Brush mode not working?

[Nimesh Morarji]

This is my seconf Shortcut that disapears all the sudden.

Im an artist and i use photoshop to draw and paint. Everyone i know keep saying to try the alternatives, wich i did, but i always comeback to Photoshop, i like it, i love it and i feel very confortable using it.

But now its really stressing me out and im batteling giving up and moving to alternatives. Why im stressing out_ because suddenly, 2 of my most used photoshop keyboard shortcurt disapeared.

Some months ago, the Brush Mode CLEAR stoped working as a keyborad shortcut, at the time i didnt mind it much and thought that for some reason, with all the new stuff that Photoshop being put in, probably the shoertcut was needed for something else. 

Now since the last updadate, everytime i keep pressing  SHIFT + ALT + S, my brush mode dosent change to Sceen. if i press SHIFT + ALT + M, it changes to multiply, if i press SHIFT + ALT + D i changes to Color Dodge, if i press SHIFT + ALT + N, it changes to Normal, BUT if i do SHIFT + ALT + S, it dosent change to SCREEN mode for the brush. 

[jane-e]

@Nimesh Morarji 

For testing purposes, can you try each of these?

• Go to Edit > Keyboard shortcuts. Are you using the Default set or a modified set? Check the keyboard shortcuts for Screen and Clear to confirm they are correct.
• It's possible that another application has taken over your shortcuts, possibly even a browser. Try shutting down your computer, then re-launching and only run Photoshop. Let us know if the shortcut works for you now or not.

Result	Windows	Mac OS
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	Shift + Alt + Q	Shift + Option + Q
Clear	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

Jane

[Nimesh Morarji]

I just tryed all of this shortcuts. im in Windows 11.

And the only ones that arent working, are the ones i use the most. Shift + Alt + S for screen dosent work and Shift + Alt + R for clear dosent work either (and this one for a long time now).

Everyother Shortcuts work just perfectly, even cycle through

[Nimesh Morarji]

ok, its not a photoshop problem.

I tried Clip Studio Paint and im having the same issue. so on Edit Shortcuts (in CSP) im trying SHIFT + S, and it accenpts. But if i try Shift + ALT + S, nothing shows up. If i try ALT + S it works too. 

So im thinking there's a problem in this 3 keys combo. because if i do Shift + alt + any letter, it works but if i use S or R, it dosent work.

Thank you for trying to help, ill need to figure out why the combo Shift + alt + r and Shift + alt + s are the only ones now working

[jane-e]

@Nimesh Morarji 

To rule out other apps taking over your shortcuts, did you try rebooting and only running Photoshop and nothing else?

Jane

[Nimesh Morarji]

im sure its some app that hijack the shortcut, i was able to recover the Shift +alt + R, it was being used on Nvidia for gaming stuff, yesterday the Screen shortcut also worked but i forgot what app i closed, so im on the hunt for it again. At this ponit , i guess i whished there was a chance to personalize the shortcut and make my life easy

[Sameer K]

Hey, @Nimesh Morarji. 

Please check the Nvidia on-screen overlay. It has a host of keyboard shortcuts that can overlap with other apps. 

Press ALT+Z to > Settings > Shortcuts. 

Let me know if it helps. Thanks!

Sameer K

[KhienAnh170997Pre]

It's frustrating—I ran into the same issue as you. All the blend modes work fine with their usual shortcuts, except for Shift + Alt + S (Screen), which is somehow disabled. I used to use it all the time, and I have no idea why it suddenly stopped working.

[Nimesh Morarji · Accepted solution]

in my case, i was able to recover it again. 

Aparently the conflict is with Microsoft Edge.

so from Task Manager i just terminate task for EDGE and the shortkey works again on Photoshop 

Obviously it means i cant use the browser if im using photoshop

[KhienAnh170997Pre]

I tried force-closing EDGE from Task Manager just like you did, and it worked again. I'm really grateful for your guidance. That's awesome—hope you have a great day!

[Nimesh Morarji]

excelent.

Now just need to find a way to disable it on EDGE so i can use both Photoshop and Edge at same time!

[KhienAnh170997Pre]

Thank you, but I usually use Google Chrome and rarely use EDGE, so I've decided to permanently disable it from running in the background in my Task Manager. Once again, I truly appreciate your help—it's very much appreciated.

[KhienAnh170997Pre]

My Photoshop is experiencing a bug where the shortcut Shift + Alt + S doesn't switch the blending mode to Screen, even though all other blending mode shortcuts work fine. I'm using the latest version, Photoshop v26.11.