The 19 most used shortcuts in Photoshop
8 Dec, 2007If you’re one of those who like things done fast, and don’t like the mouse. I advise you to use the 19 shortcuts.
- Combining Visible Layers [Crtl+Shift+E] Combines all the visible layers on screen.
- Adjusts the screen [Crtl+0] it zooms until you use all the space available on the screen.
- Zoom + [Crtl++] Increases the zoom.
- Zoom - [Crtl+-] Decreases the zoom.
- The Hand Tool [Space] By holding this key of your keyboard you’ll have it right there.
- Palettes [Tab] Hide/Show the palettes (history, layers, histogram, etc).
- New Layer [Crtl+Shift+N] Creates a new layer.
- New layer without confirmation [Crtl+Alt+Shift+N] Creates a new layer without it’s confirmation.
- Cut [Crtl+Alt+C] Selects the cutting tool.
- Undo [Crtl+Z]
- Back [Crtl+Alt+Z] It goes back to the last changes
- Forward [Crtl+Shift+Z] It goes forward on the changes.
- Next window [Crtl+Tab] It allows you to choose the next window among the open ones at photoshop.
- Previous window [Crtl+Shift+Tab] It allows you to choose the previous window among the open ones at photoshop.
- Brush [B]
- Help [F1]
- Select all [Crtl+A]
- Invert selection [Crtl+Shift+I]
- Transform selection [Crtl+Alt+Shift+A]
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3 Responses to “The 19 most used shortcuts in Photoshop”
By Alissa Orlando on Dec 8, 2007 | Reply
Adobe’s Photoshop software is a very powerful image editing program that is by far the market leader for editing image files. I use Photoshop extensively when creating, and editing images for the web sites that I design. Almost all professional photographers and printers also use Photoshop to create all of the wonderful images that appear in magazines, billboards, and even on television. I am not the best artist in the world, but with Photoshop I have enough power to create brilliant images with tools that are built-in to the software.
The coolest thing about Photoshop is that even as powerful as it is out of the box, there are many different plug-ins to make Photoshop even more powerful. The Photoshop plug-ins can be grouped into a few major categories which include 3D, color management, digital asset management, photographic, retouching, and special effects.
The Photoshop plug-ins which are available can help perform tasks much faster and more efficiently than performing these tasks by hand. The 3D plug-ins are used to create 3D images and type very quickly and elegantly. The color management Photoshop plug-ins can create new colors to correspond to the printer that you are using, or the monitor that you are using to create your graphics. The digital asset management plug-ins are used to organize all of the digital images that you have created so that finding the correct image is much easier than without it. The photographic ones give many different professional lens techniques that you can apply to any picture to create amazing effects.
The retouching plug-ins can intelligently change the contrast, color, sharpness, and many other common filters to make a picture look as crisp as possible. The special effects plug-ins are my favorite, because they can make a rather plain image into something fantastic. If you use Photoshop on a regular basis, then you need to look at some of the plug-ins that are available, because they can make your life much easier, and your graphics look much better.
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By ARTEgami on Dec 9, 2007 | Reply
I agree with you Alissa.
Thats why I am sharing a list of free plugins for Photoshop.. Because, as you said… they are really helpful.
thanks for your comment