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A Few PS Shortcuts

PS Shortcuts
To hide only the palettes-press Shift+Tab
Snap your palettes to the nearest screen-Shift-clicking on their titlebars
Minimize palettes-double-clicking on their (names in the) palette tabs
the palette titlebars to cycle between: compact mode (minimum number of options contents visible) and contents mode (view all palette options / contents).-the minimize button
the toolbar’s titlebar to minimize it-the toolbar’s titlebar to minimize it
to reveal the Options palette for the currently active tool-Press Enter
the Zoom field (in the bottom-left of the Photoshop window or Navigator palette)
to quickly enter an exact zoom level-press Shift+Enter after entering a value to have the field remain active
To change the (document size) information displayed in the status bar (bottom of the screen – Window » Show Status Bar)-click on the > button and choose a new item from the pop-up menu.
Click on the status bar (to the left of the > button) to display the Print Size of the current document. Alt-click to see the image dimensions and resolution. Ctrl-click for Tile information
fill the (gray) canvas borders with the foreground color-Shift-clicking on it with the Paint Bucket tool [K].
To replace the default color, change the foreground color to 25% gray-(R192,G192,B192) and Shift-click on the canvas border again.
to change any Cancel button into a Reset button (in any dialog box); this allows you to easily restore values without having to Cancel and come back.-Hold down the Alt key
to turn Precise Cursors on / off.-the Caps Lock key
if Precise Cursors are already enabled in the Preferences-[Ctrl+K,
Ctrl+3] (File » Preferences » Display & Cursors…).
to cycle between three different Full Screen modes-Press “F”
to toggle the menus in Full Screen mode-Press Shift+F
summon the Open command [Ctrl+O] (File » -Double-clicking on Photoshop’s background (the to change the spectrum.-Shift-click on the color ramp (on the Color palette [F6] (Window » Show Color))
to select an alternate color mode-right-click on the color ramp or open the Color palette menu
to quickly access features like Canvas Size, Image Size and Duplicate.-Right-click on an image window’s titlebar
reveal (via a tool tip) the full path of the current document.-Pausing the mouse pointer over an image window’s titlebar

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