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Keys for selecting tools Adobe Photoshop CS3 Shft-press shortcut key (if Use Shft Key for Tool Switch preference is selected) with the same shortcut key + Cycle through tools

Alt-click + tool Cycle through hidden tools (except add anchor point, delete anchor point, and convert point tools) + V M L W C K J B S Y E G R O P T + A Move tool + + +

Rectangular Marquee tool, EllipticalMarquee tool Lasso tool, Polygonal Lasso tool, MagneticLasso tool Magic Wand tool,Quick Selection tool Crop tool + + +

Slice tool, Slice Select tool

Spot Healing Brush tool, Healing Brushtool, Patch tool, Red Eye tool Brush tool, Pencil tool, ColorReplacement tool Clone Stamp tool, Pattern Stamp tool History Brush tool, Art History Brushtool + + +

Eraser tool, BackgroundEraser tool, Magic Eraser tool (in Photoshop) Gradient tool, Paint Bucket tool + Blur tool, Sharpen tool, Smudgetool Dodge tool, Burn tool, Spongetool Pen tool, Freeform Pen tool + + +

Horizontal Type tool, Vertical Typetool , Horizontal Type mask tool, Vertical Type mask tool Path Selection tool,Direct Selectiontool +

Keys for selecting tools in the Extract toolbox Adobe Photoshop CS3 B G I C T Edge Highlighter tool Fill tool + + + + +

Eyedropper tool Cleanup tool

Edge Touchup tool

Keys for selecting tools in the Liquify toolbox Adobe Photoshop CS3 W R C S B O M T F D Forward Warp tool Reconstruct tool Twirl Clockwise tool Pucker tool Bloat tool Push Left tool Mirror tool + + + + + + + +

Turbulence tool + Freeze Mask tool Thaw Mask tool +

Result (Extract, Liquify, and Pattern Maker)

Adobe Photoshop CS3 Tab Cycle through controls on right from top in Adobe Photoshop Cycle through controls on right from bottom Temporarily activate Hand tool + + +

Shft + Tab Spacebar Alt

Change Cancel to Reset +

Result (Extract and Liquify) Adobe Photoshop CS3 Up or Down arrow keys Decreases or increases brush size in Adobe Photoshop +

Result (Extract and Pattern Maker) Adobe Photoshop CS3 Ctrl + 0 Fit in window Ctrl + + (plus) Zoom in + + +

Ctrl + - (hyphen)

Zoom out

Result (Extract only) Adobe Photoshop CS3 Alt Edge Highlighter/Eraser tool Toggle between Edge Highlighter tool and Eraser tool Ctrl with Edge Highlighter tool selected Toggle Smart Highlighting Alt Delete Ctrl + Delete Remove current highlight in Adobe Photoshop Highlight entire image + + + + +

Shft-click with Fill tool selected Fill foreground area and preview extraction Ctrl-drag Alt-drag Move mask when Edge Touchup tool is selected + Add opacity when Cleanup tool is selected +

X +

Toggle Show menu options in preview between Original and Extracted in Adobe Photoshop

Shft X Enable Cleanup and Edge Touchup tools before preview + F

Cycle through Display menu in preview from top to bottom in Adobe Photoshop + +

Shft F Cycle through Display menu in preview from bottom to top Down Arrow/Up Arrow in Brush Size text box decrease/increase by 10) +

Decrease/increase brush size by 1 (Hold down Shift to

Left Arrow/Right Arrow with Brush Size Slider showing Decrease/increase brush size by 1 (Hold down Shift to decrease/increase by 10) + 0-9 Set strength of Cleanup or Edge Touch-up tool +

Result (Liquify only) Adobe Photoshop CS3 Alt tool Reverse direction for Bloat, Pucker, Push Left,and Mirror tools in Adobe Photoshop +

