PHOTOSHOP SHORTCUTS

RESULT WINDOWS

Free Transform Control + T

Decrease Brush Size [

Increase Brush Size ]

Decrease Brush Hardness {

Increase Brush Hardness }

Default Foreground/Background colors D

Switch Foreground/Background colors X

New layer via copy Control + J

New layer via cut Shift + Control + J

Add to a selection Any selection tool + Shift-drag

Delete brush or swatch Alt-click brush or swatch

Toggle auto-select with move tool Control-click

Cancel any modal dialog window Escape

(including the Start Workspace)

Select the first edit field of the tool bar Enter

Navigate between fields Tab

Navigate between fields in opposite Tab + Shift

direction

Change Cancel to Reset Alt

 USE FUNCTION KEYS

RESULT WINDOWS

Start Help F1

Undo/Redo

Cut F2

Copy F3

Paste F4

Show/Hide Brush panel F5

Show/Hide Color panel F6

Show/Hide Layers panel F7

Show/Hide Info panel F8

Show/Hide Actions panel F9

Revert F12

Fill Shift + F5

Feather Selection Shift + F6

Inverse Selection Shift + F7

 Select tools

RESULT WINDOWS

Cycle through tools with Shift-press shortcut key (if Use Shift Key for Tool Switch
the same shortcut key preference is selected)

Cycle through hidden tools Alt-click + tool (except Add Anchor Point, Delete Anchor Point,
and Convert Point tools)

Move tool V

Rectangular Marquee tool M

Elliptical Marquee tool

Lasso tool L

Polygonal Lasso tool

Magnetic Lasso tool

Magic Wand tool W

Quick Selection tool

Crop tool C

Slice tool
Slice Select tool

Eyedropper tool I
Color Sampler tool
Ruler tool
Note tool

Spot Healing Brush tool J

Healing Brush tool
Patch tool
Red Eye tool

Brush tool B

Pencil tool
Color Replacement tool
Mixer Brush tool

Clone Stamp tool S

Pattern Stamp tool

History Brush tool Y

Art History Brush tool

Eraser tool E
Background Eraser tool
Magic Eraser tool

Gradient tool G

Paint Bucket tool

Dodge tool O

Burn tool
Sponge tool

Pen tool P

Freeform Pen tool

Horizontal Type tool T

Vertical Type tool

Horizontal Type mask tool
Vertical Type mask tool

Path Selection tool A

Direct Selection tool

Rectangle tool U

Rounded Rectangle tool

Ellipse tool
Polygon tool
Line tool
Custom Shape tool

Hand tool H

Rotate View tool R

Zoom tool Z

Default D
Foreground/Background
colors

Switch X
Foreground/Background
colors

Toggle Standard/Quick Q
Mask modes

Content-Aware Move tool J

Perspective Crop tool C

Artboard tool V

Rotate View tool R

Toggle Preserve / (forward slash)

Transparency

Decrease Brush Hardness {

Increase Brush Hardness }

Previous Brush ,

Next Brush .

First Brush <

Last Brush >

View images

RESULT WINDOWS

Cycle through open documents Control + Tab

Switch to previous document Shift + Control + Tab

Close a file in Photoshop and open Shift-Control-W

Bridge

Toggle between Standard mode Q

and Quick Mask mode

Toggle (forward) between F

Standard screen mode, Full screen
mode with menu bar, and Full
screen mode
Toggle (backward) between Shift + F
Standard screen mode, Full screen
mode with menu bar, and Full
screen mode

Toggle (forward) canvas color Spacebar + F (or right-click canvas background and
select color)

Toggle (backward) canvas color Spacebar + Shift + F

Fit image in window Double-click Hand tool

Magnify 100% Double-click Zoom tool or

Ctrl + 1

Switch to Hand tool (when not in Spacebar

text-edit mode)

Simultaneously pan multiple Shift-drag

documents with Hand tool

Switch to Zoom In tool Control + spacebar

Switch to Zoom Out tool Alt + spacebar

Move Zoom marquee while Spacebar-drag

dragging with the Zoom tool

Apply zoom percentage, and keep Shift + Enter in Navigator panel zoom percentage box
zoom percentage box active

Zoom in on specified area of an Control-drag over preview in Navigator panel

image
Temporarily zoom into an image Hold down H and then click in the image and hold
down the mouse button

Scroll image with Hand tool Spacebar-drag, or drag view area box in Navigator
panel

Page Up or Page Down

Scroll up or down 1 screen

Shift + Page Up or Page Down

Scroll up or down 10 units

Move view to upper-left corner or Home or End

lower-right corner

Toggle layer mask on/off as \ (backslash)

rubylith (layer mask must be
selected)

Use Puppet Warp

RESULT WINDOWS

Cancel completely Esc

Undo last pin adjustment Ctrl + Z

Select all pins Ctrl + A

Deselect all pins Ctrl + D

Select multiple pins Shift-click

Move multiple selected pins Shift-drag

Use Refine Edge

RESULT WINDOWS

Open the Refine Edge dialog box Control + Alt + R

Cycle (forward) through preview modes F

Cycle (backward) through preview modes Shift + F

Toggle between original image and selection X

preview

Toggle between original selection and refined P

version

Toggle radius preview on and off J

Toggle between Refine Radius and Erase Shift + E

Refinements tools
Use the Filter Gallery

RESULT WINDOWS

Apply a new filter on top of selected Alt-click a filter

Reapply last-used filter Control + Alt + F

Open/close all disclosure triangles Alt-click a disclosure triangle

Change Cancel button to Default Control

Change Cancel button to Reset Alt

Undo/Redo Control + Z

Step forward Control + Shift + Z

Step backward Control + Alt + Z