I have another tip up over at One Little Word. It's all about drop shadows on your photos! And I have one more tip for ya.
Are you bored by the backround color in Photoshop? I am. And although when I'm in regular preview mode and my screen saver shows through, I till get distracted by it. Here are two examples of what I mean:
This is what my screen looks like by default.
You can see my screen saver + my dashboard items back there and sometimes it get too distracting. Especially when I'm doing a painting ^_^
So when I Switch to a different view mode that get's rid of the back round...
I get this. {blah}
I mean it's ok. But after a while of seeing it for so long it gets super boring.
So to change that backround I simply select my Paint Bucket Tool. Pick a color. Hold down Shift and click on the backround! I chose a blue color and ended up with this
Awww....mucho better. And I can change it anytime I want. The cool part of it is that it stays after you close PS too! So that's neat-o.
A quick note about Full Screen Mode:
It's easier to scale large things down in this view. Also if you have a brush that you want to go off the edge of your project, you can do it in this mode and it won't dissapear from being too large. ( I hope you all know what I mean :) Also...text is a lot easier to work with in this view mode do. I often find myself switching from this to standard because all the other things I have going on are hidden.
Ok...let me stop babbling before I get too confusing lol!
Happy creating!,
-out
