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I found a reference to this shortcut while going through some Photoshop tutorials, tried it in PE2, and found that it works for me, as well.
There are many tools which, in the Options bar, have a numeric value field. Quite often, this value may be changed WITHOUT clicking it. Simply type a new value on the keyboard, and the value changes.
Opacity values, when present in the Options bar, seem to universally accept adjustment this way. Some tools without Opacity settings have other settings which respond, as well.
For example, if I have the brush selected, and press 5, the Opacity changes to 50. If I want 54, I have to type 54 quickly, to avoid getting 50, then 40. Likewise, type 100 quickly to get all three digits in.
Again, my only experience is with PE2, on a PC, so don’t know if other iterations of version/platform respond identically. I should add that not every tool responds to this method, and I don’t have a comprehensive list to provide.
If this is old news to those with more experience, please pardon my posting. I had never seen this referenced in the months that I’ve been coming to this forum, so thought it would benefit those who, like me, don’t have all of the tricks in their back pocket, yet.
Byron
There are many tools which, in the Options bar, have a numeric value field. Quite often, this value may be changed WITHOUT clicking it. Simply type a new value on the keyboard, and the value changes.
Opacity values, when present in the Options bar, seem to universally accept adjustment this way. Some tools without Opacity settings have other settings which respond, as well.
For example, if I have the brush selected, and press 5, the Opacity changes to 50. If I want 54, I have to type 54 quickly, to avoid getting 50, then 40. Likewise, type 100 quickly to get all three digits in.
Again, my only experience is with PE2, on a PC, so don’t know if other iterations of version/platform respond identically. I should add that not every tool responds to this method, and I don’t have a comprehensive list to provide.
If this is old news to those with more experience, please pardon my posting. I had never seen this referenced in the months that I’ve been coming to this forum, so thought it would benefit those who, like me, don’t have all of the tricks in their back pocket, yet.
Byron
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