90 Shortcuts for GIMP

Jump to: Edit Shortcuts, View Shortcuts, File operations, Layer Shortcuts, Select Shortcuts, Image Operations, Selection Tools, Paint Tools, Transfrom Tools, General, Dockable Dialogs, Help Menu, PlugIn Shortcuts, Selection Shortcuts

1. Edit Shortcuts

Ctrl+Z

Undo

Ctrl+Y

Redo

Ctrl+X

Cut

Ctrl+C

Copy

Shift+Ctrl+C

Copy Visible

Ctrl+V

Paste

Shift+Ctrl+V

Past as New Image

Delete

Clear

Ctrl+,

Fill with FG Color

Ctrl+.

Fill with BG Color

Ctrl+;

Fill with Pattern

2. View Shortcuts

Ctrl+E

Shrink Wrap - Reduce image window to size of image

F11

Toggle Fullscreen View

Ctrl+T

Show Selection

Shift+Ctrl+T

Show Guides

Shift+Ctrl+R

Show Rulers

3. File operations

Ctrl+N

New Image

Shift+Ctrl+V

Create a new Image from Clipboard

Ctrl+O

Open Image

Ctrl+Alt+O

Open as Layers

Ctrl+S

Save Image

Shift+Ctrl+S

Save As

Ctrl+P

Print

Ctrl+W

Close

Shift+Ctrl+W

Close All

Ctrl+Q

Quit

4. Layer Shortcuts

Shift+Ctrl+N

New Layer

Shift+Ctrl+D

Duplicate Layer

Ctrl+H

Anchor Layer

Page Up/Page Down

Select Previous/Next Layer

Home/End

Select Top/Bottom Layer

5. Select Shortcuts

Ctrl+A

Select All

Shift+Ctrl+A

Select None

Ctrl+I

Invert Selection

Shift+Ctrl+L

Create a Floating Selection

Shift+O

Select by Color

Shift+V

Select from Path

Shift+Q

Toggle Quick Mask

6. Image Operations

Ctrl+D

Duplicate Image

Ctrl+M

Merge Visible Layers

Alt+Return

Display Image Properties

7. Selection Tools

R

Rectangle Select

E

Ellipse Select

F

Free Select

U

Fuzzy Select

Shift+O

Select by Color

I

Intelligent Scissors

8. Paint Tools

Shift+B

Bucket Fill

L

Blend

N

Pencil

P

Paintbrush

Shift+E

Eraser

A

Airbrush

K

Ink

C

Clone

H

Heal

Shift+U

Blur / Sharpen

S

Smudge

Shift+D

Dodge / Burn

9. Transfrom Tools

Q

Align

M

Move

Shift+C

Crop

Shift+R

Rotate

Shift+T

Scale

Shift+S

Shear

Shift+P

Perspective

Shift+F

Flip

10. General

B

Paths

O

Color Picker

Z

Zoom

Shift+M

Measure

T

Text

Ctrl+B

Toolbox

D

Default Colors (Sets foreground to black and background to white)

X

Swap Colors

11. Dockable Dialogs

Ctrl+L

Layers

Shift+Ctrl+B

Brushes

Shift+Ctrl+P

Patterns

Ctrl+G

Gradients

Ctrl+B

Toolbox

12. Help Menu

F1

Help

Shift+F1

Context Sensitive Help

13. PlugIn Shortcuts

Ctrl+F

Repeat Last PlgIn

Shift+Ctrl+F

Plug In

14. Selection Shortcuts

Ctrl+A

Select All

Ctrl+Shift+A

Select None

Ctrl+I

Invert Selection

Ctrl+T

Toggle Selection

Shift+V

Path to selection

Ctrl+Shift+L

Float Selection

Created by rank17 on 3/7/2017

 

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Comment #3 by Graham Dec 4, 2023 at 09:11 am  Reply

Thank you! This is a huge help :)

Comment #2 by Dominic Jul 1, 2020 at 10:57 pm  Reply

This is great. Thank you

Comment #1 by Quinn Feb 20, 2020 at 09:20 pm  Reply

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