# APssistant Instructions

## Main features

- Custom shortcut for HUD color picker (CS5 Only)
- Custom shortcut for foreground color picker (Any version)
- Color picker shortcut sticky
- Color picker shortcut map Alt
- Change Step Forward / Backward shortcut
- Autosave/alarm
- Double-clik to quick start Photoshop (CS5 Only)
- Lock input method to English
- Shortcut tray notificaion
- Important Notice

## Instructions

- # HUD color picker[ ^ ]

  This feature only works for Photoshop CS5, you need to enable OpenGL support in Photoshop.
  How to enable OpenGL:
  Edit > Preferences > Preformance... > Enable OpenGL Drawing
  This is not fully supported by some video cards (The checkbox is grey), you can try to modify your registry or update your video cards driver. (or buy a new one.)

- Foreground color picker[ ^ ]

  Photoshop CS5 or any further version you can go here to set your shortcut:
  keyboard shortcut and menu > shortcut for (Tools)> foreground color picker
  Photoshop CS4 or any previous version (at least 6) please choose your Photoshop version. Then you can opening or save color picker with it.

  Notice:
  This shortcut also allows to implement confirm function, which is "one key operation".
  If you want to use foreground color picker shortcut in Photoshop CS4 or any previous version (at least 6), you need to meet the following conditions:

  1. Non-full-screen mode (Foreground color require clickable)
  2. Useing the brush tool or Pencil tool
  3. Useing system default theme (not classics or any custom)

  If you cannot use this feature in non-system default theme, please go to PsCS5++\Imagesearch and replace with your reference image.

- Color picker "Sticky"[ ^ ]

  HUD color pikcer checkd "Sticky" will don't need hold space for changing hue.
  foreground color picker checkd "Sticky" will enter on key up (looks like Alt Eyedropper Tool )

- Color picker shortcut Alt mapping[ ^ ]

  This function will take color picker and Alt Eyedropper Tool combined, a total of three modes:

  1. Disable Alt mapping
     Disable this function
  2. Shortcut map Alt (Compat Mode)
     Use the color picker trigger of CS4 or any previous version.
  3. # Shortcut map Alt (CS5 Mode)
     Only display with Photoshop CS5 or any further version, you should enter the color picker shortcut built-in .CS5 or any further version.
- Change Step Forward / Backward shortcut[ ^ ]

  This function is convenient for users who frequent Reinstallation and modify shortcut, the 4 default shortcut keys will cycle replacement as follows:
  Step Backward
  from Alt+Ctrl+z to Ctrl+z
  proof colors
  from Ctrl+y to Alt+Ctrl+z
  Step Forward
  from Shift+Ctrl+z to Ctrl+y
  undo/redo
  from Ctrl+z to Shift+Ctrl+z

- Autosave[ ^ ]

  You can choose auto save mode or reminder mode.

- # Double click tray to Launch Photoshop[ ^ ]

  Only works for CS5 (also works for x64), still need further development for pervious versions.

- Lock input method to English[ ^ ]

  This feature is for non-English users to avoid shortcuts confliction.

- Disable tray notificaion[ ^ ]

  This program display tray notification of some feature you can disable them here.

## Important Notice[ ^ ]

- 本软件部分功能仍有缺陷，请尽量使用正确的操作方式，比如在套索工具状态下使用HUD拾色器容易造成假死
- 任何人均不会对本软件造成的任何不良后果承担责任

## Licences

This program is compiled byAutohotkey, you can modify the source file PsCS5++.ahk and redistribute it as you like, but you need to keep the credits information.

## Credits

(The list is arranged in a random order.)
- Autohotkey Official[↝]
- Autohotkey Chinese Forum[↝]
- jronrun[↝]
- maxspeedwind[↝]
- 彪彪悍的小玄[↝]
- 一直闪屏[↝]
- linpinger
- 樱·雪羽(婷)
- Sparanoid[↝]