Photoshop Shortcuts That Aren’t in the Menus

1. the shortcuts i use very often are (i don’t know if they are documented):
   Merge all layers:
   APPLE + SHIFT + E
   Merge the active layer with the next one:
   APPLE + E
   Save for the internet:
   APPLE + ALT + SHIFT + S
   Resize:
   APLLE + T
   Resize proportional:
   APPLE + T and than dragging the corner while pressing SHIFT

   good work!
   greetings

2. thank full to the team working on this ….this will help all the designer to get use and give very fast out put ….increasing thier productivity…
   warm regadrs,
   gautham varma
   98809999734

3. That was very useful! Off course, i knew about most of them, but some of them i didn’t know of! Great!

4. 25 continued:
   Cmd + Shift + Delete (Backspace) = Fill all non-transparent pixels on a layer with background color
   Opt + Shift + Delete (Backspace) = Fill all non-transparent pixels on a layer with foreground color

   1. Technically, the Cmd + Shift + Delete (Backspace) shortcut fills w/foreground color and MAINTAINS transparency. Subtle change from the term filling “non-transparent” pixels, but it could apply to search verbiage someone might apply when seeking information found in this post. I offer from first-hand experience! :-)

5. Those are useful tips. I knew around 6 of those but the one people ask me about which I didn’t see up there is holding down shift to get an equally proportioned shape. But thank you for those tips I didn’t know many of those. I’ll use those now and hopefully I can get better at photoshop.

6. Just noticed that clicking canvas with type tool when holding ALT (in win) gives option to give measures of paragraph text size; width/height. Don’t know if ever need that..

7. you gonna find these and many many more tricks and tips on my blog pixelmind.org/blog

8. Useful, shamefully useful – I didn’t know there was all this stuff. Or maybe I ignored it, but this is a very useful set of shortcuts; not some arcane stuff to use once in a blue moon, but good everyday stuff. Thanks for sharing.

   I’ve dugg it :)

9. One thing that would speed up my PS usage would be being able to scroll through the layer styles, I can do it on PC but not mac!

10. Thanks for the tips. Handy shortcuts for making photoshop easier to use.

11. Awesome! Some of these are really going to help me out. I’m especially psyched to discover the shortcuts to increase / decrease brush size and drag selections –big pet peeves of mine gone! And the one to change the bg color of the workspace is just neat. :)

    Thanks for these!

12. • In some dialog boxes, holding the Opt key will turn the “Cancel” button into a most useful “Reset”.
    • Cmd+Shift+L (for instance) will do the auto-levels.
    • Cmd+Opt+L (for instance) will instantly load the last used settings.

13. Here are a few more:
    • To select the layer above the current layer, use Option-right bracket ( ] ); to select the layer below, use Option-left bracket.
    • With the move tool selected, Control-delete will delete a layer or group.
    • To stroke a path, first select the path, then change to the brush tool, select a brush, and type Enter or Return. This works with all of the brush-like tools (eraser, clone, blur, etc.).
    • To turn a path into a selection, type Command-Enter or Command-Return (doesn’t matter what tool is selected). If there is already a selection, then Command-Shift-Return will add your path’s shape to the selection, Command-Option-Return will subtract it, and Command-Option-Shift-Return will select the intersection.
    • To expand on hint #21 (Opacity) above: first, since it’s not obvious, 0 = 100%. You can also set a specific opacity by quickly typing the percent with the move tool selected. For example, if you want your layer’s opacity to be 27%, select the move tool and quickly type the number 27. If you are too slow, you’ll get 20% opacity, then 70% opacity instead. This also works with brush opacity, if you have a brush-like tool selected.
    • If you are adding a “Drop Shadow” layer effect, and you have the Layer Style dialog open to the Drop Shadow settings, you can move the shadow around by clicking and dragging in the image. This also works with the “Inner Shadow” effect. If you hold down the Option key, you can also adjust the Gradient Overlay, Pattern Overlay, and Satin effects by clicking and dragging.
    • If you have two documents open that are the same dimensions, Shift-dragging a layer (or group) from one image to the other will duplicate that layer in the same spot as in the original image.
    • Easter eggs: hold down Command-Shift when selecting “About Photoshop…” and you’ll get a different splash screen. Hold down Option when selecting “Palette Options…” from either the Paths or Channels palette to summon the Photoshop wizard.

14. Good stuff here. Sent it around the office and the Photoshop geeks were stoked.

    I may have missed it, but one I use ALL THE TIME is a direct area select. If you’re using the Move Tool (V) hold down the Apple key and click on the element you want. No matter what layer you were on, you will now be on the layer of the element you clicked. No more jumping over to your layers palette and sifting through it trying to find the right layer to tweak.

    When you’re using another tool, you don’t have to choose the Move Tool to do this. Simply hold down Control + Option + Apple key (the tool will change to the Move Tool until you release the keys) and click on whatever element you want to select.

    Hope that’s clear, I might revisit my comment in the morning, but right now… I’m going home! :D

15. one i hoped to be there, select a bunch of layers, hold down shift and click the new folder icon in the layer palette. and all of those layers will be grouped. Throw an alt/opt + shift + Click and name that layer group all in one.

16. Something that took me a while to figure out, and let me hate Photoshop a lot more before I figured it out was CTRL + ALT/OPT + Z to undo more than once.

17. Very very very (did I mention “very”?) interesting article, just printed it out to put it on my desk…

    Thanks a lot!

18. Hey there’s also this one:

    Press Tab in Photoshop to hide or reveal the toolbars/swatches/layers panels.

19. Do you want to know which layer has a correction, a blotch, or a specific pixel? Control-Alt-Right click on that pixel, and you will go to that layer with the layer highlighted in the panel.

20. Really good selection of tips – I came across this site from a link discussing how lovely the site design was, and congrats on that too!

    I run a site over at that has lots of great keyboard shortcuts and tricks, many of which are covered above. I tend to focus on the really good Photoshop tips and tricks, rather than the usual basic tutorials and stuff.

21. That is very easy, but i didn’t know many of them. Thanks to the author and all who shares their own secrets.

22. Hi, I love this website, you’ve inspired me to make my own video tutorials, is it ok if I put these into a video and credit you+your website for finding them?

    Stu

23. I didn’t know about setting the background color to something besides grey – good find! To change it back, option-click in the canvas to load the default grey into the foreground color, and repeat. Or, control/right-click in the canvas to get a dropdown menu that allows you to set the background to black, grey, or a custom color.

24. Absolutely amazing list. Now comes the daunting task of remembering all of them :)

    We need a photoshop tip of the day twiiter account or something….

25. Pretty good, learned some new ones today… although I wonder how they’re done on a Windows machine.

26. Don´t know if it´s a secret shortcut, but if u use STRG + Shift + C on a selection, ist makes a copy of all layers. There are still a lot of people out there who don´t know that ;-)

27. @Andrei Gonzales – PC uses the same shortcuts, Cmd = Ctrl, Opt = Alt key in Windows system.

28. Quite handy and maybe obvious?

    1. Make selection, with any marquee tool over desired area of document.
    2. Shift+Apple+C (to copy all visible content)
    3. Apple+V (the old paste man)

    Essentially a screen grab function within PS

    Nice site BTW

29. Not sure if it has been posted, but here is one I find useful:

    1. Double-Click anywhere on gray area: Open File
    2. CTRL-Double-Click anywhere on gray area: Create New File

    I can’t seem to change the gray area’s color though :( tried all kinds of things but it won’t let me.. no menu is appearing :(

30. Great stuff… some really useful tips which I’m sure I’ll have to refer back to this page for!! One point for extra efficiency – on number 6, you don’t need to hold down any keys, just click and drag from the label, not within the numerical form field. It does the same thing.

31. goodjob bro for this list and its worth my time

32. but there is still no way to key though the layer blending modes? :(

33. Hey! Where’s the PC shortcuts?
    Mac is too expensive on my country!! :(

34. when in text editing mode (T) press ctrl + enter to apply changes and exit text mode.

35. i have Realy like the shortcuts of mac because i have a new user of mac sestem and i want to buy a new mac PC on this month but i don’t know to fimilier with mac operiting system so will you suggest how i learn the mac operating system

    if any web sit that i have down load book and this type of shortcuts so ple send me a mail

36. Don’t pity the PC user, it’s quite obvious if you read at the top about control
    + alt for those who never knew!

37. Re: But there is still no way to key though the layer blending modes?
    _______________________

    Right after having changed a layer mode manually, you can key though the layer blending modes with arrow up / arrow down.

38. On PC wheel on mouse scrolls through the whole layer blend menu, select the the top one then roll…

39. Great shortcuts :), it’s also funny how there’s multiple ways to do the same thing with shortcuts. In example zoom with scroll wheel but also the zoom without scroll wheel by using ctrl + +/-. Nice listing of 30 commonly used though :).

40. how about pressing the spacebar just to drag around your workspace. this works when you have changed into the special window mode by pressing the f-key. this mode also allows you to access the far out corners of a picture even when you are at a high zoom level. cheers

41. I’ve learned 5 new shortcuts, this is cool thanks for sharing this one.

    another shortcut when duplicating layers is to drag a layer into the “Create a new layer” icon.
    and in the paint bucket tool, press alt to simply switch between an eye-dropper and paint bucket.

    thanks again. =)

42. Tu página web es muy espectacular
    Felicitaciones!
    José

43. wow! i knew 70% of the shortcuts you explained. i’m always happy as a little child if i learn a new one. no i’ve learned a few more. can’t express how i feel now… ;)
    Cool, thnx for that, Great…

    the j

44. You can also zoom to actual pixels by using ctrl-alt-0 , other by double clicking the zoom tool.

45. hi this is really a cool secret to use photoshop very fast. love it man. nice

46. press tab button and it will hide your workspace window

47. “wow! i knew 70% of the shortcuts you explained. i’m always happy as a little child if i learn a new one. no i’ve learned a few more. can’t express how i feel now… ;)
    Cool, thnx for that, Great…

    the j”

    ME TOO!

