November 2005

Camera Raw Tip

So you're working in Camera Raw film-strip mode and find that after adjusting an image the keystrokes for Next (Down-arrow key) and Previous (Up-arrow key) image no longer function... frustrating isn't it? The normal solution is to use the mouse to click the little triangle buttons found at the bottom right corner (red rectangle in screenshot shown below) of the image preview window. However, there is a much faster method that doesn't involve the mouse, i.e. Next image ~ Cmd/Ctrl+Right-arrow key and Previous image ~ Cmd/Ctrl+Left-arrow key.

 

 

Also, I'm sure that you already know that double-clicking the Zoom tool will preview the image at 100% but do you know how to maximise cropped image view (i.e. Crop in View)? Crop the image as appropriate then double-click the Crop tool. To return to Fit in View (default) simply double-click the Hand tool.

 

ñ September 2005

Camera Raw Tip

Are you one of the many Bridge and Camera Raw users who don't like or just find it difficult to use a mouse? If you are then you'll likely be tad cheesed (forgive the pun) that Camera Raw doesn't have any obvious shortcut for selecting adjustments such as Temperature, Tint, Exposure, but you shouldn't be because you only need ONE key i.e. the "Tab". How do I make it work?

 

 

1. Open image into Camera Raw and hit Tab key TWICE to select Temperature (Mac only). If using Windows click the word Temperature with the mouse or pen otherwise you'll need to hit Tab key multiple times before Temperature is selected. The difference in behaviour is apparently due to different UI rules for Tab key behaviour in each of the operating systems.
2. Use the Up/Down arrows to increase/decrease Temperature by 50 units or Shift+Up/Down arrow to increase/Decrease by 500K
3. Hit Tab key to move to Tint: use the Up/Down arrows to increase/decrease Tint by 1 unit or Shift+Up/Down to increase/Decrease by 10 units
4. Hit Tab key to move to Exposure: use the Up/Down arrows to increase/decrease Exposure by 1 unit or Shift+Up/Down to increase/Decrease by 10 units
5. Hit Tab key to move to Shadow: use the Up/Down arrows to increase/decrease Shadow by 1 unit or Shift+Up/Down to increase/Decrease by 10 units
6. Hit Tab key to move to Brightness: use the Up/Down arrows to increase/decrease Brightness by 1 unit or Shift+Up/Down to increase/Decrease by 10 units
7. Hit Tab key to move to Contrast: use the Up/Down arrows to increase/decrease Contrast by 1 unit or Shift+Up/Down to increase/Decrease by 10 units
8. Hit Tab key to move to Saturation: use the Up/Down arrows to increase/decrease Saturation by 1 unit or Shift+Up/Down to increase/Decrease by 10 units

You can use Shift+Tab to select the previous adjustment and Cmd/Ctrl+Option/Alt+2 through 5 to access the: Detail, Lens, Curves and Calibration tabs.

 

ñ August 2005

Bridge Tip

You know those little icons or badges as Adobe like to call them, that appear on the bottom of your thumbnails. Well, here's a screenshot that shows what they mean.