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There are a couple of keyboard shortcuts available in Photoshop that I
have been searching for in PSP9. The help and the user guide were no
help so perhaps someone in this news group may have the answer.
First, pressing the tab key in Photoshop will alternately hide and
display all the palettes, tool bars, and menus giving you a full screen
view of your image. I can see in PSP9 where you can hide/display
individual palettes using various F keys, but nothing to hide/display
all. The full screen edit shortcut (Shift A) simply hides/displays the
title and ststus bars.
Secondly the '[' & ']' keys can be used to increase/decrease the size
of a brush tip but, again, I cannot find out if PSP9 has an equivalent
shortcut.
Can anyone help?
TIA
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Cliff
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"CJ" <cje20@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> There are a couple of keyboard shortcuts available in Photoshop that I
> have been searching for in PSP9. The help and the user guide were no
> help so perhaps someone in this news group may have the answer.
>
> First, pressing the tab key in Photoshop will alternately hide and
> display all the palettes, tool bars, and menus giving you a full screen
> view of your image. I can see in PSP9 where you can hide/display
> individual palettes using various F keys, but nothing to hide/display
> all. The full screen edit shortcut (Shift A) simply hides/displays the
> title and ststus bars.
>
> Secondly the '[' & ']' keys can be used to increase/decrease the size
> of a brush tip but, again, I cannot find out if PSP9 has an equivalent
> shortcut.
>
> Can anyone help?
>
> TIA
> --
> Cliff
>
For a full list Help > keyboard map.
I find the easy way with pallets is to use the quadrant roll up to roll them
into a vertical strip on the right edge of the screen
a.. Press Alt + X to decrease the brush size by one pixel.
b.. Press Alt + C to increase the brush size by one pixel.
c.. Hold down Alt and Shift and press X to decrease the brush size by 20
pixels.
d.. Hold down Alt and Shift and press C to increase the brush size by 20
pixels.
e.. Hold down the Alt key and drag the left mouse button up or down to
rapidly change the brush size.
f.. Hold down the Alt and Shift keys and drag the left mouse button; the
size will be set to its lowest value (3 pixels for the Art Media tools, and
1 pixel for the raster painting tools) and then you can drag to increase it
from there.
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| Trev wrote:
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> "CJ" <cje20@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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First, ThankyouThankyouThankyou for your reply. The brush size
shortcuts will be a great time saver and convenience.
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> For a full list Help > keyboard map.
I re-examined the keyboard map and could find no reference to the brush
size shortcuts you listed. I looked in the 'All Commands', 'Tools', and
'view' catagories with no luck. What catagory did you find them in?
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> I find the easy way with pallets is to use the quadrant roll up to
> roll them into a vertical strip on the right edge of the screen
I will try this out.
Thanks again
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Cliff
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"CJ" <cje20@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Trev wrote:
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> First, ThankyouThankyouThankyou for your reply. The brush size
> shortcuts will be a great time saver and convenience.
>
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> I re-examined the keyboard map and could find no reference to the brush
> size shortcuts you listed. I looked in the 'All Commands', 'Tools', and
> 'view' catagories with no luck. What catagory did you find them in?
>
Help painting with the paint brush or air brush
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> I will try this out.
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> Thanks again
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> --
> Cliff
For a lot off un documented tips, well in help and user guide, Read
http://users.adelphia.net/~suzshook/9tips.htm
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| Trev wrote:
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> "CJ" <cje20@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:132i9d4lkop4n82@corp.supernews.com...
> guide >>> were no help so perhaps someone in this news group may have
> the >>> answer.
> simply >>> hides/displays the title and ststus bars.
>
> Help painting with the paint brush or air brush
Yep! There they were, big-as-life. I guess I will have to be more
persistant with the user guide. Thank you again.
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> For a lot off un documented tips, well in help and user guide, Read
> http://users.adelphia.net/~suzshook/9tips.htm
Amazing list, thanks for the pointer.
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Cliff
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| "CJ" <cje20@hotmail.com> wrote in news:132i6grrlb49e43
@corp.supernews.com:
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> There are a couple of keyboard shortcuts available in Photoshop that
I
> have been searching for in PSP9. The help and the user guide were no
> help so perhaps someone in this news group may have the answer.
