List of Adobe Photoshop CS5 shortcut keys

Subject Descriptors: Shortcut keys, shortcut(s). Application (Version): Adobe Photoshop CS5 Task Description: What are the shortcut keys? Tutorial Date: 15 May 2009, by Arnousone Chanthalyxay. Updated 22 June 2010

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Shortcuts for selecting Tools

- Hold down "Shift" on the keyboard for each shortcut. - Pressing the letter more than once will switch through the different tools in that icon. * Hold down "Shift" on the keyboard and then press the letter "w" the "Magic Wand Tool" will be selected. Press "w" again and it will change it to the "Quck Selection Tool". V M L W C K J B S Y E G R O P T A U N Move tool Rectangular Marquee tool, EllipticalMarquee tool Lasso tool, Polygonal Lasso tool, MagneticLasso tool Magic Wand tool,Quick Selection tool Crop tool Slice tool, Slice Select tool Spot Healing Brush tool, Healing Brushtool, Patch tool, Red Eye tool Brush tool, Pencil tool, ColorReplacement tool Clone Stamp tool, Pattern Stamp tool History Brush tool, Art History Brushtool Eraser tool, BackgroundEraser tool, Magic Eraser tool (in Photoshop) Gradient tool, Paint Bucket tool Blur tool, Sharpen tool, Smudgetool Dodge tool, Burn tool, Spongetool Pen tool, Freeform Pen tool Horizontal Type tool, Vertical Typetool , Horizontal Type mask tool, Vertical Type mask tool Path Selection tool,Direct Selectiontool Rectangle tool, Rounded Rectangle tool, Ellipsetool, Polygon tool, Line tool , Custom Shape tool Notes tool, Audio Annotation tool (in Photoshop)

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Eyedropper tool, ColorSampler tool, Measure tool, Count tool Hand tool Zoom tool

Keys for selecting tools in the Extract Toolbox

B G I C T Edge Highlighter tool Fill tool Eyedropper tool Cleanup tool Edge Touchup tool

Keys for selecting tools in the Liquify Toolbox

W R C S B O M T F D Forward Warp tool Reconstruct tool Twirl Clockwise tool Pucker tool Bloat tool Push Left tool Mirror tool Turbulence tool Freeze Mask tool Thaw Mask tool

Result (Extract, Liquify, and Pattern Maker)

Tab Shft + Tab Spacebar Alt Cycle through controls on right from top in Adobe Photoshop Cycle through controls on right from bottom Temporarily activate Hand tool Change Cancel to Reset

Result (Extract and Liquify)

Up or Down arrow keys Decreases or increases brush size in Adobe Photoshop

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Result (Extract and Pattern Maker)

Ctrl + 0 Ctrl + + (plus) Ctrl + - (hyphen) Fit in window Zoom in Zoom out

Result (Extract Only)

Alt Edge Highlighter/Eraser tool Toggle between Edge Highlighter tool and Eraser tool Ctrl with Edge Highlighter tool selected Toggle Smart Highlighting Alt Delete Remove current highlight in Adobe Photoshop Ctrl + Delete Highlight entire image Shft-click with Fill tool selected Fill foreground area and preview extraction Ctrl-drag Move mask when Edge Touchup tool is selected Alt-drag Add opacity when Cleanup tool is selected X Toggle Show menu options in preview between Original and Extracted in Adobe Photoshop Shft X Enable Cleanup and Edge Touchup tools before preview F Cycle through Display menu in preview from top to bottom in Adobe Photoshop Shft F Cycle through Display menu in preview from bottom to top Down Arrow/Up Arrow in Brush Size text box Decrease/increase brush size by 1 (Hold down Shift to decrease/increase by 10) Left Arrow/Right Arrow with Brush Size Slider showing Decrease/increase brush size by 1 (Hold down Shift to decrease/increase by 10) 0-9 Set strength of Cleanup or Edge Touch-up tool

Results (Liquify Only)

Alt tool Reverse direction for Bloat, Pucker, Push Left,and Mirror tools in Adobe

