11 most common Photoshop shortcuts for designers

Master Photoshop shortcut key is very important, in the practical application can reduce unnecessary operation steps, improve the efficiency of the work, here @ Design Talent Network for everyone to point out 11 designers most commonly used Photoshop shortcut keys, absolutely used.

Note: Here we press the Windows keyboard, if it is a Mac user, please see the corresponding key:

Ctrl = Command

Alt = Option

Delete = Backspace

　　1, ctrl+shift+ Click (Select multiple Objects)

The selection tool is not in the Auto Select State:

1. Press CTRL + Left button to select objects

2. Press CTRL + SHIFT + Left button to select multiple objects

Note: the "select Tool" "Auto Select" is not checked, if you have checked, then you do not need to add CTRL, press SHIFT directly for multiple selections.

　　2, CTRL + H (hide extra content)

We often use raster lines, grid lines to draw images, but sometimes in order to see the effect of the graph, you may need to hide them, here can be directly with the ctrl+h quickly hidden, on the contrary, and then click again will be displayed.

　　3, Space + click (hold state) (removable constituency)

When you draw a marquee, vector rectangle, you can move the selection or the vector selection by holding down the SPACEBAR, and then you can continue stretching the selection.

　　4, adjust the brush hardness and size

ctrl+alt+ Mouse (Windows) or control+option+ click (MAC), do not release the mouse, drag the mouse to the left/right to reduce/enlarge the brush size, drag up/down to increase/decrease the hardness of the brush. The size and hardness can be adjusted in the Photoshop CS5, while the brush size can only be adjusted in CS4.

　　5, CTRL + ENTER (exit text edit state)

You can exit the text editing state by:

1. Click on the keypad's enter

2. Press CTRL + ENTER (This method is more common for laptops).

　　6, ALT + up and DOWN ARROW keys (adjust font spacing)

Select multiple lines of text and press the ALT + UP ARROW key to increase or decrease the font spacing.

Tips: Press the left and RIGHT arrow keys to adjust the spacing of the text.

　　7, Alt/ctrl + DEL Quick Fill

This quick fill works well, not only for selections, but also for text, vector graphics, and lines.

　　Q: If it's not a vector graphic, how do I fill it quickly?

A: Press shift at the same time, that is: ALT + SHIFT + DEL or CTRL + SHIFT + DEL

　　8, SHIFT + number key (opacity fill)

After selecting a layer, press shift+ number key to quickly fill in the corresponding transparency layer, the number 1 on behalf of 10%,33 33% transparency.

Tips: After PS CS5 version, you can fill multiple layers at the same time.

　　9. ALT + Middle-key scrolling (zoom in quickly and zoom out)

　　10, Ctrl+alt+shift+e (merge all visible layers to the new layer, that is, stamped layer)

You can use this shortcut if you want to keep all of the current layers unchanged and also have an effect after merging all the layers.

　　11, ALT + click on the Layer eye icon (used to hide other layers)

When you hold down the ALT key and click on the layer's eye icon, other layers are hidden except for the newly-clicked layer.

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