Published on
August 7, 2007 in
productivity.
Tags: Adobe, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Apple, art, Creative Suite, free, illustrator, InDesign, keyboard commands, keyboard shortcuts, Mac, Mac OS X, OS X, Photoshop, productivity, software, tip, tool.
Here’s a cool little idea from the geniuses at CreativeTechs.com: “cheatsheets” for Adobe software that are designed to print on a 3×5 index card, complete with space reserved to punch holes for a binder. Designed with the GTD/Hipster PDA crowd in mind. And they’re free!
This link is to the PDF cheatsheet for the Adobe pen tool, since most (or all) of it’s features work the same across the Creative Suite. A real cool visual reference guide, and just one in a series of cheatsheets for Adobe apps as well as other computer and Mac related info that you just sometimes need at your fingertips.
Looks like they are just starting out with these, so be sure to subcribe to the RSS feed and collect ‘em all!
Published on
August 2, 2007 in
productivity.
Tags: Adobe, Adobe Illustrator, art, illustrator, keyboard commands, keyboard shortcuts, Mac, Mac OS X, OS X, productivity, software, tip.
So I was digging around in Illustrator’s Keyboard Shortcut preferences, and discovered some interesting commands available that I was totally unaware of, as well as some commands I had been wishing were available.
Some of these are my own fault for not exploring Illustrator’s menus properly, but others are just locked away in limbo, hidden from all but us intrepid (and geeky) explorers. And some of the commands are available, but with no default keyboard shortcut assigned to them, but they are available for you to add your own.
These are sure to be productivity boosters once you get the muscle-memory flowing for them. I know just coming back here to finish up this post after working in Illustrator I had already forgotten most of these. It’s weird how you get used to working within the limitations of the software even when you know a better way. I am just now getting used to using my fancy-schmancy new “Zoom to Selection” Illustrator plugin after having it installed for over a month and using Illustrator just about every day since then.
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From Digital Photography School (via Lifehacker): a quick list of 18 of the author’s most commonly used Photoshop shortcuts, broken out into three groups: simple, intermediate, and advanced.
Although this is from a photography site, these shortcuts apply to just about any Photoshop user. A quick list of my faves, and a followup of additional shortcuts from myself as well as from the user comments on the tip page. Sure to enhance your productivity.
My faves, which I am trying to embed in muscle memory:
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Published on
July 20, 2007 in
Apple/OS X and productivity.
Tags: Adobe, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, art, cool, Cool Stuff, gadget, gadgets, illustrator, keyboard commands, Mac, Photoshop, productivity, software, tool.
A simple concept: Photoshop keyboard commands & shortcuts printed right on to a super-flexible rubber keyboard protector.
An ingenious idea inspired no doubt by those fancy-schmancy video editing keyboards you see video editors using on the movie behind-the-scenes DVD extras.
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Published on
July 20, 2007 in
productivity and software.
Tags: Adobe, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Apple, art, design, free, illustrator, keyboard commands, keyboard shortcuts, Mac OS X, OS X, Photoshop, productivity, software, tip, tool.
Here’s a pretty handy little reference graphic: an annotated keyboard with Photoshop’s keyboard shortcuts. And even an extended text-based shortcut chart on the bottom!
This makes me think that not only could it use a bit of spicing up in the visual sense, but also that this would be pretty handy for Illustrator users as well… maybe even incorporating Modifier key shortcuts to boot.
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