Save trips to the Type tool

[Tanya]

I'm often in a bit of a hurry..it's my MEMORY that sucks *L I can never remember the shortcuts ;\

Tanya

[wbiss]

I hear you tcaeast ;)

Like Pavlov's dogs... repetition, repetition! After a while it becomes second nature and you don't even realize it! And most times, to the point that you can't even explain what you're doing to anyone. You just say "watch me and "this is what I do..."

Or is that just me? [confused]

[sfm]

same same Wendy......... when I am asked how did I do that........ I always say hang on I have to do it first because I just do it ha ha ha
then I usually get a ...... you can do that in ps? (sfm's mind reels.....well yeah...... hello I just did it didn't I) ....... so I smile and say yes you can he he he lucky for me they can't read my mind ha ha ha
sfm

[AppleCider]

As far as shortcuts, I only memorize the ones that are important to me...for things I use all the time (and this is going to be different for different people). Cmd-J & Cmd-Shift-J for copying/cutting a selection to a new layer; Cmd-U for Hue/Sat, Cmd-F to repeat a filter, d to reset the colors, Cmd to temporarily change to the Move tool, the Tool KB shortcuts for tools I use often, etc. etc.

True story: I took a Photoshop test for a job. The idea was that the manager watched while I did certain tasks. He kept saying "Wait, slow down...how did you do that?" Not because of my extraordinary creativity (the test was only to see if you knew your way around PS) but because I used shortcuts!