>
> First, pressing the tab key in Photoshop will alternately hide and
> display all the palettes, tool bars, and menus giving you a full
screen
> view of your image. I can see in PSP9 where you can hide/display
> individual palettes using various F keys, but nothing to
hide/display
> all. The full screen edit shortcut (Shift A) simply hides/displays
the
> title and ststus bars.
Actually, the Tab key in Photoshop toggles hide/view of all currently
visible paletees, etc., in PS, which is what I presume is what you
actually want. In Paint Shop Pro I don't keep many of the palettes
open (even though I have the space because I keep them on a second
monitor).
That said, I'm not aware of any built-in shortcut to close all
currently visible toolbars and palettes, or even all available ones.
The closest I can come to a solution will only work if you work with
the same toolbars and palettes open while working. In that case, you
can record a script that closes each of them, then record a second
script that opens each of them again. Bind each script, then drag
each one to your Menu bar (the one with File, etc.). Make sure you
record the scripts with an image open so that all available menu items
are open in that menu bar. Then you can click your Hide script to
hide the palettes and toolbars, and click the View script to reveal
them again.
The only problem is that if you have a custom toolbar you made from
scratch (I have one with a bunch of different selections optons on it)
the script will not record closing closing that toolbar. It will only
work with native toolbars in PSP, although it will work with them even
if you have added or removed things from them through customization.
And, as I said, if you regularly have different toolbars and/or
palettes open for different workflows, this option won't work well in
any event.
Regards,
JoeB
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> Secondly the '[' & ']' keys can be used to increase/decrease the
size
> of a brush tip but, again, I cannot find out if PSP9 has an
equivalent
> shortcut.
>
> Can anyone help?
>
> TIA
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| JoeB wrote:
> "CJ" <cje20@hotmail.com> wrote in news:132i6grrlb49e43
> @corp.supernews.com:
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> I
> screen
> hide/display
> the
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> Actually, the Tab key in Photoshop toggles hide/view of all currently
> visible paletees, etc., in PS, which is what I presume is what you
> actually want.
Yup, that's it.
> In Paint Shop Pro I don't keep many of the palettes
> open (even though I have the space because I keep them on a second
> monitor).
>
> That said, I'm not aware of any built-in shortcut to close all
> currently visible toolbars and palettes, or even all available ones.
> The closest I can come to a solution will only work if you work with
> the same toolbars and palettes open while working. In that case, you
> can record a script that closes each of them, then record a second
> script that opens each of them again. Bind each script, then drag
> each one to your Menu bar (the one with File, etc.). Make sure you
> record the scripts with an image open so that all available menu
> items are open in that menu bar. Then you can click your Hide script
> to hide the palettes and toolbars, and click the View script to
> reveal them again.
>
> The only problem is that if you have a custom toolbar you made from
> scratch (I have one with a bunch of different selections optons on
> it) the script will not record closing closing that toolbar. It will
> only work with native toolbars in PSP, although it will work with
> them even if you have added or removed things from them through
> customization.
>
> And, as I said, if you regularly have different toolbars and/or
> palettes open for different workflows, this option won't work well in
> any event.
>
Thanks for the suggestion. My tool bars and palettes are all PSP
defaults at this point and I will definately give this a try. I have
never attempted any form of scripting before so this will be a voyage
of discovery.
Thanks again for the help.
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Cliff
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| CJ wrote:
> Thanks for the suggestion. My tool bars and palettes are all PSP
> defaults at this point and I will definately give this a try. I have
> never attempted any form of scripting before so this will be a voyage
> of discovery.
>
> Thanks again for the help.
I know it's bad form to follow up to my own post but what the heck,
live dangerously.
Joe, your suggestion works great. It turns out you only need one script
to hide/show the visible toolbars and palettes. The visibility is
simply toggled. I bound the script to Ctrl-Tab and it now toggles the
visibility of all my toolbars and palettes. I realize I will have to
change this script if I modify my workspace, but for now, I'm happy.
Thanks again for your help.
