Tuesday, August 23, 2011

Blend ModeKeyboard Shortcut



Normal              Shift + Alt + N (Win) / Shift + Option + N (Mac) 
Dissolve            Shift + Alt + I (Win) / Shift + Option + I (Mac) 
Darken              Shift + Alt + K (Win) / Shift + Option + K (Mac) 
Multiply             Shift + Alt + M (Win) / Shift + Option + M (Mac) 
Color Burn         Shift + Alt + B (Win) / Shift + Option + B (Mac) 
Linear Burn        Shift + Alt + A (Win) / Shift + Option + A (Mac) 
Lighten              Shift + Alt + G (Win) / Shift + Option + G (Mac) 
Screen              Shift + Alt + S (Win) / Shift + Option + S (Mac) 
Color Dodge      Shift + Alt + D (Win) / Shift + Option + D (Mac) 
Linear Dodge     Shift + Alt + W (Win) / Shift + Option + W (Mac) 
Overlay             Shift + Alt + O (Win) / Shift + Option + O (Mac) 
Soft Light          Shift + Alt + F (Win) / Shift + Option + F (Mac) 
Hard Light         Shift + Alt + H (Win) / Shift + Option + H (Mac) 
Vivid Light         Shift + Alt + V (Win) / Shift + Option + V (Mac) 
Linear Light       Shift + Alt + J (Win) / Shift + Option + J (Mac) 
Pin Light           Shift + Alt + Z (Win) / Shift + Option + Z (Mac) 
Hard Mix           Shift + Alt + L (Win) / Shift + Option + L (Mac) 
Difference         Shift + Alt + E (Win) / Shift + Option + E (Mac) 
Exclusion         Shift + Alt + X (Win) / Shift + Option + X (Mac) 
Hue                  Shift + Alt + U (Win) / Shift + Option + U (Mac) 
Saturation         Shift + Alt + T (Win) / Shift + Option + T (Mac) 
Color                Shift + Alt + C (Win) / Shift + Option + C (Mac)
Luminosity       Shift + Alt + Y (Win) / Shift + Option + Y (Mac)

Wednesday, August 17, 2011

Photoshop Toolbox Reference


Photoshop Toolbox Reference

This section of the site is a comprehensive Photoshop Toolbox
reference. Click on a tool to view its video-manual*.
Icon
Tool
Key
Purpose
Elliptical Marquee
M
selecting
Rectangular Marquee
M
selecting
Lasso
L
selecting
Polygonal Lasso
L
selecting
Magnetic Lasso
L
selecting
Slice
K
web design
Healing Brush
J
retouching
Brush
B
painting
Clone Stamp
S
painting
History Brush
Y
restores to selected history state
Airbrush
J
painting
Background Eraser
E
erasing
Paint Bucket
G
painting
Blur
R
unfocusing
Smudge
R
painting
Dodge
O
tonal adjustment
Horizontal Type
T
Typing
Horizontal Type Mask
T
typing
Direct Selection
A
drawing
Pen
P
drawing
Add Anchor Point
-
drawing
Convert Point
-
drawing
Rounded Rectangle
U
drawing
Polygon
U
drawing
Custom Shape
U
drawing
Color Sampler
I
color information
http://simplephotoshop.com/photoshop_tools/notes.gif
N
non-printable data
Hand
H
navigating
Color Selecting box
-
displays current color
Mode Selector
Q
Selecting
Single Row Marquee
-
selecting
Single Column Marquee

selecting
Move
V
transforming
Magic Wand
W
selecting
Crop
C
transforming
Slice Select
K
web design
Patch
J
retouching
Pencil
B
painting
Pattern Stamp
S
painting
Art History Brush
Y
painting
Eraser
E
erasing
Magic Eraser
E
erasing
Gradient
G
painting
Sharpen
R
focusing
Sponge
O
color adjustment
Burn
O
tonal adjustment
Vertical Type
T
typing
Vertical Type Mask
T
typing
Path Selection
A
drawing
Freeform Pen
P
drawing
Delete Anchor Point
-
drawing
Rectangle
U
drawing
Ellipse
U
drawing
Line
U
drawing
Eyedropper
I
choosing color
Measure
I
geometrical measurements
Audio Annotation
N
non-printable data
Zoom
Z
image viewing
Color Replacement
J
retouching
Jump to Image Ready
Shift+
Ctrl+
M
web design