Photoshop 1
Photoshop 2
Illustrator 1
Illustrator 2
InDesign
100
Pressing this key will select the selection tool (black arrow)
What is V
100
This keyboard shortcut opens a new document
What is ctrl N
100
This key activates the selection tool
What is V
100
This key activates the pen tool
What is P
100
This keyboard shortcut allows me to place an image.
What is ctrl D
200
Hold down this key to scale proportionately
What is Shift
200
This keyboard shortcut saves your document
What is Ctrl S
200
This key activates the direct selection tool
What is A
200
This keyboard shortcut zooms to fit (so that the entire page shows on your screen)
What is ctrl 0
200
I hold down this key and drag to make a copy of what I have selected
What is alt
300
This keyboard shortcut undos one step
What is ctrl Z
300
This is the keyboard shortcut for step backward (to undo multiple things)
What is ctrl + alt + Z
300
I click this button to get a vector version of my photo
What is image trace
300
What is the difference between the selection tool (black arrow) and the direct selection tool (white arrow)?
The selection tool selects the entire shape or group. The direct selection tool selects one anchor point.
300
This key activates the free transform tool (allows you to scale like in Photoshop and Illustrator)
What is E
400
This key activates the paintbrush tool
What is B
400
This key switches the foreground and background colors
What is X
400
This key activates the type tool
What is T
400
What is the benefit of a vector file?
Scale without pixelation
400
This keyboard shortcut allows you to export your file
What is ctrl E
500
These keys make the paintbrush softer (fuzzier) or harder
What is { and } or shift [ and ]
500
These keys make the brush smaller and bigger
What is [ and ] (left bracket is smaller, right bracket is bigger)
500
If I have the pen tool (or any other tool) selected, I can hold down this key to temporarily activate the selection tool
What is ctrl
500
This key activates the rectangle tool
What is M
500
This is the most common file type to save documents.
What is PDF
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