Quick Tips

Photoshop Paintbrush controls - Use the [ and ] (left and right square brackets) to increase (right) or decrease(left) brush tip size on the fly. One of the handiest keyboard short cuts for digital painters.

Sampling color on the fly in Photoshop - Using the eyedropper tool can be tedious for digital painting and other quick sampling needs. Use the ALT key (Windows) or the OPTION (Mac) key while you have a brush selected and the cursor changes to the eyedropper and does its thing...no switching of tools needed!

Fun with Tilde in Illustrator - Open a blank document in Illustrator, then pick a shape (square, circle, line etc.) then hold the tilde (~) key down and drag...fun...and cool.