Hotkeys new layer. Hotkeys Adobe Photoshop CC. Quick selection of top or bottom layer

Using keyboard shortcuts, or hotkeys, speeds up your work in Abobe Photoshop at times. A lot of hotkeys are set by default in Photoshop, but, in addition, these combinations can be customized by yourself (details on creating your own hotkeys are described). To do this, press the key combination Ctrl+Alt+Shift+K. A window will open where you can change the default keyboard shortcuts. But it's better to click on this button, with its help you can create a new set of keyboard shortcuts based on the current one, and change it as you like. This will allow us to keep the default set unchanged, and, in which case, return to it.

Some commonly used keyboard shortcuts:

• Cloning a layer or selection - press Ctrl+J
• With the F key, you can select one of three different screen modes, this will allow you to choose the optimal workspace size for your work.
• Holding down the Ctrl key will turn any tool into a Move Tool. We release Ctrl - and the tool returns to its place.
• Pressing the space bar turns any tool into a Hand Tool
• Press Alt+Ctrl+A to select all layers
• Photoshop provides an option to change the gray background color below the image. To do this, take the tool Fill (Paint Bucket Tool), hold down the Shift key and click on the background under the picture. The background will change to the color corresponding to the main one in the color palette on the toolbar.
• Another mega-useful combination for cloning a layer using the copy method. Hold down Ctrl+Alt, press the left mouse button, and move the cursor to place the new layer in the right place in the picture.
• Measuring an angle in Photoshop. Take the tool Ruler (Measure Tool), draw a line with it, then hold down Alt and create another line from the end of the first one. Photoshop will show us the value of the angle between these lines. The value will be displayed in degrees at the top of the main window, along with the line lengths.
• To get a selection from a path (or path), press Ctrl+Enter
• If you want to create a geometrically correct circle using the Oval Marquee selection tool, hold down Shift before starting the selection. In the same way, you can create a regular square with the selection tool "Rectangular Marquee"
• If you hold down Alt before starting the selection, then the starting point will be the center of the selection
• Hold Alt and click on the eye icon next to the layer icon in the layers palette to hide all other layers except the current one.

Surely, for many of you who are just starting to master Photoshop, the use of keys is not the main one, the mouse is more often used. If you want to become a pro who works in Photoshop 8 hours a day, you just need to know the keyboard shortcuts to work even faster. We recommend reading the lesson on setting hotkeys for brushes in Photoshop.

Photoshop CS6 Windows keyboard shortcut

The keyboard shortcuts in Photoshop CS6 on Windows are very similar to those in previous versions. Let's see which ones are the most important.

• Open file- Open the picture. To do this, press Ctrl + O.
• Create document- If you don't have a photo to open, create a new document by pressing Ctrl + N.
• Enlargement and reduction- You can do this by pressing the Ctrl button and the plus and minus keys. You can also press the Ctrl key and use mouse scroll to zoom in both directions.
• Save for web- This is one of the key keys used most often. Alt + Ctrl + Shirt + S will always get you "Save for Web". Keep in mind that you can press the first three keys in any order - the combination will work.
• Layer transformation- If you want to transform the active layer, all you have to do is press Ctrl + T.
• Change hotkeys- If you want to customize the hotkeys as you need, press Alt + Shift + Ctrl + K.
• Preferences- Ctrl + K will always be in your Preferences menu.
• Levels- If you're editing photos, accessing the levels is the window you open the most. From now on, this can be done easily by pressing Ctrl + L.
• Curves- Ctrl + M will allow you to quickly edit Curves.
• Hue/Saturation
• color balance- Color balance is another thing very useful for working with photos. use Ctrl + B for this.
• Desaturate- If you want to quickly desaturate, press Ctrl + Shift + U.
• Image size- Ctrl+Alt+I.
• New layer- Creating a new layer can simply be done by pressing Shift + Ctrl + N.
• Liquify- If you use Liquify a lot, Shift + Ctrl + X should be your best friend.
• Invert- Color inversion in Photoshop on Windows can be done simply with Ctrl + I.
• Install on screen- Setting the image on the screen is simply done by pressing Ctrl + 0.
• Ruler- You don't always want to see a ruler on the screen, especially if you have a small screen, so keep in mind Ctrl + R can be useful.
• Show grid
• Show guides- If you want to quickly show or hide guides, just press Ctrl +;
• Guide lock- If you are working with guides and want to lock them, Alt + Ctrl +; will do the job.
• Brush size- If you want to increase or decrease the brush size, [ and ] will do the job very quickly.
• Brush hardness- If you want to change the hardness of the brush, Shift + [and Shift +] will do the trick.

