Clicking the Adjustment Layer icon adds an adjustment layer and the Properties panel automatically expands. Note: to disable this feature, choose Preferences > Workspace and uncheck Auto-Show Hidden Panels.Īuto-Collapse Iconic Panels - In the animation below, the Properties panel starts in the collapsed, iconic state. While the panels are hidden, positioning the cursor at the edge of the screen (or application frame on Mac) will display the panels (in order to access the tools/options that you need) and, when you move your cursor away, Photoshop automatically hides them. Shift + Tab toggles the visibility of only the panels. Toggling Tool and Panel Visibility - Tapping the Tab key will hide the Toolbar as well as panels. Note: this shortcut doesn’t reset the visibility or grouping of the tools, only their options. This shortcut is a great way to trouble-shoot a tool when it’s not working as you think it should (perhaps the tool’s blend mode, feather, or other option was changed the last time you used it). Resetting Tools -Right -click (or Control -click on Mac) the tool icon in the Options bar (officially called the Tool Preset Picker) and choose between Reset Tool and Reset All Tools to reset the tool options (found in the Options bar) to their default state. Note: to reset the Rotate View tool, tap the escape key or double click on the tool. Rotate the document as needed and when finished, release they “R” key to return to the Brush tool. With the Brush tool selected, instead of tapping “R” to select the Rotate View tool, press and hold the “R” key to temporarily access the tool. For example, when painting in Photoshop, it can be helpful to use the Rotate View tool to rotate a document on the screen (allowing more natural hand positioning and movement) without actually rotating the contents of the document. When you release the cursor, Photoshop returns to the previously selected tool. Spring Loaded Cursors - To temporarily access a tool, press and hold the shortcut for the tool. Select “Shortcuts For: Tools”, scroll down to the bottom of the list, and assign shortcuts to features such as displaying the Foreground or Background Color Picker, Loading and Cleaning the Mixer Brush, Sharpening Erodible Tips and more. The advantage to using the keyboard modifier is that many attributes such as brush size remain the same between tools.Īssigning Keyboard Shortcuts to Tool Options - Several tools have features, accessible via the Options bar, which can be assigned keyboard shortcuts by selecting Edit > Keyboard Shortcuts. Similarly, Option (Mac) | Alt (Win) toggles between the Sharpen/Blur tool or the Dodge/Burn tool. For example, to temporarily toggle between the Slice/Slice Select tools or the path/Direct Selection tools hold the Command (Mac) | Control (Win) key. Tools that Toggle -There are several tools which, with the help of a keyboard modifier, can be temporarily toggled to another tool. Click the double arrows (chevrons) at the top of the tool bar to toggle the layout. To remove a shortcut, select it and tap the Delete key.Ĭustomizing the Toolbar - This video The Start and Recent Files Workspaces and Customizable Toolbar in Photoshop, demonstrates how to show, hide, and rearrange and regroup tools using the Customize Toolbar editor.ĭisplay Tools as a Double Column - The Toolbar can be displayed as either a single or double column (the double column can be very useful if you like to show a large number of tools). If a tool doesn’t have a shortcut key assigned (or has one that you don’t like), choose Edit > Toolbar and use the editor to assign your own custom shortcuts by clicking in the empty space to the right of the name of the tool. If you prefer to cycle through tools that have the same shortcut without using the Shift key, choose Preferences > Tools and disable Use Shift Key for Tool Switch. To cycle through tools that use the same keyboard shortcut, add the Shift key (for example, Shift + L will cycle through the Lasso tools). For example the Lasso, Polygonal Lasso, and Magnetic Lasso tools all have the shortcut “L” assigned to them. Photoshop assigns the same shortcut to multiple, similar, tools. Shortcuts for Tools - Any tool in the Toolbar can be assigned a letter as a keyboard shortcut in order to access it more quickly. To view the keyboard shortcut assigned to a tool, hover your cursor over the tool to display the tool tip or, click and hold on a tool to view the nested tools (the shortcut is listed to the right of the tool name). To quickly cycle through nested tools, Option -click (Mac) | Alt-click (Win) on the tool. Here are 30 of my favorite ways to streamline Photoshop’s interface including customizing tools, panels, menus, workspaces, view options, screen modes, font size, and more!Ĭycle Through Nested Tools - To save screen real estate, Photoshop nests similar tools together in the Toolbar.
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