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1. Press Tab will hide tool bar and palette, Shift+Tab will hide only palette.2. Hold Shift + click the top blue bar for toolbar and palette will move them tothe nearest edge.3. Double click the top blue bar, on any palette window, to minimize it.4. Double click the gray background will bring up open file option, HoldShift+double click will open up the browser.5. Sick of the default gray background around your image? Select paint bucket,hold shift and click on the gray background, it will change to whatever color youhave in your foreground color box.6. In Photoshop, all "Cancel" buttons in a window can be changed to a "Reset"button by holding Alt.7. Caps lock will switch your cursor for accuracy.8. Press F button, it will switch between 3 different screen modes and give youmore working area.9. To draw a straight line, click then move to the end point and hold shift +click.10. Hold Ctrl will temporary make any tool into move tool until you release Ctrl.11. Ctrl + Alt and click drag the image, it will make a duplication of the currentimage over lay on top.12. Hold Space bar, it will make any tool into "Hand Tool" until you release Spacebar.13. While in Zoom Tool, Ctrl+space = zoom in, alt+space = zoom out.14. Hold Ctrl and press "+" or "-" it will change the % for image in navigatorwindow.15. When Using eyedropper tool to capture foreground color, hold Alt and click, itwill instantly capture the color for background.16. With Measure Tool, draw a line then hold Alt and draw another line from theend of the first line, it will measure the angle.17. Ctrl+Alt+Z and Ctrl+Shift+Z will go back and forth in the history.18. Alt+Backspace and Ctrl+Backspace will fill in the whole screen with foregroundcolor or background color, Shift+backspace will bring up option window,Alt+Shift+Backspace and Ctrl+Shift+Backspace, will fill the image with foregroundor background color but will leave the alpha transparent area alone.19. When free transforming with Ctrl+T, hold Alt to keep the original image andthen to transform a duplicated layer of it. Ctrl+Shift+T to repeat whatever youdid in the last transform.20. To make sure your Crop is on the edge of the image, hold Ctrl while cropping.21. Ctrl+J will duplicate the current layer.
 
22. Ctrl+Shift+E will merge all visible layers to one layer, Ctrl+Shift+Alt+E willmake a copy of the original and merge all visible layers.23. While using Marquee Tools, hold Alt it will make the starting point as acenter of the selection.24. Ctrl + D to deselect, Ctrl+Shift+D to reselect what you deselected.25. While selecting with Marquee tool, pressing the space bar can allow you tomove the selection.26. Hold Shift and press "+" or "-" it will switch between the layer mode:N = NormalI = DissolveM = MultiplyS = ScreenO = OverlayF = Soft LightH = Hard LightD = Color DodgeB = Color BurnK = DarkenG = LightenE = DifferenceX = ExclusionU = HueT = SaturationC = ColorY = LuminosityQ = Behind 1L = Threshold 2R = Clear 3W = Shadow 4V = Midtones 4Z = Highlights 4***The shortcut works even for following situation:***Alpha turned off, Indexed Mode, Line tool, Bucket Tools, Dodge and Burn Tools27. While using Brush or any other tools, change the opacity by typing the number.*** type one number for % of it's ten times [4=40%]***type two number for exact % [press 7 then 2 will get 72%]28. Hold Alt while clicking on the eye icon beside the layer, it will hide allother layers.29. Hold Alt while clicking the pen icon beside the layer, it will unchain thislayer from all layers.30. Select a layer, hold Alt and click the top edge of another layer, it willgroup them.
 
31. Hold Alt and click the button "Create a new layer", it will create a newadjustment layer.32. Select a layer and hold Alt, then click on the garbage can button. It willinstantly delete the layer, marquee where you want alpha and Ctrl+click the"Create new channel" button, it will create an alpha only on the area you marquee.33. File> Automate > Contact Sheet: this can create a small thumbnail for everyfile, this can save you some time from searching.34. When Move Tool is selected, toolbox on top can be useful from time to time,these are "Auto select layer" and "Show bounding box".35. While Move Tool is selected, hold Shift (Alt+Shift+Right click) and allowwhether or not to make a current layer chain with your upper layer.36. With grid on, click the top left corner of the grid and drag to anywhere onthe image to set the pivot, double clicking on the icon again reset the pivot.37. After, draw a path on the image with pen tool, Ctrl+shift+H can hide/show it.38. Control Navigator with keyboard sometimes can be more time efficient thanmouse.***Home = move to top left cornerEnd = move to right bottom cornerPageUp = move up one pagePageDown = move down one pageCtrl+PageUp = move left one pageCtrl+PageDown = move right one pageShift+PageUp = move up 10 pixelShift+PageDown = move down 10 pixelCtrl+Shift+PageUp = move left 10 pixelCtrl+Shift+PageDown = move right 10 pixel39. Ctrl+Tab allows you to switch between different image files you are workingon.40. F12 = Revert to how the file was the last time you saved it.41. Shortcuts for Channel: RGB, CMYK, indexed color...***Ctrl+"~" = RGBCtrl+1 = redCtrl+2 = greenCtrl+3 = blueCtrl+4 = other pathCtrl+9 = other pathCtrl+"~" = CMYKCtrl+1 = light greenCtrl+2 = pink red
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