I’m all about scrapping efficiently, and I am guessing you are too! Here is a little list of a few of the one key shortcuts that I use all of the time when scrapping. Try them out! Instead of using your mouse to select the tool you would like to use just push the corresponding letter on your keyboard! Keep note that these are pretty basic for all Photoshop progams, but not guaranteed! If you want to know the shortcut key for a tool just hover your mouse over the tool for a few seconds and it should pop up the correct shortcut!
Move Tool: M
Crop Tool: C
Brush Tool: B
Eraser Tool: E
Type Tool: T
[ or ] buttons: increases or decreases size of brush or eraser you are using (one of my favorite shortcuts EVER!)
CTRL + Z: Undo last move (another one of my FAVORITES)
CTRL + D: Deselect
ALT + CTRL + G: Create clipping mask. (this is the command that can vary quite a bit per Adobe Photoshop programs, so to check this just go to >Layer>Create Clipping Mask or >Layer>Group with Previous and the shortcut command will be listed there for your particular program)!
So, these are a few of my most used shortcuts! There are so many shortcuts out there too, but these are the ones I use almost every time I am working in photoshop!
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Anna says
I love using shortcuts!!!
BTW – HMMMM – In CS5 Move Tool: V – Not M. M is for Marquee