Comments on Tips & Techniques: Photoshop brush size shortcuts

I think the shortcut only requires that you hold t...

2011-12-04T11:00:23.168-06:00

I think the shortcut only requires that you hold the alt key during right click and drag: dragging left/right changes the size while dragging up/down changes the softness. Check it out, it totally works! The shift key probably just restricts the mouse movement to a purely horizontal or vertical axis as with several other shortcuts in Photoshop.

Tahnks !!!! Looking for this since a lot of time !...

2011-07-01T04:16:25.529-05:00

Tahnks !!!! Looking for this since a lot of time !!! Very usefull !

Thanks for such a handy tip... But its not working...

2011-02-15T06:00:01.685-06:00

Thanks for such a handy tip... But its not working for me :(
Everytime i try it my photoshop crashes :( :( Any Suggestions?

Thank you

2011-01-13T23:03:05.047-06:00

Thank you

@Anonymous: I don't know of any way to change ...

2011-01-06T16:12:12.301-06:00

@Anonymous: I don't know of any way to change the CS5 Ctrl-Alt-Drag shortcut, sorry.

Hi Keith i have Cs5 and i was wondering if its pos...

2011-01-06T15:58:06.870-06:00

Hi Keith i have Cs5 and i was wondering if its possible to change the Ctrl+Alt+Drag command to a different command?

@Niels: In CS5, the shortcut has changed. In CS5, ...

2010-12-09T13:13:36.850-06:00

@Niels: In CS5, the shortcut has changed. In CS5, hold down ctrl-option (Macintosh) or alt (Windows) and drag the mouse horizontally to change brush size, and vertically to change brush softness.

Hey Keith, The "change brush edge softnes&quo...

2010-12-09T09:12:30.094-06:00

Hey Keith,
The "change brush edge softnes" by holding ctrl + option + cmd and drag has changed in CS5. If been searching all over but cant find the 'shortcut' to do this. Do you maybe know what the new shortcut is in CS5?
Regards Niels

Yeah, just hit the number keys on the keyboard (no...

2010-09-09T17:07:57.245-05:00

Yeah, just hit the number keys on the keyboard (not the number pad). 1=10%, 2=20%, 3=30% an so on. To get 100% hit 0, and for in-between numbers like 55 just hit the two numbers quickly in succession. You have to have the brush tool selected. This also works with layer opacity when you have the selection tool active and a layer selected, and with the eraser tool and several others that I can't think of right now.

is there a keyboard shortcut like this for opacity...

2010-09-07T20:30:48.437-05:00

is there a keyboard shortcut like this for opacity?

Figured it out. Once you enable OpenGL it will onl...

2010-08-07T11:45:29.211-05:00

Figured it out. Once you enable OpenGL it will only take effect on subsequent documents and will not have any effect on the currently open document.

Hi, I have CS5 on Windows and the shortcuts work b...

2010-08-07T11:38:05.666-05:00

Hi, I have CS5 on Windows and the shortcuts work but I don't get the red preview of the brush when editing the size or softness, it only shows an outline of the brush shape. I have enabled OpenGL drawing and set it to advanced mode and the cursor is set to Full Size Brush Tip with the color set to red. Is there another setting I am missing? Thanks.

In CS5, the shortcut has changed. In CS5, hold dow...

2010-08-05T16:35:43.690-05:00

In CS5, the shortcut has changed. In CS5, hold down ctrl-option (Macintosh) or alt (Windows) and drag the mouse horizontally to change brush size, and vertically to change brush softness.

Hi, ctrl + option + drag is OK for resizing brushe...

2010-08-01T04:35:15.148-05:00

Hi,
ctrl + option + drag is OK for resizing brushes under CS5
command + option + ctrl not OK to change edge softness in Mac !? This shortcut now open a color palette !?
So what's is the "new" shorcut to change Edge softness ? Can't find it by myself :-(
Thks.

Hello, somebody knows how to remove these brush co...

2010-06-16T02:35:54.644-05:00

Hello,
somebody knows how to remove these brush control shortcuts and retrieve old ones to quickly change between layers in B or E modes?

Keep in mind that these new brush size and brush s...

2009-11-13T09:03:16.759-06:00

Keep in mind that these new brush size and brush softness shortcuts require a compatible OpenGL video card. Choose Preferences > Performance, and make sure that Enable OpenGL Drawing is selected. If this option is greyed out, your video card doesn't support OpenGL, and these shortcuts will not work.

I just got CS4 and can't get the brush to chan...

2009-11-12T15:09:02.687-06:00

I just got CS4 and can't get the brush to change softness with your collection of keys. Is there an error here too?

@Adrian: Thanks for pointing out the mistake! I...

2009-11-09T11:47:06.058-06:00

@Adrian: Thanks for pointing out the mistake! I've updated the original post accordingly.

Change Edge softness in Windows is actually Shift+...

2009-11-07T08:36:50.935-06:00

Change Edge softness in Windows is actually Shift+Alt (like with brackets) and not Ctrl+Alt