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Keys
for viewing images - Adobe Photoshop CS3
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| Ctrl + Tab |
Cycles through open
documents |
| Shft-Ctrl-W |
Close
a file in Photoshop and open Bridge |
| Q |
Toggle
between Standard mode and Quick Mask mode |
| F |
Toggle
(forward) between Standard screen mode,Maximized screen mode, Full screen
mode, and Full screen mode with menu bar |
| Shft F |
Toggle
(backward) between Standard screen mode, Maximized screen mode, Full screen
mode, and Full screen mode with menu bar |
| Space + F |
Toggle
(forward) canvas color |
| (or right-click canvas background and select color) |
| Space + Shft + F |
Toggle
(backward) canvas color |
| Double-click Hand tool |
Fit
image in window |
| Double-click Zoom tool |
Magnify
100% |
| Spacebar |
Switch
to Hand tool (when not in text-edit mode) in Adobe Photoshop |
| Ctrl + spacebar |
Switch
to Zoom In tool |
| Alt + spacebar |
Switch
to Zoom Out tool |
| Spacebar-drag |
Move
Zoom marquee while dragging with the Zoom tool |
| Shft + Enter in Navigator palette zoom percentage
box |
Apply
zoom percentage, and keep zoom percentage box active |
| Ctrl-drag over preview in Navigator palette |
Zoom
in on specified area of an image |
| Spacebar-drag, or drag view area box in Navigator
palette |
Scroll
image with Hand tool in Adobe Photoshop |
| Page Up or Page Down |
Scroll
up or down 1 screen |
| Shft + Page Up or Page Down |
Scroll
up or down 10 units |
| Home or End |
Move
view to upper left corner or lower right corner |
| \ (backslash) |
Toggle
layer mask on/off as rubylith (layer mask must be selected) |
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Keys
for selecting and moving objects - Adobe Photoshop CS3
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| Any marquee tool (except single column and single row) +
spacebar-drag |
Reposition marquee
while selecting* |
| Any selection tool Shft-drag |
Add
to a selection in Adobe Photoshop |
| Any selection tool + Alt-drag |
Subtract
from a selection |
| Any selection tool (except Quick Selection tool) +
Shft-Alt-drag |
Intersect
a selection |
| Shft-drag |
Constrain
marquee to square or circle (ifno other selections are active)* |
| Alt-drag |
Draw
marquee from center (if no other selectionsare active)* |
| Shft + Alt-drag |
Constrain
shape and draw marquee from center* |
| Ctrl (except when Hand, Slice, Path, Shape, or any
Pen tool is selected) |
Switch
to Move tool in Adobe Photoshop |
| Alt-drag |
Switch
from Magnetic Lasso tool to Lasso tool |
| Alt-click |
Switch
from Magnetic Lasso tool to polygonalLasso tool |
| Enter/Esc or Ctrl + . (period) |
Apply/cancel
an operation of the Magnetic Lasso |
| Move tool + Alt-drag selection* |
Move
copy of selection |
| Any selection + Right Arrow, Left Arrow, Up Arrow,
or Down Arrow |
Move
selection area 1 pixel |
| Move tool + Right Arrow, Left Arrow, Up Arrow, or
Down Arrow |
Move
selection 1 pixel |
| Ctrl + Right Arrow, Left Arrow, Up Arrow, or Down
Arrow |
Move
layer 1 pixel when nothing selected on layer |
| Magnetic Lasso tool + [ or ] |
Increase/decrease
detection width |
| Crop tool Enter or Esc |
Accept
cropping or exit cropping in Adobe Photoshop |
| / (forward slash) |
Toggle
crop shield off and on |
| Ruler tool + Alt-drag end point |
Make
protractor |
| Shft-drag guide |
Snap
guide to ruler ticks (except when View >Snap is unchecked) |
| Alt-drag guide |
Convert
between horizontal and vertical guide |
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Keys
for editing paths - Adobe Photoshop CS3
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| Direct selection tool Shft-click |
Select multiple
anchor points in Photoshop |
| Direct selection tool + Alt-click |
Select
entire path |
| Pen (any pen tool), Path Selection or Direct
Selection tool + Ctrl + Alt-drag |
Duplicate
a path |
| Ctrl |
Switch
from Path Selection, Pen, Add Anchor Point, Delete Anchor Point, or Convert
