Keyboard Shortcut Will Make You Work Faster

It is proven that by using software shortcuts can boost productivity. This Photoshop CS3 tutorial will tell you about 12 secret Photoshop CS3 keyboard shortcuts. Well, what we mean by “secret” is that these shortcuts are not documented in the menus. Keep reading and you will find how these shortcuts can speed up your productivity.

1.    Drag selection - With the Marquee tool, drag on the document (do not release the mouse yet), now hold down Spacebar, it will let you drag the undefined selection.

2.    Navigate the document left or right - Hold down the Cmd key and scroll up or down allows you to navigate the document left or right. For example, hold down Cmd + scroll up will navigate to right.

3.    Browse the font list - Put your cursor in the font list dropdown; you can browse the font list by pressing the arrow up or down key.

4.    Scale font size - Select the text that you want to scale the font size, press Cmd + Shift + > or < to increase / decrease font size.

5.    Zoom with the scroll wheel - You can zoom in / out by Cmd + Opt + scroll up or down.

6.    Drag to adjust numeric value - Mouse over the input box, hold down Cmd + drag left or right to increase / decrease. Hold down Cmd + Opt or Shift key and drag can change the value in decimal or 10 interval. This shortcut works in all dialog palettes.

7.    Scroll to adjust numeric value - Put the cursor in the input box; scroll up or down to increase / decrease value. This shortcut works in all dialog palettes.

8.    Arrow up / down to adjust numeric value - Put the cursor in the input box, press arrow Up or Down to increase / decrease. Hold down Shift and press arrow up or down will change value in 10 intervals.

9.    Zoom to 100% - Double click on the Zoom tool will zoom a document to 100%.

10.    Collapse or expand all layer groups - You can collapse or expand all root-level layer groups by holding down Cmd + click on the triangle icon. Hold down Cmd + Opt + click on the triangle icon will collapse or expand all level layer groups.

11.    Show / hide in a row - If you need to show / hide more than one layer, instead of clicking one by one, you can click on the visibility icon and drag in a row.

12.    Hide other layers - Hold down Opt + click on the visibility icon will hide all other layers.

This Photoshop CS3 tutorial will make you work faster.

See you in the next Photoshop tutorial.

M.A.H.

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