Monday, May 10, 2010

Lighting Effects in Photoshop

Lighting Effects in Photoshop
In this tutorial you will learn how to create different lighting effects using the render filter to get professional and beautiful effects on photographs.
Step 1 : Open a new file by clicking on File > Open. Create a new layer.
Step 2 : Open a image by clicking on File > Open. And select the image to your new file canvas.

Step 3 : Now to create different lighting effects go to Filter > Render > Lighting Effects.


Step 4 : In the lighting effects let us use the style Flood Light. We can make the changes to the image as shown in the below window.

Step 5 : After giving the Flood Light effect the image will look like this, as shown below.

You can use the other lighting styles to achieve different lighting effects.
Blue OmniIn the lighting effects choose the style Blue Omni. Make the changes to the image as shown in the below window.
After giving the Blue Omni effect the image will look like this, as shown below.
Soft Spotlight
In the lighting effects choose the style Soft Spotlight. Make the changes to the image as shown in the below window.

After giving the Soft Spotlight effect the image will look like this, as shown below.

Flashlight
In the lighting effects choose the style Flashlight. Make the changes to the image as shown in the below window.




















After giving the Flashlight effect the image will look like this, as shown below.

















Sunday, May 9, 2010

Create Bubbles using Photoshop



Create Bubbles using Photoshop
Learn how to create bubbles using Photoshop. It's very easy. Make many bubbles as seen below.
  1. Open a new file by clicking on File>Open.
  2. Make a blue color background by choosing the a blue foreground color and filling the canvas using the Paint Bucket Tool.
  3. Make a circle with Elliptical Marquee Tool. Press the shift key, so that the circle comes round.

  4. Go to Dodge tool. Select Brush as 29 or more depending on your bubble and Range as Highlights and Exposure as 50%.
  5. Then on the left corner of the bubble drag the dodge tool four times in the same place to give the highlight in the bubble.


  6. Make gentle strokes around the bubble with the dodge tool to get the following effect.
Your Bubble is ready, just press ctrl+D to deselect the outline of the circle.

You can make as many bubbles as you want like that, even small and big, just repeat the process.



















Create a Smoke Effect in Photoshop CS

Create a Smoke Effect in Photoshop CS
 
Learn how to create a Smoke Effect in Photoshop CS with Filters and Tools such as Dodge Tool, Burn Tool, Wave Effect, Smudge Tool.
Step 1 :
Open a new file by clicking on File>Open. Give a dark background color because you can not see smoke in day light much. Here we gave Black color. Create a new layer. Draw the image of the smoke with Polygonal Lasso Tool. Give a lighter color gradient to the new shape. Make sure it' s a Linear gradient. Here we have given Purple to White gradient.

Step 2 :
Select DodgeTool and select Range as Highlights, Brush as 18px, Exposure as 50%. Brush all the corners.


Step 3:
Go to Filter>Distort>Wave.

Select Number of generators as 4, Wavelength min 10 max 250, Amplitude min 15 max 35
Scale 100% for horizontal and vertical. Click on Randomize as much as you think that the picture looks like a smoke. Click on OK.
Step 4: Go to Edit >Fade Wave. Select Opacity as 50%. Click on OK.
Step 5: Give Opacity as 50% in the layer style on right at the top.
Step 6: Go to Smudge Tool and make all the edges smooth by dragging the hand in the picture.

Select Brush as 25, Mode as Normal , Strength as 50%.






