Point tools, to Direct Selection tool |
| Alt |
Switch
from Pen tool or Freeform Pen tool to Convert Point tool when pointer is over
anchor or direction point |
| Magnetic Pen tool-double-click |
Close
path |
| Magnetic Pen tool + Alt-double-click |
Close
path with straight-line segment |
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Keys
for painting objects - Adobe Photoshop CS3
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| Any painting tool + Alt or any shape tool + Alt (except when
Paths optn is selected) |
Eyedropper tool |
| Eyedropper tool + Alt-click |
Select
background color |
| Eyedropper tool + Shft |
Color
sampler tool |
| Color sampler tool + Alt-click |
Deletes
color sampler |
| Any painting or editing tool + Shft
+ number keys |
Sets
opacity, tolerance, strength, or exposure for painting mode |
| (e.g., 0 = 100%, 1 = 10%, 4 then 5 in quick succession = 45%) |
| (When airbrush option is enabled, use Shift + number keys) |
| Any painting or editing tool + Shft + number keys |
Sets
flow for painting mode(e.g., 0 = 100%, 1 = 10%, 4 then 5 in quick succession
= 45%) (When airbrush option is enabled, omit Shift) |
| Shft (plus) or - (minus) |
Cycles
through blending modes in Photoshop |
| Alt + Backspace, or Ctrl + Backspace |
Fills
selection/layer with foreground or backgroundcolor (Hold down Shift to
preserve transparency) |
| Ctrl + Alt + Backspace |
Fills
from history (Hold down Shift to preserve transparency) |
| Shft + Backspace |
Displays
Fill dialog box |
| / (forward slash) |
Lock
transparent pixels on/off in Photoshop |
| Any painting tool + Shft-click |
Connects
points with a straight line |
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Keys
for transforming selections, selection borders, and paths - Adobe Photoshop
CS3
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| Alt |
Transform from
center or reflect |
| Shft |
Constrain |
| Ctrl |
Distort |
| Enter |
Apply |
| Ctrl + . (period) or Esc |
Cancel |
| Ctrl + Alt + T |
Free
transform with duplicate data |
| Ctrl + Shft + Alt + T |
Transform
again with duplicate data |
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Keys
for selecting, editing, and navigating through text - Adobe Photoshop CS3
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| Ctrl-drag type when Type layer is selected |
Move type in image |
| Shft + Left Arrow/Right Arrow or Down Arrow/Up
Arrow, |
Select 1 character left/right or 1 line down/up, or 1 word
left/right |
| or Ctrl + Shft + Left Arrow/Right Arr |
| Shft-click |
Select
characters from insertion point to mouse click point |
| Left Arrow/Right Arrow, Down Arrow/Up Arrow, or
Ctrl + Left Arrow/Right Arrow |
Move
1 character left/right, 1 line down/up, or 1 word left/right |
| Shft-click |
Create
a new text layer, when a text layer is selected in the Layers palette |
| Double-click, triple-click, quadruple-click, or
quintuple-click |
Select
word, line, paragraph, or story in Photoshop |
| Ctrl + H |
Show/Hide
selection on selected type |
| Ctrl |
Display
the bounding box for transforming text when editing text, or activate Move
tool if cursor is inside the bounding box |
| Ctrl-drag a bounding box handle |
Scale
text within a bounding box when resizing the bounding box |
| Spacebar-drag |
Move
text box while creating text box in Photoshop |
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Keys
for formatting type - Adobe Photoshop CS3
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| Horizontal type tool + Ctrl + Shft + L, C, or R |
Align left, center,
or right |
| Vertical type tool + Ctrl + Shft + L, C, or R |
Align
top, center, or bottom |
| Ctrl + Shft + Y |
Return
to default font style |
| Ctrl + Shft + X |
Choose
100% horizontal scale |
| Ctrl + Shft + Alt + X |
Choose
100% vertical scale |
| Ctrl + Shft + Alt + A |
Choose
Auto leading |
| Ctrl + Shft + Q |
Choose
0 for tracking |
| Ctrl + Shft + J |
Justify
paragraph, left aligns last line |
| Ctrl + Shft + F |
Justify
paragraph, justifies all |