48. Though I already knew most of the shortcuts, after reading this tutorial i knew few more important ones. Indeed a good tutorial and thanks for sharing such a useful trick with us.

49. Not worthy!! I already knew all these before. Say something which i donno…

50. I loved the wizard ;) thanks!

    control+tab will make you jump from a document window to the next one. This hotkey is particularly handy when you have a lot of opened documents!

    I said control, not apple or ctrl, huh? yup, that large key on the low left end of your keyboard. I found out because I wondered once if there was an unused key in Photoshop ^^’

51. nice post with good tips. I would not state that these shortcuts are “secret” though. Many of them are documented by adobe in the manual. If not in the latest release they have been published before. Nevertheless, a nice post.

52. I’ve got some good ones. These are TOP SECRET so don’t tell anyone….

    ALT + Click on a Guide to rotate it 90%, or while dragging a Guide from the Ruler-Bar hold down the ALT.

    PC users can right-click on the top of the window of a photo for some image related options such as “image size” and “duplicate image” ect…

    For options that don’t have a Shortcut Key, rather than customizing my own shortcuts I find the following technique to be very useful:
    Using the ALT > letter > letter. For example: Hitting ALT > E > S will stroke the selection/layer. Hitting ALT > I > M > G will convert an image to greyscale. Do not hold down the keys, just press once.

    Try going through and choosing tool by tool and hitting the ENTER key. You will find many time-saving features…

    ALT + CLICK on a tool on the left, to navigate through the other tools. For example: ALT + CLICK on the Brush tool will give you the Pencil tool.

    Use the Brush tool while playing with the Shift key…

    ALT + Click on the “New layer” button will create a new layer underneath the current layer.

    Right-Click on the eye beside the layer on the layer palette to change the color.

    CTRL + SHIFT + D will load the last selection used.

    Double-click on a text layer in the layer palette to edit its content.

    Someone mentioned it already, but I’ll say is again because it is so useful: While you are typing in a text box, CTRL + ENTER will commit and close the text box.

    To open an Adjustment Window that has the previous setting use CTRL + ALT + letter. For example CTRL + ALT + U for a Hue Saturation window with the last-used Hue Saturation settings.

    CTR + SHIFT + Z to go forward in history states (like CTR + ALT + Z but the other way)

    CTRL + ALT + SHIFT to create a new layer.

    After you know this one your life will never be the same:
    Make a symbol, transform it. Now hit:
    SHIFT + CTRL + T to repeat the transform, or even better:
    SHIFT + CTRL + ALT + T to repeat and duplicate the transform.
    CTRL + ALT + T will duplicate and transform the layer.

    Thant’s all for today. Don’t forget to use the ALT > letter Shortcuts, they’re time saving.
    Thanks for all the new shortcuts i have learned today.

    i ♥ ps

53. I don’t know if this is documented in the manual, but it’s one of the simplest shortcuts that I see not being used. While typing using the type tool, you can confirm your entry or changes by simply hitting the ‘enter’ key on your 10-pad. No clicking, no option or control combos, just ‘enter’.

    Speaking of the type tool, long ago… say PS 3.0, the type tool used to change into a color picker when you hit the option key. It was GREAT to be able to pick up color from anywhere and apply it to whatever you were typing without switching tools. Now you have to click on your color box, or go to the picker separately. Why won’t Adobe bring this functionality back???

54. hey uday .All these shortcuts are useful for who’s learning photoshop. Not for u.If u know just see n njoy.

55. “Uday Said Not worthy!! I already knew all these before. Say something which i donno…”

    wakwkawkakwak, if you already knew all.., just press the power button from your PC/Mac/Laptop..

    Shut Up, and enjoyed the rest..

56. I didn’t know the 11 of the hints. Thank you.

    I don’t know whether this hint is documented, but I got to know it recently, well:

    Ctrl + Y – shows how the document will look in CMYK, and you need not to change the document into CMYK, work in RBG and convert it in the end, and not to got to problem with colors, that looked great first in RGB.

57. CTRL + “]” or “[” – moves layers up and down through layer list
    ALT + “]” or “[” – selects layers up and down through layer list

58. no 5. is wrong…..just need to press option witht the mouse wheel

59. Thanx for the tips, Nick. I’ve got another shortcut that wasn’t mentioned yet: to create a clipping mask, on the layers pannel, hold the mouse between the two layers where you want to create the clipping mask and press “alt” key.
    May I give you a suggestion: it would be even nicer if you gathered all the different shortcuts (not doccumented, only, for sure) that were sent by your readers and make another post with them. That’s because before I posted this one, I had to read all the comments to see if I wasn’t repeating a shortcut already mentioned before.
    Anyway, thank you very much! Great work!

60. This is a great list. Another couple of tips I have learned over the years – 1) When using the eraser tool, holding down the “alt” key turns the eraser into an uneraser – allowing you to un-erase something that you accidently erased. 2) Using the pencil, brush, eraser, etc – if you click on a point, then release and hold down the “shift” key, you can move your cursor to another position and click, causing a line to be drawn between the 2 points. These have been great time savers for me!

61. Hey Nice list!! :]
    I actually knew almost all of them (didn’t know workspace coloring, font scale and double click zoom – but I won’t use them anyhow)

    100% zoom can also be achieved through Ctrl+Alt+NumPad0
    (wich is for me much faster- because I don’t have to mouse all over the screen and look for a tool I never use)

    very handy Layer Stuff:
    Grouping: select layers you want to group and hit Ctrl+G (just like in Maya :D)

    I also set up F2 and F3 for create Layer and Delete Layer. I did this with actions: just recorded me deleting a layer and asigned it to F3 and the same with make layer. VERY useful!!! and MUCH faster than looking for the tiny icons or dragging a layer to the trash can!! OH MY! That seems to take ages now! :)

    also undocumented I guess:
    RMB on the titlebar of a document to choose between:
    *duplicate…
    *IMAGE SIZE…
    *CANVAS SIZE…
    *file info
    *page setup

    RMB on the ruler and you can choose the ruler units
    RMB on a transform area to choose from all transform modes including warp

    or very nice as well:
    shift drag guide lines from the ruler to make them snap to ruler graduations – no more sub-pixel guidelines!

    Ah and about font choosing: I never take the hand away from the mouse to do that: just klick in the font field ans scroll for the font you want.

    and did you know this: doubleclick the Photoshop background to open a file
    DOH! You are on the mac you have no background, don’t you? Oh pardon me .. I did everything win-style as well ^^

62. Good work!
    There’s a little mistake in the number 28, the cmd button should actually be the opt (alt) button.

    one other trick : you can create a clipping mask by pressing the option button (alt) just beetwen 2 layers.

63. Another one that took me YEARS to stumble upon: ALT + CMD + M brings up the curves dialog box and brings back the last curve you applied.

64. Where are the secrets? :D

    But thanks for sharing… didnt know the “Set specific blending mode” ;-)

65. Great article, I have been working in Photoshop since version 5 or 6, and still haven’t made use of a good part of these shortcuts, almost a half :D

    Thanx for pointing those out, and ultimate kudos for the design of this website, I got so impressed I stared into the screen for a whole hour watching and noticing all the fabulous hand drawn details…and that has never happened before, since I rarely get impressed :D

66. Hii
    Ur site is too cool and wonderful,espescially the tutorials and shortcuts u have provided,hope to see more works from youu;thanks a lot

67. beautiful site design. beautiful tutorials. i really dig your content too. keep up the good work. thanks for giving me inspiration.

68. well there is my favorite “X” key,
    which switches the current colors around (foreground and background)
    and the “D” key, which resets the colors to “Black, White”.

    …i think they’re not documented :)

69. Great list.

    Regarding the 21th, it is also possible to change opacity to a value not multiple of 10 with the keyboard. For instance, to set opacity to 76% you should press [7] and the [6] very quicky, on the speed of a double-click, say…

70. One of my favorite short-cuts is Command + Option + 0 on the number pad, which allows you to jump back to the 100% view size, without using the mouse.

71. Ok, nice info, but if a have Windows OS….?

72. Easter egg:
    Useless but fun!
    Hold Ctrl+Shift+Alt then on the top tool bar go to Help / About Photoshop

73. Just a thought: using similar CSS methods for displaying different colours (background, links, etc.) shouldn’t it be possible to have a Mac/Win selector that automagically changes the CMD to CTRL and OPTION to ALT?

    “…Note: this article is written in Mac Photoshop format. If you are using PC, Cmd = Ctrl and Opt = Alt “

74. Just to add one which is passing through my head,

    ctrl + arrows when having a selection will make it move one pixel at a time.
    ctrl + shift + arrows will move it 10 per 10 pixels

75. oh, and as I see TheUprock.com ‘s message saying about command + option + 0(num) wich zoom back to 100%, I must add also :

    ctrl + 0(num) will zoom to fit workspace ;)

76. As I’m here, double click on background will bring the “open file” dialog box

77. I am a novice to digital photo imaging and these photoshop shortcuts are simply great and save me a lot of time. However, Mr. NikNok, can you explain explicitly what arrows to use, as contained in your comment 147?
    Thanks.

