When using the Adjustment brush, tap “M” to toggle on/off the Auto Mask option (Auto Mask automatically detect edges based on contrast and color to help selectively apply adjustments to a desired area. To view the Mask Overlay tap “Y” to toggle the Overlay on /off. To choose a different color to display as the mask overlay, click the color swatch to the right of the Show Mask option.
Parallel to Photoshop, Option (Mac) / Alt (Win) + “[" or "]” increases/decreases brush size. Adding the Shift key increases/decreases Feather. Adjusting the Flow is even easier, simply tap the “+ ” (plus) or “-” (minus) to increase/decrease. Note: the Flow sets the amount and speed at which an adjustment is applies , the Density caps the amount of change that can be made (even with multiple strokes).
In addition, Shift -drag constrains the Adjustment Brush to a straight line and Option (Mac) / Alt (Win) toggles the Adjustment Brush and Eraser tool.
• Option (Mac) / Alt (Win) -drag the Exposure, Recovery or Blacks sliders to display any clipped areas in the preview.
• Option (Mac) / Alt (Win) -drag the Hue slider in the Split Toning panel to display the color at 100% saturation.
• Option (Mac) / Alt (Win) -drag Detail and Masking slider to display a B/W preview of the mask.
• Option (Mac) / Alt (Win) -drag Red/Cyan or Blue/Yellow slider in the Lens Correction panel to display a single color shift correction.
To delete a single Color Sampler in Camera Raw, position the cursor over the Color Sampler while holding the Option (Mac) / Alt (Win) key. When the icon changes to a pair of scissors, click to “cut” (delete) the Color Sampler. Holding down the Shift key temporarily toggles the Color Sampler tool to the White Balance Eyedropper.
Option-Command (Mac) / Alt-Control (Win) + 1, 2, 3-9 will display the corresponding panel (Basic, Tone Curve, Detail etc.). Note: Mac Users, must disable Universal Access in the OS in order to display the Preset’s panel (Option-Command (Mac) / Alt-Control (Win) + 8).
The Crop tool in Camera Raw works similar Photoshop, however there are a few differences.
• Position the curser outside of the crop marquee (the icon will change to the double headed arrow), and drag to rotate/straighten.
• Escape will remove or cancel the crop.
• In order to set an aspect ratio for the Crop tool, click and hold the Crop tool icon and select Custom from the drop down. Changing the Crop options to Inches will enable the option to open at a specific size (when used in combination with the resolution in the Workflow Settings).
Some of these your might recognize from Photoshop, however Camera Raw adds some great additions.
• Command (Mac) / Control (Win) + “+” (plus) zooms in and “-”(minus) zooms out.
Some of these your might recognize from Photoshop, however Camera Raw adds some great additions.
• Command (Mac) / Control (Win) + 0 (zero) will “Fit In View”.
Some of these your might recognize from Photoshop, however Camera Raw adds some great additions.
• Option-Command (Mac) / Alt-Control (Win) + “0″ (zero) views the image at 100% .
Some of these your might recognize from Photoshop, however Camera Raw adds some great additions.
• Holding down the Command (Mac) / Control (Win) will temporarily switch to the Zoom In tool. Note: this shortcut will not work when the Crop tool is selected as the Command (Mac) / Control (Win) temporarily switches the Crop to the Straighten tool.
Some of these your might recognize from Photoshop, however Camera Raw adds some great additions.
• Option (Mac) / Alt (Win) will temporarily switch to the Zoom Out tool.
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Yesterday’s post noted that “T” was the shortcut for the Targeted Adjustment Tool. More specifically, “T” will select the “last used” Targeted Adjustment tool. There are however, more specific shortcuts to select the individual tools:
Option-Command (Mac) / Alt-Control (Win) Shift + T Parametric Curve
Option-Command (Mac) / Alt-Control (Win) Shift + H Hue
Option-Command (Mac) / Alt-Control (Win) Shift + S Saturation
Option-Command (Mac) / Alt-Control (Win) Shift + L Luminance
Option-Command (Mac) / Alt-Control (Win) Shift + G Grayscale Mix
