The History Palette

The History Palette

Show or Hide the History Palette

Menu: Window Showing/Hiding History

Both: F9

F9 shows or hides the Actions palette. Also use it to show or hide the History palette if you haven't changed the default grouping of the Actions and History palette. To show History if the Actions palette is not open , press F9, and then click the History tab. To hide both the History and the Actions palettes, press the F9 key until they both disappear.

Photoshop Histories allow for snapshots whereas ImageReady does not. The Photoshop History palette has icons to create a new state and to create a new document from the current state; you won't find either of these in ImageReady.

Step Backward/Forward

Menu: History Step Forward

Mac: Shift + Cmd + Z

Win: Shift + Ctrl + Z

Menu: History Step Backward

Mac: Cmd + Option + Z

Win: Ctrl + Alt + Z

Photoshop 6 and ImageReady 3 allow you to choose from three different Redo shortcuts via the General Preferences. You can switch the Redo keystroke to match ImageReady, match Microsoft style, or remain Photoshop style. Note: Picking anything other than Photoshop style loses the ability to undo and redo history. The default in Photoshop 6 is that (Cmd + Z) [Ctrl + Z] toggles between undo and redo of the last thing you did. The default in ImageReady for (Cmd + Z) [Ctrl + Z] is set to multiple undo.

Here is what happens when you change the preferences:

Duplicate the History State (Other Than Current)

Mac: Option + click the state

Win: Alt + click the state

Create a New Snapshot

Mouse: Click the New Snapshot icon

Create a New Document from the Target Snapshot

Mouse: Click the New Document from Current State icon

The Animation Palette

Show or Hide the Animation Palette

Menu: Window Showing/Hiding Animation

Both: F11

Create a New Frame in the Animation Palette

Mac: Cmd + Option + Shift + F

Win: Ctrl + Alt + Shift + F

Go to First Frame

Mac: Option + Shift + left arrow

Win: Alt + Shift + left arrow

If the move tool is active when these frame navigation commands are selected, ImageReady will duplicate and move the selected layer.

Go to Last Frame

Mac: Option + Shift + right arrow

Win: Alt + Shift + right arrow

Go to Next Frame

Mac: Option + right arrow

Win: Alt + right arrow

Go to Previous Frame

Mac: Option + left arrow

Win: Alt + left arrow

Select Multiple Contiguous Frames

Mouse: Shift + click a frame

Select Multiple Discontiguous Frames

Mac: Cmd + click a frame

Win: Ctrl + click a frame

Insert Pasted Frame After the Current Frame

Both: Shift + Paste Frame

Normally, choosing Paste Frame from the Animation palette options menu adds the contents of the copied frame to the contents of the current frame. Holding down Shift inserts the copied contents into a new frame inserted after the current frame.

Duplicate the Layers Used in the Current Frame in the Layers Palette

Mac: Cmd + Paste Frame

Win: Ctrl + Paste Frame

Normally, choosing Paste Frame from the Animation palette options menu adds the contents of the copied frame to the contents of the current frame. Holding down (Cmd) [Ctrl] duplicates the layers used in the frame in the Layers palette. It also includes the duplicated layers in the current frame.

Duplicate the Layers Used in the Current Frame in the Layers Palette and Insert Pasted Frame After the Current Frame

Mac: Cmd + Shift + Paste Frame

Win: Ctrl + Shift + Paste Frame

Normally, choosing Paste Frame from the Animation palette options menu adds the contents of the copied frame to the contents of the current frame. Holding down (Cmd + Shift) [Ctrl + Shift] duplicates the layers used in the frame in the Layers palette. Also, rather than including the duplicated layers in the current frame, it inserts the copied contents into a new frame inserted after the current frame.

Replace the Destination Frame with the Copied Frame(s)

Mac: Option + Shift + Paste Frame

Win: Alt + Shift + Paste Frame

Normally, choosing Paste Frame from the Animation palette options menu adds the contents of the copied frame to the contents of the current frame. Holding down the (Option + Shift) [Alt + Shift] keys replaces the contents of the destination frame with the contents of the copied frame(s).

Cancel Animation Play

Mac: Cmd + . (period)

Win: Ctrl + . (period)

Play or Stop Animation

Both: Shift + Spacebar

Move the Contents of the Selected Layer Concurrently in All Selected Animation Frames

Mac: Cmd + Shift + drag with the Move tool

Win: Ctrl + Shift + drag with the Move tool