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Try The Alt/Option Key

Posted by Tommy Maloney in Tips at May 18th, 2006

Try pressing the Alt/Option key in any dialog box you have open. Watch the buttons, most of the time they will change. (OK changes to Reset, etc.)

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Transform Bounding Box

Posted by Tommy Maloney in Tips at May 18th, 2006

If you’re trying to transform a layer that is larger than your canvas, you lose your bounding box edges. Press Ctrl/Command – 0 and Photoshop automatically zooms so you can see the bounding box edges.

Sub-Tool Select

Posted by Tommy Maloney in Tips at May 18th, 2006

Usually pressing [Shift] + the shortcut key for whatever tool you want, will cycle through the sub-tools for that tool.

Stop Using Lens Flare

Posted by Tommy Maloney in Tips at May 18th, 2006

Seriously. Don’t use it ever.

Quick Open

Posted by Tommy Maloney in Tips at May 18th, 2006

Double-click on the background in Photoshop to bring up the Open dialog box. Doesn’t work on Mac.

Quick Full Screen View

Posted by Tommy Maloney in Tips at May 18th, 2006

Want to see what your image looks like alone, in a dark dark setting, maybe with some candlelight? Press the F key twice, then press Tab to hide your palettes.Killer Pad buy The Curious Case of Benjamin Button ipod

Quick Feather Key

Posted by Tommy Maloney in Tips at May 18th, 2006

When using any of the selection tools that have the Feather option in the Options bar, press the Enter key on your number pad to jump right to the Feather option box.

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Quick Copy to a New Layer

Posted by Tommy Maloney in Tips at May 18th, 2006

Instead of selecting something, copying, clicking new layer, then pasting… you can just press Ctrl-J. This copies your selection to a new layer. Ctrl-Shift-J moves it to its own layer.

Purge

Posted by Tommy Maloney in Tips at May 18th, 2006

If you’re working with Photoshop for an extended length of time and you notice it’s getting slower, go under Image > Purge. NOTE: This eliminates your undos.