Various tools

(where there is an asterisk, this means you need to press the "Shift" button and the corresponding key)

• MoveTool-V
• Marquee Tool-M*
• Lasso Tool-L*
• crop tool-C*
• Quick Selection / Magic Wand-W*
• Brush Fix-J*
• Eraser-E*
• Gradient Tool / Paint Bucket-G*
• pen tool-p*
• TypeTool-T*
• - X
• -u*
• -O*
• history brush-Y*
• Rotate tool view- R
• Hand tool– H

Photoshop CS6 Mac hotkey

Most of the keys are more or less the same, here and there you just have to replace the Ctrl key with the Mac command. Sometimes you also have to replace Alt Windows with a Mac option

• Open file- Ctrl+O
• Create document- If there is nothing to open, Command + N will create a new document.
• Enlargement and reduction- Ctrl + plus and minus
• Save for web- Command + Option + Shift + S is an option for Mac.
• Layer transformation- The transformation of the active layer occurs when you press Ctrl + T.
• Change hotkeys- Customizing hotkeys can be done by pressing Alt + Ctrl + Shift + K.
• Preferences- Command + K takes you to settings.
• Levels- Levels are similar to Windows keys, Ctrl + L.
• Curves- Command + M will allow you to quickly edit Curves.
• Hue/Saturation- To change this, press Ctrl + U.
• color balance- To change the color balance of an image, just Pless Ctrl + B.
• Desaturate- Desaturation can be done by pressing Ctrl + Shift + U.
• Image size- Finding out the image size of a painting is simple: just press Command + Option + I.
• New layer- Create a new layer in the active document by pressing Ctrl + Shift + N.
• Plastic (Liquify)- Ctrl+Shift+X
• Invert- Color inversion in Photoshop on Mac can be done using the Command + I keys.
• Install on screen- Command + 0 will match the document on the screen.
• Ruler- As on Windows, pressing Ctrl + R will hide or show the ruler.
• Show grid- You can show or hide the grid by pressing Ctrl + ‘
• Show Guides- You can quickly show or hide guides by pressing Ctrl +;
• Guide Lock- If you want to lock guides, just use Option + Command +;
• Brush size- Playing with brush size is easy with [ and ].
• Brush hardness- the hardness of the brush can be changed via the keyboard using ( and ) - which basically means Shift + [and Shift +].

Various tools

(where the asterisk is, it means press the "Shift" button)

• MoveTool-V
• Marquee Tool-M*
• Lasso Tool-L*
• crop tool-C*
• Quick Selection / Magic Wand-W*
• Brush Fix-J*
• Eraser-E*
• Gradient Tool / Paint Bucket-G*
• pen tool-p*
• TypeTool-T*
• Toggle Foreground/Background colors- X
• Default Foreground / Background colors-D
• Line/Polygon/Ellipse tools-u*
• Sponge/Dodge/Burn tools-O*
• history brush-Y*
• Rotate tool view- R
• Hand tool– H

Now you have them, the most important and probably the most useful keyboard shortcuts for Adobe Photoshop CS6 on both Windows and Mac. The differences between the current combinations and those from previous versions are not very big, so if you have CS5, you will definitely be able to use them in the latest version of Photoshop as well.