Friday, April 9, 2010

PS_shortcuts

Photoshop Shortcut Keystrokes


Operation

Photoshop Shortcut

Actual Pixels
Ctrl+ Alt+ zero (0)
Auto Levels
Ctrl+ Shift+ L
Bring Layer Forward
Ctrl+ ]
Bring Layer to Front
Ctrl+ Shift+ ]
Clear
Backspace or Delete
Close
Ctrl+ W or Ctrl+ F4
Color Balance
Ctrl+ B
Color Balance, with last settings
Ctrl+ Alt+ B
Copy
Ctrl+ C or F3
Copy Merged
Ctrl+ Shift+ C
Curves
Ctrl+ M
Curves, with last settings
Ctrl+ Alt+ M
Cut
Ctrl+ X or F2
Desaturate
Ctrl+ Shift+ U
Exit
Ctrl+ Q or Alt+ F4
Fade Filter
Ctrl+ Shift+ F
Feather Selection
Ctrl+ Alt+ D or Shift+ F6
Fill
Shift+ Backspace or Shift+ F5
Fill from history
Ctrl+ Alt+ Backspace
Filter, repeat last
Ctrl+ F
Filter, repeat with new settings
Ctrl+ Alt+ F
Fit on Screen
Ctrl+ zero (0)
Free Transform
Ctrl+ T
Gamut Warning
Ctrl+ Shift+ Y
Grid, show or hide
Ctrl+ quote (")
Group with Previous Layer
Ctrl+ G
Guides, show or hide
Ctrl+ semicolon (;)
Help Contents
F1
Help, context-sensitive
Shift+ F1
Hide Edges
Ctrl+ H
Hide Path
Ctrl+ Shift+ H
Hue/Saturation
Ctrl+ U
Hue/Saturation, with last settings
Ctrl+ Alt+ U
Image Size
F11
Inverse Selection
Ctrl+ Shift+ I or Shift+ F7
Invert
Ctrl+ I
Layer Via Copy
Ctrl+ J
Layer Via Cut
Ctrl+ Shift+ J
Levels
Ctrl+ L
Levels, with last settings
Ctrl+ Alt+ L
Lock Guides
Ctrl+ Alt+ semicolon (;)
Merge Down
Ctrl+ E
Merge Visible
Ctrl+ Shift+ E
New
Ctrl+ N
New, with default settings
Ctrl+ Alt+ N
New Layer
Ctrl+ Shift+ N
Numeric Transform
none
Open
Ctrl+ O
Open As
Ctrl+ Alt+ O
Open last edited image
Alt+ F, press number (1 through 4)
Page Setup
Ctrl+ Shift+ P
Paste
Ctrl+ V or F4
Paste Into
Ctrl+ Shift+ V
Preferences
Ctrl+ K
Preferences, last panel
Ctrl+ Alt+ K
Preview CMYK
Ctrl+ Y
Print
Ctrl+ P
Quit
Ctrl+ Q
Redo
Ctrl+ Z
Reselect
Ctrl+ Shift+ D
Revert
F12 or click first item in History palette
Rulers, show or hide
Ctrl+ R
Save
Ctrl+ S
Save As
Ctrl+ Shift+ S
Save a Copy
Ctrl+ Alt+ S
Select All
Ctrl+ A
Select None
Ctrl+ D
Send Layer Backward
Ctrl+ [
Send Layer to Back
Ctrl+ Shift+ [
Step Backward
Ctrl+ Alt+ Z
Step Forward
Ctrl+ Shift+ Z
Snap to Grid
Ctrl+ Shift+ quote (")
Snap to Guides
Ctrl+ Shift+ semicolon (;)
Transform Again
Ctrl+ Shift+ T
Undo
Ctrl+ Z
Ungroup Layers
Ctrl+ Shift+ G
Zoom In
Ctrl+ plus (+)
Zoom Out
Ctrl+ minus (-)
Scroll image with hand tool
spacebar+drag or drag in Navigator palette
Scroll up or down one screen
Page Up or Page Down
Scroll up or down slightly
Shift+ Page Up or Shift+ Page Down
Scroll up or down exactly one frame in Filmstrip file
Shift+ Page Up or Shift+ Page Down
Scroll left or right one screen
Ctrl+ Page Up or Ctrl+ Page Down
Scroll left or right slightly
Ctrl+ Shift+ Page Up or Ctrl+ Shift+ Page Down
Switch to upper-left corner
press Home
Switch to lower-right corner
press End
Magnify to custom zoom ratio
Ctrl+ spacebar+drag or Ctrl+ drag in Navigator palette
Zoom in without changing window size
Ctrl+ spacebar+click or Ctrl+ plus (+)
Zoom in and change window size to fit
Ctrl+ Alt+ plus (+)
Zoom out without changing window size
Alt+ spacebar+click or Ctrl+ minus (-)
Zoom out and change window size to fit
Ctrl+ Alt+ minus (-)
Zoom to 100%
Ctrl+ Alt+ zero (0) or double-click zoom tool icon
Fit image on screen
Ctrl+ zero (0) or double-click hand tool icon
Apply zoom value but keep magnification box active
Shift+ Enter
Cycle through full screen and normal window modes
F
Toggle display of menu bar in full screen modes
Shift+ F
Display Options palette
Enter or double-click tool icon
Display crosshair cursor
Caps Lock