78. to respond to crip (comment 137), the shortcut for crop is ‘c’

79. Anyone knows what’s the shortcut 4 the color picker palete?

    I’m using a graphic tablete and i change colors many times, i need a shortcut to make it faster…
    Thank you

80. to zoom back to 100% press “space”(hand appear(H)) and right-click, then in menu -> actual pixels, or just ctrl+0(numpad), as said before…
    u can override shift-letter combo for sellecting diferent tool(pencil/brush).
    to remove shift from combo go to: edit/preferences/general – there is a check box for this
    when edit text – ctrl-arrow jumps 1 word, with ctrl-shift-arrow makes selection of 1 word

81. I don’t know if this is before (there are 157 comments, i can’t read them all) but if you select a part of the text and hold down alt + shift + up or down keys, the vertical scroll (i don’t know if this is exactly the name, i run Ps CS3 in spanish) increase and decrease.

    PD: 4th tip didn’t work me on Windows.

82. Another, sorry if it’s right now, but if you hold down F, this will toggle the screen within different ones (you’ll can see the fullscreen, without taskbar).

83. First of all, thanks for the great tip. It’s very helpful.
    However, I’ve tried the tip on “Navigate the document left or right” and it didn’t work for me. Any idea why?

84. If you hold down “ctrl H” while text is selected it will hide the selection mask so you can see your text clearly. Really cool… now you can see exactly what its going to look like

85. I feel like I will never remember all of these

86. #13 and 14, regarding blend modes, affect the blend mode of the brush tool if you have it active, instead of the layer (CS2)

87. Hit tips… One thing that always bugs me and im sure was feature in older versions of photoshops was when you have a selection and want to crop to that selection what short keys do you press. I thought it was cmd shift backspace but its not and i wish i knew what it was.. anyone hear me?

88. @luc
    In regards to cropping a selection, I had to make my own shortcut from the edits menu, just like in step #30. I use “option + cmd + .” It doesn’t seem to conflict with any other the other built in shortcuts.

    Someone in a previous post asked what the shortcuts were to change blending modes on a mac. First select your move tool(v). Then select your layer. While holding the shift key down, you can cycle through modes using the plus(+) and minus(-) keys. I should note that it will keep cycling and will not “stop” at the end or beginning like it does on pc.

89. Luc, it’s Ctrl + Shift + I, than Delete, than Ctrl + Shift + I again :P
    That’s what I use… That’s “reverse selection”, than “clear selection”, than “reverse selection” again.

90. I meant “inverse selection”.
    That’s what the ‘i’ in Ctrl+Shift+I stands for.

91. @crip: There isn’t a shortcut for Crop specifically, but if you go to Edit > Keyboard Shortcuts, you can remap Crop to a hotkey of your choosing. Personally, I use Apple + Option + X, as it is easy to remember, and the original mapping of Apple + Option + X is to a Filter called Extract, that I have never used to date and probably won’t… I should probably check it out though, just to teach myself about something I’m not already familiar with.

    Hope that helps.

92. IN DESPERATE NEED OF HELP
    using photoshop cs3, how do i get rid of the grey background of my working space so that i can see through to the desktop. plz help!! i want to use photoshop and view a tutorial on a website behind it so that i dont have to change from ps to website. thx in advance!!

93. im using photoshop cs3 extended if that changes anything =}

94. Wow, detailed and specific with loads of helpful information. But I was wondering if you knew something that I have yet to figure out, in a graphic design course the background color was transparent. You covered how to change that background to your preferred color but I dont see transparent as an option. Is there a way to make this work?

    Thanks,
    Chris

95. @luc: in cs3 at least, you can set your own keyboard shortcut for it. I’m on a mac, and I use control + command + c

96. Hey hey

    Since moving to Norway i do not have a separate [ or ] key i have to do alt + 8 or 9 and this just gives me eye dropper, any suggestions if either i can change this or if there is a work around, as i used to love it :(

    btw, great list :)

    Best,
    Paul

    mail me: [email protected]

97. These all option are not so new. I already know about them. These all are waste of time, so friend don’t waste your time to read them.

98. Just because you knew then all doesn’t mean everyone else doesn’t.

99. To shuffel between the diffrent baggrunds, push the F key. There are 4 diffrents stages as I recale. If you are in the “window” stage (where alle the open doc are showen i cascade) then push the F tow time to get in a mode where you can work like illustrator, by using the hand (spacebar) to drag your view even longer than the egedes.

    I also found the cmd + < to shift between open doc’s.

    I found this POST very usefull, thanks a lot. More of this, please. And maby some toturial about retouching skin tones. (Not the 100% plastick look, but the natural looking skin!)

100. A great set of Photoshop shortcuts, cheers for the tips….

101. You can get a pdf file that has ALL of the shortcuts (including those plus more) in it.
     I can send it to anyone if they need.
     I got it of a website… Don’t remember the url but it prob’ly says in the pdf.

     If you want it just send me an e-mail
     [email protected]

102. I may have missed it, but one I use ALL THE TIME is a direct area select. If you’re using the Move Tool (V) hold down the Apple key and click on the element you want. No matter what layer you were on, you will now be on the layer of the element you clicked. No more jumping over to your layers palette and sifting through it trying to find the right layer to tweak.

     When you’re using another tool, you don’t have to choose the Move Tool to do this. Simply hold down Control + Option + Apple key (the tool will change to the Move Tool until you release the keys) and click on whatever element you want to select.

     Hope that’s clear, I might revisit my comment in the morning, but right now… I’m going home!

103. I may have missed this:

     The Open Dialog Box can be opened by double-clicking on an empty work area’s (grey) background.

104. I think Bharat is a designer-want-to-be and needs serious help. He probably works at McDonalds too.

105. “180 Bharat https://www.rediff.com/
     November 24th, 2007 at 2:25 am
     These all option are not so new. I already know about them. These all are waste of time, so friend don’t waste your time to read them.”

     1. Learn to speak english
     2. Learn some manners

106. Welll … i don’t hav words for YOU !!!
     always YOU do things Differently !
     I really appreciate the way YOU teach.
     You deserve alot but this time i only wanna say ” May God Bless You “.

     Take Care

     Mukarram

107. your article is in my top bookmarks, I refer to it every day!

108. Good stuff, some handy tips here, thanks.
     if you can, [Windows CTRL/ALT keys] next to the APPLE/OPTION keys would be good for us poor Microsufferers.

     Q: Does anyone know how to increase the selection cursor size (ie. beyond the precise / standard ‘+’), in CS3 ?!? I’m still struggling with my ageing eyesight to see the selection cursor and zooming in-out constantly is a little painful.

     BTW: Borat [sic] above obviously doesn’t realise that English-speakers read text from top to bottom, clearly read the comments AFTER the body of the page.

109. Please add shortcuts for windows…
     this is v. good, but i knew many of them already.

110. Nice. I’ve always wondered what turned on the precise cursor. That was always very frustrating to me. Overall, couple cool thing I didnt know. Bound to speed up some processes. Thanks.

111. / – sets transparency lock for a layer… infinitely useful..

     SHIFT+dragging a guide… will snap to ruler marks.. stay on whole pixels ya know?

     and i think those two belong at the top-ish…

     Both of these are very important.. a lot more important than some on the list..

     thank you for the brush/enter… and path+cmd/enter for selection… bellisima!

112. This post would’ve been useful a long time ago, knowing all these makes things a lot easier. Most of them I have figured out already, but there were a few mentioned that I am glad I know now. Thanks.

     Also, I know there are some useful one’s I don’t think I saw here, but I can’t remember what they are right now except,
     If you want to use the hand tool, to grab a layer and move it around, you can use spacebar + click and moving the layer. It works no matter what tool is seleveted, too.

     If I remember anymore I will post them too.

113. hi, these were awsome though i new half of it but the rest half was just awsome.. there are couple of more. u may be knowing it or they maybe be common i dont know cos i never went phtoshop class anyway these (in windows) ctrl + [ and ctrl + ] to move the layers up and down. ctrl + shift + [ and ctrl + shift + ] to move the layer to the top or to the bottom.

114. Thanks a lot!
     One shortcut I could not find here and it tends to be seriously useful when creating actions:
     ALT + . selects top layer

115. I’ve seen how one guy quickly changed between bird’s view (fit to screen) and current zoom. I wonder if anyone knows shortcut for that.

116. Hi there,
     The photoshop shortcuts are really helpful. i guess probably most of you’ll would know how to select one particular element on the canvas from 20 or more odd layers ( without lables ). Its very difficult to figure out which unnamed layer contains that particular element to be amended. To do that, press CMD ( mac ) or CTRL (windows) key and click on the element on the canvas and see it highlights the relevant layer containing the element you need to make changes to. hope this is helpful. thanks

117. @ Dmitri, this might be what you have seen:
     STRG + 0 = Zoom to fit
     STRG + ALT + 0 = Zoom to 100%

     I find this quite useful at times:
     SHIFT + ALT + 0 = Cycle through all blending modes on the selected layer.
     Note: The “Blending Mode” field does not have to be selected to be cycled through. Also, once you hit “Luminosity” it will start automatically at the top again.

118. I am a n00b with photoshop. Here’s a shortcut I found is useful: CTRL+0 zooms the document 100%

119. Hi there,
     The photoshop shortcuts are really helpful. i guess probably most of you’ll would know how to select one particular element on the canvas from 20 or more odd layers ( without lables ). Its very difficult to figure out which unnamed layer contains that particular element to be amended. To do that, press CMD ( mac ) or CTRL (windows) key and click on the element on the canvas and see it highlights the relevant layer containing the element you need to make changes to. hope this is helpful. thanks

120. Just a minor addition
     21 Opacity if you press the say number 5 many times it switches between 50 & 55% same with all the rest.

121. Looks like if you click Hand tool twice, it will zoom to “Fit on Screen”

122. thanks for ideas and tircks of keyboard short cut keys in that i can make my so easy and faster. thank you so much and every one those each and every one of them bye.

