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our hints and tips!
Minimize
your time in Photoshop by using the following shortcuts! Do not
use the following shortcuts with the
ctrl key unless specified. Just press the key on your keyboard.
| Tool |
Keyboard Shortcut |
Move Tool |
v |
Marquee Tool |
m |
Lasso Tool |
l |
Magic Wand |
w |
Crop Tool |
c |
Slice Tool |
k |
Healing Tool |
j |
| Brush Tool |
b |
Clone Stamp |
s |
| Hisory Brush |
y |
| Eraser Tool |
e |
| Gradient/Paint Bucket |
g |
| Blur Tool |
r |
| Dodge Tool |
o |
| Path/Direct Selection Tool |
a |
| Text Tool |
t |
| Pen Tool |
p |
| Shape Tool |
u |
| Notes Tool |
n |
| Eyedropper |
i |
| Hand Tool |
h |
| Zoom Tool |
z |
One of the most important things to know in Photoshop is how to
undo, if you like to use the keyboard shortcut CTRL + Z to undo,
you can change your preferences to allow you to undo more than once.
Choose the Edit menu, then Preferences, then General (you can also
hit CTRL + K). A box will pop up and the third option is Redo Key;
choose CTRL + Y, and now you will no longer toggle between undo
and redo.
More Shortcuts
- Tab - removes all of your toolbars
- Tab key, then "f" key- removes all toolbars and status
bar
- Tab key, then f key, then f key again- removes all toolbars,
status bar, and makes the background of your screen black. This
is nice when you want to present a graphic to your boss or client
without having to close all of your toolbars...try it!
- CTRL + backspace - fills the active layer with the background
color
- ALT + backspace - fills the active layer with the foreground
color
- CTRL + ALT + R - Shows ruler
Transform Tool
Have you ever tried to resize something, but it became distorted
or unportioned? Well here is how to avoid that from happening.
- Select the layer you wish to resize
- Select your Free Transform Tool by clicking the Edit, Transform,
Free Transform or use the keyboard shortcut CTRL
+ t
- While holding shift on your keyboard select the corner of the
object with your mouse and scale down
- Thats it! The image should come out perfect!
***Note*** Do not ever try to make an object bigger
unless you are trying to distort it. If you make it too small use
Edit Undo, your history, or CTRL + z.
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