Revert image with magic eraser
Alt+ drag with eraser
Select pencil, painbrush, or airbrush
press N, B, or J
Cycle through eraser styles
Alt+ click eraser tool icon or Shift+ E
Specify an area to clone
Alt+ click with rubber stamp
Cycle through rubber stamp options
Alt+ click rubber stamp tool icon or Shift+ S
Cycle through focus tools
Alt+ click focus tool icon or Shift+ R
Sharpen with the blur tool or blur with the sharpen tool
Alt+ drag
Dip into the foreground color when smearing
Alt+ drag with smudge tool
Cycle through toning tools
Alt+ click toning tool icon or Shift+ O
Darken with the dodge tool or lighten with the burn tool
Alt+ drag
Paint or edit in a straight line
click and then Shift+ click
Change opacity, pressure, or exposure in 10% increments
press number (1 through 0)
Change opacity, pressure, or exposure in 1% increments
press two numbers in a row
Select brush mode
right-click with paint or edit tool or Shift+ Alt+ letter
Cycle through brush modes
Shift+ plus (+) or Shift+ minus (-)
Reset to Normal brush mode
Shift+ Alt+ N
Display or hide Brushes palette
F5
Cycle through brush shapes
press bracket, [ or ]
Switch to first shape in Brushes palette
Shift+ [
Switch to last shape in Brushes palette
Shift+ ]
Delete shape from Brushes palette
Ctrl+ click brush shape
Create new brush shape
click in empty area of Brushes palette
Edit brush shape
double-click brush shape
Lift foreground color from image
Alt+ click with paint tool or click with eyedropper
Lift background color from image
Alt+ click with eyedropper
Sample color in image
click with color sampler tool
Delete color sample
Alt+ click on target with color sampler tool
Display or hide Color palette
F6
Lift foreground color from color bar at bottom of Color palette
click color bar
Lift background color from color bar
Alt+ click color bar
Cycle through color bars
Shift+ click color bar
Specify new color bar
right-click color bar or Ctrl+ click for dialog box
Lift foreground color from Swatches palette
click swatch
Lift background color from Swatches palette
Alt+ click swatch
Delete swatch from palette
Ctrl+ click swatch
Replace swatch with foreground color
Shift+ click swatch
Add new swatch to palette
click in empty area of palette or Shift+ Alt+ click on swatch
Fill selection or layer with foreground color
Alt+ Backspace
Fill layer with foreground color but preserve transparency
Shift+ Alt+ Backspace
Fill selection on background layer with background color
Backspace or Delete
Fill selection on any layer with background color
Ctrl+ Backspace
Fill layer with background color but preserve transparency
Shift+ Ctrl+ Backspace
Fill selection with source state in History palette
Ctrl+ Alt+ Backspace
Display Fill dialog box
Shift+ Backspace or Shift+ F5
Edit text layer
double-click on T in Layers palette or right-click with type tool
Select word in Text Tool dialog box
double-click on word
Select word to left or right
Ctrl+ Shift+ left or right arrow
Select all text
Ctrl+ A
Increase type size two pixels (or points)
Ctrl+ Shift+ greater than (>)
Decrease type size two pixels
Ctrl+ Shift+ less than (<)
Increase type size 10 pixels
Ctrl+ Shift+ Alt+ greater than (>)
Decrease type size 10 pixels
Ctrl+ Shift+ Alt+ less than (<)
Tighten leading two pixels
Alt+ up arrow
Expand leading two pixels
Alt+ down arrow
Tighten leading 10 pixels
Ctrl+ Alt+ up arrow
Expand leading 10 pixels
Ctrl+ Alt+ down arrow
Kern together 2/100 em
Alt+ left arrow
Kern apart 2/100 em
Alt+ right arrow
Kern together 1/10 em
