This is part five of the Photoshop quick tip series. In this tip you will learn how to quickly change the unit of measurements in Photoshop. The default measurement for Photoshop is in Pixels, but the other measurements include: inches, centimetres, millimetres, points, picas and percent.

There are two ways you can quickly change the measurements. Firstly, you need to have an image open in Photoshop, checkout quick tip 3 to find out how to open a file quickly in PS.

You now need to open up the ‘Rulers view’ by using the shortcut key Ctrl + R. The rulers view is displayed at the top of the image display screen as shown below.




Now move your mouse over the rules view and you should get the following drop down menu seen below.



You should now be able to quicklu change through the different measurements in Photoshop.

This is part four of the Photoshop quick tip series where you will learn how to add a Jigsaw puzzle texture to an image. A jigsaw puzzle texture is basically small interlocking piece which joins together to form an image. For this tutorial you will need to use the texture filter.

1. Open an image in Photoshop.




2. In the menu bar select Filter > Texture > Texturizer from the drop down menu.


3. Select the Load texture button as below, and load up the puzzle texture. The default location for the puzzle texture is Adobe Photoshop > Presets > Texture.




4. You can play around with scaling and the relief. The scaling option will increase/decrease the size of the puzzle shape, and the relief option will increase/decrease the depth of the puzzle edging. There is also the option of change the position of the light.

This is part three of the Photoshop quick tip series. In this tip you will learn how to quickly open a document in Photoshop.

When you need to open a document in Photoshop you normally have to go to File > Open. This takes approximately 2 – 3 seconds depending on how faster your work and the speed of your computer. However, rather than going through the hassle of the File menu, you can quickly open a document in PS by double clicking on the grey PS background.

Yes, it’s really that simple. Double click on the grey background of the PS window, and the open dialog box will appear. Most people don’t actually know you can double click on the background to open a file, but this method can save a lot of time, especially if you use PS frequently.

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This is part two of the Photoshop quick tip series where you will learn how to load the selection of a layer. Loading the selection of a layer involves selecting the areas around the shape or text. Usually when you want to make a selection around a shape/text you need to use the selection tool, but you can also use the load selection feature.

There are two ways you can load the selection in Photoshop. Firstly, you can use the menu bar by choosing Select > Load Selection from the menu bar. Or you use the faster method which will be demonstrated below.

Open up the object/text you want to load the selection. I have used some text for this example.



From the Layers panel select the text icon and then hold down the Ctrl button and click on the text icon.



You will notice your text will now have a selection around it.

In this Photoshop series I will provide quick tips on how to use some of the feature of Photoshop. All of the tips will be short and concise and get straight to the point. Be sure to subscribe or follow me on twitter to stay tuned to all the quick tips.

Quick tip 1 – Merging layer - Learn how to merge layers in Photoshop.
Quick tip 2 - Load selection - Learn how to load the selection of a shape/text.
Quick tip 3 - Quickly open document - Learn how to quickly open documents.
Quick tip 4 - Jigsaw puzzle texture - Create a jigsaw puzzle texture using the texture filter.
Quick tip 5 - Change unit measurement - Quickly change the unit measurements in PS.
Quick tip 6 - Reset zoom - Quickly reset a zoomed in image.
Quick tip 7 - Zoom with mouse - Zoom into an image using the mouse scroll.
Quick tip 8 - Cycle through multiple documents - Quickly cycle through multiple documents in Photoshop.
Quick tip 9 - Increase recent files - Increase the number of recent files in Photoshop.
Quick tip 10 - Select Multiple text layer - Select more than one text layer in Photoshop.
Quick tip 11 - Reset to default settings - Restore original settings in Photoshop.
Quick tip 12 - Cycle through the blend modes - Use keyboard shortcut to cycle through the blend modes.
Quick tip 13 - Select hex colours in Photoshop - Quickly copy hex colours in a html format.
Quick tip 14 - Crosshair problem - Learn how to fix the cross hair problem.
Quick tip 15 - Find centre of image - Locate the actual centre of an image.
Quick tip 16 - Add extra canvas space - Increase the spacing around your canvas.
Quick tip 17 – Redo Filter – Repeat the last filter.
Quick tip 18 - Font update - Font updates in Photoshop.
Quick tip 19 - Hide the workspace - Hide the toolbar and palettes by using shortcut keys.
Quick tip 20 - Full screen mode - Quickly switch to the full screen mode using shortcuts.
Quick tip 21 - Revert original features - Return to the original settings.
Quick tip 22 - Open two window - Open two windows in Photoshop.
Quick tip 23 - Clear purge cache - Clear up the temporary files in Photoshop.
Quick tip 24 - Close multiple windows - Close more than one window quickly.
Quick tip 25 - Black and white image - Three quick ways to turn you image black and white.
Quick tip 26 - The hand tool - Learn how to use the Hand tool.
Quick tip 27 - Seeing font changes - See the changes applied to the fonts.

This is part one of the Photoshop quick tip series. In this quick tip you will learn how to merge layers in Photoshop. Merging layers basically combines the layers together.
There are three different ways you can merge layers in Photoshop.

1. The first method is to use the menu bar which is the least common. You select Layer > Merge Layer on the menu bar. This method takes the longest time to merger all the layers.


2. The second is the most common method. You select all the layers on the layers panel and then right click and select Merge layers.

3. The third method is fastest and simplest way to merge layers. You select all the layers from the layers panel then use the shortcut key Ctrl + E which merges all the layers.