Cool photoshop tricks for faster work-flow

[Yasada]

Hey everybody. Thought of sharing some some "secrets" of making my workflow A LOT faster, by using custom keyboard shortcuts for specific things you do.

Custom shortcuts

Ctrl + Shift + R - Rotate Canvas 90' CW
Ctrl + Q - Layer Mask (Reveal All)
Ctrl + / - Flip Canvas Horizontally
Ctrl + Shift + / - Toggle Layer Visibility
Ctrl + Alt + Shift + W - Open New Window
Ctrl+ Alt + W - Warp

Useful panels for painting

F5 - Brush Properties
F6 - Color Panels
F7 - Layers (photoshop default)
F8 - History
F9 - Actions
F10 - Navigator

(I am aware of"workspaces", but I prefer working when what I see on the screen is mostly the painting itself and not tons of floating panels)

Custom Actions

Quick "Show Only Values" layer:

+ Make New Action  (Set shortcut key to F2 (or something)

+ Make New Layer (Ctrl +Shift + N)
   settings in the "new layer" panel:
   Name it Values (or something like that)
   choose some layer color for it so you could identify it
   set blending mode to color
  

+ Desaturate (Ctrl + Shift + U)

+ Move to top (Ctrl + Shift + ])

+ Lock All Attributes (The black lock on the layer panel, under the blending modes)

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Locked Background (so you won't paint on it instead of your CORRECT layer)

+ Make New Action (Set shortcut key to F12 (or something)

+ Double Click on the background layer
   Change name of the layer to "Locked BG" or something)
   hit OK

+ Lock All Attributes (The black lock on the layer panel, under the blending modes)

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So.... What are your secret techniques for faster workflow?
I'd love to learn some new stuff too

[HolyGrail]

All very good tips. Do you have any on the new tool in CS6? I would like to learn a bit more about the content aware function. It looks really neat.