| Ctrl + Shft + Alt + H |
Toggle
paragraph hyphenation on/off |
| Ctrl + Shft + Alt + T |
Toggle
single/every-line composer on/off |
| Ctrl + Shft + < or > |
Decrease
or increase type size of selected text 2 points or pixels (Hold down Alt key
to decrease/increase by 10) |
| Alt + Down Arrow or Up Arrow |
Decrease
or increase leading 2 points or pixels (Hold down Ctrl key to
decrease/increase by 10) |
| Shft + Alt + Down Arrow or Up Arrow |
Decrease
or increase baseline shift 2 points or pixels (Hold down Ctrl key to
decrease/increase by 10) |
| Alt + Left Arrow or Right Arrow |
Decrease
or increase kerning/tracking 20/1000 ems (Hold down Ctrl key to
decrease/increase by 10) |
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Keys for
slicing and optimizing - Adobe Photoshop CS3
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| Ctrl |
Toggle between
Slice tool and Slice Selection tool |
| Shft-drag |
Draw
square slice |
| Alt-drag |
Draw
from center outward |
| Shft + Alt-drag |
Draw
square slice from center outward |
| Spacebar-drag |
Reposition
slice while creating slice |
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Keys
for using palettes - Adobe Photoshop CS3
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| Alt-click New button |
Set options (except
for Actions, Animation, Styles,Brushes, Tool Presets, and Layer Comps
palettes) in Photoshop |
| Alt-click Delete button |
Delete
without confirmation (except forthe Brushes palette) |
| Shft + Enter |
Apply
value and keep text box active |
| Ctrl-click channel, layer, or path thumbnail. |
Load
as a selection in Photoshop |
| Ctrl + Shft-click channel, layer, or path
thumbnail. |
Add
to current selection |
| Ctrl + Alt-click channel, path, or layer thumbnail. |
Subtract
from current selection |
| Ctrl + Shft + Alt-click channel, path, or layer
thumbnail. |
Intersect
with current selection |
| Tab |
Show/Hide
all palettes |
| Shft + Tab |
Show/Hide
all palettes except the toolbox andoptions bar |
| Select tool and press Enter |
Highlight
options bar |
| Shft + Up Arrow/Down Arrow |
Increase/decrease
units by 10 in a pop-up menu |
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Keys for
using the Actions palette - Adobe Photoshop CS3
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| Alt-click the check mark next to a cmnd. |
Turn command on and
all others off, or turns all commands on |
| Alt-click |
Turn
current modal control on and toggle all other modal controls |
| Alt double-click action set |
Change
action set options in Photoshop actions pallete |
| Double-click set or actions |
Display
Options dialog box |
| Ctrl + double-click an action |
Play
entire action |
| Alt-click the triangle |
Collapse/expand
all components of an action |
| Ctrl-click the Play button |
Play
a command |
| Alt-click the New Action button |
Create
new action and begin recording without confirmation |
| Shft-click the action/cmnd |
Select
contiguous items of the same kind |
| Ctrl-click the action/cmnd |
Select
discontiguous items of the same kind |
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Keys
for using the Animation palette - Adobe Photoshop CS3
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| Shft-click second frame. |
Select/deselect
multiple contiguous frames |
| Ctrl-click multiple frames. |
Select/deselect
multiple discontiguous frames in Photoshop Animation pallete |
| Alt + Paste Frames cmnd from the Palette pop'up
menu |
Paste
using previous settings without displayingthe dialog box |
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Keys
for using the Animation palette Timeline Mode (Photoshop Extended Only) -
Adobe Photoshop CS3
|
| Spacebar |
Start playing the
timeline or Animation palette |
| Alt + click the current-time display |
Switch
between timecode and frame numbers (current time view). |
| (Alt + click the current-time display in the upper-left corner
of the timeline). |
| Alt + click |
Expand
and collapse list of layers |