Alt-drag in preview with Reconstruct tool, Displace, Amplitwist, or Affine mode selected Continually sample the distortion + Down Arrow/Up Arrow in Brush Size, Density, Pressure, Rate, or Turbulent Jitter text box Decrease/increase brush size by 2, or density,pressure, rate, or turbulent jitter by 1 (Hold down Shift to decrease/increase by 10) + Left Arrow/Right Arrow with Brush Size, Density, Pressure, Rate, or Turbulent Jitter slider showing Decrease/increase brush size by 2, or density,pressure, rate, or turbulent jitter by 1 (Hold down Shift to decrease/increase by 10) + Ctrl Z Redo last step in Adobe Photoshop +

Result (Pattern Maker only) Adobe Photoshop CS3 Ctrl + D Delete current selection + Ctrl + Z Undo a selection move + Ctrl + G Generate or generate again +

Shft + Alt + select X

Intersect with current selection +

Toggle view: original/generated pattern +

Home Go to first tile in Tile History in Adobe Photoshop End Go to last tile in Tile History +

Left Arrow, Page Up

Go to previous tile in Tile History Go to next tile in Tile History +

+ +

Right Arrow, Page Down

Delete Delete current tile from Tile History

Shft-press shortcut key Nudge selection when viewing the original (if Use Shift Key for Tool Switch preference is selected) + Shft + Right Arrow, Left Arrow, Up Arrow, or Down Arrow viewing theoriginal + Increase selection nudging when

Keys for using the Filter Gallery Adobe Photoshop CS3 Alt-click a filter Apply a new filter on top of selected Alt-click a disclosure triangle Ctrl Alt + +

Open/close all disclosure triangles +

Change Cancel button to Default in Adobe Photoshop Change Cancel button to Reset + + +

Ctrl + Z Undo/Redo Ctrl + Shft + Z Ctrl + Alt + Z

Step forward

Step backward +

Keys for using the Refine Edge dialog box Adobe Photoshop CS3 Ctrl + Alt + R F Open the Refine Edge dialog box +

Cycle (forward) through preview modes +

Shft F Cycle (backward) through preview modes in Adobe Photoshop X P Toggle between original image and selection preview +

Toggle the preview option (on and off) in Adobe Photoshop

Keys for using the Black-and-White dialog box Adobe Photoshop CS3 Shft Ctrl Alt B Open the Black-and-White dialog box in Adobe Photoshop + +

Left Arrow/Right Arrow Increase/decrease selected value by %1 +

Shft + Left Arrow/Right Arrow Increase/decrease selected value by %10 Click-drag on the image Change the values of the closest color slider +

Keys for using the Camera Raw dialog box Adobe Photoshop CS3 Z H I S C A L R Zoom tool Hand tool + + + + + + + +

White Balance tool Color Sampler tool Crop tool +

Straighten tool + Rotate image left Rotate image right Zoom in

Ctrl + + (plus)

Ctrl + - (hyphen)

Zoom out

Ctrl Temporarily switch to Zoom In tool in Adobe Photoshop(Doesn't work when Straighten tool is selected. If Crop tool is active, temporarily switches to Straighten tool.) + Shft Temporarily active the White Balance tool (does not work if Crop tool is active) +

Click the first point; Shft-click additional points Select multiple points in Curves panel Ctrl-click in preview Arrow keys Shft-arrow Add point to curve in Curves panel + + + +

Move selected point in Curves panel (1 unit) Move selected point in Curves panel (10 units)

Ctrl + R Open selected images in Camera Raw dialog box from Bridge

Shft double-click imag Open selected images from Bridge bypassing Camera Raw dialog box in Adobe Photoshop + Alt Change Cancel button to Reset and Save button to bypass Save dialog box +

Right Arrow, Left Arrow, Up Arrow, or Down Arrow +

Display highlights that will be clipped in Preview

Keys for using the Curves dialog box Adobe Photoshop CS3 Ctrl M Open the Curves dialog box in Adobe Photoshop Ctrl + Tab Select next point on the curve + + + +

Shft + Ctrl + Tab Select the previous point on the curve

Ctrl-click on the points Select multiple points on the curve Ctrl + D Deselect a point +

