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Selecting
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Draw marquee
selection from center
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Alt–drag selection
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Add to a selection
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Shift
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Subtract from a
selection
|
Alt
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Intersect with a
selection
|
Shift–Alt
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Make copy of
selection w/Move tool
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Alt–drag selection
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Make copy of
selection when not in Move tool
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Ctrl–Alt–drag
selection
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Move selection (in
1-pixel increments)
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Arrow keys
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Move selection (in
10-pixel increments)
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Shift–Arrow keys
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Select all opaque
pixels on layer
|
Ctrl–click on layer
thumbnail (in Layers panel)
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Reselect last
selection
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Ctrl–Shift–D
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Feather selection
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Shift–F6
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Move marquee while
drawing selection
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Hold Spacebar while
drawing marquee
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Viewing
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Fit on Screen
|
Double–click on Hand
tool or Ctrl–0
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100% View Level
(Actual Pixels)
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Double–click on Zoom
tool or Ctrl–1
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Zoom in
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Ctrl–Spacebar–click
or Ctrl–Plus(+)
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Zoom out
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Alt–Spacebar–click
or Ctrl–Minus(–)
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Hide/Show all tools
and panels
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Tab
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Hide/Show all panels
except Tools panel and Options bar
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Shift–Tab
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Cycle through full
screen modes
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F
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Scroll image left or
right in window
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Ctrl–Shift–Page
Up/Down
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Jump/Zoom to part of
Image
|
Ctrl–drag in
Navigator panel
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Toggle layer mask
on/off as rubylith
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Layers
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Create new layer
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Ctrl–Shift–N
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Select
non-contiguous layers
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Ctrl–click layers
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Select contiguous
layers
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Click one layer,
then Shift–click another layer
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Delete Layer
|
Delete key (while in
the Move tool)
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View contents of
layer mask
|
Alt–click layer mask
icon
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Temporarily turn off
layer mask
|
Shift–click layer
mask icon
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Clone layer as you
move it
|
Alt–drag
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Find/Select layer
containing object
|
Right–click on the
object w/Move tool
|
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Change layer opacity
|
Number pad keys
(w/Move tool selected)
|
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Cycle down or up
through blending modes
|
Shift–Plus(+) or
Minus(–)
|
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Change to a specific
blending mode
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(w/Move tool)
Shift–Alt–letter (i.e.: N=Normal, M=Multiply. etc.)
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Switch to layer
below/above current layer
|
Alt–[ or Alt–]
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Move layer
below/above current layer
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Ctrl–[ or Ctrl–]
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Type
|
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Select all text on
layer
|
Double–click on T
thumbnail in Layers panel
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Increase/Decrease
size of selected text by 1 pt
|
Ctrl–Shift–> or
<
|
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Increase/Decrease
size of selected text by 5 pts
|
Ctrl–Shift–Alt–>
or <
|
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Increase/Decrease
kerning/tracking
|
Alt–Right/Left Arrow
|
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Align text
left/center/right
|
Ctrl–Shift–L/C/R
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Painting
|
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Fill selection with
Background color
|
Ctrl–Backspace
|
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Fill selection with
Foreground color
|
Alt–Backspace
|
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Fill selection with
Foreground color using Lock Transparent Pixels
|
Shift–Alt–Backspace
|
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Fill selection with
source state in History panel
|
Ctrl–Alt–Backspace
|
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Display Fill dialog
box
|
Shift–Backspace
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Sample as background
color
|
Alt–click
w/Eyedropper tool
|
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To get Move tool
|
While in any
painting/editing tool, hold Ctrl
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To get Eyedropper
with painting tools
|
Alt
|
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Change paint opacity
(with Airbrush OFF)
|
Number keys
|
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Change paint opacity
(with Airbrush ON)
|
Shift–Number keys
|
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Change Airbrush flow
(with Airbrush ON)
|
Number keys
|
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Change Airbrush flow
(with Airbrush OFF)
|
Shift–Number keys
|
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To get Crosshair
Cursor
|
While in any
painting/editing tool, turn Caps Lock on
|
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Decrease/Increase
brush size
|
[ or ]
|
|
Decrease/Increase
hardness of brush
|
Shift–[ or Shift–]
|
|
Switch between
preset brushes
|
< or >
|
|
Open Brushes pop-up
panel
|
Right–click in image
window
|
|
Erase to History
panel's source state
|
Alt–Eraser
|
|
Cycle down or up
through blend modes
|
Shift–Plus(+) or
Minus(–)
|
|
Change to a specific
blend mode
|
Shift–Alt–letter
(i.e.: N=Normal, M=Multiply, etc.)
