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Adobe Photoshop Keyboard Shortcuts

Edit images and create digital artwork.

207 shortcuts / 25 sections

Function keys

1
Inverse Selection
Shift Command I

Select tools

28
Move tool
V
Rectangular Marquee tool / Elliptical Marquee tool
M
Lasso tools
L
Magic Wand tool / Quick Selection tool
W
Crop tool / Slice tool / Slice Select tool
C
Eyedropper tools
I
Healing tools
J
Brush tools
B
Clone Stamp tool / Pattern Stamp tool
S
History Brush tool / Art History Brush tool
Y
Eraser tools
E
Gradient tool / Paint Bucket tool
G
Dodge tool / Burn tool / Sponge tool
O
Pen tool / Freeform Pen tool
P
Type tools
T
Path Selection tool / Direct Selection tool
A
Shape tools
U
Hand tool
H
Rotate View tool
R
Zoom tool
Z
Default Foreground/Background colors
D
Switch Foreground/Background colors
X
Toggle Standard/Quick Mask modes
Q
Content-Aware Move tool
J
Perspective Crop tool
C
Artboard tool
V
Next Brush
.
Last Brush
Shift .

Images

8
Cycle through open documents
Control Tab
Toggle screen modes
F
Toggle between Standard screen mode, Full scree...
Shift F
Toggle (backward) canvas color
Shift SpacethenF
Switch to Hand tool (when not in text-edit mode)
Space
Switch to Zoom In tool
Command Space
Switch to Zoom Out tool
Option Space
Move view to upper-left corner or lower-right c...
Home

Refine Edge

7
Open the Refine Edge dialog box
Option Command R
Cycle (forward) through preview modes
F
Cycle (backward) through preview modes
Shift F
Toggle between original image and selection pre...
X
Toggle between original selection and refined v...
P
Toggle radius preview on and off
J
Toggle between Refine Radius and Erase Refineme...
Shift E

Liquify filter

13
Forward Warp tool
W
Reconstruct tool
R
Twirl Clockwise tool
C
Pucker tool
S
Bloat tool
B
Push Left tool
O
Mirror tool
M
Turbulence tool
T
Freeze Mask tool
F
Thaw Mask tool
D
Cycle through controls on right from top
Tab
Cycle through controls on right from bottom
Shift Tab
Change Cancel to Reset
OPT

Vanishing Point

8
Undo last action
Command Z
Redo last action
Shift Command Z
Deselect all
Command D
Hide selection and planes
Command H
Copy
Command C
Paste
Command V
Repeat last duplicate and move
Shift Command T
Delete last node while creating plane
Backspace

Camera Raw dialog box

48
Zoom tool
Z
Hand tool
H
White Balance tool
I
Color Sampler tool
S
Crop tool
C
Straighten tool
A
Spot Removal tool
B
Red Eye Removal tool
E
Basic panel
Option Command 1
Tone Curve panel
Option Command 2
Detail panel
Option Command 3
HSL/Grayscale panel
Option Command 4
Split Toning panel
Option Command 5
Lens Corrections panel
Option Command 6
Camera Calibration panel
Option Command 7
Presets panel
Option Command 9
Open Snapshots panel
Option Command 9
Parametric Curve Targeted Adjustment tool
Shift Option Command T
Hue Targeted Adjustment tool
Shift Option Command H
Saturation Targeted Adjustment tool
Shift Option Command S
Luminance Targeted Adjustment tool
Shift Option Command L
Grayscale Mix Targeted Adjustment tool
Shift Option Command G
Last-used Targeted Adjustment tool
T
Adjustment Brush tool
K
Graduated Filter tool
G
Temporarily switch from Add to Erase mode for t...
OPT
Switch to New mode from Add or Erase mode of th...
N
Toggle Auto Mask for Adjustment Brush tool
M
Toggle Show Mask for Adjustment Brush tool
Y
Toggle pins for Adjustment Brush tool
V
Toggle overlay for Graduated Filter, Spot Remov...
V
Rotate image left
L
Rotate image right
R
Temporarily switch to Zoom In tool
CMD
Temporarily switch to Zoom Out tool and change ...
OPT
Toggle preview
P
Full screen mode
F
Temporarily activate the White Balance tool and...
SHIFT
Open selected images in Camera Raw dialog box f...
Command R
Highlight clipping warning
O
Shadows clipping warning
U
(Filmstrip mode) Add red label
Command 6
(Filmstrip mode) Add yellow label
Command 7
(Filmstrip mode) Add green label
Command 8
(Filmstrip mode) Add blue label
Command 9
(Filmstrip mode) Add purple label
Shift Command 0
Camera Raw preferences
Command K
Deletes Adobe Camera Raw preferences
Option SHIFT

