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: What is your favorite Photoshop design tool and why? Simply wondering what your favorite or most used tools are when you are (web)designing in photoshop. This way we maybe get new insights on

@Smith574

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Simply wondering what your favorite or most used tools are when you are (web)designing in photoshop.
This way we maybe get new insights on the tools and how to use them. Never hurts to learn right?

I will kick off:

Favorite 1: gradient tool

Why: Basically to create subtle differences in color shades to give elements more depth.

Examples:



Favorite 2: Transform tool (Especially warp)

Why: Mostly to create unique shadows.

Examples:



Surely hope this won't get closed since i think we can learn alot from eachother.

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@Hamm6457569

There are too many. Deke McLelland did an excellent "Top 40" a while back that covers a lot of ground, and any of those is a candidate.

Currently, I'd say that Smart Objects and Mask Edge are my current hot favorites, but there are a great many core capabilities I couldn't live without, layers, blending modes and opacity masks being right up there at the top.

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@Megan533

Opacity masks. Before I discovered 'em compositing was a nightmare, particularly with any kind of photorealism. Being able to control the alpha of each layer, particularly with a soft edge, makes life oh-so-easier.

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@Pierce403

Layers pallet. Once upon a time there were no such critter and the widows and orphans would gnash teeth and rend hair as the handful of designers around the world struggled with channel addition and subtraction.

I don't think I could ever explain how game changing layers were for Photoshop users.

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