Saturday, January 02, 2010

Photoshop CS4 Keyboard Shortcuts Tips Tricks for PC

Here are many of Photoshop’s keyboard shortcuts. Some of them are the little known, hidden keystrokes! Feel free to LINK to this page! Enjoy....

Selecting
Draw Marquee from Center
Alt-Marquee
Add to a Selection
Shift
Subtract from a Selection
Alt
Intersection with a Selection
Shift-Alt
Make Copy of Selection w/Move tool
Alt-Drag Selection
Make Copy of Selection when not in Move tool
Ctrl-Alt-Drag Selection
Move Selection (in 1-pixel Increments)
Arrow Keys
Move Selection (in 10-pixel Increments)
Shift-Arrow Keys
Select all Opaque Pixels on Layer
Ctrl-click on Layer Thumbnail (in Layers palette)
Restore Last Selection
Ctrl-Shift-D
Feather Selection
Ctrl-Alt-D or Shift-F6
Move Marquee while drawing selection
Hold Space while drawing marquee
Viewing
Fit on Screen
Double-click on Hand tool or Ctrl-0
100% View Level (Actual Pixels)
Double-Click on Zoom Tool or Ctrl-Alt-0
Zoom in
Ctrl-Space-Click or Ctrl-Plus(+)
Zoom out
Alt-Space-Click or Ctrl-Minus(–)
Hide all tools and palettes
Tab
Hide all palettes except Toolbox and Options bar
Shift-Tab
Rotate through full screen modes
F
Display menu bar when viewing in full-screen mode
Shift-F (then press F to hide)
Scroll image left or right in window
Ctrl-Shift-Page Up/Down
Jump/Zoom to part of Image
Ctrl-drag in Navigator palette
Toggles layer mask on/off as rubylith
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Layer Shortcuts

Create new layer
Ctrl-Shift-N
Select non-contiguous layers
Ctrl-Click layers
Select contiguous layers
Click one layer, then Shift-Click another layer
Delete Layer
Delete key (while in the Move tool)
View contents of layer mask
Alt-Click layer mask icon
Temporarily turn off layer mask
Shift-Click layer mask icon
Clone layer as you move it
Alt-Drag
Find/Select layer containing object
Right-Click on the object w/Move tool
Change layer opacity
Number pad keys (w/Move tool selected)
Cycle down or up through blend modes
Shift-Plus(+) or Minus(–)
Change to a specific blend mode
(w/Move tool) Shift-Alt-letter (ie: N=Normal, M=Multiply. etc.)
Switch to layer below/above current layer
Alt-[ or Alt-]
Type Shortcuts
Select all text on layer
Double-Click on T thumbnail in Layer palette
Increase/Decrease size of selected text by 2 pts
Ctrl-Shift->/<
Increase/Decrease size of selected text by 10 pts
Ctrl-Shift-Alt->/<
Increase/Decrease kerning/tracking
Alt-Right/Left Arrow
Align text left/center/right
Ctrl-Shift-L/C/R
Painting
Fill selection with background color
Ctrl-Backspace
Fill selection with foreground color
Alt-Backspace
Fill selection with foreground color using Lock Transparent Pixels
Shift-Alt-Backspace
Fill selection with source state in History palette
Ctrl-Alt-Backspace
Display Fill dialog box
Shift-Backspace
Sample as background color
Alt-Click w/Eyedropper tool
To get Move tool
While in any painting/editing tool-hold Ctrl
To get Eyedropper with Paint tools
Alt
Change paint opacity (with Airbrush OFF)
Number keys
Change paint opacity (with Airbrush ON)
Shift-Number keys
Change Airbrush flow (with Airbrush ON)
Number keys
Change Airbrush flow (with Airbrush OFF)
Shift-Number keys
Cross-Hair Cursor
Any painting/editing tool-turn Caps Lock on
Decrease/Increase Brush Size
[ or ]
Decrease/Increase Hardness of Brush
Shift-[ or Shift-]
Switch between preset Brushes
< or >
Open Brushes pop-up palette
Right-Click in Image window
Erase to History palette’s source state
Alt-Eraser
Cycle down or up through blend modes
Shift-Plus(+) or Minus(–)
Change to a specific blend mode
Shift-Alt-letter (ie: N=Normal, M=Multiply, etc.)
Create fixed color target from within a dialog box
Shift-Click in image window
Delete fixed color target
Alt-Click on target with Color Sampler tool
Create new spot-color channel from current selection
Ctrl-Click on New Channel button in Channels palette
Pen Tool Shortcuts
To get Direct Selection tool while using Pen
Ctrl
Switch between Add-Anchor and Delete-Anchor Point tools
Alt
Switch from Path Selection tool to Convert Point tool when pointer is over anchor point
Ctrl-Alt
To Select a whole path w/Direct Selection tool
Alt-click
Convert path to a selection
Ctrl-click on path name (in Paths palette)
palette Shortcuts
Show/Hide Brushes palette
F5
Show/Hide Color palette
F6
Show/Hide Layers palette
F7
Show/Hide Info palette
F8
Show/Hide Actions palette
Alt-F9
Open Adobe Bridge
Ctrl-Alt-O
Other Shortcuts
Switch between open documents
Ctrl-Tab
Undo or Redo operations beyond last one
Ctrl-Alt-Z/Ctrl-Shift-Z
Apply Last Filter
Ctrl-F
Opens Last Filter Dialog Box
Ctrl-Alt-F
Hand Tool
Spacebar
Reset Dialog Box
Hold Alt, Cancel turns into Reset Button, Click it
Increase/Decrease value (in any option field) by 1 unit
Up/Down Arrow
Increase/Decrease value (in any option field) by 10 units
Shift-Up/Down Arrow
Replay last Transformation
Ctrl-Shift-T
Measure Angle between Lines (Protractor Function)
After ruler is drawn, Alt-Drag end of line with Ruler Tool
Move Crop Marquee while creating
Hold Space while drawing
Snap Guide to Ruler ticks
Hold Shift while dragging
Highlight Fields in Options bar (n/a for all tools)
Enter
Don’t Snap object edge while moving
Hold Control while dragging
Tools
V
Move
M
Rectangular Marquee, Elliptical Marquee
L
Lasso tools
W
Quick Selection, Magic Wand
C
Crop and Slice Tools
I
Eyedropper, Color Sampler, Ruler, Note, Count
J
Spot Healing Brush, Healing Brush, Patch, Red Eye
B
Brush, Pencil, Color Replacement
S
Clone Stamp, Pattern Stamp
Y
History Brush, Art History Brush
E
Eraser tools
G
Gradient, Paint Bucket
O
Dodge, Burn, Sponge
P
Pen tools
T
Type tools
A
Path Selection, Direct Selection
U
Rectangle, Rounded Rectangle, Ellipse, Polygon, Line, Custom Shape
K
3D Tools
N
3D Camera Tools
H
Hand
R
Rotate View
Z
Zoom
X
Switch Foreground and Background colors
D
Default colors
Q
Quick Mask Mode
F
Cycle through screen modes
To switch between all tools within groups, add the Shift key to the letters above
For example, to switch between rectangular and elliptical marquee hit Shift-M
 

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