Web Design Tutorials and Tips

Fastest way of moving around any applications/games quite unachievable unless there is a combination of keyboard and mouse. In Photoshop, to move around quicker that your fellow colleagues or friends, how about starting with mastering the Tools; the most important element in Photoshop, from my point of view.

Point your mouse over the image to see a change. The alphabets indicates the shortcut for each of the tools. For a more complete coverage of the tools shortcut, refer the table of Photoshop CS 2 tools shortcut below.

At a Glance

61 Toolbox Keyboard Shortcuts

• + – Add Shape
• - – Subtract Shape
• / – Preserve Transparency (toggle)
• [ - Decrease Brush Size
• ] – Increase Brush Size
• Shift+ [ - Decrease Brush Softness by 25%
• Shift+ ] – Increase Brush Hardness by 25%
• < – Previous Brush
• > – Next Brush
• Shift+ < – First Brush
• Shift+ > – >Last Brush
• 1 → 0 – Tool Opacity 10% → 100%
• Shift+1 → 0 – Flow / Airbrush Opacity 10% → 100%
• A – Path / Direct Selection Tool
• B – Brush / Pencil / Color Replacement Tool
• C – Crop Tool
• D – Default Colors
• E – Eraser Tool
• F – Cycle Screen Modes
• G – Gradient / Paint Bucket Tool
• H – Hand Tool
• I – Eyedropper / Sampler / Measure Tool
• J – Spot Healing / Healing / Patch / Red Eye
• K – Slice Tool
• L – Lasso Tool
• M – Marquee Tool
• N – Notes / Audio Annotation Tool
• O – Dodge / Burn / Sponge Tool
• P – Pen / Freeform Pen Tool
• Q – Standard / Quick Mask Mode
• R – Blur / Sharpen / Smudge Tool
• S – Clone / Pattern Stamp Tool
• T – Type Tool (Vertical / Horizontal)
• U – Shape Tool
• V – Move Tool
• W – Magic Wand Tool
• X – Switch Colors
• Y – History / Art History Brush Tool
• Z – Zoom Tool
• Space – >Hand Tool (toggle)
• Ctrl+Space -Zoom In (toggle)
• Alt+Space – Zoom Out (toggle)
• Shift+A – Cycle Path / Direct Selection Tools
• Shift+B – Cycle Brush / Pencil / Color Replacement
• Shift+E – Cycle Eraser Tools
• Shift+F – Menubar (show / hide)
• Shift+G – Toggle Gradient / Paint Bucket Tools
• Shift+ I – Cycle Eyedropper / Sampler / Measure
• Shift+J – Cycle Spot / Healing / Patch / Red Eye
• Shift+K – Toggle Slice / Slice Select Tools
• Shift+L – Cycle Lasso Tools
• Shift+M – Toggle Rectangular / Elliptical Marquee
• Shift+N – Toggle Notes / Audio Annotation Tools
• Shift+O – Cycle Dodge / Burn / Sponge Tools
• Shift+P – Toggle Pen / Freeform Pen Tools
• Shift+R – Cycle Blur / Sharpen / Smudge Tools
• Shift+S – Toggle Clone / Pattern Stamp Tools
• Shift+T – Cycle Type Tools (Vertical / Horizontal)
• Shift+U – Cycle Shape / Line Tools
• Shift+Y – Toggle History / Art History Brush
• Alt+Shift+P – Airbrush (Brush Tool)