so really, there are almost millions of photoshop shortcuts out there (no, really – take a look at all of these). but it seems you only learn new ones when you really start doing one task over and over and think, “there’s gotta be a faster way to do this.&quo{readmore}t;

well, one great shortcut i’ve found that you won’t stumble upon very easily deals with quickly running through the blending modes for a layer.

first, make sure you have the move tool (v) selected.

in your layers palette, click on the layer you want to change blending modes for.

now press (shift) plus (+) or (-) on your keyboard.

viola! you can quickly scan through the blending modes and see what effect each one has on your layer!