March 28, 2011

Manic Monday Photoshop Tips: Function Keys Shortcuts

It's been awhile since I posted keyboard shortcuts so here is a list of useful Photoshop shortcuts using the Function Keys. 

Function Keys Shortcuts

Function	Windows	Macintosh
Start Help	F1	Help Key
Cut	F2	F2
Copy	F3	F3
Paste	F4	F4
Show/Hide Brush Panel	F5	F5
Show/Hide Color Panel	F6	F6
Show/Hide Layers Panel	F7	F7
Show/Hide Info Panel	F8	F8
Show/Hide Actions Panel	F9	Option +F9
Revert	F12	F12

Manic Monday Photoshop Tips: Delete All Empty Layers

March 21, 2011

Have you ever been working on a large Photoshop project with lots of layers and wanted a quick way to delete all the empty layers? Sure you can go through and delete them manually one by one but that could take a long time. Instead go to File Menu, then Scripts and choose Delete All Empty Layers. Viola! All the empty layers are gone as simple as that. 

Marcie

Manic Monday Photoshop Tips: Accessing Tools In A Group

March 14, 2011

Have you ever  been working in Photoshop using the Rectangular Marquee tool and wanted a quick way to switch to the Elliptical Marquee tool without having to go back to the tool bar. Well, I’ve got the solution! Just press and hold the SHIFT key while pressing the group’s keyboard shortcut (in this example M is the shortcut for the marquee tools) and you can access all the tools within that tool group. 

Manic Monday Photoshop Tip: Changing the Document Background Color

Monday, March 7, 2011

Manic Monday Photoshop Tips: Changing the Photoshop Document Background Color

Today’s tip is the direct result of me typing to fast and crazy and suddenly watching my Photoshop document background change from neutral gray to black. At first I thought  hmmm no big deal I’ll just click ctrl z to undo it but that had no affect except to undo my last move. Okay, I’m beginning to panic because I’m in the middle of a this project and I really hate that black background and I want to just go back to gray and get back to work so what now? A quick Google search and I find the answer and today’s tip: How to change your Photoshop document background—right click anywhere on the empty document background then choose from gray, black or custom color. Once you click the change is automatic. I’m so glad it was an easy fix. It is important to note that the reason Photoshop has the neutral gray as the default background is that it makes it easy to see the true colors in your document so take that into consideration if you decide to go with the neon green background. ;-)

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