123. *Alt + [ OR ] to navigate through layers at layers palette.
     *Alt + Shift + [ OR ] to add layer selection below or above the (group of) layer(s) selected.
     *Ctrl + Alt + A to select all layers
     *Alt + , to select the bottom layer
     *Alt + . to select the top layer

124. select type tool (t) then press ctrl+t to show/hide type pallete

125. hey thanks buddy for the shortcuts they all are really very helpful and i also wanna to share my shortcuts tht I discovered while working they are:

     Ctrl + ] = moves the current layer upwards one by one layer
     Ctrl + [ = moves the current layer downwards one by one layer

     Ctrl + Shift + ] = moves the current layer on top.
     Ctrl + Shift + [ = moves the current layer to down.

     select Move (V) tool and press Alt to duplicate the current (or any selected layer)

     Alt + [ = to select the layers downwords.
     Alt + ] = to select the layers upwards.

126. select type tool (t) then press ctrl+t to show/hide type pallete

127. ctrl + j to duplicate layer
     ctrl + g to group a layer
     to merget select the layers and ctrl + e to merge

     for deselect ctrl + d

     ctrl + f4 close current active file

     tab + hide or show tools and palletes

     hope this help! :)

128. nice tutorials but i didn’t understand that Cmd, Opt keys.thanks

129. There should be a shortcut for switching layers…

130. The first command that most of us learn is Cmd + Z to undo our last step. Many don’t realize that Cmd + Opt + Z will undo the step before that! You can keep undoing steps for as many history states that you have in your history pallet.

131. Dan Philibin – You can switch layers without clicking the layers palette or ALT+Right clicking… ALT+[ or ALT+] “scrolls” through the layers in your palette…

132. Thanks for the tips. Found some interesting shortcuts that I didn’t know.

133. Cmd is for Ctrl?
     and Opt is for Alt?

134. There’s always something new to discover!good work!

135. Type any world, then select any letters, then click (Ctrl)+(Shift)+(+). Letters will go to Superscript level.

136. One of my favourites, which is the same for Illustrator and InDesign as well as PhotoShop, is Ctrl+0 to fit the artwork/page in window.
     Love your site!

137. I’ve got a problem. Maybe you can help me. When I’m writing something with the text tool I cannot select any other tool with shortcuts because obviously it writes de letter instead of changing the tool. If I press Esc the changes I’ve made doesn’t keep so… Any idea?

138. @patricia…

     When you’re done writing the text you want… press Ctrl-Enter (Cmd-Enter). Then you can select other tools, etc. w/out affecting your text.

139. wow, nice work (even if I have to translate them into windows style^^)

     some more shortcuts (don´t know if someone had allready posted)

     01) “X” – changes fore- and backgroundcolor (nice for painting with two colors)
     02) “Spacebar” – changes the tool into the moving-hand-tool for moving the picture only while holding the spacebar (when leaving the last tool will appear back)
     03) as in 22. mentioned how to copy layers, it is even possible to dublicate the layer-effects from one layer to others (when not wanting to adjust same effects several times)
     04) “F” – changes the window into several modi, like fullscreen with no borders and so on (usefull when painting with brushes etc. at huge pics at the border or behind)
     05) “Cmd”+Mouseclick on layer – makes the viewable parts of the layer as a selection
     06) “numbers” – as in 21 said, you can choose the opacity of any brush and layer by selecting any number BUT you can write TWO NUMBERS or THREE, for also selecting 25%, 75% or any other number between the full tenner

140. You can duplicate a layer by dropping it onto new layer button.

141. super ding. werd ich auf jeden fall weiterempfehlen!

142. I’m glad you linked to this post from your new “Illustrator” post. I’m new to this blog and probably hadn’t noticed this post otherwise.

     Thanks for a great list.

143. Same as Tip#2. Vertical scrolling can be done by holding shift key with mouse wheel. Also, Cmd+Shift+Scroll will navigate to extreme Left or Right.

144. Wow. That’s one of the most helpful posts ever. I still have one shortcut I desperately want to find out:

     Text Deselection

     Every time I add text or modify it, I have to select another tool on the tools palate to de-select it. I desperately want a smoother, faster option.

145. Excellent post. Very, very useful. I use Adobe Photoshop on a daily basis, so this will certainly help cut off a few extra minutes. Thanks a lot Nick.

146. Not sure if this one is documented in the program itself, but you can sample colours outside of Photoshop by doing the following:

     (1) reduce the screen area taken up by Photoshop (i.e. don’t run it maximised);
     (2) select the colour eyedropper (i);
     (3) click and hold the mouse somewhere on a document open in Photoshop and drag the cursor out of Photoshop to the part of screen you want to sample (then let go!).

147. Thanks for sharing your experience .)

     I am working with PC. But, you know, shorcuts are the same except for you should use “option” key on MAC instead of “Alt” key on PC.

     – Ctrl + E ; Flatten document
     – And this one is really useful in my case,

     First, create an empty layer
     With brush tool, make a dot(whatever you want),
     Press Ctrl + Alt + T, and move your new, “Free Transformed” layer,
     Press Enter,
     And then, press Ctrl + Alt + Shift + T :)
     See what happens.

148. All good in the hood……….. a couple of sneaky ones there ha

     Cheers for that

149. Nice tips buddy keep up the good work

150. Last week i learn some shortcuts and now i see the next.

151. Response to 280.

     I think this is what you wanted.

     When using the type tool you can ok it by pressing CTL + Enter(CMD + Enter on a Mac) instead of clicking on the check mark on the options

152. Wow, commenting on an old article: waste of time or not? :)

     Let’s give it a go anyway.

     You probably know that command-[ and ] move a layer up and down in the stacking order — and it’s in the menus. However, option-[ and ], while you have a single layer selected, moves your selection (not the layer!) up and down. Handy in recorded actions when you don’t know the name of the layer you want to select.

     Another: backslash makes the current layer mask visible as a rubylith, like a Quick Mask.

     Two other techniques, not just shortcuts:

     When you’re painting a mask, set the Dodge tool to work only on Highlights and the Burn tool to work only on Shadows. That way you can paint straight over edges to sharpen them up, without destroying them.

     If you ever need to fill text with your own painting, don’t rasterize the text! Instead, create a new layer above the text and use Layer > Create Clipping Mask. Why Photoshop doesn’t do this for you (instead of admonishing you) I just don’t know.

     Plug: I teach a Photoshop Masterclass at Next Byte Charlotte St in Brisbane.

153. this page is proppa matey. some peeps comments bout them knowing the tips above already, why bother telling us that? just feel proud of ya selves and realise that its cool that someones taken the time to document all this for learners.
     any wayz here’s another tip that no ones said yet so why not, eh? the more the merrier.

     you’ve made a shape with the pen tool, later you need to adjust one anchor point. so just grab the black arrow nearest to where the hand is in the toolbox, click on the whole shape, then hold alt and click on the specific point. while you’re holding alt, the arrow turns white. booooyaaaah!!

     oh and sometimes you wish that a shape with an emboss on it or a shadow or glow, whatever….just looked like that without any effects applied. maybe so you can put a filter over it….make only that shape and its effects visible by holding alt and clicking on the layer in the layer window then quickly tap
     command, shift,n…………..command shift, e.

     This’ll quickly open a new layer then quickly merge your first layer and the new empty one within seconds. It’ll allow you to put effects over effects and make sh*t freakier. it’ll even flatten transparent parts.

     my mate here, knows all bout cubase and he’s cussin me for givin away secrets. git! its good to ave a bit of healthy competition.

     L to the 8ers P/S Posse.
     keep the vibe alive. Your only limit is your own imagination ( at the risk of sounding like a hippy)

154. In response to 280:

     After you have typed your text, to Deselect it, the fastest way is to hit the ‘ENTER’ button on the ‘numbers’ pad on your keyboard.

     Hope this helps someone !
     Really appreciate the tips on this website. Keep it up !!!!!

155. The one I can’t live without is….

     CTRL + Right Click …anywhere on an object you want to edit, this will reveal a list of layers where one of which will be the layer containing the object you’re after and the rest of the list will be layers containing other objects that are also present where you clicked. Say goodbye to navigating that layers palette as you can breeze around all your layers right from the objects themselves.

156. Some neat tips here – thanks!

     Anyone know how you can make a layer duplicate (Apple + J) appear underneath the layer which is duplicated? It’s SO annoying that it’s stacked on top of the active layer!

157. Superb shortcuts. I had already been using several of them but there some that I didn’t know, which will be very useful!

     Mahesh

158. nice list, thanks!

     +this one (windows only):
     double-click on workspace background (not the image outer canvas,but the actual application background) brings the open file dialog.

     I hope adobe will put a backgound on the application workspace for macs, as more and more applications tends to. This is more efficient because you keep focused on the app.

159. Oh Thanks…. These shortcuts will make work easy.

160. CTRL (CMD) + RIGHT CLICK ON CREATE NEW LAYER (small icon on the layers tab) and it will create a new layer below of the layer u have selected… instead of creating above.

161. Thanks so much for this. I found it really helpful as I have been learning Photoshop on my own time so I can use it better in my job at a hotel in Prague. Now that I found these shortcuts, I can save myself a lot of time. This is a great resource for anyone serious about Photoshop.

162. Hello!

     I have a question… With my experience I found some shortcuts like that, as everyone.