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Photoshop Alt-drag in preview with Reconstruct tool, Displace, Amplitwist, or Affine mode selected Continually sample the distortion Down Arrow/Up Arrow in Brush Size, Density, Pressure, Rate, or Turbulent Jitter text box Decrease/increase brush size by 2, or density,pressure, rate, or turbulent jitter by 1 (Hold down Shift to decrease/increase by 10) Left Arrow/Right Arrow with Brush Size, Density, Pressure, Rate, or Turbulent Jitter slider showing Decrease/increase brush size by 2, or density,pressure, rate, or turbulent jitter by 1 (Hold down Shift to decrease/increase by 10) Ctrl Z Redo last step in Adobe Photoshop

Results (Pattern Maker Only)

Ctrl + D Delete current selection Ctrl + Z Undo a selection move Ctrl + G Generate or generate again Shft + Alt + select Intersect with current selection X Toggle view: original/generated pattern Home Go to first tile in Tile History in Adobe Photoshop End Go to last tile in Tile History Left Arrow, Page Up Go to previous tile in Tile History Right Arrow, Page Down Go to next tile in Tile History Delete Delete current tile from Tile History Shft-press shortcut key Nudge selection when viewing the original (if Use Shift Key for Tool Switch preference is selected) Shft + Right Arrow, Left Arrow, Up Arrow, or Down Arrow Increase selection nudging when viewing theoriginal

Keys for using the Filter Gallery

Alt-click a filter Alt-click a disclosure triangle Ctrl Alt Ctrl + Z Apply a new filter on top of selected Open/close all disclosure triangles Change Cancel button to Default in Adobe Photoshop Change Cancel button to Reset Undo/Redo

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Ctrl + Shft + Z Ctrl + Alt + Z

Step forward Step backward

Keys for using the Refine Edge dialog box

Ctrl + Alt + R F Shft F X P Open the Refine Edge dialog box Cycle (forward) through preview modes Cycle (backward) through preview modes in Adobe Photoshop Toggle between original image and selection preview Toggle the preview option (on and off) in Adobe Photoshop

Key for using the Black-and-White dialog box

Shft + Ctrl + Alt + B Left Arrow/Right Arrow Shft + Left Arrow/Right Arrow Click-drag on the image Open the Black-and-White dialog box in Adobe Photoshop Increase/decrease selected value by %1 Increase/decrease selected value by %10 Change the values of the closest color slider

Keys for using the Camera Raw dialog box

Z Zoom tool H Hand tool I White Balance tool S Color Sampler tool C Crop tool A Straighten tool L Rotate image left R Rotate image right Ctrl + + (plus) Zoom in Ctrl + - (hyphen) Zoom out Ctrl Temporarily switch to Zoom In tool in Adobe Photoshop(Doesn't work when Straighten tool is selected. If Crop tool is active, temporarily switches to Straighten tool.) Shft Temporarily active the White Balance tool (does not work if Crop tool is active) Click the first point; Shft-click additional points Select multiple points in Curves panel Ctrl-click in preview Add point to curve in Curves panel Arrow keys Move selected point in Curves panel
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(1 unit) Shft-arrow (10 units) Ctrl + R Raw dialog box from Bridge Shft double-click imag bypassing Camera Raw dialog box in Adobe Photoshop Alt Save button to bypass Save dialog box Right Arrow, Left Arrow, Up Arrow, or Down Arrow Preview

Move selected point in Curves panel Open selected images in Camera Open selected images from Bridge Change Cancel button to Reset and Display highlights that will be clipped in

Keys for using the Curves dialog box

Ctrl M Ctrl + Tab Shft + Ctrl + Tab Ctrl-click on the points Ctrl + D Select a point and press Delete Arrow keys Shft + Arrow keys Alt-drag black/white point sliders Photoshop Ctrl-click the image Shft + Ctrl-click the image Alt-click the field Open the Curves dialog box in Adobe Photoshop Select next point on the curve Select the previous point on the curve Select multiple points on the curve Deselect a point To delete a point on the curve Move the selected point 1 unit Move the selected point 10 units Display highlights and shadows that will be clipped in Adobe Set a point to the composite curve Set a point to the channel curves Toggle grid size

