Photoshop 7 Selection Tools.

Selecting images or parts of images is a large part of what you use Photoshop 7 to do. With
the selection tools you can also draw lines, apply filters, and transform images. The following
table shows what keys and mouse movements to use to get the desired effect for both
Windows and Mac versions of Photoshop 7:
Note: All selection tricks are performed with selection tools. (Theres a shocker.)
Action
Draw straight lines
Add to selection outline
Deselect specific area
Deselect all but intersected area
Deselect entire image

Windows
Alt+click with Lasso tool
Shift+drag
Alt+drag
Shift+Alt+drag
Ctrl+D

Reselect last selection

Ctrl+Shift+D

Select everything
Hide extras

Ctrl+A
Ctrl+H
Drag or press an arrow
key

Move selection outline only

Fill selection with foreground
color
Fill selection with background
color
Display Fill dialog box
Cut selection
Copy selection
Paste image last cut or copied
Reapply last filter
Adjust levels
Free Transform
Transform Again

Mac
Option+click with Lasso tool
Shift+drag
Option+drag
Shift+Option+drag
Apple Command key+D
Apple Command key
+Shift+D
Apple Command key +A
Apple Command key +H
Drag or press an arrow key

Alt+Backspace

Option+Delete

Ctrl+Backspace

Apple Command key +Delete

Shift+Backspace
Ctrl+X
Ctrl+C
Ctrl+V
Ctrl+F
Ctrl+L
Ctrl+T

Shift+Delete
Apple Command key +X
Apple Command key +C
Apple Command key +V
Apple Command key +F
Apple Command key +L
Apple Command key +T
Apple Command key
+Shift+T

Ctrl+Shift+T

Photoshop 7 Layer Tools

With Photoshop 7, you can deal with layers upon layers of colors, images, and type. Working
with layers is made easier with Photoshop 7s Layers palette, which help you choose the layer
you want to work on, clone the contents of one layer to another, and much more. The
following table shows the essential layer tools for Windows and Mac systems:
Action
New Layer
Clone selection to a new

Windows
Ctrl+Shift+N
Ctrl+J

Mac
Apple Command key+Shift+N
Apple Command key+J

layer
Cut selection to a new
layer

Ctrl+Shift+J

Apple Command key+Shift+J

Double-click layer name in Double-click on layer name in

Layers palette
Layers palette
Activate layer that
Apple Command key+click with
Ctrl+click with Move tool
contains specific image
Move tool
Activate next layer up
Alt+]
Option+]
Activate next layer down Alt+[
Option+[
Hide all layers but one
Alt+click on eyeball
Option+click on eyeball
Show all layers
Alt+click on eyeball
Option+click on eyeball
Select the contents of
Ctrl+click on layer name in Apple Command key+click on layer
active layer
Layers palette
name in Layers palette
Rename a layer

Photoshop 7 Palette Tools

The palettes of Photoshop 7 give you access to groups of related tools. So if youre focusing
on color, you can pull up the color palette and enliven your Photoshop images with a rainbow
of shades. The following table shows how to access the various Photoshop 7 palettes in both
Windows and Mac systems:
Palette/Action

Windows
Mac
F5
F5
F6
F6
F7
F7
F8
F8
F9
F9
Ctrl+Shift+Z Apple Command key+Shift+Z
Apple Command
Ctrl+Alt+Z
key+Option+Z

Brushes palette
Color palette
Layers palette
Info palette
Actions palette
Step forward in History palette
Step backward in History palette
All palettes, status bar, options bar, and
Toolbox
Just palettes
Raise value in option box
Lower value in option box

Tab

Tab

Shift+Tab Shift+Tab
up arrow
up arrow
down arrow down arrow

Photoshop 7 Navigation Tools

Photoshop 7 offers all sorts of ways to navigate through its features whether youre using a
Mac or a Windows system. Look to the following table to find out how to scroll, zoom, and
cycle through Photoshop 7:
Action
Scroll image

Windows
spacebar+drag

Zoom in

Ctrl+spacebar+click

Mac
spacebar+drag
Apple Command
key+spacebar+click

Zoom in and change window

size
Zoom out
Zoom out and change window
size
Scroll up or down one screen
Scroll left or right
Move to upper-left corner of
image
Move to lower-right corner of
image
Zoom to 100%
Fit on Screen
Cycle through all open image
windows

Ctrl+plus

Apple Command key+plus

Alt+spacebar+click

Option+spacebar+click

Ctrl+minus

Apple Command key+minus

PageUp/PageDown
Ctrl+Page Up/Page
Down

Page Up/Page Down

Home

Home

End

End

Double click on Zoom

tool
Ctrl+0
Ctrl+Tab

Ctrl+Page Up/Page Down

Double click on Zoom tool

Apple Command key+0
Apple Command key+tab

Photoshop 7 Useful Keyboard Shortcuts

Photoshop 7, like every other program, offers keyboard shortcuts to help you do what you
want to do quickly and with a minimum of key and mouse movement. The following table
shows what to do to accomplish basic tasks on both Mac and Windows systems:
Action
Cancel operation
Close image
General preferences
Display last preferences panel
used
Open image
Print image with preview
Page setup
Quit Photoshop
Save image to disk
Save As

Windows
Esc or Ctrl+.
(period)
Ctrl+W
Ctrl+K

Mac
Apple Command key+period or Esc
Apple Command key+W
Apple Command key+K

Ctrl+Alt+K

Apple Command key+Option+K

Ctrl+O
Ctrl+P
Ctrl+Shift+P
Ctrl+Q
Ctrl+S
Ctrl+Shift+S

Apple Command key+O

Apple Command key+P
Apple Command key+Shift+P
Apple Command key+Q
Apple Command key+S
Apple Command key+Shift+S
Apple Command
key+Option+Shift+S
Apple Command key+Z

Save for Web

Ctrl+Alt+Shift+S

Undo last operation

Ctrl+Z

Photoshop 7 Painting and Editing Tools

In Photoshop 7, the keyboard shortcuts for painting and editing tools are mostly the same
whether you use a Windows-based system or a Mac. The only difference is in the last entry in
the following table, which shows the shortcuts:

Increase brush size

Decrease brush size
Change opacity or flow of tool
Paint or edit in straight lines
Erase to History

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Alt+drag (Windows) Option+drag (Mac)