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luckk
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July 3, 2020
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Rotate canvas without changing brush tool in Photoshop

  • July 3, 2020
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Hello, 

I'm trying to rotate the canvas right or left without changing the brush tool while drawing, there is any shortcut to do it? Because I used them in the past and I can't remember the position in the menu in order to change them back. I'm not refering to the R shortcut for the rotate tool, since I have to allways go back to the brush tool, but something to use with the wacom wheel in order to rotate left and right.

 

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JJMack
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JJMackCommunity Expert
Community Expert
July 4, 2020

Press and hold the R key down the hold part is the important thing.  You do not just want to press it  or tap it that is the shortcut foe the Rotate tool Photoshop will Select the Rotate tool and it will become the Active tool.   However, if you press and hold the R key down while it is down it will be like the Rotate tool is active. You can rotate the document canvas with the pen|Mouse|Touch Pads whatever device you want to use. When you release the R key the Brush tool will be the active tool and you can continue printing

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    Pernan
    Participant
    February 11, 2022

    Thank you all. I have the same problem. On iMac (Apple), using Photoshop 23.1.1, when I rotate canvas (R), holding down (quite heavily) R, it works, but only sometimes. First two times is OK, when releasing R it automatically goes back to the brush tool, but sometimes it doesn't. I am not used to it and having to click once and again B for brush tool slows down my workflow, and sometimes I lose concentration... Is that a bug of the Photoshop version? Are they going to fix it soon? Thanks in advance.

      Sahil.Chawla
      Adobe Employee
      Sahil.Chawla
      Adobe Employee
      July 3, 2020

      Hi there,

      You can rotate a brush tip with the left/right arrow keys. Holding Shift will increment in 15-degree increments. There is also a new angle widget in the Tool Options bar.

      Please let us know if it helps.
      Regards,
      Sahil

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      luckkAuthor
      Participant
      July 3, 2020

      I'm not refering to the brush tip but to the canvs. I solved it through the wacom driver but no way to do it using shortcuts like in Clip studio

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