Adobe Photoshop Keyboard Shortcuts
Edit images and create digital artwork.
⌘K
207 shortcuts / 25 sections
Popular shortcuts
10Free Transform
⌘TCommand T
Default Foreground/Background colors
DD
Switch Foreground/Background colors
XX
New layer via copy
⌘JCommand J
New layer via cut
⇧⌘JShift Command J
Cancel any modal dialog window
⎋Escape
Navigate between fields
⇥Tab
Navigate between fields in opposite direction
⇧⇥Shift Tab
Change Cancel to Reset
OPTOPT
Zoom 2x (temporary)
XX
Function keys
1Inverse Selection
⇧⌘IShift Command I
Select tools
28Move tool
VV
Rectangular Marquee tool / Elliptical Marquee tool
MM
Lasso tools
LL
Magic Wand tool / Quick Selection tool
WW
Crop tool / Slice tool / Slice Select tool
CC
Eyedropper tools
II
Healing tools
JJ
Brush tools
BB
Clone Stamp tool / Pattern Stamp tool
SS
History Brush tool / Art History Brush tool
YY
Eraser tools
EE
Gradient tool / Paint Bucket tool
GG
Dodge tool / Burn tool / Sponge tool
OO
Pen tool / Freeform Pen tool
PP
Type tools
TT
Path Selection tool / Direct Selection tool
AA
Shape tools
UU
Hand tool
HH
Rotate View tool
RR
Zoom tool
ZZ
Default Foreground/Background colors
DD
Switch Foreground/Background colors
XX
Toggle Standard/Quick Mask modes
QQ
Content-Aware Move tool
JJ
Perspective Crop tool
CC
Artboard tool
VV
Next Brush
..
Last Brush
⇧.Shift .
Images
8Cycle through open documents
⌃⇥Control Tab
Toggle screen modes
FF
Toggle between Standard screen mode, Full scree...
⇧FShift F
Toggle (backward) canvas color
⇧SpaceShift SpacethenFF
Switch to Hand tool (when not in text-edit mode)
SpaceSpace
Switch to Zoom In tool
⌘SpaceCommand Space
Switch to Zoom Out tool
⌥SpaceOption Space
Move view to upper-left corner or lower-right c...
HomeHome
Refine Edge
7Open the Refine Edge dialog box
⌥⌘ROption Command R
Cycle (forward) through preview modes
FF
Cycle (backward) through preview modes
⇧FShift F
Toggle between original image and selection pre...
XX
Toggle between original selection and refined v...
PP
Toggle radius preview on and off
JJ
Toggle between Refine Radius and Erase Refineme...
⇧EShift E
Filter Gallery
6Reapply last-used filter
⌃⌘FControl Command F
Change Cancel button to Default
CMDCMD
Change Cancel button to Reset
OPTOPT
Undo/Redo
⌘ZCommand Z
Step forward
⇧⌘ZShift Command Z
Step backward
⌥⌘ZOption Command Z
Liquify filter
13Forward Warp tool
WW
Reconstruct tool
RR
Twirl Clockwise tool
CC
Pucker tool
SS
Bloat tool
BB
Push Left tool
OO
Mirror tool
MM
Turbulence tool
TT
Freeze Mask tool
FF
Thaw Mask tool
DD
Cycle through controls on right from top
⇥Tab
Cycle through controls on right from bottom
⇧⇥Shift Tab
Change Cancel to Reset
OPTOPT
Vanishing Point
8Undo last action
⌘ZCommand Z
Redo last action
⇧⌘ZShift Command Z
Deselect all
⌘DCommand D
Hide selection and planes
⌘HCommand H
Copy
⌘CCommand C
Paste
⌘VCommand V
Repeat last duplicate and move
⇧⌘TShift Command T
Delete last node while creating plane
⌫Backspace
Camera Raw dialog box
48Zoom tool
ZZ
Hand tool
HH
White Balance tool
II
Color Sampler tool
SS
Crop tool
CC
Straighten tool
AA
Spot Removal tool
BB
Red Eye Removal tool
EE
Basic panel
⌥⌘1Option Command 1
Tone Curve panel
⌥⌘2Option Command 2
Detail panel
⌥⌘3Option Command 3
HSL/Grayscale panel
⌥⌘4Option Command 4
Split Toning panel
⌥⌘5Option Command 5
Lens Corrections panel
⌥⌘6Option Command 6
Camera Calibration panel
⌥⌘7Option Command 7
Presets panel
⌥⌘9Option Command 9
Open Snapshots panel
⌥⌘9Option Command 9
Parametric Curve Targeted Adjustment tool
⇧⌥⌘TShift Option Command T
Hue Targeted Adjustment tool
⇧⌥⌘HShift Option Command H
Saturation Targeted Adjustment tool
⇧⌥⌘SShift Option Command S
Luminance Targeted Adjustment tool
⇧⌥⌘LShift Option Command L
Grayscale Mix Targeted Adjustment tool
⇧⌥⌘GShift Option Command G
Last-used Targeted Adjustment tool
TT
Adjustment Brush tool
KK
Graduated Filter tool
GG
Temporarily switch from Add to Erase mode for t...
OPTOPT
Switch to New mode from Add or Erase mode of th...