Keys for using Photo Merge

A R V Z H Spacebar Ctrl + Z Ctrl + Shft + Z Right Arrow, Left Arrow, Up Arrow, or Down Arrow Alt
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Select Image tool in Adobe Photoshop Rotate Image tool Set Vanishing Point tool Zoom tool Move View tool Switch to Move View tool (temporary) Step backward Step forward Move selected image 1 pixel Change Cancel to Reset

Alt-move pointer over image

Show individual image border

Key for using Vanishing Point

Z X H Spacebar Ctrl + + (plus) Ctrl + - (hyphen) Ctrl + 0 (zero), Double-click Hand tool Double-click Zoom tool ] [ Shft + ] Shft + [ Ctrl + Z Ctrl + Shft + Z Ctrl + D Ctrl + H Arrow keys Shft + arrow keys Ctrl + C Ctrl + V Ctrl + Shft + T Ctrl Alt T Adobe Photoshop Ctrl-drag Ctrl + Alt-drag Alt + Shft to rotate Ctrl-click the plane Photoshop Alt-click OK Ctrl-drag Backspace Double-click the Create Plane tool Ctrl + Shft + H Ctrl + E Ctrl + Shft + E Zoom tool Zoom 2x (temporary) Hand tool Switch to Hand tool (temporary) Zoom in Zoom out Fit in view Zoom to center at 100% Increase brush size (Brush, Stamp tools) Decrease brush size (Brush, Stamp tools) Increase brush hardness (Brush, Stamp tools) Decrease brush hardness (Brush, Stamp tools) Undo last action Redo last action Deselect all Hide selection and planes Move selection 1 pixel Move selection 10 pixels Copy Paste Repeat last duplicate and move Create a floating selection from the current selection in Fill a selection with image under the pointer Create a duplicate of a floating selection Constrain a rotate plan to a 15 rotation Select a plane under another selected plane in Adobe Render plane grids Create 90 degree plane off parent plane Delete last node while creating plane Make a full canvas plane, square to the camera Show/hide measurements (Photoshop Extended only) Export to a DFX file (Photoshop Extended only) Export to a 3DS file (Photoshop Extended only)

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Keys for working with Blending Modes

Shft + + (plus) or - (minus) Cycle through blending modes Shft + Alt + N Normal Shft + Alt + I Dissolve Shft + Alt + Q Behind (Brush tool only) Shft + Alt + R Clear (Brush tool only) Shft + Alt + K Darken Shft + Alt + M Multiply Shft + Alt + B Color Burn Shft + Alt + A Linear Burn Shft + Alt + G Lighten Shft + Alt + S Screen Shft + Alt + D Color Dodge Shft + Alt + W Linear Dodge Shft + Alt + O Overlay Shft + Alt + F Soft Light Shft + Alt + H Hard Light Shft + Alt + V Vivid Light Shft + Alt + J Linear Light Shft + Alt + Z Pin Light Shft + Alt + L Hard Mix Shft + Alt + E Difference Shft + Alt + X Exclusion Shft + Alt + U Hue Shft + Alt + T Saturation Shft + Alt + C Color Shft + Alt + Y Luminosity Sponge tool + Shft + Alt + D Desaturate Sponge tool + Shft + Alt + S Saturate Dodge tool/Burn tool + Shft + Alt + S Dodge/burn shadows Dodge tool/Burn tool + Shft + Alt + M Dodge/burn midtones Dodge tool/Burn tool + Shft + Alt + H Dodge/burn highlights Shft Alt N Set blending mode to Threshold for bitmap images,Normal for all other images in Adobe Photoshop

