By After you make a selection while working in Photoshop CS6, you’re ready to use one of the Fill options. You can use the Fill dialog box to fill the selection with the foreground or the background color; you can also choose to fill the selection with color, black, white, gray, a pattern, history, or content. Photoshop is full of shortcuts and options. Here are just a few:. With the selection active, press Alt+Backspace (Option+Delete on the Mac) to fill the selection with the foreground color. All areas within the selection, including transparent areas, fill with the color. Fill only the pixels in a selection with the foreground color, leaving any transparent pixels transparent, by pressing Alt+Shift+Backspace (or Option+Shift+Delete on the Mac).
Lock the transparent pixels in a layer (and its selections) by clicking the Transparency icon in the Lock area of the Layers panel. If you’re working on the Background layer, you can also fill the selection with the background color by pressing the Backspace (Delete on the Mac) key. This opens the Fill dialog box.
Choose your desired Fill option from the Use drop-down menu. (pop-up menu on the Mac) (Pressing Backspace/Delete on other layers creates a transparent area that shows the image in the layer underneath the selection.).
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May 09, 2014 Now, I thought on mac that to fill with foreground color you hit Apple+Delete and to fill with background you hit Option+Delete It is doing the exact OPPOSITE for me. I hit Apple+Delete (or even backspace) and it fills with my background color which is white. If I hit Option+Delete (or backspace) it fills with my foreground color.
By selecting the Color option in the Fill dialog box, you access the Color Picker where you can select any color of the rainbow to fill your selection. Select the Content-Aware option in the Fill dialog box to fill the selection with similar content that’s close to your selection. If you are trying to create a realistic composite, be sure to look at the results closely.
Sometimes this option can create soft or choppy edges. Credit: ©iStockphoto.com/TriggerPhoto/Image #11338536. Select the Pattern option in the Fill dialog box to fill the selection with a pattern. Click the arrow next to the pattern swatch and select a pattern from the drop-down panel.
Click the Pattern panel menu to select more pattern libraries. Select the History option in the Fill dialog box to restore the selection to a state or snapshot of the image. Paint part or all the interior of the selection by using any of the Brush tools. This option lets you partially fill a selection by using a bit of flexibility and creativity. When you paint a selection by using Brush tools, Photoshop confines the paint inside the boundaries of your selection. Pour color from the Paint Bucket tool into the selection.
When working in Photoshop, simple tasks can become a hindrance to your workflow. To help out, we've got a great selection of Photoshop shortcuts right here, all guaranteed to speed up your workflow once you get the hang of them.
We've also got free to create stunning effects and some brilliant to help you put them into practice. Want to change the size of your text? Deselect a layer or merge a series of layers? We've got you covered. There are also some handy hints for brushes, saving and closing, and viewing options. Whether you're using an old version of CS or the latest update, these shortcuts are guaranteed to speed up your workflow.
(Prefer a quick visual guide instead? Take a look at our handy.). Manipulating and arranging layers is simple with these great Photoshop shortcuts 01. Create New layer. MAC: Shift+Cmd+N. WINDOWS: Shift+Ctrl+N Get started on your latest project in next to no time with this handy shortcut that instantly whips up a new layer and dialogue box.
Create new layer behind selected layer. MAC: Ctrl+New Layer icon. WINDOWS: Cmd+New Layer Icon Mastering the new layer shortcut is a doddle, so once you're ready to drop in a layer behind it, be sure to use this shortcut. Fill a layer. MAC: Alt+Backspace (foreground) or Cmd+Backspace (background). WINDOWS: Alt+Delete (foreground) or Ctrl+Delete (background) This command will fill an empty later with the current foreground or background colour.
Flatten layers. MAC: Cmd+Alt+Shift+E. WINDOWS: Ctrl+Alt+Shift+E Add a new, empty layer to the top of your stack, select it and use the above command to flatten the layers in an image to sharpen the result. This adds a flattened version of the image to the new layer but leaves the stacked layers intact too. Merge visible layers. MAC: Cmd+Shift+E.
WINDOWS: Ctrl+Shift+E This command enables you to merge all your existing layers to create one new layer. Once merged, they're extremely difficult to separate. Stamp down selected layers. MAC: Cmd+Alt+E.
WINDOWS: Ctrl+Alt+E Once you've selected your layers, use this command to merge them into just one layer. To see them merged as a new layer, simply add in the Shift modifier. This is useful if you need to make adjustments later on. New layer via copy. MAC: Cmd+J. WINDOWS: Ctrl+J Use this command to create a new layer from an existing one.
Sound complicated? Give it a go! New layer via cut. MAC: Cmd+Shift+J.
WINDOWS: Ctrl+Shift+J Like creating a new layer via copy, this command will create a new layer with the selected image area in it. The only difference via cut is that it will remove the selected image portion from the original image. Bring layer to top of stack. MAC: Cmd+Shift+. WINDOWS: Ctrl+Shift+ Here, you can move your preferred layer to the top of the stack of images you're working with in Photoshop. Send layer to bottom of stack. MAC: Cmd+Shift+.
WINDOWS: Ctrl+Shift+ Yep, this is pretty self-explanatory. It does exactly the same as the command above, but in the opposite direction. Bring layer forward. MAC: Cmd+. WINDOWS: Ctrl+ This Photoshop shortcut enables you to bring any selected image to the front. Send layer back. MAC: Cmd+.
WINDOWS: Ctrl+ If you decide to change your mind, you can always select the image and send it to the back of the pile. Copy multiple layers.
MAC: Shift+Cmd+C. WINDOWS: Shift+Ctrl+C Draw a selection, then use this command to take every layer into the clipboard, rather than just the current layer selection. Next page: Selections.