Photoshop 6 for Windows Bible- P35 ppt

✦ Select the gradient tool and press the bracket keys, [ and ], to switch between the five gradient styles.. ✦ When the text tool is selected, press the left bracket to toggle between th

comma or period (, or ) to step backward or forward through the preset

brushes when a paint or edit tool is selected Press Shift+comma or Shift+

period to jump to the first or last of the preset brushes.

✦ Press Shift+[ and Shift+] to decrease and increase the brush hardness The

diameter changes in 25-percent increments.

✦ When a paint or edit tool is selected, press a number key to change the

Opacity, Pressure, or Exposure setting assigned to that tool in the Options

bar Lower values result in translucent strokes and fills Press 1 to change the

value to 10 percent, 2 for 20 percent, all the way up to 0 for 100 percent Or

enter the exact value by typing two numbers right in a row For example, type

1 and 5 for 15 percent.

✦ Select the gradient tool and press the bracket keys, [ and ], to switch between

the five gradient styles Press the comma or period (, or ) to step backward or

forward through the predefined gradients Press Shift+comma or Shift+period

to switch to the first or last gradient in the list.

✦ When the text tool is selected, press the left bracket to toggle between the

standard and the mask modes Press the right bracket to set type orientation.

✦ Select any of the shape tools and press the comma or period (, or ) to step

backward or forward through the predefined styles Press Shift+comma or

Shift+period to jump to the first or last style in the list.

✦ With the rounded rectangle tool active, press the bracket keys, [ and ], to

decrease and increase the corner radius.

✦ Select the polygon tool and press the bracket keys, [ and ], to decrease and

increase the number of sides that the resulting polygon will have.

✦ For the line tool, pressing the bracket keys, [ and ], decreases and increases

the line width.

✦ Select the custom shape tool and press the bracket keys, [ and ], to step

back-ward or forback-ward through the predefined shapes Press Shift+[ and Shift+] to

switch to the first or last predefined shape.

The Great-Grandmother of All Shortcut Tables

Saddam Hussein has been an unpopular fellow for some time now, but you have to

give him credit for that “mother of all battles” thing English isn’t even the guy’s

first language, yet he added a wonderful catch phrase to it I’m sure we’ll be joking

about the mothers of all this and that for years to come That Saddam, what a sense

of humor.

By the way, don’t press Shift just because a key combination involves a character that normally requires the Shift key Just press the key with the shortcut character on it For example, the shortcut for the Zoom In command is Ctrl+plus (+) Technically, + is the Shifted version of equal (=), so a literal person might think you have to press Ctrl+Shift+= But the literal person would be wrong The plus sign is used because it implies zooming while the equal sign does not So when you see Ctrl+plus (+), just press Ctrl+=.

Naturally, a shortcut won’t make much sense if you aren’t familiar with the feature

it facilitates I explain both specific features and their shortcuts in context in other chapters The intent of the table is to serve as a reference you can revisit as your knowledge of Photoshop grows The more you learn, the more useful the table becomes.

Many of Photoshop’s keyboard shortcuts involve both the Ctrl and Alt keys Ctrl+ Alt+O invokes the Open As command, Ctrl+Alt+Z undoes an operation from the History palette Unfortunately, this isn’t entirely kosher with Microsoft Windows 95 (and later) likes to reserve Ctrl+Alt combinations to launch applications For exam- ple, let’s say you set Ctrl+Alt+Z to launch Nico Mak’s popular WinZip (In case you’re unclear how to do this, create a shortcut icon for WinZip Then right-click the shortcut icon, choose Properties, click the Shortcut tab, and enter Z into the Shortcut Key option box.) From this point on, Windows snags the keystrokes before Photoshop can react to it So rather than undoing an operation, Ctrl+Alt+Z launches WinZip The only way to avoid this conflict is to steer clear of the keys Photoshop uses — B, D, E, F, J, K, L, M, N, O, S, T, U, X, Z, plus, minus, semicolon, and zero through nine — when assigning file-launching shortcuts.

