Sep
18
2009
Cheat Sheets For Graphic Designers
Monday I posted a list of web design-related cheat sheets, but I didn’t want to leave out all you graphic designers out there.
Here’s a list of 30 cheat sheets (most of them printable) for popular graphic design programs, as well as printable photography-related sheets to help when shooting photos.
These cheat sheets contain reference cards for tools, keyboard shortcuts and other important commands to help speed up your work.
Note: Links with ‘(PDF)’ beside them indicate that the link goes directly to the PDF file itself.
Fireworks
Photoshop
- Adobe Photoshop CS4 Help (PDF)
- Photoshop Secret Shortcuts (WebDesignerWall)
- General Photoshop Tool Shortcuts (With a video ‘manual’)
- Photoshop CS4 (Mac) (PDF)
- Photoshop CS4 (Windows) (PDF)
- Photoshop CS3 For Mac
- Photoshop CS3 For Windows
- Photoshop CS2 Keyboard Shortcuts For Mac
- Photoshop CS2 Keyboard Shortcuts For Windows
Illustrator
- Illustrator Shortcuts (WebDesignerWall)
- Illustrator CS4 Shortcuts (Mac)
- Illustrator CS4 Shortcuts (Windows)
- Illustrator CS
InDesign
- InDesign CS4 Keyboard Shortcuts (Mac)
- InDesign CS4 Keyboard Shortcuts (Windows)
- InDesign Cheat Sheet (PDF)
- InDesign CS
Photography
- Black and White Cheat Sheet For Photoshop (Helps you convert color photos to black and white)
- Portrait Lighting Cheat Sheet (Helps you set up lighting for portraits)
- Reflector Card Cheat Sheet (Shows color bounce and effects of different covers on a 5-in-1 reflector)
- Light Falloff Cheat Sheet (Shows the effects of a large light source will have on light fall off)
Fonts and Typography
Other Cheat Sheets
- GIMP Quick Reference Card (PDF)
- GIMP Keyboard Shortcuts (PDF)
- Color Hexagon (GIF)
What cheat sheets did I miss? Share your links in the comments below.
1 Comment to 'Cheat Sheets For Graphic Designers'
October 24th, 2009
Great!! Nice link for web designers. I appreciate.