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Video: How to create a custom keyboard shortcut in Adobe Photoshop CC

03 Feb

Adobe’s latest video in its ongoing ‘Photoshop Magic Minute’ series shows it’s possible to create a custom keyboard shortcut within Photoshop CC.

In the 60-second clip, Photoshop Product Manager Meredith Stotzner shows how, with just a few steps within Photoshop’s dedicated Keyboard Shortcuts sub-menu, you can create your own macro.

It’s a fairly basic trick, but for Photoshop newbies and those diving into the world of further customization, it’s a good, quick tip that can save a great deal of time and hundreds of keystrokes in the long-run.

You can find more 60-second Photoshop tips in Adobe’s ‘Photoshop Magic Minute’ playlist on Youtube.

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Never forget a Photoshop or Lightroom shortcut again

19 May

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Even longtime Photoshop and Lightroom users sometimes forget the myriad of keyboard shortcuts used to trigger the program’s powerful features. Now web developer Waldo Bronchart has made a web application called ‘Application Shortcut Manager’ to help you remember. It’s an interactive website that displays all the keyboard shortcuts for Photoshop, Lightroom and Blender. Learn more

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VSCO Keys offers costly shortcut to Lightroom efficiencies

16 Oct

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Visual Supply Company has announced ‘VSCO Keys,’ a keyboard shortcut customization tool for Adobe Lightroom 3 or 4. It aims to make working in Lightroom more efficient, but the $ 125 price tag (only a fraction less than Lightroom itself) is likely to limit its appeal to photographers who aren’t profiting from their work. The software comes with two presets, one of which adds shortcuts without clashing with any of the software’s native controls, while a more comprehensive one replaces several of them. A 14-day free trial allows you to assess the value of the efficiency savings to your workflow. (via Petapixel)

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Microsoft Excel 2010 – Stop Accidentally Showing the Ribbon Shortcut Keys

16 Oct

While navigating through worksheets in Excel 2010, pressing slash on the keyboard shows the ribbon shortcut keys. Learn how to prevent this from happening.

While navigating through cells in a Microsoft Excel 2010 worksheet, have you ever seen letters and numbers appear next to options in the Ribbon like the below screenshot?

If so, you may have accidentally pressed the slash (/) key. Doing so activates the menu to satisfy compatibility with Lotus 1-2-3 users, who would normally press this key to access menu options. However, many younger accountants and computer users barely remember this program, if at all, and do not need this ‘feature’ occurring when their fingers slip pressing arrow keys. To disable this:…

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Mozilla Firefox – Plugins and Extensions – Restart Firefox via the Menu or Keyboard Shortcut

20 Sep

The “Restartless Restart” extension for Firefox provides a menu item and keyboard shortcut you can use to shut down and relaunch the browser.

There are various reasons you may need to restart Mozilla Firefox, such as if you open a lot of tabs or use complex web applications and find the web browser running slower and/or leaking memory.

While various extensions exist to restart Firefox, the “Restartless Restart” extension has a couple of nice features. After installation, it is ready for use immediately without restarting Firefox. And, the extension adds a “Restart” option to the menu and a keyboard shortcut – Ctrl + Alt + R (this may differ on non-Windows platforms)….

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Mozilla Firefox – Plugins and Extensions – Restart Firefox via the Menu or Keyboard Shortcut

15 Sep

The “Restartless Restart” extension for Firefox provides a menu item and keyboard shortcut you can use to shut down and relaunch the browser.

There are various reasons you may need to restart Mozilla Firefox, such as if you open a lot of tabs or use complex web applications and find the web browser running slower and/or leaking memory.

While various extensions exist to restart Firefox, the “Restartless Restart” extension has a couple of nice features. After installation, it is ready for use immediately without restarting Firefox. And, the extension adds a “Restart” option to the menu and a keyboard shortcut – Ctrl + Alt + R (this may differ on non-Windows platforms)….

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Windows Internet Explorer 9 – Add a Website Shortcut to the Start Menu

08 Aug

Add a shortcut to the currently-viewed website to the Windows Start Menu.

If you frequently browse a web site via Windows Internet Explorer 9, you probably have it stored in your Favorites for easy access. You may even have it as a Home page. However, if you don’t want to store it as a Home Page yet want a quick way to visit the site, how about adding a link directly from your Start Menu?

1. Visit a website in Internet Explorer 9….

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IrfanView – Create Desktop Shortcut and Keyboard Hotkey if Missing

26 Aug

Make IrfanView easier to access by creating desktop and keyboard shortcuts.

If you often view and modify images with IrfanView you may find a Desktop shortcut convenient. When installing the application this shortcut may have been created; if missing, you can add it back. Plus, the Desktop shortcut can contain a keyboard hotkey to open IrfanView from anywhere – and this can be modified.

1. Choose “Options” – “Properties/Settings”….

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