On this video Aaron Nace from Phlearn gives six useful tips that should help you be more productive when using Photoshop.
Here are the simple but useful six tips:
- Add more “undo” states – go to Preferences>Performance>History States – increase to around 100 (depending on how strong your computer is and how much memory you can give this.
- Quick export – To change the Quick Export Settings, go to “Photoshop >Preferences> Export” and adjust the settings to your desired output. JPEG is the most common but for transparency use PNG, and for animations use GIF.
- Increase performance – if you have lots of RAM on your machine and you need more power from Photoshop go to – Preferences>Performance>increase up to 80-90 percent (but it will come at the expense of other applications)..
- Use Scratch Disks – this is another way to increase performance – the faster the disk the better (you will need a separate physical drive – SSD or mechanical to really see improvement here – separate partition will not do you much good).
- Set the right color setting – Nice suggest using ProPhoto RGB , which is the largest available color space. Go to “Edit – Color Settings,” and in the “Working Spaces” RGB Dropdown, choose ProPhotoRGB. Be sure to check the boxes in “Color Management Policies” for “Profile Mismatches – Ask When Opening, Ask When Pasting” and “Missing Profiles – Ask when Opening.”
- Learn keyboard shortcuts – see bonus video below.
Bonus video – 5 useful keyboard shortcuts in Photoshop
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vf5qsWO_1VM[/youtube]
You can find many more Photoshop video tutorials on LensVid’s Photoshop section (and you can find a lot more Phlearn videos on our special Phlearn subsection).