What's Your Favorite Shortcut?

[Jan]

We all have our own special relationship with Photoshop or Elements, and who doesn't have a little list of favorite shortcuts?

Share yours here... and pick up some new ones you might not have known about before!

[Jan]

Okay, I'll start...

This isn't a keyboard shortcut, but in my book... it ranks right up there for my all-time faves.

This post from Trish will show you how to bypass that pesky Welcome Screen in Elements and go straight to the Editor when you open the program:
http://www.scrappersguide.com/forums...89&postcount=2

Yay, Trish! Thanks for making our lives a little more hassle-free!

[troush]

Glad to be of assistance .

Some faves:

ctrl-alt-shift-e - if you have your top layer selected, then press those, it makes a flattened layer of your image above that, retaining all your layers below. I use it when I'm working on a photo, and then need to pull that onto a layout.

ctrl-shift-j - if you are working in a text box, and you want your text left and right aligned, this shortcut will do it in PSE 8 and under.

[ or ] - to reduce or enlarge the size of your brush

-Trish

[SharLamb]

In Photoshop:
Ctrl + Alt + N for a new document

V to get handles on the corners of my objects so I can transform them

Shift to keep the proportions correct when I transform selections

Ctrl + Shift + S to "Save As"

I'm sure there are more. The longer I use PSE and CS, the more I use shortcuts. I also love the ones mentioned above.

[connieg]

In elements, I really like the Ctrl + O to open new documents.

[carollee]

Ctrl+Z
Ctrl+Z
Ctrl+Z

Enough said, I do a lot of undoing! ROFL

[troush]

Ctrl+Z
Ctrl+Z
Ctrl+Z

Enough said, I do a lot of undoing! ROFL

LOL!!! That's a great one!

-Trish

[Wendy]

Mine are the simple ones:

Select>All ... Ctrl+A (Mac Command+A)
Edit>Copy Merged ... Ctrl+Shift+C (Mac Command+Shift+C)
Edit>Copy ... Ctrl+C (Mac Command+C)
Edit>Paste ... Ctrl+V (Mac Command+V)

Wendy

[Jan]

I know, sometimes the simple ones are the most useful...

Ctrl+D (Mac:Cmd+D) to deselect and get rid of the "marching ants" instead of going to the menu bar and choosing Select > Deselect.

[Ruth316]

I know, sometimes the simple ones are the most useful...

Ctrl+D (Mac:Cmd+D) to deselect and get rid of the "marching ants" instead of going to the menu bar and choosing Select > Deselect.

I'll add to this shortcut -- I'm using a Mac and I can deselect by using the "esc" key. Really useful.