|
|
Create fixed color
target from within a dialog box
|
Shift–click in image
window
|
|
Delete fixed color
target
|
Alt–click on target
with Color Sampler tool
|
|
Create new Spot
Color channel from current selection
|
Ctrl–click on New
Channel button in Channels panel
|
|
Pen Tool & Paths
|
|
|
To get Direct
Selection tool while using Pen tool
|
Ctrl
|
|
Switch between Add
Anchor and Delete Anchor Point tools
|
Alt
|
|
Switch from Path
Selection tool to Convert Point tool when pointer is over anchor point
|
Ctrl–Alt
|
|
To select a whole
path w/Direct Selection tool
|
Alt–click
|
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Convert path to a
selection
|
Ctrl–click on path
name (in Paths panel)
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Panels
|
|
|
Show/Hide Brushes
panel
|
F5
|
|
Show/Hide Color
panel
|
F6
|
|
Show/Hide Layers
panel
|
F7
|
|
Show/Hide Info panel
|
F8
|
|
Show/Hide Actions
panel
|
Alt–F9
|
|
Open Adobe Bridge
|
Ctrl–Alt–O
|
|
Miscellaneous Good
Stuff
|
|
|
Switch between open
documents
|
Ctrl–Tab
|
|
Undo or Redo
operations beyond last one
|
Ctrl–Alt–Z/Ctrl–Shift–Z
|
|
Reapply last filter
used
|
Ctrl–F
|
|
Reapply last filter
used, but display dialog box to alter settings
|
Ctrl–Alt–F
|
|
Temporarily switch
to Hand tool
|
Spacebar
|
|
Reset dialog box
|
Hold Alt, Cancel
turns into Reset button, click it
|
|
Increase/Decrease
value (in any option field) by 1 unit
|
Up/Down Arrow
|
|
Increase/Decrease
value (in any option field) by 10 units
|
Shift–Up/Down Arrow
|
|
Reapply last
transformation
|
Ctrl–Shift–T
|
|
Measure angle
between lines (Protractor function)
|
After ruler is
drawn, Alt–drag end of line with Ruler tool
|
|
Move Crop/Selection
marquee while creating
|
Hold Spacebar while
drawing
|
|
Snap Guide to Ruler
ticks
|
Hold Shift while
dragging
|
|
Highlight fields in
Options bar (n/a for all tools)
|
Enter
|
|
Don't snap object
edge while moving
|
Hold Control while
dragging
|
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Tools
|
|
|
V
|
Move and Artboard tools
|
|
M
|
Marquee tools
|
|
L
|
Lasso tools
|
|
W
|
Quick Selection, Magic Wand
|
|
C
|
Crop and Slice Tools
|
|
I
|
Eyedropper, 3D Material Eyedropper, Color
Sampler, Ruler, Note, Count
|
|
J
|
Spot Healing Brush, Healing Brush, Patch,
Content-Aware Move, Red Eye
|
|
B
|
Brush, Pencil, Color Replacement, Mixer
Brush
|
|
S
|
Clone Stamp, Pattern Stamp
|
|
Y
|
History Brush, Art History Brush
|
|
E
|
Eraser tools
|
|
G
|
Gradient, Paint Bucket, 3D Material Drop
|
|
O
|
Dodge, Burn, Sponge
|
|
P
|
Pen tools
|
|
T
|
Type tools
|
|
A
|
Path Selection, Direct Selection
|
|
U
|
Rectangle, Rounded Rectangle, Ellipse,
Polygon, Line, Custom Shape
|
|
H
|
Hand
|
|
R
|
Rotate View
|
|
Z
|
Zoom
|
|
D
|
Default colors
|
|
X
|
Switch Foreground and Background colors
|
|
Q
|
Quick Mask Mode
|
|
To switch between all tools within groups,
add the Shift key to the letters above
|
|
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For example, to switch between Rectangular
and Elliptical marquee hit Shift–M
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