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!!

[caren]

ctrl+i for invert

[Hummie]

Wow...many of my favorites are already listed.

Hmmm...something new...I have so many..

I use Control I all the time to find the complementary color:

See video here.

[Lisa Wariner]

1. Ctrl + new layer
2. CS2
3. Will put a new layer underneath the current layer instead of on top.

[Channon Zabel]

1. Ctrl+Shift+F
2. Heritage Makers Studio 2.0
3. Paste Format (meaning that you can copy an item you like the "color fill" of or the drop shadow of or the border of and then paste those same formats onto another image. Saves so much time.

[Zakirah]

Ctrl+Tab
PS CS2
If you have more than 1 documents opened, you can change between documents using the Ctrl+Tab keys.

Ctrl+Tab
Firefox
Change between tabs easily.

Alt+Tab
Windows XP
If you have different programs opened, hit the Alt+Tab keys & you'll be able to change between programs.

[caren]

alt click on the bottem of 1 layer to clip on to the next leyer whenyou see the circled arrow you know it is correct.
alot easier than ctrl+alt+g

[caren]

There is also the ctrl+o for open

[Katherine Lent]

In Photoshop, [since I use a Mac and I always just hear about keyboard shortcuts for Windows], I don't really use them. I tend to use contextual menus [right click]. In the [Mac] Finder I do use them.

I would love a Mac/PSCS2 shortcut for EDIT>TRANSFORM>SCALE. I use that A LOT!!

[Brooke - in Oregon]

I use CS3 and just the basic controls
CTRL V = Paste
CTRL C = Copy
CTRL + Alt + G to clip things into shapes

Those are the only ones I can think of that I use. Not very advanced! lol

[Katherine Lent]

Check it out, Friday Tutorial::Keyboard shortcuts
from Pink Ink Studios by bianca

http://pinkinkstudios.net/?p=1481

so I just made my OWN shortcut for Edit>Transform>Scale!

[Holly]

1. Ctrl+Shift+N
2. PS CS3
3. Adds a new layer above the one you are using.

[PaulaDuncan]

Ctrl > Shift > J
PS7 Windows
If you have a layer and it has a couple things on it but you only want one thing from it to have its own layer, select that one thing with your Marquee Tool = V and use this combination!! Instead of just copying the selected area to a new layer and then having to go back to the orginal layer to erase it, it cuts it right out of the orginal layer and puts it on its own!!

Crtl > A
Select All

Ctrl > X
Cut

G
Paint bucket

Ctrl > S
Save