Keys for Viewing Images

Ctrl + Tab documents Shft-Ctrl-W
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Cycles through open Close a file in Photoshop

and open Bridge Q Toggle between Standard mode and Quick Mask mode F Toggle (forward) between Standard screen mode,Maximized screen mode, Full screen mode, and Full screen mode with menu bar Shft F Toggle (backward) between Standard screen mode, Maximized screen mode, Full screen mode, and Full screen mode with menu bar Space + F Toggle (forward) canvas color (or right-click canvas background and select color) Space + Shft + F Toggle (backward) canvas color Double-click Hand tool Fit image in window Double-click Zoom tool Magnify 100% Spacebar Switch to Hand tool (when not in text-edit mode) in Adobe Photoshop Ctrl + spacebar Switch to Zoom In tool Alt + spacebar Switch to Zoom Out tool Spacebar-drag Move Zoom marquee while dragging with the Zoom tool Shft + Enter in Navigator palette zoom percentage box Apply zoom percentage, and keep zoom percentage box active Ctrl-drag over preview in Navigator palette Zoom in on specified area of an image Spacebar-drag, or drag view area box in Navigator palette Scroll image with Hand tool in Adobe Photoshop Page Up or Page Down Scroll up or down 1 screen Shft + Page Up or Page Down Scroll up or down 10 units Home or End Move view to upper left corner or lower right corner \ (backslash) Toggle layer mask on/off as rubylith (layer mask must be selected)

Keys for Selecting and Moving Objects

Any marquee tool (except single column and single row) + spacebar-drag while selecting* Any selection tool Shft-drag selection in Adobe Photoshop
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Reposition marquee Add to a

Any selection tool + Alt-drag selection Any selection tool (except Quick Selection tool) + Shft-Alt-drag Shft-drag marquee to square or circle (ifno other selections are active)* Alt-drag marquee from center (if no other selectionsare active)* Shft + Alt-drag and draw marquee from center* Ctrl (except when Hand, Slice, Path, Shape, or any Pen tool is selected) Adobe Photoshop Alt-drag Magnetic Lasso tool to Lasso tool Alt-click Magnetic Lasso tool to polygonalLasso tool Enter/Esc or Ctrl + . (period) operation of the Magnetic Lasso Move tool + Alt-drag selection* selection Any selection + Right Arrow, Left Arrow, Up Arrow, or Down Arrow 1 pixel Move tool + Right Arrow, Left Arrow, Up Arrow, or Down Arrow pixel Ctrl + Right Arrow, Left Arrow, Up Arrow, or Down Arrow when nothing selected on layer Magnetic Lasso tool + [ or ] Increase/decrease detection width Crop tool Enter or Esc or exit cropping in Adobe Photoshop / (forward slash) shield off and on Ruler tool + Alt-drag end point Shft-drag guide ruler ticks (except when View >Snap is unchecked) Alt-drag guide horizontal and vertical guide

Subtract from a Intersect a selection Constrain Draw Constrain shape Switch to Move tool in Switch from Switch from Apply/cancel an Move copy of Move selection area Move selection 1 Move layer 1 pixel

Accept cropping Toggle crop Make protractor Snap guide to Convert between

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Keys for Editing Paths

Direct selection tool Shft-click Select multiple anchor points in Photoshop Direct selection tool + Alt-click Select entire path Pen (any pen tool), Path Selection or Direct Selection tool + Ctrl + Alt-drag Duplicate a path Ctrl Switch from Path Selection, Pen, Add Anchor Point, Delete Anchor Point, or Convert Point tools, to Direct Selection tool Alt 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 + Alt-double-click Close path with straight-line segment

Keys for Painting Objects

Any painting tool + Alt or any shape tool + Alt (except when Paths optn is selected) tool Eyedropper tool + Alt-click background color Eyedropper tool + Shft sampler tool Color sampler tool + Alt-click color sampler Any painting or editing tool + Shft + number keys opacity, tolerance, strength, or exposure for painting mode (e.g., 0 = 100%, 1 = 10%, 4 then 5 in quick succession = 45%) (When airbrush option is enabled, use Shift + number keys) Any painting or editing tool + Shft + number keys for painting mode(e.g., 0 = 100%, 1 = 10%, 4 then 5 in quick succession = 45%) (When airbrush option is enabled, omit Shift) Shft (plus) or - (minus) through blending modes in Photoshop Alt + Backspace, or Ctrl + Backspace selection/layer with foreground or backgroundcolor (Hold down Shift to preserve Eyedropper Select Color Deletes Sets

