SearchĪdobe Photoshop CS6 brings the most significant addition to the Layers Panel in ages: searching. If you know of any others, leave a comment below. The only keyboard shortcut that I know of here is that you can press “/” to toggle the “Lock All” command. Oddly enough though, you can still change its stacking order in the Layers Panel. Lock All is exactly what you would think, it locks down a layer so tight that you almost can’t do anything with it: no painting, no moving, no Layer Styles nothing. You can jack with the layer’s appearance as much as you want, but moving and resizing are out. This one is the opposite of the last one. Interestingly enough, Layer Styles, because they’re non-destructive, can still be applied and tweaked when the image pixels are locked. This is good when you have a layer that you don’t want to screw up, but would still like to move around and resize it (both of these actions are still allowed). I’ll wager that many readers only ever use one or two different lock styles but there are in fact four different ways to lock a layer, each of which is represented by an icon on the upper left of the Layers Panel.īy locking the image pixels, you’re preventing any pixel destruction via painting, blurring, sharpening, erasing or anything in that vein. Our next section is where we control how layers are locked. Shift-Minus (⇧-) or Shift-Plus (⇧+): Cycle Through Blending Modes.All of these shortcuts work for the Fill as well, you simply have to add the Shift key.Īmazingly enough, each Blending Mode also has its own keyboard shortcut. Also, you can be more precise if you’re quick. To adjust layer opacity, simply hit a number key. For starters, you should know that all of these shortcuts work specifically with the Move Tool (M) selected. There are quite a few keyboard shortcuts to cover in this section as well. Reducing the Opacity produced a dull, flat look while reducing the Fill has created an interesting, more believable blend. These are comprised of layer blending modes as well as the opacity and fill sliders.Īs you can see, when Blending Modes are thrown into the mix, the difference is profound. The next section up includes the controls for blending layers together.
Create a Clipping Mask: Command-Option-G.Active Selection from Layer: Command-Click on Layer Preview.
Turn Off All But Current Layer: Option-Click eye icon (repeat to turn back on).Duplicate Layer or Selection to New Layer: Command-J (Use Option for options).Merge All Visible to New Layer: Command-Shift-Option-E.Merge Layers to New Layer: Command-Option-E (select two or more first).Merge Layers: Command-E (select two or more first).Select Different Visible Layers: Option- (Try adding shift).Move Layer All the Way Down the Stack: Command-Shift-[.Move Layer All the Way Up the Stack: Command-Shift-].New Layer without Options: Command-Shift-Option-N.Some of these we mentioned in the last section, but they’re worth reiterating. There are a ton of great keyboard shortcuts here so let’s just make a few helpful lists. For instance, creating a new Mask with Option fills it with black and creating a new layer group with this key gives you a dialog with extra settings. You can also delete Layer Styles this way.Ĭheck out my Ode to the Option Key for over thirty awesome Option key shortcuts.Īlways try to switch up an action in this section with the Option key to see what happens. For instance, you can drag a layer mask to the trash to delete hit, hold down Option to skip the dialog. The trash icon is still good for other things though. To delete a layer, you can skip the trash can button entirely and simply hit the Delete key. Also, you can group layers by selecting them and hitting Command-G.Ĭlicking on the mask button will add a layer mask, hold down Command to add a vector mask instead. To copy a layer, you can drag it to the New Layer button, hold down Option if you do want to see extra options this time. You can also hit the New Layer button or add Command to the New Layer button to create a new layer below the current one. To skip this dialog, use Option-Command-Shift-N instead. This will bring up the New Layer dialog, with various options.
To create a new layer, hit Command-Shift-N. For instance, there’s no default shortcut for adding a Curves Layer Adjustment, though you can add one if you wish. Here we’ll go over some shortcuts related to the buttons at the bottom of the Layers Panel.įor the most part, there aren’t too many native shortcuts here. We’ll end out each section with a brief discussion on some common shortcuts associated with the features we just discussed. There’s nothing tricky about these buttons, one creates layers, the other destroys them.
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