Quickly select colors in an image To make any color the foreground color Press I to activate the Eyedropper tool, and then click any color in your image. To make that color the background color, press the ALT key and click any color in your image.
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The Move Tool and Arrow Keys Getting into the habit of activating the Move tool via the keyboard is a time saver; you can do this using the shortcut, “V”. Once you’ve activated the Move tool, you can use the keyboard arrow keys to nudge a layer or selection in 1-pixel increments. You can speed things up by pressing the Shift key in conjunction with the arrow key to nudge in 10 pixel increments.
Hide your palettes Press Tab once to hide all of your palettes. Press Tab again to bring them back. Press Shift Tab to hide all your palettes except the toolbar.
Zooming in and out You can zoom in on the image by pressing CTRL and the plus sign “” (Mac: Command and the “” sign). Conversely, you can shrink by pressing CTRL and the minus “-” sign (Mac: Command and the “-” sign).
Navigating enlarged images If you have lost orientation when zooming in on a large image, you can quickly jump to specific views using the following shortcuts: To set the view to the upper left corner of your image, press the Home key. Press the End key to set the view to the lower right corner of your image. To move the view down one full screen, press the Page Down key. Press CTRL Page Down (Mac: Command Page Down) to move the screen view one full screen to the right. Press CTRL Page Up (Mac: Command Page Up) to move the screen view one full screen to the left.
Select only pixels on a layer An easy way to select an object that is on a transparent layer is to press the Command key (PC: Control key) and click the layer with the object in the layers palette. This ensures that only the opaque pixels (the pixels that are visible) will be selected with the ants running, rather than the entire layer.
Tiling Images for Better Visibility When you open a group of files simultaneously in Photoshop, they are automatically cascaded, and it can be difficult to select individual windows within all overlapping files. To eliminate this problem, choose Window> Arrange> Tile and all your open files will be rearranged so that they are all visible at once. When you’re ready to close the windows, you don’t have to waste time closing them individually, instead use the Close All W shortcut control option (Mac: Alt W Command).
Get rid of the splash screen and get it back When you first open Photoshop CS, you’ll probably see a splash screen with links to tutorials, tips and tricks, and a set of help files for color management. At some point, you may want to prevent this screen from appearing. You should see a checkbox at the bottom of the screen that you can click to hide the screen at startup. Later, if you change your mind and decide that you want it to reappear, you can temporarily bring the screen back by clicking the Help menu and selecting Welcome Screen.
Scrolling through all your open documents Sometimes you want to find one of your open documents that is hidden, but navigating using the Window menu won’t help because you can’t remember the file name. Instead, press Control-Tab repeatedly (MAC and PC) to cycle through all your open documents.