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Adobe Photoshop Keyboard Shortcuts

Edit images and create digital artwork.

245 shortcuts / 24 sections

Select tools

60
Move tool
V
Rectangular Marquee tool
M
Elliptical Marquee tool
M
Lasso tool
L
Polygonal Lasso tool
L
Magnetic Lasso tool
L
Magic Wand tool
W
Quick Selection tool
W
Crop tool
C
Slice tool
C
Slice Select tool
C
Eyedropper tool
I
Color Sampler tool
I
Ruler tool
I
Note tool
I
Spot Healing Brush tool
J
Healing Brush tool
J
Patch tool
J
Red Eye tool
J
Brush tool
B
Pencil tool
B
Color Replacement tool
B
Mixer Brush tool
B
Clone Stamp tool
S
Pattern Stamp tool
S
History Brush tool
Y
Art History Brush tool
Y
Eraser tool
E
Background Eraser tool
E
Magic Eraser tool
E
Gradient tool
G
Paint Bucket tool
G
Dodge tool
O
Burn tool
O
Sponge tool
O
Pen tool
P
Freeform Pen tool
P
Horizontal Type tool
T
Vertical Type tool
T
Horizontal Type mask tool
T
Vertical Type mask tool
T
Path Selection tool
A
Direct Selection tool
A
Rectangle tool
U
Rounded Rectangle tool
U
Ellipse tool
U
Polygon tool
U
Line tool
U
Custom Shape tool
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

13
Cycle through open documents
Control Tab
Switch to previous document
Control Shift Tab
Close a file in Photoshop and open Bridge
Control Shift W
Toggle between Standard mode and Quick Mask mode
Q
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
Control Space
Switch to Zoom Out tool
Alt Space
Scroll up or down 1 screen
Page Up
Scroll up or down 10 units
Shift Page Up
Move view to upper-left corner or lower-right c...
Home

Refine Edge

7
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 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
ALT

Vanishing Point

10
Zoom 2x (temporary)
X
Undo last action
Control Z
Redo last action
Control Shift Z
Deselect all
Control D
Hide selection and planes
Control H
Copy
Control C
Paste
Control V
Repeat last duplicate and move
Control Shift T
Create a floating selection from the current se...
Control Alt 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
Control Alt 1
Tone Curve panel
Control Alt 2
Detail panel
Control Alt 3
HSL/Grayscale panel
Control Alt 4
Split Toning panel
Control Alt 5
Lens Corrections panel
Control Alt 6
Camera Calibration panel
Control Alt 7
Presets panel
Control Alt 9
Open Snapshots panel
Control Alt 9
Parametric Curve Targeted Adjustment tool
Control Shift Alt T
Hue Targeted Adjustment tool
Control Shift Alt H
Saturation Targeted Adjustment tool
Control Shift Alt S
Luminance Targeted Adjustment tool
Control Shift Alt L
Grayscale Mix Targeted Adjustment tool
Control Shift Alt G
Last-used Targeted Adjustment tool
T
Adjustment Brush tool
K
Graduated Filter tool
G
Temporarily switch from Add to Erase mode for t...
ALT
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
CTRL
Temporarily switch to Zoom Out tool and change ...
ALT
Toggle preview
P
Full screen mode
F
Temporarily activate the White Balance tool and...
SHIFT
Open selected images in Camera Raw dialog box f...
Control R
Highlight clipping warning
O
Shadows clipping warning
U
(Filmstrip mode) Add red label
Control 6
(Filmstrip mode) Add yellow label
Control 7
(Filmstrip mode) Add green label
Control 8
(Filmstrip mode) Add blue label
Control 9
(Filmstrip mode) Add purple label
Control Shift 0
Camera Raw preferences
Control K
Deletes Adobe Camera Raw preferences
Control ALT

Black-and-White dialog box

1
Open the Black-and-White dialog box
Control Shift Alt B

Curves

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

Select and move objects

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

Transform selections, selection borders, and paths

7
Transform from center or reflect
ALT
Constrain
SHIFT
Distort
CTRL
Apply
Enter
Cancel
Control .
Free transform with duplicate data
Control Alt T
Transform again with duplicate data
Control Shift Alt T

Edit paths

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

Painting

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

Blending modes

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

Select and edit text

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

Format type

11
Choose 100% horizontal scale
Control Shift X
Choose 100% vertical scale
Control Shift Alt X
Choose Auto leading
Control Shift Alt A
Choose 0 for tracking
Control Shift Q
Justify paragraph, left aligns last line
Control Shift J
Justify paragraph, justifies all
Control Shift F
Toggle paragraph hyphenation on/off
Control Shift Alt H
Toggle single/every-line composer on/off
Control Shift Alt T
Decrease or increase leading 2 points or pixels
Alt Down Arrow
Decrease or increase baseline 2 points or pixels
Shift Alt Down Arrow
Decrease or increase kerning/tracking 20/1000 ems
Alt 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
Alt 3
Choose composite channel for adjustment
Alt 2
Delete adjustment layer
Backspace

Brush panel

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

Clone Source panel

1
Show Clone Source (overlays image)
Alt SHIFT

History panel

2
Step forward through image states
Control Shift Z
Step backward through image states
Control Alt Z

Layers panel

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

Paths panel

1
Hide path
Control Shift H