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are the most essential keyboard shortcuts for Photoshop 6. These are not a complete list of shortcuts, but if you memorize these shortcuts it will really speed up your work! Remember that all system shortcuts work in Photoshop. Ctrl + C is copy, Ctrl + V is Paste, Ctrl + X is Cut and so on. |
| Keyboard | What it does |
| F7 | Toggles Layers/Channels/Paths palette |
| F8 | Toggles info palette |
| Ctrl + Shift + I | Create the inverse of the current selection marquee |
| Ctrl + spacebar | Toggles to Zoom In tool |
| Ctrl + Alt + spacebar | Toggles to Zoom Out tool |
| Ctrl + Plus key | Zooms in |
| Ctrl + Minus key | Zooms out |
| Spacebar | Toggles to Hand tool |
| M* | Marquee tool |
| L* | Lasso tool |
| B* | Paintbrush tool |
| Right-click | Displays Context menu |
| Ctrl + T | Displays Transform box around current selection |
| Ctrl + L | Levels command |
| Ctrl + U | Hue/Saturation command |
| Ctrl + B | Color Balance command |
| Keypad numbers | Increase or decrease opacity by 10% (if you press two numbers in succession, such as 3,5, you get 35% opacity). |
| V | Move tool |
| Ctrl held with a selection tool | Move tool |
| Ctrl + R | Rulers |
| Ctrl + H | Hide screen elements, usually the marquee selections |
| Ctrl + D | Deselect active selection |
| Ctrl + A | Select all |
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By holding Shift, and pressing these keys numerous times, you
toggle through the hidden tools.
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