     But my question is: why Adobe don’t show this shortcuts? And what the people think about it? I’m shore that this shortcuts are not bugs in photoshop…

     Anyway, the shortcut to change the blending mode was super!
     :D

163. Very Very Nice im working on photoshop since 3 moths but i dont know anyting

164. SHIFT+OPTION+CTRL+K= SHORTCUT KEYS LIST ON PHOTOSHOP.
     SHIFT+Alt+CTRL+K

165. for more questions here’s my e-mail ad: [email protected] I’ll teach some basic. ahehehehe

166. hi, another one, must be very secret as i’ve never heard of it

     ! increases the brush size
     : decreases it

     really handy when painting…

     have swing

167. On 28 the pic is wrong but the text is right. Say you’re in transform mode, alt/option+shift will scale proportionally from the center but the pic says command +shift. I know it’s being nit-picky.

168. dear sir,
     pleaes send me the “ultimate photoshop effects with method” in my id

169. Paste in place secret

     (the item you want to paste in place on another document must be the same canvas size, as it won’t work. if it is a few pixels off)

     You have a document open lets say 21cm x 29.7cm and you have a circle on the page, and you want that circle on a different document (which must be the same size – 21cm x 29.7cm)

     Have the move tool selected & also the layer selected, hold down shift and drag the layer onto the the new document

     Pasted in place!

170. Hold alt and double click on a background layer to convert it into a normal layer.

171. Software shortcuts you can boost up your work. At Webdesignerwall you can see some secret Photoshop shortcuts which are not documented in the menus. All shortcuts are quite useful for speed up your works. To scale the font size – increase or decrease, press Ctrl + Shift + > or <. To set the Layer opacity or selected Brush opacity, press the number keys (1=10%, 2=20 %….) to adjust opacity.

     —————————————-
     mikemathew
     Link Building

172. if you want to paste in place, simply make a selection and press Cmd+V and it will paste in the selection.

173. how do you view layers side by side? can sum1 plz help…

174. duplicate layer: i simply drag the layer over the “new layer” icon at the bottom of the palette (and release). Fast as light!

175. Great list.

     With the layer selected :

     Alt + any arrow key = duplicates that layer
     works with multiple layers selected

176. Option-Delete …..fills with foreground color
     Command-Delete …..fills with background color

     this of course is on Mac

177. Loving the collapse all layers one. The amount of time I burn by manually collapsing all my layers before handing over to clients is amazing.

     Thanks very much!

     Stu Collett.

178. Wow. I’ve been actively using [ and ] to change my brush size and irritated that I had to change the softness of the brush by right clicking when I can change the size manually. Likewise, there was no opacity shortcut that I knew of.

     Turns out, there is! Thanks for this! Great list! I knew several of these already but the ones I didn’t were worth discovering!

     You almost don’t need a mouse or tablet with Photoshop anymore…

179. If your using the brush tool, shift + { } changes the brush hardness

180. In the 5th tip that you explained, (Zoom with the scroll wheel), you can do without the “Ctrl” key. Just keep the “Alt” key pressed (windows) or the “Opt” key (Mac) while you scroll up or down in order to maximize or minimize.

181. Decrease type size 2 pxls ctrl+shift+less than(<)
     left align text ctrl+shift+L
     Center align text ctrl+shift+C
     Justfy align text ctrl+shift+F
     display Paragraph Palette ctrl+m

182. Too bad there’s no keyboard shortcut to lock ALL layer properties… instead of just transparency (/). Sure, it will toggle the previous layer lock setting. But why not lock ALL the properties?

183. fantastic!
     I knew almost 70 percent of these hints but the new hints was really interesting.
     there are some more notes you can add, for example:
     shift + scroll = the page will be moved a lot vertically (if you hold ctrl too, it will move horizontally)
     ctrl + 0 = fit to screen
     ctrl + alt + 0 = fit to 100% size
     f = fullscreen mode forward
     shift + f = fullscreen mode backward
     and …
     :D

184. how do you reverse the ‘make selection’ after you have used the pen tool in Photoshop?

185. Nice post…

     Keep up the great work! ;)

     Ovi Dogar
     AbsoluteCovers.com

186. …I would like to ask “are these shortcuts work with all editions of Adobe photoshop?? ”
     My Email ( [email protected] )
     Thank you again

187. Hi guys,
     Does anyone know a shortcut to duplicate the folders in photoshop ?

188. Hi! I wonder how i could have the free paths (curves) in photoshop
     element 7. Thank you.

189. Point your mouse to the layer effects icon, hold in alt and drag with your mouse to the next layer to copy the layer effects to that layer.
     Holding Ctrl will move it to the other layer.

190. please send me more photoshop “secret effects (with method) & key board shortcuts”

191. while drawing a selection with the Lasso Tool, and you make a mistake to
     go back with the previous Lasso shape, click Backspace <—
     every time you click is like an UNDO for the selection..
     not sure, but there should be a REDO too..but cant remember that !!

     Very useful, when u are manually cutting out something and say, it took you 1minute or more…and then you make a mistake…

192. i want to study illustrator and photoshop tricks

193. Greetings!
     I use PS CS, and occasionally run into this scenario: After editing about 20 11 MB images, when selecting another tool (control) from the PS toolbox, the mouse remains in the previous tool shape (icon), and does not engage the newly seected tool.
     Restarting PS did not help. Any ideas on the cause/cure for this would be greatly appreciated!
     Thanks,
     Steve

194. Here’s another useful tip — actually a bug (found in CS2, and others?) — that had me annoyed for years…

     When resizing a text area with the text tool, you’ll get the *text* cursor on the 4 upper-left transformation handles:
     [IMAGE: Misbehaving text-transform tool.]
     Just hold your mouse *completely still* for ~1 second and it turns into the appropriate resizing cursor.

195. Opacity with the number keys! My new favorite. All this time and I never knew.

196. I’m sure that these shortcuts will help many Photoshop users increase their productivity. Well, I can think of about a dozen more that you could have mentioned (like Alt+Ctrl+0 for 100% zoom or Ctrl+T for Free Transform), but I guess you have to draw the line somewhere. Thanks for the useful post.

197. Great tips. I work in Photoshop all day everyday so I really appreciate this!

198. Excellent post! I follow almost 85% of the shortcuts listed here; and I agree that productivity is at optimum usage – especially, with actions that are repeated the most. For instance, whilst preparing wireframes/prototype layouts – with guidelines in place, the shortcuts help in wrapping initial phases of design at a good pace!

     Nice one!

199. Cmd + Opt + Shift + N for new layers, wihout ‘New Layer’ dialogue box.

200. The opacity shortcuts are great but if you press 1 and 4 rather fast without stop you get the opacity to 14%

201. nice.. my work can do very fast.. i want more Photoshop shortcuts.

202. When painting on a mask, if you press Opt + | (vertical bar) shows/hides all your painting directly on the image, in the color defined in the Layer Mask Display Options (which you can access double clicking the thumbnail of the respective channel).
     I have another shortcut that I don’t see documented anywhere, but if it’s not secret, please ignore: Opt + click on the layer mask thumbnail to edit the mask. Repeat to back to normal.

203. It’s very useful tips in my works!
     Thank very much~^^

204. Pressing “Shift + Backspace” or “Shift + F5” will bring up the Fill dialog panel. This panel remembers your previous action and therefore is very efficient to fill your document with a pattern.

205. “Cmd + Option + Backspace” clears everything in your selected layer but keeps it in the palette.

206. cmd + “0” = zoom extent
     cmd + “-” = zoom out
     cmd + “+” = zoom in

207. “`” or “~” switch under “esc” in windows keyboard can switch to a view with only paths while drawing paths on coloured images

     useful while using pen tool and cannot distinguish lines to understand its shape correctly.

208. Thank you for posting this, I’ve learned a lot. Especially that brush opacity one, that’s brilliant. This will help me so much.

209. thank you for these shortcut tips,
     will really help me speed up my work,
     cant really express my gratitude for all your hard work,
     thank you so much again.

210. Great resource, and thanks for the screenshots.
     Anyone know if there’s a keyboard shortcut for ‘zoom to 100%’
     Illustrator is useful with this being ‘command+1’

211. Thanks so much. Is there any other way to resize brushes besides the bracket keys? They’re a bit remote on the keyboard : (

212. jeff fisher, Alt + Mouse2 and drag right or left.

213. i loved this tutorial about photoshop. tks a lot.

214. It will definitely speed up my works..Awesome work and of course. And by the way your blog looks cool too..
     Thanks a lot..

215. Comment on tip #24: generally it’s best, especially if you work with images, to set your photoshop background to 50% gray using this technique.

     Do this by clicking on your color picker, and in the “HSB” fields enter for
     H-0, S-0, and B-50%. Close your picker and then use this technique to change your background color.

216. thank you for these shortcut tips,
     will really help me speed up my work,
     cant really express my gratitude for all your hard work,
     thank you so much again.

217. I got some interesting new techniques thankd you!

218. Mac sucks … need more steps to do the same thing

219. OMG so many of these hidden secrets PS shortcuts… :)

     This’ll save a hell lot of time for me.

220. This is awesome, these shortcut really improve both speed and quiality of work.

     Thx 4 sharing m8

221. why do all these useful shortcuts have to be ‘secret’? why aren’t they just in a manual?

222. I have CS2 which sucks.

     Problem:
     I took photograph of person then cut him out from grey background.
     Now, want to attach new background but photograph has a light line going all around it after I place new background???

     Help!

223. Great Post.

     For more photoshop Cs4 shortcuts posted on a daily basis check
     http://www.amkaysweb.blogspot.com

     Thanks!

