Photoshop Shortcuts Keys
Article by Peter B
A – Select Path & Direct Selection Tools.
B – Select Pencil or Paintbrush Tool
C – Select Crop Tools. Alt + click to select Clone selection area.
D – Select Toning Tool, also switches to black foreground colour.
E – Select Eraser Tool. Revert image Alt + Drag.
F – No border around image, grey background, black background, back to border.
G – Select Gradient or Paint Bucket.
H – Select Hand Tool.
I – Selects Eye Dropper, Colour Sampler & Measure Tool.
J – Select Healing Brush & Patch Tool.
K – Select Slice Tools.
L – Select Lasso Tools.
M – Select Marquee Tools.
N – Selects Notes Tool.
O – Select Dodge, Burn & Sponge Tools. (Atl Key toggles between Dodge & Burn).
P – Select Pen Tools. (Arrow keys nudge anchor point, Delete removes them).
Q – Select Quick Mask Tool.
R – Select Blur, Sharpen Smudge Tools. (Alt Key toggles Sharpen & Blur).
S – Select Clone & Stamp Tool.
T – Select Horizontal, Vertical, Horizontal Mask, Vertical Mask Type tools.
U – Select Rectangle, Round, Elliptical, Polygon, Line & Custom Shape Tools.
V – Select Move Tools.
W – Select Magic Wand Tool.
X – Swaps between white & black foreground colours.
Y – Select History or Art History Tool.
Z – Selects increase image size, magnify, (Alt to reduce the image size).
Caps Lock – Display cursor as cross hairs.
Square Brackets Keys - Increase and reduce brush sizes.
Shift Key + Brackets Keys - Changes the hardness of brush.
Press Shift key 5 times to turns on sticky keys
File Menu
Ctrl + O = Open new Image.
Ctrl + W = Close Image. (Ctl.+Shift+W = close All images)
Ctrl + S = Save.
Ctrl + Shift + S = Save As.
Ctrl + Alt + S = Save a Copy As. (Save flattened copy of Layered Image).
Ctrl + Alt + Shift + S = Save to Web.
Ctrl + P = Print
Ctrl + Q = Quit/Exit.
Edit Menu
Ctrl. + Z = Undo or Redo last command. Ctrl + K = Preferences.
Ctrl. + C = Copy. Ctrl + Shift + K = Colour Settings.
Ctrl. + Shift + C = Copy Merged.
Ctrl. + X = Cut
Ctrl. + V = Paste
Ctrl. + Shift + V = Paste into Selection
Ctrl. + T = Free Transform.
Esc = Cancel Transformation. Accept Transformation = Enter.
Image Menu
Ctrl + L = Levels.
Ctrl + Shift + L = Auto Levels.
Ctrl + Alt + Shift + L = Auto Contrast.
Ctrl + M = Curves. (Arrow Keys nudge curve once it has been selected)
Ctrl + D = Deletes all Curves points.
Ctrl + B = Colour balance.
Ctrl + U = Hue & Saturation.
Ctrl + I = Invert.
Ctrl + Shift + U = Desaturate.
Ctrl + Alt + X = Extract.
Ctrl + Shift + X – Liquify.
Layer Menu
Ctrl + Alt + Shift + N = New Layer. (Ctrl + Shift + N = New Layer with options).
Ctrl + J = New Layer via copy.
Ctrl + Shift + J = New Layer via cut. (From floating selection)
Ctrl + [= Bring forward a Layer.
Ctrl +] = Send Later backwards.
Ctrl + E = Merge down.
Ctrl + Shift + E = Merge visible.
Double click Layer = Edit layer style.
Select Menu
Ctrl + A = Select All.
Ctrl + D = Deselect.
Ctrl + Shift + D = Reselect.
Ctrl + Shift + I = Invert selection.
Ctrl + Alt + D = Feather selection.
Ctrl + H = Hide or Show selection.
Filter Menu
Ctrl + F = Repeat filter.
Ctrl + Alt + F = Apply last filter.
Ctrl ++ = Zoon in.
Ctrl +- = Zoon out.
Ctrl + 0 (zero) = Fit to screen.
Ctrl + R = Toggle Ruler.
Ctrl + ‘(colon) = Toggle Grid.
Ctrl +; (semicolon) = Snap to grid.
Space bar switches to Hand tool