Keep in mind that using keyboard shortcuts across programs (not just the Adobe collection) will speed up your workflow and help you finish your work faster than others, giving you an edge over other competitors.

And if the keys in Photoshop on the keyboard don't fit your fingers, you can always tweak them yourself and do better using the keyboard in the program than beginners just using the mouse.

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A complete list of built-in hotkeys for Photoshop CC according to the official Photoshop keyboard shortcuts page (as of June 2017).

The list is initially sorted alphabetically for the Key Action column, with frequently used keys marked with an asterisk in the rightmost column of the table. To sort the 50 most popular combinations, click on the star in the table header.

Hotkeys in Photoshop, as in other graphic editors, provide a somewhat greater advantage than just speeding up work. Unlike conventional programs, here we are talking about working using two input tools at the same time (each in its own hand),
with your right hand you hold the mouse (or the pen of a graphics tablet) and directly draw, and at the same time, with your left hand, on the keyboard, you change the brush size, switch colors or set transparency, etc. Thus, you not only complete the task faster, but also achieve a higher quality of drawing. But this is effective only when you are well versed in hot keys, and you do not need to spend time looking for the right combinations every time, otherwise they only slow down the work process. Practice more and try not to succumb to the temptation to do everything with the mouse, over time, frequently used keys will be fixed in memory and your fingers will themselves reach for the right place on the keyboard.

This is a list of the most useful default Photoshop keyboard shortcuts that you can use to speed up your workflow. Some of them are rarely mentioned, some are more famous, and some of them are only available in Photoshop CS5. I hope everyone finds new and useful keyboard shortcuts in this article. So let's start remembering!

1. Enlarge the image.

We clamp Ctrl + Space and by pressing RMB (a cursor with a magnifying glass will appear), drag left or right. This is the fastest way to zoom in and out with a single key (only in CS5 and only with GPU enabled).

2. Choose a color.

Alt + Shift + right click(Win) or Ctrl + Alt + Ctrl + Click (Mac). Very handy color picker (only in CS5 and only with GPU enabled). In the General tab, we can change the appearance of this palette, you want it round, you want square, well, its size is also a choice:

3. We look from a bird's eye view.

Hold down the H key + right click, the image will resize. This works great with large images that at 100% won't fit on the screen in Photoshop. A quick way to fit an image on the screen, and then by moving the area to view the image in the right place.

4. The size and hardness of the brush.

Ctrl+Alt+Right Click(Win) or Control + Option + Click (Mac). Drag left and right to resize the brush. And if you move the mouse up or down, then the stiffness of the brush will change. This only works with CS5 in both directions. In CS4, only changing the brush size works. You can change the preview brush color from red to any other color in the Cursors settings. In addition, to be able to see the preview brush, the GPU must be enabled. It's in Settings (Performance):

5. Draw straight lines.

Holding down a key Shift, we can draw straight lines or erase evenly with an eraser, for example. Works with almost every drawing tool.

6. Move.

Hold down a key ctrl and no matter which tool you have selected, the tool is activated moving(Move). This is the fastest way to quickly move an element and then return to the previous tool.

7. Simultaneous increase.

If we have several documents open in Photoshop and we need to enlarge them all at once, then this command will help us Shift+Ctrl+Space(Win) or Shift + Ctrl + Space (Mac). By holding down these keys and clicking on one of the documents, you will make them all enlarge.

Note: and if you also press Alt to this combination, then they will all decrease amicably.

8. Hide the panels.

Let's click Tab and hide the panels. You can always show them again by clicking Tab again or, just move your mouse over the edges to show the panel for a while.

Note:Personally, my panels stubbornly do not want to show up for a while.

9. View images in full screen mode in the Mini Bridge.

Having opened the Mini-Bridge and having selected the image, press the Space key, the selected image will be enlarged to full screen. Then, by pressing the arrows, we leaf through the whole thing and look. Then Space again and we are in Photoshop.

10. Change the text size.

Select text and click Ctrl+Shift+ . (dot) or , (comma). Thus, we increase or decrease the text.

