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flair

05-31-2006, 05:13 PM

I love keyboard shortcuts. They make everything immensely faster.

I customized my shortcuts so that all of my most used shortcuts are under my left hand. This way I usually don't look at my keyboard. To orient myself I keep my pinky finger on the "j" key which has a little knob on it. My other three fingers rest on the "i o p" keys, and my thumb goes on the "Command" key. When mastered you can paint, move, and select almost as fast as you can think.

Here are a few often used shortcuts:

top row
y history brush
u stamp tool
i erase*
o move*
p brush*
[ decrease brush size*
] increase brush size*

Middle Row
h healing brush
j marquee*
k smudge
l lasso*
; previous brush*
shift ; first brush*
' next brush*
shift ' last brush

Lower Row
, default colors
. switch foreground background colors
/ toggle transparency lock

Press "Command" plus
u hue saturation
i undo (step back)*
o open
p print
[ send layer back
] send layer forward

h hide*
j layer via copy
shift j layer via cut *
k redo ( step forward)*
l levels
; show/hide guides

z alternately undo and redo
m curves

Press "Command Option" plus
i invert selection*
o deselect*
j select all*

Press "Command Control" plus
8 Rotate canvas counter cw
9 Rotate canvas cw
0 Rotate canvas 180
- flip canvas horz
= flip canvas vert

Press "Command Control Shift" plus
8 Rotate layer counter cw
9 Rotate layer cw
0 Rotate layer 180
- flip layer horz
= flip layer vert

* shortcuts I use constantly

No doubt everyone has their own preferred way of working in Photoshop. However if you feel like changing, I can't recommend this configuration highly enough.

vaXn8d

05-31-2006, 09:24 PM

Right on, thanks for sharing. Personally I've been accustomed to Photoshop's normal key commands for so long it'd be difficult for me to relearn them. I'm sure plenty of others will find this helpful.

vax

DrawT0000much

06-01-2006, 12:10 AM

The only pain in the butt for me is that I use Photoshop at work on a Mac, but I have a PC at home. Every time I try to use the one at home the stinkin windows start menu keeps poping up.
I'm tempted to take a screwdriver and pop that rotten thing out.....sorry for rant.

Anyway, that is a pretty good setup, but in my case it would just cause more confusion.

bopuc

06-01-2006, 12:47 PM

screwdriverless technique :)

---
User Key: [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\
Explorer]
System Key: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\
Explorer]
Value Name: NoWinKeys
Data Type: REG_DWORD (DWORD Value)
Value Data: 0 (0 = disable restriction, 1 = enable restriction)
---

Backup registry before editing.

Licanin

06-02-2006, 09:56 AM

Talking about Windows keyoard...
Is it possible to switch Win and Ctrl keys so that Ctrl acts as Win and Win as Ctrl? :D

DrawT0000much

06-03-2006, 02:29 PM

Rist

06-03-2006, 07:04 PM

Well seen as I am still a student I guess I still have plenty of time until I wont have time... Thanks for sharing, i will be sure to try it out!

BlueFlare

06-04-2006, 01:00 PM

I'm tempted to take a screwdriver and pop that rotten thing out.....sorry for rant.

I actually love that Windows key: win+E (explorer), win+F (find), win+A (PS hot launch) win+Z (Chameleon folder)... few move so fast through their folder and application structure as me. http://forums.cgsociety.org/images/icons/icon10.gif

avinashlobo

06-05-2006, 08:35 AM

I actually love that Windows key: win+E (explorer), win+F (find), win+A (PS hot launch) win+Z (Chameleon folder)... few move so fast through their folder and application structure as me. http://forums.cgsociety.org/images/icons/icon10.gifAlso, WinKey+L to lock the station/switch user, WinKey, L, L to log off, WinKey, U, R to restart, WinKey, U, U to shut down and WinKey, C for the Control Panel.

So basically, try and work with it & say hello to Capt. WinKey.

Denart

10-24-2006, 02:01 AM

Check out the NOSTROMO N52 (http://www.amazon.com/Belkin-Components-F8GFPC100-Nostromo-Speedpad/dp/B0000DC643)

lots of pro's use it

:)

BlueFlare

10-24-2006, 04:53 AM

lots of pro's use it

I don't understand. Why do lots of pros use it? It's basically developed for gaming and I don't see any real advantage for Photoshop users, unless I'm missing something Denart. :)

theincredibleandy

10-24-2006, 04:46 PM

I don't understand. Why do lots of pros use it? It's basically developed for gaming and I don't see any real advantage for Photoshop users, unless I'm missing something Denart. :)

Are you kidding? I love my nostromo! My favorite option is the wheel button that I set to brush size. (the "[" and "]" keys.) My heart melted the first time I tried that, and I never turned back. It makes my painting experience more intuitive and efficient, and has paid for itself many times over. True, macros can be customized like Flair did, but I still find the pad more convenient than the keyboard.

LoTekK

10-24-2006, 04:55 PM

I don't understand. Why do lots of pros use it? It's basically developed for gaming and I don't see any real advantage for Photoshop users, unless I'm missing something Denart. :)
Think outside the box. :)
While it was developed and marketed as a gaming peripheral, all it really is at heart is a remappable "keyboard". To that end, you can set up individual profiles for your applications, mapping your most-often-used commands to it (heck, you might be able to map all of them, since with 3 additional "shift states", you can essentially map 144 commands, iirc). These need not even be limited to keystrokes, since you can also program macros and assign those to the buttons.

Erik Heyninck

10-25-2006, 09:18 AM

Nice keys, except when you have a non US keyboard.
We here have AZERTY and [ and ] are AltGr keys, meaning that neither Photoshop nor Intuos wants to accept them. Many keys can be set or changed, but not these. At least: I haven't found out how. (CS2).
Perhaps any of you knows how?

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