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Tool Bar Short Cuts

R (Key) - Blur Tool
E (Key) - Eraser Tool
T (Key) - Horizontal Type Tool
Y (Key) - History Brush Tool
U (Key) - Line Tool
I (Key) - Measure Tool
O (Key) - Sponge Tool
P (Key) - Pen Tool
A (Key) - Direct Select Tool
W (Key) - Magic Wand Tool
S (Key) - Clone Stamp Tool
G (Key) - Gradient Stamp Tool
H (Key) - Hand Tool
J (Key) - Healing Stamp Tool
K (Key) - Slice Stamp Tool
L (Key) - Polygonal Lasso Tool
Z (Key) - Zoom Stamp Tool
C (Key) - Crop Stamp Tool
V (Key) - Move Tool
B (Key) - Brush Tool
N (Key) - Notes Tool
M (Key) - Rectangular Marquee Tool

Accessibility is the Key

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f1 - Toggles Adobe Online Help

f5 - Toggles Brush style palette
f6 - Toggles Colour, Swatches, Styles palette
f7 - Toggles Layers, Channels, Paths palette
f8 - Toggles Navigator, Info palette
f9 - Toggles Actions, History, Presets palette
Tab (Key) - Toggles all the palettes on screen
Shift + Tab (Key) - Toggles palettes on screen, excluding the Toolbar.

Out of Ctrl Short Cuts

Ctrl + N - New Document Dialogue Box
Ctrl + M - Curves Dialogue Box
Ctrl + A - Selects all in the currently foreground document or currently selected layer

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Ctrl + D - Deselects all in the currently foreground document or currently selected layer
Ctrl + J - Automatically creates a duplicate of the currently selected layer
Ctrl + K - Preferences Dialogue Box
Ctrl + L - Levels Dialogue Box
Ctrl + F4 - Closes current document
Ctrl + ' (Single Quote Key) - Toggles Grid Lines
Ctrl + Q - Quits Photoshop altogether
Ctrl + R - Toggles Rulers
Ctrl + U - Hue/Saturation Dialogue Box
Ctrl + O - Opens New File
Ctrl + P - Print Dialogue Box
Ctrl + Z - Undo last Action
Ctrl + Tab - Toggle between open documents
Ctrl + Shift + C - Copy Merged
Ctrl + C - Copy
Ctrl + H - Toggle Extras
Ctrl + ; - Toggle Guides
Ctrl + Shift + ; - Toggle Snap
Ctrl + X - Cut
Ctrl + Alt + Shift + X - Pattern Maker
Ctrl + V - Paste
Ctrl + Shift + V - Paste into selection
Ctrl + Alt + Shift + V - Paste Outside
Ctrl + T - Transform Tool
Ctrl + Shift + T - Repeats the last performed Transform
Shift + F5 / Shift + Backspace (Key) - Fill Layer Dialogue Box
Combination Number 9 Shortcuts - Ctrl + Shift / Alt
Ctrl + Shift + O - Photoshop's File Browser
Ctrl + Shift + P - Page Setup Dialogue Box
Ctrl + Shift + S - Save As Dialogue Box
Ctrl + Shift + K - Color Setting Preferences Box
Ctrl + Shift + F - Fade Dialogue Box
Ctrl + Shift + X - Liquify Filter Tool
Ctrl + Shift + N - Create New Layer Preferences Box
Ctrl + Shift + M - Launches ImageReady
Ctrl + Shift + E - Merges all layers into a single layer
Ctrl + Alt + Z - Step Backward
Ctrl + Shift + - (Minus Sign Key) - Zoom Out
Ctrl + Shift + + (Plus Sign Key) - Zoom In
Ctrl + Shift + Alt + N - Creates a new empty layer
Ctrl + Shift + Alt + S - Save For The Web Dialogue
Ctrl + Alt (in most Dialogue Boxes) - Changes the 'Cancel' command to 'Reset'
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Ctrl + Alt (in the 'Save For Web Dialogue') - Changes the 'Cancel' command to 'Reset' & the
'Done' command to 'Remember'
Ctrl + Alt + ~(Tild Symbol) - Selects the brightest area of the currently selected layer
Ctrl + Shift + I - Inverts a selection
Ctrl + Alt + X - Extract
Shift + -/+ signs(on a layer) - Toggles the different layer modes
Shift + Ctrl + Z - Step Forwad

