{"id":9788,"date":"2012-10-17T08:18:45","date_gmt":"2012-10-17T12:18:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/blog\/?p=9788"},"modified":"2021-12-02T22:51:01","modified_gmt":"2021-12-02T22:51:01","slug":"photoshop-masking-key-commands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/blog\/9788\/photoshop-masking-key-commands\/","title":{"rendered":"Photoshop Masking Key Commands"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; }<\/style>\n<div class=\"embed-container\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/\/bQQyDcWdaUo\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><br \/>\nThe following key commands do not require clicking on the mask.<br \/>\n<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>X<\/strong> \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0reverses Foreground and Background colors<br \/>\n<strong>Numbers<\/strong> \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0number keys change the Opacity of a brush<br \/>\n<strong>[ and ] \u00a0<\/strong> \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0makes a brush smaller and \u00a0larger<br \/>\n<strong>Shift [ and Shift ]<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 makes a brush softer and \u00a0harder<br \/>\n<strong>Opt Delete<\/strong> \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0fills a mask with the Foreground color<br \/>\n<strong>Command I \u00a0<\/strong> \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <strong> \u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0inverts a mask<\/p>\n<p><em>The following key commands require clicking on the mask.<br \/>\n<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>Control Click \u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 displays mask options<br \/>\n<strong>Opt Click<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <strong> \u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 displays a mask in black and white<br \/>\n<strong>Shift Opt Click<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 displays a mask as a red overlay<\/p>\n<p><strong>Command Click<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0loads the mask as a selection<br \/>\n<strong>Shift Command Click<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 adds the mask to a selection<br \/>\n<strong>Option Command Click<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 subtracts the mask from a selection<br \/>\n<strong>Shift Option Command<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0loads the intersection of two masks<br \/>\n<strong>Shift Command I<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 inverses a selection<\/p>\n<p><strong>Drag &amp; drop<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0to move a mask from one layer to another<br \/>\n<strong>Option drag &amp; drop<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 to copy a mask from one layer to another<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/blog\/37745\/the-art-of-selections-masking\/\"><strong>Read more about Selections &amp; Masks.<\/strong><\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/workshops\/\">Learn more in my digital photography\u00a0and digital printing workshops.<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>. The following key commands do not require clicking on the mask. X \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0reverses Foreground and Background colors Numbers \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[12],"tags":[2506,245,141],"post_folder":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v18.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Photoshop Masking Key Commands - John Paul Caponigro<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/blog\/9788\/photoshop-masking-key-commands\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Photoshop Masking Key Commands - John Paul Caponigro\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\". 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