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(press keyboard shortcut (preference setting, Use Shift Key for Tool Switch, must be enabled)) Cycle through tools that have the same keyboard shortcut |
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(click on a tool) Cycle through nested tools |
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Move tool |
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Zoom tool |
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Hand tool |
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Eyedropper tool |
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Rectangular Marquee tool |
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Elliptical Marquee tool |
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Lasso tool |
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Magnetic Lasso tool |
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Polygonal Lasso tool |
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Magic Wand tool |
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Selection Brush tool |
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Quick Selection tool |
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Refined Selection tool |
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Auto Selection tool |
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Horizontal Type tool |
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Vertical Type tool |
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Horizontal Type Mask tool |
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Vertical Type Mask tool |
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Text on Selection |
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Text on Shape |
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Text on Path |
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Crop tool |
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Perspective Crop |
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Cookie Cutter tool |
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Recompose tool |
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Straighten tool |
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Eye tool |
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Spot Healing Brush tool |
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Healing Brush tool |
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Clone Stamp tool |
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Pattern Stamp tool |
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Eraser tool |
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Background Eraser tool |
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Magic Eraser tool |
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Pencil tool |
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Brush tool |
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Impressionist Brush |
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Color Replacement tool |
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Smart Brush tool |
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Detail Smart Brush tool |
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Paint Bucket tool |
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Gradient tool |
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Custom Shape tool |
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Rectangle tool |
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Rounded Rectangle tool |
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Ellipse tool |
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Polygon tool |
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Star tool |
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Line tool |
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Shape Selection tool |
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Blur tool |
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Sharpen tool |
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Smudge tool |
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Sponge tool |
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Dodge tool |
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Burn tool |
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Show/Hide all panels |
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Default foreground and background colors |
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Switch foreground and background colors |
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(click New button) Set layer options |
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(click Trash button) Delete without confirmation |
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Apply value and keep text box active |
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(click layer thumbnail) Load layer transparency as a selection |
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(click layer thumbnail) Add to current selection |
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(click layer thumbnail) Subtract from current selection |
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(click layer thumbnail) Intersect with current selection |
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Merge visible layers |
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(click New Layer button) Create new empty layer with dialog |
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(click New Layer button) Create new layer below target layer |
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Activate bottom/top layer |
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Select next layer down/up |
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Move target layer down/up |
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Merge a copy of all visible layers into target layer |
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Merge down |
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(use Merge Down command from the panel pop-up menu) Copy current layer to layer below |
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(use Merge Visible command from the panel pop-up menu) Copy all visible layers to active layer |
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(click the eye icon) Show/hide all other currently visible layers |
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Toggle lock transparency for target layer, or last applied lock |
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(double click the text layer thumbnail) Select all text; temporarily select Type tool |
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(click the line dividing two layers) Create a clipping mask |
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(Double-click the layer name) Rename layer |
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Add to layer selection in Layers panel |
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(drag layer mask) Copy the mask from one layer to another, and ask to replace if the mask is already present |
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(drag type when Type layer is selected) Move type in image |
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Select 1 character left/right or 1 line down/up, or 1 word left/right |
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Select characters from insertion point to mouse click point |
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Move 1 character left/right, 1 line down/up, or 1 word left/right |
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Select word |
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Select line |
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Select paragraph |
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(drag a bounding box handle) Scale and skew text within a bounding box when resizing the bounding box |
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(when Horizontal Type tool or Horizontal Type Mask tool selected) Align left |
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(when Horizontal Type tool or Horizontal Type Mask tool selected) Align center |
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(when Horizontal Type tool or Horizontal Type Mask tool selected) Align right |
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(when Vertical Type tool or Vertical Type Mask tool selected) Align top |
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(when Vertical Type tool or Vertical Type Mask tool selected) Align center |
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(when Vertical Type tool or Vertical Type Mask tool selected) Align bottom |
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Return to default font style |
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Turn Underlining on/off |
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Turn Strikethrough on/off |
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Decrease type size of selected text 1 pt/px |
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Increase type size of selected text 1 pt/px |
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Deselect a selection |
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Reposition marquee while selecting |
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(on any selection tool) Add to or subtract from a selection |
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(on any selection tool except Quick Selection tool and Selection Brush tool) Intersect a selection |
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Constrain marquee to square or circle (if no other selections are active) |
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Draw marquee from center (if no other selections are active) |
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Constrain shape and draw marquee from center |
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(except when Hand or any shape tool is selected) Switch to Move tool |
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Switch from Magnetic Lasso tool to Polygonal Lasso tool |
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Delete last anchor point for Magnetic or Polygonal Lasso tool |
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Apply an operation of the Magnetic Lasso tool |
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(when move tool selected, Option + drag selection) Move copy of selection |
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(on any selection) Move selection area 1 pixel |
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(move tool) Move selection 1 pixel |
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Move layer 1 pixel when nothing selected on layer |
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(Magnetic Lasso tool) Increase detection width |
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(Magnetic Lasso tool) Decrease detection width |
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(crop tool) Accept cropping or exit cropping |
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Toggle crop shield off and on |
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(on any painting tool or shape tool, except Impressionist Brush) Switch to Eyedropper tool |
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(on Eyedropper tool) Select background color |
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(on any painting or editing tool. When airbrush option is enabled, use Shift + number keys) Set opacity, tolerance, or exposure for painting |
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Cycle through blending modes |
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Fill selection/layer with foreground or background color |
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Display Fill dialog box |
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Lock transparent pixels on/off |
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(on any painting tool) Connect points with a straight line (draw a straight line) |
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(click on a brush) Delete brush |
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Decrease brush size |
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