Apps/Adobe Photoshop

Adobe Photoshop

Photoshop talks back.

Role Drawing & designFollows com.adobe.PhotoshopLayout 29 controlsThemes GTA Vice · Deep Sea · Razer Huntsman RGB

Tool keys select Photoshop’s tools by name, not by a shortcut that can change. The colour wheel and brush panel talk to Photoshop directly: drag the hue ring and the foreground colour changes; move Size, Hardness or Opacity and the current brush follows. The pad reads Photoshop’s state back, so the colour you see is the colour in the app.

Adobe Photoshop layout in the GTA Vice theme

Neon sunset keys in pink, purple, navy and teal, turquoise knobs

The layout

Every control, explained.

Point at a key on the pad above or on a row below: both light up. These are the keys of the built-in Photoshop layout and what each one sends to the Mac.

BrushPhotoshop: select tool paintbrushTool

EraserPhotoshop: select tool eraserTool

MovePhotoshop: select tool moveTool

LassoPhotoshop: select tool lassoTool

ClonePhotoshop: select tool cloneStampTool

EyedropPhotoshop: select tool eyedropperTool

MarqueePhotoshop: select tool marqueeRectTool

CropPhotoshop: select tool cropTool

TextPhotoshop: select tool typeCreateOrEditTool

GradientPhotoshop: select tool gradientTool

ZoomPhotoshop: select tool zoomTool

HandPhotoshop: select tool handTool

SwapPhotoshop: swapColors

Undo⌘Z

Redo⇧⌘Z

New Layer⇧⌘N

Deselect⌘D

Invert⇧⌘I

Fill FG⌥⌫

Merge⌘E

Save⌘S

Brush SizeRight: ] · Left: [2 × 2 cells

Fit⌘0

100%⌘1

RefreshPhotoshop: refresh

Delete⌫

Volume knobMac output volume, both ways · tap to mute2 × 2 cells

Colour wheelHue ring and saturation square; dragging sets Photoshop’s foreground colour3 × 3 cells

Brush panelSize, hardness and opacity with a live tip preview3 × 2 cells

Controls

More than keys.

Colour wheel

Colour wheel

A hue ring around a saturation and brightness square. #3095F2 on the pad is #3095F2 in Photoshop.

Brush panel

Brush panel

Size, Hardness and Opacity for the current tool, with a tip preview.

Brush size and volume knobs

Brush size and volume knobs

Brush Size turns with ] and [. The volume knob is the Mac’s own output volume.

Integration

What the Mac and the pad share.

On the Mac

Reads Photoshop’s foreground colour, brush size and current tool
Tool keys pick tools by their internal names (paintbrushTool, lassoTool…)
When Photoshop is not running the key says so instead of guessing

The Photoshop plugin

Photoshop Pro Tools layout (26 keys, colour wheel, brush panel, two knobs)
Photoshop commands: select tool, set colour, set brush, swap colours, refresh
Deep Sea and Hologram theme suggestions

It may

Keys in Photoshop
Photoshop commands, sent by the Mac

Macros

Ideas to start from.

Build these in Settings ▸ Macros with blocks, then put them on a key, a Siri phrase or a trigger. Steps in bold are what you fill in.

Clean export

WHEN Typed ;exp

Press ⇧⌘E (merge visible)

Menu File ▸ Export ▸ Quick Export as PNG

Press ⌘Z to undo the merge

Brush reset

WHEN Long press on Brush

Photoshop: select Brush

Set brush: size 30 px, hardness 100%, opacity 100%

Set colour #000000

Themes

Dress it like the app.

Any of the 104 themes works on this layout. Pin one to this app and only Photoshop wears it.

GTA Vice theme — GTA Vice

Deep Sea theme — Deep SeaNature

Razer Huntsman RGB theme — Razer Huntsman RGBIconic Hardware

Speed Editor theme — Speed EditorControl surfaces

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