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When you need to take that finished .psd and put it on the web, just press CTRL+ALT+SHIFT+S and you’ll be taken to Photoshop’s “Save for the Web…” dialog.

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When you’re adding text to an image, you are prompted with the Check Box or the Cancel to Commit your changes. Instead of moving your mouse allllll the way up there, just press CTRL+Enter to commit. (or Esc to Cancel)

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Simple, but good: to use the Gaussian Blur filter in Photoshop, just press CTRL+ALT+SHIFT+G.

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I’ll just let the pictures tell this story…

Before:

before.jpg

Then you press CTRL+I and get…

after.jpg

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A keyboard shortcut to manage keyboard shortcuts? Brilliant!

In Photoshop, press CTRL+ALT+SHIFT+K and you’ll see this screen, where you can manage your own shortcuts:

shortcut.jpg

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Need to fill with a new background color? Just press CTRL+Backspace in Adobe Photoshop.

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This one is very useful… just press Alt+Backspace in Photoshop and your Foreground Color will be filled in.

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In Photoshop, just press CTRL+SHIFT+L and your visible layers will merge to form mega-layer.

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Need to change the softness of a brush in photoshop? Just press Shift+] to increase it (by 25%) and Shift+[ to decrease by 25%.

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Need to lift a color from an image? Just press I, which selects the eyedropper tool… and then click the color.

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