Adobe Photoshop CS6 has maintained all the features from the older version and added new features that help users to get better quality in less possible time frame. You might be familiar with all the features but not all shortcuts. Here is the list of useful shortcuts for both Mac and PC to work even faster than clicking through the tools. Tool palette through Shortcuts   Useful shortcuts for other functions: Task Shortcut (Windows) Shortcut (Mac) Draw straight lines. Alt-click with Lasso tool Option-click with Lasso tool Add to the selection outline. Shift-drag Shift-drag Deselect from the selection area. Alt-drag Option-drag Deselect all but the intersected area. Hold down Shift+Alt and drag Hold down Shift+Option and drag Deselect the entire

If you don’t use pen tool often in Photoshop, then making path with pen tool can be complex and time consuming cause you won’t know where your next anchor point should be. You might end up wasting lot of time and yet get final path with lot of anchor points with low precision. To avoid this, use Rubber Band option in Photoshop located in the drop down at the right of the Custom shape menu. Enable it and you get the preview how the lines and curves will line up while making selection with path. It makes creating path much easier and faster for anyone.

The erase tool can be a very helpful tool to cutout images with the same color background. Especially if the image is intended to be used for web and doesn’t need high quality precision. For such images, cutout of images can be done with just a few clicks using this tool. However, if you are looking for a quick solution and require high quality output this is not the right tool. Use of the Magic Eraser Tool: Select the Magic eraser tool, in any part of background. It will do its magic – remove the background color with one click (given image has only one background color). In case of multiple colors, you will need to repeat the process again.