Sets flow

Cycles Fills

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transparency) Ctrl + Alt + Backspace from history (Hold down Shift to preserve transparency) Shft + Backspace Displays Fill dialog box / (forward slash) transparent pixels on/off in Photoshop Any painting tool + Shft-click Connects points with a straight line

Fills

Lock

Keys for transforming Selections, Selection Boarders, and Paths

Alt Shft Ctrl Enter Ctrl + . (period) or Esc Ctrl + Alt + T Ctrl + Shft + Alt + T Transform from center or reflect Constrain Distort Apply Cancel Free transform with duplicate data Transform again with duplicate data

Keys for Selecting, Editing, and Navigating Through Text

Ctrl-drag type when Type layer is selected Move type in image Shft + Left Arrow/Right Arrow or Down Arrow/Up Arrow, or Ctrl + Shft + Left Arrow/Right Arr Select 1 character left/right or 1 line down/up, or 1 word left/right Shft-click Select characters from insertion point to mouse click point Left Arrow/Right Arrow, Down Arrow/Up Arrow, or Ctrl + Left Arrow/Right Arrow Move 1 character left/right, 1 line down/up, or 1 word left/right Shft-click Create a new text layer, when a text layer is selected in the Layers palette Double-click, triple-click, quadruple-click, or quintuple-click Select word, line, paragraph, or story in Photoshop Ctrl + H Show/Hide selection on selected type Ctrl Display the bounding box for transforming text when editing text, or activate Move tool if cursor is inside the bounding box
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Ctrl-drag a bounding box handle Scale text within a bounding box when resizing the bounding box Spacebar-drag Move text box while creating text box in Photoshop

Keys for Formatting Type

Horizontal type tool + Ctrl + Shft + L, C, or R Align left, center, or right Vertical type tool + Ctrl + Shft + L, C, or R Align top, center, or bottom Ctrl + Shft + Y Return to default font style Ctrl + Shft + X Choose 100% horizontal scale Ctrl + Shft + Alt + X Choose 100% vertical scale Ctrl + Shft + Alt + A Choose Auto leading Ctrl + Shft + Q Choose 0 for tracking Ctrl + Shft + J Justify paragraph, left aligns last line Ctrl + Shft + F Justify paragraph, justifies all Ctrl + Shft + Alt + H Toggle paragraph hyphenation on/off Ctrl + Shft + Alt + T Toggle single/every-line composer on/off Ctrl + Shft + < or > Decrease or increase type size of selected text 2 points or pixels (Hold down Alt key to decrease/increase by 10) Alt + Down Arrow or Up Arrow Decrease or increase leading 2 points or pixels (Hold down Ctrl key to decrease/increase by 10) Shft + Alt + Down Arrow or Up Arrow Decrease or increase baseline shift 2 points or pixels (Hold down Ctrl key to decrease/increase by 10) Alt + Left Arrow or Right Arrow Decrease or increase kerning/tracking 20/1000 ems (Hold down Ctrl key to decrease/increase by 10)

Keys for Slicing and Optimizing

Ctrl Shft-drag Alt-drag Shft + Alt-drag Spacebar-drag Toggle between Slice tool and Slice Selection tool Draw square slice Draw from center outward Draw square slice from center outward Reposition slice while creating slice

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Keys for Using Palettes

Alt-click New button Set options (except for Actions, Animation, Styles,Brushes, Tool Presets, and Layer Comps palettes) in Photoshop Alt-click Delete button Delete without confirmation (except forthe Brushes palette) Shft + Enter Apply value and keep text box active Ctrl-click channel, layer, or path thumbnail. Load as a selection in Photoshop Ctrl + Shft-click channel, layer, or path thumbnail. Add to current selection Ctrl + Alt-click channel, path, or layer thumbnail. Subtract from current selection Ctrl + Shft + Alt-click channel, path, or layer thumbnail. Intersect with current selection Tab Show/Hide all palettes Shft + Tab Show/Hide all palettes except the toolbox andoptions bar Select tool and press Enter Highlight options bar Shft + Up Arrow/Down Arrow Increase/decrease units by 10 in a pop-up menu

