In this tutorial, I'm going to show you 6 more amazing shortcuts in Photoshop that you aren't using. Let the fun begins.
This is the second part of the series Photoshop shortcuts. You can check the first part here 6 Amazing Photoshop Shortcuts You Aren’t Using. We will continue where we left off last time. Stay until the end I have one funny bonus tip.
7. Restore Last Selection
When you have a selection active sometimes you may run a command that disables it, or you simply disable it to do something else. If you want to bring back the selection remember than you can press Ctrl + Shift + D to restore the last active selection.
8. Change Brush Size and Hardness
One fast and easy way to change the size and hardness of the brush is to hold Ctrl + Alt, then right-click and drag left and right to adjust the size of the brush. Drag up and down to adjust the hardness of the brush.
9. Revert File
Sometimes when working with Photoshop you may get carried away and apply a bunch of adjustments, filters, or distortions that it's best to simply start from scratch. When this happens you can press the F12 key to revert the file back to the last save point. If you haven't saved the document since you opened it Photoshop will restore it back to the opening state. Another way of getting to the revert function is by going into the File menu and select Revert.
When working with text sometimes you may need to adjust the spacing between two letters. One fast and easy way of doing so is to place the cursor between the two letters that you would like to adjust, hold Alt and tap on the left arrow key to decrease the space between the two characters, or tap on the right arrow key to increase the space.
11. Pick Colors Outside of Photoshop
The next example is not really a keyboard shortcut command, but it is a great time saver that I think qualifies as a shortcut. As you know with the eyedropper tool you can click on image to select a color. But did you know that you could select a color from outside of Photoshop? If you drag the application window to the side to reveal any other application, you can click and hold inside of Photoshop to select the color. Then if you drag out of the Photoshop window without releasing the mouse button you will see that Photoshop will start selecting colors from outside the application. Once you find the color that you like, release the mouse button, and that color will be set to the foreground color inside of Photoshop.
12. Cross-Hair on Painting Tools
This keyboard shortcut is one that everyone should know. If you have been using Photoshop for a while then you probably have run into this problem. With a painting tool selected such as a brush tool you can see the preview of the brush. If you tap on the caps lock key you will switch to the cross-hair cursor. This could be very useful in some cases, but if you inadvertently activate it can be extremely frustrating especially if you don't know how to disable it.
13. Bonus - Banana Tool
The next shortcut will be a bonus. This is a fun Easter Egg that you can use to play a funny prank on a friend or coworker. If you click on the three-dot icon in the toolbar and go into toolbar editor you can hold Shift and click on done. Doing so will replace the three dots with banana. The icon doesn't do anything it's just a funny little icon that surely will freak out your friends. To remove it go back into the toolbar menu, hold Alt and click done.
Thanks for reading the article I hope you liked it, and we’ll read on in the next one.😀😀
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