It may not be apparent to you that you can switch from one Adobe Photoshop CS4 tool to another, then back again with just a single click. It wasn’t to me, until I came across it by accident. Let’s say you’re carefully cloning an area of your image with the Stamp tool and you have a slight lapse in concentration… doh! Simply hit the E (switches to the Eraser tool) key and hold it down, erase the goof with your cursor, then let go of the E key. You automatically switch back to the Stamp tool so you can quickly finish the cloning job. The key is to hold down the key while performing the task of the second tool.
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How to switch between Photoshop windows
OK, so you’ve known for a long time that Command + Tab switches applications. And you’ve long since figured out that Command + ` (backtick, also known as the ~ key next the number 1 key) will switch between windows of the active application. But have you noticed that it doesn’t work in Photoshop? To switch between open windows in Photoshop, simply use Control + ` (backtick) to switch between windows.