In this quick tip you will learn how to open two windows in Photoshop. For more quick tips, checkout the article on the Photoshop quick tip series.

When you are zoomed into an image in Photoshop making modifications, you sometimes need to see the overall result of your work. This involves zooming in and out of an image to see the results which can be rather time consuming. There is an easy solution to this problem. Simply go to menu bar and select Window > Arrange > New Window.




This will basically open up a new window of your current PS document. So if you make changes to the zoomed image, the results will be updated immediately in the new window. This allows you to see the overall PS document when you making modifications.

In this Photoshop quick tip series you will learn how to revert back to the original features of your image/file.

When you make lot of modifications to your image, you will sometimes need to revert back to the original features. Of course you can use undo, but this only has a certain number of undo slots. So if need to undo a lot of changes then this is not possible. You can the history panel as well, but this also has the same problem. Although you can increase the number of history slots from the Photoshop preferences.

To revert back to the original settings you select File > Revert or F12 on the keyboard. When you select this option, all the changes you had made to this file will get removed and will return to its original settings.

In this Photoshop quick tip you will learn how to quickly switch to full screen mode. This is part 20 of the PQTS.

There are three screen modes in Photoshop with the default view being the most common. The default is when the screen shows all the palettes, menu bars and other screen elements.

To change to the full screen mode, you press the ‘F’ key on the keyboard. When you press this key you will notice the size of your current document expand while the menu bar still remains. If you press the ‘F’ key again, you will see the menu bar disappear while the background of Photoshop turns to a black colour.

You can also change to a different screen mode from the menu bar by selecting View > Screen mode.

This is part 19 of the Photoshop quick tip series where you will learn how to hide the workspace in Photoshop.

Hiding the workspace removes the toolbar and the palettes from view in Photoshop. This can be useful if you have an extremely large image and wish to see the whole image without zooming out.

To hide workspace including all the panels and palettes you select the Tab key on the keyboard, and you will be left with the following image in Photoshop. As you can see, only the menu bar still remains.

You can also only hide the palettes by selecting Shift + Tab which will leave the tool bar in place.

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This is part 18 of the Photoshop quick tip series where you will learn about the updating of fonts in Photoshop.



Did you know you can update fonts without needing to restart Photoshop, or have PS initially closed down? You can simply place the font file inside the system font folder and PS will update the changes instantly. So, for example if you have downloaded a new font from the internet, you can place the font inside the system font folder and use the new font straight away. The default location for font’s folder in windows is Start > Control Panel > Fonts.

If you want some free fonts, checkout my post on 8 free manga fonts and 8 free graffiti fonts.

This is part 17 of the Photoshop quick tip series where you will learn how to repeat he last filter you applied to your image. Remember to subscribe to keep up to date with all the Photoshop quick tips.

Assuming you have already open up Photoshop and applied a filter to your image. To repeat the same filter, you simply select Ctrl + F on the keyboard, and you should notice the filter being applied again. The alternative method is to go through the menu bar by selecting Filter then choosing the first menu item. I applied a noise filter to my image, so will see the ‘Add Noise’ item. If you look very carefully you will see the shortcut keys beside the menu item which is Ctrl + F.

Did you know you can also open up the last filter dialog box by selecting Ctrl + Alt +F on the keyboard? This is useful if you wish to make adjustments before applying the filter again.

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In this tutorial you will learn how to create a black and white sketch effect using the threshold adjustment and various filters. The black and white sketch gives the effect of a hand drawn picture using black and white paint. I have used a free stock image of a woman, a full list of free stock images can be found here. This effect works best if you use a self portrait image.


Black and white sketch effect

Step 1

Open an image in Photoshop.




Step 2

Select Image > Adjustments > Threshold and adjust the threshold levels to your liking and click ok. I have set my level to 109.




Step 3

Add a diffuse filter by selecting Filter > Stylize > Diffuse and select the option Anisotropic and click ok.




Step 3

Now add a sharpening filter by selecting Filter > Sharpen > Sharpen edges.



You should now have a black and white sketch effect.