Keys for using the Actions Palette

Alt-click the check mark next to a cmnd. commands on Alt-click other modal controls Alt double-click action set pallete Double-click set or actions Ctrl + double-click an action Alt-click the triangle Ctrl-click the Play button Alt-click the New Action button confirmation Shft-click the action/cmnd Ctrl-click the action/cmnd Turn command on and all others off, or turns all Turn current modal control on and toggle all Change action set options in Photoshop actions Display Options dialog box Play entire action Collapse/expand all components of an action Play a command Create new action and begin recording without Select contiguous items of the same kind Select discontiguous items of the same kind

Keys for using the Animation Palette

Shft-click second frame. contiguous frames Ctrl-click multiple frames.
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Select/deselect multiple Select/deselect multiple

discontiguous frames in Photoshop Animation pallete Alt + Paste Frames cmnd from the Palette pop*'up menu displayingthe dialog box

Paste using previous settings without

Keys for using the Animation Palette Timeline Mode (Photoshop Extended Only)
Spacebar Start playing the timeline or Animation palette Alt + click the current-time display Switch between timecode and frame numbers (current time view). (Alt + click the current-time display in the upper-left corner of the timeline). Alt + click Expand and collapse list of layers Hold down the Shft key when clicking the Next/Previous Frame buttons (on either side of the Play button) Jump to the next/previous whole second in timeline (during playback) Hold down the Shft key while dragging the current time. Increase playback speed in Photoshop Animation palette (Timeline mode) Hold down the Ctrl key while dragging the current time. Decrease playback speed Shft-drag Snap an object (keyframe, the current time, layer in point, and so on) to the nearest object in timeline Alt-drag (first or last keyframe in the selection) Scale (evenly distribute to condensed or extended length) a selected group of multiple keyframes

Keys for using the Clone Source

Alt + Shft Alt + Shft + arrow keys Alt + Shft + < or > Alt + Shft + [ or ] Show Clone Source (overlays image) Nudge Clone Source Rotate Clone Source Scale (increase or reduce size) Clone Source

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Keys for using the Brush Palette

Alt-click brush Double-click brush [ or ] Shft + [ or ] , (comma) or . (period) Shft + , (comma) or . (period) Caps Lock Shft Alt P Delete brush Rename brush Decrease/increase brush size Decrease/increase brush softness/hardness in 25% increments Select previous/next brush size Select first/last brush Display precise cross hair for brushes Toggle airbrush option in Photoshop brushes palette

Keys for using the Channels Palette

Alt-click button button Ctrl-click Create New Channel button Channels palette Shft-click color channel selection Shft-click alpha channel show/hide as a rubylith overlay Double-click alpha or spot channel thumbnail ~ (tilde) Set options for Save Selection as Channel Create a new spot channel in Photoshop Select/deselect multiple color-channel Select/deselect alpha channel and Display channel options Display composite

Keys for using the Color Palette

Alt-click color in color bar Right-click color bar Shft-click color bar Select background color Display Color Bar menu in Photoshop Color palette Cycle through color choices

Keys for using the History Palette

Alt + New Snapshot Double-click snapshot name Ctrl + Shft + Z Ctrl Alt Z Photoshop History palette Alt-click the image state current state Create a new snapshot Rename snapshot Step forward through image states Step backward through image states in Duplicate any image state, except the

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Keys for using the Info Palette

Click eyedropper icon Click cross-hair icon Change color readout modes Change measurement units

Keys for using the Layer Comps Palette

Alt-click Create New Layer Comp button Double-click layer comp Double-click layer comp name Shft-click Ctrl-click Create new layer comp + box Open Layer Comp Options dialog box Rename inline Select/deselect multiple contiguous layer comps Select/deselect multiple discontiguous layer comps

