Photoshop keyboard shortcuts
| 19th Sep 2016 15:56:05 - ( 0 Comments) Author: supak0ma - Level: Beginner |
| Comprehensive list of useful keyboard shortcuts. For PC (Windows) version: substitute Command with CTRL and Option for Alt. Credits: https://www.shortcutworld.com/ |
Quick nav
Tools selection
| V | Move tool |
| M (Shift+M) | Rectangular or Elliptical Marquee tool |
| L (Shift+L) | Lasso tool or Polygona/ Magnetic Lasso tool |
| W (Shift+W) | Magic Wand tool, Quick Selection tool |
| C (Shift+C) | Crop tool, slide tool, slide select tool |
| I (Shift+I) | Eyedropper tool, Color Sampler tool, Note Tool, Count Tool |
| J (Shift+J) | Spot Healing Brush tool, Healing Brush tool, Patch tool, Red Eye tool |
| B (Shift+B) | Brush tool, Pencil tool, Color Replacement tool, Mixer Brush tool |
| S (Shift+S) | Clone Stamp tool, Pattern Stamp tool |
| Y (Shift+Y) | History Brush tool, Art History Brush tool |
| E (Shift+E) | Eraser tool, Background Eraser tool, Magic Eraser tool |
| G (Shift+G) | Gradient tool, Paint Bucket tool |
| O (Shift+O) | Dodge tool, Burn tool, Sponge tool |
| P (Shift+P) | Pen tool, Freeform Pen tool |
| T (Shift+t) | Horizontal, vertical Type tool or Type mask tool |
| A (Shift+A) | Path Selection tool, Direct Selection tool |
| U (Shift+U) | Rectangle tool, Rounded Rectangle tool, Ellipse tool, Polygon tool, Line tool, Custom Shape tool |
| K (Shift+K) | 3D Object Rotate, Roll, Pan, Slide, Scale tool |
| N (Shift+N) | 3D Camera Rotate, Roll,Pan, Walk, Zoom tool |
| H | Hand tool |
| R | Rotate View tool |
| Z | Zoom tool |
View images
| Control+Tab | Cycle through open documents |
| Shift+Command+` | Switch to previous document |
| Shift+Command+W | Close a file in Photoshop and open Bridge |
| Q | Toggle between Standard mode and Quick Mask mode |
| F/Shift+F | Toggle (forward) between Standard screen mode, Maximized screen mode, Full screen mode, and Full screen mode with menu bar |
| Space+F/Space+Shift+F | Toggle (forward) canvas color |
| Double-click Hand tool | Fit image in window |
| Command+1 | Magnify 100% |
| Space | Switch to Hand tool (when not in text-edit mode) |
| Shift+drag | Simultaneously pan multiple documents simultaneously with Hand tool |
| Command+Space | Switch to Zoom In tool |
| Option+Space | Switch to Zoom Out tool |
| Space+drag | Move Zoom marquee while dragging with the Zoom tool |
| Shift+return in Navigator panel zoom percentage box | Apply zoom percentage, and keep zoom percentage box active |
| Command+drag over preview in Navigator panel | Zoom in on specified area of an image |
| Space+drag, / drag view area box in Navigator panel | Scroll image with Hand tool |
| Page Up/Page Down | Scroll up or down 1 screen |
| Shift+Page Up/Page Down | Scroll up or down 10 units |
| HomeorEnd | Move view to upper-left corner or lower right corner |
| Toggle layer mask on/off as rubylith (layer mask must be selected) |
Select and Move Objects
| Any marquee tool (except single column and single row), press space+drag | Reposition marquee while selecting |
| Any selection tool+Shift+drag | Add to a selection |
| Any selection tool+Option+drag | Subtract from a selection |
| Any selection tool (except Quick Selection tool)+Shift-Option+drag | Intersect a selection |
| Shift+drag | Constrain marquee to square or circle (if no other selections are active) |
| Option+drag | Draw marquee from center (if no other selections are active) |
| Shift+Option+drag | Constrain shape and draw marquee from center |
| Command | Switch to Move tool (except when Hand, Slice, Path, Shape, or any Pen tool is selected) |
| Option+drag | Switch from Magnetic Lasso tool to Lasso tool |
| Option+click | Switch from Magnetic Lasso tool to polygonal Lasso tool |
| Enter/Esc/Command+. (period) | Apply/cancel an operation of the Magnetic Lasso |
| Move tool+Option+drag selection‡ | Move copy of selection |
| Any selection+Arrow Keys | Move selection area 1 pixel |
| Move tool+Arrow Keys | Move selection 1 pixel |
| Control+Arrow Keys | Move layer 1 pixel when nothing selected on layer |
| Magnetic Lasso tool+[/] | Increase/decrease detection width |
| Crop tool+return /Esc | Accept cropping or exit cropping |
| [/ | Toggle crop shield off and on |
| Ruler tool+Option+drag end point | Make protractor |
| Shift+drag guide | Snap guide to ruler ticks (except when View Snap is unchecked) |
| Option+drag guide | Convert between horizontal and vertical guide |
Transform Objects, Selections, Selection Borders, and Paths
| Option | Transform from center or reflect |
| Shift | Constrain |
| Command | Distort |
| Enter | Apply |
| Command+. or Esc | Cancel |
| Command+Option+T | Free transform with duplicate data |
| Command+Shift+Option+T | Transform again with duplicate data |
Edit Paths
