Photoshop - Essential Hotkeys

Shortcuts

G - Gradient
H - Sharpen

Hard/Soft Edge
J - Blur (Edge Soften)
H - Sharpen (Edge Sharpen

Blend Brushstroke
S - Smudge
J - Blur (Edge Soften)

Adjust Saturation
Y - Sponge

Black/White Adjust
O - Dodge/Burn
alt - switch between dodge/burn


I - Eyedropper
B - Brush
M - Mixer Brush


P - Pen
A - Add Anchor Point
D - Delete Anchor Point
C - Curvature Pen Tool
V - Anchor

CTRL+L - New Layer
CTRL+D Create Clipping Mask
CTRL+[ - MOVE layer down
CTRL+ ] MOVE layer up
Shift Ctrl+A - Actions Panel
Shift Ctrl+L - Layers Panel
Shift+Ctrl+B - Brush Box
CTRL+B - Brush Settings


V - Move
E - Eraser
P - Paint Bucket
Q - Quick Selection
L - Lasso
Not in default settings but man, is this a powerful one.
W - Wand
This is a handy tool for photomanipulations as it will intuitively separate contrasted darks from the lights in your chosen photograph
L - Lasso (Modified from Eliptical Tool)
I want to have the magic lasso at all times, especially for things like landscape designs or general photomanipulations. this is a great one for building terrains or if you generally are looking to create contrast with edges
[ or ] - scroll through layers
, (decrease) . (increase) - Change Brush Hardness

Modified Shortcuts
  • CTRL+B - Brush menu (switched from color balance)
  • CTRL+E - Stroke Path
  • CTRL+W - Make Selection (Pen)
  • CTRL+M- Make Work Path
  • CTRL+D - Clip MASK
  • CTRL+C - Layer Menu
  • (changed from CTRL+Shift+N)
  • CTRL+X - Color

Modified Actions







Path Selection Workflow (Shapebuilding Shortcuts)

B - Brush (Hard Round Dark Mystic or Hard Eliptical)
P - Pen
A - Add Anchor Point
D - Delete Anchor Point
C - Curvature Pen Tool
V - Anchor
CTRL+W - Make Selection (Pen)
CTRL+M- Make Work Path
CTRL+T - Transform Selection
CTRL+I - Inverse
Shift+CTRL+X - Liquify
Shift+F6 - Feather
Shift+CTRL+C - Color Range


Filters
Shift+CTRL+X - Liquify
Shift+CTRL+G- Gaussian Blur






i.e. these shortcuts are modified for reasons to create a better professional experience when working on projects.

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