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Photoshop Keyboard Shortcuts

Many tools are hiding behind other tools. Click the small triangle to reveal hiding tools.
If your tool bar disappears, go to the top of your screen and click Window > Workspace > Reset Essentials

Move Tool: V
layer Masks A non-destructive way
to edit an image

So what are layer masks then? Well, if the term


“mask” is what’s confusing you (and who could
blame you), replace the word “mask” in your
mind with “transparency”, because that’s exactly
what a layer mask does. It allows you to control a
layer’s level of transparency. The layer mask
This is the layer that you paint
Layer masks allow you to hide parts of the layer with black and white on
without harming a single pixel. This gives you
flexibility because nothing you do with a layer
mask is permanent.

Brush tool
keyboard shortcut: B
To make your brush bigger or smaller,
use the bracket keys on your keyboard.
Trash Can Button
Click to delete a layer
[ left bracket makes brush smaller
] right bracket makes brush bigger
New Layer Button
Layer Mask Button Click to create a new
Click to create a new layer
layer mask

Color Swatches
Whatever color is in front is the active color. This
You can also play with the hardness. softness, or
is called the “foreground color.”
size of a brush manually at the top of the screen.
You can click the little arrows to switch them, or
These options show when you have the brush
you can use the keyboard shortcut and press
tool selected.
the letter X to swap them.

Paint Bucket tool White in a layer mask means 100% visible.


You can make a selection and then dump black Black in a layer mask means 100% transparent.
or white in that selection to delete/restore. And gray in a layer mask means some level of
transparency depending on how light or dark
Sometimes the paint bucket is hiding behind the the shade of gray is. 50% gray will give us 50%
Gradient Tool. Just click the little triangle to reveal transparency.
the paint bucket.
Personal notes:
Magic Wand tool
Selects pixels based on color range.
You can adjust how “selective” the magic
wand is by changing the tolerance at the
top of the screen. The lower the tolerance
number, the MORE selective it is (it will
select a smaller range of pixels).
The higher the tolerance number, the less
selective it is (it will select a wider range of
pixels.)

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