A brief presentation about using Photoshop more productively.

1. Shawnee County's logo is protected by law. All other presentation content is in the public domain. Higher Photoshop Productivity Use Photoshop with greater efficiency and effect.David Eldridge

2. Shawnee County's logo is protected by law. All other presentation content is in the public domain. Introduction: Purpose/Flow This presentation file is incomplete: Light overview Few pictures Memory overload Key in on your tasks

3. Shawnee County's logo is protected by law. All other presentation content is in the public domain. Overview Tools Modifiers Single-Key Shortcuts Combinations Actions Mouse Combinations Layer Work Additional Interest

4. Shawnee County's logo is protected by law. All other presentation content is in the public domain. Tools Many Keyboard Shortcuts are One-handed: M: Marquee: (↑: Ellip/Rect || Vert/Horiz 1px line) L: Lasso: (↑: Plain/Poly/Magnet) V: Move W: (↑: Quick Selection Tool/Magic Wand) I: (↑: Eyedropper/Color Sampler/Ruler/Note/Count)

5. Shawnee County's logo is protected by law. All other presentation content is in the public domain. Tools: Continued Many Keyboard Shortcuts are One-handed: J: ‘Heal’: (↑: Spot Healing Brush/Healing Brush/Patch/Red Eye) B: Brush: (↑: Brush/Pencil/Color Replacement) G: ‘Paint’: (↑: Paint Bucket/Gradient) T: Type: (↑: Horizontal Type/…/…/…)

6. Shawnee County's logo is protected by law. All other presentation content is in the public domain. Modifiers:Alt[A] Alt+Click: When making a selection, the beginning point becomes the center. When modifying a selection it’s subtractive. Click, Alt: When making a selection, the beginning point becomes the center.

7. Modifiers:Shift[S] Shift+Click: When making a selection, the proportions are constrained to equivalence (squared). When modifying a selection it’s additive. Click, Shift: When making a selection, the proportions are constrained to equivalence (squared). Shawnee County's logo is protected by law. All other presentation content is in the public domain. [ 7 ]

8. Modifiers: Ctrl[C] When in selection mode, it causes the pointer to act more like the move tool Shawnee County's logo is protected by law. All other presentation content is in the public domain. [ 8 ]

9. Modifiers: Space (Technically, not a modifier, but…) When making a selection, space allows moving space is like the hand tool when you are not making a selection Shawnee County's logo is protected by law. All other presentation content is in the public domain. [ 9 ]

10. Shawnee County's logo is protected by law. All other presentation content is in the public domain. Single-KeyShortcuts D: Change colors to black (fore) and white (back) X: Swap Fore- and Background colors Z: Zoom (better to use [C]= or [C]-) Ctrl+= looks likeCtrl++, but isn’t Technically, Ctrl++ aka Ctrl+Shift+= is something else

11. Shawnee County's logo is protected by law. All other presentation content is in the public domain. Single-KeyShortcuts F: Full Screen Tab: Toggle the tools and tabs [ OR ]: Contract or Expand (brush) 01-00,1-0: Change opacity (tool or layer) 01,02…50…99,00: 1,2…50…99,100% 1,2,5,9,0: 10,20,50,90,100%

12. Shawnee County's logo is protected by law. All other presentation content is in the public domain. Combinations Ctrl+A/C/X/V: Select All, Copy, Cut, Paste Ctrl+R: Toggle Rulers Ctrl+J: Duplicate Layer Ctrl+T: Transform Layer Ctrl+Alt+Shift+N: New Layer w/o dialog box Ctrl+Delete w/selection: Fill (w/background) Alt+Delete w/selection: Fill (w/foreground)

13. Shawnee County's logo is protected by law. All other presentation content is in the public domain. Combinations: More Ctrl+I: Invert selection colors Ctrl+Shift+I: Invert selection Ctrl+D: Select None Ctrl+H: Hide guides, selection (marching ants), … Ctrl+Shift+C: Copy merged Ctrl+(Alt+)=/-: zoom and more

14. Shawnee County's logo is protected by law. All other presentation content is in the public domain. Mouse Combinations Ctrl+Alt+Shift+N: New Layer w/o dialog box Ctrl+Alt+Scroll Wheel[↑,↓]: Zoom in, out Alt+Click: (in ‘fill’ modes) samples color to the foreground palette Drag Click for speedy visibility toggling

15. Shawnee County's logo is protected by law. All other presentation content is in the public domain. Layer Tab Work Ctrl+Click thumb…/…mask: Load as selection Drag layer(s) into New: make copy of layer(s) Ctrl+Alt+Drag…: Copy layer style/mask to new layer “Convert to Smart Objects”

16. Shawnee County's logo is protected by law. All other presentation content is in the public domain. Layer Tab Work: More Double click thumbnails: Vector Smart Objects: opens original in editor Bitmap: layer style dialog Background: new layer from background dialog Fill/Adj. Layers: settings dialog Text: select in edit mode Double click captions: rename layer Double click right side: layer style dialog Ctrl+/Shift+Click (on caption): selects many layers

17. Shawnee County's logo is protected by law. All other presentation content is in the public domain. Additional Interest Create New Docs and Snapshots from History Use actions to save time Use actions in batches to save more time Use drag controls for opacity, sizes, etc. Use tool settings for more control “Crop” trims; “Canvas Size…” doesn’t Drag Rulers, Swap units, Use your imagination

18. Shawnee County's logo is protected by law. All other presentation content is in the public domain. Conclusion:Last Things We covered tons There’s much more Consider teaching us

19. Shawnee County's logo is protected by law. All other presentation content is in the public domain. Questions?

20. Shawnee County's logo is protected by law. All other presentation content is in the public domain. Questions? No? Good.

21. Shawnee County's logo is protected by law. All other presentation content is in the public domain. Resources and Tools Shortcuts: tr.im/PsCuts

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