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Adobe Photoshop Adobe Photoshop - Industry standard for image editing!
While for many, Adobe Photoshop CS(x) is still the image editing program of choice, what we're finding in our own work is that Adobe Lightroom has become the medium we use most often. There are however, still some features that are available in Photoshop but not in Lightroom which makes it also a "must have". If your primary dicipline is that of image editing rather than graphic design then you may find that, instead of having to buy the full version of Photoshop, Lightroom 3 and Elements 8 will suit your requirements. We have not upgraded yet to CS5 and still use Photoshop CS4. (Contact Us for pricing).
Some Photoshop Keyboard Shortcuts.. H (Hand Tool): When zoomed in to a portion of your photo, this command brings up the hand tool which allows for quick panning. Also, if the hand tool is active and you hold down the Ctrl key, you can zoom in without changing to the zoom tool. Likewise, if you hold down the Alt key, you can zoom out without changing tools. Z (Zoom Tool): This command just brings up the zoom tool, which allows you to zoom in. Like with the hand tool, if you hold down the Alt key, it temporarily switches to the zoom out mode. Ctrl + 0 (Fit on Screen): Use this quick-and-dirty command to get the entire photo to fill the screen. That’s Ctrl + zero, not the letter “O”. Ctrl + Shift + 0 (View at actual pixels): Quickly takes the image view to 100%. Useful for checking sharpness. B (Brush Tool): The brush is an extremely useful tool when working with masks. Ctrl + Z (Undo): Very useful for the little mistakes we all make. Ctrl + Alt + Z: Multiple undo levels. Tab (Hide/Show Palettes): Hiding the palettes gives you a little more working room, thus decreasing your need to pan and zoom while editing. Ctrl + “+”: Zoom in. Ctrl + “-“: Zoom out. [: Reduce brush size. ]: Increase brush size.

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