Introduction to Photoshop Navigator and action shortcut keys

Introduction to Photoshop Navigator and action shortcut keys

Home= to the upper-left corner of the canvas

End= to the lower right corner of the canvas

pageup= Scroll the canvas up one page

pagedown= Scroll the canvas down one page

Ctrl+pageup= the canvas to the left to move one page

Ctrl+pagedown= the canvas to the right by scrolling one page

shift+pageup= scroll up 10 pixels up the canvas

shift+pagedown= Scroll down 10 pixels down the canvas

Ctrl+shift+pageup= Scrolls the canvas to the left by 10 pixels

ctrl+shift+pagedown= Scroll the canvas to the right by 10 pixels

It is convenient to use CTRL+TAB/CTRL+F6 to switch between multiple documents (or you can use the Window menu).

Use the Restore command [F12] (File>revert) To restore the current document to its last saved state.

Warning: In Photoshop5.0, the Restore command clears the history at the same time! This means that all changes will be lost once the restore command was last saved! Photoshop5.5 corrected this point.

The channel also has its default corresponding hotkey.

This is a quick and easy way to add, subtract, and intersect between a selection/mask that is stored as a channel. Some common patterns are listed here:

RGB color CMYK Color Index color

CTRL + "~" =rgb

ctrl+1= Red

Ctrl+2= Green

ctrl+3= Blue

ctrl+4= Other Channels

ctrl+9= Other Channels

CTRL + "~" =cmyk

ctrl+1= Cyan

Ctrl+2= Magenta

ctrl+3= Yellow

Ctrl+4= Black

ctrl+5= Other Channels

ctrl+9= Other Channels

ctrl+1= Index

ctrl+2= Other Channels

ctrl+9= Other Channels

For example, to create a selection to represent the intersection of Channel 7 and Channel 9, press ctrl+alt+7 (to load Channel 7 as a selection) and then press Byctrl+alt+shift+9 (again to intersect Channel 9).

Hold down the CTRL key and drag and drop in the agent preview area of the navigator to update the viewable area of the current document.

Tip: Hold down the SHIFT key while dragging the display box in the agent preview area to lock the direction of movement horizontally or vertically.

Tip: In the Panel options in the Navigator panel, you can change the color of the display box in the agent preview area.

To perform a single step in an action, select the steps you want to perform and hold down the CTRL key to play (at the bottom of the behavior panel).

Note: To change the parameters of some of the commands in the action, double-click the steps to open the related dialog box: Any newly filled values are automatically stored.