Ctrl+ Alt+ left arrow
Kern apart 1/10 em
Ctrl+ Alt+ right arrow
Raise baseline shift two pixels
Shift+ Alt+ up arrow
Lower baseline shift two pixels
Shift+ Alt+ down arrow
Raise baseline shift 10 pixels
Ctrl+ Shift+ Alt+ up arrow
Lower baseline shift 10 pixels
Ctrl+ Shift+ Alt+ down arrow
Exit Type Tool dialog box
Enter on keypad or Ctrl+ Enter
Left-align text
Ctrl+ Shift+ L
Center-align text
Ctrl+ Shift+ C
Right-align text
Ctrl+ Shift+ R
Magnify view in Text Tool dialog box
Ctrl+ plus (+)
Zoom out in Text Tool dialog box
Ctrl+ minus (-)
Select everything
Ctrl+ A
Deselect everything
Ctrl+ D
Restore selection after deselecting
Ctrl+ Shift+ D
Hide or show marching ants
Ctrl+ H
Feather the selection
Ctrl+ Alt+ D or Shift+ F6
Reverse the selection
Ctrl+ Shift+ I or Shift+ F7
Cycle through all marquee tools (including crop tool)
Alt+ click marquee tool icon
Toggle between rectangular and elliptical marquees
Shift+ M
Draw out from center with marquee tool
Alt+ drag
Constrain marquee to square or circle
press Shift while drawing shape
Move marquee as you draw it
press spacebar
Cycle through lasso tools
Alt+ click lasso tool icon or Shift+ L
Add corner to straight-sided selection outline
Alt+ click with lasso tool or click with polygonal lasso
Add point to magnetic selection
click with magentic pen tool
Delete last point added with magnetic lasso tool
Backspace
Increase or reduce magnetic lasso width
press bracket, [ or ]
Close polygon or magnetic selection
double-click with respective lasso tool or press Enter
Close magnetic selection with straight segment
Alt+ double-click or Alt+ Enter
Cancel polygon or magnetic selection
press Escape
Add to selection
Shift+ drag or Shift+ click with selection tool
Subtract from selection
Alt+ drag or Alt+ click with selection tool
Retain intersected portion of selection
Shift+ Alt+ drag or Shift+ Alt+ click with selection tool
Add character outlines to a selection
Shift+ click with type mask tool
Cut letter-shaped holes into a selection
Alt+ click with type mask tool
Retain areas where character outlines and selection intersect
Shift+ Alt+ click with type mask tool
Select move tool
press V or press and hold Ctrl
Move selection
drag with move tool or Ctrl+ drag with other tool
Constrain movement vertically or horizontally
press Shift while dragging selection
Move selection in 1-pixel increments
Ctrl+ arrow key
Move selection in 10-pixel increments
Ctrl+ Shift+ arrow key
Clone selection
Alt+ drag selection with move tool or Ctrl+ Alt+ drag with other tool
Clone selection in 1-pixel increments
Ctrl+ Alt+ arrow key
Clone selection in 10-pixel increments
Ctrl+ Shift+ Alt+ arrow key
Clone selection to different image
Ctrl+ drag selection from one window and drop it into another
Move selection outline independently of its contents
drag with selection tool
Move selection outline in 1-pixel increments
press arrow key when selection tool is active
Move selection outline in 10-pixel increments
Shift+ arrow key when selection tool is active
Copy empty selection outline to different image
drag selection from one window into another with selection tool
Change opacity of floating selection
Ctrl+ Shift+ F
Paste image into selection
Ctrl+ Shift+ V
Paste image behind selection
Ctrl+ Shift+ Alt+ V
Display or hide Layers palette
F7
View single layer by itself
Alt+ click eyeball icon in Layers palette
Create new layer and set blend options
Alt+ click page icon at bottom of Layers palette or Ctrl+ Shift+ N
Create new layer and bypass blend options
