- THE TRICK TO TRICKY
- LIVE PATCHING PREVIEW
- ZOOMING ALL YOUR TILED IMAGES AT ONCE
- FINDING THE PHOTOGRAPHIC BRUSH TIPS
- HOW TO DUPLICATE A COLOR STOP
- REMOVING EDGE FRINGE WHEN COLLAGING
- CRACKING THE EASTER EGG MYSTERY
- SUPERCHARGE YOUR FILTER EFFECTS
- UNDO ON A SLIDER!
- GETTING TO THE FOLDER OF PHOTOS YOU WANTFAST!
- TWO FILES ARE BETTER THAN ONE
- RESIZING PATHS THE EASY WAY
- THE GAUSSIAN BLUR KEYBOARD SHORTCUT
- THE ADVANTAGE OF PHOTO FILTER ADJUSTMENT LAYERS
- WHERE TO SET CUSTOM VIEW SIZES
- MOVING YOUR IMAGE IN FULL SCREEN MODE
- DON'T RANK ITFLAG IT
- PHOTO-RETOUCHING SAFETY TIP
- PHOTOSHOP'S HIDDEN STEP AND REPEAT
- PAUSING FOR A BRUSH PREVIEW
- THE UNDOCUMENTED AIRBRUSH TOGGLE TRICK
- GIVE MOST ANYTHING A KEYBOARD SHORTCUT
- NO MORE UNLOCKING A BACKGROUND COPY
- SWAPPING CROP FIELDS
- LET THOSE WINDOWS BREATHE!
- THE MULTIPLE UNDO SHORTCUT
- WANT ARROWHEADS? PHOTOSHOP CAN ADD THEM FOR YOU!
- GETTING TO THE FREE TRANSFORM TOOL'S POP-UP LIST
- DRAGGING AND DROPPING WHERE YOU WANT
- CUSTOM BRUSHES DON'T HAVE TO BE SQUARE ANYMORE
- FEATHER A SELECTION WITHOUT THE GUESSING GAME
- CREATING A FLATTENED VERSION OF YOUR LAYERED IMAGE
- IF IT'S NOT SQUARE, YOU CAN STILL CROP IT
- TOP-SECRET PHOTOSHOP SPLASH SCREEN
- FALL IN LOVE WITH A TEMPORARY BRUSH, OR NOT
- UNDO A SAVE? THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE, ISN'T IT?
- MAKE A PHOTOSHOP CLIENT PRESENTATION
- CHANGE BRUSH SOFTNESS ON THE FLY
- LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACTION: SLIDE SHOWS USING PHOTOSHOP
- HOW TO CORRECT ONE PROBLEM COLOR
- BUILDING A BETTER BACKGROUND ERASER TOOL
- GETTING SIDE-BY-SIDE PREVIEWS
- CUSTOM BRUSHES: START WITH A CLEAN SLATE
- TIMING IS EVERYTHING!
- INSTANT THUMBNAIL SIZE CONTROL
- BRING UP YOUR LAST PREFERENCE
This chapter is from the book
This chapter is from the book
This chapter is from the book
THE GAUSSIAN BLUR KEYBOARD SHORTCUT
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I thought that would get your attention. That's because you know there's no keyboard shortcut for applying a Gaussian Blur. But there is in my copy of Photoshop CS. How is that possible? Because I created one, and you can too. Just go under the Edit menu and choose Keyboard Shortcuts to bring up the Keyboard Shortcuts editor. Then, from the Shortcuts For pop-up menu, choose Application Menus. In the list of menus in the window beneath it, click on the gray, right-facing triangle next to Filter to reveal all the choices under the Filter menu. Scroll down to Gaussian Blur, then click on the name. This brings up a field where you can enter the shortcut by pressing the keys you want to use. I recommend using Shift-Option-Command-G (PC: Shift-Alt-Control-G) because there are so few shortcuts not already being used by Photoshop. Click OK, and not only is the shortcut activated but your custom shortcut now appears in the Filter menu to the right of Gaussian Blur.