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All-around photo editing

Use function keys:

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F1

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

Selection tools:

Increase Brush Hardness

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Decrease Brush Hardness

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Default Foreground/Background colors

D

Switch Foreground/Background colors

X

Cycle through hidden tools

Alt

MouseLeft

Move tool, Artboard tool

V

Rectangular Marquee tool, Elliptical Marquee tool

M

Lasso tool, Polygonal Lasso tool, Magnetic Lasso tool

L

Object Selection tool, Quick Selection tool, Magic Wand tool

W

Crop tool, Perspective Crop tool, Slice tool, Slice Select tool

C

Frame tool

K

Eyedropper tool, Color Sampler tool, Ruler tool, Note tool, Count tool

I

Spot Healing Brush tool, Healing Brush tool, Patch tool, Red Eye tool, Content-Aware Move tool, Red Eye tool

J

Brush tool, Pencil tool, Color Replacement tool, Mixer Brush tool

B

Clone Stamp tool, Pattern Stamp tool

S

History Brush tool, Art History Brush tool

Y

Eraser tool, Background Eraser tool, Magic Eraser tool

E

Gradient tool, Paint Bucket tool, 3D Material Drop tool

G

Dodge tool, Burn tool, Sponge tool

O

Pen tool, Freeform Pen tool, Curvature Pen tool

P

Horizontal Type tool, Vertical Type tool, Horizontal Type mask tool, Vertical Type mask tool

T

Path Selection tool, Direct Selection tool

A

Rectangle tool, Ellipse tool, Polygon tool, Line tool, Custom Shape tool

U

Hand tool

H

Rotate View tool

R

Zoom tool, Liquify

Z

Toggle Standard/Quick Mask modes

Q

Artboard tool

V

Toggle Preserve Transparency

/

Previous Brush

,

Next Brush

.

First Brush

<

Last Brush

>

General:

Increase Brush Size

]

Decrease Brush Size

[

Rotate the brush tip clockwise by 1 degree

Rotate the brush tip anti-clockwise by 1 degree

Rotate the brush tip clockwise by 15 degrees

Shift

Free Transform

Ctrl

T

Rotate the brush tip anti-clockwise by 15 degrees

Shift

Fit layer(s) to screen

Alt

MouseLeft

New layer via copy

Ctrl

J

New layer via cut

Shift

Ctrl

J

Close all open documents other than the current document

Ctrl

Alt

P

Cancel any modal dialog window (including the Start Workspace)

Esc

Select the first edit field of the toolbar

Navigate between fields

Tab

Navigate between fields in the opposite direction

Tab

Shift

Zoom out

Ctrl

-

Temporary Zoom 2x

X

Zoom in

Ctrl

+

Move selection down 1 pixel

Move selection up 1 pixel

Move selection down 10 pixels

Shift

Move selection up 10 pixels

Shift

Toggle between painting and erasing with the same brush 

`

Add to a selection

Shift

MouseLeft

Delete brush or swatch

Alt

+

MouseLeft

Toggle auto-select checkbox in Options bar with Move tool selected

Ctrl

MouseLeft

Change Cancel to Reset

Alt

Use the black-and-white adjustment

Shift

Ctrl

Alt

B

Select all pins

Ctrl

A

Deselect all pins

Ctrl

D

Select multiple pins

Shift

+

MouseLeft

Hide pins

H

Delete pins

Alt

+

MouseLeft

Reveal a circle that allows you to rotate the pin

Alt

Cancel distortions

Esc

Use the Layers panel:

New Layer

Ctrl

Shift

N

Select next layer down

Alt

[

Select next layer up

Alt

]

Move target layer down

Ctrl

[

Move target layer up

Ctrl

]

Group layers

Ctrl

G

Ungroup layers

Ctrl

Shift

G

Create/release clipping mask

Ctrl

Alt

G

Select all layers

Ctrl

Alt

A

Merge visible layers

Ctrl

Shift

E

Create new empty layer with dialog box

Alt

MouseLeft

Create new layer below target layer

Ctrl

+

MouseLeft

Select top layer

Alt

+

.

