Comments on: 28 More Exceptionally Useful Photoshop Shortcuts

By: Gerald

Gerald — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 10:07:41 +0000

Maybe I have missed this somewhere on here but could somebody please tell me whether you can deselect text once you have finished typing in the type tool, without clicking out of it? This is in CS3. I have been going up to the selection tool to deselect and it’s driving me mad!

Has been a long time since this comment was posted, but I was looking for the same shortcut. It’s
Cmd + Enter on Apple, and I guess it’s
Ctrl + Enter on Windows machines.

By: manisha

manisha — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 06:00:44 +0000

I like all the shortcuts. U can check more shortcuts by day to day update here : http://www.amkaysweb.blogspot.com/ Thanks

By: Pradeep

Pradeep — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 08:03:45 +0000

Ctrl + Backspace for filling background color

Alt + Backspace for filling foreground color

Space for hand tool, even when you have selected other tool…

Ctrl + Alt + I for invert selection

By: bimal

bimal — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 18:56:29 +0000

Ctrl + Alt + Shift + R (Rotate Arbitrary Dialog) — bring up the rotate dialog to straighten out your horizon… but it’s not typically used since we all take perfect photos, right?
I do not agree with this. Its a useful command. It is widely used for scanned documents especially for drawings of big scale and size we can straighten the horizon using the arbitrary tool. Thousands of pdf drawings (autocad to pdf) are also coming for this purpose every day!

By: Karl

Karl — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 18:07:25 +0000

I do appreciate the joke, but I prefer Ctrl+Shift+Escape to kill photoshop, particularly when using vista. This brings up the task manager immediately instead of bringing up the intermediate screen.

By: Gordy B

Gordy B — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 18:51:30 +0000

Hi, is it cheating to give short sequences…?

1. From the layers palette, select a layer, then ctrl + click the new layer icon (cmd on mac) and the new layer appears ‘under’ the selected one.
2. To create more screen space, “F” to view full screen, Tab to remove all palettes, then F7 to bring up just the layers palette.
3. When trying our filters on a layer (overlay, luminosity, etc), make sure you’ve got the move tool V selected and then hit shift and + / – to scroll through the filters.

Also, I set up my own shortcut in preferences. ctrl+alt+cmd (Mac) to flatten an image.

By: tept

tept — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 21:57:06 +0000

I use the one here a lot.
imogen to exit out of text when selected into it hit the numpad enter.
I also didn’t see it on here and use the ‘ [ ' and the ' ] ‘ a lot for brush size as well as shift with the same keys for adjusting brush softness.

By: Ron

Ron — Sat, 02 May 2009 00:22:01 +0000

I believe the use of shortcuts may help one avoid carpal tunnel injuries. Thanks!

By: Laura Henson

Laura Henson — Fri, 01 May 2009 20:57:54 +0000

In the case of Adobe Camera Raw (ACR), does it have the ability to treat scanned images in the same manner as photographs. So far, I understand this plug-in is only used in the case of digital photos. I know there is a new one ready to ship for CS4. Mostly my research that I have read is for the CS3 plug-ins.

Do you know of any short cu editing process for scanned images? Please advise. Thank you in advance.

Laura Henson

By: Whizzy

Whizzy — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 18:38:58 +0000

hei there great tut , I have chosen for the 3 best shortcuts these:D :
1. P- pen tool
2. ALT – for the pen tool , changes the direction point
3. B – for the long lasting BRUSH :D
al the best for more astonishing tutorials :D