click page icon at bottom of Layers palette or Ctrl+ Shift+ Alt+ N
Clone selection to new layer
Ctrl+ J
Convert selection to new layer and leave hole behind
Ctrl+ Shift+ J
Convert floating selection to new layer
Ctrl+ Shift+ J
Diplicate layer to new layer
drag layer name onto page icon or Ctrl+ A, Ctrl+ J
Ascend one layer
Alt+ ]
Descend one layer
Alt+ [
Ascend to top layer
Shift+ Alt+ ]
Descend to background layer
Shift+ Alt+ [
Go directly to layer that contains specific image
Ctrl+ Alt+ right-click image with any tool
Preserve transparency of active layer
press slash (/)
Convert layer’s transparency mask to selection outline
Ctrl+ click layer name in Layers palette
Add transparency mask to selection
Ctrl+ Shift+ click layer name
Subtract transparency mask from selection
Ctrl+ Alt+ click layer name
Retain intersection of transparency mask and selection
Ctrl+ Shift+ Alt+ click layer name
Move entire layer
drag with move tool or Ctrl+ drag with other tool
Move entire layer in 1-pixel increments
Ctrl+ arrow key
Move entire layer in 10-pixel increments
Ctrl+ Shift+ arrow key
Bring layer forward one level
Ctrl+ ]
Bring layer to front of file
Ctrl+ Shift+ ]
Send layer backward one level
Ctrl+ [
Send layer to back, just above the background layer
Ctrl+ Shift+ [
Link layer with active layer
click in front of layer name
Unlink layer from active layer
click on chain icon in front of layer name
Unlink all layers from active layer
Alt+ click on brush icon in front of active layer name
Change opacity of active layer in 10% increments
press number (1 through 0) when selection tool is active
Change opacity of active layer in 1% increments
press two numbers in a row when selection tool is active
Edit blend options for layer
double-click layer name in Layers palette
Select blend mode
Shift+ Alt+ letter
Cycle through blend modes
Shift+ plus (+) or Shift+ minus (-) when selection tool is active
Reset to Normal blend mode
Shift+ Alt+ N
Adjust "fuzziness" in Layer Options dialog box
Alt+ drag slider triangle
Merge layer with next layer down
Ctrl+ E
Merge linked layers
Ctrl+ E
Merge all visible layers
Ctrl+ Shift+ E
Copy merged version of selection to Clipboard
Ctrl+ Shift+ C
Clone contents of layer into next layer down
Ctrl+ Alt+ E
Clone contents of linked layers to active layer
Ctrl+ Alt+ E
Clone contents of all visible layers to activate layer
Ctrl+ Alt+ Shift+ E
Group neighboring layers
Alt+ click horizontal line in Layers palette or Ctrl+ G
Ungroup neighboring layers
Alt+ click dotted line in Layers palette or Ctrl+ Shift+ G
Switch between layer effects in Effects dialog box
Ctrl+ 1 through Ctrl+ 5
Switch between layer effects outside dialog box
right-click on Æ’ in Layers palette
Edit layer effect
double-click on Æ’
Move shadow when Effect dialog box is open
drag in image window
Disable last layer effect
Alt+ double-click on Æ’
Disable specific layer effect
Alt+ choose command from Layer >> Effects submenu
Create adjustment layer
Ctrl+ click page icon at bottom of Layers palette
Save flattened copy of layered image
Ctrl+ Alt+ S
Switch between independent color and mask channels
Ctrl+ 1 through Ctrl+ 9
Switch to composite color view
Ctrl+ tilde (~)
Activate or deactivate color channel
Shift+ click channel name in Channels palette
Create channel mask filled with black
click page icon at bottom of Channels palette
Create channel mask filled with black and set options
Alt+ click page icon at bottom of Channels palette
Create channel mask from selection outline
