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Cycling through Layer Blend Modes (part 1)

April 2, 2009 by Corey Barker Tip of the Day 6 Comments

Sometimes it’s useful to quickly cycle through your blend modes to see which one works best.

Manually clicking on each one just isn’t quick, so try this: Click on the Blend Mode list in the top left of the Layers panel to select a blend mode.

Then press Shift + (plus key) to cycle down the list and Shift – (minus key) to go back up.

Posted by Corey Barker

Corey is the newest education and curriculum developer for the National Association of Photoshop Professionals. He is a graduate of the Ringling School of Art & Design in Sarasota, Fl, with a degree in Illustration. Over the years, Corey has worked as a graphic artist in a variety of disciplines such as illustration, commercial design, large format printing, motion graphics, web design and photography. His expertise in Photoshop and Illustrator have earned him numerous awards in illustration, graphic design and photography. Using Photoshop since Version 2, his expertise and creativity have evolved exponentially with every new version, which makes Corey an invaluable addition to the NAPP team.

6 comments on “Cycling through Layer Blend Modes (part 1)”

  3. Rommel – I’ve always used that method in CS3. It makes life so easy!

    I recently upgraded to CS4 and I have to manually select each one…what a pain! Unfortunately the Shift + (-) method doesn’t work. Any other ideas?

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  6. I knew how to do this on a PC already. It’s nonsense like this that makes switching platforms much more frustrating than it should. As if Adobe isn’t useless at streamlining their Suite, but the “minor” differences between PC and Mac aren’t so “minor” when it’s part of your everyday routine.

    Thanks for the tip, though! It’s another step away from totally loathing this Mac.

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