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Saturday, March 22, 2014

Design Tip: Adobe Photoshop Shortcut Keys




Moving on in this shortcut lesson, we will be looking at Photoshop this time. Similar to Illustrator, these keys will help you out tremendously. The shortcuts mentioned will be the keys shown from the image above. Let's get started!

Adobe Photoshop Shortcut keys


w- Quick Selection tool: allows you to select an area with just a click of a mouse
e- Eraser tool: removes unwanted areas
r- Blur tool: blurs an image/object
t- Type tool: allows you to type and create content
y- History Brush tool: this reverts back to previous states of an image

u- Shape tool: creates shapes( rectangles, circles, squares, etc.)
i- Eyedropper tool: allows you to pick a specific color in an image
o- Dodge/Burn tool: lightens/darkens an area or image
p- Pen tool: helps you create paths around images

a- Direct Selection tool: creates a shape or segments selections and gives you the anchor points that way you can modify the object if needed
s- Clone Stamp tool: use it to make a cloned area of an image
g- Paint Bucket/Gradient tool: fills an area with color or gradient
j- Healing Brush tool: helps repair images that need retouching
k- Slice tool: slices and cuts an image into smaller sections (good for web designers)
l- Lasso tool: freehand select an area of an image

z- Zoom tool: increase/ decrease magnification of the window
c- Crop tool: use it to get rid of unwanted areas around a selection in an image 
v- Move tool: helps you move objects, images, paths,selections, layers, guides, etc.
b- Brush tool: use it to freely make strokes or brush marks just like an actual paintbrush
n- Notes tool: allows you to take notes that will be included in an image
m- Marquee Selection tool: makes rectangular, elliptical, single row, or single column selections

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