Photoshop tips and tricks :
V = move tool
F – toggles through display screen modes
Space bar = temporary hand key
B – paintbrush tool
D – sets the foreground/background colorss to default
X – swaps between background and foreground color
E – eraser tool
S – stamp or cloning tool
W – quick selection tool
Ctrl+j – duplicates the selected layer
BRUSH
Control + Option - While holding these keys you can drag your brush horizontally to increase/decrease the size of the brush, and vertically to increase/decrease the hardness.
Option - Turns your brush tool into the color picker allowing you to select a color without having to switch tools.
Shift- use shift key to make line straight
PEN
Option - Convert Point Tool. This allows you to turn your points into corners (no handles) and to break your handles so they effect the curve independently of each other. This will also turn corners and independent handles back into smooth handles locked to the same direction and size.
Command - Direct Selection Tool. This changes your pen to the little white arrow giving you the ability to move points, handles, and adjust curves without having to switch back and forth between tools.
Shift - This enables you to do a couple of things while using the pen tool. First it allows you to constrain your handles to 0/45/90 (etc.) degrees when making a new point. Second; ordinarily hovering over a path or curve will turn your pen tool to the Delete Anchor or Add Anchor tool, but after you've closed your path, holding shift will allow you to create a new path starting from a point or along a curve on your first path.
Ctrl+Shift+Alt+T lets you duplicate a layer and repeat a transformation in one go
Ctrl+Shift+Alt+E will merge a copy of all Layers
X Change your foreground and background colours
D Reset foreground and background colours to black and white
] and [ Change your brush tip size
Cmd/Ctrl+J Duplicate a layer or selection
Space Bar Hold Space and drag to navigate around the image
TAB Hides or shows all panels and tools
Cmd/Ctrl+T Transform a layer
Cmd/Ctrl+E Merge selected layer down, or merges several highlighted layers
Cmd/Ctrl/Ctrl+Shift+Opt+S Save for web & devices
Cmd/Ctrl+L Bring up levels box
Cmd/Ctrl+T Open Free Transform tool
Cmd/Ctrl+M Open Curves
Cmd/Ctrl+B Edit Colour Balance
fill color
press Alt+Backspace to fill a layer or
selection with the Foreground colour,.
Cmd/Ctrl+Backspace to fill a layer or selection with the Background colour, or Shift+Backspace to quickly access the Fill Options.
Bird's Eye View
When zoomed in close, hold down H and drag in the image to instantly dart out to full screen then jump back to another area. One of the best Photoshop tips for viewing work.
Interactive zoom
Ctrl+Space then drag right to zoom in, or left to zoom out. The zoom targets where your mouse icon is, so it's one of the quickest ways to navigate around an image.
Change Opacity
When not using a painting tool, you can change layer Opacity
simply by pressing a number key. Hit 1 for 10%,2 for 20%,3for 30%,4 for 40% 5 for 50%, 6 for 60% 7 for 70% 8 for 80% ,9 for 90%, and 0 for 100%.
Thank you
To be continued......
