If you are having trouble selecting objects in your Photoshop file and having to search through the layers pallet to find objects it may be because you have not setup the Auto select option. By default Photoshop does not have these settings enabled. If you can’t select an object using the select tool try the following:
1. Ensure your layers pallet is open. Go to Windows in the top menu and select Layers or use the shortcut (F7).
2. To do this tick the Enable Auto select box and choose Layers from the dropdown menu option. Now you will be able to click on an object and move them around quickly.
Do you want a nifty tool that can select and match colours on your screen?
I use a great tool called Colorpix. The picker located the pixels under your mouse pointer and tells you what the colour is in different colour formats.
There is nothing to install after you download it. Although it can copy the values directly onto the clipboard, I usually just check the colour and minimise it for later use.
You can use it’s magnifier to zoom in for exact matching too.
Download this nifty Colorpix tool.
(Requires Windows 98/2000/ME/XP/Vista)
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