300+ Shortcuts for Adobe Photoshop

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Ctrl+Alt+Shift+K

Show Keyboard Shortcuts Menu

Ctrl+K

Preferences

Alt+F

File Menu

Alt+E

Edit Menu

Alt+I

Image Menu

Alt+L

Layer Menu

Alt+S

Select Menu

Alt+T

Filter Menu

Alt+D

3D Menu

Alt+W

Window Menu

Ctrl+N

New File

Ctrl+O

Open File

Ctrl+Alt+O

Open/ Browse in CC Bridge

Ctrl+Alt+Shift+O

Open/ Brows in Bridge

Ctrl+W

Close

Ctrl+Alt+W

Close all

Ctrl+S

Save

Ctrl+Alt+S

Save as…

F12

Revert to last saved state

Ctrl+Alt+Shift+W

Export as…

Ctrl+Alt+Shift+S

Save for Web

Ctrl+Alt+Shift+I

File Info

Ctrl+P

Print

Alt+Shift+Ctrl+P

Print one Copy

Ctrl+Q

Quit PhotoShop

Ctrl+Z

Toggle Undo (one step forwards/ backwards only)

Ctrl+Alt+Z

Undo (multiple steps possible; referred to as 'step backwards')

Ctrl+Shift+Z

Redo (multiple steps possible; referred to as 'step backwards')

Shift+Ctrl+F

Fade

Shift+Ctrl+C

Copy Merged

Shift+Ctrl+V

Paste in Place

Alt+Shift+Ctrl+V

Paste Into

Shift+F5

Fill

Alt+Shift+Ctrl+C

Content-Aware Scale

Ctrl+T

Free Transform

Shift+Ctrl+T

Transform again

Shift+Ctrl+K

Color Settings

Ctrl+L

Adjust Levels

Ctrl+M

Adjsut Curves

Ctrl+U

Adjust Hue/ Saturation

Ctrl+B

Adjust Color Balance

Alt+Shift+Ctrl+B

Adjust to Black and White

Shift+Ctrl+N

New Layers

Ctrl+J

Layer via Copy

Shift+Ctrl+J

Layer via Cut

Ctrl+Alt+G

Create/release Clipping Mark

Ctrl+G

Group Layers

Shift+Ctrl+G

Ungroup Layers

Ctrl+,

Hide Layers

Ctrl+]/]

Bring forwards/ bring backwards

Shift+Ctrl+]/]

Bring to front/ bring to back

Ctrl+/

Lock Layers

Ctrl+E

Merge Layers

Ctrl+Shift+E

Merge Visible

Ctrl+A

Select all

Ctrl+D

Deselect

Shift+Ctrl+D

Reselect

Shift+Ctrl+I

Inverse selection

Ctrl+Alt+A

Select All Layers

Alt+Shift+Ctrl+F

Find Layers

Ctrl+Alt+R

Refine Mask

Shift+F6

Feather

Ctrl+F

Last Filter

Ctrl+Alt+Shift+A

Adaptive Wide Angle

Shift+Ctrl+A

Camera Raw Filter

Shift+Ctrl+R

Lens Correction

Shift+Ctrl+X

Liquify

Ctrl+Alt+V

Vanishing Point

Ctrl+Alt+X

Show/Hide Polygons

Alt+Shift+Ctrl+X

Reveal all

Alt+Shift+Ctrl+R

Render 3D Layer

Ctrl+Alt+`

Design Space Preview

F5

Toggle Brush Window

F6

Toggle Color Window

F7

Toggle Layers Window

F8

Toggle Info Window

F9

Toggle Actions Window

For selecting tools, press Shift+Letter to cycle through the sub-tools of each. Alt+Click on Tool cycles through hidden tools

