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Photoshop CS6 Mac shortcuts

Now most of the shortcuts are more or less the same, where you onlyreplace the Ctrl key with the Macs Command. Sometimes you alsohave to replace Windows Alt with Macs Option.

Open File - Command + O is where you start this time. Create document - If there is nothing to open, Command + N will

create a new document. Zooming in and out Although Command + plus and minus

work on Mac too, I seriously think zooming in and out with thetrackpad is faster once you get used to it. Save for the web - Command + Option + Shift + S is the shortcut

for Macs. Transform layer - Transforming the active layer happens when

pressing Command + T. Edit key shortcuts - Customizing the shortcut keys can be done

by pressing Option + Command + Shift + K. Preferences Command + K takes you to the Preferences. Levels - Accessing the Levels box is similar to the Windows

shortcut, Command + L. Curves Command + M will allow you to quickly edit the

Curves. Hue/Saturation - To edit this, press Command + U. Color Balance To edit the Color Balance of a picture, simply

pless Command + B. Desaturate Desaturating can be done by pressing Command +

Shift + U. Image size Finding out the Image size of a picture is simple: just

press Command + Option + I. New Layer Create a new layer in the active document by

pressing Command + Shift + N. Liquify Need to liquify? Then Command + Shift + X will take

you there in no time. Invert - Inverting the colors in Photoshop on Mac can be done by

using the Command + I keyboard shortcut.

Fit on screen Command + 0 will fit the document on yourscreen.

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Ruler Like on Windows, pressing Command + R will hide orshow the ruler.

Show grid - You can show or hide the grid by pressing Command+

Show guides You can quickly show or hide the guides bypressing Command + ;

Locking guides If you want to lock the guides, simply useOption + Command + ;

Brush size Playing with the brush size is now very easy to dowith [ and ].

Brush hardness The brush hardness can be modified from thekeyboard by using { and } which basically means Shift + [ andShift + ].

Different Tools where starred, it means pressing Shift and therespective key will help you cycle through different tools of thesame type)

! Move Tool - V! Marquee Tool M*! Lasso Tool - L*! Crop Tool - C*! Quick Selection / Magic Wand - W*! Patching Brushes J*! Eraser E*! Gradient Tool / Paint Bucket G*! Pen Tool P*! Type Tool - T*! Switch Foreground / Background Colors X! Default Foreground / Background Colors D!

Line / Polygon / Ellipse tools U*! Sponge / Dodge / Burn tools - O*! Brush History Y*! Rotate View Tool R! Hand Tool H