click mask icon at bottom of Channels palette
Create channel mask from selection outline and set options
Alt+ click mask icon at bottom of Channels palette
View channel mask as Rubylith overlay
click top eyeball in Channels palette or press tilde(~)
Convert channel mask to selection outline
Ctrl+ click channel name in Channels palette or Ctrl+ Alt+ number (1 through 0)
Add channel mask to selection
Ctrl+ Shift+ click channel name
Subtract channel mask from selection
Ctrl+ Alt+ click channel name
Retain intersection of channel mask and selection
Ctrl+ Shift+ Alt+ click channel name
Enter or exit quick mask mode
press Q
Toggle quick mask color over masked or selected area
Alt+ click quick mask icon in toolbox
Change quick mask color overlay
double-click quick mask icon
View quick mask independently of image
click top eyeball in Channels palette or press tilde(~)
Create layer mask filled with white
click mask icon at bottom of Layers palette
Create layer mask filled with black
Alt+ click mask icon
Create layer mask from selection outline
click mask icon
Create layer mask that hides selection
Alt+ click mask icon
Switch focus from layer mask to image
Ctrl+ tilde (~)
Switch focus from image to layer mask
Ctrl+ backslash (\)
View layer mask independently of image
Alt+ click layer mask thumbnail in Layers palette or press backslash (\) then tilde (~)
View layer mask as Rubylith overlay
Shift+ Alt+ click layer mask thumbnail or press backslash (\)
Disable layer mask
Shift+ click layer mask thumbnail
Toggle link between layer and layer mask
click between layer and mask thumbnails in Layers palette
Convert layer mask to selection outline
Ctrl+ click layer mask thumbnail or Ctrl+ Alt+ backslash (\)
Add layer mask to selection
Ctrl+ Shift+ click layer mask thumbnail
Subtract layer mask from selection
Ctrl+ Alt+ click layer mask thumbnail
Retain intersection of layer mask and selection
Ctrl+ Shift+ Alt+ click layer mask thumbnail
Add spot color channel
Ctrl+ click page icon at bottom of Channels palette
Select pen tool
press P
Cycle between standard, freeform, and magnetic pen tools
Shift+ P
Select insert point tool
press plus (+)
Select remove point tool
press minus (-)
Add corner to path
click with pen tool or Alt+ click with freeform pen tool
Add smooth arc to path
drag with pen tool
Add cusp to path
drag with pen tool, then Alt+ drag same point
Add point to magnetic selection
click with magentic pen tool
Delete last point added with standard or magentic pen tool
Backspace
Draw freehand path segment
drag with freeform pen tool or Alt+ drag with magnetic pen tool
Increase or reduce magnetic pen width
press bracket, [ or ]
Close magnetic selection
double-click with magnetic pen tool or click on first point in path
Close magnetic selection with straight segment
Alt+ double-click or Alt+ Enter
Cancel magnetic or freeform selection
press Escape
Select arrow (direct selection) tool
press A or press and hold Ctrl when pen tool is active
Select insert or remove point tool
press plus (+) or minus (-)
Move selected points
drag point with arrow tool or Ctrl+ drag with pen tool
Select multiple points in path
Shift+ click point with arrow or Ctrl+ Shift+ click with pen
Select entire path
Alt+ click path with arrow or Ctrl+ Alt+ click with pen
Clone path
Alt+ drag path with arrow or Ctrl+ Alt+ drag with pen
Convert corner or cusp to smooth arc
Ctrl+ Alt+ drag point with arrow or Alt+ drag with pen
Convert arc to corner
Ctrl+ Alt+ click point with arrow or Alt+ click with pen
