Photoshop 6 for Windows Bible- P34 ppt

9 Chapter C ✦ Macintosh Shortcuts Table C-1 Photoshop’s Hidden Shortcuts and Modifiers Operation Shortcut Menu commands Auto Contrast Ô-Option-Shift-L Actual Pixels Ô-Option-zero (0) Auto Levels Ô-Shift-L Bring Layer Forward Ô-] Bring Layer to Front Ô-] Clear Delete Close Ô-W Close All Ô-Shift-W Color Balance Ô-B Color Balance, with last settings Ô-Option-B Color Settings Ô-Shift-K Copy Ô-C or F3 Copy Merged Ô-Shift-C Curves Ô-M Curves, with last settings Ô-Option-M Cut Ô-X or F2 Desaturate Ô-Shift-U Deselect Ô-D Extract Ô-Option-X Fade last operation Ô-Shift-F Feather selection Ô-Option-D or Shift-F6 Fill Shift-Delete or Shift-F5 Fill from history Ô-Option-Delete Filter, repeat last Ô-F Filter, repeat with new settings Ô-Option-F Fit on Screen Ô-zero (0) Free Transform Ô-T Continued 10 Extra Reading ✦ Photoshop 6 for Windows Bible Table C-1 (continued) Operation Shortcut Menu commands Gamut Warning Ô-Shift-Y Group with Previous Layer Ô-G Help Contents Ô-Shift-? Hue/Saturation Ô-U Hue/Saturation, with last settings Ô-Option-U Inverse Selection Ô-Shift-I or Shift-F7 Invert Ô-I Layer Via Copy Ô-J Layer Via Cut Ô-Shift-J Levels Ô-L Levels, with last settings Ô-Option-L Liquify Ô-Shift-X Lock Guides Ô-Option-semicolon (;) Merge Down Ô-E Merge Group Ô-E Merge Layer Set Ô-E Merge Linked Ô-E Merge Visible Ô-Shift-E New Ô-N New, with default settings Ô-Option-N New Layer Ô-Option-Shift-N New Layer with options Ô-Shift-N Open Ô-O Page Setup Ô-Shift-P Path, show or hide Ô-Shift-H Paste Ô-V or F4 Paste Into Ô-Shift-V Preferences Ô-K Preferences, last panel Ô-Option-K 11 Chapter C ✦ Macintosh Shortcuts Operation Shortcut Menu commands Proof Colors Ô-Y Print Ô-P Print Options Ô-Option-P Print Setup Ô-Shift-P Quit Ô-Q Redo Ô-Z Reselect Ô-Shift-D Rulers, show or hide Ô-R Save Ô-S Save As Ô-Shift-S Save A Copy As Ô-Option-S Save For Web Ô-Option-Shift-S Select All Ô-A Send Layer Backward Ô-[ Send Layer to Back Ô-Shift-[ Show Extras (for example, Selection Edges, Ô-H Grids, Guides) Show/Hide Path Ô-Shift-H Show/Hide Grid Ô-Option-" Show/Hide Guides Ô-" Snap (for example, Grids, Guides, Ô-semicolon (;) Document Bounds) Step Backward Ô-Option-Z Step Forward Ô-Shift-Z Transform Again Ô-Shift-T Transform Again with Copy Ô-Option-Shift-T Undo Ô-Z or F1 Ungroup Layers Ô-Shift-G Zoom In Ô-plus (+) Zoom Out Ô-minus (–) Continued 12 Extra Reading ✦ Photoshop 6 for Windows Bible Table C-1 (continued) Operation Shortcut Navigation Scroll image with hand tool spacebar-drag or drag in Navigator palette Scroll up or down one screen Page Up or Page Down Scroll up or down slightly Shift-Page Up or Shift-Page Down Scroll up or down exactly one frame in Shift-Page Up or Shift-Page Down Filmstrip file Scroll left or right one screen Ô-Page Up or Ô-Page Down Scroll left or right slightly Ô-Shift-Page Up or Ô- Shift-Page Down Switch to upper-left corner press Home Switch to lower-right corner press End Magnify to custom zoom ratio Ô-spacebar-drag or Ô-drag in Navigator palette Zoom in without changing window size Ô-spacebar-click or Ô-Option-plus (+) Zoom in and change window size to fit Ô-plus (+) (assuming default settings) Zoom out without changing window size Option-spacebar-click or Ô-Option- minus (–) Zoom out and change window size to fit Ô-minus (–) (assuming default settings) Zoom to 100% Ô-Option-zero (0) or double-click zoom tool icon Fit image on screen Ô-zero (0) or double-click hand tool icon Apply zoom value but keep magnification Shift-Return box active Cycle through full screen and normal F window modes Toggle display of menu bar in full screen Shift-F modes Painting and editing Display crosshair cursor Caps Lock Revert image with magic eraser Option-drag with eraser Select pencil, paintbrush, or airbrush N, B, or J Cycle through eraser styles Option-click eraser tool icon or Shift-E 13 Chapter C ✦ Macintosh Shortcuts Operation Shortcut Painting and editing Specify an area to clone Option-click with rubber stamp Cycle through rubber stamp options Option-click rubber stamp tool icon or Shift-S Cycle through focus tools Option-click focus tool icon or Shift-R Sharpen with the blur tool or blur with the Option-drag sharpen tool Dip into the foreground color when smearing Option-drag with smudge tool Cycle through toning tools Option-click toning tool icon or Shift-O Darken with the dodge tool or lighten with Option-drag the