** How to Quickly Locate a Photoshop Brush
I use a lot of keyboard shortcuts--now! When I first started using Photoshop , I didn't. They were too hard to remember. I found the trick, for me, was to use one shortcut until it became automatic, then start using another shortcut until I knew that one well enough too... and so on. Pretty soon, I was using shortcuts to shorten my workflow without even thinking about it. But this week I learned a new-to-me shortcut, that I am beyond-excited about and can't believe I hadn't heard of it. It has to do with using Brushes. Not JUST the Brush Tool. This also works with ANY tool in Photoshop tool that uses brushes; ie. the Eraser Tool, the Blur, Sharpen, and Smudge Tools, and the Dodge, Burn, and Sponge Tools. Prior to this week, when I was working with Brushes and wanted to change from one brush to another, I would click on the down-pointing arrow in the top Menu Bar to see what brushes I had loaded, select one, and go back to work on my document. It was time-consuming and ...