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Photoshop CS2 Basics: Lesson 1 Review
"Getting Around Photoshop CS2"

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It may not seem like we have covered very much so far, but you may be surprised at what you've learned. Let's review what we have studied in Lesson 1: Getting Around Photoshop CS2

  • You learned how to find hidden menus and tools when you see a small arrow on a menu, palette, or tool button.

  • You learned how to identify many of the most commonly used keyboard shortcuts.

  • You learned how to take advantage of tool tips to find your way around the toolbox.

  • You learned how to open a file.

  • You learned how to change the foreground and background colors, swap colors, and reset colors to defaults.

  • You learned how to change screen mode, as well as hide and show the toolbar, palettes, and menu bar.

  • You learned how to move, arrange, group, hide and show the palettes.

  • You learned how to access additional palette options through the palette menu.

  • You learned how to customize palettes and move them into the palette well.

  • You learned how to save your customized workspaces and re-load them again.

  • You learned how to pan a document with the hand tool.

  • You learned several ways to zoom in and out of documents.

    Let's review each of the keyboard shortcuts and commands we've discussed so far:

    Zoom shortcuts:

    • No modifier key = click to zoom in; click and drag to zoom into a specific area
    • Ctrl-+ (plus sign) (Win) / Cmd-+ (plus sign) (Mac) = zoom in
    • Double click the Zoom tool = zoom to 100% magnification
    • Ctrl-Alt-0 (Win) / Cmd-Option-0 (Mac) = zoom to 100% magnification
    • Double click the Hand tool = zoom to fit the screen
    • Ctrl-0 (Win) / Cmd-0 (Mac) = zoom to fit the screen
    • Alt (Win) /Option with zoom tool = click to zoom out
    • Ctrl-- (minus sign) (Win)/ Cmd-- (minus sign) (Mac) = zoom out
    • Type any number into the status bar magnification level display.

    Opening a File:

    • File > Open
    • Ctrl-O (Win) / Cmd-O (Mac)
    • Double click the application background (Windows Only)

    Screen Mode and Display:

    • F = toggles screen modes
    • Shift-F = Turns menu bar on and off in full screen modes
    • Tab = toggles the toolbox, status bar, and palettes on and off
    • Shift-Tab = toggle only the palettes on and off

    Other Shortcuts:

    • D = resets the foreground color to black and background color to white.
    • X = swap foreground and background colors.
    • M = marquee tool
    • Shift-M = toggle rectangular and elliptical marquee tools

    Now you are ready to take the lesson one quiz!

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