Mac Shortcut Keys For Adobe Photoshop
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All the best keyboard shortcuts on a 1-page, downloadable, printable PDF. The Backlit Adobe Photoshop Keyboard is the ultimate tool to enhance your Photoshop productivity and unleash the full power of Adobe Photoshop CC. The keyboard helps you work and design faster than ever before. Each key on the keyboard features the Adobe Photoshop Keyboard shortcut icon, shortcut text, standard typing key and full-colour coding. We’ve put together ten shortcuts for Adobe Photoshop (Windows and Mac OS users) that make image processing a touch easier. The nifty cheat sheet to print out and stick to your monitor contains our favorites from Adobe’s detailed overview.
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You can always tell a Photoshop pro10 Must-Know Introductory Photoshop Skills for Beginner Photographers10 Must-Know Introductory Photoshop Skills for Beginner PhotographersIn this guide, we take a look at some Photoshop features you can dive straight into, even if you have little or no previous photo editing experience.Read More by how little they touch their mouse. You may know everything there is to know about Photoshop’s UI. Yet, if you’re not at least a bit familiar with the hundreds of keyboard command sitting just beyond your fingertips, you’ll always fall short.
Until now, that is. The following is a list of Photoshop keyboard commands you absolutely, positively have to know. No one’s saying you have to memorize them all, mind you. Practice regularly and you’ll learn them faster. And bookmark this page so you can always come back quickly!
While I don’t claim to know all of the Photoshop keyboard shortcuts, there are some I just can’t live without. Here they are:
Basic Command Shortcuts
Basic commands allow users to fix simple mistakes quickly.
Ctrl + Z: Undo a single action within your project.
Ctrl + Alt + Z: Undo multiple actions within your project.
UI Command Shortcuts
User interface (UI) commands affect Photoshop’s interface and window listing.
Tab: Removes all dialog boxes from your Photoshop window. You can also toggle between different screen sizes by pressing the F key.
Right-click [workspace background]: Change the default workspace background. Right-click the background and select one of the options that follow (Dark Gray is the default).
Alt + Reset: In a dialog window, holding Alt will change your Cancel option to a Reset option. Click on the Reset option to reset any changes you have made within the window.
Shift + Tool Hotkey: To quickly select tools and tool sub-menu items, hold Shift and press a tool’s hotkey. Not sure what that means? Check out our Photoshop tool hotkeys cheatsheet.
Ctrl + Scroll [mouse wheel]: Use this command to shift the art board. Ctrl + scroll up will shift your art board right while Ctrl + scroll down will shift it left.
Ctrl + Tab: This command cycles through tabs from left to right. To cycle right-to-left, press Ctrl + Shift + Tab. It’s just like moving between tabs in your browser.
Brush Command Shortcuts
Brush commands allow users to modify various brush aspects quickly.
Don’t forget that you can create your own Photoshop brushesA Beginners Guide to Creating Custom Brushes in PhotoshopA Beginners Guide to Creating Custom Brushes in PhotoshopAdobe Photoshop brushes are a handy way to add interest to your designs, and just as you can create your own custom patterns, you can just as easily design and create your own brushes.Read More too for maximum cutomizability!
[ or ]: Shrinks or enlarges brush size.
{ or }: Increases or decreases brush hardness.
Caps Lock: Using this command will change your brush’s cursor from a brush preview to a crosshair.
Color Command Shortcuts
Color commands allow users to implement colors into their artwork using their keyboards.
D: Sets foreground and background colors to default (black and white).
Alt + Backspace: Fills selections or a layer with foreground color.
Ctrl + Backspace: Fills selections or a layer with background color.
X: Switch between foreground and background colors.
Layer Command Shortcuts
Layering is one of the most important — if not the most important — aspect of Photoshop. Which is why these Photoshop keyboard shortcuts are some of the most useful.
Number keys (1, 2, 3…): Selecting a particular layer and pressing a number button will automatically adjust the opacity of that layer (“1” = 10% opacity, “2” = 20%, “3” = 30%, and so on).
Quickly selecting two numbers will change a layer’s opacity to the percentage pressed (3 and 4 will give an opacity of 34%).
Shift + Click [Layers panel]: To select multiple layers in your Layers panel, select a single layer, hold the Shift key, and select another layer. This command will select all layers in between the first and second layers selected.
Ctrl + Click [Layers panel]: To select more than one layer in your Layers panel, press and hold the Ctrl key while clicking individual layers.
Ctrl + J [Layers panel]: To duplicate a layer in your Layers panel, select the layer and press Ctrl + J on your keyboard.
Ctrl + New Layer [Layers panel]: Hold Ctrl and click on your New Layer button to add a new layer underneath the currently selected layer. To add a new layer above the currently selected layer, hold Shift and click on your New Layer button.
Ctrl + Shift + Alt + E: Copy and paste all visible elements on your art board into a new layer.
Ctrl + Thumbnail Click [Layers panel]: To select a layer’s borders automatically, hold Ctrl and click on a layer’s thumbnail in your Layers Panel.
Shift + “+” or “-” [Layers panel]: Toggles through Blending Options in your Layers Panel.
Transform Command Shortcuts
The transform tool allows users to resize and skew layers at will.
Ctrl + T: Selects your layer image and allows you to resize your image. To distort instead of resize, hold Ctrl after your image has been selected and drag the encircling square markers.
Alt + Shift + Drag: Resize an image while centered.
Shift + Drag [Transform tool]: Resize image with preserved size ratio.
Photoshop Keyboard Shortcuts Give You the Power
Practice these Photoshop keyboard shortcuts once, then again, then again. That’s the only way you’ll remember them all (and start your journey from Photoshop beginnerLearn Photo Editing in Photoshop: Get the Basics Down in 1 HourLearn Photo Editing in Photoshop: Get the Basics Down in 1 HourPhotoshop is an intimidating program—but with just one hour, you can learn all of the basics. Grab a photo you want to edit, and let's get started!Read More to expert). This is just a small selection of the available shortcuts — check the official Adobe keyboard shortcut repository if you don’t believe me.
The best thing about working through these commands, though: because Adobe software works in tandem with one another, you’ll be able to use most of these keyboard commands (where they apply) with other Adobe software.
There’s no limit to what you can do with PhotoshopWhat Can You Actually Do With Adobe Photoshop?What Can You Actually Do With Adobe Photoshop?Photoshop can now do a lot more than just edit photos; some of the tools from programs like Illustrator have made their way into the software and vice versa.Read More. Even if you’ve mastered tutorial upon tutorial, learning your way around Photoshop’s keyboard commands will save you time. Better yet, it’ll save you the effort maneuvering about Photoshop’s cavernous UI. Try these out, and give your mouse a break!
Which Photoshop keyboard shortcuts do you use most often? Let us know in the comments below!
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