Wednesday, October 5, 2011

Shortcuts!

So I watched a fantastic youtube video of someone's digital painting process (here) but I couldn't help but to noticed their workflow was rather slowed down by their lack of shortcuts. So here's a short list of some of (what I find to be) the most useful photoshop shortcuts:

B : brush tool

option while using the brush tool (B) : eyedropper tool (colour picker)

Q : quick mask

D : changes foreground colour to black, background to white

X : switches foreground and background colours

command+J : Duplicate layer

command+shift+option+N : creates a new blank layer, a longer one but extremely useful

hit V, release, then option+ '+' or '-'  :  Changes the layer mode. Try it, you'll understand


Those are just a few of the ones I use on a daily basis. If there's any confusion don't hesitate to ask!

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