Select bottom layer

Alt

+

,

Add to layer selection in Layers panel

Shift

Alt

Merge a copy of all visible layers into target layer

Ctrl

Shift

Alt

E

Merge layers

Ctrl

E

Move layer to bottom or top

Ctrl

Shift

Show/hide all other currently visible layers

Alt

MouseLeft

Edit layer effect/style, options

MouseLeft

+

MouseLeft

Hide layer effect/style

Alt

MouseLeft

+

MouseLeft

Edit layer style

MouseLeft

+

MouseLeft

Disable/enable vector mask

Shift

+

MouseLeft

Open Layer Mask Display Options dialog box

MouseLeft

+

MouseLeft

Toggle layer mask on/off

Shift

+

MouseLeft

Toggle filter mask on/off

Shift

+

MouseLeft

Toggle between layer mask/composite image

Alt

+

MouseLeft

Toggle between filter mask/composite image

Alt

+

MouseLeft

Toggle rubylith mode for layer mask on/off

Shift

Alt

Create a clipping mask

Alt

MouseLeft

Rename layer

MouseLeft

+

MouseLeft

Edit filter settings

MouseLeft

+

MouseLeft

Edit the Filter Blending options

MouseLeft

+

MouseLeft

Create new layer group below current layer/layer set

Ctrl

+

MouseLeft

Create new layer group with dialog box

Alt

+

MouseLeft

Create layer mask that hides all/selection

Alt

+

MouseLeft

Create vector mask that reveals all/path area

Ctrl

+

MouseLeft

Create vector mask that hides all or displays path area

Ctrl

Alt

Display layer group properties

MouseLeft

+

MouseLeft

Select/deselect multiple contiguous layers

Shift

MouseLeft

Select/deselect multiple discontiguous layers

Ctrl

MouseLeft

Format type:

Align right

Ctrl

Shift

R

Align left

Ctrl

Shift

L

Align center

Ctrl

Shift

C

Choose 100% horizontal scale

Ctrl

Shift

X

Choose 100% vertical scale

Ctrl

Shift

Alt

X

Choose Auto leading

Ctrl

Shift

Alt

A

Choose 0 for tracking

Ctrl

Shift

Q

Justify paragraph, left aligns last line

Ctrl

Shift

J

Justify paragraph, justifies all

Ctrl

Shift

F

Toggle paragraph hyphenation on/off

Ctrl

Shift

Alt

H

Toggle single/every-line composer on/off

Ctrl

Shift

Alt

T

Decrease or increase type size of selected text 2 points or pixels

Ctrl

Shift

Decrease or increase leading 2 points or pixels

Alt

Decrease or increase baseline shift 2 points or pixels

Shift

Alt

Decrease or increase kerning/tracking 20/1000 ems

Alt

Select and move objects:

Cancel an operation of the Magnetic Lasso

Esc

Reposition marquee while selecting

MouseLeft

Subtract from a selection

Alt

MouseLeft

Intersect a selection

Shift

Alt

MouseLeft

Constrain marquee to square or circle 

Shift

MouseLeft

Draw marquee from center 

Alt

MouseLeft

Constrain shape and draw marquee from center

Shift

Alt

Switch to Move tool

Ctrl

Switch from Magnetic Lasso tool to Lasso tool

Alt

MouseLeft

Switch from Magnetic Lasso tool to polygonal Lasso tool

Alt

MouseLeft

Apply an operation of the Magnetic Lasso

Move copy of selection

Alt

MouseLeft

Move selection area 1 pixel righ

Move layer 1 pixel

Ctrl

Convert between horizontal and vertical guide

Alt

+

MouseLeft

Select and edit text:

Select a word

MouseLeft

+

MouseLeft

Select a line

MouseLeft

+

MouseLeft

+

MouseLeft

Select a paragraph

MouseLeft

+

MouseLeft

+

MouseLeft

+

MouseLeft

Move type in image

Ctrl

MouseLeft

Select 1 character left/right or 1 line down/up, or 1 word left/right

Shift

+

Ctrl

Shift

Select characters from insertion point to mouse click point

Shift

MouseLeft

Create a new text layer,

Shift

MouseLeft

Show/Hide selection on selected type

Ctrl

H

Display the bounding box for transforming text

Ctrl

Move text box while creating text box

MouseLeft

Use the Camera Raw dialog box:

