Photoshop 6 for Windows Bible- P35 ppt

9 Chapter D ✦ Windows Shortcuts ✦ If the current brush is one of the preset brushes in the Options bar, press the comma or period (, or .) to step backward or forward through the preset brushes when a paint or edit tool is selected. Press Shift+comma or Shift+ period to jump to the first or last of the preset brushes. ✦ Press Shift+[ and Shift+] to decrease and increase the brush hardness. The diameter changes in 25-percent increments. ✦ When a paint or edit tool is selected, press a number key to change the Opacity, Pressure, or Exposure setting assigned to that tool in the Options bar. Lower values result in translucent strokes and fills. Press 1 to change the value to 10 percent, 2 for 20 percent, all the way up to 0 for 100 percent. Or enter the exact value by typing two numbers right in a row. For example, type 1 and 5 for 15 percent. ✦ Select the gradient tool and press the bracket keys, [ and ], to switch between the five gradient styles. Press the comma or period (, or .) to step backward or forward through the predefined gradients. Press Shift+comma or Shift+period to switch to the first or last gradient in the list. ✦ When the text tool is selected, press the left bracket to toggle between the standard and the mask modes. Press the right bracket to set type orientation. ✦ Select any of the shape tools and press the comma or period (, or .) to step backward or forward through the predefined styles. Press Shift+comma or Shift+period to jump to the first or last style in the list. ✦ With the rounded rectangle tool active, press the bracket keys, [ and ], to decrease and increase the corner radius. ✦ Select the polygon tool and press the bracket keys, [ and ], to decrease and increase the number of sides that the resulting polygon will have. ✦ For the line tool, pressing the bracket keys, [ and ], decreases and increases the line width. ✦ Select the custom shape tool and press the bracket keys, [ and ], to step back- ward or forward through the predefined shapes. Press Shift+[ and Shift+] to switch to the first or last predefined shape. The Great-Grandmother of All Shortcut Tables Saddam Hussein has been an unpopular fellow for some time now, but you have to give him credit for that “mother of all battles” thing. English isn’t even the guy’s first language, yet he added a wonderful catch phrase to it. I’m sure we’ll be joking about the mothers of all this and that for years to come. That Saddam, what a sense of humor. 10 Extra Reading ✦ Photoshop 6 for Windows Bible Even so, the phrase doesn’t quite do justice to Table D-1. Here’s a list covering nearly every keystroke and modifier available to Photoshop 6, more than 400 in all! By the way, don’t press Shift just because a key combination involves a character that normally requires the Shift key. Just press the key with the shortcut character on it. For example, the shortcut for the Zoom In command is Ctrl+plus (+). Technically, + is the Shifted version of equal (=), so a literal person might think you have to press Ctrl+Shift+=. But the literal person would be wrong. The plus sign is used because it implies zooming while the equal sign does not. So when you see Ctrl+plus (+), just press Ctrl+=. Naturally, a shortcut won’t make much sense if you aren’t familiar with the feature it facilitates. I explain both specific features and their shortcuts in context in other chapters. The intent of the table is to serve as a reference you can revisit as your knowledge of Photoshop grows. The more you learn, the more useful the table becomes. Many of Photoshop’s keyboard shortcuts involve both the Ctrl and Alt keys. Ctrl+ Alt+O invokes the Open As command, Ctrl+Alt+Z undoes an operation from the History palette. Unfortunately, this isn’t