The most comprehensive guide to using PS Shortcuts (graphic presentation)

every time you make a diagram will be mistaken shortcut keys, very distressed have wood!!! Can only search all over the PS shortcut summary, the boss will never say I am drawing slowly ....1, ctrl+t: Free deformation

This shortcut, mainly on the layer rotation, scaling and other deformation adjustment, while you can drag to modify the position of the layer in the screen, is the most commonly used function keys. (upper left for Mac shortcut, PC shortcut on top right)

2. Ctrl+j: Duplicate Layer

To copy the layer, the general operation is to choose through the Layer menu bar, or directly on the Layers panel right-click on the layer's drop-down menu, and "ctrl+j" shortcut can not only copy the layer, but also high-gloss layer, shadow layer, in the revision, color, composition and other design work is very common function.

3. Number keys: Layer opacity changes

In the layers panel, when you select a layer, you can modify the opacity of the layer by pressing the number key directly, 1 is 10%, and so on, 0 is 100%

4. Space bar +f: Change workspace color

The workspace is where the canvas, is the largest area of PS software, by changing the shortcut keys can change the color of the work area, four different shades of gray color, from dead black to light black to gray to bright gray, any choice.

5, F: Change the screen display mode

That is, PS in the standard screen mode, full-screen mode with the menu bar and full-screen mode switch between, generally used to appreciate the work, check the design effect and other working environment.

6. TAB: Work Area window Show/Hide

The main function is to make the workspace full-screen, just keep the menu bar, hide the toolbar and a variety of panel windows, with the largest workspace display, so that there is a larger view of the field to observe, design and so on.

7. Ctrl+shift+alt+e: Stamped layer

A stamped layer, simply by merging all of the current layers (and effects), and creating a completely new layer, this is a "non-destructive synthetic layer", and it does not break any previous layers, so that we can "go back" in the design to modify, but also to meet the purpose of further modification, design, It is the essential law of PS practice.

8. Ctrl+alt+a: Select all layers

As the name implies, pressing this shortcut allows us to quickly select all layers, eliminating the need for keyboard (ctrl/shift) + mouse clicks to check the layer's troubles. It is important to note that when a background layer is present in the document, pressing this shortcut will not select the background layer, only all layers except it will be selected.

9. Ctrl+g: Layer Group

From the merged similar terms in mathematics, to the folder management of the new folder, to the content of a certain connection to put together, all reflect our pursuit of clean, orderly good habits, then in PS, the layer of layers in the map, the appropriate grouping will be a good gray and quite necessary habits, This is when the shortcut key ctrl+g, select the layers you want to group, and then press the shortcut key to group.

10, D: Reset Color

PS default foreground and background color for black, white, and when we do a period of time after the design, will inevitably encounter color is no longer black and white, and want to use black and white, this time, just press the keyboard shortcut D can restore the default state. PS: All shortcut keys involving letter keys are to be used in the English input state.

11. X: Toggle foreground and background colors

The function of the letter X key, one is the front color and the background color interchange, one is in the mask state, toggles the black and white brush.

12, Ctrl+i: Reversed phase

When the picture layer is selected, pressing the shortcut key is the result of the negative effect of the picture.

13. Spacebar + left mouse button: Move canvas

Canvas, that is, we are in the design of the picture, sometimes 1:1 scale viewing, it is likely to be larger than the work area, and some places do not see, this time you need to move it, just hold down the space bar, and then left-click to move. PS: When we use the Marquee tool to draw a selection, press the SPACEBAR and move the mouse to move the selection.

14. Ctrl+d: Cancel Selection

Life two, two three, sansheng all things, and vice versa, so, there is to create a constituency, there will be the need to cancel the selection, just press the shortcut key, the ant line disappears, the constituency is gone.

15, shift+alt+m: Switch to "multiply" mode

When you use the Brush tool or the Spot healing Brush Tool class, you can toggle the current drawing mode from the default normal to multiply mode by pressing this shortcut key.

16, Shift+alt+s: Color filter Mode

Or when using the Brush class tool, you can switch the painting mode one second to "filter mode" by pressing the shortcut key.

17. Shift+alt+o: Overlay Mode

Still is the Brush class tool is selected, press the shortcut to switch the painting mode one second to "overlay mode".

18, Shift+alt+f: Soft light mode

Still is the Brush class tool is selected, press the shortcut to switch the painting mode one second to "soft light mode".

19. Shift+alt+y: Brightness mode

Still is the Brush class tool is selected, press the shortcut to switch the painting mode one second to "luminosity mode".

20. Shift+alt+w: Linear Dodge (ADD) mode

Still is the Brush class tool is selected, press the shortcut to switch the painting mode one second to "linear Dodge (Add) mode".

21. Shift+alt+c: Color Mode

Still is the Brush class tool is selected, press the shortcut to switch the painting mode one second to "color mode".

22, Alt +,: Select Background Layer

Sometimes our files, the layer is already quite much, want to select the bottom of the "background layer" is the mouse wheel slide for a long time, very tired, so the shortcut key "ALT +," is very useful, instantly check "background layer".

23. Ctrl+r: Show Ruler

The so-called "no rules inadequate surrounding area, no yardstick difficult to know straight", in the work of the "ruler" is still very practical, and its display/hidden shortcut is "Ctrl+r".

24. Ctrl+shift+alt+n: Create new layer

Pressing the combination shortcut creates a new transparent layer directly above the currently selected layer.

25. Ctrl + DELETE key: Fill background color

That's great. Fill the background color for the selected layer/object directly, one second to color, the bar is great.

26. ALT + DELETE key: Fill foreground color

Fill the background color, naturally also have to fill the foreground color, is this, Al Jun use this more than the previous.

27. Ctrl+f: Repeat filter

This shortcut is a bit like the "Format Painter" in Word, that is, the last filter used again, such as layer 1 has just done a Gaussian blur, if you select Layer 2, press the shortcut key ctrl+f, then Layer 2 is also Gaussian blurred. Of course, you can also ctrl+f the same layer over and over again.

28. Ctrl+0: Zoom to Workspace

In various zoom operations, the role of the shortcut key ctrl+0 is to zoom the current canvas/picture to the appropriate workspace, where the picture is covered with the entire workspace.

29, Ctrl+1: Zoom to 100%

That is, the canvas or the picture according to its true size 1:1 in PS display, if it is a large map, then will undoubtedly exceed the area of the work area, one can not see the whole picture. PS: can also be directly ctrl++ or ctrl+-to zoom.

30. Ctrl+tab: Document Switching

This set of shortcuts is for multi-PSD files simultaneously open, while working at the same time, press Ctrl+tab will switch between PSD files.

31. Shift+alt+ left mouse button: Set foreground color

When the brush or Paint bucket tool is selected, pressing this shortcut will activate a palette, and the mouse movement will set the foreground color directly.

32. Shift+alt+n: Normal mode

When the brush tool is in a multiply painting mode, pressing this shortcut will allow the drawing mode to return to normal mode in one second.

The most comprehensive guide to using PS Shortcuts (graphic presentation)