Working with programs like Photoshop (or any program for that matter), it's never convenient having to stop what you are doing and go up to the toolbar menus to perform simple actions. That's where keyboard shortcuts come in, with a simple 2 or 3 key combinations you can save time an effort. I know for me when I first started using Photoshop, I had no idea how to de-select something, as simple as that sounds. With a shortcut it takes half a second to do what used to take me 10 seconds. The following are some more shortcuts that may be useful to you in your project:
- NOTE: On a Mac, simply replace "Control" with "Command"
- CTRL and A = Selects all
- CTRL and S = Save (Very handy when working on a project, don't forget!)
- CTRL and + = Zoom in
- CTRL and - = Zoom out
- CTRL and SHIFT and N = New Layer
- ALT and [ = Switch to layer below
- ALT and ] = switch to layer above
- CTRL and SHIFT and < or > = decrease/increase text size by 2 pts
- CTRL and SHIFT and i = invert selection
- CTRL and ALT and z = Undo
- CTRL and Shift and z = redo
- V = Move Tool
- P = Pen Tool
- M = Marquee Tool
These are just some of the many shortcuts, if you'd like to learn more click
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Very useful shortcuts that I use often! Thanks for the post Jason.
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