Photoshop 7 provides selection, layer, palette, navigation, and painting/editing tools that allow users to select, modify, and transform images. Keyboard shortcuts allow quick access to these tools on both Windows and Mac systems, with only minor differences between platforms. Selection tools allow drawing and modifying selections, layers tools manage multiple overlapped images, palettes provide groups of related tools, and navigation shortcuts help scroll and zoom within images. Painting and most editing shortcuts are the same between Windows and Mac.
Photoshop 7 provides selection, layer, palette, navigation, and painting/editing tools that allow users to select, modify, and transform images. Keyboard shortcuts allow quick access to these tools on both Windows and Mac systems, with only minor differences between platforms. Selection tools allow drawing and modifying selections, layers tools manage multiple overlapped images, palettes provide groups of related tools, and navigation shortcuts help scroll and zoom within images. Painting and most editing shortcuts are the same between Windows and Mac.
Photoshop 7 provides selection, layer, palette, navigation, and painting/editing tools that allow users to select, modify, and transform images. Keyboard shortcuts allow quick access to these tools on both Windows and Mac systems, with only minor differences between platforms. Selection tools allow drawing and modifying selections, layers tools manage multiple overlapped images, palettes provide groups of related tools, and navigation shortcuts help scroll and zoom within images. Painting and most editing shortcuts are the same between Windows and Mac.
Photoshop 7 provides selection, layer, palette, navigation, and painting/editing tools that allow users to select, modify, and transform images. Keyboard shortcuts allow quick access to these tools on both Windows and Mac systems, with only minor differences between platforms. Selection tools allow drawing and modifying selections, layers tools manage multiple overlapped images, palettes provide groups of related tools, and navigation shortcuts help scroll and zoom within images. Painting and most editing shortcuts are the same between Windows and Mac.
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Photoshop 7 Selection Tools.
Selecting images or parts of images is a large part of what you use Photoshop 7 to do. With the selection tools you can also draw lines, apply filters, and transform images. The following table shows what keys and mouse movements to use to get the desired effect for both Windows and Mac versions of Photoshop 7: Note: All selection tricks are performed with selection tools. (Theres a shocker.) Action Draw straight lines Add to selection outline Deselect specific area Deselect all but intersected area Deselect entire image
Windows Alt+click with Lasso tool Shift+drag Alt+drag Shift+Alt+drag Ctrl+D
Reselect last selection
Ctrl+Shift+D
Select everything Hide extras
Ctrl+A Ctrl+H Drag or press an arrow key
Move selection outline only
Fill selection with foreground color Fill selection with background color Display Fill dialog box Cut selection Copy selection Paste image last cut or copied Reapply last filter Adjust levels Free Transform Transform Again
Mac Option+click with Lasso tool Shift+drag Option+drag Shift+Option+drag Apple Command key+D Apple Command key +Shift+D Apple Command key +A Apple Command key +H Drag or press an arrow key
Shift+Delete Apple Command key +X Apple Command key +C Apple Command key +V Apple Command key +F Apple Command key +L Apple Command key +T Apple Command key +Shift+T
Ctrl+Shift+T
Photoshop 7 Layer Tools
With Photoshop 7, you can deal with layers upon layers of colors, images, and type. Working with layers is made easier with Photoshop 7s Layers palette, which help you choose the layer you want to work on, clone the contents of one layer to another, and much more. The following table shows the essential layer tools for Windows and Mac systems: Action New Layer Clone selection to a new
Windows Ctrl+Shift+N Ctrl+J
Mac Apple Command key+Shift+N Apple Command key+J
layer Cut selection to a new layer
Ctrl+Shift+J
Apple Command key+Shift+J
Double-click layer name in Double-click on layer name in
Layers palette Layers palette Activate layer that Apple Command key+click with Ctrl+click with Move tool contains specific image Move tool Activate next layer up Alt+] Option+] Activate next layer down Alt+[ Option+[ Hide all layers but one Alt+click on eyeball Option+click on eyeball Show all layers Alt+click on eyeball Option+click on eyeball Select the contents of Ctrl+click on layer name in Apple Command key+click on layer active layer Layers palette name in Layers palette Rename a layer
Photoshop 7 Palette Tools
The palettes of Photoshop 7 give you access to groups of related tools. So if youre focusing on color, you can pull up the color palette and enliven your Photoshop images with a rainbow of shades. The following table shows how to access the various Photoshop 7 palettes in both Windows and Mac systems: Palette/Action
Windows Mac F5 F5 F6 F6 F7 F7 F8 F8 F9 F9 Ctrl+Shift+Z Apple Command key+Shift+Z Apple Command Ctrl+Alt+Z key+Option+Z
Brushes palette Color palette Layers palette Info palette Actions palette Step forward in History palette Step backward in History palette All palettes, status bar, options bar, and Toolbox Just palettes Raise value in option box Lower value in option box
Tab
Tab
Shift+Tab Shift+Tab up arrow up arrow down arrow down arrow
Photoshop 7 Navigation Tools
Photoshop 7 offers all sorts of ways to navigate through its features whether youre using a Mac or a Windows system. Look to the following table to find out how to scroll, zoom, and cycle through Photoshop 7: Action Scroll image
Windows spacebar+drag
Zoom in
Ctrl+spacebar+click
Mac spacebar+drag Apple Command key+spacebar+click
Zoom in and change window
size Zoom out Zoom out and change window size Scroll up or down one screen Scroll left or right Move to upper-left corner of image Move to lower-right corner of image Zoom to 100% Fit on Screen Cycle through all open image windows
Ctrl+plus
Apple Command key+plus
Alt+spacebar+click
Option+spacebar+click
Ctrl+minus
Apple Command key+minus
PageUp/PageDown Ctrl+Page Up/Page Down
Page Up/Page Down
Home
Home
End
End
Double click on Zoom
tool Ctrl+0 Ctrl+Tab
Ctrl+Page Up/Page Down
Double click on Zoom tool
Apple Command key+0 Apple Command key+tab
Photoshop 7 Useful Keyboard Shortcuts
Photoshop 7, like every other program, offers keyboard shortcuts to help you do what you want to do quickly and with a minimum of key and mouse movement. The following table shows what to do to accomplish basic tasks on both Mac and Windows systems: Action Cancel operation Close image General preferences Display last preferences panel used Open image Print image with preview Page setup Quit Photoshop Save image to disk Save As
Windows Esc or Ctrl+. (period) Ctrl+W Ctrl+K
Mac Apple Command key+period or Esc Apple Command key+W Apple Command key+K
Apple Command key+P Apple Command key+Shift+P Apple Command key+Q Apple Command key+S Apple Command key+Shift+S Apple Command key+Option+Shift+S Apple Command key+Z
Save for Web
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+S
Undo last operation
Ctrl+Z
Photoshop 7 Painting and Editing Tools
In Photoshop 7, the keyboard shortcuts for painting and editing tools are mostly the same whether you use a Windows-based system or a Mac. The only difference is in the last entry in the following table, which shows the shortcuts:
Increase brush size
Decrease brush size Change opacity or flow of tool Paint or edit in straight lines Erase to History
