Adobe Photoshop Tutorials

Become the king of the keyboard by discovering more new shortcuts

Taking advantages of keyboard shortcuts to rapidly access tools in the toolbox, and you can also use keyboard shortcuts to implement a wide variety of other Photoshop menu features; perhaps you already use [Command]+[C] to copy a selection, rather than using the more time-consuming Edit > Copy option from the main menu.

Try building on your use of simple shortcuts by adding new and more sophisticated ones to your repertoire. Keyboard shortcuts are an importantasset in helping you to speed up your workflow, and the usefulness of being able to activate a tool or menu command by using the keyboard is recognised by the fact that the latest version of Photoshop – Photoshop CS – includes the facility to create your own custom keyboard shortcuts for a variety of different tasks. While this level of control is not available to users of earlier versions of Photoshop, there are still plenty of ways in which you can harness the power of existing keyboard shortcuts.

LOCATING KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS

Photoshop is more than happy to give up its secrets A good place to start hunting down keyboard shortcuts is within the Photoshop interface itself. Open the main menu, and take look at a few of the commands. Next to each one you’ll find the relevant keyboard shortcut listed if one is available. Another comprehensive list of shortcuts can be found in the Photoshop Help files. These break Photoshop down into sections, such as Viewing, Editing and Painting. You’ll find lists containing shortcuts for both Mac and PC formats, as there are some differences. Mac users call the [Alt] key the [Option] key, for example, and use [Ctrl]- click, unless they have a mouse with a right-click button.