Adobe Photoshop CS6 Top 100 Simplified Tips and Tricks by Lynette Kent

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! Click the New Layer
button.
@ Press Ô+Delete
(Ctrl+Backspace) to fill
the layer with white.
# Click the New Layer
button again.
$ Click the Layer Mask
button.
% Click Edit ➪ Fill.
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^ Click the Use drop-down
menu and select Pattern.
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& Click the Custom Pattern
drop-down menu and select
Gouache Light on Watercolor.
* Click OK to fill the layer mask.
( Press Ô+J (Ctrl+J) twice to make
two more copies of this painting
layer and mask.
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) Click the top painting layer’s
layer mask.
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q Repeat steps 15 to 18, this time
selecting Washed Watercolor
Paper.
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w Click the Background layer.
e Press Ô+J (Ctrl+J) to duplicate the
Background layer.
r Click and drag the Background
layer copy to the top of the layer
stack.
t Click and drag the Opacity for
the Background copy layer to
about 30%.
TIPS
Important!
Load the Wet Media Brushes from
the gear menu button ( ) in the
Brush picker before you start. If
you click OK rather than Append in
the dialog box when asked to
replace the current brushes, you
will have a shorter list and more
appropriate brushes for painting.
Did You Know?
A true watercolor palette includes
only gray and no black paint at all.
Photoshop’s Watercolor filter in the
Filter Gallery adds too much black
to replicate a traditional watercolor
and also dulls the colors.
Change It!
You can change the settings for
any brush by clicking the Brush
Panel Toggle button ( ) in the
Options bar to open the Brushes
panel. Try clicking the word Texture
and make changes to the scale,
depth, or pattern to add texture to
your brush.
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