Today's Discovery

[TonyW]

Every day, it seems, I discover something I didn't know - from others in the forums, tutorials, books etc and once in a while I find something myself while playing around that I didn't know. So thought I'd share today's discovery although you probably already know it.

I knew that to draw a straight line with the pencil or a brush you click on the beginning and shift click on the end and PSE3 draws a straight line between the two points which is very handy if, like me, you can't draw a straight line. Move the cursor again and shift click and you get series of connected straight lines. What I didn't know is that it also works with the other "brush" tools such as the selection brush, the clone tool and the healing brush. Does come in useful for making selections of objects that have straight lines and for cloning or healing straight sections.

BTW I discovered it while painting an old house. The painter hadn't finished the job and I needed a picture with the peeling paint on the siding covered up. It was getting rather tedious until I found I could clone a whole length of siding in one go by clicking on one end and shift clicking on the other.

Tony

[Jodi Frye]

Hi Tony, it works with almost every tool ! Try it with the eraser, clone etc... Yes it's very handy.

[willpresley]

That is amazing -- I'd never have thought to try it. Now I know -- Thanks, Tony

[Pauline]

I knew I read that tip somewhere, but could never remember it when I needed it!! I just wrote it down with my others that I find handy. It is in the elements hot tips booklet though.

[cathy]

Thanks :)

[DanielleL]

Excellent, Tony! Thanks.


Danielle