NN
Toggle Auto Mask for Adjustment Brush tool
MM
Toggle Show Mask for Adjustment Brush tool
YY
Toggle pins for Adjustment Brush tool
VV
Toggle overlay for Graduated Filter, Spot Remov...
VV
Rotate image left
LL
Rotate image right
RR
Temporarily switch to Zoom In tool
CMDCMD
Temporarily switch to Zoom Out tool and change ...
OPTOPT
Toggle preview
PP
Full screen mode
FF
Temporarily activate the White Balance tool and...
SHIFTSHIFT
Open selected images in Camera Raw dialog box f...
⌘RCommand R
Highlight clipping warning
OO
Shadows clipping warning
UU
(Filmstrip mode) Add red label
⌘6Command 6
(Filmstrip mode) Add yellow label
⌘7Command 7
(Filmstrip mode) Add green label
⌘8Command 8
(Filmstrip mode) Add blue label
⌘9Command 9
(Filmstrip mode) Add purple label
⇧⌘0Shift Command 0
Camera Raw preferences
⌘KCommand K
Deletes Adobe Camera Raw preferences
⌥SHIFTOption SHIFT
Black-and-White dialog box
1Open the Black-and-White dialog box
⇧⌥⌘BShift Option Command B
Curves
2Open the Curves dialog box
⌘MCommand M
Deselect a point
⌘DCommand D
Select and move objects
1Move layer 1 pixel when nothing selected on layer
⌘→Command Right Arrow
Transform selections, selection borders, and paths
7Transform from center or reflect
OPTOPT
Constrain
SHIFTSHIFT
Distort
CMDCMD
Apply
↩Enter
Cancel
⌘.Command .
Free transform with duplicate data
⌥⌘TOption Command T
Transform again with duplicate data
⇧⌥⌘TShift Option Command T
Edit paths
2Switch from Path Selection, Pen, Add Anchor Poi...
CMDCMD
Switch from Pen tool or Freeform Pen tool to Co...
OPTOPT
Painting
4Mixer Brush changes Wet and Mix to zero
00
Fill with foreground or background color
⌥⌫Option Backspace
Fill from history
⌥⌘⌫Option Command Backspace
Displays Fill dialog box
⇧⌫Shift Backspace
Blending modes
26Normal
⇧⌥NShift Option N
Dissolve
⇧⌥IShift Option I
Behind (Brush tool only)
⇧⌥QShift Option Q
Clear (Brush tool only)
⇧⌥RShift Option R
Darken
⇧⌥KShift Option K
Multiply
⇧⌥MShift Option M
Color Burn
⇧⌥BShift Option B
Linear Burn
⇧⌥AShift Option A
Lighten
⇧⌥GShift Option G
Screen
⇧⌥SShift Option S
Color Dodge
⇧⌥DShift Option D
Linear Dodge
⇧⌥WShift Option W
Overlay
⇧⌥OShift Option O
Soft Light
⇧⌥FShift Option F
Hard Light
⇧⌥HShift Option H
Vivid Light
⇧⌥VShift Option V
Linear Light
⇧⌥JShift Option J
Pin Light
⇧⌥ZShift Option Z
Hard Mix
⇧⌥LShift Option L
Difference
⇧⌥EShift Option E
Exclusion
⇧⌥XShift Option X
Hue
⇧⌥UShift Option U
Saturation
⇧⌥TShift Option T
Color
⇧⌥CShift Option C
Luminosity
⇧⌥YShift Option Y
Set blending mode to Threshold for bitmap image...
⇧⌥NShift Option N
Select and edit text
2Show/Hide selection on selected type
⌘HCommand H
Display the bounding box for transforming text ...
CMDCMD
Format type
11Choose 100% horizontal scale
⇧⌘XShift Command X
Choose 100% vertical scale
⇧⌥⌘XShift Option Command X
Choose Auto leading
⇧⌥⌘AShift Option Command A
Choose 0 for tracking
⌃⇧⌘QControl Shift Command Q
Justify paragraph, left aligns last line
⇧⌘JShift Command J
Justify paragraph, justifies all
⇧⌘FShift Command F
Toggle paragraph hyphenation on/off
⌃⇧⌥⌘HControl Shift Option Command H
Toggle single/every-line composer on/off
⇧⌥⌘TShift 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
3Apply 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
3Choose specific channel for adjustment
⌥3Option 3
Choose composite channel for adjustment
⌥2Option 2
Delete adjustment layer
⌫Backspace
Brush panel
2Display precise cross hair for brushes
⇪Caps Lock
Toggle airbrush option
⇧⌥PShift Option P
Clone Source panel
1Show Clone Source (overlays image)
⌥SHIFTOption SHIFT
History panel
2Step forward through image states
⇧⌘ZShift Command Z
Step backward through image states
⌥⌘ZOption Command Z
Layers panel
10New layer
⇧⌘NShift Command N
New layer via copy
⌘JCommand J
New layer via cut
⇧⌘JShift Command J
Group layers
⌘GCommand G
Ungroup layers
⇧⌘GShift Command G
Create/release clipping mask
⌥⌘GOption Command G
Select all layers
⌥⌘AOption Command A
Merge visible layers
⇧⌘EShift Command E
Select top layer
⌥.Option .
Merge a copy of all visible layers into target ...
⇧⌥⌘EShift Option Command E
Paths panel
1Hide path
⇧⌘HShift Command H