H

Hand tool

V

Move Tool

M

Marquee Tools

L

Lasso Tools

W

Magic Wand and Quick Selection Tool

C

Crop and Slice Tools

I

Eyedropper, Color Sampler, Ruler, Note, and Count Tool

J

Spot Healing Brush, Patch, and Red Eye Tool

B

Brush, Pencil, Color Replacement, and

S

Clone Stamp tool

Y

History Brush tool

E

Eraser tool

G

Gradient tool

O

Dodge tool

P

Pen tool

T

Type tool

A

Path Selection tool

U

Rectangle, Ellipse, Polygon, Line, and Custom Shape Tool

K

3D Object Tools

N

3D Camera Tools

R

Rotate View tool

Z

Zoom tool

Ctrl+Tab/Ctrl+Shift+Tab

Cycle forwards/ backwards through open documents

F/Shift+F

Toggle Fullscreen Modes forward/ backwards

Ctrl+[+]/-

Zoom in/ zoom out

Ctrl+0

Zoom to fit screen

Ctrl+1

Zoom to 100%

Press and hold H, then Click

Temporarily Zoom into an Image

Ctrl+'

Show/Hide Grid

Ctrl+;

Show/Hide Guides

Ctrl+R

Show/Hide Rulers

Space

Temporarily Switch to Hand Tool

Shift+Page Up/Page Down

Scroll up/ scroll down in small increments

Page Up/Page Down

Scroll up/ down one screen

Home/End

Scroll to to upper-left/ lower-right corner

Ctrl+Shift+;

Toggle Snap

Ctrl+Alt+;

Lock Guides

Ctrl+Y

Proof Colors

Shift+Ctrl+Y

Gamut Warning

Q

Toggle Quick Mask Mode

Ctrl+H

Extras

Shift+Ctrl+H

Show Target Path

Ctrl+Alt+R

Open Refine Edge Dialog Box

F/Shift+F

Cycle forwards/backwards through preview modes

X

Toggle between original image and selection preview

P

Toggle between original selection and refined version

J

Toggle radius preview on and off

Shift+E

Toggle between Refine Radius and Erase Refinements tools

Shift+Ctrl+X

Open Liquify Window

W

Forward Warp tool

R

Reconstruct tool

C

Twirl Clockwise tool

S

Pucker tool

B

Bloat tool

O

Push Left tool

M

Mirror tool

T

Turbulence tool

F

Freeze Mask tool

D

Thaw Mask tool

Alt+ tool

Reverse direction for Bloat, Pucker, Push Left, and Mirror tools

Alt+Drag in preview

Continually sample the distortion

Arrow Down/Arrow Up

Decrease/increase brush size by 2, or most other parameters by 1 (With Brush Size, Density, Pressure, Rate, or Turbulent Jitter slider showing)

Tab/Shift+Tab

Cycle forwards/backwards through controls on right from top

Alt

Change Cancel to Reset

[/]

Increase/ Decrease Brush Size (Brush and Stamp Tools)

Shift+[/]

Increase/ Decrease Brush Hardnewss

Shift+Ctrl+Alt+B

Open Black-and-White Dialog Box

Tab/Shift+Tab

Jump to next/ jump to previous slider

Shift+Arrow Up/Arrow Down

Increase/Decrease selected value by 10%

Arrow Up/Arrow Down

Increase/Decrease selected value by 1%

Ctrl+M

Open Curves Dialog Box

Click

Add a point to the Curve

+/-

Cycle through point on the curve

Ctrl+D

Delete a point from the Curve

Shift+Click

Select one or multiple points on the curve

Delete

Delete selected points on the curve

Arrow Keys

Move selected points by 1 unit

Shift+Arrow Keys

Move selected points by 10 unit

Ctrl+Click on the Image

Add a Point to the composite curve

Shift+Ctrl+Click on the Image

Add a Point to the channel curve

Any selection tool then press and hold Shift

Add to a selection

Any selection tool +Alt+Drag

Subtract from a selection

Any selection tool +Shift+Alt+Drag

Intersect a selection

Shift+Drag

Constrain marquee to square or circle

Alt+drag

Draw marquee from center

Shift+Alt+Drag

Constrain shape and draw marquee from center

Press and hold Ctrl

Switch to Move Tool (except when Hand, Slice, Path, Shape, or any Pen Tool is selected

Alt+Drag

Switch from Magnetic Lasso Tool to Lasso Tool

Alt and click

Switch from Magnetic Lasso Tool to polygonal Lasso Tool

Enter

Apply an operation of the Magnetic Lasso; press Escape to cancel

Move Tool +Alt+Drag selection

Move copy of selection

Any selection +Arrow Keys

Move selection area 1 pixel

Move Tool +Arrow Keys

Move selection 1 pixel

Ctrl+Arrow Keys

Move layer 1 pixel when nothing selected on layer

Magnetic Lasso Tool +[/]

