Creating keyboard shortcuts

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Martin S
Dec 30, 2004
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Can I create new keyboard shortcuts in PS6 – particularly for the adjust brightness/contrast option?

Thanks,

Martin

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Eric Gill
Dec 30, 2004
Martin S. <Martin > wrote in
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Can I create new keyboard shortcuts in PS6 – particularly for the adjust brightness/contrast option?

No.

This feature didn’t make an apeparance before CS, outside of some dodgy 3rd party plugins.
TG
The Gadget Shop
Dec 30, 2004
For anything other than function keys, you will need a macro program for your OS. Try www.simtel.net

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Donster
Dec 30, 2004
In PS 7 I created an action by clicking on new action, naming it, selecting a function key ie F2, click record, drop down the little triangle menu on the action pallet and click on insert menu item. A box comes up that says no menu item selected, leave this dialog open, go to image adjustments brightness/contrast, after the box opens it will disappear and in the dialog box that is still open it will say brightness/contrast, click ok and stop your action from recording. Press the hot key ie f2 or whatever you assigned to it and the brightness/contrast dialog will open.

don

Martin S. wrote:
Can I create new keyboard shortcuts in PS6 – particularly for the adjust brightness/contrast option?

Thanks,

Martin
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Corey
Dec 31, 2004
"donster" wrote in message
In PS 7 I created an action by clicking on new action, naming it, selecting a function key ie F2, click record, drop down the little triangle menu on the action pallet and click on insert menu item. A box comes up that says no menu item selected, leave this dialog open, go to image adjustments brightness/contrast, after the box opens it will disappear and in the dialog box that is still open it will say brightness/contrast, click ok and stop your action from recording. Press the hot key ie f2 or whatever you assigned to it and the brightness/contrast dialog will open.

don

A most clever work-around!

Peadge 🙂
MS
Martin S
Dec 31, 2004
Works a treat! Many thanks.

Martin

On Thu, 30 Dec 2004 17:42:09 -0800, "Peadge"
wrote:

"donster" wrote in message
In PS 7 I created an action by clicking on new action, naming it, selecting a function key ie F2, click record, drop down the little triangle menu on the action pallet and click on insert menu item. A box comes up that says no menu item selected, leave this dialog open, go to image adjustments brightness/contrast, after the box opens it will disappear and in the dialog box that is still open it will say brightness/contrast, click ok and stop your action from recording. Press the hot key ie f2 or whatever you assigned to it and the brightness/contrast dialog will open.

don

A most clever work-around!

Peadge 🙂
D
Donster
Dec 31, 2004
Thanks,

I learned it from a Dave Cross tutorial.

Don

Martin S. wrote:
Can I create new keyboard shortcuts in PS6 – particularly for the adjust brightness/contrast option?

Thanks,

Martin
JM
John McWilliams
Dec 31, 2004
Peadge wrote:

"donster" wrote in message

In PS 7 I created an action by clicking on new action, naming it, selecting a function key ie F2, click record, drop down the little triangle menu on the action pallet and click on insert menu item. A box comes up that says no menu item selected, leave this dialog open, go to image adjustments brightness/contrast, after the box opens it will disappear and in the dialog box that is still open it will say brightness/contrast, click ok and stop your action from recording. Press the hot key ie f2 or whatever you assigned to it and the brightness/contrast dialog will open.

don

A most clever work-around!

Clever, yes, but what does it achieve over assigning a key board command to, say opening a new Curves adjustment layer?


John Mc Williams
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Corey
Dec 31, 2004
"John McWilliams" wrote in message
Peadge wrote:

"donster" wrote in message

In PS 7 I created an action by clicking on new action, naming it, selecting a function key ie F2, click record, drop down the little triangle menu on the action pallet and click on insert menu item. A box comes up that says no menu item selected, leave this dialog open, go to image adjustments brightness/contrast, after the box opens it will disappear and in the dialog box that is still open it will say brightness/contrast, click ok and stop your action from recording. Press the hot key ie f2 or whatever you assigned to it and the brightness/contrast dialog will open.

don

A most clever work-around!

Clever, yes, but what does it achieve over assigning a key board command to, say opening a new Curves adjustment layer?


John Mc Williams

Equivalence, perhaps?

Peadge 🙂
JM
John McWilliams
Dec 31, 2004
Peadge wrote:

"John McWilliams" wrote in message

A most clever work-around!
Clever, yes, but what does it achieve over assigning a key board command to, say opening a new Curves adjustment layer?

Equivalence, perhaps?

Ah, all righty, then. Thought I could learn something that I had overlooked. The only two commands I have self-created (horrible grammar) are ones to make both a Curves and Levels adj. layers.

john
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Corey
Dec 31, 2004
"John McWilliams" wrote in message
Peadge wrote:

"John McWilliams" wrote in message

A most clever work-around!
Clever, yes, but what does it achieve over assigning a key board command to, say opening a new Curves adjustment layer?

Equivalence, perhaps?

Ah, all righty, then. Thought I could learn something that I had overlooked. The only two commands I have self-created (horrible grammar) are ones to make both a Curves and Levels adj. layers.

john

Maybe I misunderstood your question. Are you asking why one wouldn’t use Curves instead of Brightness/Contrast? Note too that the OP’s initial question was if he could create Keyboard Shortcuts using Photoshop 6, which doesn’t offer this feature as CS does. Donster supplied a unique work-around which may also work for other commands that lack shortcuts. Actually, re-reading your earlier question makes me think that an adjustment layer would probably be better in that it would retain the original image. However, I’m betting Donster’s shortcut would work on an adjustment layer too.

Have a great New Year!

Peadge 🙂
JM
John McWilliams
Dec 31, 2004
Peadge wrote:
"John McWilliams" wrote in message

Peadge wrote:

"John McWilliams" wrote in message

A most clever work-around!
Clever, yes, but what does it achieve over assigning a key board command to, say opening a new Curves adjustment layer?

Equivalence, perhaps?

Ah, all righty, then. Thought I could learn something that I had overlooked. The only two commands I have self-created (horrible grammar) are ones to make both a Curves and Levels adj. layers.

john

Maybe I misunderstood your question. Are you asking why one wouldn’t use Curves instead of Brightness/Contrast?

No, but thanks for checking. Those latter controls are among the least useful in PS.
Note too that the OP’s initial
question was if he could create Keyboard Shortcuts using Photoshop 6, which doesn’t offer this feature as CS does. Donster supplied a unique work-around which may also work for other commands that lack shortcuts. Actually, re-reading your earlier question makes me think that an adjustment layer would probably be better in that it would retain the original image. However, I’m betting Donster’s shortcut would work on an adjustment layer too.
I must have overlooked the PS 6 part. And I tend to use Adj. layers for anything other than a jpeg I am about to send out for printing.


John Mcwilliams
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