Wednesday 25 June 2008

And the tips are...

Following on from the last post, I thought I would list the tips that Deke McClelland offers in his little ditty for those that cannot understand all he says (or put up with him for the entire song). There are some good shortcuts both old and new. I wrote a couple down and stuck them to my monitor for reference. I love keyboard shortcuts.

Here you go

  1. Ctrl + J = copy layer
  2. Ctrl = command key (the one with the apple on it)
  3. Ctrl + Shit + N = New Layer
  4. Delete layer = Select move tool hit delete
  5. Every letter selects a tool except
  6. F = Full screen
  7. Q = Quickmask
  8. D = Default colours
  9. X = Switch foreground/background colours
  10. Numbers change opacity (in tens)
  11. Two (or three) numbers for exact control
  12. Shift + to advance blend mode
  13. Shift - to back up blend mode
  14. Shift and Alt + letter for specific mode (eg Shift+ Alt +s=screen, Shift+ Alt +c = colour)
  15. Mac folk Alt means Option
  16. Ctrl + zooms in
  17. Ctrl - zooms out
  18. Spacebar = hand (H)
  19. Ctrl + Spacebar = in
  20. Alt + Spacebar = out
  21. Ctrl + Spacebar Drag to zoom to selected
  22. Ctrl + Z = Undo
  23. Ctrl + Alt + Z = Backstep
  24. Ctrl + Shift + C = step forward
  25. Ctrl + Shift + F fades and edit
  26. f12 reverts
  27. reverting is an undoable operation
  28. Ctrl X cuts
  29. Ctrl C copies
  30. Ctrl V pastes
  31. Ctrl Alt I = Image size
  32. Ctrl Alt C = canvas size
  33. Ctrl F = repeat last filter
  34. Ctrl Alt F = repeat last filter with options
  35. When using selection tools, drag to start new selection (outside selection)
  36. or move selection outline (inside selection)
  37. Shift adds to selection
  38. Alt deletes
  39. Shift and Alt find iner section
  40. Spacebar moves selection on the fly
  41. Ctrl A = select all
  42. Ctrl D = Deselect
  43. Ctrl Shift I = invert selection
  44. Ctrl Alt R = Refine edge
  45. Alt Click with lasoo to draw straight lines
  46. Shift click with brush to paint straight lines
  47. Alt with th brusr for colour picker
  48. Ctrl with brush for the move tool
  49. Ctrl H = Hide selection
  50. Crtl 1 = Red Channel
  51. Ctrl 2 = Green Channel
  52. Ctrl 3 = Blue Channel
  53. Crtl ~ full colour composite (RGB)
  54. Ctrl L = Levels
  55. Ctrl M = Curves
  56. Ctrl B = Colour balance (Just like sharpen this is bad don't use it)
  57. Ctrl U = Hue Saturation
  58. add Alt to the above to bring up the last settings
  59. Mash your fist on Ctrl Alt Shit B = Black and White
  60. Alt drag white slider in levels and curves to preview highlight clipping
  61. Alt drag black slider for shadow clipping
  62. Duplicate image click create new document from current state in the history pannel
  63. Ctrl W to close image
  64. Y to save changes (Yes)
  65. N not to (No)
  66. on the mac it is S and D (Save, Discard)
  67. Esc = cancel
  68. Ctrl T = Free Transform
  69. enter = apply changes
  70. esc = discard changes
  71. Ctrl Alt T = Transform Copy
  72. Ctrl Shift T = Repeat last transformation
  73. Ctlt Shift Alt T plays transformation sequence
  74. Square bracket change the brush size
  75. Shift Square brackes changes the hardness
  76. Caps lock = precise cursors
  77. Alt switches Burn to Dodge and vice versa
  78. , and . cycle through gradients
  79. The Sharpen too is worthless
  80. Ctrl Click thumbnail in the layers, channels or paths pannel to load selection
  81. / lock layer transparency
  82. ~ hide image while viewing a mask
  83. \ view layermask
  84. Ctrl Backspace fill with background colour
  85. Alt Backspace Fill with foreground
  86. add Shift to fill just opaque pixels
  87. Shift backspace to bring up the fill dialogue
  88. Ctrl [] brings layers forward and back
  89. Ctrl Shift [] send to top or bottom
  90. Alt [] select layer up or down
  91. add Shift to select multiple layers
  92. Ctrl Alt A = select all layers
  93. Ctrl G = group layers in a folder
  94. Ctrl E = Merge selected layers
  95. Ctrl Shift E = Merge visible layers
  96. Ctrl Alt E = Merge down
  97. Ctrl Shift Alt E = merge all onto new layer
  98. Ctrl Shift C = Copy merged
  99. Ctrl Shift V = Paste into selection
  100. Alt Click on mask to view
  101. Alt Click inside dialogue to reset
  102. Alt Click trash can to apply without dialogue
  103. Alt Click colour bar to select background colour
  104. Alt Click view in layers pannel to hide all other layers
  105. Alt Click inbetween layers to create clipping mask
  106. Alt Click in swatches to create new swatch
and now we are finished. Oh wait up ...


100. Tab = Hide all pallets
101. Shift Tab = Hide right hand pallets

The end.

Hope this helps a few folk decypher Deke's rant and for my favourite Photoshop shortcuts have a look at Speeding Up Photoshop Workflow.

Happy Clicking

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