do you use them

keyboard shortcuts

Published on October 17, 2005 By Nick Blade In Personal Computing

i was wondering if any of the skinners here used any keyboard shortcuts when useing photoshop. i have used a few in the past and i have been thinking of useing more of them but before i go to find them are they worth the time to learn?

Comments

Scarebear

on Oct 17, 2005

I use plenty of them. I prefer them to the mouse/pen and it's much faster for me

CerebroJD

on Oct 17, 2005

Ctrl+C, Ctrl+Shift+C, Ctrl+V, Ctrl+N, Ctrl+Shift+N. Thats about all. Oh yeah, Ctrl+T too...

craeonics

on Oct 18, 2005

Plus all the shortcuts for the various tools. Many graphics professionals use the keyboard more than the mouse for the reason CareBear stated.

craeonics

on Oct 18, 2005

Plus all the shortcuts for the various tools. Many graphics professionals use the keyboard more than the mouse for the reason CareBear stated.

craeonics

on Oct 18, 2005

Grrr, stupid server.

Island Dog

on Oct 18, 2005

I use basically the same as in post #2.

Scarebear

on Oct 18, 2005

It's also easier to use the keyboard shortcuts to select the tools you want (B - Brush, E - Eraser etc...). I've even got keyboard shortcuts setup to open the programs I use most.

Edivion

on Oct 18, 2005

Every Designer needs this. So download and let me know....

ftp://ftp.futurenet.co.uk/pub/arts/tutorialfiles/shortcuts.zip

It is free to download and made by the best magazine in the world.....

Nick Blade

on Oct 18, 2005

and i was looking for a book but this is a great place to start! thanks for the link Mr Edivion. as soon as i get home i'm printing out a cople of copys to hang next to my screen!

rabidrobot

on Oct 18, 2005

I use keyboard shortcuts a lot in Fireworks. I find them very handy. Things like rotate / flip object, paste attributes, vector manips (punch, union...), save as, export... Things I use a lot, but that aren't on toolbars--you'd have to navigate a drop down to get them without a hotkey.

liquidguru

on Oct 18, 2005

there are also some very good cd/dvd tutorials out there, made by lynda.com and total training..a little pricey but they show you all aspects of the programs, right from the beginning..you can usally download the first few tutorials for free....they are very useful in showing shortcuts and also different ways to setup the workspace....

Corky_O

on Oct 19, 2005

I use them all the time (Photoshop 7) - wouldn't want to do without.

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