Blending Modes – Keyboard Shortcuts in Photoshop CS3 and CS4

Posted by Amit Shamis on Sep 17, 2009 in Photoshop | 0 comments

While selecting a tool in the toolbox that is not a brush-based tool, it is possible to change the layer blend mode with keyboard shortcuts.

There are, however several things to keep in mind:
1. Not every blend mode has its own shortcut.
2. There is absolutely no connection between the blend mode name and the shortcut…
3. If you selected a brush-based tool, the tool blend mode will change instead of the layer blend mode.

Here is the list:

Blend Mode	Keyboard Shortcuts
Normal	Alt+Shift+n
Dissolve	Alt+Shift+i
Darken	Alt+Shift+k
Multiply	Alt+Shift+m
Color Burn	Alt+Shift+b
Linear Burn	Alt+Shift+a
Lighten	Alt+Shift+g
Screen	Alt+Shift+s
Linear Dodge	Alt+Shift+w
Overlay	Alt+Shift+o
Soft Light	Alt+Shift+f
Hard Light	Alt+Shift+h
Vivid Light	Alt+Shift+v
Linear Light	Alt+Shift+j
Pin Light	Alt+Shift+z
Hard Mix	Alt+Shift+l
Difference	Alt+Shift+e
Excluision	Alt+Shift+x
Hue	Alt+Shift+u
Saturation	Alt+Shift+t
Color	Alt+Shift+c
Luminosity	Alt+Shift+y