The Problem: You end up zooming in and out of your image. You Are Constantly Resizing Your Windows After Zoom Use shortcut key Ctrl + K to open Preferences and navigate to “Type.” You’ll find an option there to turn off Smart Quote autocorrect. The easiest way is to sidestep using smart quotes is to turn them off.

Most programs autocorrect “Smart Quotes” in place of them, but this can create a lot of issues. The Solution: Little known fact, “Straight Quotes” are actually not quotes at all, but a notation of feet and inches.

The Problem: You’ve migrated to a new version of Photoshop, except you are forced to use the tabs feature whenever you open a document or create a new one. Documents and New Files Always Open In Tabs The Solution: Press shortcut key Ctrl + K to bring up your preferences and under General, you’ll find “Export Clipboard.” This will stop you from copy-pasting image data from Photoshop, but not into Photoshop. The Problem: Photoshop hangs up every time you try to switch programs, and often gives you a strange error about the clipboard. Clipboard Export Error When Switching Programs If you are working in Quickmask mode (pictured above right) you can press shortcut key Q to return to normal, or simply click the icon in your toolbox. You should also be able to see if you are in a mask channel, another potential pitfall. If you are, click the combined RGB channel (pictured above, center) or the combined CMYK channel, if you happen to be working in CMYK. From there, Navigate to your channels panel, and check that you’re not working in a quick mask channel, or any other extraneous channel. Go to Select > Deselect if you have an area selected with the marquee tool that you might have forgotten or can’t see. The Solution: This can be one of several problems. The Problem: You’re trying to paint, erase, clone stamp, heal brush, etc, and Photoshop simply won’t make a mark on your canvas or let you use your tools like normal. Your Brush Tool (Or Others) Have Stopped Working A single press hides all active panels, and a second one brings them back as they were, no need to reactivate them under the Window menu. The Solution: Normally, all panels are hidden by a quick press of the Tab key, often by accident.

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