entirely kosher with Microsoft. Windows 95 (and later) likes to reserve Ctrl+Alt combinations to launch applications. For exam- ple, let’s say you set Ctrl+Alt+Z to launch Nico Mak’s popular WinZip. (In case you’re unclear how to do this, create a shortcut icon for WinZip. Then right-click the shortcut icon, choose Properties, click the Shortcut tab, and enter Z into the Shortcut Key option box.) From this point on, Windows snags the keystrokes before Photoshop can react to it. So rather than undoing an operation, Ctrl+Alt+Z launches WinZip. The only way to avoid this conflict is to steer clear of the keys Photoshop uses — B, D, E, F, J, K, L, M, N, O, S, T, U, X, Z, plus, minus, semicolon, and zero through nine—when assigning file-launching shortcuts. Table D-1 Photoshop’s Hidden Shortcuts and Modifiers Operation Shortcut Menu commands Auto Contrast Ctrl+Alt+Shift+L Actual Pixels Ctrl+Alt+zero (0) Auto Levels Ctrl+Shift+L Bring Layer Forward Ctrl+] Bring Layer to Front Ctrl+Shift+] Caution Note 6 Photoshop 6 11 Chapter D ✦ Windows Shortcuts Operation Shortcut Menu commands Clear Backspace or Delete Close Ctrl+W or Ctrl+F4 Close All Ctrl+Shift+W or Ctrl+Shift+F4 Color Balance Ctrl+B Color Balance, with last settings Ctrl+Alt+B Color Settings Ctrl+Shift+K Copy Ctrl+C or F3 Copy Merged Ctrl+Shift+C Curves Ctrl+M Curves, with last settings Ctrl+Alt+M Cut Ctrl+X or F2 Desaturate Ctrl+Shift+U Deselect Ctrl+D Exit Ctrl+Q or Alt+F4 Extract Ctrl+Alt+X Fade last operation Ctrl+Shift+F Feather selection Ctrl+Alt+D or Shift+F6 Fill Shift+Backspace or Shift+F5 Fill from history Ctrl+Alt+Backspace Filter, repeat last Ctrl+F Filter, repeat with new settings Ctrl+Alt+F Fit on Screen Ctrl+zero (0) Free Transform Ctrl+T Gamut Warning Ctrl+Shift+Y Group with Previous Layer Ctrl+G Help Contents F1 Hue/Saturation Ctrl+U Hue/Saturation, with last settings Ctrl+Alt+U Inverse Selection Ctrl+Shift+I or Shift+F7 Continued 12 Extra Reading ✦ Photoshop 6 for Windows Bible Table D-1 (continued) Operation Shortcut Menu commands Invert Ctrl+I Layer Via Copy Ctrl+J Layer Via Cut Ctrl+Shift+J Levels Ctrl+L Levels, with last settings Ctrl+Alt+L Liquify Ctrl+Shift+X Lock Guides Ctrl+Alt+semicolon (;) Merge Down Ctrl+E Merge Group Ctrl+E Merge Layer Set Ctrl+E Merge Linked Ctrl+E Merge Visible Ctrl+Shift+E New Ctrl+N New, with default settings Ctrl+Alt+N New Layer Ctrl+Alt+Shift+N New Layer with options Ctrl+Shift+N Open Ctrl+O Open As Ctrl+Alt+O Page Setup Ctrl+Shift+P Path, show or hide Ctrl+Shift+H Paste Ctrl+V or F4 Paste Into Ctrl+Shift+V Preferences Ctrl+K Preferences, last panel Ctrl+Alt+K Proof Colors Ctrl+Y Print Ctrl+P Print Options Ctrl+Alt+P Print Setup Ctrl+Shift+P Redo Ctrl+Z 13 Chapter D ✦ Windows Shortcuts Operation Shortcut Menu commands Reselect Ctrl+Shift+D Rulers, show or hide Ctrl+R Save Ctrl+S Save As Ctrl+Shift+S Save A Copy As Ctrl+Alt+S Save For Web Ctrl+Alt+Shift+S Select All Ctrl+A Send Layer Backward Ctrl+[ Send Layer to Back Ctrl+Shift+[ Show Extras (for example, Selection Ctrl+H Edges, Grids, Guides) Show/Hide Path Ctrl+Shift+H Show/Hide Grid Ctrl+Alt+” Show/Hide Guides Ctrl+” Snap (for example, Grids, Guides, Ctrl+semicolon (;) Document Bounds) Step Backward Ctrl+Alt+Z Step Forward Ctrl+Shift+Z Transform Again Ctrl+Shift+T Transform Again with Copy Ctrl+Alt+Shift+T Undo Ctrl+Z Ungroup Layers Ctrl+Shift+G Zoom In Ctrl+plus (+) Zoom Out Ctrl+minus (–) 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 Ctrl+Page Up or Ctrl+Page Down Continued 14 Extra Reading ✦ Photoshop 6 for Windows Bible Table D-1 (continued) Operation Shortcut Navigation Scroll left or right slightly Ctrl+Shift+Page Up or Ctrl+ Shift+Page Down Switch to upper-left corner press Home Switch to lower-right corner press End Magnify to custom zoom ratio Ctrl+spacebar-drag