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Gamut warning – shows the colors which cannot be printed. Grey is a good color which is “out of gamut”. Gamut warning appears mostly in bright area of the image.

• View > Gamut warning (Ctrl+Shift+Y)

Zoom in – magnify the image (Ctrl+). (Ctrl -) to zoom out.

• View > Zoom in (Ctrl+)
• View > Zoom out (Ctrl -)

Fit on screen – it scale the image and make it fit to the window size.

• View > Fit on screen (Ctrl+0)

Actual pixel – scale the document to its original size.

• View > Actual pixels (Ctrl+Alt+0)

Print size – same as actual pixel

• View > Print size

Screen mode – modify the screen mode options to view the image on entire screen. There are 4 types of screen mode. They are

• Standard – default mode in photoshop with menu bar at the top and scroll bar on the side.
• Maximized – fills all available space between the docks
• Full screen mode with menu bar – shows the selected document in full screen with menu bar on the top and has no title bar.
• Full screen mode – show only the document with tool box and no menu or title bar.

Show extras – non printing objects like grid, guide line, slices, selection edges, etc can be hidden or shown to select and move.

• View > Show extra

Rulers – help in positioning the images or objects. It is visible at the top and left side of the document.

• View > Rulers

Show – show/ hide rulers, layer edges, etc.

• View > show >
• Layer edges – shows the edges of the layer which has been selected
• Rulers – show/hide the rulers
• Grid – similar as rulers (Ctrl+’)
• Slice – used in web designing. Enabling this option show/hide the boundary of the slice.
• All – enable all the above options

Snap to – helps in placing the images accurately

• View > Snap (Shift+Ctrl+;)

Lock guides – lock the guide line from moving it.

• View > Lock guide (Alt+Ctrl+;)

Filters

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Filters are used to modify an image like making an image sharpen or blur, modifying its color, shape or form, etc.

Artistic – for painting effect on the image.
Blur – retouch an image and soften the pixel.
Brush stroke – like artistic, give an ink or brush stroke effects.
Distort – bend and wrap an image.
Sketch – give the image a hand-drawn look. It uses foreground and background colors for sketching.
Noise – increase or reduce film grain. Used to create unusual texture and remove dust and scratches in an image.
Pixelate – clump pixels of same color value. Give image a pixelized look.
Render – create lighting, cloud effect, 3d shapes.
Sharpen – sharpen the edges of image.

Select

Tweet Select – Separate one or more part of an image. It help in editing, applying filters to the selected area and keep the remaining part to be the same. It include selection of layers, images, path, etc.

• Select > All – select all pixels in a layer. Selection can be deselected (Ctrl+D) or select > Deselect.

Inverse selection – select a part of an image with any selection tool. Invert the selection using Select > Inverse selection (Ctrl+Shift+I)

All layers – select all layers in a document (Ctrl+Shift+A)

Similar layer – select layers of similar type like layers with test or layers with image.

Color range – refine the selection of a particular color range in an existing selection.

• Select > Color range > Sample colors.
• Pick the color to be selected with eye dropper.
• Increase the fuzziness to increase the range of selection
• Selection area will be displayed in white, unselected area in black and partially selected area in grey color.

Refine edges – improves the selected edges of an image and help in viewing the image in different background.

• Radius – increase in radius increase the soft portion around the edge of the image.
• Contrast – make the soft edges crisp.
• Smooth – convert uneven edges to smooth.

Modify – modify the selection in an image.

• Border – select a pixel width in and outside of an existing selection border made in an image. It remove halo effect made around the image.
  • Select > Modify > Border
  • Specify the number of pixel i.e. the width of pixels to be selected in and outside of the selection.
• Smooth – simplifies the selection
  • Select > Modify > Smooth
• Expand – increase the selection area from the existing selection.
  • Select > Modify > Expand
  • Specify the number of pixels to be expanded from the selection.
• Contract – reduce the selection area from the existing selection
  • Select > Modify > Contract
  • Specify the number of pixels to be reduced from the selection

Transform selection – it transforms the selection made around image

• Select > Transform selection

Save selection – selection made in a layer can be saved in the alpha channel

• Select > Save selection

Load selection – selected which has been previously saved can be loaded on an image.

• Select > Load selection