angedawn
09-19-2006, 01:24 PM
I found this tip at this website right here:
http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/javascript/2004/04/30/photoshopCS.html?page=1
He has some more advanced tips and some of them are really good. I might post some of them here in coming weeks, but there's a sneak peek look for you all! :)
I'm just going to coy and paste this because he says it so well:
Have you ever pressed a keyboard shortcut that you know produces a specific result and had Photoshop completely ignore you, or worse yet deliver an angry alert message? This is usually the result of having a palette option active inadvertently. (It's a very common problem on the PC, where settings have a tendency to "stick" after you apply them, but it can happen on the Mac as well.) The solution: the moment you notice Photoshop is not behaving, press the Esc key. Don't even try to track down the offending option, just press Esc. Then try your shortcut again. With any luck, everything should be better.
It's me again! :) Now I'm not entirely sure what a "having a palette option active means" (I need to research that - do any of you know?) but I do know that this happens from time to time when I'm working, and I haven't ever any clue why. So next time I'm going to try the ESC key and see if that works.
I hope this also helps some of you out. I know we learn tons of shortcuts, but then when they don't want to work, it's frustrating! So this should help!
Have a great week! :)
http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/javascript/2004/04/30/photoshopCS.html?page=1
He has some more advanced tips and some of them are really good. I might post some of them here in coming weeks, but there's a sneak peek look for you all! :)
I'm just going to coy and paste this because he says it so well:
Have you ever pressed a keyboard shortcut that you know produces a specific result and had Photoshop completely ignore you, or worse yet deliver an angry alert message? This is usually the result of having a palette option active inadvertently. (It's a very common problem on the PC, where settings have a tendency to "stick" after you apply them, but it can happen on the Mac as well.) The solution: the moment you notice Photoshop is not behaving, press the Esc key. Don't even try to track down the offending option, just press Esc. Then try your shortcut again. With any luck, everything should be better.
It's me again! :) Now I'm not entirely sure what a "having a palette option active means" (I need to research that - do any of you know?) but I do know that this happens from time to time when I'm working, and I haven't ever any clue why. So next time I'm going to try the ESC key and see if that works.
I hope this also helps some of you out. I know we learn tons of shortcuts, but then when they don't want to work, it's frustrating! So this should help!
Have a great week! :)