224. thanks for 13. Navigate layer blending mode – i was looking for it for a while

     other useful shortcuts i use.
     while having the Move tool (V) active, pressing Cmd(Ctrl) and clicking on a layer selects that layerhaving a layer selected, pressing Alt and moving your cursor duplicates the layeryou can do a similar trick (duplicating) with the style sub-layers in the layer panel, (move them around while pressing the Alt key)

225. AWESOME GUIDE … thank you sooh much for collecting all those nice things.. i have a secret of my own to share as well..

     if you have a layer selected, pressing the numbers 1-9 sets the Layer Transperancy/Opacity in tens, eg. 1.. = 10 .. 2 = 20 and so on… and a combination of two sets it even more precise, eg. 0+1 = 1, 5+5 = 55, 7+4 = 74.. and last but not least 1+0+0 = 100 :)

     my nickname is, Figaw

226. it’s amazing how these simple commands can cut so much time out of any work, thaks a lot ^_^ !!!

227. Hi,
     I m Puneet. There are more sortcut of photoshop but there is not sercet sortcut. so pls forword me. my emai id is…………… [email protected]

     Thanks
     Puneet

228. Hi,
     I m Vikas. There are more sortcut of photoshop but there is not sercet sortcut. so pls forword me. my emai id is…………… [email protected]

     Regards,
     Vikas.

229. The designs showed here show what simple and tasteful design is all about. Another one to consider

230. Its prob. documented or in the 44 pages of comments by now, but this changed the way I use photoshop…

     Ctrl + Alt + Z will move you back in the history pallete, essentially works like multiple undos.

     Many props to these, and also dig holding Alt or Option to get the reset instead of cancel in dialog boxes, since 90% of photoshop usage is experimenting with settings. Saves you from canceling and reopening the styles dialog box for instance….

231. Another way to scale the brush or it’s hardness:

     Hold down control+option and click and drag for an interactive size circle.
     Awesome!
     Hold down control+option+command and click and drag to interactively adjust soft/hardness of brush.
     Awesome again.

     Now for the coolness. Wacom users who paint alot:
     Set your pen’s upper click button to the modifiers control+option.
     Set your pens lower click button to the modifier option.

     Now you have a pen that can pick up any color (lower button) or resize the brush (upper button) and you don’t even need to reach for the keyboard. Now I can kick back in my chair with tablet in lap and paint away.

     Happy digital painting.

232. no word to say!!!!
     nothing is left…….
     a complete article,i got lost myself……

233. If you press Shift + Backspace, a window will pop up and let you fill the layer with any color you chose. I find it’s easier to do it this way, because I always forget which key will chose foreground or background color. Plus it gives quick options like white black, and 50% gray. It also gives you blending options.

234. What is the shortcut keys in lowering the size of your brush?

     sikat ang pinoy

235. sikat ang pinoy

     The shortcut keys in lowering the size of your brush is ctrl+[ .

236. F5 + space bar then click and drag this enables you to move the entire image so you can get to the corners.

237. It’s articles like this that make life a little easier…

238. …is there any shortcut to LOCK and UN-LOCK a LAYER?

239. To navigate the document from left to right or right to left (in windows). You may use the Ctrl + Scroll of your mouse. I hope this one helps.

240. Thanks for sharing with us ! I didn’t know many of them :)

241. Shift-M to toggle between rectangular and elliptical marquees – I wish I’d known that 10 years ago…

242. Okay you have an image/shape/object in Photoshop that you need to crop, for example a rounded rectangle. You want to select the bottom portion of it to maybe change the color or cut some extra elements you don’t need for the final product.
     Example:

     1.
     Loosely select the portion of the object you want to alter. Do not worry about the selection box extending below or to the sides of the object. Just make sure the portion you are trying to alter is within the selection box. Also, make sure that you have the Layer with the object you are manipulating selected in the Layers Panel.
     2.
     Select the Move Tool, and then press the Up Arrow on our keyboard. Now the selection box should fit around the object you are altering like the example below.

     Conclusion
     Comes in handy to color parts of objects like so:

     It is also useful for cropping out any elements hanging off the final product as well.

243. Reeeaaaaally nice!! Thanks a lot! Learned 8 new very helpful shortcuts today =)

244. For zooming with scrolling wheel, just hold ALT and scrol.
     If you hold ALT+CMD and scroll, it seems zooming a little slower.

245. Shift tool while using the rectangle selection will make it a perfect square. Option + dragging almost anything will duplicate it. And although they’re on the official list of keystrokes, I constantly use apple+A, apple+D, apple+ -/+ B, I, G, and using the spacebar to move, so they’re good ones to learn.

     Thanks for posting this, though, I learned a bunch of useful commands.

246. I just happened to press the \ key instead of enter and it turns out it shows your layer mask in red. It was a good accidental find.

247. anyone knows the shortcut 2 Switch Between Font tool and Selection Tool …?

248. You could move selection during proces of selecting by holding spacebar.

249. oldman hit cmd then enter, to get it off text. Then press V to get the selection preview

250. how to return the layers and everything else that up of it ?
     How to put 2 picture in a picture ?
     becuase by accident my sister delete it and

251. I would like to know if there is a way to switch the front and back colour swatches?

     Also, I noticed that when I have the eraser selected the number keys change the flow instead of the opacity which is frustrating to no end. See personally lie to hit [ or ] to adjust size, shift [ or ] to change hardness and numbers to change opacity. This is ordinarily efficient, but I forget I can’t do this with the eraser and end up changing the flow which I don’t want to change. Any thoughts as to why this might be, in case it’s just me? Also I tried using the eraser en of my wacom pen but the opacity (or flow as it were) doesn’t work, it just changes the brush opacity even though that is selected but inactive. Think Adobe should make it so the eraser end of the pen actually switched the tool selection, a bit confusing and pointless to use otherwise since to make other changes to the tool I still have to manually change it. Inefficient.

     Thanks for your list and time. Cheers,.

252. I’d like to add to my last comment and say that I realised what was causing the differentiation between the opacity and flow when using the numbers to change them. I had the eraser with airbrush turned on which seems to switched the number controls over to flow. Turning it off fixes that. Makes sense. On that note I stand corrected.! Cheers,.

253. very nice, thank you. some of them were so helpful, as one with brush size in/decreasing :)

254. Ahh I found the key to toggle the tool bar colour pallet, (black & white by default). Press X, to toggle. It doesn’t appear to have special requirements. Cheers,.

255. awesome list, these definitely would help me out… I’m using Windows, though, does anybody know a list such as this for win xp?

256. CS4
     Alt+right click+ drag to change brush size.
     Shift+Alt+ right click+ drag to change (standard) brush hardness.

257. D to reset colors ( foreground and background) back to B/W.

258. Somewhere I read about a shortcut key that allows you to switch between the current tool and the last tool used. I was tired and didn’t write it down and then forgot about it but I really would love to use it. Anybody know what it is?

259. very useful is, that if you click twice to the background layer and hold alt, then it turns into editable layer and are not locked anymore.
     otherwise you always have to start same process to make your scanned picture edible.

260. OK I found one while trying these holding Alt and hitting and up or down arrow gives you a duplicate computer. Also a quick waay yo get reid of the lock on the background layer, not a short cut but an easy to make short cut, I made an action so when the F2 button it hit the lock is trashed, to do this just record and action that works when F2 is hit, and drag the lock to the trash can

261. I screwed up it is Ctl Alt Up or Down arrow

262. Double clicking the zoom tool isn’t a ‘shortcut’ … cmd+0 is however.

263. I grew up on Photoshop, so I’ve used just about every version from 5 – CS1. At work, we just moved from CS1 to CS4 and my CMD+Click is gone. Adobe screwed the pooch on a heavily used shortcut. What is it in CS4? (Never tried CS2 or CS3, so the shortcut may have changed in them too.)

     Any ideas?

264. In CS4: When zoomed in hold down Spacebar + C (works also with V, B, N and M) and click with left mouse button: the image will temporally zoom out to fit in the window (until you release the button), the frame showing zoomed proportions will appear allowing you to move quickly to any other desired corner of your canvas without using zoom tools or navigator panel.

265. thanks so much for these tips, didnt know a few of them but they r so useful!

     for 21: i am using cs4 and when i press the number buttons I adjust the flow parameter of the brush tool rather than opacity. Pressing shift+number gives me the opacity. But the more I can type in any value. For example shift+type 5 two times gives me an opacity of 55%.

266. hi,
     does any1 knoo blend words in photoshop? I made a text box and was wondering if i could blend it..

267. Thank god i found this page! i was new in photoshop and this secret keys absolutely help me much~ thanks :*

268. can any one tell me difference in mac shortcut keys and desktop pc actually Im using desktop so how I can use these commands for my desktop pc…?

     and please send me secret shortcut keys….

     thanks
     lashari

269. nice shorcuts!!!
     im wondering if there still exists the ctrl+alt+click’n drag to resize brush¿¿¿

     thanks!

270. sorry for being a grammar freak, but the line where it says, ” Here are 30 secret Photoshop shortcuts that I’ve learned from years of experience.”

     it should be LEARNT.

     past tense of learn is learnt and not learned.

     Dumbass.

271. Actually Chuck Norris, the words learned and learnt are the same thing, just that learnt is more common in British English. But, either spelling is acceptable.

272. Thanks for this awesome article. I think the most useful thing I learned was #12, thanks for that one!

     A shortcut I find very useful is alt/option + scroll wheel on your mouse to zoom in/out.

     Also, @Chuck Norris, you’re the dumbass. Both usages are correct, but mainly used in either America or Great Britain. You crossed the line by calling the author a dumbass.