Table D-1

Photoshop’s Hidden Shortcuts and Modifiers

Menu commands

Caution

Note

Color Balance, with last settings Ctrl+Alt+B

Filter, repeat with new settings Ctrl+Alt+F

Group with Previous Layer Ctrl+G

Hue/Saturation, with last settings Ctrl+Alt+U

Inverse Selection Ctrl+Shift+I or Shift+F7

Menu commands

Levels, with last settings Ctrl+Alt+L

New, with default settings Ctrl+Alt+N

Preferences, last panel Ctrl+Alt+K

Show Extras (for example, Selection Ctrl+H

Edges, Grids, Guides)

Snap (for example, Grids, Guides, Ctrl+semicolon (;)

Document Bounds)

Transform Again with Copy Ctrl+Alt+Shift+T

Scroll image with hand tool spacebar-drag or drag in Navigator palette

Scroll up or down one screen Page Up or Page Down

Scroll up or down slightly Shift+Page Up or Shift+Page Down

Scroll up or down exactly one frame in Shift+Page Up or Shift+Page Down

Filmstrip file

Scroll left or right one screen Ctrl+Page Up or Ctrl+Page Down

Scroll left or right slightly Ctrl+Shift+Page Up or Ctrl+ Shift+Page

DownSwitch to upper-left corner press HomeSwitch to lower-right corner press EndMagnify to custom zoom ratio Ctrl+spacebar-drag or Ctrl-drag in

Navigator paletteZoom in without changing window size Ctrl+spacebar-click or Ctrl+plus (+)Zoom in and change window size to fit Ctrl+Alt+plus (+)

(assuming default settings)Zoom out without changing window size Alt+spacebar-click or Ctrl+minus (–)Zoom out and change window size to fit Ctrl+Alt+minus (–)

(assuming default settings)Zoom to 100% Ctrl+Alt+zero (0) or double-click zoom

tool iconFit image on screen Ctrl+zero (0) or double-click hand tool

iconApply zoom value but keep magnification Shift+Enterbox active

Cycle through full screen and normal Fwindow modes

Toggle display of menu bar in full screen modes Shift+F

Painting and editing

Display crosshair cursor Caps LockRevert image with magic eraser Alt-drag with eraserSelect pencil, paintbrush, or airbrush N, B, or J

Cycle through eraser styles Alt-click eraser tool icon or Shift+ESpecify an area to clone Alt-click with rubber stampCycle through rubber stamp options Alt-click rubber stamp tool icon or Shift+SCycle through focus tools Alt-click focus tool icon or Shift+RSharpen with the blur tool or blur with Alt-drag

the sharpen tool

Operation Shortcut

Painting and editing

Dip into the foreground color when smearing Alt-drag with smudge tool

Cycle through toning tools Alt-click toning tool icon or Shift+O

Darken with the dodge tool or lighten with Alt-drag

the burn tool

Paint or edit in a straight line click and then Shift-click

Change opacity, pressure, or exposure in press number (1 through 0)

Cycle through brush modes Shift+plus (+) or Shift+minus (–)

Reset to Normal brush mode Shift+Alt+N

Change brush diameter in increments press bracket, [ or ]

proportional to brush size

Change brush hardness in increments of 25% press Shift+bracket, [ or ]

