Photoshop: Using keyboard to move layers more than ten pixels at a time

Question

In Photoshop, I know these keyboard shortcuts exist for the move tool:

Arrow key: Move a layer by one pixel

Arrow key + Shift: Move a layer by ten pixels

But can I use the keyboard to move layers by more than ten pixels at a time? I have a large canvas and moving layers ten pixels at a time is too sluggish.

Answer 1

To answer my own question, just now I wrote a script that moves the active layer left by 500 pixels:

app.preferences.rulerUnits = Units.PIXELS;  
app.activeDocument.activeLayer.translate(500, 0);
app.preferences.rulerUnits = Units.INCHES;  

I then created three more scripts that move the active layer right, up and down. Then I assigned keyboard shortcuts to the scripts:

Ctrl + Shift + J: Move layer 500 pixels to the left
Ctrl + Shift + L: Move layer 500 pixels to the right
Ctrl + Shift + I: Move layer 500 pixels to the up
Ctrl + Shift + K: Move layer 500 pixels to the down

By the way, I wanted to use arrow keys instead, like this:

Ctrl + Shift + Left: Move layer 500 pixels to the left

But Photoshop won't let me because it claims the arrow keys can't be used as shortcuts. Bah.

Answer 2

AFAIK that's the way Photoshop works, you can only nudge 1 or 10px at a time.

Alternatively you can use Transform (⌘ + T) to add precise coordinates in the X / Y directions, then you don't need to nudge several times.

Answer 3

Create an ACTION, record it and assign a keyboard key, then move those pixels all day. No pixel is safe.. :)