We all have our favorite keyboard shortcuts that make it quicker for us to scrap our pages. I, for one, am totally a keyboard shortcut gal! If I could...I would have a keyboard shortcut for everything on Photoshop!! lol With this post, I am trying to create a ready resource .... of most of our over-used photoshop shortcut keys. Please reply to this if I have left out any glaring ones - I will update this post with those additions The ones I use most often are - Ctrl Z - HAS to be the first one! lol Ctrl G - clips layer to the one below Ctrl J - Copies Layer Ctrl 0 - Fit image to screen Ctrl 1 - View at 100% Ctrl + - Zooms in Ctrl - - Zooms out Ctrl T - Transform ( this one should have been at the top!! ) Alt + Drag - makes copy of the selected layer Ctrl E - Merges Layer to the one below the selected layer Ctrl + Click - Selects the layer of the item you clicked Ctrl D - Deselects Ctrl K - Bucket Fill Ctrl U - Hue Saturation Editing Ctrl F - Repeat the filter you used previously (God send while tweaking shadows across multiple layers! ) Ctrl ] - Increase brush size Ctrl [ - Decrease Brush size Shift ] - Add softer edge to brush Shift [ - Decrease softness from egde of the brush Ctrl+Shift+J - Justify Text Ctrl + N - New document Ctrl + S - Save!!! (Which I forget so many times and suffer!! ) OK - thats for starters! Now the importance of letters and numbers To select each tool in photoshop - you have a corresponding letter that selects it. Easily explained through this pic I found on the net - Then come the numbers. Each number on the keyboard coordinates with the layer opacity. If you want 10% opcaity , press 1. if you want 20%, press 2...so on and so forth. Then come the function buttons. I like my Ctrl buttons so don't end up using these often. F1 - Help or Undo ( You can understand why I prefer my Ctrl Z) F2 - Cut F3 - Copy F4 - Paste F5 - Brush Panel F6 - Colour Panel F7 - Layer Panel F8 - Info Panel F9 - Actions Panel F12 - Revert to saved copy Leaving you with this image which captures everything above n more! I am sure this is just scratching the surface but at least it will get us started! Do add your loved keyboard shortcuts below! [/URL][/IMG]
Thanks for sharing. I never really think much about shortcuts other than Ctrl J. And I just recently figured out that the Ctrl+ meant I could zoom in to read people's journaling in the gallery. Duh.
In PSE, while pressing SPACEBAR you can use the mouse to switch on the grabby hand to move around the document. I often have to use the Ctrl + ] to move an layer up to the top of the layer stack.
I LOVE shortcuts. I don't even know where some of the actual commands are in the menus or icons... because I use mostly the one key shortcuts for like move, marquee, brush, etc. I also created a couple of actions and reassigned some to the F2, F3, etc keys like when I open my finished full sized .jpg of a page I click F5 and that runs my resize for gallery action in the blink of an eye.