ADD YOUR OWN KEYBOARDSHORTCUT

Photoshop includes keyboard shortcuts for a varietyof tasks. You can work more efficiently if you useshortcuts for the tools that you use most often. Manyof the tools in the toolbox already have keyboardshortcuts assigned. Still, you may find yourself goingto the menu to select an item, such as the GaussianBlur filter, so often that a personalized keyboardshortcut is very useful and a huge timesaver.You can easily create your own custom keyboardshortcuts to fit your workflow. You can even changethe ones that Photoshop has already assigned tosomething that you can remember better. If thekeyboard shortcut that you choose is alreadyassigned by Photoshop for another function, awarning appears. You should also avoid keyboardshortcuts that are used by your operating system.You can change Photoshops default shortcuts,oryoucan try a different set of keystrokes that arenot already assigned.Learning and using custom keyboard shortcuts canstreamline your workflow, leaving you more time fordesigning and photo editing.

1 Click Edit.
2 Click Keyboard Shortcuts.


3 Click here and select ApplicationMenus.
4 Click the Filter expand arrow.


5 Scroll down to the filterto which you want toadd a shortcut.
6 Click the filter.


7 Press (Ctrl) and type your shortcutinthe data field.Note: A shortcut must contain either (Ctrl) or an F key in the name. 8 Click Accept.The Photoshop Defaults set is modifiedtoinclude your shortcut.
9 Click OK to finish adding your customkeyboard shortcut.