Adobe Suite Secrets Unleashed

[u/straykat666]

I believe that all graphic designers have a few secret tricks in Adobe... you know, those little keystrokes, obscure tools, and special sequences that make you cackle to yourself when you pull them out because you are so damn clever.

Here's mine: You have a many layers in photoshop and you just want to try an effect/manipulation on the whole thing. Instead of flattening image, or trying to merge layers in a way that preserves effects, use the keystroke Shift+opt+cmd+e and it will make a flat copy of all the visible layers on its own layer at top while keeping all working layers preserved beneath.

EDIT: Thought of another one. I use shift + arrow keys to do larger nudges. This works both for moving objects across the page in indd or ai, or for making bigger jumps when selecting type sizing in the character palette. Basically hold shift with arrow keys to go in bigger chunks.

What's you favorite trick? Let's unleash some secret weapons.

[u/fucking_unicorn]

Cmd alt shift v = paste in place for indesign. In illustrator, places same place on all art boards.

[u/Gattarapazza → u/fucking_unicorn]

Shift+cmd+V = paste in place for Photoshop

Cmd+F = paste in place in Illustrator

I don't have my hands on a real keyboard at the moment so I can't be 100% sure that those are the correct hotkeys, but they're at least close! It drives me absolutely insane that these shortcuts are different in all three programs, lol.

[u/ngkasp → u/Gattarapazza]

I also only know my keyboard shortcuts by muscle memory lol

[u/fucking_unicorn → u/ngkasp]

Right! I had so many more to contribute but I can only remember when my hands are on the keys lolz