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Marquee Tool (M)

Allows you to select any required areas within your layers, there are
square, elliptical, single column, and single row marquees, to sum selection hold
SHIFT while adding new selected areas with the marquee to the previously
selected one, to subtract an area from an already selected area hold ALT while
using the marquee to deselect the chosen area. the shortcut on the keyboard for
the marquee tool is the letter: M.

Move Tool (V)

Used to move the content of layers, or a full image if it is flat, while this
tool is selected you could move objects with the directions arrows on your
keyboard (holding shift or not).The shortcut for it is the letter: V.

Lasso Tool (L)

Composed of a standard lasso tool, a Polygon lasso tool, and a magnetic
lasso tool, used to select area that are difficult to select with the marquee tool,
shortcut: L.

Magic Wand (W)

Automatic selection tool, selecting a consistently colored zone, with it no
need to trace an outline. The shortcut is letter: W.

Crop Tool (C)

This tool helps you removing portions of an image, in order to focus on
some parts of it. Select the area you want to crop and then press the enter key.
The shortcut for it is the letter: C.
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Slicing Tool (K)

As its name says it is used to make slices, you may choose your slicing
style in the options bar: normal, fixed aspect ratio or fixed size. the shortcut for
the slicing tool is: K.

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Healing Brush (J)

Is used to correct imperfections making them disappear in the
surrounding area, the healing brush also matches the texture, the lighting, and
even the shading of the selected pixels to the source pixels so that the repaired
pixels blend perfectly into the rest of the image. To use hold down the "alt" key
while clicking with the cursor on the chosen area that you want it to replace the
damaged one. Its shortcut is the letter: J.

Patch Tool (J)

Helps you fix a selected zone with pixels from another area or from a
pattern. Like the healing brush, the patch tool matches the texture, lighting, and
shading of the sampled pixels to the source pixels. Its shortcut is the letter: J.

Brush Tool (B)

Is also used to draw and paint with the foreground color, unlike the pencil
tool, the brush tool creates soft strokes, the brushes are very customizable, you
may change their size, texture and softness, its shortcut is the letter: B.

Pencil Tool (B)

Is used to draw or paint a line with the current foreground color, it gives
you hard edged lines, its shortcut is the letter: B.
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Clone Stamp Tool (S)

is used to clone (duplicate) a portion or more of an image, to use hold
down the "alt" key while clicking with the cursor on the chosen area that you want
to clone, the shortcut for it is: S.

Pattern Stamp Tool (S)

the pattern stamp tool allows you to paint with a pattern selected from the
pattern libraries or a pattern that you 've already created, the shortcut for it is: S.

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History Brush Tool (Y)

it is used to go back and undo some changes in the picture. Its shorcut is
the letter: Y.

Art History Brush (Y)

it is used to paint with stylized strokes, using the source data from a
specified history state or snapshot. It lets you simulate the texture of painting with
different colors and styles, like the history brush, the art history brush uses a
specific history state or snapshot as a source data, so that it lets you undo
artistically your image. Its shorcut is the letter: Y.

Eraser Tool (E)

the eraser tool modifies pixels in the picture as you drag it through them.
When you are working on the background or in a layer with transparency locked,
the pixels change to the background color; however if you work on a layer with
transparency unlocked, the pixels change to transparency, so it lets you remove
certain parts of your image easily, for the magic eraser tool, it changes all
similar pixels. If you're working in the background, or in a layer with locked
transparency, the pixels shift to the background color; on a layer with
transparency unlocked, the pixels are erased to transparency. You can choose to
erase contiguous pixels only or all similar pixels on the current layer, the
background eraser tool lets you erase pixels on a layer to transparency; this
allows you to erase the background while maintaining the edges of your content
in the foreground, the shortcut to all of these erasing tools is the letter: E.

