Photoshop Quick Tip: More Tips For Your Tools

I’m sure you are well aware that when you roll your mouse over any tool in the toolbar in Photoshop, you’ll get a little tooltip letting you know the name of the tool and it’s shortcut key.

What you might not know, is that in the Info palette, you can get further hints about how to use any particular tool. Choose Window > Info if the Info palette is not already open. If you don’t see a tip at the bottom of the palette then go to the Info palette menu and choose Palette options, from there click on the checkbox for Show Tool Hints.

Now try picking a few different tools and check out the extra tips in the Info palette.