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Adobe Photoshop defaults to a nighttime theme when you lot outset install it, but it's piece of cake to speedily switch to a low-cal theme (or somewhere in between) on Windows and Mac. Here's how to do it.

How to Set a Light or Dark Theme Using Preferences

There are two ways to change the Interface theme from dark manner to lite mode in Photoshop. The first method is by using the Preferences card. To practise so, first, open Photoshop on your estimator.

If y'all're using Windows, click the "Edit" menu, and and then select Preferences > Interface. If yous're a Mac user, click "Photoshop" in the card bar, and then choose Preferences > Interface.

Click Photoshop > Preferences > Interface on Mac.

In the Preferences window, locate the "Color Theme" pick in the "Appearance" section. Click the colored square corresponding to the theme color that you'd like to use in Photoshop.

Select a "Color Theme" in Photoshop's "Preferences" window.

Afterward you click a square, Photoshop will immediately apply your selected theme.

An example of Photoshop's "Preferences" window with a light theme.

In addition, you can change the color that Photoshop uses to highlight selected items (similar layers on the "Layers" panel). You might desire to practice this if you use a dark or gray theme because the default highlight color isn't clearly visible in these themes.

To modify the highlight color, click the "Highlight Color" drop-down menu in the Preferences > Interface window and select a colour.

In the "Highlight Color" menu, choose the color you'd like to use.

While y'all're in this carte, you might want to experiment with other appearance options. When you're done, click "OK" to save your changes and close the Preferences window.

How to Set a Light or Nighttime Theme Using Keyboard Shortcuts

The 2d way to set theme color in Photoshop is by using two similar keyboard shortcuts. These shortcuts (which piece of work on both Mac and Windows) allow you to quickly motility between the four light and dark interface modes. Here'southward how to use them:

  • Shift+F1: Photoshop'south interface theme becomes one shade darker.
  • Shift+F2: Photoshop'southward interface theme becomes one shade lighter.

In that location are currently merely 4 levels of brightness, then once y'all become to the darkest theme, you can't get any darker, and vice versa with the lightest setting. Experiment with the theme colors until you notice whichever is most comfy for y'all.

Even better, Photoshop remembers your theme color setting the next fourth dimension y'all run the app, then there's no demand to set it over again during your next session. Have fun!

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