Paint Bucket (G)

this tool can't be used on images in the bitmap mode (*.bmp), it fills an
area with the same color by colorizing all the adjascent pixels in it, if you work
with many layers and youwant to fill some area with a certain color in all layers
just click on the check-box in front of "All layers" in the options bar (of course
after clicking on the paint bucket tool, or hitting the shortcut to it is: G.

Gradient Tool (G)

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the gradient tool creates a gradual blend between many colors, you may
use the presets or make your own gradients, this tool also, can't be used on
images in the bitmap mode (*.bmp), the shortcut to it is: G.

Blur Tool (R)

the blur tool is a focus tool, it softens hard edges or zone in a picture in
order to reduce details on it, it is also used to undo the effects of the sahrpen
tool, to have the desired effects you have to choose the right brush and set its
options correctly, specify a blending mode and set the right strength you are
looking for, the shortcut for this tool is: R.

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Sharpen Tool (R)

the blur tool is a focus tool, it focuses soft edges to increase their clarity , it
is also used to undo the effects of the blur tool, to have the desired effects you
have to choose the right brush and set its options correctly, specify a blending
mode and set the right strength you are looking for, the shortcut: R.

Smudge Tool (R)

it has the effect of dragging a finger through wet paint as it picks up the
color where the stroke starts and carries it in the direction you drag, combined to
the blur tool it could give you a liquifying effect, to have the desired effects you
have to choose the right brush and set its options correctly, specify a blending
mode and set the right strength you are looking for, the shortcut: R.

Dodge Tool (O)

is a toning tool, it is used to lighten some chosen parts of an image,
shortcut to it: O.

Burn Tool (O)

is a toning tool, it is used to darken some chosen parts of an image,
shortcut to it: O.

Sponge Tool (O)

the sponge tool is used to change the color saturation of an area as if
soaking the color off. In the grayscale mode, the sponge increases or decreases
contrast by moving gray levels away from or to the middle gray. Shortcut: O.
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Type Tool (T)

allows you to add text to your image, you can add horizontal text, vertical
text, (with mask or without it), shortcut: T.

Path Selection(A)
Draw a shape with the pen tool, and then select and edit this path with the
path and direct selection tool.

Pen Tool (P)

lets you draw lines, and different shapes, you can also create different and
quite complex shapes thanks to the anchors on the paths, it can also be used to
make selection after tracing the lines needed and then right click on the path and
choose make selection or also define a new custom shape, this tool is really
useful and with some practise you will see that it is really an awesome tool to
use, shortcut: P.

Shape Tools (U)

there are the rectangle tool, rounded rectangle tool, ellipse tool, polygon
tool, line tool and custom shape tool, these tools allow you to add different
shapes to your image, each shape tool provides specific options; you can set
options that let you draw a rectangle with fixed dimensions. The shortcut to these
tools is: U.
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Notes Tool (N)

You can add notes and audio annotations anywhere on a Photoshop
image canvas. Unlike the text tool, the note will appear in a resizable window that
will hold your text, scroll bars will appear in this window if necessary (the text is
longer than the space in the window dedicated to it), this is usually used in the
PDF formats and other acrobat documents, the audio annotation tool adds audio
notes to the picture, you can import both kinds of notes from PDF or FDF (Form
Data Format) files. The shortcut is the letter: N.

Eyedropper Tool (I)

The eyedropper tool samples color to attribute as a new foreground or
background color. You can pick up a color from the active image or from any
other place in your screen, shortcut is: I.

Hand Tool (H)

used with the magnifying zoom, it moves the picture so that you can focus
on a given area. Shortcut is: H.

Zoom Tool (Z)

enlarges the image till 1600%, this is useful because when you magnify a
particular area of your image, its details could be edited easily, and when your
image is too large for your screen reducing it will help having a global idea of it, in
the options bar you can choose the magnify or reduce option and set more
details. Its shortcut is Z.
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