Graphic Design
10 Handy Photoshop Shortcuts
On 17, Jan 2012 | No Comments | In Graphic Design, Process Tools | By Eric Smith
Photoshop shortcuts are rad. They make it much easier to do certain tasks, and speed up your productivity in a big way. Here’s a collection of some of my favorites:
1. Kerning
Click between the two letters that you’d like to tweak
Hold Option + Right or Left arrow key
(Right = increase / Left = decrease)
(Add one increment points between characters)
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2. Brush Size & Hardness
Select your brush tool
Control + Option + Click
Drag your mouse right/left to change the brush size, up/down to change the hardness
(Increase or decrease your brush size and hardness)
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3. Opacity and Fill
Numeric Keys = Changes opacity of selected layer
Shift + Numeric Keys = Changes fill of selected layer
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4. Quick Duplicate
Option + Shift + Up/Down
(Duplicate a layer quickly directly above or below)
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5. Switch Foreground / Background Color
Press X
(Quickly shift between foreground and background colors)
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6. Mask View
Option + Click on the layer mask in the layers palette
(See the mask you’ve created reversed out)
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7. Birds Eye View
Hold H + Click your mouse
Let go of mouse to zoom back
(Nice for large image editing or mobile design)
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8. Custom Screen Shot
Command + Shift + 4
A hairpin cursor will appear
Click and drag your cursor over the area you’d like to shoot. Let go to shoot.
(Screen shoot only a specific piece of your design)
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9. Zoom to 100%
Double click on the zoom tool in your palette.
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10. Change workshop background
Right click on the workspace to access a dropdown menu.
Choose black, grey, or set a custom color
(See your design on different backgrounds)
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What are some of your faves?
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