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July 16, 2018
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Shortcuts constantly changes

  • July 16, 2018
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I was editing in Photoshop and suddenly shortcuts start to change all the time, for example there are some times that when I press V it selects the move tool and other times that when I press V it selects the "View" tool, when that happens I have to discover how to fix it and tap it a couple of times, and there are other times that instead of step forward (Shift+Ctrl+Z) it changes the layer type, or move the layer or change something, I dont really know why is this and I am very annoyed with that, so please, if someone can help me thanks.

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JJMack
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JJMackCommunity Expert
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July 16, 2018

Then what you may be doing  is accidentally tapping the Alt key. When you do that it toggle the menu  underscore Character  shortcuts on.

If you tap Alt then look at Photoshop menu bar  You will see the Underscore character are displayed.  You will see that V is then the shortcut for the View menu....

JJMack
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    johnm48926672Author
    Participant
    July 16, 2018

    Thanks, you are correct, but why could it be that when I pressed shift+ctrl+z it changed the image type to "pass through" and my clone stamp tool to pin light?

    JJMack
    Community Expert
    JJMackCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    July 16, 2018

    To tell the truth Photoshop has so many Shortcuts I can not remember them all or which ones are active when.

    Default keyboard shortcuts in Adobe Photoshop

    Tools have there own shortcuts when there are active. Plug-ins may have shortcuts.  Also the numbers may change thing like opacity.  Shortcuts for scrolling through layers. Too many for my mind to handle. Sometime keyboard focus seem to change from PS and shortcuts are not seen by Photoshop and do not work.

    Develop the workflow that works best for you.

    Use for blending modes

    Result

    Windows

    macOS

    Cycle through blending modes

    Shift + + (plus) or – (minus)

    Shift + + (plus) or – (minus)

    Normal

    Shift + Alt + N

    Shift + Option + N

    Dissolve

    Shift + Alt + I

    Shift + Option + I

    Behind (Brush tool only)

    Shift + Alt + Q

    Shift + Option + Q

    Clear (Brush tool only)

    Shift + Alt + R

    Shift + Option + R

    Darken

    Shift + Alt + K

    Shift + Option + K

    Multiply

    Shift + Alt + M

    Shift + Option + M

    Color Burn

    Shift + Alt + B

    Shift + Option + B

    Linear Burn

    Shift + Alt + A

    Shift + Option + A

    Lighten

    Shift + Alt + G

    Shift + Option + G

    Screen

    Shift + Alt + S

    Shift + Option + S

    Color Dodge

    Shift + Alt + D

    Shift + Option + D

    Linear Dodge

    Shift + Alt + W

    Shift + Option + W

    Overlay

    Shift + Alt + O

    Shift + Option + O

    Soft Light

    Shift + Alt + F

    Shift + Option + F

    Hard Light

    Shift + Alt + H

    Shift + Option + H

    Vivid Light

    Shift + Alt + V

    Shift + Option + V

    Linear Light

    Shift + Alt + J

    Shift + Option + J

    Pin Light

    Shift + Alt + Z

    Shift + Option + Z

    Hard Mix

    Shift + Alt + L

    Shift + Option + L

    Difference

    Shift + Alt + E

    Shift + Option + E

    Exclusion

    Shift + Alt + X

    Shift + Option + X

    Hue

    Shift + Alt + U

    Shift + Option + U

    Saturation

    Shift + Alt + T

    Shift + Option + T

    Color

    Shift + Alt + C

    Shift + Option + C

    Luminosity

    Shift + Alt + Y

    Shift + Option + Y

    Desaturate

    Sponge tool + Shift + Alt + D

    Sponge tool + Shift + Option + D

    Saturate

    Sponge tool + Shift + Alt + S

    Sponge tool + Shift + Option + S

    Dodge/burn shadows

    Dodge tool/Burn tool + Shift + Alt + S

    Dodge tool/Burn tool + Shift + Option + S

    Dodge/burn midtones

    Dodge tool/Burn tool + Shift + Alt + M

    Dodge tool/Burn tool + Shift + Option + M

    Dodge/burn highlights

    Dodge tool/Burn tool + Shift + Alt + H

    Dodge tool/Burn tool + Shift + Option + H

    Set blending mode to Threshold for bitmap images, Normal for all other images

    Shift + Alt + N

    Shift + Option + N

    JJMack
    JJMack
    Community Expert
    JJMackCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    July 16, 2018

    Do you change Workspaces, Changing workspaces can change shortcuts?

    JJMack
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    johnm48926672Author
    Participant
    July 16, 2018

    I never changed my workspace.

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