Editing Photoshop Brushes How-To (section)

== Keyboard shortcuts ==

=== Changing brush size ===

To increase and decrease brush size and hardness while dragging on the brush, hold down the Control + Option ( <kbd>&#8963;</kbd> + <kbd>&#8997;</kbd> ) keys while dragging the pen or mouse. 

Drag left and right to decrease and increase the brush size.

Drag down and up to decrease and increase the brush hardness.

Of course, square brackets <kbd>[</kbd> <kbd>]</kbd> increase and decrease brush size. Also, curly brackets <kbd>{</kbd> <kbd>}</kbd> increase and decrease the brush hardness.

=== Selecting brushes ===

With the '''Brush Tool''' selected, right click to access the '''Brushes Preset Picker'''.

With the '''Brushes Preset Picker''' ''closed'', the comma key <kbd>,</kbd> will select the previous brush in the palette, and the period key <kbd>.</kbd> will select the next brush in the palette.

=== Toggle between layer color and layer mask ===

Command + backslash ( <kbd>&#8984;</kbd> + <kbd>\</kbd> ) switches focus to the Layer Mask.

Command + 2 ( <kbd>&#8984;</kbd> + <kbd>2</kbd> ) switches focus to the Layer Color.