Press the record button, and then go to Image > Image Size to bring up the Image Size window (below). Once you've chosen the name of the action, the set, the shortcut and the colour, you now need to record your action. You can also colour-code the action if you want to. If you'd like to create a shortcut to make the action easier to perform, you can do so by choosing a function key from the drop-down menu, and checking shift and/or command. (Create new sets by clicking the folder icon mentioned earlier). You can then choose whether you want the action to be stored within the 'Default' set or a separate one you've created. Here, we're resizing our images to 512 pixels wide, so we've named it 'Image Resize - 512px'. Click it, and you'll see the New Action window appear.Ĭhoose a name for your action. If you can't see it, go to Window and click Actions.Īt the bottom of the actions panel, between the trash can and the folder icons, there's a square 'new' icon. Now, open up one of the images in Photoshop (here, we are using Photoshop CC, but this process will work in older versions of Photoshop too). Within that folder (or wherever you would prefer your resized images to end up) create another folder called something like "Resized Images". However, there is a way to make resizing multiple images in Photoshop really quick and easy, but it takes a bit of work to set up first.įirst things first, you'll want to make sure all of the images you need to resize are in one folder.
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If you've got a folder full of images that you want to resize, you might be dreading how long it's going to take to open up each image in Photoshop, resize them, resave them and close them all again.
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You can find all the keyboard shortcuts on Adobe website.Here, as part of our beginner's guide to Adobe Photoshop, we show you how to use actions and batch processing to resize multiple images. There’s a ton more, but just learning the most common ones will make skyrocket your productivity. These shortcuts are just scratching the surface of what you can do with your keyboard in Photoshop. With brush tools selected, these keys will change your brush size.įinally, a few shortcuts for making quick image color, brightness and exposure adjustments. Useful when you need to move a layer between brush strokes for example. Holding the tool key down, completing an action with it and releasing the key returns you to the previous used tool. Tools and other related shortcuts: Pressing the tool keys once selects the tool. Toggles between your selected background and foreground color.įills your selected layer with background or foreground color, respectively. X: Toggle foreground and background colors Selects “default” background and foreground colors (black and white). Layers are an important feature and being able to work with them effectively is important.Īdds a new layer, by default an empty transparent layer.Ĭopies selection into a new layer or duplicates the whole layer into a new layer if nothing is selected.ĭ: Default foreground and background colors Let’s take a look at some shortcuts for manipulating layers. Opens a search box for searching through the interface and Adobe help You can quickly begin a new project with this shortcut.Ĭloses current project and get a prompt to save.Įxport current project, for example if you wish to make a JPEG from a layered image. If you wish to make a new save file and preserve your old file, use Ctrl-Shift-S for “save as.” This shortcut saves your project and overwrites your previous save file. Repeated presses will undo or redo more actions based on your command history. If you want to redo something or undo your “undo,” just press Ctrl-Shift-Z. Undo will reverse the last action you did. For macOS users the shortcut is Alt-Shift-Command-K.
This shortcut shows you all available keyboard shortcuts and lets you edit them if the default shortcut doesn’t do it for you.
Most popular Photoshop shortcuts and what they do A lot of the shortcuts below are universal across various programs, so you probably already know a few of them. Keep using them and eventually, the shortcuts will become muscle memory and you won’t even have to think twice about using them.