Select a point and press Delete To delete a point on the curve Arrow keys Move the selected point 1 unit +

Shft + Arrow keys

Move the selected point 10 units

Alt-drag black/white point sliders Photoshop + Ctrl-click the image

Display highlights and shadows that will be clipped in Adobe

Set a point to the composite curve

Shft + Ctrl-click the image Alt-click the field

Set a point to the channel curves

Toggle grid size +

Keys for using Photomerge Adobe Photoshop CS3 A R V Z H Select Image tool in Adobe Photoshop Rotate Image tool + +

Set Vanishing Point tool + Zoom tool +

Move View tool +

Spacebar

Switch to Move View tool (temporary) +

Ctrl + Z Step backward + Ctrl + Shft + Z Step forward

Right Arrow, Left Arrow, Up Arrow, or Down Arrow Alt Change Cancel to Reset +

Move selected image 1 pixel

Alt-move pointer over image

Show individual image border

Keys for using Vanishing Point Adobe Photoshop CS3 Z X H Zoom tool + + +

Zoom 2x (temporary) Hand tool +

Spacebar Ctrl + + (plus)

Switch to Hand tool (temporary) Zoom in + +

Ctrl + - (hyphen)

Zoom out

Ctrl + 0 (zero), Double-click Hand tool

Fit in view

Double-click Zoom tool Zoom to center at 100% + ] Increase brush size (Brush, Stamp tools) +

Decrease brush size (Brush, Stamp tools)

+ + +

Shft + ] Increase brush hardness (Brush, Stamp tools) Shft + [ Decrease brush hardness (Brush, Stamp tools) Ctrl + Z Undo last action Ctrl + Shft + Z +

Redo last action + +

Ctrl + D Deselect all

Ctrl + H Hide selection and planes Arrow keys

Move selection 1 pixel +

Shft + arrow keys Ctrl + C Copy Ctrl + V Paste Ctrl + Shft + T Ctrl Alt T Ctrl-drag + +

Move selection 10 pixels

Repeat last duplicate and move +

Create a floating selection from the current selection in Adobe Photoshop Fill a selection with image under the pointer + +

Ctrl + Alt-drag Create a duplicate of a floating selection Alt + Shft to rotate Ctrl-click the plane Alt-click OK Ctrl-drag Backspace

Constrain a rotate plan to a 15 rotation +

Select a plane under another selected plane in Adobe Photoshop +

Render plane grids

Create 90 degree plane off parent plane + Delete last node while creating plane +

Double-click the Create Plane tool

Make a full canvas plane, square to the camera + +

Ctrl + Shft + H Show/hide measurements (Photoshop Extended only) Ctrl + E Export to a DFX file (Photoshop Extended only) + Ctrl + Shft + E

Export to a 3DS file (Photoshop Extended only) +

Keys for working with blending modes Adobe Photoshop CS3 Shft + + (plus) or - (minus) Shft + Alt + N Shft + Alt + I Shft + Alt + Q Shft + Alt + R Shft + Alt + K Shft + Alt + M Shft + Alt + B Shft + Alt + A Shft + Alt + G Shft + Alt + S Shft + Alt + D Normal + Dissolve + + Cycle through blending modes +

Behind (Brush tool only) Clear (Brush tool only) + Darken + Multiply Color Burn Linear Burn Lighten + Screen + Color Dodge + + + + + + + + + + + + +

Shft + Alt + W Linear Dodge Shft + Alt + O Shft + Alt + F Shft + Alt + H Shft + Alt + V Shft + Alt + J Shft + Alt + Z Shft + Alt + L Shft + Alt + E Shft + Alt + X Shft + Alt + U Overlay + Soft Light Hard Light Vivid Light Linear Light Pin Light Hard Mix Difference Exclusion Hue +