| Direct selection tool+Shift+click | Select multiple anchor points |
| Direct selection tool+Option+click | Select entire path |
| Pen (any Pen tool), Path Selection / Direct Selection tool+Command+Option+drag | Duplicate a path |
| Command | Switch from Path Selection, Pen, Add Anchor Point, Delete Anchor Point, or Convert Point tools, to Direct Selection tool |
| Option | Switch from Pen tool or Freeform Pen tool to Convert Point tool when pointer is over anchor or direction point |
| Magnetic Pen tool-double-click | Close path |
| Magnetic Pen tool+Option-double-click | Close path with straight-line segment |
Painting
| Any brush+Option+Right click and drag (horizontally) | Increase/decrease brush size |
| Any brush+Option+Right click and drag (vertically) | Increase/decrease brush hardness |
| Any painting tool+Control+Option+Command and drag | Select foreground color from color picker |
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Any painting tool+Option/ any shape tool+Option (except when Paths option is selected) |
Select foreground color from image with Eyedropper tool |
| Eyedropper tool+Option+click | Select background color |
| Eyedropper tool+Shift | Color sampler tool |
| Color sampler tool+Option+click | Deletes color sampler |
| Any painting / editing tool+1...9 |
Set opacity, tolerance, strength, or exposure for painting mode. 0 = 100%, 1 = 10%. Two numbers in quick succession (e.g. 45 = 45%) When airbrush option is enabled use Shift+0...9 |
| Any painting / editing tool+Shift+1...9 |
Sets flow for painting mode 0 = 100%, 1 = 10%. Two numbers in quick succession (e.g. 45 = 45%) When airbrush option is enabled, use Shift+1...9 |
| Option+Shift+1...9 | Mixer Brush changes Mix setting |
| 0...9 | Mixer Brush changes Wet setting |
| 0 (zero) | Mixer Brush changes Wet and Mix to zero |
| Shift+[+]/Shift+- | Cycle through blending modes |
| DeleteorShift+Delete | Open Fill dialog box on background or standard layer |
| Option+DeleteorCommand+Delete | Fill with foreground or background color |
| Command+Option+Delete | Fill from history |
| Shift+Delete | Displays Fill dialog box |
| [or/ | Lock transparent pixels on/off |
| Any painting tool+Shift+click | Connects points with a straight line |
Blending modes
| Shift+[+]/Shift+- | Cycle through blending modes |
| Shift+Option+N | Normal |
| Shift+Option+I | Dissolve |
| Shift+Option+Q | Behind (Brush tool only) |
| Shift+Option+R | Clear (Brush tool only) |
| Shift+Option+K | Darken |
| Shift+Option+M | Multiply |
| Shift+Option+B | Color Burn |
| Shift+Option+A | Linear Burn |
| Shift+Option+G | Lighten |
| Shift+Option+S | Screen |
| Shift+Option+D | Color Dodge |
| Shift+Option+W | Linear Dodge |
| Shift+Option+O | Overlay |
| Shift+Option+F | Soft Light |
| Shift+Option+H | Hard Light |
| Shift+Option+V | Vivid Light |
| Shift+Option+J | Linear Light |
| Shift+Option+Z | Pin Light |
| Shift+Option+L | Hard Mix |
| Shift+Option+E | Difference |
| Shift+Option+X | Exclusion |
| Shift+Option+U | Hue |
| Shift+Option+T | Saturation |
| Shift+Option+C | Color |
| Shift+Option+Y | Luminosity |
| Sponge tool+Shift+Option+D | Desaturate |
| Sponge tool+Shift+Option+S | Saturate |
| Dodge tool/Burn tool+Shift+Option+S | Dodge/burn shadows |
| Dodge tool/Burn tool+Shift+Option+M | Dodge/burn midtones |
| Dodge tool/Burn tool+Shift+Option+H | Dodge/burn highlights |
| Shift+Option+N | Set blending mode to Threshold for bitmap images, Normal for all other images |
Select and edit text
| Command+drag type when Type layer is selected | Move type in image |
| Shift+arrow keys, Control+Shift+arrow keys etc. | Select Characters: Use Standard Use Standard Mac OS Editing Shortcuts |
| Shift+click | Select characters from insertion point to mouse click point |
| Shift+click | Create a new text layer, when a text layer is selected in the Layers panel |
| Double-click, triple-click, quadruple-click, / quintuple-click | Select a word, line, paragraph, or story |
| Command+H | Show/Hide selection on selected type |
| Command | Display the bounding box for transforming text when editing text, or activate Move tool if cursor is inside the bounding box |
| Command+drag a bounding box handle | Scale text within a bounding box when resizing the bounding box |
| Space+drag | Move text box while creating text box |
Format type
| Horizontal Type tool+Command+Shift+l, c, /R | Align left, center, or right |
| Vertical Type tool+Command+Shift+l, c, /R | Align top, center, or bottom |
| Command+Shift+X | Choose 100% horizontal scale |
| Command+Shift+Option+X | Choose 100% vertical scale |
| Command+Shift+Option+A | Choose Auto leading |
| Command+control+Shift+Q | Choose 0 for tracking |
| Command+Shift+J | Justify paragraph, left aligns last line |
| Command+Shift+F | Justify paragraph, justifies all |
