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