25 useful shortcuts for Photoshop
Hello, dear habradrug! This article lists the 25 most useful shortcut keys in Photoshop that you can use to speed up your work. Some of them are rarely mentioned, some are used quite often, and some are generally only available in Photoshop CS5. I hope that each of you will find new and useful shortcuts in this article. So let's get started!
Command / Ctrl + Space + Click / Move the cursor to the right or left. This is the fastest way to zoom, but this shortcut works only in CS5 and only with the GPU turned on.
Select the eyedropper tool and hold down Alt + Shift + Right Click (Win) or Control + Option + Cmd + Click (Mac). A window with a color palette will appear.
Hold H + Click. Works perfectly with high resolution pictures. This is a quick way to fit the whole picture to the window size.
Select the Brush tool and hold down Ctrl + Alt + Right click (Win) or Control + Option + Click (Mac). Move the cursor left or right to change the size of the brush, and up or down to change the stiffness. The CS5 works with both size and stiffness. In CS4, only with size.
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Hold Shift. Works with almost any drawing tool.
Hold Ctrl. This is a quick way to move an object and then return to the previous tool.
Shift + Ctrl + Space (Win) or Shift + Command + Space (Mac). With this shortcut, you can zoom in or out all open documents at the same time.
Press Tab and all panels will disappear. To open them again, press Tab again.
Space + Arrows. It works the same way as in the Bridge itself.
Highlight text and hold down Command / Ctrl + Shift + "." or ",". Shortcut will not work if you select only the layer with the text.
Command / Ctrl + Shift + K. Quick way to change the case of text.
Alt / Option + Arrow Right or Left. So you can easily change the spacing between letters.
Alt / Option + Up or Down Arrow. So you can easily change the distance between the selected lines.
Alt / Option + Shift + Up or Down Arrow. Easy way to shift the baseline of the text.
Command / Ctrl + Backspace is the main color. Alt / Option + Backspace - background color. Shift + Backspace - fill options. A great way to fill a selection with color or change the color of text and shape.
Alt + Click on the history panel. Instead of undoing actions, just try to restore them.
To change the transparency, use numbers, and to fill - Shift + numbers. This will change the transparency of the selected layer and drawing tools.
Command / Ctrl + I. This is the fastest way to invert visible parts of a layer.
Click Caps Lock. So you can choose to see the edges of the brush or not.
Ctrl + Alt + Shift (Win) or Command + Option + Shift (Mac). When Photoshop loads, use this shortcut to apply the default settings.
Just press X. No comments.
Alt / Option + Click on the layer mask. A good way to tidy up the layer mask after you have saved it after the selection.
Shift + Click on the layer mask. No comments.
Alt / Option + Shift + Click with the Selection tool.
Ctrl + Alt + Shift + E (Win) or Command + Option + Shift + E. If you want to save all layers, but you also need to merge them all into one, you can convert them to a Smart object or use this shortcut to create a duplicate .
1) Hold Command / Ctrl and click on "About Photoshop".
2) Hold Option / Alt and click on “Panel Options” in the Layer windows drop-down menu.
Obviously, it is quite possible to use Photoshop without shortcuts, but you can reduce the time it takes to work if you remember at least a few of these combinations. In the comments, share your favorite shortcuts. Thanks for attention!
PS All remarks about the translation with pleasure I will accept in a personal. Thank!
1. Move-approximation
Command / Ctrl + Space + Click / Move the cursor to the right or left. This is the fastest way to zoom, but this shortcut works only in CS5 and only with the GPU turned on.
2. HUD Pipette tool
Select the eyedropper tool and hold down Alt + Shift + Right Click (Win) or Control + Option + Cmd + Click (Mac). A window with a color palette will appear.
3. Review the entire document.
Hold H + Click. Works perfectly with high resolution pictures. This is a quick way to fit the whole picture to the window size.
4. Brush size and stiffness
Select the Brush tool and hold down Ctrl + Alt + Right click (Win) or Control + Option + Click (Mac). Move the cursor left or right to change the size of the brush, and up or down to change the stiffness. The CS5 works with both size and stiffness. In CS4, only with size.
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5. Draw straight lines
Hold Shift. Works with almost any drawing tool.
6. Moving
Hold Ctrl. This is a quick way to move an object and then return to the previous tool.
7. Zoom all documents simultaneously
Shift + Ctrl + Space (Win) or Shift + Command + Space (Mac). With this shortcut, you can zoom in or out all open documents at the same time.
8. Hide panels
Press Tab and all panels will disappear. To open them again, press Tab again.
9. Display images from Mini-Bridge in full screen.
Space + Arrows. It works the same way as in the Bridge itself.
10. Text size
Highlight text and hold down Command / Ctrl + Shift + "." or ",". Shortcut will not work if you select only the layer with the text.
11. All text in capital letters.
Command / Ctrl + Shift + K. Quick way to change the case of text.
12. The distance between the letters.
Alt / Option + Arrow Right or Left. So you can easily change the spacing between letters.
13. Line spacing
Alt / Option + Up or Down Arrow. So you can easily change the distance between the selected lines.
14. Baseline offset
Alt / Option + Shift + Up or Down Arrow. Easy way to shift the baseline of the text.
15. Fill
Command / Ctrl + Backspace is the main color. Alt / Option + Backspace - background color. Shift + Backspace - fill options. A great way to fill a selection with color or change the color of text and shape.
16. Restore action history
Alt + Click on the history panel. Instead of undoing actions, just try to restore them.
17. Fill variation and opacity
To change the transparency, use numbers, and to fill - Shift + numbers. This will change the transparency of the selected layer and drawing tools.
18. Inversion of color of selected layer
Command / Ctrl + I. This is the fastest way to invert visible parts of a layer.
19. Changing the cursor of drawing tools
Click Caps Lock. So you can choose to see the edges of the brush or not.
20. Resetting Settings
Ctrl + Alt + Shift (Win) or Command + Option + Shift (Mac). When Photoshop loads, use this shortcut to apply the default settings.
21. Switching the main and background colors
Just press X. No comments.
22. Mask layer
Alt / Option + Click on the layer mask. A good way to tidy up the layer mask after you have saved it after the selection.
23. Turning off the layer mask
Shift + Click on the layer mask. No comments.
24. Pooling selections
Alt / Option + Shift + Click with the Selection tool.
25. Merge all visible layers into one
Ctrl + Alt + Shift + E (Win) or Command + Option + Shift + E. If you want to save all layers, but you also need to merge them all into one, you can convert them to a Smart object or use this shortcut to create a duplicate .
Easter egg
1) Hold Command / Ctrl and click on "About Photoshop".
2) Hold Option / Alt and click on “Panel Options” in the Layer windows drop-down menu.
Conclusion
Obviously, it is quite possible to use Photoshop without shortcuts, but you can reduce the time it takes to work if you remember at least a few of these combinations. In the comments, share your favorite shortcuts. Thanks for attention!
PS All remarks about the translation with pleasure I will accept in a personal. Thank!
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