burn tool Paint or edit in a straight line click and then Shift-click Change opacity, pressure, or exposure press number (1 through 0) in 10% increments Change opacity, pressure, or exposure press two numbers in a row in 1% increments Select brush mode Control-click with paint or edit tool or Shift-Option-letter Cycle through brush modes Shift-plus (+) or Shift-minus (–) Reset to Normal brush mode Shift-Option-N Change brush diameter in increments press bracket, [ or ] proportional to brush size Change brush hardness in increments of 25% press Shift-bracket, [ or ] Delete shape from Brushes pop-up menu in Option-click brush shape the Options bar Create new brush shape in the Options click in empty area of Brushes pop-up bar’s Brushes pop-up menu menu Edit brush shape click brush icon in the Options bar Applying colors Lift foreground color from image Option-click with paint tool or click with eyedropper Lift background color from image Option-click with eyedropper Sample color in image click with color sampler tool or Shift-click with eyedropper Continued 14 Extra Reading ✦ Photoshop 6 for Windows Bible Table C-1 (continued) Operation Shortcut Applying colors Delete color sample Option-click with color sampler tool or Option-Shift-click with eyedropper on target Display or hide Color palette F6 Lift foreground color from color bar at click color bar bottom of Color palette Lift background color from color bar Option-click color bar Cycle through color bars Shift-click color bar Specify new color bar Control-click color bar Lift foreground color from Swatches palette click swatch Lift background color from Swatches palette Option-click swatch Delete swatch from palette Ô-click swatch Replace swatch with foreground color Shift-click swatch Add new swatch to palette click in empty area of palette or Shift- Option-click swatch Fill selection or layer with foreground color Option-Delete Fill layer with foreground color but preserve Shift-Option-Delete transparency Fill selection on background layer with Delete background color Fill selection on any layer with background Ô-Delete color Fill layer with background color but preserve Ô-Shift-Delete transparency Fill selection with source state in History Ô-Option-Delete palette Display Fill dialog box Shift-Delete or Shift-F5 Type Select all text on a text layer double-click T in Layers palette Select all text when already working within text Ô-A Select a single word double-click word with type tool 15 Chapter C ✦ Macintosh Shortcuts Operation Shortcut Type Select word to left or right Ô-Shift-left or right arrow Increase type size two pixels (or points) Ô-Shift-greater than (>) Decrease type size two pixels Ô-Shift-less than (<) Increase type size 10 pixels Ô-Shift-Option-greater than (>) Decrease type size 10 pixels Ô-Shift-Option-less than (<) Kern together 2/100 em Option-left arrow Kern apart 2/100 em Option-right arrow Kern together 1/10 em Ô-Option-left arrow Kern apart 1/10 em Ô-Option-right arrow Toggle text bold status Ô-Shift-B Toggle text italic status Ô-Shift-I Remove all text styles Ô-Shift-Y Toggle underlining Ô-Shift-U Toggle strikethrough Ô-Shift-slash ( / ) Toggle all-uppercase text Ô-Shift-K Toggle small-caps text Ô-Shift-H Toggle superscript text Ô-Shift-plus (+) Toggle subscript text Ô-Shift-Option-plus (+) Choose 100% horizontal scale Ô-Shift-X Choose 100% vertical scale Ô-Shift-Option-X Tighten leading two pixels Option-up arrow Expand leading two pixels Option-down arrow Tighten leading 10 pixels Ô-Option-up arrow Expand leading 10 pixels Ô-Option-down arrow Switch to Auto leading Ô-Shift-Option-A Raise baseline shift two pixels Shift-Option-up arrow Lower baseline shift two pixels Shift-Option-down arrow Raise baseline shift 10 pixels Ô-Shift-Option-up arrow Lower baseline shift 10 pixels Ô-Shift-Option-down arrow Continued 16 Extra Reading ✦ Photoshop 6 for Windows Bible Table C-1 (continued) Operation Shortcut Type Left-align text Ô-Shift-L Center-align text Ô-Shift-C Right-align text Ô-Shift-R Justify all text Ô-Shift-F Justify all text except last line Ô-Shift-J Insert nonbreaking space Option-spacebar Show/Hide Text Selection while editing type Ô-H Selections Select everything Ô-A Deselect everything Ô-D Restore selection after deselecting Ô-Shift-D Hide or show marching ants Ô-H Feather the selection Ô-Option-D or Shift-F6 Reverse the selection Ô-Shift-I or Shift-F7 