Note: works for me on any layout, you need to press exactly those keys where these dot and comma are located in the English layout. That is, if you look at our clave, then these are lettersB.and Yu.

11. Select the letters for the text.

That is, it means that holding Ctrl+Shift+K, you can quickly switch between lowercase and uppercase letters while typing. Make sure you have Caps Lock turned off to be able to use this feature.

12. Tracking and kerning.

This is used in palette Symbols(symbols). That is, by choosing what text settings in this palette, be it kerning, tracking, size, hold down the key alt and press the left or right arrow keys. Thus, we change the entered values ​​in those fields.

Note: personally, my arrows work up and down,but notleft and right.

13. Leading. (Leading)

Select text, click Alt + up and down arrows. With this we can change the settings of the function Leading(Leading) thereby changing the distance between lines in the text.

14. Text line offset.

If we want to set different positions for the same line of text, then we will use the keys Alt + Shift + Arrows: up and inbottom.

15. Fill (Fill)

These hotkeys are useful for quickly filling text or vector shapes with foreground or background colors. Here they are - ctrl+backspace– foreground color (Foreground Color), Alt+Backspace– background color (Background Color). Keys Shift + backspace call the Fill settings (Fill), but for this you have to rasterize the layer with text or a vector shape.

16. Reset the changes made in any dialog box.

Well, for example, the Gaussian Blur window. You blurred something there and your changes do not suit you. We see the OK and Cancel buttons. So, if we press the button alt, then the Cancel button will change to Reset.

17. Change the opacity and fill.

You can make opacity and fill changes on multiple layers at once (in Photoshop CS5). To do this, select them, click on Opacity, for example, and enter numerical values. Likewise with Fill.

18. Inversion.

Ctrl+I. This is a quick way to invert a color or invert a layer mask.

Note: or invert the selection.

19. Switching cursors.

If you do not want to see the edges of the cursor, or vice versa, you really want to, then the key will help you cap lock.

20. Reset settings.

If you screwed up with the settings in Photoshop and want to return the settings to the default, then the following will help you:
When launching Photoshop, hold Ctrl+Alt+Shift while Photoshop is loading. A window will appear asking you to confirm the reset.

21. Change color.

Press the button ( X). This is a quick way to switch between foreground and background colors.

22. Mask.

Alt + click on the layer mask. A great way to view and edit layer masks. With the same combination, we return to normal mode:

23. Turn off the mask.

Shift+click on the layer mask. You can quickly view the image without the effect of the mask.
With the same combination we return the mask back.

24. Selection intersection.

Alt + Shift + drag with selection tool(Selection Tool). If you already have a selection and need to cut or add it, then this combination will help you.

25. Merge visible.

Ctrl+Alt+Shift+E. If you want to keep all layers, but you need to merge them, then you can use this combination to get a merged layer from those visible at the very top, thereby not affecting all previous layers.

Bonus. Easter eggs.

Holding down a key alt and, holding the left mouse button, click the black triangle in the upper right corner of the palette Layers(Layers) and select from the menu Panel Options(Panel Options). This mage (Merlin) is a long-lived easter egg present in Photoshop since version 3.0.

Holding down a key ctrl, select Help (Help) - About Photoshop (About Photoshop). You will see a splash screen and a description of your version.
Conclusion.

Of course, you can use Photoshop without the keys, but your work in the program can be much faster and more productive if you use them. This will help you cut down on the time you spend turning on different menus and looking for them.

On my own, I’ll add that you can use the keys from F5 to F9. They are also assigned to Photoshop by default.

It is also convenient to change the view with the key F, in full screen mode, you can call the palette, for example, the layers palette F7.

With tool selected Brush(Brush) or Pipette, hold down the key alt and move the cursor over the image, thereby choosing the appropriate color:

I think everyone will find something useful in this article, an example of how we can no longer do without hot keys such as - Ctrl+T, Ctrl+D, Ctrl+N.