Ps Q & A / Tips & Trick

Graphic-Studio said

diegomonzon said
This is a mac shortcut , but is very useful. I learned it not long ago and I use it all the time.

I changed my settings under the Preferences for Snapshots and now all I have to do is:

Option + Command + 1 (left thumb and index finger dance)

Any area I draw a marquee over is saved to my Clipboard, then I just Command V into my document.

Find it Here: System Preferences > Keyboard > Keyboard Shortcuts > Screenshots

MAC Only!

Is Faster, I didn’t know where to change that, never thought of it , Thank you Graphic-Studio

All you have to do is.. Create a selection, then press control/cmd + Shift + C. This copies all the layer contents inside that marquee and then paste it anywhere.

These are great, everyone. Thanks!

On a Mac with CS3 , if you have multiple layers selected in the layers palette, use Cmd + Opt + arrow key to duplicate the selected layers. On my Macbook, it doesn’t matter if I use the up, down, left of right key. They all appear to do the same thing, which admittedly, doesn’t make a ton of sense.

Will also work if you only have one layer selected. Doesn’t have to be multiple, although it’s probably faster to just use Cmd + J for that.

Found this accidentally because it is the same keystroke I use to cycle through tabs in Firefox (Cmd + Opt + L or R arrow).

On MAC :

Command + [ = goes to next layer down

Command + ] = goes to next layer up

Still don’t know what good it’s for, since I use Select Layer when clicked.

haha

What is the fastest way to rasterize a single blended layer? At the moment i add a blank layer below and merge it, but sometimes it changes. I am missing some basic knowledge with PS… when i merge layers they nearly always change into something i don’t want!