My favorite Photoshop shortcuts that help speed up my design process

Here is the list of Photoshop Shortcuts I use very frequently. These shortcuts have saved me lots of time moving my mouse around and speeded up my design process.

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Notes:

Ctrl = Command for Mac Users

Alt = Option for Mac Users

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Brush Shortcuts

1. Decrease Brush Size: [

2. Increase Brush Size: ]

3. Decrease Brush Hardness: {

4. Increase Brush Hardness: }

Instead of using these shortcuts you will have to right click on the screen and manually drag the Hardness of your brush down.

Tools Shortcuts:

* Cycle through Hidden tools: hold down Alt/Option while clicking on tool

Instead of right clic on the Clone Stamp Tool in order to select “Pattern Stamp Tool,” simply hold down Alt/Option while clicking on Clone Stap Tool Icon!

5. Move Tool: V

6. Lasso Tool: L (I use this one a lot to cut objects and make them into separate layers)

7. Magic Wand Tool: W

8. Crop Tool: C

9. Eyedropper Tool: I

10. Brush Tool: B

11. Eraser Tool: E

12. Gradient / Paint Bucket Tool: G

13. Pen Tool: P

14. Text Tool: T

View Image Shortucts:

15. Zoom In: Ctrl/Command + “+”

16. Zoom Out: Ctrl/Command + “-”

17. Zoom in/out to 100%: Ctrl/Command + 0

18. Cycle through Open Documents/Photo Tabs: Ctrl/Command

This one is a super neat one. Using your mouse to click on individual file in the file tab up top might take quite a while if you usually have a lot open like me

19. Show/Hide Ruler: Ctrl/Command + R

20. Turn On/Off Guide: Ctrl/Command + “;”

21. Turn On/Off Grid: Ctrl/Command + “ ‘ ”

Layer Panel Shortcuts:

22. Group Layers: Ctrl/Command + G

23. Ungroup Layers: Ctrl/Command + Shift + G

24. Create New Layer: Ctrl/Command + Shift + N

Other Helpful Shortcuts:

25. Undo: Ctrl/Command + Z

26. Continue to Undo: Ctrl/Command + Alt/Option + Z

27. Transform a Layer/Text: Ctrl/Command + T

28. Save… : Ctrl/Command + S

29. Save As… : Ctrl/Command + Shift + S

30. Open: Ctrl/Command + O

31. New: Ctrl/Command + N

32. Close current Tab: Ctrl/Command + W

33. Image Size: Ctrl/Command + Shift + I

34. Cycle through Blending Modes: Shift + / -

35. Show/Hide Layer: Ctrl/Command + ‘,’

To customize your shortcuts, simply click on Edit on your Menu Bar then go to Keyboard Shortcuts. You can then edit any existing shortcut and/or create a new one! :)

I hope this list help ya narrow down some of the essential shortcuts for your design flow. Happy photoshop-ing!