Convert arc to cusp
Ctrl+ Alt+ drag handle with arrow or Alt+ drag with pen
Insert point in path
click segment with pen tool or Alt+ click with remove point tool
Remove point from path
click point with pen tool or Alt+ click with insert point tool
Convert path to selection outline
Ctrl+ click path name in Paths palette or press Enter on keypad when selection or path tool is active
Add path to selection
Ctrl+ Shift+ click path name or Shift+ Enter on keypad
Subtract path from selection
Ctrl+ Alt+ click path name or Alt+ Enter on keypad
Retain intersection of path and selection
Ctrl+ Shift+ Alt+ click path name or Shift+ Alt+ Enter on keypad
Apply brushstroke around perimeter of path
press Enter on keypad when paint or edit tool is active
Revert around perimeter of path
press Alt+ Enter on keypad when eraser tool is active or Enter when history brush is active
Save path for future use
double-click Work Path item in Paths palette
Hide path (it remains active)
Ctrl+ Shift+ H
Deactivate path
click in empty portion of Paths palette
Select crop tool
press C
Move cropping boundary
drag inside boundary
Resize cropping boundary
drag boundary handle
Rotate cropping boundary
drag outside boundary
Accept crop
double-click inside boundary or press Enter
Cancel crop
press Escape
Transform selection or layer numerically
none
Freely transform selection or layer
Ctrl+ T
Duplicate selection and freely transform
Ctrl+ Alt+ T
Move image in Free Transform mode
drag inside boundary
Move transformation origin
drag crosshair target
Resize image
drag boundary handle
Resize with respect to origin
Alt+ drag boundary handle
Rotate image (always with respect to origin)
drag outside boundary
Skew image
Ctrl+ drag side handle
Skew image along constrained axis
Ctrl+ Shift+ drag side handle
Skew image with respect to origin
Ctrl+ Alt+ drag side handle
Skew image along constrained axis with respect to origin
Ctrl+ Shift+ Alt+ drag side handle
Distort image
Ctrl+ drag corner handle
Symmetrically distort opposite corners
Ctrl+ Alt+ drag corner handle
Constrained distort for perspective effect
Ctrl+ Shift+ drag corner handle
Constrained distort for symmetrical perspective effect
Ctrl+ Shift+ Alt+ drag corner handle
Apply specific transformation in Free Transform mode
right-click in image window
Accept transformation
double-click inside boundary or press Enter
Cancel transformation
press Escape
Replay last transformation
Ctrl+ Shift+ T
Duplicate selection and replay last transformation
Ctrl+ Shift+ Alt+ T
Display or hide rulers
Ctrl+ R
Display or hide Info palette
F8
Change unit of measure
drag from X,Y pop-up in Info palette or double-click ruler
Select measure tool
press U
Measure distance and angle
drag with measure tool
Move measure line
drag measure line
Change length and angle of measure line
drag point at either end of measure line
Measure angle between two lines (protractor option)
Alt+ drag endpoint
Display or hide guides
Ctrl+ semicolon (;)
Create guide
drag from ruler
Move guide
drag guide with move tool or Ctrl+ drag with other tool
Toggle horizontal guide to vertical or vice versa
press Alt while dragging guide
Snap guide to ruler tick marks
press Shift while dragging guide
Toggle guide magnetism
Ctrl+ Shift+ semicolon (;)
Lock or unlock guides
Ctrl+ Alt+ semicolon (;)
Display or hide grid
Ctrl+ quote (")
Toggle grid magnetism
Ctrl+ Shift+ quote (")
Edit guide color and grid increments
Ctrl+ double-click guide
Repeat filter with last-used settings
