

……….Darken + K, Multiply + M, Color Burn + B, Linear Burn + A, ……….Normal + N, Dissolve + I, Behind + Q, Clear + R They all begin with Option + Shift (Mac) | Alt + Shift (Win) then a single letter.

Note: If you have a tool selected that doesn’t have an opacity setting in the Option bar, these shortcuts will affect the Opacity option on the Layers panel. Tapping two numbers quickly will give you that exact amount (5 + 4 = 54%).
#MAC PHOTOSHOP HOTKEY FOR CHANGING IMAGE TO BLACK AND WHITE FULL SIZE#
Full Size Brush Tip – the circle icon size represents all pixels to be painted.Normal Brush Tip – the circle icon size represents pixels to be painted with greater than 50% effect.Standard – to display the small iconic cursors.To customize the display of the painting cursors, select Preferences > Cursors and select from the following:.To use the change Brush Opacity (instead of the Brush Hardness), based on the vertical drag movement, select Preferences > Tools and uncheck “Vary Round Brush Hardness based on HUD vertical movement”.On Windows: Control + Alt + Right click -drag left/right to decrease/ increase brush size and up/down decrease/ increase brush hardness.

On Mac: Control + Option (Mac) –drag left/right in order to decrease/increase brush size and up/down to decrease/ increase brush hardness.Scroll down (almost the bottom of the list) and enter any single character to set a new shortcut for Decreasing/Increasing Brush Size.Ģ) Resizing Using the HUD (Heads-Up Display) To customize the keys used to increase/decrease brush size and hardness (as many international keyboards do not have brackets), under Edit > Keyboard Shortcuts – choose “Shortcuts For: Tools”.Hold the left/right bracket to continuously decrease/increase brush size.Tap the left/right bracket decrease/increase brush size.Although I often use the Brush tool as the example, many of these shortcuts also work for other painting tools such as the Pencil, Mixer Brush, Clone/Pattern Stamp, Eraser, Gradient, Paint Bucket and more. Here are twenty of my favorite shortcuts for the Brush and painting tools in Photoshop.
