Settings & Shortcuts

Important Settings

ZOOM WITH SCROLL WHEEL

- - - - It allows you to quickly zoom in and out on a photo with the mouse wheel.
      - Go, Edit > Preferences > Tools and click on Zoom with Scroll Wheel.

TURN OFF/ON PIXEL GRID

- - - - When you zoom in a grid might appear, this may be helpful or an annoyance.
      - Go, View > Show > Pixel Grid and check or uncheck the setting.

MOVE / TRANSFORM TOOL SETTINGS

- - - - This will enable you to select objects and bring up the resizing and rotate controls.

Important Shortcuts

- - - COPY - CTRL + C
    - PASTE - CTRL + V
    - DESELECT - CTRL + D
    - HAND TOOL - SPACEBAR
    - MOVE / SELECTION TOOL - CTRL
    - INCREASE BRUSH SIZE - ]
    - DECREASE BRUSH SIZE - [
    - INCREASE HARDNESS - SHIFT + ]
    - DECREASE HARDNESS - SHIFT + [
    - DUPLICATE LAYER - CTRL + J

- - - ADD TO SELECTION - SHIFT
    - SUBTRACT FROM SELECTION - ALT
    - RESET FOREGROUND and BACKGROUND COLORS - D
    - SWITCH FOREGROUND and BACKGROUND COLORS - X
    - HIDE/SHOW TOOLBARS AND PALETTES - TAB
    - ZOOM IN - CTRL + SPACEBAR + CLICK
    - ZOOM OUT - ALT + SPACEBAR + CLICK
    - FILL WITH FOREGROUND COLOR - ALT + BACKSPACE
    - FILL WITH BACKGROUND COLOR - CTRL + BACKSPACE

Optional Setting

DEFAULT PICTURE VIEWER

This will enable you to change the default picture viewer to the program InfranView which is a great little jpg viewer.

- - - - Type Default into the windows search bar.
      - Select the Default Apps option.
      - Under Photo Viewer, click on the current icon or add sign and select InfranView 64-bit. All your images should now open in this program when you double-click on them.
      - Use the keyboard arrow keys to quickly browse all your images.

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