Photoshop tips/shortcuts for beginners

Here are my top photoshop tips for beginners like myself … I use photoshop 7/CS & these tips have been quite helpful.. I hope they are helpful to you too. Please, feel free to add yours..

Ctrt+N -opens up a new document [did i need to write that?]

Ctrl+Tab -Switch between documents within photoshop

Ctrl+F4 -Close current document

Ctrl+Shift+N -Create a new layer

Ctrl+J -Duplicate layer

Ctrl+Alt+S/Ctrl+Shift+S -Save as

Ctrl+Alt+Z -Undo [To use Ctrl+Z as undo, go to Edit >Preferences >General, and change the Redo key to Ctrl+Y]

Alt+backspace/Ctrl+backspace -fills selection with foreground/background color [Useful when coloring]

Ctrl+U -Hue/Saturation

Tab -Hides all the tools

Ctrl+D -Deselects selection

V -Move tool, B -brush tool, W -Magic wand, D -Sets background/Foreground colors to defaults

Alt+Drag -Duplicates layer

F6 -show/hide color palette

F7 -show/hide layers

I -Eyedropper tool [You might want to download a color picker (pixie) here: http://www.nattyware.com/pixie.html to pick colors outside photoshop]