Favorite Photoshop Shortcuts/Tricks

crazycat1126

crazycat1126

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If you're a PS user, are there any short keys or other tricks you've picked up?

I recently discovered ctrl+J, used to duplicate a layer.

Perfect for when I'm making big clusters with lots of flowers and foliage!
 
Using right click over an element/paper to select the element you want instead of going to the layers window
 
OH man- this is my thread! I LOVE shortcut keys!

One that I use a lot as I'm adjusting font spacing is Ctrl H when text is highlighted- it takes the highlight off so you can see what's under the fonts but keeps it selected to make adjustments.

Also- did you know you can create your own? There's a few I made-
Ctrl + Shift + c = copy layer style
Ctrl + Shift + v = paste layer style (I never used what these were originally for, so they work way better/faster for me now!)
Ctrl + w= warp
Ctrl + r = rasterize layer

Also- to 'grab another' of something- you can just hold down alt key and then click & drag (I use that a lot for flowers and clusters!)
 
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I use the CTRL J and CTRL z a lot
CTRL ALT SHIFT S will do the save for web
CTRL L for the lasso tool
CTRL t for text box
V brings back the move tool

Love my short cuts
 
AmieN1 said:
OH man- this is my thread!
Also- to 'grab another' of something- you can just hold down alt key and then click & drag (I use that a lot for flowers and clusters!)
Click to expand...

Oh my gosh! :thumbup: I was trying to remember how to do this yesterday! And today! lol I know I used to use that method and I kept trying shift, ctrl, etc yesterday/today which, of course, wasn't working out. lol

Now to check out all the other tips in this thread. :D
 
Clipping mask: Command + Option + G (macOS) or Control + Alt + G (Windows)

And like others have mentioned Ctrl J and Ctrl Z, V, T
 
AmieN1 said:
OH man- this is my thread! I LOVE shortcut keys!

One that I use a lot as I'm adjusting font spacing is Ctrl H when text is highlighted- it takes the highlight off so you can see what's under the fonts but keeps it selected to make adjustments.

Also- did you know you can create your own? There's a few I made-
Ctrl + Shift + c = copy layer style
Ctrl + Shift + v = paste layer style (I never used what these were originally for, so they work way better/faster for me now!)
Ctrl + w= warp
Ctrl + r = rasterize layer

Also- to 'grab another' of something- you can just hold down alt key and then click & drag (I use that a lot for flowers and clusters!)
Click to expand...



All of these. I have some others. I'll add another post.
 
everything the ladies added

plus
ctrl+shift+e - merge all layers
ctrl+ < - turns visibility of layer on and off
b - use the brush
v - move tool
e - eraser tool
x - switch the foreground and background colors
ctrl + t - transform
[ or ] makes the brush bigger and smaller
ctrl+ [ or ] moves a layer above (up) or below (down) the other layers

ctrl+m - clip layer to the layer below ( I think I created this one in my workspace saves and replaced whatever it used to be lol)
 
I'm definitely going to add some of these to my arsenal, thank you ladies!!

And Amie, thanks for the tip on creating my own, I didn't know you could do that. I'll look it up! :-)
 
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