Increase/decrease detection width (follow width in status bar)

Crop tool +Enter

Accept cropping. Press Escape to exit croppoing

/

Toggle crop shield off and on

Ruler Tool +Alt+Drag end point

Make protractor

Shift+Drag guide

Snap guide to ruler ticks (except when View > Snap is unchecked)

Alt+Drag guide

Convert between horizontal and vertical guide

Alt

Transform from center or reflect

Shift

Constrain

Ctrl

Distort

Enter

Apply

Esc

Cancel

Ctrl+Alt+T

Free transform with duplicate data

Ctrl+Alt+Shift+T

Transform again with duplicate data

Direct selection tool +Shift+Click

Select multiple anchor points

Direct selection tool +Alt+Click

Select entire path

Pen (any Pen Tool), Path Selection / Direct Selection tool +Ctrl+Alt+Drag

Duplicate a path

Ctrl

Switch to Direct Selection tool (from Path Selection, Pen, etc.)

Alt

Switch to Convert Point Tool (from Pen Tools) when pointer is over anchor or direction point

Magnetic Pen Tool + Double-click

Close path

Magnetic Pen Tool +Alt+ Double-click

Close path with straight-line segment

Any Painting Tool +Shift+Alt+ Right-click and drag

Select foreground color from color picker

Any painting / shape tool +Alt

Select foreground color from image with Eyedropper tool

Eyedropper tool +Alt+Click

Select background color

Eyedropper tool +Shift

Color sampler tool

Color sampler tool +Alt+Click

Deletes color sampler

Any Painting / Editing Tool + 0..9

Sets opacity, tolerance, strength, or exposure for Painting Mode to 10%, 20% etc. use 0 for 100%, and use 2 numbers in quick succession for specific percentage.

Any Painting / Editing Tool +Shift+0..9

Sets flow for Painting Mode

Alt+Shift+ 1...9

Mixer Brush changes Mix setting

1...9

Mixer Brush changes Wet setting

0 (zero)

Mixer Brush changes Wet and Mix to zero

Shift+[+]/-

Cycle through blending modes

Backspace

Open Fill dialog box on background or standard layer

Alt+Backspace

Fill with foreground or background color

Ctrl+Alt+Backspace

Fill from history

Shift+Backspace

Displays Fill dialog box

/

Lock transparent pixels on/ off

Any Painting Tool +Shift+Click

Connects points with a straight line

Shift+[+]/-

Cycle through blending modes

Shift+Alt+N

Normal

Shift+Alt+I

Dissolve

Shift+Alt+Q

Behind (Brush tool only)

Shift+Alt+R

Clear (Brush tool only)

Shift+Alt+K

Darken

Shift+Alt+M

Multiply

Shift+Alt+B

Color Burn

Shift+Alt+A

Linear Burn

Shift+Alt+G

Lighten

Shift+Alt+S

Screen

Shift+Alt+D

Color Dodge

Shift+Alt+W

Linear Dodge

Shift+Alt+O

Overlay

Shift+Alt+F

Soft Light

Shift+Alt+H

Hard Light

Shift+Alt+V

Vivid Light

Shift+Alt+J

Linear Light

Shift+Alt+Z

Pin Light

Shift+Alt+L

Hard Mix

Shift+Alt+E

Difference

Shift+Alt+X

Exclusion

Shift+Alt+U

Hue

Shift+Alt+T

Saturation

Shift+Alt+C

Color

Shift+Alt+Y

Luminosity

Sponge tool +Shift+Alt+D

Desaturate

Sponge tool +Shift+Alt+S

Saturate

Dodge tool/Burn tool +Shift+Alt+S

Dodge/burn shadows

Dodge tool/Burn tool +Shift+Alt+M

Dodge/burn midtones

Dodge tool/Burn tool +Shift+Alt+H

Dodge/burn highlights

Shift+Alt+N

Set blending mode Normal (or to to Threshold for bitmap images)

Ctrl+Drag type when Type layer is selected

Move type in image

Shift+Arrow Keys

Extend selection by 1 character

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

Click 2x, 3x, 4x, / 5x in fast succession

Select a Word, Line, Paragraph, or Story

Ctrl+H

Hide/Show selection on selected type

Ctrl

Display the Bounding Box for transforming text (or activate Move Tool when inside the Bounding Box)