Keys for using the Layers Palette

Ctrl-click layer thumbnail selection Ctrl-click filter mask thumbnail Ctrl G Layers palette Ctrl + Shft + G Ctrl + Alt + G Ctrl + Alt + A Ctrl + Shft + E Alt-click New Layer button dialog box Ctrl-click New Layer button layer Alt . (period) Alt + , (comma) Shft + Alt + [ or ] Layers palette Alt + [ or ] Ctrl + [ or ] Ctrl + Shft + Alt + E layers into target layer Ctrl + E Ctrl + Shft + [ or ] Alt + Merge Down cmnd from the Palette pop*'up menu Photoshop
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Load layer transparency as a Load filter mask as a selection Group layers in Photoshop Ungroup layers Create/release clipping mask Select all layers Merge visible layers Create new empty layer with Create new layer below target Select top layer in Photoshop Select bottom layer Add to layer selection in Select next layer down/up Move target layer down/up Merge a copy of all visible Merge down Move layer to bottom or top Copy current layer to layer below in

Alt + Merge Visible cmnd from the Palette pop*'up menu above the currently selected layer Right-click the eye icon only or all layers/layer groups Alt-click the eye icon visible layers / (forward slash) target layer, or last applied lock Double-click layer effect/style Alt-double-click layer effect/style Double-click layer Shft-click vector mask thumbnail Photoshop Double-click layer mask thumbnail dialog box Shft-click layer mask thumbnail Shft-click filter mask thumbnail Alt-click layer mask thumbnail mask/composite image Alt-click filter mask thumbnail mask/composite image \ (backslash), or Shft + Alt-click mask on/off Double-click type layer thumbnail type tool Alt-click the line dividing two layers Double-click the layer name Double-click the filter effect Double-click the Filter Blending icon Ctrl-click New Layer Set button layer/layer set Alt-click New Layer Set button box Alt-click Add Layer Mask button all/selection Ctrl-click Add Layer Mask button all/selection Ctrl + Alt-click Add Layer Mask button all/selection Right-click layer group or double-click group Shft-click
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Merge all visible layers to a new layer Show/hide this layer/layer group Show/hide all other currently Toggle lock transparency for Edit layer effect/style, options Hide layer effect/style Edit layer style Disable/enable vector mask in Open Layer Mask Display Options Toggle layer mask on/off Toggle filter mask on/off Toggle between layer Toggle between filter Toggle rubylith mode for layer Select all type; temporarily select Create a clipping mask Rename layer Edit filter settings Edit the Filter Blending options Create new layer set below current Create new layer set with dialog Create layer mask that hides Create vector mask that reveals Create vector mask that hides Display layer group properties Select/deselect multiple

contiguous layers Ctrl-click discontiguous layers

Select/deselect multiple

Keys for using the Paths Palette

Ctrl + Shft-click pathname Add path to selection Ctrl + Alt-click pathname Subtract a path from selection Ctrl + Shft + Alt-click pathname Retain intersection of path as a selection Ctrl + Shft + 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

Keys for using the Swatches Palette

Click in empty area of palette Ctrl-click swatch Alt-click swatch Create new swatch from foreground color Select background color Delete color

Keys for using Measurement (Photoshop Extended Only)

Shft + Ctrl + M Ctrl + D Ctrl + A Shft + Ctrl + H Backspace Arrow keys Shft arrow keys Left/right arrow key Shft + left/right arrow key Ctrl + arrow key Shft + Ctrl + arrow key Record a measurement Deselects all measurements Selects all measurements Hide/show all measurements Removes a measurement Nudge the measurement Nudge the measurement in increments in Photoshop Extend/shorten selected measurement Extend/shorten selected measurement in increments Rotate selected measurement Rotate selected measurement in increments

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Keys for using 3D tools (Photoshop Extended)

O C Shft tools R L H S Z Enable 3D object tools Enable 3D camera tools Constrain 3D object tool/3D camera tool to a single direction of movement in Photoshop 3D Rotate the 3D object/Orbit the 3D camera Roll the 3D object/Roll the 3D camera Drag the 3D object/Pan the 3D camera Slide the 3D object/Walk the 3D camera Scale the 3D object/Zoom the 3D camera

Keys for working with DICOM files (Photoshop Extended)

Z H W Ctrl + A Ctrl + D Right Arrow/Left Arrow Zoom tool Hand tool Window Level tool Select all frames Deselect all frames Navigate through frames (Photoshop extended)

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