Photoshop is one of the rated designing tools you can find in the digital industry and if you’re not using it, you are surely missing out. This amazing photo editing software can convert your image into a masterpiece. It comes with amazing features that will take your design to a higher level and one of the most interesting things about it is that you can never stop learning.

Whether you’ve been working on the tool for years or you’re just starting, there are hundreds of professional features which are yet to be unveiled. If you are a graphic designer, here are six important Photoshop features you should know.

1. Eyedropper Feature

If you are a graphic designer, what can make you better than your competitors is how well you play with colors to make your images beautiful. Luckily enough, Photoshop has an amazing feature which gives you an opportunity to get your desired colors. If you’ve been using Photoshop for a long time, you already know how important the eyedropper icon is and you can make any image look stunning by using the best colors.

2. Smart object

Performing filtering and non-destructive transforms can make your images look presentable and attention-getting. If you think that your images are looking dull, you can use the smart object feature to transform them in any way you like.

That way, they will look stunning without losing their actual quality. For inspiration, read this post and educate yourself on how to use the smart object to take your designs to a higher level.

3. Channel mixture feature

Colored images look stunning but we cannot deny the fact that at times, a black and white image is more presentable. With Adobe Photoshop software, you can excellently and easily create black and white images. Basically, this photo-editing software comes with high contrast quality and your pictures will look great and portray the intended message accurately.

4. Export As and Exporting Graphics

‘Export As’ feature gives you an opportunity to take your PSD and then export it like an optimized PNG, GIF, SVG or JPEG image. Interestingly, with this feature, it becomes easier to export particular layers as individual pictures and you can as well export various versions of a similar image meaning that it’s possible to export retina graphics at 3x, 2x, full size and half size.

5. Drawing Shapes and Vector Graphics

Have you ever wondered how vector graphics are created? If you have, it’s easy to create them using ‘Shape tools’ or ‘Pen tool’ available in Photoshop.

You can create different shapes according to your personal or customer’s preferences and add grace to your designs.

6. Layer Masks

If you think that two images look better together than individually, you can combine them professionally thanks to Photoshop. Besides, a layer mask allows you to cover up effects or graphics instead of erasing them and blend artwork to make your design look stunning.