Keyboard Shortcuts part 1.
By Chronos |  |
This is a tutorial to help cut down on the finding menus, actions, and repetitive tasks that you will use with Photoshop. It is a way of speeding up your work and cutting down on time spent with it.
We will begin with the Alphabetical shortcuts that you can use. All
these keys, with the exception of the 'F' Key deal with the toolbar.
A
|
Path Component Selection Tool |
B
|
Paintbrush Tool |
C
|
Crop |
D
|
Default Colors (Black foreground, White Background) |
E
|
Eraser |
F
|
Cycle Screen Modes |
G
|
Gradient Tool |
H
|
Hand Tool |
I
|
Eyedropper |
J
|
Airbrush Tool |
K
|
Slice Tool |
L
|
Lasso |
M:
|
Marquee Tool |
N
|
Notes |
O
|
Dodge/Burn/Sponge Tool |
P
|
Pen Tool |
Q
|
Quick Mask |
R
|
Blur/Sharpen/Smudge Tool |
S
|
Clone Stamp |
T
|
Type Tool |
U
|
Shape Tool |
V
|
Move Tool |
W
|
Magic Wand |
X
|
Swap Colors |
Y
|
History Brush |
| Z |
Zoom Tool |
The following also concern the toolbar...
Shift+[
|
Decrease the Brush Softness 25% |
| Shift+] |
Increase the Brush Hardness 25% |
Shift+A
|
Cycle Path/Direct Selection |
Shift+B
|
Toggle the Paintbrush/Pens |
Shift+E
|
Cycle through Eraser Tools |
Shift+G
|
Toggle the Paint Bucket/Gradient Tools |
Shift+I
|
Cycle Eyedropper/Sampler/Measure |
Shift+K
|
Toggle the Slice Tools |
Shift+L
|
Cycle Lasso Tools |
Shift+M
|
Toggle Rectangle/Elliptical Marquee |
Shift+N
|
Toggle Notes/Audio Annotation |
Shift+O
|
Cycle through the Dodge/Burn/Sponge |
Shift+P
|
Toggle between Pen/Freeform Pen |
Shift+R
|
Cycle Blur/Sharpen/Smudge |
Shift+S
|
Toggle Clone/Pattern Stamp |
Shift+U
|
Toggle Shape/Line Tools |
| Shift+Y |
Toggle History/Art History Brush |
Finally for this part of the tutorial these Hotkeys are for the Palette options
Enter/Return
|
Show the Options Bar |
Shift>Tab
|
Show/Hide Palettes/Tool Bar |
Tab
|
Show/Hide Palettes (All) |
F5
|
Show/Hide Brushes Palette |
F6
|
Show/Hide Color Palette |
F7
|
Show/Hide Layers Palette |
F8
|
Show/Hide Info Palette |
| F9 |
Show/Hide Actions Palette |
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