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Affinity Photo Keyboard Shortcuts

Retouch photos and compose layered images.

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151 shortcuts / 19 sections

Editing

10
Resize Document
Option Command I
Resize Canvas
Option Command C
Reset Selection Box
.
Toggle Snapping
;
Erase with Pixel Tool on current layer
CMD
Switch between Stroke/Fill colour selectors
X
Swap Stroke/Fill colour selectors
Shift X
Toggle between Crop Tool overlays
O
Flip golden spiral overlay (crop tool enabled)
Shift O
Cancel a sizing, moving, or creating operation
Escape

Vector graphics

1
Edit curves as you draw using node editing
CMD

File

9
New Document
Command N
New From Clipboard
Shift Option Command N
Open Document
Command O
Close Document/Close App (when no documents open)
Command W
Switch Document/View
Control Tab
Save
Command S
Save As
Shift Command S
Export
Shift Option Command S
Print
Command P

Tools

16
Flood Fill Tool / Gradient cycle
G
View Tool
H
Move Tool
V
Crop Tool
C
Selection Tools cycle
W
Pen and Node Tool cycle
P
Zoom Tool
Z
Clone Tool
S
Shape Tools cycle
U
Text Tools cycle
T
Dodge, Burn and Sponge Brush Tool cycle
O
Retouch Tools cycle
J
Painting Tools cycle
B
Erase Tools cycle
E
Marquee Selection Tools cycle
M
Free Hand Selection Tool
L

Liquify

11
Liquify Push Forward Tool
P
Liquify Push Left Tool
L
Liquify Twirl Tool
T
Liquify Pinch Tool
U
Liquify Turbulence Tool
B
Liquify Mesh Clone Tool
C
Liquify Reconstruct Tool
R
Liquify Freeze Tool
F
Liquify Thaw Tool
W
Liquify Zoom Tool
Z
Liquify View Tool
H

Develop

10
Sampler Tool
S
White Balance Tool
W
Red Eye Removal Tool
R
Blemish Removal Tool
L
Overlay Paint Tool
B
Overlay Erase Tool
E
Overlay Gradient Tool
G
Crop Tool
C
Zoom Tool
Z
View Tool
H

Export

2
Slice Tool
S
Layer Select tool
L

Panorama

3
Transform Source Image Tool
A
Add to Source Image Mask Tool
L
Erase From Source Image Mask Tool
U

Tone mapping

5
View Tool
H
Zoom Tool
Z
Overlay Paint Tool
B
Overlay Erase Tool
E
Overlay Gradient Tool
G

Edit

8
Undo
Command Z
Redo
Shift Command Z
Copy Merged
Shift Command C
Paste Style
Shift Command V
Paste FX
Control Command V
Paste without Format
Shift Option Command V
Paste Inside
Option Command V
Inpaint
Option Tab

Layer operations

10
Select All Layers
Option Command A
Group
Command G
Ungroup
Shift Command G
Duplicate
Command J
Invert
Command I
New Layer
Shift Command N
Merge Down
Command E
Merge Selected
Shift Command E
Merge Visible
Shift Option Command E
Toggle between Frequency Separation layers
F

Live projection

1
Edit Live Projection
Control Command P

Text

26
Bigger text
Command .
Precise bigger text
Option Command .
Tighten
Option Left Arrow
Loosen
Option Right Arrow
Tighten More
Option Command Left Arrow
Loosen More
Option Command Right Arrow
Bold
Command B
Italic
Command I
Underline
Command U
Show Character
Command T
Show Typography
Shift Command T
Align Left
Option Command L
Align Right
Option Command R
Align Centre
Option Command C
Justify Left
Option Command I
Increase Paragraph Leading
Option Down Arrow
Decrease Paragraph Leading
Option Up Arrow
Precise Paragraph Increase Leading
Option Command Down Arrow
Precise Paragraph Decrease Leading
Option Command Up Arrow
Raise Baseline
Shift Option Up Arrow
Lower Baseline
Shift Option Down Arrow
Precise Raise Baseline
Shift Option Command Up Arrow
Precise Lower Baseline
Shift Option Command Down Arrow
Special Characters
Control Command Space
Spelling Options
Shift Command ;
Non Breaking Space
Option Space

View

12
Zoom to Fit
Command 0
(Zoom to) 100%
Command 1
(Zoom to) 200%
Command 2
(Zoom to) 400%
Command 3
(Zoom to) 800%
Command 4
(Zoom to) Actual Size
Command 8
(Zoom to) Pixel Size
Command 9
Hot key panning
Space
View Tool
H
Toggle Full Screen
Control Command F
Show Rulers
Command R
Show Guides
Command ;

Pixel selection/Mask

9
Select All
Command A
Deselect
Command D
Invert Pixel Selection
Shift Command I
Add to selection
CTRL
Remove from selection
OPT
Grow/Shrink
Command B
Refine Edges
Option Command R
Quick Mask
Q
Invert Mask
Command I

Workspace

4
Show/Hide Studio (panels)
Shift Command H
Show/Hide Toolbar
Option Command T
Toggle UI
Tab
Hide Workspace
Command H

Adjustment and filter

6
Levels (Adjustment)
Command L
HSL (Adjustment)
Command U
Invert (Adjustment)
Command I
Curves (Adjustment)
Command M
Black and White (Adjustment)
Shift Option Command B
Repeat Filter
Command F

Liquify Masks

3
Mask All
Command D
Invert Mask
Command I
Clear Mask
Command A

Miscellaneous

5
Liquify Persona
Option Command L
Export Persona
Option Command E
Develop Persona
Option Command R
Hide Others (applications)
Option Command H
Media Browser
Shift Command M