| Hold down the Shft key when clicking the
Next/Previous Frame buttons (on either side of the Play bu |
Jump
to the next/previous whole second in timeline (during playback) |
| Hold down the Shft key while dragging the current
time. |
Increase
playback speed in Photoshop Animation palette (Timeline mode) |
| Hold down the Ctrl key while dragging the current
time. |
Decrease
playback speed |
| Shft-drag |
Snap
an object (keyframe, the current time, layer in point, and so on) to the
nearest object in timeline |
| Alt-drag (first or last keyframe in the selection) |
Scale
(evenly distribute to condensed or extended length) a selected group of
multiple keyframes |
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Keys for
using the Clone Source - Adobe Photoshop CS3
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| Alt + Shft |
Show Clone Source
(overlays image) |
| Alt + Shft + arrow keys |
Nudge
Clone Source |
| Alt + Shft + < or > |
Rotate
Clone Source |
| Alt + Shft + [ or ] |
Scale
(increase or reduce size) Clone Source |
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Keys for
using the Brushes palette - Adobe Photoshop CS3
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| Alt-click brush |
Delete brush |
| Double-click brush |
Rename
brush |
| [ or ] |
Decrease/increase
brush size |
| Shft + [ or ] |
Decrease/increase
brush softness/hardness in 25% increments |
| , (comma) or . (period) |
Select
previous/next brush size |
| Shft + , (comma) or . (period) |
Select
first/last brush |
| Caps Lock |
Display
precise cross hair for brushes |
| Shft Alt P |
Toggle
airbrush option in Photoshop brushes palette |
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Keys for
using the Channels palette - Adobe Photoshop CS3
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| Alt-click button |
Set options for
Save Selection as Channel button |
| Ctrl-click Create New Channel button |
Create
a new spot channel in Photoshop Channels palette |
| Shft-click color channel |
Select/deselect
multiple color-channel selection |
| Shft-click alpha channel |
Select/deselect
alpha channel and show/hide as a rubylith overlay |
| Double-click alpha or spot channel thumbnail |
Display
channel options |
| ~ (tilde) |
Display
composite |
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Keys for
using the Color palette - Adobe Photoshop CS3
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| Alt-click color in color bar |
Select background
color |
| Right-click color bar |
Display
Color Bar menu in Photoshop Color palette |
| Shft-click color bar |
Cycle
through color choices |
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Keys for
using the History palette - Adobe Photoshop CS3
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| Alt + New Snapshot |
Create a new
snapshot |
| Double-click snapshot name |
Rename
snapshot |
| Ctrl + Shft + Z |
Step
forward through image states |
| Ctrl Alt Z |
Step
backward through image states in Photoshop History palette |
| Alt-click the image state |
Duplicate
any image state, except the current state |
| Alt + Clear History (in History palette pop?up men |
Permanently
clear history (no Undo) |
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Keys for
using the Info palette - Adobe Photoshop CS3
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| Click eyedropper icon |
Change color
readout modes |
| Click cross-hair icon |
Change
measurement units |
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Keys
for using the Layer Comps palette - Adobe Photoshop CS3
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| Alt-click Create New Layer Comp button |
Create new layer
comp + box |
| Double-click layer comp |
Open
Layer Comp Options dialog box |
| Double-click layer comp name |
Rename
inline |
| Shft-click |
Select/deselect
multiple contiguous layer comps |
| Ctrl-click |
Select/deselect
multiple discontiguous layer comps |
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