Black-and-White dialog box

1
Open the Black-and-White dialog box
Shift Option Command B

Curves

2
Open the Curves dialog box
Command M
Deselect a point
Command D

Select and move objects

1
Move layer 1 pixel when nothing selected on layer
Command Right Arrow

Transform selections, selection borders, and paths

7
Transform from center or reflect
OPT
Constrain
SHIFT
Distort
CMD
Apply
Enter
Cancel
Command .
Free transform with duplicate data
Option Command T
Transform again with duplicate data
Shift Option Command T

Edit paths

2
Switch from Path Selection, Pen, Add Anchor Poi...
CMD
Switch from Pen tool or Freeform Pen tool to Co...
OPT

Painting

4
Mixer Brush changes Wet and Mix to zero
0
Fill with foreground or background color
Option Backspace
Fill from history
Option Command Backspace
Displays Fill dialog box
Shift Backspace

Blending modes

26
Normal
Shift Option N
Dissolve
Shift Option I
Behind (Brush tool only)
Shift Option Q
Clear (Brush tool only)
Shift Option R
Darken
Shift Option K
Multiply
Shift Option M
Color Burn
Shift Option B
Linear Burn
Shift Option A
Lighten
Shift Option G
Screen
Shift Option S
Color Dodge
Shift Option D
Linear Dodge
Shift Option W
Overlay
Shift Option O
Soft Light
Shift Option F
Hard Light
Shift Option H
Vivid Light
Shift Option V
Linear Light
Shift Option J
Pin Light
Shift Option Z
Hard Mix
Shift Option L
Difference
Shift Option E
Exclusion
Shift Option X
Hue
Shift Option U
Saturation
Shift Option T
Color
Shift Option C
Luminosity
Shift Option Y
Set blending mode to Threshold for bitmap image...
Shift Option N

Select and edit text

2
Show/Hide selection on selected type
Command H
Display the bounding box for transforming text ...
CMD

Format type

11
Choose 100% horizontal scale
Shift Command X
Choose 100% vertical scale
Shift Option Command X
Choose Auto leading
Shift Option Command A
Choose 0 for tracking
Control Shift Command Q
Justify paragraph, left aligns last line
Shift Command J
Justify paragraph, justifies all
Shift Command F
Toggle paragraph hyphenation on/off
Control Shift Option Command H
Toggle single/every-line composer on/off
Shift Option Command T
Decrease or increase leading 2 points or pixels
Option Down Arrow
Decrease or increase baseline 2 points or pixels
Shift Option Down Arrow
Decrease or increase kerning/tracking 20/1000 ems
Option Left Arrow

Panels

3
Apply value and keep text box active
Shift Enter
Show/Hide all panels
Tab
Show/Hide all panels except the toolbox and opt...
Shift Tab

Adjustment layers

3
Choose specific channel for adjustment
Option 3
Choose composite channel for adjustment
Option 2
Delete adjustment layer
Backspace

Brush panel

2
Display precise cross hair for brushes
Caps Lock
Toggle airbrush option
Shift Option P

Clone Source panel

1
Show Clone Source (overlays image)
Option SHIFT

History panel

2
Step forward through image states
Shift Command Z
Step backward through image states
Option Command Z

Layers panel

10
New layer
Shift Command N
New layer via copy
Command J
New layer via cut
Shift Command J
Group layers
Command G
Ungroup layers
Shift Command G
Create/release clipping mask
Option Command G
Select all layers
Option Command A
Merge visible layers
Shift Command E
Select top layer
Option .
Merge a copy of all visible layers into target ...
Shift Option Command E

Paths panel

1
Hide path
Shift Command H