273. @naeem Mac to Windows:

     CMD = CTRL
     OPTION/ALT = ALT
     BACKSPACE = Delete
     Return/Enter = Enter

274. sir please send me list of keybord shortcuts of photo shop cs 8 on my e mai id

275. sir please send me list of keybord shortcuts of photo shop cs 3

276. ctrl + shift + backspace will recolor object (not all layer) in background color
     alt + shift + backspace will recolor object (not all layer) in foreground color

277. hello sir
     i viewed ur site it is very very useful and mentioned important information to gather and design ourselves in future really it’s worth mentioned site thanks to the designer kindly send the working samples with techniques with how they are done to my mentioned mail id.reply

278. increasing the circle size proportionatly is working fine.. but is there any possibilities to increase the size of the rectangle proportionatly, such that it has same amount of space vertically and horizontally? any suggestions? i hope the reply would be useful to all the designers..

     thanks
     menaka

279. hello burger

     here is the answer for your ques.

     to avoid the light line around the photo, u need to smoothen or blur the edge of your photo.

     steps to follow:
     1. ctrl click on your photo
     2. press ctrl+Alt+D
     3. Give the feather radius between 5-10 pixels

     Now the light line around your photo will disappear..

280. I am grateful to find this site :)
     Wish you luck :)

281. Nice post..
     Good tutorial, keep sharing..

     i’ll use it for my project, thanks.
     =)

282. By pressing Cntrl+Shift+[ or ] move your layer position in the layer pallet.

283. By pressing Cntrl+[ or ] move your layer position in the layer palette 1 by 1.

     For merge Layers in the layer palette select those layer you want to merge in the layer palette and press cntrl+E.

284. I havent read all the comments, but one of the most uselful hotkeys I use which doesnt appear as a tooltip is:

     [b]Load Selection from Path[/b]
     Opt+Cmd+Return

     Not sure if it was covered or if it’s that useful to others, but it saves a ton of time.

285. How about nothing less than “The shortcut from HELLLLLLL” it´s copy merged + make new layer. Hold down shft+alt+cmd (ctrl), type n and then e, not at the same time, you have to let go of n before you type e. Very good if got a ton of layers and just to make them in to one, but dont want to merge them all.

286. you dont need to create a new layer before doing that- just press shift control alt + e.
     Very useful

287. how about all the basic hot keys that have been forgotten about like the simple i for eyedropper m for marque b for brush c for crop l for lasso w for magic wand e for eraser so on and so one very useful also. like original poster said there are many ways to shortcut menus and options you just have to find the right one that fits you best.

288. My personal favorite:

     SPACEBAR (hand tool) + R + Click and drag

     While zoomed in, will zoom out to “fit to screen”, showing you a box with your screen size. Drag to the area you want to pan to and release. You will zoom back in to the same %.

289. Hi,
     Thanks a lot for Photoshop Keyboard Shortcuts
     It is very useful.
     Sincerly thanks again

290. #13 is awesome! I’ve been trying to work that out for almost a year after switching to from PC to Mac.. On PC you can simply click on the filters drop down and scroll down through them quickly with the up/down arrows.. but I couldn’t do it on the mac.. until now.. Thank you so much! :D

     Gold Coast Web Design

291. Hi!

     Does anybody know how to switch back between document windows in Photoshop?
     I know how to switch forward (Ctrl + Tab).

292. i count my self as a good user of photoshop and i useing it long time ago but i dont know most of these shortcuts
     # 530 Lise : try ( ctrl+shift+tap )

293. I think you should add in more social sharing options. I would love an easy way to share this on Twitter and FaceBook and with WordPress as your CMS they have a ton of great ones. Great tips!

294. thank you for this wonderful and secret photoshop shortcuts. I can speed up my works now!

295. double click the hand tool and the document will zoom to a size that fits the window.

296. I would love to know a shortcut to ‘toggle’ between ‘auto select’ on / off. Also toggle between auto select ‘layer / group’. That would change my life for the better. This list is awesome though. I know most people know this one, but in case they don’t, it is my fave shortcut of all time, in all design software: Alt + drag= duplicate layer and drag it. Also works for Flash frames!

297. The Stroke Path shortcut is a lifesaver. I’m currently inking a picture in Photoshop and this really speeds it up. =)

298. hey this article was so gooood ! tnx alot.
     I’m a web designer, I thought to a way for copy the hexadecimal code of a color by jyst a shortcut key ! that was may sake for googlize and find your page. if you know how I can do this please tell me by reply comment here.

     COPY THE HEXADECIMAL COLOR CODE BY JUST A SHORTCUT

     tnx alot , best Regards

299. COPY HEXADECIMAL CODE SHORTCUT:
     With the eyedropper tool, “ctrl + click” over your desired colour and choose “Copy Color as HTML” from the menu.

     I think that’s the quickest way

300. Hell yea THIS is what I am talking about!

301. if u r on any zooming level u can get the actual size of the working document by spacebar+rightclick on the working canvas u get a a menu wich have 3 item 1.Fit on screen 2.Actual pixel and 3.print size. u can navigate easily through this menu

302. Hey
     I have this problem. In Photoshop the background of my artboard/workspace (whatever it’s called) is the transparent color (white and grey squares), but the document size is smaller, so if I move the image out of the frame, then it just disappears into nothing. Has anyone experienced this before? Can anyone help?

303. my biggest timesaver shortcut is clicking “D” to set the colors to the default palette (black foreground, white bkgd) or “X” to swap which is the foreground and which is the background. I think this works regardless of what tool you have selected.

304. really great and awesome shortcut i got from here. but i have one question, if i have applied blending effect on a layer, after this, i want this blending effects to merge with the layer they are on. one method i know is, creat new layer up on this effected layer, then select new layer attached with effected layer, then merge linked. if anyone have better trick, kindly tell me…..

305. Very cool. Now I can actually USE photoshop…. I couldn’t figure out how to zoom and move around properly–it was driving me crazy. I was beginning to wonder why everyone says photoshop is the best. Now I know!

     Most useful tutorial I have found by a long shot. It’s as useful as learning how to type properly, so thank you!

306. Thanks for the Photoshop shortcuts! I’ve been using the software for years and never even read a book about it. It’s nice to find sites like this and get some hot tips :)

     I’ll be bookmarking this page!

307. Great BloG!

     Photoshop is the best software for editing. Sometimes I wish that Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator were grouped into one package… That would make my life simpler too!

     I’m sure I’m not the only one :P

308. Any idea how to navigate through and sample a zillion styles without having to click to through them one at a time like you can with fonts?

309. Does anyone know how to unlock the default layer lock (the grey one – lock position)? And the / key does a fair few of things, I can’t seem to get my head around it..

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313. @ Balaj Sane
     Right click on the layer in the layers palette, then select the first option (Layer from background) that unlocks the background and treats it as a layer.

314. Repost, the previous comment was for Zeth. not Balaj, sorry.

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     uçak bileti ne saçmalıyonki gardaş yaw :D

317. THANK YOU VERY USEFULL SHORTCUT
     CTRL+D DESELECT
     ALT+I PRESS TWO TIMES IMAGE SIZE

318. Thanks for the great post.. Just the duplicate active layer tip has just improved my productivity.

     Thanks again. When Im no longer behind a firewall I will be sure to Tweet a link out to my followers.. @phil_at_101

     Cheers,

     Phil

319. if there are hundreds of layers in one document..
     to select a particular layer with in the canvas..
     CMD+OPTION+RIGHT CLICK on that layer.. it will directly select tat layer in the layer menu…
     during making selection while drag-in…… pressing and hold the SPACE key will let you to move your selection with in the document,
     CMD+OPTION+F will open the filter dialouge with the last setting applied,
     CMD + click on new layer icon in the layer pallet will create new layer below the selected layer……

320. HELLO shortcut delete layer is alt+L +L

321. Does anyone know how you toggle between first (the open state) and last step of the history pallet?
     I know the Cmd + Alt/Shift + Z stuff I was just wondering if there is such an option.
     Regards

322. I am now convinced that you are a wizard!:)

323. please any one tell me how to increase workspace in photoshop

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325. I like the helpful information you provide in your articles. I will bookmark your weblog and check again here regularly. I am quite certain I’ll learn plenty of new stuff right here! Best of luck for the next!

326. You can also crop a selection by holding down ALT (option) & then pressing “I” & then “P”

327. Thanks, but you could have been a bit less biased and post the Windows shortcuts too, even though it’s pretty intuitive for me.

     The only webdesigners I know that use MAC are freelancers….

     Did Apple fix that mouse lag yet? Because it was a pain in the ass with 2x 24″ desplays.

328. One shortcut I love using for almost every program including photoshop on MAC is the “esc” button to cancel out of a dialog box. There are so many times when an annoying dialog box pops and just slam on esc to cancel instead of dragging the mouse to the cancel button.

329. Alt+Ctrl+G Creates/Releases Clipping Masks. That’s not much of a secret. But try positioning the cursor in between the two layer and hold the Alt (Command) Key. The cursor should turn into a, well, clipping mask icon. :)

330. Does anyone know the shortcut to toggle between width and height when resizing an image? I have PS 6.0 and it doesn’t have the toggle button.

331. I saw a tutorial once where the provider used a shortcut to duplicate and rotate a layer. It was an eCover tutorial and he was showing how to quickly make a ‘fan’ spread of CDs.

     Does anyone know the video or the shortcut? It may have even been a combination of two shortcuts, but I think it was one.

     Thanks for this excellent post!

332. UPDATE: I could not find the video, but I did find the trick.

     The shortcut is documented: Ctrl+Shift+Alt+T

     But I had to rotate the image manually before using the shortcut.

333. Thanks for looking David. I didn’t explain myself well. What I’m trying to do is crop photos. Sometimes I have a hor. image sometimes a vert. And I don’t want to have to manually switch the 4 x 6 dimensions in the crop tool.

