File Commands

New

Menu: File New

Mac: Cmd + N

Win: Ctrl + N

New with Last-Used Settings

Mac: Cmd + Option + N

Win: Ctrl + Alt + N

Sometimes you might notice that when you create a new document, it seems as if Photoshop is just making up numbers for the dimensions (and randomly choosing the mode as well). Don't worry, there is nothing random going on here. Photoshop automatically enters the attributes of any selection you may have copied to the Clipboard. (This is a cool timesaver in and of itself.) Use this shortcut if you want to bypass this behavior and force Photoshop to use the values of the last document you actually created.

Steal the Attributes of an Open Document

Menu: Window Choose the document from the list. (In Photoshop 7, open documents are listed under the Window Documents submenu.)

Here is another one of those deeply buried, not obvious, and undocumented shortcuts that makes you say, "Doh! I wish I knew that years ago!" When you are compositing images, it is often useful to make the canvas sizes of all the documents you are using the same. The three different places you can take advantage of this trick are the New dialog box, the Image Size dialog box, and the Canvas Size dialog box. When in any of these three places, you may have never noticed that most of the menus are grayed out and unavailable. However, the Window menu is available. If you choose any open document listed in the Window menu, Photoshop automatically changes the attributes of the New, Image Size, and Canvas Size dialog boxes to match the open document.

Open

Menu: File Open

Mac: Cmd + O

Win: Ctrl + O

Open As

Win: Ctrl + Alt + O

Find

Both: Click the Find button in the Open dialog box

Mac: Cmd + F

Win: Ctrl + F

Can't find the image you are looking for? Don't remember what folder it is in? Don't sweat it. Make Photoshop do the work for you. Click the Find button or use the shortcut, type in the name or partial name of the file you are looking for, and have Photoshop find it. Photoshop displays the first occurrence of the name it finds for you. If that is not the correct file, use the Find Again command (Cmd + G) [Ctrl + G] until you find the file you are looking for. Note: You might not want to use this shortcut if you are hooked up to a network because it can get extremely slow.

Note: This shortcut can conflict with third-party utilities that launch their own find commands and is not available in the Photoshop 7 File Browser.

Browse

Menu: File Open

Mac: Cmd + Shift + O

Win: Ctrl + Shift + O

The Browse command opens Photoshop 7's new File Browser. It's generally easiest to keep the File Browser docked to the Palette Well for quick access, but if you prefer to reserve that space for other palettes, this shortcut will come in handy. If you undock the File Browser and would like to re-dock it, use the command Dock to Palette Well in the File Browser's flyout menu.

File Browser

	Mac	Win
Open item	Double-click	Double-click
Navigation in the "folder navigation" view
Up a folder	Up Arrow	Up Arrow
Down one folder	Down Arrow	Down Arrow
Up one level	Cmd + Up Arrow	Ctrl + Up Arrow
Down one level	Cmd + Down Arrow	Ctrl + Down Arrow
Expand all		"*" on keypad
Collapse all		"-" on keypad
Move to next pane		F6
Navigation in the "content area" view
Move up one row	Up Arrow	Up Arrow
Move down one row	Down Arrow	Down Arrow
Move left one item	Left Arrow	Left Arrow
Move right one item	Right Arrow	Right Arrow
Go to first item	Home	Home
Go to last item	End	End
Scroll up one page	Page Up	Page Up
Scroll down one page	Page Down	Page Down
Rename item	Double-click name	Double-click name
Rename item	Enter	F2
Select all	Cmd + A	Ctrl + A
Add to selection	Shift + click or	Shift + click or
	Shift + Right/Left arrow	Shift + Right/Left arrow
Add to selection ( discontiguous )	Cmd + click	Ctrl + click
Deselect all	Cmd + D	Ctrl + D
Rotate counterclockwise	Opt + click button	Alt + click button
Delete file or folder	Delete	Delete

Close

Menu: File Close

Mac: Cmd + W

Win: Ctrl + W

Close All Documents

Menu: File Close All

Mac: Cmd + Shift + W

Win: Ctrl + Shift + W

Save

Menu: File Save

Mac: Cmd + S

Win: Ctrl + S

Save As

Menu: File Save As

Mac: Cmd + Shift + S

Win: Ctrl + Shift + S

Save a Copy

Menu: File Save a Copy

Mac: Cmd + Option + S

Win: Ctrl + Alt + S

In Photoshop 6 and 7, click the As A Copy check box in the Save/Save As dialog.

Save for Web

Menu: File Save for Web

Mac: Cmd + Option + Shift + S

Win: Ctrl + Alt + Shift + S

Save Optimized

Menu: File Save Optimized

Mac: Cmd + Option + S

Win: Ctrl + Alt + S

Save Optimized As

Menu: File Save Optimized As

Mac: Cmd + Option + Shift + S

Win: Ctrl + Alt + Shift + S

Revert

Menu: File Revert

Both: F12

Page Setup

Menu: File Page Setup

Mac: Cmd + Shift + P

Win: Ctrl + Shift + P

Image Info

Menu: File Image Info

Mac: Cmd + Shift + K

Win: Ctrl + Shift + K

Print Options

Menu: File Print Options

Mac: Cmd + Option + Shift + P

Win: Ctrl + Alt + Shift + P

Photoshop 7 consolidates Print Options into Print with Preview and reserves this shortcut for Print One Copy. Print with Preview now gets the standard Print shortcut of (Cmd + P) [Ctrl + P], making it easier to find useful print options which might otherwise go unnoticed. If you prefer to use (Cmd + P) [Ctrl + P], you can adjust the Print Keys preference in General Preferences.

Print

Menu: File Print

Mac: Cmd + P

Win: Ctrl + P

Photoshop 7 changes the Print shortcut to (Cmd + Opt + P) [Ctrl + Alt + P].

Print Preview

Menu: File Print Options

Mac: Cmd + Option + P

Win: Ctrl + Alt + P

Print with Preview

Menu: File Print with Preview

Mac: Cmd + P

Win: Ctrl + P

Print One Copy

Menu: File Print One Copy

Mac: Cmd + Option + Shift + P

Win: Ctrl + Alt + Shift + P

Preview in [Default Browser]

Menu: File Preview In [Default Browser]

Mac: Cmd + Option + P

Win: Ctrl + Alt + P

Jump to Photoshop from ImageReady and Vice Versa

Menu: File Jump To

Mac: Cmd + Shift + M

Win: Ctrl + Shift + M

Quit

Menu: File Quit

Mac: Cmd + Q

Win: Ctrl + Q