[g:tech]

Hi, gang!

Here's an topic that's always interested me since I'm too lazy to read the manual:

What are some of your favorite / most useful keyboard commands for Photoshop?

I use particularly:

X - toggles the foreground / background colors

ctrl + double-click (on blank screen) - basically same thing as going "File->New"

[ and ] keys - toggle brush sizes smaller and bigger

alt + backspace - fill with foreground color

drag while holding control + alt - duplicates and moves whatever you just drew. Hold shift to line up multiple items nicely.

drag while holding control - simply moves stuff around

drag while holding spacebar - moves image around if bigger than screen

I know some of these are like "Well, DUH!!" tips, but you never know what kind of shortcuts help people out. I find new shortcuts all the time, especially when I hear the pros talk. I love hearing them, since they're such timesavers.

Post your favorite, most-useful shortcuts! Even if one person learns one useful command, we've helped out a hungry Photoshop soul!

Let em rip!



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-g:tech

[waylon]

I pretty much just use the ones you posted, with a few minor additions...

Ctrl-Plus and Ctrl-Minus to zoom in and out

Ctrl-E to merge a layer with the one underneath it, or to merge all linked layers

Ctrl-Alt-Z to undo multiple actions (my GOD was I happy when I found this one!)

And of course, hotkeys for the various brushes and tools, which you can get just by holding the mouse over the tool's icon.

[phreaknasty]

funny thing, i was formulating just such a post when i came across your. all righty then....

shift & "+" or "-" changes the current tool's painting mode or if a tool with no painting mode option is selected then the it changes the layers "interaction" mode

ctrl [ or ] move layer up or down respectively

shift ctrl [ or ] move layer to the top or bottom

ctrl click on a layer to load it as a selection

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most likely obvious ones:

"d" sets foreground color to white and background to black (default)

alt & ctrl "-" or "+" zooms image as well as the image's window unlike ctrl& "-" or "+"

alt & delete fills entire image or selection with foreground color (when text layer is selected it changes text color)

shift & drag constrains along x or y axis or in the case of the line or drag tool, it hold you to 45 degree increments add a alt and you get a duplicate layer moving along the x or y axis

shift & arrow keys moves object in increments of ten (

***and a question... ctrl & alt & "t" used to bring up the numeric transform dialog box, but no longer. anyone know the new hotkey?***

if these weren't too obvious i can post some more pertaining to selection manipulation?

[Thorn]

My favourite shortcut, hmmmm....

Allrighty, need more canvas?

Zoom out until you can see grey around the pic. Select the crop tool and do a marquee around your drawing, whatever. Grab one of the handles and drag it out into the gray area. Double click, and whalla! more canvas.

[g:tech]

waylon: thank you for the control-E command! That will save me a lot of clicking!!

phreaknasty: nice tips!! almost all of them I didn't know about. I can't believe I didn't know about "d" resetting the colors! That'll be handy. And please DO post more if you have them! Even the pros miss some of the easier ones, I'm sure. I'm not saying I'm a pro by any means, but i didn't know about "D" hahahahrhrahrhrehrh! I'm glad I do now!

Thorn: Cool one! I couldn't get it to work until I realized I was using the marquee tool and not the crop tool. Duhhhhh...

Another one I use a lot is:

ctrl+shift+U = desaturate image.


Anyone got any other really cool / obscure ones? Now that I think about it, most of these are listed right next to the command in the toolbar, but some aren't. I'm sure we'd like to see more that aren't readily apparent!



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[tyron]

the shortcut i may not find most useful, but i do use it alot is ctrl-alt-0 (zero), it zooms out/in to 100%

[Isric]

I just found

F- full screen edit

[zeebit]

ctrl + shift + j takes a selection from its layer and pastes it onto a new one.
"q' toggles the quickmask mode

[Moose]

i like the fact that you can switch between dodge and burn by holding down the option/alt key.

x and d kick ass.....

every one of the tools on the tool bar's shortcuts... command+option+z will move upward in the history pallete...

shift and the + - keys will change the layer effect.... that is very useful.

Actions are GOD. i have a flatten layers action set to F5.... saves so much time. ACtions are teh ultimate custimizable shortcuts...

commmand " is nice, as well as command ; to turn the grid off ( " ) and to turn guides on or off ( ; )

quick mask switching -- press "Q"

if you turn capslock on your brush will turn to a precise brush with the tool you are using.

i know i use more, but i cant remember them all right now

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[zapman]

this was on ARTCAMP (underwork)



print the image out. Pin-up the print near your computer. When working in Photoshop, keep referring to the print as a Quick Reference.

[Shousetsu]

does anyone know if you can paste something in a selection and have it resize itself to fit it? Like the ctrl+shift+L shortcut in PaintShop Pro, I really loved that.

[X-pLaGue]

i'm gonna print this thread..

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[Moose]

yes there is. It may differ slightly from PSP, but i think photoshop handles it better. When you paste something into a photoshop document, it automatically puts it on a new layer. so you can do one of the following:

1. select taht new layer and use the shortcut -- command/control T and it will bring up the "transform" box. you can resize however you want to from there.

2. hold Command/control and click on the new pasted layer. This will select everything on that layer in a marque.you can transform, copy, cut, paste, mask or do what your heart desires here

3. make a selection with the marque, laso, or whatever and then do command/control + shift + V. That is the "Paste into" shortcut. you can get to it by going to the Edit menu.

hope this helps

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[This message has been edited by Moose (edited August 12, 2000).]

[StewartStudio]

Shift + F5 = fill

Ctrl + Shift + N = new layer

Use the crop tool to enlarge the canvas, by placing the selection to crop and then dragging it so it is bigger than the image, then just press enter.

Chris Stewart http://www.stewartstudio.com

[eetu]

is there a way to get the brush-size ([ and ]) hotkeys to work / remap them or something - when using a non-us keymap ?

you see we don't have the [ and ] keys in scandinavian keyboards, and i believe we're not the only ones..

eetu.

[Darkmoon]

hmmmm the most ones i use are.....

ctrl n = new

alt a = select all

ctrl d = deselect
and uhm b for brush... and uh for people who visit... caps lock changes the brushes from precice to the regular ones...
oh yeah. i use x alot too.... and delete but thats not really a hotkey...

-Lisa