Delete shape from Brushes pop-up menu Alt-click brush shape

in the Options bar

Create new brush shape in the Options click in empty area of Brushes

bar’s Brushes pop-up menu pop-up menu

Edit brush shape click brush icon in the Options bar

Applying colors

Lift foreground color from image Alt-click with paint tool or click with

eyedropperLift background color from image Alt-click with eyedropper

Sample color in image click with color sampler tool or Shift-click

with eyedropperDelete color sample Alt-click with color sampler tool or

Alt+Shift-click with eyedropper on targetDisplay or hide Color palette F6

Lift foreground color from color bar at click color bar

bottom of Color palette

Lift background color from color bar Alt-click color bar

Applying colors

Cycle through color bars Shift-click color barSpecify new color bar right-click color barLift foreground color from Swatches palette click swatchLift background color from Swatches palette Alt-click swatchDelete swatch from palette Ctrl-click swatchReplace swatch with foreground color Shift-click swatchAdd new swatch to palette click in empty area of palette or Shift+Alt-

click swatchFill selection or layer with foreground color Alt+BackspaceFill layer with foreground color but Shift+Alt+Backspacepreserve transparency

Fill selection on background layer with Backspace or Deletebackground color

Fill selection on any layer with Ctrl+Backspacebackground color

Fill layer with background color but Ctrl+Shift+Backspacepreserve transparency

Fill selection with source state in Ctrl+Alt+BackspaceHistory palette

Display Fill dialog box Shift+Backspace or Shift+F5

Type

Select all text on a text layer double-click T in Layers palette Select all text when already working Ctrl+A

within textSelect a single word double-click word with type toolSelect word to left or right Ctrl+Shift+left or right arrowIncrease type size two pixels (or points) Ctrl+Shift+greater than (>)Decrease type size two pixels Ctrl+Shift+less than (<)Increase type size 10 pixels Ctrl+Shift+Alt+greater than (>)Decrease type size 10 pixels Ctrl+Shift+Alt+less than (<)Kern together 2/100 em Alt+left arrow

Operation Shortcut

Type

Kern together 1/10 em Ctrl+Alt+left arrow

Toggle text bold status Ctrl+Shift+B

Toggle text italic status Ctrl+Shift+I

Toggle strikethrough Ctrl+Shift+slash (/)

Toggle all-uppercase text Ctrl+Shift+K

Toggle superscript text Ctrl+Shift+plus (+)

Toggle subscript text Ctrl+Shift+Alt+plus (+)

Choose 100% horizontal scale Ctrl+Shift+X

Choose 100% vertical scale Ctrl+Shift+Alt+X

Tighten leading two pixels Alt+up arrow

Expand leading two pixels Alt+down arrow

Tighten leading 10 pixels Ctrl+Alt+up arrow

Expand leading 10 pixels Ctrl+Alt+down arrow

Switch to Auto leading Ctrl+Shift+Alt+A

Raise baseline shift two pixels Shift+Alt+up arrow

Lower baseline shift two pixels Shift+Alt+down arrow

Raise baseline shift 10 pixels Ctrl+Shift+Alt+up arrow

Lower baseline shift 10 pixels Ctrl+Shift+Alt+down arrow

Justify all text except last line Ctrl+Shift+J

Insert nonbreaking hyphen Ctrl+Alt+hyphen(-)

Toggle between rectangular and Shift+Melliptical marquees

Draw out from center with marquee tool Alt-dragConstrain marquee to square or circle press Shift while drawing shapeMove marquee as you draw it spacebar

Cycle through lasso tools Alt-click lasso tool icon or Shift+LAdd corner to straight-sided selection outline Alt-click with lasso tool or click with

polygonal lassoAdd point to magnetic selection click with magnetic pen toolDelete last point added with magnetic Backspace

lasso toolIncrease or reduce magnetic lasso width press bracket, [ or ]Close polygon or magnetic selection double-click with respective lasso tool or

press EnterClose magnetic selection with straight Alt-double-click or Alt+Entersegment

Cancel polygon or magnetic selection press EscapeAdd to selection Shift-drag or Shift-click with selection toolSubtract from selection Alt-drag or Alt-click with selection tool

Operation Shortcut

Selections

Retain intersected portion of selection Shift+Alt-drag or Shift+Alt-click with

selection toolAdd character outlines to a selection Shift-click with type mask tool