or Ctrl-drag in Navigator palette Zoom in without changing window size Ctrl+spacebar-click or Ctrl+plus (+) Zoom in and change window size to fit Ctrl+Alt+plus (+) (assuming default settings) Zoom out without changing window size Alt+spacebar-click or Ctrl+minus (–) Zoom out and change window size to fit Ctrl+Alt+minus (–) (assuming default settings) Zoom to 100% Ctrl+Alt+zero (0) or double-click zoom tool icon Fit image on screen Ctrl+zero (0) or double-click hand tool icon Apply zoom value but keep magnification Shift+Enter box active Cycle through full screen and normal F window modes Toggle display of menu bar in full screen modes Shift+F Painting and editing Display crosshair cursor Caps Lock Revert image with magic eraser Alt-drag with eraser Select pencil, paintbrush, or airbrush N, B, or J Cycle through eraser styles Alt-click eraser tool icon or Shift+E Specify an area to clone Alt-click with rubber stamp Cycle through rubber stamp options Alt-click rubber stamp tool icon or Shift+S Cycle through focus tools Alt-click focus tool icon or Shift+R Sharpen with the blur tool or blur with Alt-drag the sharpen tool 15 Chapter D ✦ Windows Shortcuts Operation Shortcut Painting and editing Dip into the foreground color when smearing Alt-drag with smudge tool Cycle through toning tools Alt-click toning tool icon or Shift+O Darken with the dodge tool or lighten with Alt-drag the burn tool Paint or edit in a straight line click and then Shift-click Change opacity, pressure, or exposure in press number (1 through 0) 10% increments Change opacity, pressure, or exposure in press two numbers in a row 1% increments Select brush mode right-click with paint or edit tool or Shift+Alt+letter Cycle through brush modes Shift+plus (+) or Shift+minus (–) Reset to Normal brush mode Shift+Alt+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 Alt-click brush shape in the Options bar Create new brush shape in the Options click in empty area of Brushes bar’s Brushes pop-up menu pop-up menu Edit brush shape click brush icon in the Options bar Applying colors Lift foreground color from image Alt-click with paint tool or click with eyedropper Lift background color from image Alt-click with eyedropper Sample color in image click with color sampler tool or Shift-click with eyedropper Delete color sample Alt-click with color sampler tool or Alt+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 Alt-click color bar Continued 16 Extra Reading ✦ Photoshop 6 for Windows Bible Table D-1 (continued) Operation Shortcut Applying colors Cycle through color bars Shift-click color bar Specify new color bar right-click color bar Lift foreground color from Swatches palette click swatch Lift background color from Swatches palette Alt-click swatch Delete swatch from palette Ctrl-click swatch Replace swatch with foreground color Shift-click swatch Add new swatch to palette click in empty area of palette or Shift+Alt- click swatch Fill selection or layer with foreground color Alt+Backspace Fill layer with foreground color but Shift+Alt+Backspace preserve transparency Fill selection on background layer with Backspace or Delete background color Fill selection on any layer with Ctrl+Backspace background color Fill layer with background color but Ctrl+Shift+Backspace preserve transparency Fill selection with source state in Ctrl+Alt+Backspace History palette Display Fill dialog box Shift+Backspace or Shift+F5 Type Select all text on a text layer double-click T in Layers palette Select all text when already working Ctrl+A within text Select a single word double-click word with type tool Select word to left or right Ctrl+Shift+left or right arrow Increase type size two pixels (or points) Ctrl+Shift+greater than (>) Decrease type size two pixels Ctrl+Shift+less than (<) Increase type size 10 pixels Ctrl+Shift+Alt+greater than (>) Decrease type size 10 pixels Ctrl+Shift+Alt+less than (<) Kern together 2/100 em Alt+left arrow 17 Chapter D ✦ Windows Shortcuts Operation Shortcut Type Kern apart 2/100 em Alt+right arrow Kern together 1/10 em Ctrl+Alt+left arrow Kern apart 1/10 em Ctrl+Alt+right arrow Toggle text bold status Ctrl+Shift+B Toggle text italic status Ctrl+Shift+I Remove all text styles Ctrl+Shift+Y Toggle underlining Ctrl+Shift+U Toggle strikethrough Ctrl+Shift+slash (/) Toggle all-uppercase text Ctrl+Shift+K Toggle small-caps text Ctrl+Shift+H Toggle superscript text Ctrl+Shift+plus (+) Toggle subscript text Ctrl+Shift+Alt+plus (+) Choose 100% horizontal scale Ctrl+Shift+X Choose 100% vertical scale Ctrl+Shift+Alt+X Tighten leading two pixels Alt+up arrow Expand leading two pixels Alt+down arrow Tighten leading 10 pixels Ctrl+Alt+up arrow Expand leading 10 pixels Ctrl+Alt+down arrow Switch to Auto leading Ctrl+Shift+Alt+A Raise baseline shift two pixels Shift+Alt+up arrow Lower baseline shift two pixels Shift+Alt+down arrow Raise baseline shift 10 pixels Ctrl+Shift+Alt+up arrow Lower baseline shift 10 pixels Ctrl+Shift+Alt+down arrow Left-align text Ctrl+Shift+L Center-align text Ctrl+Shift+C Right-align text Ctrl+Shift+R Justify all text Ctrl+Shift+F Justify all text except last line Ctrl+Shift+J Insert nonbreaking hyphen Ctrl+Alt+hyphen(-) Continued 18 Extra Reading ✦ Photoshop 6 for Windows Bible Table D-1 (continued) Operation Shortcut Type Insert nonbreaking space Ctrl+Alt+X Show/Hide Text Selection while editing type Ctrl+H Selections Select everything Ctrl+A Deselect everything Ctrl+D Restore selection after deselecting Ctrl+Shift+D Hide or show marching ants Ctrl+H Feather the selection Ctrl+Alt+D or Shift+F6 Reverse the selection Ctrl+Shift+I or Shift+F7 Cycle through all marquee tools Alt-click marquee tool icon (including crop tool) Toggle between rectangular and Shift+M elliptical marquees Draw out from center with marquee tool Alt-drag Constrain marquee to square or circle press Shift while drawing shape Move marquee as you draw it spacebar Cycle through lasso tools Alt-click lasso tool icon or Shift+L Add corner to straight-sided selection outline Alt-click with lasso tool or click with polygonal lasso Add point to magnetic selection click with magnetic pen tool Delete last point added with magnetic Backspace lasso tool Increase or reduce magnetic lasso width press bracket, [ or ] Close polygon or magnetic selection double-click with respective lasso tool or press Enter Close magnetic selection with straight Alt-double-click or Alt+Enter segment Cancel polygon or magnetic selection press Escape Add to selection Shift-drag or Shift-click with selection tool Subtract from selection Alt-drag or Alt-click with selection tool [...]... Reading ✦ Photoshop 6 for Windows Bible Table D-1 (continued) Operation Shortcut Crops and transformations Constrained distort cropping boundary for perspective effect Ctrl+Shift-drag corner handle Constrained distort cropping boundary for symmetrical perspective effect Ctrl+Shift+Alt-drag corner handle Accept crop double-click inside boundary or press Enter Cancel crop press Escape Freely transform selection,... Constrained distort for perspective effect Ctrl+Shift-drag corner handle Constrained distort for symmetrical perspective effect Ctrl+Shift+Alt-drag corner handle Apply specific transformation in Free right-click in image window Transform mode Chapter D ✦ Windows Shortcuts Operation Shortcut Crops and transformations Accept transformation double-click inside boundary or press Enter Cancel transformation press... jurisdiction 6 Remedies (a) IDGB’s entire liability and your exclusive remedy for defects in materials and workmanship shall