A Word to Windows Users

This book covers tips and techniques for both the Macintosh and Windows versions of Photoshop. However, we have chosen to illustrate dialog boxes, menus, and palettes using screen shots from the Macintosh version. Similarly, when discussing the many keyboard shortcuts in the program, we include the Macintosh versions. In almost every case the Command key translates to the Ctrl key and the Option key translates to the Alt key. In the case of the very few exceptions to this rule, we have included both the Macintosh and the Windows versions. We apologize to all you Windows users, but because the interface between the two programs is so transparent we picked the platform we know best and ran with it.