Daily Quick-Tips
Welcome to the Daily Creative Suite Quick-Tips from us at Bernskiold Media. Each day we are posting a new tip from one of the creative suite applications so that you can learn something new every day, especially the small tricks that makes it all go a lot faster.
QT: Fast Ratings
Rate images in Bridge a whole lot faster by using the rating shortcuts. Select the image you wish to rate and hold down the Command (PC: Control) key while pressing any number from 0-5. The zero rating is the shortcut to null out the ratings and the 1-5 is the corresponding number of stars.
QT: Cycle through Open Documents
Whether you have your documents open in tabs or not you can cycle through them by using the shortcut Control + Tab (on both Mac and PC).
QT: Clone to Blank Layer
To be able to undo any cloning in the simplest way, create a new layer before you want to start to clone. In the clone brush toolbar set the Sample drop-down from Current Layer to either Current & Below or All Layers! This will sample from all layers or the layer below but still allow you to clone on that new layer!.
QT: Scrubby Slider Shortcuts
Whenever you can use the scrubby sliders to change values in a box you can use these shortcuts to speed it up. Holding down the Shift key will make the scrubber go very fast through the range while holding down the Option (PC: Alt) key will allow you to fine-tune the settings, slowing down the scrubber to move in small increments.
QT: Quickly Change Image/Canvas Size
In Photoshop you can quickly access the Image size dialog box as well as the Canvas Size dialog box as both have their own shortcuts. For Image Size, use the shortcut Command + Option + I (PC: Control + Alt + I) and for Canvas Size use the shortcut Command + Option + C (PC: Control + Alt + C).
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