be limited to replacement of the Software Media, which may be returned to IDGB with a copy of your receipt at the following address: Software Media Fulfillment Department, Attn.: Photoshop 6 for Windows Bible, IDG Books Worldwide, Inc., 10475 Crosspoint Blvd., Indianapolis, IN 462 56, or... Close magnetic selection double-click with magnetic pen tool or click first point in path Continued 25 26 Extra Reading ✦ Photoshop 6 for Windows Bible Table D-1 (continued) Operation Shortcut Paths Close magnetic selection with straight segment Alt-double-click or Alt+Enter Cancel magnetic or freeform selection press Escape Select arrow (direct selection) tool press A or press and hold Ctrl when a... dialog box Alt-drag Blend If slider triangle Merge layer with next layer down Ctrl+E Merge grouped layers Ctrl+E Merge a layer set Ctrl+E Merge linked layers Ctrl+E Continued 21 22 Extra Reading ✦ Photoshop 6 for Windows Bible Table D-1 (continued) Operation Shortcut Layers Merge all visible layers Ctrl+Shift+E Copy merged version of selection to Clipboard Ctrl+Shift+C Clone contents of layer into next... with black click page icon at bottom of Channels palette Create channel mask filled with black and set options Alt-click page icon at bottom of Channels palette Continued 23 24 Extra Reading ✦ Photoshop 6 for Windows Bible Table D-1 (continued) Operation Shortcut Channels and masks Create channel mask from selection outline click mask icon at bottom of Channels palette Create channel mask from selection... Edit guide color and grid increments Ctrl-double-click guide Filters Repeat filter with last-used settings Ctrl+F Repeat filter with different settings Ctrl+Alt+F Continued 29 30 Extra Reading ✦ Photoshop 6 for Windows Bible Table D-1 (continued) Operation Shortcut Filters Scroll preview box in corrective filter dialog boxes drag in preview box or click in image window Zoom preview box in corrective filter... of a palette drag panel tab Snap palette to edge of screen Shift-click palette title bar Fully collapse palette Alt-click collapse box or double-click panel tab Continued 31 32 Extra Reading ✦ Photoshop 6 for Windows Bible Table D-1 (continued) Operation Shortcut Miscellaneous Display or hide Actions palette F9 Play script Ctrl-double-click item in Actions palette Permanently delete item from palette... restrictions for these individual programs that are detailed in the Using the CD-ROM Appendix and on the Software Media None of the material on this Software Media or listed in this Book may ever be redistributed, in original or modified form, for commercial purposes 5 Limited Warranty (a) IDGB warrants that the Software and Software Media are free from defects in materials and workmanship under normal use for. .. Ctrl+Shift+V Paste image behind selection Ctrl+Shift+Alt+V Layers Display or hide Layers palette F7 View single layer by itself Alt-click eyeball icon in Layers palette Continued 19 20 Extra Reading ✦ Photoshop 6 for Windows Bible Table D-1 (continued) Operation Shortcut Layers Create new layer above current layer and bypass blend options click page icon at bottom of Layers palette or Ctrl+Shift+N Create new . palette F6 Lift foreground color from color bar at click color bar bottom of Color palette Lift background color from color bar Alt-click color bar Continued 16 Extra Reading ✦ Photoshop 6 for Windows. corners Continued 28 Extra Reading ✦ Photoshop 6 for Windows Bible Table D-1 (continued) Operation Shortcut Crops and transformations Constrained distort cropping boundary for Ctrl+Shift-drag corner handle perspective. selection double-click with magnetic pen tool or click first point in path Continued 26 Extra Reading ✦ Photoshop 6 for Windows Bible Table D-1 (continued) Operation Shortcut Paths Close magnetic selection