Adobe Photoshop CS3 - Shortcuts, Tips, and Tricks
Adobe Photoshop CS3 - Shortcuts, Tips & Tricks!
In Photoshop CS3, many of the shortcuts for the application menus, palette menus and tools can be customized using the Keyboard Shortcuts
Editor. Although this document mentions some of these “customizable” shortcuts, it also provides additional functionality only accessible through the use of keyboard modifiers (which can’t be changed through the Keyboard Shortcut editor). Although this is not a completely comprehensive list of all of the keyboard shortcuts in Photoshop CS3, it is my goal to present the shortcuts and additional functionality that enable me to use Photoshop CS3 both more freely and efficiently. In order to help organize the document, I have subdivided it into the following categories:
01. The Tool Palette
02. Palette Shortcuts
03. Document Navigation
04. Basic Shortcuts
05. “Everything” Layers
06. Advanced Shortcuts
07. Trouble Shooting
Part 01 - The Tools Palette
With Photoshop CS3, Adobe decided to go with the one column Tools palette as it’s default. I prefer this layout as I often have to work on a laptop and I’m always looking for ways to maximize my screen space. If you prefer the legacy 2-column Tools palette, click the double triangles at the top of the toolbox. Click again to toggle back and forth. The Tools palette is anchored to the left of the screen, but if you wish to move it click and drag in the grey area right above the blue Ps product identifier (below the double triangles). You can release it anywhere however many people like to dock it to the other palettes on the right of the screen. To do this, drag the Tools palette next to the destination palette when a vertical blue line appears next to the destination palettes, release the palette.
Any tool in the Tools palette can be selected with a single letter shortcut key. Type that letter, get that tool. Some tool slots in the toolbox have more than one tool in them. These “nested tools” are identified
In Photoshop CS3, many of the shortcuts for the application menus, palette menus and tools can be customized using the Keyboard Shortcuts
Editor. Although this document mentions some of these “customizable” shortcuts, it also provides additional functionality only accessible through the use of keyboard modifiers (which can’t be changed through the Keyboard Shortcut editor). Although this is not a completely comprehensive list of all of the keyboard shortcuts in Photoshop CS3, it is my goal to present the shortcuts and additional functionality that enable me to use Photoshop CS3 both more freely and efficiently. In order to help organize the document, I have subdivided it into the following categories:
01. The Tool Palette
02. Palette Shortcuts
03. Document Navigation
04. Basic Shortcuts
05. “Everything” Layers
06. Advanced Shortcuts
07. Trouble Shooting
Part 01 - The Tools Palette
With Photoshop CS3, Adobe decided to go with the one column Tools palette as it’s default. I prefer this layout as I often have to work on a laptop and I’m always looking for ways to maximize my screen space. If you prefer the legacy 2-column Tools palette, click the double triangles at the top of the toolbox. Click again to toggle back and forth. The Tools palette is anchored to the left of the screen, but if you wish to move it click and drag in the grey area right above the blue Ps product identifier (below the double triangles). You can release it anywhere however many people like to dock it to the other palettes on the right of the screen. To do this, drag the Tools palette next to the destination palette when a vertical blue line appears next to the destination palettes, release the palette.
Any tool in the Tools palette can be selected with a single letter shortcut key. Type that letter, get that tool. Some tool slots in the toolbox have more than one tool in them. These “nested tools” are identified