Cycle through all marquee tools (including Option-click marquee tool icon crop tool) Toggle between rectangular and elliptical Shift-M marquees Draw out from center with marquee tool Option-drag Constrain marquee to square or circle press Shift while drawing shape Move marquee as you draw it spacebar Cycle through lasso tools Option-click lasso tool icon or Shift-L Add corner to straight-sided selection outline Option-click with lasso tool or click with polygonal lasso Add point to magnetic selection click with magnetic lasso tool Delete last point added with magnetic Delete lasso tool Increase or reduce magnetic lasso width press bracket, [ or ] Close polygon or magnetic selection double-click with respective lasso tool or press Return 17 Chapter C ✦ Macintosh Shortcuts Operation Shortcut Selections Close magnetic selection with straight segment Option-double-click or Option-Return Cancel polygon or magnetic selection press Escape Add to selection Shift-drag or Shift-click with selection tool Subtract from selection Option-drag or Option-click with selection tool Retain intersected portion of selection Shift-Option-drag or Shift-Option-click with selection tool Add character outlines to a selection Shift-click with type mask tool Cut letter-shaped holes into a selection Option-click with type mask tool Retain areas where character outlines and Shift-Option-click with type mask tool selection intersect Select move tool press V or press and hold Ô Move selection drag with move tool or Ô-drag with other tool Constrain movement vertically or horizontally press Shift while dragging selection Move selection in 1-pixel increments Ô-arrow key Move selection in 10-pixel increments Ô-Shift-arrow key Clone selection Option-drag selection with move tool or Ô-Option-drag with other tool Clone selection in 1-pixel increments Ô-Option-arrow key Clone selection in 10-pixel increments Ô-Shift-Option-arrow key Clone selection to different image Ô-drag selection from one window and drop it into another Move selection outline independently of drag with selection tool its contents Move selection outline in 1-pixel increments press arrow key when selection tool is active Move selection outline in 10-pixel increments Shift-arrow key when selection tool is active Copy empty selection outline to different drag selection from one window into image another with selection tool Change opacity of floating selection Ô-Shift-F Continued 18 Extra Reading ✦ Photoshop 6 for Windows Bible Table C-1 (continued) Operation Shortcut Selections Paste image into selection Ô-Shift-V Paste image behind selection Ô-Shift-Option-V Layers Display or hide Layers palette F7 View single layer by itself Option-click eyeball icon in Layers palette Create new layer above current layer and click page icon at bottom of Layers bypass blend options palette or Ô-Shift-N Create new layer below current layer and Ô-click page icon at bottom of Layers bypass blend options palette Create new layer above current layer and set Option-click page icon at bottom of blend options Layers palette or Ô-Option-Shift-N Create new layer below current layer and set Ô-Option-click page icon at bottom of blend options Layers palette Clone selection to new layer and bypass Ô-J blend options Clone selection to new layer and set blend Ô-Option-J options Transfer selection to new layer and bypass Ô-Shift-J blend options Transfer selection to new layer and set blend Ô-Option-Shift-J options Convert floating selection to new layer Ô-Shift-J Duplicate layer to new layer drag layer name onto page icon or Ô-A, Ô-J Ascend one layer Option-] Descend one layer Option-[ Ascend to top layer Option-Shift-] Descend to background layer Option-Shift-[ Go directly to layer that contains specific Ô-click or Option-Control-click with image when using the move tool move tool Go directly to layer that contains specific Ô-Option-Control-click image with image when using any other tool any tool Select from layers that overlap when using Control-click image with move tool the move tool [...]