Photoshop · Increase brush size
Paint
Windows · Linux
]Mac
]Both systems use the same combination.
Makes the brush bigger. Holding it keeps growing the brush, and tapping the two bracket keys while watching the cursor beats typing a number.
- Group
- Paint
- Keys held
- 1
Bracket keys resize the brush ([ and ]) on every layout, but with a non-Latin input method active some other shortcuts stop responding.
Reading the key names
- Keys joined by + are pressed together: Ctrl+Shift+P means hold Ctrl and Shift, then P.
- On a Mac, Cmd is ⌘, Option is ⌥ (labelled Alt on some keyboards), Control is ⌃ and Shift is ⇧.
- Windows Ctrl usually becomes Cmd on a Mac, but not always — this reference lists both combinations separately.
- With a Korean, Japanese or Chinese input method active, shortcuts built on letter keys may not fire. Switch to Latin input and try again.
- When a combination does nothing, another program has often claimed it as a global shortcut first.
Common questions
Q. What is the shortcut for Increase brush size in Photoshop?
Makes the brush bigger. Holding it keeps growing the brush, and tapping the two bracket keys while watching the cursor beats typing a number. It is ] on Windows and ] on a Mac.
Q. Is it the same on Windows and Mac?
Yes, ] on both.
Q. How many keys is that?
1 pressed together. The combination sits under Paint in Photoshop.