March 15, 2012 at 21:4425 useful shortcuts for Photoshop
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Hello dear habradrug! This article lists the 25 most useful keyboard shortcuts (shortcuts) 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, however, this shortcut only works in CS5 and only with the GPU turned on.
Select the Eyedropper tool and hold 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 size of the window.
Select the Brush tool and hold Ctrl + Alt + Right-click (Win) or Control + Option + Click (Mac). Move the cursor left or right to resize the brush, and up or down to change the stiffness. CS5 works with both size and stiffness. In CS4, only with size.
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). Using this shortcut, you can zoom in or out all open documents at the same time.
Press Tab and all panels will be hidden. To open them again, press Tab again.
Space + Arrows. It works the same as in Bridge itself.
Select the text and hold Command / Ctrl + Shift + "." or ",". Shortcut will not work if you select only a layer with text.
Command / Ctrl + Shift + K. A quick way to change the case of the text.
Alt / Option + Left or Right Arrow. 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. An easy way to shift the baseline of text.
Command / Ctrl + Backspace - the main color. Alt / Option + Backspace - background color. Shift + Backspace - fill options. A great way to fill selections with color or change the color of text and shapes.
Alt + Click on the history panel. Instead of undoing the actions, just try to restore them.
Use the numbers to change the transparency, and Shift + numbers to fill. This will change the transparency of the selected layer and painting tools.
Command / Ctrl + I. This is the fastest way to invert the 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 comment.
Alt / Option + Click on the layer mask. A good way to tidy up a layer mask after you save it after selection.
Shift + Click on the layer mask. No comments.
Alt / Option + Shift + Click using 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 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 drop-down menu of the Layer Window.
Obviously, it is 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. Share your favorite shortcuts in the comments. Thanks for attention!
PS All comments regarding the transfer will be happy to accept in PM. Thanks!
1. Move-zoom
Command / Ctrl + Space + Click / Move the cursor to the right or left. This is the fastest way to zoom, however, this shortcut only works in CS5 and only with the GPU turned on.
2. HUD Eyedropper Tool
Select the Eyedropper tool and hold Alt + Shift + Right-click (Win) or Control + Option + Cmd + Click (Mac). A window with a color palette will appear.
3. Overview of the entire document
Hold H + Click. Works perfectly with high resolution pictures. This is a quick way to fit the whole picture to the size of the window.
4. Brush size and stiffness
Select the Brush tool and hold Ctrl + Alt + Right-click (Win) or Control + Option + Click (Mac). Move the cursor left or right to resize the brush, and up or down to change the stiffness. CS5 works with both size and stiffness. In CS4, only with size.
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 at once
Shift + Ctrl + Space (Win) or Shift + Command + Space (Mac). Using this shortcut, you can zoom in or out all open documents at the same time.
8. Hide panels
Press Tab and all panels will be hidden. To open them again, press Tab again.
9. Displaying images from the Mini-Bridge in full screen
Space + Arrows. It works the same as in Bridge itself.
10. Text size
Select the text and hold Command / Ctrl + Shift + "." or ",". Shortcut will not work if you select only a layer with text.
11. All text in capital letters
Command / Ctrl + Shift + K. A quick way to change the case of the text.
12. The distance between the letters.
Alt / Option + Left or Right Arrow. 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. An easy way to shift the baseline of text.
15. Fill
Command / Ctrl + Backspace - the main color. Alt / Option + Backspace - background color. Shift + Backspace - fill options. A great way to fill selections with color or change the color of text and shapes.
16. Restore action history
Alt + Click on the history panel. Instead of undoing the actions, just try to restore them.
17. Change fill and opacity
Use the numbers to change the transparency, and Shift + numbers to fill. This will change the transparency of the selected layer and painting tools.
18. Invert the color of the selected layer
Command / Ctrl + I. This is the fastest way to invert the 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. Reinstalling settings
Ctrl + Alt + Shift (Win) or Command + Option + Shift (Mac). When Photoshop loads, use this shortcut to apply the default settings.
21. Switching the primary and background colors
Just press X. No comment.
22. Layer mask
Alt / Option + Click on the layer mask. A good way to tidy up a layer mask after you save it after selection.
23. Turning off the layer mask
Shift + Click on the layer mask. No comments.
24. Combining Allocations
Alt / Option + Shift + Click using 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 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 drop-down menu of the Layer Window.
Conclusion
Obviously, it is 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. Share your favorite shortcuts in the comments. Thanks for attention!
PS All comments regarding the transfer will be happy to accept in PM. Thanks!