the layer to a smart object if it is not one - you can do this in the tab Filters. Find the item here Blur and turn it on Surface Blur. By moving the sliders, achieve a result that suits you.

If after blurring there are several sharp transitions left, create a new layer using the key combination Ctrl+Shift+N, select the mode in the window that opens Overlay/Overlay and check the function Fill with Overlay-neutral color. Open the tab Filters, Choose a section Noise and turn on the instrument Add Noise. In the window that opens, set the value that will help hide the remaining transitions.

How to make the gradient softer

Create the effect of sun rays

To add rays of the sun to an image, first you need to select the lightest areas of the picture - it is from there that the sun will shine. The easiest way to do this is with a tool Color Range.

When the tool window opens, select the mode from the first drop-down list Backlight/Highlights. Then move the parameter slider Scatter/Fuzziness to the left and focus your attention on the parameter Range. You need to make sure that the lightest areas of the image are selected.

As soon as you press the “OK” button, the program itself will select the desired areas - copy them to a new layer using the Ctrl+J command and convert the layer into a smart object. Go to the tab Filters, select Blur and then - Radial Blur. In point Blur Method put Linear/Zoom and set the parameter Quantity/Amount to the maximum. In a small window on the right, the program will show how the blur will be located - it is very important to correctly mark the center, which should coincide with the light source.

To make the rays more saturated, just duplicate the layer using the Ctrl+J command the required number of times. Select all created layers, right-click on them in the list of layers and select Convert to Smart Object. Now all that's left to do is add a little blur: go to Blur Gallery and select a tool Field Blur- with its help you can adjust the degree of blurring in different areas of the layer.

If you want to make your image more realistic, try different layer blending effects; You can also create a mask and remove some rays from the image using the tool Brush Tool. To make the picture even more attractive, you can create a fill layer, set its transparency to about 3-5%, or experiment with the tool Curves.

How to Create a Sunburst Effect in Photoshop

An unusual way to control brightness using Curves

Everyone who works in Photoshop uses the tool Curves, but few people know what horizontal Curve, but its use is one of the simplest and most convenient techniques in Photoshop.

To test a new way to use the tool, open any image, create an adjustment layer Hue/Saturation, reduce the parameter Saturation to minimum and set the layer to blend mode Soft Light. Then create a layer with Curves, apply it to the saturation layer by long-clicking on it Alt key, and make a neat horizontal curve. Select the hand icon from the panel Curves and click on the fragment whose brightness you are not satisfied with - now you can easily control the light and dark areas of the image with the mouse without affecting the shades.

The horizontal curve is a convenient way to control brightness without affecting shades

Making the sky more saturated

Open the desired image in Photoshop and create a new fill layer on top of it. For color, choose a darker shade of the sky. Now make sure that the color layer remains only on the sky - turn on the mask and go over the desired areas using Brushes/Brush Tool. Then go to Blending Options- we are interested in the settings Blend, if. Move the cursor to the arrow next to the parameter Underlying Layer and click on it while holding down the Alt key - the arrow will split into two parts, by moving which you can achieve the desired effect. If you overdid it and the sky turned out to be too saturated, you can always change the layer's opacity.

It's easy to create a dramatic effect

Create a rain effect

Photoshop already has a special function for creating a rain effect, you just need to find it. Go to the tab Window, select item Operations/Actions, and then - Image Effects. Find the tool in the list that opens Light Rain, select it and click the arrow at the bottom of the window. The program will create the effect itself, but you can adjust it manually.

The rain effect can be created in a couple of minutes

Change the time of day in a minute

First, create an adjustment layer Color Lookup, in the tool settings, find the file NightFromDay.CUBE- the image will already change colors. Then create a new adjustment layer Gradient Map. Among the gradients you need to find Blue1/Blue1 or create the one you need yourself. Once the gradient layer is created, change its blending mode to Soft Light. All that remains is to correct the image using the tool Curves.

Hi all! There is such an interesting tool in Photoshop - the mix brush. It has many different possibilities and uses, especially in drawing.

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Postcard for the holiday.

Hello, dear subscribers and guests of the site

Today we are talking about how to make a postcard for some holiday yourself. And since March 8 is just around the corner, we will make a postcard Happy March 8th. I will show only the most basic things, and you can use your imagination...

It's really simple work, no problem, but this site is for beginners! I hope that you will learn at least something useful for yourself. And also under the video you will see links to download materials for creating postcards for the 3rd holidays: March 8, Valentine's Day and Defender of the Fatherland Day. 2 of them have already passed, but there will be next year.

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Greetings to all Photoshop lovers!

This wonderful program has a lot of different filters with which you can make interesting and beautiful processing of our photos very quickly and easily. I suggest you get acquainted with two filters and see what effects you can create in Photoshop with their help (a small part of them!). After watching the video and reading the text option, try to experiment and come up with your own options, it’s very interesting and you’ll definitely succeed!