![]() To group layers, select all the layers you want to organize and press COMMAND + G.Play around with it and you’ll get the hang of it. To decrease or increase your brush size, with the brush tool open, use.If you press escape you’ll lose the edits you made in the text box (yeah don’t do that!) To exit a text box you’re editing, press COMMAND + RETURN. ![]() To scale text up and down using your keyboard, select all the text you want to scale, and hold SHIFT + COMMAND + to make bigger.Super useful when editing a smart object in your file, so you don’t have to close the tab manually. To close the tab of a window in Photoshop you’re working in, press COMMAND + W.To lower the opacity of a selected layer, you can use the number pad on your keyboard! For example, 1 = 10%, 2 = 20% and so on! If you press a number quickly and twice it will make it more specific, for example, 11 = 11%, 25 = 25%, etc.Here are some other shortcuts not shown above: For example, I use Smart Objects a lot in Photoshop so I replaced the shortcut to open in Adobe Bridge with the keys to open a Smart Object without having to double-click the layer! I use an Mac computer so if you have a Windows computer, you can interchange Command for Ctrl, as shown below. You can use the preset shortcuts that come with the program or you can customize the ones you use the most! Go to Edit > Keyboard Shortcuts to set your own shortcuts or change already existing ones to your liking. Learning keyboard shortcuts means less time using your mouse and more time actually designing.
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