Cut letter-shaped holes into a selection Alt-click with type mask tool

Retain areas where character outlines and Shift+Alt-click with type mask tool

selection intersect

Select move tool press V or press and hold Ctrl

Move selection drag with move tool or Ctrl-drag with

other toolConstrain movement vertically or horizontally press Shift while dragging selection

Move selection in 1-pixel increments Ctrl+arrow key

Move selection in 10-pixel increments Ctrl+Shift+arrow key

Clone selection Alt-drag selection with move tool or

Ctrl+Alt-drag with other toolClone selection in 1-pixel increments Ctrl+Alt+arrow key

Clone selection in 10-pixel increments Ctrl+Shift+Alt+arrow key

Clone selection to different image Ctrl-drag selection from one window and

drop it into anotherMove selection outline independently drag with selection tool

of its contents

Move selection outline in 1-pixel increments press arrow key when selection tool is

activeMove selection outline in 10-pixel increments Shift+arrow key when selection tool is

activeCopy empty selection outline to drag selection from one window into

different image another with selection tool

Change opacity of floating selection Ctrl+Shift+F

Paste image into selection Ctrl+Shift+V

Paste image behind selection Ctrl+Shift+Alt+V

Layers

Display or hide Layers palette F7

View single layer by itself Alt-click eyeball icon in Layers palette

Create new layer above current layer and click page icon at bottom of Layers bypass blend options palette or Ctrl+Shift+N

Create new layer below current layer and Ctrl-click page icon at bottom of Layers

Create new layer above current layer and Alt-click page icon at bottom of Layers set blend options palette or Ctrl+Alt+Shift+N

Create new layer below current layer and Ctrl+Alt-click page icon at bottom of

Clone selection to new layer and bypass Ctrl+Jblend options

Clone selection to new layer and set Ctrl+Alt+Jblend options

Transfer selection to new layer and bypass Ctrl+Shift+Jblend options

Transfer selection to new layer and set Ctrl+Alt+Shift+Jblend options

Convert floating selection to new layer Ctrl+Shift+JDuplicate layer to new layer drag layer name onto page icon or Ctrl+A,

Ctrl+J

Descend to background layer Alt+Shift+[

Go directly to layer that contains specific Ctrl-click or Alt-right-click image with image when using the move tool move tool

Go directly to layer that contains specific Ctrl+Alt-right-click image with any toolimage when using any other tool

Select from layers that overlap when using Right-click image with move toolthe move tool

Select from layers that overlap when Ctrl-right-click image with any toolusing any other tool

Toggle between current lock configuration press slash (/)and no locks in the Layers palette

Operation Shortcut

Layers

Convert layer’s transparency mask to Ctrl-click layer name in Layers palette

selection outline

Add transparency mask to selection Ctrl+Shift-click layer name

Subtract transparency mask from selection Ctrl+Alt-click layer name

Retain intersection of transparency mask Ctrl+Alt+Shift-click layer name

and selection

Move entire layer drag with move tool or Ctrl-drag with

other toolMove entire layer in 1-pixel increments Ctrl+arrow key

Move entire layer in 10-pixel increments Ctrl+Shift+arrow key

Bring layer forward one level Ctrl+]

Bring layer to front of file Ctrl+Shift+]

Send layer backward one level Ctrl+[

Send layer to back, just above the Ctrl+Shift+[

background layer

Link layer with active layer Ctrl+Alt+Shift-right-click layer

Unlink layer from active layer Ctrl+Alt+Shift-right-click layer

Unlink all layers from active layer Ctrl+Alt+Shift-right-click original layer

Change opacity of active layer in press number (1 through 0) when

Change opacity of active layer in press two numbers in a row when

Edit blend options for layer double-click layer name in Layers palette

Cycle through blend modes Shift+plus (+) or Shift+minus (–) when

selection tool is activeReset to Normal blend mode Shift+Alt+N

Adjust “fuzziness” in Layer Styles dialog box Alt-drag Blend If slider triangle

Merge layer with next layer down Ctrl+E