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skyh79863589
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February 12, 2019
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Shortcuts aren't the good ones. Photoshop CC, French, azerty,

  • February 12, 2019
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Hello

I have some issues using the shortcuts on Photoshop CC, I just installed the app in French, and some shortcuts aren't the same as in this page Raccourcis clavier par défaut dans Adobe Photoshop and either doesn't match with English shortcuts. My keyboard is azerty, I'm using Windows 10 in FRA keyboard ( azerty too )

as example to decrease/increase brush size it's not , and ; but : and !

and more examples..

I tried in English version it's even worse, in this case ,  ;   :  or  ! dont work either

My setup :    

Laptop on Windows 10

Photoshop CC 20.0.3    

Wacom Intuos Pro Small            

Thanks for helping

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    arnelb39848944
    arnelb39848944
    Participating Frequently
    August 19, 2023

    The problem I have with changing the shortcuts in the Application menu .. sure I can but in Camera Raw we can't change the shortcuts which means brush increase / decrease won't function. There is no eassy access to brackets in AZERTY layout. Unless there is a way to. change the CAMERA RAW tools shortcuts.

     

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    An Alarch
    Known Participant
    August 19, 2023
    The answer to any problems with shortcuts may lie in the technology you use
    rather than the Adobe software itself.

    For example, I have a two button Logitech mouse with a clickable centre
    wheel. I have used the mouse software to change the settings, so when I
    click the centre wheel it sends Ctrl+T to the computer.

    If you have a more sophisticated mouse, such as a gaming mouse, with
    multiple buttons, then you can probably set them to emulate any Photoshop
    shortcut that you desire.



    Another answer is a piece of software called VoiceAttack. It's fairly cheap
    (around the 10 euro mark I believe). This enables you to talk to your
    computer. It recognises what you say and sends the key commands associated
    with the phrase you used. For example I can say << full screen >> and it
    sends Ctrl+0 to the computer - because I set it up that way.

    If you're reasonably good with computers it should take about an hour to set
    up, and you can add extra commands as you go. You can also define profiles
    so you can use it with other software such as games and MS Office. ( I
    bought mine originally to play Elite Dangerous)



    One tip - in my experience it's not good at recognising single short word
    commands. So 'flip image' works - 'flip' doesn't. (it might be my Welsh
    accent ? )



    Your third option is to set up a function key to run an action in Photoshop.
    For example on my Photoshop PC the F10 key flips the layer
    (Edit>Transform>Flip Horizontal).



    I combine this with option 2 so I can tell VoiceAttack to 'flip image' and
    it calls the F10 key which runs the action.



    I hope that helps - there's probably other software that will convert voice
    to PC commands. This is just the stuff I use to make life easier and speed
    up the workflow (and I'm lazy !!)
    arnelb39848944
    arnelb39848944
    Participating Frequently
    August 19, 2023

    Interesting!
    I appreciate the suggestions you've provided, but unfortunately, they don't address the specific issue I'm facing regarding the adjustment of Camera Raw Brush size using an AZERTY keyboard layout. To provide more context, I'm aiming to configure hotkeys on my Streamdeck XL – one for increasing the brush size and another for decreasing it. The default shortcuts for this function involve using the open and close brackets ([, ]) on a QWERTY layout. However, complications arise due to the AZERTY French keyboard layout, where brackets require the use of an ALTGR modifier. Regrettably, Photoshop doesn't seem to recognize this modifier when assigning shortcuts, further complicating the situation. The challenge lies in the predefined nature of Camera Raw's tools and shortcuts, leaving users with limited options for customization in alignment with alternative keyboard layouts like AZERTY.

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    An Alarch
    Known Participant
    September 21, 2022

    I've just come across this while searching for a similar problem with my French laptop with an AZERTY keyboard.  On my main   QWERTY PC I can change the position of a layer using Ctrl and the [ and ] bracket keys.  This doesn't work on my French laptop.  To get at the bracket keys on my laptop I have to hold down the AltGr key, so the key press for left square bracket is Ctrl + AltGr + [  .  This gives the correct symbol in, say, Notepad, but PS doesn't recognise it .
    In addition if you go to the shortcuts menu and try to enter Ctrl + AltGr + [  what appears in the PS shortcut box is Ctrl + AltGr + (  .  i.e you get the left round bracket, not the square one.  So there appears to be some coding error in PS.  I don't know if this is related to the way you access symbols on certain laptops or whether it's to do with the French keyboard layout.
    The only answer I found was to try to program the shortcut keys as I thought they should be then ignore what Adobe showed in he box.


    Lenovo 4000 laptop PS 2022

    Daniel E Lane
    Daniel E Lane
    Inspiring
    February 12, 2019

    Due to new features being added, the keyboard shortcuts for some things were changed in the latest version of Photoshop. I think this might be what you are running in to. But remember, you can always change the shortcuts to whatever you want them to be. Just go to the Edit dropdown menu and click on Keyboard Shortcuts.

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