Shft + Alt + T Shft + Alt + C Shft + Alt + Y

Saturation Color +

Luminosity

+ + + +

Sponge tool + Shft + Alt + D Sponge tool + Shft + Alt + S

Desaturate Saturate

Dodge tool/Burn tool + Shft + Alt + S Dodge tool/Burn tool + Shft + Alt + M Dodge tool/Burn tool + Shft + Alt + H Shft Alt N Photoshop

Dodge/burn shadows Dodge/burn midtones

Dodge/burn highlights +

Set blending mode to Threshold for bitmap images,Normal for all other images in Adobe +

Keys for viewing images Adobe Photoshop CS3 Ctrl + Tab Shft-Ctrl-W Q Cycles through open documents + +

Close a file in Photoshop and open Bridge

Toggle between Standard mode and Quick Mask mode +

F Toggle (forward) between Standard screen mode,Maximized screen mode, Full screen mode, and Full screen mode with menu bar + Shft F Toggle (backward) between Standard screen mode, Maximized screen mode, Full screen mode, and Full screen mode with menu bar + Space + F Toggle (forward) canvas color +

(or right-click canvas background and select color) Space + Shft + F Toggle (backward) canvas color + Double-click Hand tool Fit image in window Double-click Zoom tool Magnify 100% + Spacebar +

Switch to Hand tool (when not in text-edit mode) in Adobe Photoshop

Ctrl + spacebar Switch to Zoom In tool +

Alt + spacebar Switch to Zoom Out tool

Spacebar-drag Move Zoom marquee while dragging with the Zoom tool

Shft + Enter in Navigator palette zoom percentage box Apply zoom percentage, and keep zoom percentage box active + Ctrl-drag over preview in Navigator palette Zoom in on specified area of an image +

Spacebar-drag, or drag view area box in Navigator palette Photoshop + Page Up or Page Down Scroll up or down 1 screen Shft + Page Up or Page Down Home or End \ (backslash) +

Scroll image with Hand tool in Adobe

Scroll up or down 10 units

+ +

Move view to upper left corner or lower right corner

Toggle layer mask on/off as rubylith (layer mask must be selected)

Keys for selecting and moving objects Adobe Photoshop CS3 Any marquee tool (except single column and single row) + spacebar-drag while selecting* + Any selection tool Shft-drag Any selection tool + Alt-drag Add to a selection in Adobe Photoshop + Subtract from a selection + + Reposition marquee

Any selection tool (except Quick Selection tool) + Shft-Alt-drag Intersect a selection Shft-drag Alt-drag

Constrain marquee to square or circle (ifno other selections are active)* + Draw marquee from center (if no other selectionsare active)* + +

Shft + Alt-drag Constrain shape and draw marquee from center*

Ctrl (except when Hand, Slice, Path, Shape, or any Pen tool is selected) Switch to Move tool in Adobe Photoshop + Alt-drag Switch from Magnetic Lasso tool to Lasso tool + +

Alt-click Switch from Magnetic Lasso tool to polygonalLasso tool + Enter/Esc or Ctrl + . (period)

Apply/cancel an operation of the Magnetic Lasso

Move tool + Alt-drag selection* Move copy of selection +

Move selection area 1 pixel

Any selection + Right Arrow, Left Arrow, Up Arrow, or Down Arrow +

Move tool + Right Arrow, Left Arrow, Up Arrow, or Down Arrow Move selection 1 pixel + Ctrl + Right Arrow, Left Arrow, Up Arrow, or Down Arrow selected on layer + Magnetic Lasso tool + [ or ]

Move layer 1 pixel when nothing

Increase/decrease detection width

Crop tool Enter or Esc Accept cropping or exit cropping in Adobe Photoshop / (forward slash) Toggle crop shield off and on + +

Ruler tool + Alt-drag end point Make protractor

Shft-drag guide Snap guide to ruler ticks (except when View >Snap is unchecked) Alt-drag guide Convert between horizontal and vertical guide +