Ctrl+Drag a Bounding Box handle

Scale text within Bounding Box when resizing the bounding box

Space+Drag

Move text box while creating text box

Ctrl+Shift+ L,C, /R

Align left, center, or right (Horizontal Type) or top, center, or bottom (Vertical Type)

Ctrl+Shift+X

Choose 100% horizontal scale

Ctrl+Alt+Shift+X

Choose 100% vertical scale

Ctrl+Alt+Shift+A

Choose Auto leading

Ctrl+Shift+Q

Choose 0 for tracking

Ctrl+Shift+J

Justify paragraph, left aligns last line

Ctrl+Shift+F

Justify paragraph, justifies all

Ctrl+Alt+Shift+H

Toggle paragraph hyphenation

Ctrl+Alt+Shift+T

Toggle single/every-line composer

Ctrl+Shift+</>

Decrease/ increase Type Size by 2 points or pixels

Alt+Arrow Down/Arrow Up

Decrease/ increase leading 2 points or pixels

Shift+Alt+Arrow Down/Arrow Up

Decrease/ increase Baseline Shift 2 points or pixels

Alt+Arrow Left/Arrow Right

Decrease or increase kerning/tracking 20/1000 ems

Ctrl

Toggle between Slice tool and Slice Selection tool

Shift+Drag

Draw square slice

Alt+Drag

Draw from center outward

Shift+Alt+Drag

Draw square slice from center outward

Space+Drag

Reposition slice while creating slice

Right-click slice

Open context-sensitive menu

Alt+Click New button

Set options for new items (not for all Panels)

Alt+Click Delete button

Delete without confirmation (for all except for the Brush panel)

Shift+Enter

Apply value and keep text box active

Tab

Show/Hide all panels

Shift+Tab

Show/Hide all panels except the toolbox and options bar

Select tool and press Enter

Highlight options bar

Shift+Arrow Up/Arrow Down

Increase/decrease selected values by 10

Alt+Click the check mark next to a command

Turn command on and all others off

Alt+Click

Turn current modal control on and toggle all other modal controls

Alt+Double-click action

Change action or action set options

Double-click recorded command

Display Options dialog box for recorded command

Ctrl+Double-click action

Play entire action

Alt+Click the triangle

Collapse/ expand all components of an action

Ctrl+Click the Play button

Play a command

Alt+Click the New Action button

Create new action and begin recording without confirmation

Shift+Click the action/Command

Select contiguous items of the same kind

Ctrl+Click the action/Command

Select discontiguous items of the same kind

Alt+3/4/5

Choose specific channel (Red/Green/Blue) for adjustment

Alt+2

Choose composite channel for adjustment

Delete/Backspace

Delete adjustment layer

Alt+Click Auto button

Define Auto options for Levels or Curves

Shift+Click second frame

Select/deselect multiple contiguous frames

Ctrl+Click multiple frames

Select/deselect multiple discontiguous frames

Alt+ Paste Frames command from the Panel pop?up menu

Paste using previous settings without displaying the dialog box

Alt+Click brush

Delete brush

Double-click brush

Rename brush

Alt+ Right-click + drag left / right

Change brush size

Alt+ Right-click + drag up / down

Decrease/ increase brush softness/ hardness

,/.

Select previous/ next brush size

Shift+,/.

Select first/last brush

Caps Lock

Display precise cross hair for brushes

Shift+Alt+P

Toggle airbrush option

Ctrl+3/4/5

Select individual channels (Red/Green/Blue)

Ctrl+2

Select composite channel

Ctrl+Click channel thumbnail, or Alt+3/4/5

Load channel as selection (Red/Green/Blue)

Ctrl+Shift+Click channel thumbnail

Add to current selection

Ctrl+Alt+Click channel thumbnail

Subtract from current selection

Ctrl+Alt+Shift+Click channel thumbnail

Intersect with current selection

Alt+Click Save Selection As Channel button

Set options for Save Selection As Channel button

Ctrl+Click Create New Channel button

Create a new spot channel

Shift+Click color channel

Select/deselect multiple color-channel selection

Shift+Click alpha channel

Select/deselect alpha channel and show/hide as a rubylith overlay

Double-click alpha / spot channel thumbnail

Display channel options

~

Toggle composite and grayscale mask in Quick Mask mode

Alt+Shift

Show Clone Source (overlays image)

