test 1 Practical Photoshop - April 2018 UK | Page 49

14 keyboard shortcuts that will massively improve your
speed and eiciency while working in Photoshop
D X
Reset the foreground and background colors
to black and white Switch the foreground and background
color swatches
ALT+[SCROLL WHEEL] [ OR ]
Zoom in or out of the image Resize the brush tip
CMD/CTRL+SHIFT+ALT+E SHIFT+[ OR ]
Create a merged copy of all the layers in the
layer stack Cycle backwards or forwards through the
layer blend modes
SPACE BAR CMD/CTRL+ALT+Z
Temporarily switch the current tool to the Hand
tool, for moving around the image while zoomed in Undo the last change made to the document.
Works multiple times
ALT+[EYE ICON] CMD/CTRL+[LAYER MASK]
Switch of the visibility of all other layers in the
layer stack, for before-and-after comparisons Load the currently active layer mask as
a new selection
CMD/CTRL+I CMD/CTRL+T
Invert the color of a layer mask to black Activate the Free Transform tool
SHIFT+[LAYER MASK] CMD/CTRL+J
Disable the efects of a layer mask Duplicate the current layer