Keys for editing paths Adobe Photoshop CS3 Direct selection tool Shft-click Select multiple anchor points in Photoshop Direct selection tool + Alt-click Select entire path + Duplicate a path +

Pen (any pen tool), Path Selection or Direct Selection tool + Ctrl + Alt-drag +

Ctrl Switch from Path Selection, Pen, Add Anchor Point, Delete Anchor Point, or Convert Point tools, to Direct Selection tool + Alt Switch from Pen tool or Freeform Pen tool to Convert Point tool when pointer is over anchor or direction point + Magnetic Pen tool-double-click Close path Magnetic Pen tool + Alt-double-click + +

Close path with straight-line segment

Keys for painting objects

Adobe Photoshop CS3 Any painting tool + Alt or any shape tool + Alt (except when Paths optn is selected) tool + Eyedropper tool + Alt-click Select background color + + + Eyedropper

Eyedropper tool + Shft Color sampler tool Color sampler tool + Alt-click

Deletes color sampler

Any painting or editing tool + Shft + number keys for painting mode

Sets opacity, tolerance, strength, or exposure

(e.g., 0 = 100%, 1 = 10%, 4 then 5 in quick succession = 45%) (When airbrush option is enabled, use Shift + number keys) +

Any painting or editing tool + Shft + number keys Sets flow for painting mode(e.g., 0 = 100%, 1 = 10%, 4 then 5 in quick succession = 45%) (When airbrush option is enabled, omit Shift) + Shft (plus) or - (minus) Cycles through blending modes in Photoshop Alt + Backspace, or Ctrl + Backspace down Shift to preserve transparency) Ctrl + Alt + Backspace Shft + Backspace / (forward slash) +

Fills selection/layer with foreground or backgroundcolor (Hold + +

Fills from history (Hold down Shift to preserve transparency) Displays Fill dialog box + + +

Lock transparent pixels on/off in Photoshop Connects points with a straight line

Any painting tool + Shft-click

Keys for transforming selections, selection borders, and paths Adobe Photoshop CS3 Alt Shft Ctrl Enter Transform from center or reflect Constrain Distort + Apply + Cancel + + +

Ctrl + . (period) or Esc

Ctrl + Alt + T

Free transform with duplicate data

Ctrl + Shft + Alt + T

Transform again with duplicate data

Keys for selecting, editing, and navigating through text Adobe Photoshop CS3 Ctrl-drag type when Type layer is selected Move type in image +

Shft + Left Arrow/Right Arrow or Down Arrow/Up Arrow, or Ctrl + Shft + Left Arrow/Right Arr left/right + Shft-click Select 1 character left/right or 1 line down/up, or 1 word

Select characters from insertion point to mouse click point

Move 1

Left Arrow/Right Arrow, Down Arrow/Up Arrow, or Ctrl + Left Arrow/Right Arrow character left/right, 1 line down/up, or 1 word left/right + Shft-click

Create a new text layer, when a text layer is selected in the Layers palette

Double-click, triple-click, quadruple-click, or quintuple-click Photoshop + Ctrl + H Show/Hide selection on selected type +

Select word, line, paragraph, or story in

Ctrl Display the bounding box for transforming text when editing text, or activate Move tool if cursor is inside the bounding box + Ctrl-drag a bounding box handleScale text within a bounding box when resizing the bounding box + Spacebar-drag Move text box while creating text box in Photoshop +

Keys for formatting type Adobe Photoshop CS3 Horizontal type tool + Ctrl + Shft + L, C, or R Vertical type tool + Ctrl + Shft + L, C, or R Ctrl + Shft + Y Return to default font style Align left, center, or right Align top, center, or bottom + + +

