Photoshop Brushes – Adjust Hardness Shortcut
Most people know that using [ ] square brackets with the brush tool selected will make their brush size smaller or larger. However what many don’t realise is that it is very easy to change the hardness and softness of the brush using shortcut’s as well.
In fact read on to find out how you can add to the []’s with more shortcuts –
Photoshop Brushes - Shortcut Keys
Select a brush from the Tools Panel
Hold down the Alt Key (Windows) Contrl + Opt Key (Mac) and right drag
Drag downwards for a harder brush and upwards for a softer one
Drag left or right to increase or decrease the brush size
