Photoshop Tips: Mastering Photoshop’s Interface
This story is taken from “Secrets of the Photoshop Masters” (Avondale Media).
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Tools, and palettes, and windows — oh my! If navigating your Photoshop workspace at times seems like pushing through a thick forest crowded with potential perils, then you may want to pause and refresh your knowledge of the many shortcuts available in Photoshop.

True Photoshop masters know the most efficient display modes and keyboard combinations to zip through files and minimize desktop clutter. In this adaptation of material from the DVD “Secrets of the Photoshop Masters,” you’ll find a crib sheet of some of the techniques the gurus use to streamline working in Photoshop.
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This article was last modified on January 3, 2023
This article was first published on September 5, 2003
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