... the shortcuts make sense M selects the marquee tool, L is for lasso tool But then there are the weird ones, such as O for dOdge, R for bluR, and my favorite, I for I-dropper 5 6 Extra Reading ✦ Photoshop 6 for Windows Bible M V W L C K J B Y G S E R P O A T U I N H Z X D Q F Photoshop 6 The toolbox shortcuts have changed a bit in Photoshop 6 The K, U, and N keys represent a total of nine new tools... invent for yourself, generically know as scripts, which are covered back in Chapter B 6 Experienced users will be glad to discover that most of the shortcuts they enjoyed using in Photoshop 5 have faithfully returned in Version 6 But if you’re used to speeding through Photoshop in a blaze of keystrokes and mouse clicks, be prepared for the occasional hiccup because there are a few changes in Version 6 Or... Scale cropping boundary proportionally with respect to center point Option-Shift-drag corner Skew cropping boundary Ô-drag side handle Continued 25 26 Extra Reading ✦ Photoshop 6 for Windows Bible Table C-1 (continued) Operation Shortcut Crops and transformations Skew cropping boundary along constrained axis Ô-Shift-drag side handle Skew cropping boundary with respect to origin Ô-Option-drag side handle... a little practice, you’ll be driving your new Model 6 Photoshop at speeds that would land your butt in jail in the real world Context-sensitive pop-up menus Selecting tools from the keyboard A few fantastic palette shortcuts A smattering of splendiferous Options bar shortcuts Comprehensive shortcut table ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ 2 Extra Reading ✦ Photoshop 6 for Windows Bible Hidden Shortcuts and Modifiers Shortcuts... other everyday inventions, right-clicking was designed by and for righthanders In fact, the only item made convenient for left handers is the flush handle on a toilet Even the adages we teach our children have a sinister, anti-left-hander bias “Righty tighty, lefty loosey” — tell me that’s not pejorative! 3 4 Extra Reading ✦ Photoshop 6 for Windows Bible Figure D-2: You can also right-click items in... through Ô -6 Undoing operations Undo or redo last operation Ô-Z Undo operation prior to last one Ô-Option-Z Redo undone operation Ô-Shift-Z Undo to specific point click item in History palette Duplicate previously performed operation Option-click item in History palette Select state to revert to with history brush click in front of item in History palette Continued 29 30 Extra Reading ✦ Photoshop 6 for Windows. .. sampler, and the measure tools The control toggles — X, Q, and F — work as before X swaps between the foreground and background colors Q takes you in and out of the quick mask mode F takes you from one image window mode to the next 7 8 Extra Reading ✦ Photoshop 6 for Windows Bible Palette shortcuts Photoshop also lets you access a few palette options from the keyboard I’ve documented these options in... distort cropping boundary for perspective effect Ô-Shift-drag corner handle Constrained distort cropping boundary for symmetrical perspective effect Ô-Shift-Option-drag corner handle Accept crop double-click inside boundary or press Return Cancel crop press Escape Freely transform selection, layer, or path Ô-T Duplicate selection and freely transform Ô-Option-T Move image in Free Transform mode drag inside... fairly obvious For example, Photoshop lists keyboard equivalents for its commands next to the command in the menu You can choose File ➪ New by pressing Ctrl+N, choose Edit ➪ Undo by pressing Ctrl+Z, choose Select ➪ All by pressing Ctrl+A, and so on But many of Photoshop s shortcuts are hidden And, wouldn’t you know it, the hidden ones are the most essential Alt-key combos Tip As in other Windows programs,... perspective effect Ô-Shift-Option-drag corner handle Apply specific transformation in Free Transform mode Control-click in image window Accept transformation double-click inside boundary or press Return Cancel transformation press Escape Replay last transformation Ô-Shift-T Duplicate selection and replay last transformation Ô-Shift-Option-T Rulers, measurements, and guides Display or hide rulers Ô-R Display . cropping boundary Ô-drag side handle Continued 26 Extra Reading ✦ Photoshop 6 for Windows Bible Table C-1 (continued) Operation Shortcut Crops and transformations Skew cropping boundary along Ô-Shift-drag. Reading ✦ Photoshop 6 for Windows Bible Table C-1 (continued) Operation Shortcut Paths Delete last point added with standard or Delete magnetic pen tool Draw freehand path segment drag with freeform. Ô-Shift-Option-up arrow Lower baseline shift 10 pixels Ô-Shift-Option-down arrow Continued 16 Extra Reading ✦ Photoshop 6 for Windows Bible Table C-1 (continued) Operation Shortcut Type Left-align text Ô-Shift-L Center-align