FULL SCREEN PHOTOSHOP
This is one of those shortcuts that once you know it, you may find yourself using it all the time
By simply pressing the F key inside of Photoshop you can cycle between Standard Screen Mode, Full screen(with menu bar) and Full Screen Mode – as seen below.
STANDARD SCREEN MODE
FULL SCREEN (WITH MENU BAR)
FULL SCREEN MODE
Full Screen (with menu bar) hides the start bar (on Windows) and desktop wallpaper (on Mac). This is useful for two reasons:
- You have more room to see/edit your photo
- The neutral grey background is better for making colour corrections or decisions relating to brightness and contrast
Full Screen Mode hides all tools, windows, start bars and desktop wallpapers so that you can concentrate on your image. This screen mode typically uses a black background however tr ychanging this to grey so that it doesn’t affect how you perceive colour and contrast. You can do this in the preferences menu.
SHOW and HIDE PALETTES
The TAB button on your keyboard is a shortcut that toggles between showing or hiding the palettes, tools and options toolbar. It’s a simple and fast way to remove the clutter and get right into the action.
This shortcut is especially useful when zoomed in and doing high level retouching with the brush or clone tools because it gives you a larger area of the screen to work within. It is even more useful if you know other shortcuts because it means you can stay in this viewing mode without having to keep returning to the other windows.
Shortcut
- WIN: Tab
- MAC: Tab
BUT DID YOU KNOW?
You may be saying that you knew that one already. But did you know that Shift + TAB is the shortcut that only hides the windows or palettes on the right hand side of the screen? So if you find that you don t need to access them all the time but still want to keep the tools and toolbox options available then Shift + TAB is the shortcut for you.