TUTORIAL • SEPTEMBER 19, 2001
Video Tutorial: Pick a Layer
The mouseless way to navigate Photoshop's Layer palette

by Deke McClelland
Total Training

Drop that mouse! In this lesson from Total Photoshop 6, Deke McClelland shows you how to navigate the Layers palette strictly from the keyboard. As Deke demonstrates, if you know the right keys to press, you can select layers and reorder them without doing any mousing around. Deke also uncovers the hidden mysteries of the Background layer. Speed up your workflow with these powerful shortcuts!