Once you’ve arranged the palettes just the way you want them, choose
Window> Workspace> Save Workspace.
Name your workspace and then click Save.
Did you know you could display The Same Image In Two Windows?
When doing detail work on an image you may need to zoom in to take a closer look at the pixels. But to make sure that any changes you’re making in this magnified state will look realistic at a normal view you’ll have to zoom out for a quick look. Here’s a tip to save time – instead of zooming in and out you can have the same image open in two windows at the same time.?With an open image selected choose from top menu and click Window > Arrange > New Window (the original file name will be listed). The same image will now appear in a new second window. ?Keep one window set at 100% to see your effects, and work in the second window – either zoomed in or out.
Some quick tips for the beginners:
Press the Spacebar to temporarily activate the Hand Tool while working with other tool.
To Hide Marching Ants/selection marquee temporary after selection press Command + H (PC Control + H)
The Undo Command
?To undo your last image modification Press Control + Z (MAC: Command + Z), and repeat the shortcut to undo the undo. Toggling back and forth. To do multi undo, Press and hold Alt + Command (PC Alt + Control) and keep on hitting Z, Alternatively, go to Edit> Step Backward.
How to Control Your Color Squares
Press D to reset your color squares to their default of black as the foreground color and white as the background color.
Press X to switch your foreground color and your background color.
To change the color of one of the color squares.
Click on a Color Square. This brings up the color picker, where you can select a new color.
Selecting Colors From An Image?
Press “I” to activate the Eyedropper Tool and then click on any color in your image to turn that color into the foreground (Top) color.
Press the ALT Key and click on any color in your image to turn that color into the background color.
Change Brush Tip Sizes Quickly?
With a brush selected, simply Press the Right Bracket Key “]” to increase the size of your brush tip, or Press the Left Bracket Key “[” to decrease the size of your brush tip.
The Move Tool & The Arrow Keys
Get in the habit of calling up the Move Tool with the keyboard shortcut, which is the letter V. Also, once the Move Tool is active you can use your Keyboard Arrow Keys to nudge a layer or selection in 1 pixel increments. To speed things up, Press Shift along with an arrow key to nudge in 10 pixel increments.
Did you know you can Hide Your Palettes when you need more space!
Press Tab once to hide all your palettes. Press Tab again to bring them back. Press Shift + Tab to hide all your palettes except the toolbar.
Zooming In & Zooming Out
To zoom in Press Command and the plus sign “+” (PC: Control and the plus sign). To zoom out Press Command and the minus sign “-” (PC: Control and the minus sign).
Tile Images For Better Visibility?
When you open many files at once Photoshop has them cascade, and the overlapping files can make it difficult to select individual ones. To get around this choose Window> Arrange> Tile and all of your open files will rearrange themselves to be visible all at once. When you’re ready to close them all don’t spend time closing them individually, instead use the Close All shortcut Command + Alt + W (PC: Control + Option + W)….. Clever hey!
Cycle Through All Of Your Open Documents ?(Handy when designing a wedding book)
Sometimes you’ll want to find one of your open documents that is hidden, but navigating using the Window menu won’t help because you can’t recall the name of the file. Instead press Control-Tab repeatedly (MAC and PC) to cycle through all of your open documents.
About the author Harry Gohil.