SK: Shortcuts Shared

[Kayla Lamoreaux]

We are working on some fun surprises for Digital Scrapbooking Day November 1st and one of them involves you!

We would love for everyone to share their favorite shortcut key combinations. To do this, we need the following -

1. Shortcut Key combination
2. Program you use it in
3. what it does

For example here is my favorite -
1. Ctrl or CMD+J
2. Photoshop CS3
3. When a layer is selected and you press these keys, you duplicate the layer.

Another
1. CMD+SHIFT+4
2. Mac OS
3. Allows you to click and drag a screen shot of your computer - wherever you want and saves it to your desktop.

Another
1. CTRL+PRT SCRN (usually on one of the function keys)
2. Windows OS
3. Saves a shot of your screen to the clipboard. You can open up Photoshop do File>New> and then OK - then once the document is open you can press CTRL-V and edit your screenshot from there.

Ok - that should get you started - share away!!

[Meredith]

1.Ctrl+T
2. Photoshop CS3
3. Allows you to transform your selection. Hold down the shift key to keep the proportions the same!

[Kayla Lamoreaux]

thanks! Another favorite!

[Kelly La Morge]

I'm square.. and don't use many believe it or not ... or maybe I am just not aware I am doing it... lol

PS CS2

Ctrl and 0 (zero) to make the canvas as big as it can be on the screen
Ctrl and - to zoom out
Ctrl and + to zoom in

[blurooferika]

CMD + [ or ]
2. PS Elements. I use Mac, but this works in PC land,too
3. Depends on what is selected. If B (brush tool) is in use, it quickly resizes it: larger with the ] right bracket, smaller with the [ left. If a layer is selected in the layers palette, it moves that layer up ] right bracket or down [ left bracket through the other layers in the document.

[Kristianne]

1. Ctrl+L
2. Photoshop Elements 6.0 (and other versions)
3. Opens the Levels Dialog Box. Use levels to adjust color, tone, shadows and highlights of your images.

[Linda Hoenstine]

1. Ctl + N
2. PSE6
3. Opens a new document

I really don't use many shortcuts; I guess I'm a drop down menu girl.

[SeeJaneScrapbook]

Oh, let me count the many shortcuts I LOVE!!! The more shortcuts you learn; the faster you can go! I have too many faves to list, but here's a few (I'm on a Mac using CS3):

*spacebar (and drag with your mouse) = changes your cursor to the "hand" so you can move around if you are zoomed in.

CMD+Shift+I = selects the inverse of whatever you have selected

Alt+Shift+G = creates a clipping mask to whatever is below the layer you're working on

CMD+U = opens the Hue/Saturation Dialog box

B = Brush

M = Marquee Tool

E = Eraser

G = paint bucket

X = Swaps your foreground and background colors

Alt + CMD +I = Image Size dialog box

CMD + W = close file

[IreneO]

My most-used have already been listed, but here's another I use a lot.

1. Alt+Shift+Backspace
2. Photoshop CS3
3. Fills with foreground color

[Michelle RV]

Are you kidding me??? ;-D

1. Ctrl+Z
2. Photoshop Elements
3. Undo last action (continue to click to keep undoing actions in order they were done)

[Lori Gardner]

My all time favorite...
I am on a Mac, but I think it is the same in PSE or PSCS...
When you drag and image or photo over to your layout page, hold down the shift key and drop it on the new document...it automatically centers the object being dropped.

[Aly Dosdall]

hold the ctrl key down while you click on layers in your layers pallette to select multiple layers. then whatever you do next will be done to all the layers highlighted. this is great if you have a bunch of alphas, brads, buttons, etc to reduce or rotate or recolor. i use this in PSCS2.

[Victoria]

1. Shortcut Key combination ctrl+alt+n
2. Program you use it in PSE 5.0
3. what it does It creates a new document the same size as the one previously created