Ctrl + Shft + X

Choose 100% horizontal scale

Ctrl + Shft + Alt + X Ctrl + Shft + Alt + A

Choose 100% vertical scale Choose Auto leading + +

Ctrl + Shft + Q Choose 0 for tracking Ctrl + Shft + J Ctrl + Shft + F

Justify paragraph, left aligns last line Justify paragraph, justifies all +

Ctrl + Shft + Alt + H Ctrl + Shft + Alt + T

Toggle paragraph hyphenation on/off

Toggle single/every-line composer on/off

Ctrl + Shft + < or > Decrease or increase type size of selected text 2 points or pixels (Hold down Alt key to decrease/increase by 10) + Alt + Down Arrow or Up Arrow Decrease or increase leading 2 points or pixels (Hold down Ctrl key to decrease/increase by 10) + Shft + Alt + Down Arrow or Up Arrow Ctrl key to decrease/increase by 10) Decrease or increase baseline shift 2 points or pixels (Hold down +

Alt + Left Arrow or Right Arrow Decrease or increase kerning/tracking 20/1000 ems (Hold down Ctrl key to decrease/increase by 10) +

Keys for slicing and optimizing Adobe Photoshop CS3 Ctrl Toggle between Slice tool and Slice Selection tool Draw square slice + + +

Shft-drag Alt-drag

Draw from center outward

Shft + Alt-drag Draw square slice from center outward + Spacebar-drag Reposition slice while creating slice +

Keys for using palettes Adobe Photoshop CS3

Alt-click New button Set options (except for Actions, Animation, Styles,Brushes, Tool Presets, and Layer Comps palettes) in Photoshop + Alt-click Delete button Delete without confirmation (except forthe Brushes palette) Shft + Enter Apply value and keep text box active + + + +

Ctrl-click channel, layer, or path thumbnail.

Load as a selection in Photoshop Add to current selection

Ctrl + Shft-click channel, layer, or path thumbnail.

Ctrl + Alt-click channel, path, or layer thumbnail.Subtract from current selection +

Ctrl + Shft + Alt-click channel, path, or layer thumbnail. Intersect with current selection + Tab Show/Hide all palettes + +

Shft + Tab

Show/Hide all palettes except the toolbox andoptions bar Highlight options bar +

Select tool and press Enter Shft + Up Arrow/Down Arrow

Increase/decrease units by 10 in a pop-up menu +

Keys for using the Actions palette Adobe Photoshop CS3 Alt-click the check mark next to a cmnd. Turn command on and all others off, or turns all commands on + Alt-click Turn current modal control on and toggle all other modal controls Alt double-click action set Double-click set or actions Ctrl + double-click an action Alt-click the triangle +

Change action set options in Photoshop actions pallete + Display Options dialog box Play entire action + + +

Collapse/expand all components of an action Play a command +

Ctrl-click the Play button

Alt-click the New Action button Create new action and begin recording without confirmation Shft-click the action/cmnd Ctrl-click the action/cmnd Select contiguous items of the same kind Select discontiguous items of the same kind + +

Keys for using the Animation palette Adobe Photoshop CS3 Shft-click second frame. Select/deselect multiple contiguous frames Ctrl-click multiple frames. pallete + +

Select/deselect multiple discontiguous frames in Photoshop Animation

Alt + Paste Frames cmnd from the Palette pop*'up menu displayingthe dialog box +

Paste using previous settings without

Keys for using the Animation palette Timeline Mode (Photoshop Extended Only) Adobe Photoshop CS3 Spacebar Start playing the timeline or Animation palette +

Alt + click the current-time display view).

Switch between timecode and frame numbers (current time

(Alt + click the current-time display in the upper-left corner of the timeline). Alt + click Expand and collapse list of layers +

Hold down the Shft key when clicking the Next/Previous Frame buttons (on either side of the Play bu Jump to the next/previous whole second in timeline (during playback) + Hold down the Shft key while dragging the current time. Increase playback speed in Photoshop Animation palette (Timeline mode) + Hold down the Ctrl key while dragging the current time. Decrease playback speed +

Shft-drag Snap an object (keyframe, the current time, layer in point, and so on) to the nearest object in timeline + Alt-drag (first or last keyframe in the selection) Scale (evenly distribute to condensed or extended length) a selected group of multiple keyframes +

