Do you wait until an embellishment is completely finished before performing QC checks? I like to check on the fly during my creation process as well as at the end. Today I’m going to share a quick and useful Photoshop or PSE shortcut that lets you look at the flattened version of your embellishment for stray pixels and unwanted outside shadows.
The shortcut function is for “stamp visible layers ” - it will create a flattened version of everything visible in your workspace – but it will be in a new layer.
To start, make sure you don’t have a background layer turned on. Sometimes I use these to check embellishment colors against paper or palette colors. Turn off any solid fill layers before proceeding.
Next click on your topmost visible layer in the layers palette.
Then use the following keyboard combo:
CTRL + ALT + SHIFT + E
You will get a new layer above the other ones with the same results as if you had saved as a .png and then opened it.
Now you can do a quick check:
• apply a 3 px stroke to look for strays or unwanted shadows, if you find some, delete the stamped layer and find the layer with the strays to remove and recheck
• if no strays, just delete the layer and keep going!
I find this to be an extremely useful process when I am building a embellishment with multiple layers, especially when I am adding inking or distressing on some of the layers.
BONUS step --
Do you build your previews in the process of creating your kits too? You can drag the stamped visible version of your embellishment right to your preview as soon as you are done creating it!
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