Alt+Shift+Arrow Keys

Nudge Clone Source

Alt+Shift+</>

Rotate Clone Source

Alt+Shift+[/]

Scale (increase or reduce size) Clone Source

Alt+Click color in color bar

Select background color

Right-click color bar

Display Color Bar menu

Shift+Click color bar

Cycle through color choices

Alt+ New Snapshot

Create a new snapshot

Double-click snapshot name

Rename snapshot

Ctrl+Shift+Z

Step forward through image states

Ctrl+Alt+Z

Step backward through image states

Alt+Click the image state

Duplicate any image state, except the current state

Alt+ Clear History (in History panel pop?up menu)

Permanently clear history (no Undo)

Ctrl+Click layer thumbnail

Load layer transparency as a selection

Ctrl+Shift+Click layer thumbnail

Add to current selection

Ctrl+Alt+Click layer thumbnail

Subtract from current selection

Ctrl+Alt+Shift+Click layer thumbnail

Intersect with current selection

Ctrl+Click filter mask thumbnail

Load filter mask as a selection

Ctrl+G

Group layers

Ctrl+Shift+G

Ungroup layers

Ctrl+Alt+G

Create/release clipping mask

Ctrl+Alt+A

Select all layers

Ctrl+Shift+E

Merge visible layers

Alt+Click New Layer button

Create new empty layer with dialog box

Ctrl+Click New Layer button

Create new layer below target layer

Alt+.

Select top layer

Alt+,

Select bottom layer

Shift+Alt+[/]

Add to layer selection in Layers panel

Alt+[/]

Select next layer down/up

Ctrl+[/]

Move target layer down/up

Ctrl+Alt+Shift+E

Merge a copy of all visible layers into target layer

Highlight layers you want to merge, then Control +E

Merge layers

Ctrl+Shift+[/]

Move layer to bottom or top

Alt+ Merge Down command from the Panel pop?up menu

Copy current layer to layer below

Alt+ Merge Visible command from the Panel pop?up menu

Merge all visible layers to a new layer above the currently selected layer

Right-click the eye icon

Show/hide this layer/layer group only or all layers/layer groups

Alt+Click the eye icon

Show/hide all other currently visible layers

/

Toggle lock transparency for target layer, or last applied lock

Double-click layer effect/style

Edit layer effect/style, options

Alt-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

Alt+Click layer mask thumbnail

Toggle between layer mask/composite image

Alt+Click filter mask thumbnail

Toggle between filter mask/composite image

\

Toggle rubylith mode for layer mask on/off

Double-click type layer thumbnail

Select all type; temporarily select Type tool

Alt+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

Ctrl+Click New Group button

Create new layer group below current layer

Alt+Click New Group button

Create new layer group with dialog box

Alt+Click Add Layer Mask button

Create layer mask that hides all (or selection)

Ctrl+Click Add Layer Mask button

Create vector mask that reveals all (or path area)

Ctrl+Alt+Click Add Layer Mask button

Create vector mask that hides all or displays path area

Right-click layer group and choose Group Properties, / Double-click group

Display layer group properties

Shift+Click

Select/ deselect multiple contiguous layers

Ctrl+Click

Select/ deselect multiple discontiguous layers

Alt+Click Create New Layer Comp button

Create new layer comp without the New Layer Comp box

Double-click layer comp

Open Layer Comp Options dialog box

Double-click layer comp name

Rename in-line

Shift+Click

Select/ deselect multiple contiguous layer comps

Ctrl+Click

Select/ deselect multiple discontiguous layer comps

Ctrl+Click pathname

Load path as selection

Ctrl+Shift+Click pathname

Add path to selection

Ctrl+Alt+Click pathname

Subtract path from selection

Ctrl+Alt+Shift+Click pathname

Retain intersection of path as selection

Ctrl+Shift+H

Hide path

Alt+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

Click in empty area of panel

Create new swatch from foreground color

Ctrl+Click swatch

Set swatch color as background color

Alt+Click swatch

Delete swatch

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