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    Photoshop tips to boost your skills: Scratch Disk, Image Fill, Masks, Brushes, Vignettes

    May 05, 2020 6 minutes
    BY JD SARTAIN

    When you’re ready to boost your Adobe Photoshop skills, try one of these features to work some magic with your images. We start with what to do when your Scratch Disk fills up, then dive right into tips for getting started with Content-Aware Fill, Clipping Mask, Brushes, and Vignettes.

    THE PHOTOSHOP SCRATCH DISK IS FULL

    Photoshop uses the Scratch Disk to store its temporary files, such as the working and history files. If your Scratch Disk is full, save your file, then restart Photoshop. The Scratch Disk is cleared when you exit the program.

    The default Scratch Disk is the C:\ drive. Adobe advises against using the operating system drive for your Scratch Disk unless it’s the only drive available. Here’s how to select another drive for the Scratch Disk.

    1. To edit or change the Scratch Disk, select Edit > Preferences > Scratch Disks.

    Because C:\ is the default Scratch Disk drive, it’s listed first and checked off in the Active column. If you have multiple drives

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