334. Love this list! I work from home and some of these shortcuts are going to save me a ton of time. I love the visibility drag, using the number keys for opacity and alt+backspace to fill with foreground… Thanks bunches!!

335. Thank u so much for such a wonderful info. Most of them I already know but some really now speed up my work. You are awesome !

     The best short cut is workspace color and blending modes.

336. Alt + double click on Type, shape layer will open Blending Options (Layer Style) dialog

337. Ctrl + click on channel at CHANNELS palette will select highlights only

338. Ctrl + Alt + T to duplicate layer in free transform mode, move layer then press Ctrl + Alt + Shift + T to repeat last operation (step and repeat).

339. Ctrl + Tab is shortcut for next open document and is listed, Ctrl + Shift + Tab is shortcut for previous open document

340. Alt + double click on layer effect name will open Layer Style dialog with that effect selected (effect tab will be active) so You can change settings for effect like Drop Shadow.

341. Shift + Tab hides only palette on right side of screen.

342. Alt + click with Type Tool active opens Paragraph Text Size dialog

343. To copy single layer effect Alt + click and drag, release above layer to be copied that effect

344. For PC Photoshop, hold CTRL + Click layer icon in Layer window to select everything in that layer.

345. By holding down ctrl and double click with left mouse button outside the image-window Photoshop will open up the New-window.

     Doing the same with Ctrl-Shift or Shift-Alt opens up Save As, and doing it with only Alt opens up Open As.. One could wounder wich is easiest, the ctrl-n command or this. But for people like me who likes to play with the mouse this is great.

346. Wow it’s very easy and thanks for helping me
     i want more shortcuts for photoshop cs3

347. Thank for these, that greatly speed up my work in photoshop

348. Ctrl + Enter to make a path shape to selection
     Using Magnetic Lasso and Polygonal Lasso tool DELETE button use to go one step back

     Thanks for these shortcuts guys its really useful thanks everyone

349. + – Add Shape
     – – Subtract Shape
     / – Preserve Transparency (toggle)
     [ – Decrease Brush Size
     ] – Increase Brush Size
     Shift+ [ – Decrease Brush Softness by 25%
     Shift+ ] – Increase Brush Hardness by 25%
     – Next Brush
     Shift+ – >Last Brush
     1 → 0 – Tool Opacity 10% → 100%
     Shift+1 → 0 – Flow / Airbrush Opacity 10% → 100%
     A – Path / Direct Selection Tool
     B – Brush / Pencil / Color Replacement Tool
     C – Crop Tool
     D – Default Colors
     E – Eraser Tool
     F – Cycle Screen Modes
     G – Gradient / Paint Bucket Tool
     H – Hand Tool
     I – Eyedropper / Sampler / Measure Tool
     J – Spot Healing / Healing / Patch / Red Eye
     K – Slice Tool
     L – Lasso Tool
     M – Marquee Tool
     N – Notes / Audio Annotation Tool
     O – Dodge / Burn / Sponge Tool
     P – Pen / Freeform Pen Tool
     Q – Standard / Quick Mask Mode
     R – Blur / Sharpen / Smudge Tool
     S – Clone / Pattern Stamp Tool
     T – Type Tool (Vertical / Horizontal)
     U – Shape Tool
     V – Move Tool
     W – Magic Wand Tool
     X – Switch Colors
     Y – History / Art History Brush Tool
     Z – Zoom Tool
     Space – >Hand Tool (toggle)
     Ctrl+Space -Zoom In (toggle)
     Alt+Space – Zoom Out (toggle)
     Shift+A – Cycle Path / Direct Selection Tools
     Shift+B – Cycle Brush / Pencil / Color Replacement
     Shift+E – Cycle Eraser Tools
     Shift+F – Menubar (show / hide)
     Shift+G – Toggle Gradient / Paint Bucket Tools
     Shift+ I – Cycle Eyedropper / Sampler / Measure
     Shift+J – Cycle Spot / Healing / Patch / Red Eye
     Shift+K – Toggle Slice / Slice Select Tools
     Shift+L – Cycle Lasso Tools
     Shift+M – Toggle Rectangular / Elliptical Marquee
     Shift+N – Toggle Notes / Audio Annotation Tools
     Shift+O – Cycle Dodge / Burn / Sponge Tools
     Shift+P – Toggle Pen / Freeform Pen Tools
     Shift+R – Cycle Blur / Sharpen / Smudge Tools
     Shift+S – Toggle Clone / Pattern Stamp Tools
     Shift+T – Cycle Type Tools (Vertical / Horizontal)
     Shift+U – Cycle Shape / Line Tools
     Shift+Y – Toggle History / Art History Brush
     Alt+Shift+P – Airbrush (Brush Tool)

350. While using the brush tool, holding down Alt+rightClick and dragging up/down or left/right will let you quick adjust the brush hardness and size.
     This helped me a lot. Enjoy creating!

351. This helped me alot, alot of things I never knew, I can photoshop much faster now :D
     And thanks for the hint Uly ;)

352. (alt + cmd + i) opens the resize image dialog
     (alt + cmd + c) opens the resize canvas dialog

353. photoshop shortcut commands were exellent suggestions to me and more learning and very simply using these commands. So i request yu sir i know more shortcuts
     Thank yu sir

354. To fill by more same copyies
     fist = ctrl+t
     second =shift+ctrl+ alt+t = makes more duplicate
     – sculptor siva

355. Move the selected layer to be the first or the last one
     Ctrl + Shift + [
     Ctrl + Shift + ]

356. Usefull tutorial! And no. 28 on Windows is: Shift + Alt.

357. Ctrl+E Merge Down
     Ctrl+D Select Black FG and white BG colours
     X switch fg-bg

358. What to do,for unlock the layer, in case of GIF file in photoshop.

     1. Double click the background to convert it to a normal layer, or right click it and chose “Layer from background…” from the context menu

359. I think it’s quicker to hit “cmd + 1” to view at 100% rather than move your mouse over to double click the zoom tool. But quite a few of these are helpful, thanks for the post!!

360. Thanks for the list of shortcuts, couldnt remember how the heck to
     change the brush out of ‘precise’ mode.

     1. Pressing CAPS LOCK key toggles between precise and standard while in brush tool

361. you did really amazing work on this site. you are sharing your knowledge with people free u r great.

362. what is the shortcut to open the locked layer ?
     plz answer me in my email

     From Nepal

363. If you hit ‘f’ you will adjust the view in which your area is displayed. press f again to get a different view and finally press f again to return to the original view. You do NEED to have a file open for this to work. I found it by accident, but I love using it to show people my work on the back background.

364. Good collection of shortcut keys. Do you know how to fit the selected image to the new layer of different size without using the mouse.. I mean using the shortcut keys?

365. If you hit ‘f’ you will adjust the view in which your area is displayed. press f again to get a different view and finally press f again to return to the original view. You do NEED to have a file open for this to work. I found it by accident, but I love using it to show people my work on the back background.

366. Holding shift while hitting the number keys changes Fill opacity. Also, with CS6, you can hit 00 to change to 0% whereas 0 is 100%.

367. select text and hold Alt key with right and left arrow for spacing and kerning the text

368. press f thrice and Tab in ur key board for expert mode

     From Nepal

369. Ahh! You have NO IDEA how long I’ve been searching for an easier way to stroke path. (Rather than continually clicking on that button in the palette or using a dropdown menu.) I do a lot of line-art using the pen tool, and I couldn’t believe that nobody had thought of a better, quicker, easier way to do it. (I’ve been searching google for ages.) To think it’s as simple as pushing enter! :D Thanks, buddhistMonkey!

370. maximam help me and you so good……ok bokachoda

371. I found some, here it is! :)
     Holding down Cmd + Shift + [ or ] moves your brings your layer to the front or back. For example: Cmd + Shift + [ = Send to Back and Cmd + Shift + ] = Bring To Front.
     Navigating through layers: Opt + [ (down) or ] (up)
     Selecting multiple layers above/below: Opt + Shift + [ (down) or ] (up)
     Hope it helps! :)

372. Don’t mind posting this for windows, after all it is not the most used OS

373. I Want to know about photoshop scret code……….

374. IAM Learning Photoshop.
     These Tutorials are very much useeful
     Thanks for making this artical possible

375. Its very helpful to beginers.
     Thks for your good work.

376. nice sum. Here’re three more

     alt + [ and ] = navigate through layers

     with brush: alt + holding right click (in document area) + mouse movement =
     vertical changes brush hardness
     horizontal changes brush size

     shift + backspace = opens fill dialogue box

377. Ctrl + F5 = Merge Visible

     An alternative to the shift + ctrl +E.

378. Double click on the vignette of a Text Layer (white square with a “T”) and it will let you edit directly the text.
     Can be useful when the actual text is not very accessible in the working area.

379. i want to photoshop easy work. pls sent to how learn to photoshop.

380. Hello!

     There is a nice way to modify the brush size and hardness.
     In photoshop for Mac:
     Select the brush tool and ctrl+alt+holding click : horizontal mouse move increases and decreases the brush size, vertical mouse move increases and decreases brush hardness.

     Zoom:
     alt + space : zoom out
     cmd + space : zoom in
     Any of this, hold mouse clicking and move the mouse horizontally.

     Workspace bg color:
     Spacebar + F : screen workspace bg color will be changing within a list color.

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     Did you develop this site yourself? Please reply back as I’m wanting to create my own blog and want to learn where you got this from or just what the theme is called. Cheers!

382. Hi there,
     I have a problem when I’m trying to delete selected field and trying die cut a photo. I could do it easily on Windows by pressing ‘delete’. However, been struggling to do so when I’m using Mac. An advice on how to do is much appreciated. Thanks

383. Thanks for a great tutorial. Still works good!

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