Ctrl+ F
Repeat filter with different settings
Ctrl+ Alt+ F
Scroll preview box in corrective filter dialog boxes
drag in preview box or click in image window
Zoom preview box in corrective filter dialog boxes
Ctrl+ click and Alt+ click
Increase selected Option- box value by 1 (or 0.1)
up arrow
Decrease value by 1 (or 0.1)
down arrow
Increase value by 10 (or 1)
Shift+ up arrow
Decrease value by 10 (or 1)
Shift+ down arrow
Adjust Angle value (where offered) in 15° increments
Shift+ drag in Angle wheel
Reset options inside corrective filter dialog boxes
Alt+ click Cancel button
Clone light in Lighting Effects dialog box
Alt+ drag light
Delete Lighting Effects light
press Delete
Adjust size of footprint without affecting angle of light
Shift+ drag handle
Adjust angle of light without affecting size of footprint
Ctrl+ drag handle
Switch between arrow tools in 3D Transform dialog box
press V or A, or Ctrl+ Tab
Select 3D cube, sphere, or cylinder tool
press M, N, or C
Edit shape with pan camera or trackball
press E or R
Delete selected 3D Transform shape
Backspace
Add point in Curves dialog box
click on graph line
Add specific color as new point on composite curve
Ctrl+ click in image window
Add color as new point on independent channel curves
Ctrl+ Shift+ click in image window
Nudge selected curve point
press arrow key
Select next curve point
Ctrl+ tab
Select previous curve point
Ctrl+ Shift+ tab
Delete curve point
Ctrl+ click point
Select multiple curve points
Shift+ click point
Deselect all points
Ctrl+ D
Move Hue/Saturation range to new location
click in image window
Add colors to Hue/Saturation range
Shift+ click or drag in image window
Subtract colors from Hue/Saturation range
Alt+ click or drag in image window
Edit all colors in Hue/Saturation dialog box
Ctrl+ tilde (~)
Edit predefined color range
Ctrl+ 1 through Ctrl+ 6
Undo or redo last operation
Ctrl+ Z
Undo operation prior to last one
Ctrl+ Alt+ Z
Redo undone operation
Ctrl+ Shift+ Z
Undo to specific point
click on item in History palette
Duplicate previously performed operation
Alt+ click on item in History palette
Select state to revert to with history brush
click in front of item in History palette
Create snapshot from active state
click page icon at bottom of History palette
Create duplicate image from active state
click ... box icon at bottom of History palette
Revert to saved image
F12 or click first item in History palette
Display or hide all palettes, and toolbox, and status bar
Tab
Display or hide palettes except toolbox
Shift+ Tab
Hide toolbox and status bar
Tab, Shift+ Tab
Move a panel out of a palette
drag panel tab
Snap palette to edge of screen
Shift+ click palette title bar
Fully collapse palette
Alt+ click collapse box or double-click panel tab
Display or hide Actions palette
F9
Play script
Ctrl+ double-click on item in Actions palette
Permanently delete item from palette that includes trash can
Alt+ click trash can
Preview how image sits on printed page
click preview box
View size and resolution of image
Alt+ click preview box
Change the preference settings
Ctrl+ K
Display last used Preferences dialog box panel
Ctrl+ Alt+ K
Bring up dialog box with last-used settings
Alt+ choose command from Image >> Adjust submenu
Duplicate image and bypass dialog box
Alt+ choose Image >> Duplicate
Cancel the current operation
Escape
Activate No button when closing image
press N
Activate Don’t Save or Don’t Flatten button
press D






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