Keyboard Shortcuts of Photoshop

Keyboard Shortcuts

TOOL SELECTION

• B: Brush tool
• Shift + B: Rotate through Brush tools (i.e. Brush, Pencil and Color Replacement tools)
• F5: Show or hide Brushes palette

BRUSH SETTINGS

• [: Decrease brush diameter
• ]: Increase brush diameter
• Shift + [: Decrease brush hardness by 25%
• Shift + ]: Increase brush hardness by 25%
• Digit Combination (with airbrush off): Set the brush’s opacity
• Shift + Digit Combination (with airbrush off): Set the brush’s fill
• Digit Combination (with airbrush on): Set the brush’s fill
• Shift + Digit Combination (with airbrush on): Set the brush’s opacity
• Option + Shift + ‘+’: Next blending mode
• Option + Shift + ‘-’: Previous blending mode
• ,: Previous brush
• .: Next brush
• Shift + ,: First brush
• Shift + .: Last brush
• Caps Lock: Toggles between Precise and Normal cursors
• Control + Click (inside canvas): Bring up the quick brush menu
• Control + Shift + Click (inside canvas): Brush blending mode menu
• Control + Option + Drag (inside canvas): Change the brush’s diameter
• Control + Option + Command + Drag (inside canvas): Change the brush’s hardness

PAINTING

• Shift + Drag: Constrain the brush to 45°
• Click, move cursor, then Shift + Click: Draw a straight line from the first click to the second click

HELPER TOOLS

• Option (hold): Temporarily switch to Eyedropper tool
• Shift + Option (hold): Temporarily switch to Color Sampler tool
• Command (hold): Temporarily switch to Move tool
• Command + Option (hold): Duplicate and Drag layer
• Space (hold): Temporarily switch to Hand tool