Keys for using the Clone Source Adobe Photoshop CS3

Alt + Shft

Show Clone Source (overlays image) + +

Alt + Shft + arrow keys Nudge Clone Source Alt + Shft + < or > Alt + Shft + [ or ] Rotate Clone Source

Scale (increase or reduce size) Clone Source

Keys for using the Brushes palette Adobe Photoshop CS3 Alt-click brush Delete brush Double-click brush [ or ] +

Rename brush + +

Decrease/increase brush size

Shft + [ or ]

Decrease/increase brush softness/hardness in 25% increments + +

, (comma) or . (period) Select previous/next brush size + Shft + , (comma) or . (period) Caps Lock Shft Alt P Select first/last brush + +

Display precise cross hair for brushes

Toggle airbrush option in Photoshop brushes palette

Keys for using the Channels palette Adobe Photoshop CS3 Alt-click button Set options for Save Selection as Channel button Ctrl-click Create New Channel button + +

Create a new spot channel in Photoshop Channels palette

Shft-click color channel Select/deselect multiple color-channel selection +

Shft-click alpha channel Select/deselect alpha channel and show/hide as a rubylith overlay Double-click alpha or spot channel thumbnail ~ (tilde) Display composite + Display channel options +

Keys for using the Color palette Adobe Photoshop CS3 Alt-click color in color bar Right-click color bar Shft-click color bar Select background color + +

Display Color Bar menu in Photoshop Color palette Cycle through color choices +

Keys for using the History palette Adobe Photoshop CS3 Alt + New Snapshot Create a new snapshot + Rename snapshot + + + +

Double-click snapshot name Ctrl + Shft + Z Ctrl Alt Z

Step forward through image states

Step backward through image states in Photoshop History palette +

Alt-click the image state Duplicate any image state, except the current state Alt + Clear History (in History palette popup men

Permanently clear history (no Undo)

Keys for using the Info palette Adobe Photoshop CS3 Click eyedropper icon Click cross-hair icon Change color readout modes Change measurement units + +

Keys for using the Layer Comps palette Adobe Photoshop CS3 Alt-click Create New Layer Comp button Create new layer comp + box Double-click layer comp Open Layer Comp Options dialog box Double-click layer comp name Rename inline + + +

Shft-click Ctrl-click

Select/deselect multiple contiguous layer comps Select/deselect multiple discontiguous layer comps

+ +

Keys for using the Layers palette Adobe Photoshop CS3 Ctrl-click layer thumbnail Load layer transparency as a selection + +

Ctrl-click filter mask thumbnail Load filter mask as a selection Ctrl G Group layers in Photoshop Layers palette Ctrl + Shft + G Ungroup layers + Ctrl + Alt + G Ctrl + Alt + A Ctrl + Shft + E + +

Create/release clipping mask Select all layers + Merge visible layers +

Alt-click New Layer button Ctrl-click New Layer button Alt . (period)

Create new empty layer with dialog box + Create new layer below target layer + +

Select top layer in Photoshop +

Alt + , (comma) Select bottom layer Shft + Alt + [ or ] Alt + [ or ] Ctrl + [ or ]

Add to layer selection in Layers palette + + +

Select next layer down/up Move target layer down/up

Ctrl + Shft + Alt + E Ctrl + E Merge down Ctrl + Shft + [ or ]

Merge a copy of all visible layers into target layer + +

Move layer to bottom or top

Alt + Merge Down cmnd from the Palette pop*'up menu Photoshop + Alt + Merge Visible cmnd from the Palette pop*'up menu above the currently selected layer +

Copy current layer to layer below in

Merge all visible layers to a new layer

Right-click the eye icon Show/hide this layer/layer group only or all layers/layer groups + Alt-click the eye icon / (forward slash) Show/hide all other currently visible layers + +

Toggle lock transparency for target layer, or last applied lock + +

Double-click layer effect/style Edit layer effect/style, options Alt-double-click layer effect/style Double-click layer Hide layer effect/style

