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title: "Adobe Photoshop CS5 Black & White Dialog Box and Curves Shortcuts Keys"  
description: "Adobe Photoshop CS5 Black & White Dialog Box and Curves Shortcuts Keys"  
author: "Vijay Shukla"  
published: 2013-04-03  
updated: 2019-11-24  
canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/articles/1207/adobe-photoshop-cs5-black-amp-amp-white-dialog-box-and-curves-shortcuts-keys  
category: "shortcut keys"  
tags: ["shortcut keys"]  
reading_time: 2 minutes  

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# Adobe Photoshop CS5 Black & White Dialog Box and Curves Shortcuts Keys

##### Black-and-White Dialog Box

| ##### Key | ##### Description |
| --- | --- |
| shift+ctrl+alt+b | Open the Black-and-White [dialog box](https://www.mindstick.com/blog/157/dialog-box-in-dot-net) |
| arrow up/arrow down | [Increase](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/81392/why-sudden-increase-in-corona-cases-for-india)/decrease [selected value](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/525/get-selected-value-of-datagridviewcomboboxcolumn) by 1% |
| shift+arrow up/arrow down | Increase/decrease selected value by 10% |
| Click+drag on the image | Change the [values](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/159360/how-to-write-sql-query-to-join-comma-separated-values) of the closest color slider |

##### Curves

| ##### Key | ##### Description |
| --- | --- |
| ctrl+m | Open the Curves dialog box |
| + / - | [Select](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/34066/use-select-operator-in-linq) next / [previous](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/81421/unlock-2-0-is-just-like-previous-corona-lockdowns) point on the curve |
| shift+click the points | Select [multiple](https://www.mindstick.com/blog/12797/iowa-is-expected-to-see-heavy-growth-in-multiple-sectors) points on the curve |
| ctrl+d | Deselect a point |
| Select a point and press [delete](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/34101/xceed-datagrid-with-insert-update-delete) | Delete a point on the curve |
| arrow keys | Move the selected point 1 unit |
| shift+arrow keys | Move the selected point 10 units |
| alt+drag black/white point sliders | Display highlights and shadows that will be clipped |
| ctrl+click the image | Set a point to the composite curve |
| shift+ctrl+click the image | Set a point to the [channel](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/105065/how-to-use-the-commodity-channel-index) curves |
| alt+click the field | Toggle grid size |

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