Paint tools (keyboard shortcuts)

Question 1

Swap paint background color and foreground colors

Answer 1

X

Question 2

Set paint foreground color to black and background color to white

Answer 2

D

Question 3

Set foreground color to the color currently under any paint tool pointer

Answer 3

Alt-click

Question 4

Set foreground color to the average color of a 4-pixel x 4-pixel area under any paint tool pointer

Answer 4

Ctrl+Alt-click

Question 5

Set brush size for a paint tool

Answer 5

Ctrl-drag

Question 6

Set brush hardness for a paint tool

Answer 6

Ctrl-drag, then release Ctrl while dragging

Question 7

Join current paint stroke to the previous stroke

Answer 7

Hold Shift while beginning stroke

Question 8

Set starting sample point to point currently under Clone Stamp tool pointer

Answer 8

Alt-click

Question 9

Momentarily activate Eraser tool with Last Stroke Only option

Answer 9

Ctrl+Shift

Question 10

Set opacity for a paint tool

Answer 10

Digit on numeric keypad (for example, 9=90%, 1=10%)*

Question 11

Set opacity for a paint tool to 100%

Answer 11

. (decimal) on numeric keypad*

Question 12

Set flow for a paint tool

Answer 12

Shift+a digit on numeric keypad (for example, 9=90%, 1=10%)*

Question 13

Set flow for a paint tool to 100%

Answer 13

Shift+. (decimal) on numeric keypad*