Edit layer style +

Shft-click vector mask thumbnail Double-click layer mask thumbnail

Disable/enable vector mask in Photoshop Open Layer Mask Display Options dialog box + + + + +

+ +

Shft-click layer mask thumbnail Toggle layer mask on/off Shft-click filter mask thumbnail Toggle filter mask on/off

Alt-click layer mask thumbnail Toggle between layer mask/composite image Alt-click filter mask thumbnail Toggle between filter mask/composite image \ (backslash), or Shft + Alt-click Toggle rubylith mode for layer mask on/off Double-click type layer thumbnail Alt-click the line dividing two layers Double-click the layer name Double-click the filter effect

Select all type; temporarily select type tool Create a clipping mask + + +

Rename layer

Edit filter settings

Double-click the Filter Blending icon

Edit the Filter Blending options +

Ctrl-click New Layer Set button Create new layer set below current layer/layer set Alt-click New Layer Set button Create new layer set with dialog box + +

Alt-click Add Layer Mask button Create layer mask that hides all/selection Ctrl-click Add Layer Mask button Ctrl + Alt-click Add Layer Mask button

Create vector mask that reveals all/selection Create vector mask that hides all/selection Display layer group properties + +

+ +

Right-click layer group or double-click group Shft-click

Select/deselect multiple contiguous layers

Ctrl-click

Select/deselect multiple discontiguous layers

Keys for using the Paths palette Adobe Photoshop CS3 Ctrl + Shft-click pathname Ctrl + Alt-click pathname Add path to selection + + +

Subtract a path from selection

Ctrl + Shft + Alt-click pathname Retain intersection of path as a selection Ctrl + Shft + H Hide path +

Alt-click button Set options for Fill Path with Foreground Color button, Stroke Path with Brush button, Load Path as a Selection button, Make Work Path from Selection button, and Create New Path button +

Keys for using the Swatches palette Adobe Photoshop CS3 Click in empty area of palette Ctrl-click swatch Create new swatch from foreground color +

Select background color + +

Alt-click swatch Delete color

Keys for using Measurement (Photoshop Extended Only) Adobe Photoshop CS3 Shft + Ctrl + M Record a measurement + Ctrl + D Deselects all measurements Ctrl + A Selects all measurements + + + + +

Shft + Ctrl + H Hide/show all measurements Backspace Arrow keys Removes a measurement Nudge the measurement

Shft arrow keys Nudge the measurement in increments in Photoshop Left/right arrow key Extend/shorten selected measurement +

Shft + left/right arrow key

Extend/shorten selected measurement in increments + +

Ctrl + arrow key Rotate selected measurement

Shft + Ctrl + arrow key Rotate selected measurement in increments

Keys for using 3D tools (Photoshop Extended) Adobe Photoshop CS3 O C Shft tools R L H S Z Enable 3D object tools + Enable 3D camera tools +

Constrain 3D object tool/3D camera tool to a single direction of movement in Photoshop 3D + Rotate the 3D object/Orbit the 3D camera Roll the 3D object/Roll the 3D camera + + +

Drag the 3D object/Pan the 3D camera + Slide the 3D object/Walk the 3D camera + Scale the 3D object/Zoom the 3D camera

Keys for working with DICOM files (Photoshop Extended) Adobe Photoshop CS3 Z H W Zoom tool Hand tool + + + + +

Window Level tool

Ctrl + A Select all frames Ctrl + D Deselect all frames

Right Arrow/Left Arrow Navigate through frames (Photoshop extended) +

Function keys Adobe Photoshop CS3 F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 F6 F7 F8 F9 F12 Invoke Help Cut Copy Paste + + + + +

Show/Hide Brushes palette in Photoshop Show/Hide Color palette Show/Hide Layers palette + + +

Show/Hide Info palette in Photoshop Show/Hide Actions palette Revert + Fill + + + +

Shft + F5 Shft + F6 Shft + F7

Feather Selection Inverse Selection