| Command+control+Shift+Option+H | Toggle paragraph hyphenation on/off |
| Command+Shift+Option+T | Toggle single/every-line composer on/off |
| Command+Shift+</> | Decrease or increase type size of selected text 2 points or pixels |
| Option+Arrow Down/Arrow Up | Decrease or increase leading 2 points or pixels |
| Shift+Option+Arrow Down/Arrow Up | Decrease or increase baseline Shift 2 points or pixels |
| Option+Arrow Left/Arrow Right | Decrease or increase kerning/tracking 20/1000 ems |
Layers panel
| Command+click layer thumbnail | Load layer transparency as a selection |
| Command+Shift+click layer thumbnail. | Add to current selection |
| Command+Option+click layer thumbnail. | Subtract from current selection |
| Command+Shift+Option+click layer thumbnail. | Intersect with current selection |
| Command+click filter mask thumbnail | Load filter mask as a selection |
| Command+G | Group layers |
| Command-Shift+G | Ungroup layers |
| Command-Option+G | Create/release clipping mask |
| Command+Option+A | Select all layers |
| Command+Shift+E | Merge visible layers |
| Option+click New Layer button | Create new empty layer with dialog box |
| Command+click New Layer button | Create new layer below target layer |
| Option+. (period) | Select top layer |
| Option+, (comma) | Select bottom layer |
| Shift+Option+[/] | Add to layer selection in Layers panel |
| Option+[/] | Select next layer down/up |
| Command+[/] | Move target layer down/up |
| Command+Shift+Option+E | Merge a copy of all visible layers into target layer |
| Highlight the layers you want to merge, then Command+E | Merge layers |
| Command+Shift+[/] | Move layer to bottom or top |
| Option+Merge Down command from the Panel pop-up menu | Copy current layer to layer below |
| Option+Merge Visible command from the Panel pop-up menu | Merge all visible layers to a new layer above the currently selected layer |
| Control+click the eye icon | Show/hide this layer/layer group only or all layers/layer groups |
| Option+click the eye icon | Show/hide all other currently visible layers |
| [/ (forward slash) | Toggle lock transparency for target layer, or last applied lock |
| Double-click layer effect/style | Edit layer effect/style, options |
| Option-double-click layer effect/style | Hide layer effect/style |
| Double-click layer | Edit layer style |
| Shift+click vector mask thumbnail | Disable/enable vector mask |
| Double-click layer mask thumbnail | Open Layer Mask Display Options dialog box |
| Shift+click layer mask thumbnail | Toggle layer mask on/off |
| Shift+click filter mask thumbnail | Toggle filter mask on/off |
| Option+click layer mask thumbnail | Toggle between layer mask/composite image |
| Option+click filter mask thumbnail | Toggle between filter mask/composite image |
| (backslash), /Shift+Option+click | Toggle rubylith mode for layer mask on/off |
| Double-click type layer thumbnail | Select all type; temporarily select Type tool |
| Option+click the line dividing two layers | Create a clipping mask |
| Double-click the layer name | Rename layer |
| Double-click the filter effect | Edit filter settings |
| Double-click the Filter Blending icon | Edit the Filter Blending options |
| Command+click New Group button | Create new layer group below current layer/layer set |
| Option+click New Group button | Create new layer group with dialog box |
| Option+click Add Layer Mask button | Create layer mask that hides all/selection |
| Command+click Add Layer Mask button | Create vector mask that reveals all/path area |
| Command+Option+click Add Layer Mask button | Create vector mask that hides all or displays path area |
| Control+click the layer group and choose Group Properties, / double-click group | Display layer group properties |
| Shift+click | Select/deselect multiple contiguous layers |
| Command+click | Select/deselect multiple discontiguous layers |
Paths panel
| Command+click pathname | Load path as selection |
| Command+Shift+click pathname | Add path to selection |
| Command+Option+click pathname | Subtract path from selection |
| Command+Shift+Option+click pathname | Retain intersection of path as selection |
| Command+Shift+H | Hide path |
| Option+click button | Set options for Fill Path with Foreground Color button, Stroke Path with Brush button, Load Path as a Selection button, Make Work Path from Selection button, and Create New Path button |
Function keys
| help key | Start Help |
| F2 | Cut |
| F3 | Copy |
| F4 | Paste |
| F5 | Show/Hide Brush panel |
| F6 | Show/Hide Color panel |
| F7 | Show/Hide Layers panel |
| F8 | Show/Hide Info panel |
| Option+F9 | Show/Hide Actions panel |
| F12 | Revert |
| Shift+F5 | Fill |
| Shift+F6 | Feather Selection |
| Shift+F7 | Inverse Selection |
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