Working Efficiently
If you use Photoshop every day, and run a lot of pictures through it, you'll soon pick up some tricks of your own to work faster and smarter. The easiest trick to learn is to use the tool selection shortcuts: Z to select the Zoom tool, B for Brush, and so on. As you become familiar with the tools and what they can do, you'll find you go back to the same brush sizes or type fonts again and again.
Tool Presets
Photoshop makes it easy for you to reuse your favorite tool settings by providing a palette of tool presets. Click the Tool Preset button at the left side of the Tool Options bar, or open the Tool Presets palette. You'll see a list of the current presets for the tools you are using. The palette menu lets you add more presets, ...
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