Photoshop Basics

Basic Shortcuts

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This is the shortcut to cut.

What is... CTRL+X on Windows COMMAND+X on MAC

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This is the shortcut to copy.

What is... CTRL+C on Windows COMMAND+C on MAC

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This is the shortcut to paste.

What is... CTRL+V on Windows COMMAND+V on MAC

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This is the shortcut to undo.

What is... CTRL+Z on Windows COMMAND+Z on MAC

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This is the shortcut to undo multiple times? (in other words to "go back" several steps?) (Photoshop specific)

What is: CTRL+ALT+Z on Windows CTRL+COMMAND+Z on MAC

Clever Shortcuts

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This is the shortcut to switch between open programs.

What is ALT+TAB on Windows COMMAND+TAB on MAC

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This is the shortcut to change how bright Photoshop appears on your computer.

What is... Shift + F1 (darkens) Shift + F2 (brightens) Note: on a laptop, you might need to add the function key.

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This keyboard shortcut activates the move tool.

What happens when we press the letter V on the keyboard?

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This keyboard shortcut change the size of the brush.

What do the bracket keys do? The left bracket [ makes the brush smaller. The right bracket ] makes the brush larger.

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These keyboard keys are used to zoom.

What do these keyboard shortcuts do: CTRL++ to zoom in. CTRL+- to zoom out.

I got this!

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This is how I save an image from the web.

What happens when I right click on an image and chose "save image as".

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This is the default Photoshop file type.

What is .psd ((PSD stands for Photoshop Document))

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This renames the layer.

Double click the name of the layer and type the new name (then press ENTER)

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This converts the background layer to a regular layer.

What does the following do: Double-click the Background layer, rename it and hit ENTER.

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Right click on the layer and choose "Rasterize Layer".

How do I turn a "smart object" into a regular layer?