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Cliff
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"JoeB" <mymail@myserver.com> wrote in message
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> "CJ" <cje20@hotmail.com> wrote in news:132i6grrlb49e43
> @corp.supernews.com:
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> I
> screen
> hide/display
> the
>
> Actually, the Tab key in Photoshop toggles hide/view of all currently
> visible paletees, etc., in PS, which is what I presume is what you
> actually want. In Paint Shop Pro I don't keep many of the palettes
> open (even though I have the space because I keep them on a second
> monitor).
>
> That said, I'm not aware of any built-in shortcut to close all
> currently visible toolbars and palettes, or even all available ones.
> The closest I can come to a solution will only work if you work with
> the same toolbars and palettes open while working. In that case, you
> can record a script that closes each of them, then record a second
> script that opens each of them again. Bind each script, then drag
> each one to your Menu bar (the one with File, etc.). Make sure you
> record the scripts with an image open so that all available menu items
> are open in that menu bar. Then you can click your Hide script to
> hide the palettes and toolbars, and click the View script to reveal
> them again.
>
> The only problem is that if you have a custom toolbar you made from
> scratch (I have one with a bunch of different selections optons on it)
> the script will not record closing closing that toolbar. It will only
> work with native toolbars in PSP, although it will work with them even
> if you have added or removed things from them through customization.
>
> And, as I said, if you regularly have different toolbars and/or
> palettes open for different workflows, this option won't work well in
> any event.
>
> Regards,
>
> JoeB
>
>
No need for a script as such when you can save a work space, dont know if
you could then bound the workspace to an icon with a Key short cut as I have
never tried
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> size
> equivalent
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| "CJ" <cje20@hotmail.com> wrote in
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> CJ wrote:
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> I know it's bad form to follow up to my own post but what the heck,
> live dangerously.
>
> Joe, your suggestion works great. It turns out you only need one
script
> to hide/show the visible toolbars and palettes. The visibility is
> simply toggled. I bound the script to Ctrl-Tab and it now toggles
the
> visibility of all my toolbars and palettes. I realize I will have to
> change this script if I modify my workspace, but for now, I'm happy.
>
> Thanks again for your help.
>
I'm glad it does what you want. And thanks for the info about the
toggle. I hadn't actually looked at the test script I made, but now
see that it does "toggle". Appreciate the info.
If you modify your workspace by having different toolbars or palettes
open then the script will need to be modified, but if you only add or
remove stuff from existing toolbars it should work fine for you as is.
You mentioned that you hadn't done any script recording before, so
I'll just mention that they are great for repetitive tasks, and can
also be used to cut down on the number of steps you take using tools
or preferences. For example, I have one that activates both the Edit
Selection command and the Deform Tool at the same time (it's a
toggle), and another that makes it easy to change the background
transparency color without going through the menu to make it easier to
see what's happening when I'm erasing stuff, etc.
Regards,
JoeB
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| "Trev" <trevbowdenAT.dsl.pipex.COM> wrote in
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> "JoeB" <mymail@myserver.com> wrote in message
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> No need for a script as such when you can save a work space, dont
know
> if you could then bound the workspace to an icon with a Key short
cut
> as I have never tried
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Yes, but if you are working in a workspace on an image and then load
another workspace without the palettes and toolbars, won't you lose
the images you're working on?
Regards,
JoeB
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| Vern Stump 2007-04-21, 6:17 pm |
| JoeB wrote:
> "Trev" <trevbowdenAT.dsl.pipex.COM> wrote in
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> Yes, but if you are working in a workspace on an image and then
> load
> another workspace without the palettes and toolbars, won't you
> lose
> the images you're working on?
>
> Regards,
>
> JoeB
No, you will not lose the image if you change workspace in PSP
versions 7,8,9,X,XI.
Vern
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| "Vern Stump" <VictorDog@email.suppressed> wrote in news:462a2ce3$0
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> JoeB wrote:
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> No, you will not lose the image if you change workspace in PSP
> versions 7,8,9,X,XI.
>
> Vern
Thanks for the info, Vern. That shows you how few times I use
different workspaces :-). Yes, it's likely easier to save a workspace
with your normal tools and palettes and another with everything
hiddedn, then create a script to add to your regular workspace
menubar to load the workspace with everything hidden, and another to
bind to that space's menu bar to load the normal workspace. That has
the advantage also of hiding even user created toolbars, which my
method didn't do.
Regards,
JoeB
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