Getting familiar with the Photoshop CS6 application window is a great way to get your bearings before diving into Photoshop tools and commands. Here are a few basic pointers:
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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 panel)
- Restore Last Selection -------------------------------- Ctrl-Shift-D
- Feather Selection ------------------------------------- Shift-F6
- Move Marquee while drawing selection----------- Hold Space while drawing marquee
- 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 panels ----------- Tab
- Hide all panels except Toolbox and Options bar ---------- Shift-Tab
- Rotate through full screen modes --------- F
- Scroll image left or right in window-------- Ctrl-Shift-Page Up/Down
- Jump/Zoom to part of Image------------------ Ctrl-drag in Navigator panel
- 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-]
- Move layer below/above current layer ------ Ctrl-[ or Ctrl-]
- Select all text on layer---------------Double-Click on T thumbnail in Layers panel
- 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
- 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 panel ------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
- Show/Hide Brushes panel --------------- F5
- Show/Hide Color panel--------------- F6
- Show/Hide Layers panel ------------ F7
- Show/Hide Info panel ------------ F8
- Show/Hide Actions panel------------ Alt-F9
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
V
Move
M
Marquee tools
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, Mixer Brush
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
D
Default colors
X
Switch Foreground and Background colors
Q
Quick Mask Mode
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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