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

Ctrl

Alt

1

Tone Curve panel

Ctrl

Alt

2

Detail panel

Ctrl

Alt

3

HSL/Grayscale panel

Ctrl

Alt

4

Split Toning panel

Ctrl

Alt

5

Lens Corrections panel

Ctrl

Alt

6

Camera Calibration panel

Ctrl

Alt

7

Presets panel

Ctrl

Alt

9

Open Snapshots panel

Ctrl

Alt

9

Parametric Curve Targeted Adjustment tool

Ctrl

Alt

Shift

T

Hue Targeted Adjustment tool

Ctrl

Alt

Shift

H

Saturation Targeted Adjustment tool

Ctrl

Alt

Shift

S

Luminance Targeted Adjustment tool

Ctrl

Alt

Shift

L

Grayscale Mix Targeted Adjustment tool

Ctrl

Alt

Shift

G

Last-used Targeted Adjustment tool

T

Adjustment Brush tool

K

Graduated Filter tool

G

Temporarily switch from Add to Erase mode for theAdjustment Brush tool, or from Erase to Add mode

Alt

Increase/decrease temporary Adjustment Brush tool feather

Alt

Shift

+

Alt

Shift

Switch to New mode from Add or Erase mode of theAdjustment Brush tool or the Graduated Filter

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 Removal tool, or Red Eye Removal tool.

V

Rotate image left

Ctrl

]

Rotate image right

Ctrl

[

Temporarily switch to Zoom In tool, (Doesn’t work when Straighten tool is selected. If Crop tool is active, temporarily switches to Straighten tool.)

Ctrl

Temporarily switch to Zoom Out tool and change the Open Image button to Open Copy and the Cancel button to Reset.

Alt

Toggle preview

P

Full screen mode

F

Temporarily activate the White Balance tool and change the Open Image button to Open Object., (Does not work if Crop tool is active)

Shift

Open selected images in Camera Raw dialog box from Bridge

Ctrl

R

Highlight clipping warning

O

Shadows clipping warning

U

(Filmstrip mode) Add 3 star rating

Ctrl

3

(Filmstrip mode) Add red label

Ctrl

6

(Filmstrip mode) Add yellow label

Ctrl

7

(Filmstrip mode) Add green label

Ctrl

8

(Filmstrip mode) Add blue label

Ctrl

9

(Filmstrip mode) Add purple label

Ctrl

Shift

0

Camera Raw preferences

Ctrl

K

Deletes Adobe Camera Raw preferences

Ctrl

Alt

Use for blending modes:

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

Desaturate

Shift

Alt

S

Saturate

Shift

Alt

S

Dodge/burn shadows

Shift

Alt

S

Dodge/burn midtones

Shift

Alt

M

Dodge/burn highlights

Shift

Alt

H

Set blending mode to Threshold for bitmap images, Normal for all other images

Shift

Alt

N

View images:

Cycle through open documents

Ctrl

Tab

Switch to previous document

Shift

Ctrl

Tab

Close a file in Photoshop and open Bridge

Ctrl

Shift

W

Toggle between Standard mode and Quick Mask mode

Q

Toggle forward between Standard and Full screen  Mode

F

Toggle backward between Standard and Full screen Mode

Shift

F

Toggle (forward) canvas color

F

Toggle (backward) canvas color

Shift

F

Fit image in window

MouseLeft

+

MouseLeft

Magnify 100%

Ctrl

1

Switch to Hand tool

Simultaneously pan multiple documents with Hand tool

Shift

MouseLeft

Switch to Zoom In tool

Ctrl

Switch to Zoom Out tool

Alt

Move Zoom marquee while dragging with the Zoom tool

MouseLeft

Apply zoom percentage, and keep zoom percentage box active

Shift

Zoom in on specified area of an image

Ctrl

+

MouseLeft

Toggle layer mask on/off as rubylith

\

Scroll up 1 screen

PageUp

Scroll down 1 screen

PageDown

Scroll up 10 units

Shift

PageUp

Scroll down 10 units

Shift

PageDown

Move view to upper-left corner

Home

Move view to lower-righ corner

End

Use the Filter Gallery:

Apply new filter on top of selected filter

Alt

MouseLeft

Change Cancel button to default

Ctrl

MouseLeft

Step forward

Ctrl

Shift

Z

Step backward

Ctrl

Alt

Z

Use Select and Mask:

Select and mask

Ctrl

Alt

R

Target the layer

Ctrl

2

Target the mask

Ctrl

+

\

Disable the mask temporarily

Shift

+

MouseLeft

Add a layer mask icon to automatically hide the content of the layer (or active selection)

Alt

MouseLeft

Invert a layer mask

Ctrl

I

Use Vanishing Point:

Deselect all

Ctrl

D

Undo last action

Ctrl

Z

Redo last action

Ctrl

Shift

Z

Fit in view

Ctrl

0

Zoom to the center at 100%

MouseLeft

+

MouseLeft

Increase brush size (Brush, Stamp tools)

]

Decrease brush size (Brush, Stamp tools)

[

Increase brush hardness (Brush, Stamp tools)

Shift

+

]

Decrease brush hardness (Brush, Stamp tools)

Shift

+

[

Hide selection and planes

Ctrl

H

Repeat last duplicate and move

Ctrl

Shift

T

Create a floating selection from the current selection

Ctrl

Alt

T

Fill a selection with image under the pointer

Ctrl

MouseLeft

Create a duplicate of the selection as a floating selection

Ctrl

Alt

Constrain selection to a 15° rotation

Alt

Shift

Select a plane under another selected plane

Ctrl

+

MouseLeft

Create 90° plane off parent plane

Ctrl

MouseLeft

Delete last node while creating plane

Make a full canvas plane, square to the camera

MouseLeft

+

MouseLeft

Use the Liquify filter:

Forward Warp tool

W

Reconstruct tool

R

Twirl Clockwise tool

C

Pucker tool

S

Bloat tool

B

Push Left tool

O

Freeze Mask tool

F

Thaw Mask tool

D

Smooth tool

E

Face tool

A

Hand tool

H

Zoom tool

Z

Liquify filter

Shift

Ctrl

X

Cycle through controls on right from top

Tab

Cycle through controls on right from bottom

Shift

Tab

Use Extract and Pattern Make:

Fit in window

Ctrl

0

Temporarily activate Hand tool

Edge Highlighter tool

B

Fill tool

G

Eyedropper tool

I

Cleanup tool

C

Edge Touchup tool

T

Remove current highlight

Alt

Delete

Highlight entire image

Ctrl

Delete

Move mask when Edge Touchup tool is selected

Ctrl

MouseLeft

Add opacity when Cleanup tool is selected

Alt

MouseLeft

Toggle Show menu options in preview between Original and Extracted

X

Enable Cleanup and Edge Touchup tools before preview

Shift

X

Cycle through Display menu in preview from top to bottom

F

Cycle through Display menu in preview from bottom to top

Shift

F

Set strength of Cleanup or Edge Touch‑up tool to 3

3

Delete current selection

Ctrl

D

Undo a selection move

Ctrl

Z

Generate or generate again

Ctrl

G

Toggle view: original/generated pattern

X

Go to first tile in Tile History

Home

Go to last tile in Tile History

End

Go to previous tile in Tile History

Go to next tile in Tile History

Delete current tile from Tile History

Delete

Increase selection nudging when viewing the original

Shift

Use Curves:

Open the Curves dialog box

Ctrl

M

Select next point on the curve

+

Select the previous point on the curve

-

Select multiple points on the curve

Shift

MouseLeft

Deselect a point

Ctrl

D

To delete a point on the curve

Delete

Move the selected point left 1 unit 

Move the selected point right 10 units

Set a point to the channel curves

Shift

Ctrl

Use the Channels panel:

Select individual channels

Ctrl

3

Select composite channel

Ctrl

2

Load channel as selection

Alt

Ctrl

3

Add to current selection

Ctrl

Shift

Subtract from current selection

Ctrl

Alt

Intersect with current selection

Ctrl

Shift

Alt

Use the Actions panel:

Turn current modal control on and toggle all other modal controls

Alt

MouseLeft

Change action or action set options

Alt

MouseLeft

+

MouseLeft

Display Options dialog box for recorded command

MouseLeft

MouseLeft

Play entire action

Ctrl

MouseLeft

+

MouseLeft

Collapse/expand all components of an action

Alt

MouseLeft

Play a command

Ctrl

MouseLeft

Create a new action and begin recording without confirmation

Alt

MouseLeft

Select contiguous items of the same kind

Shift

MouseLeft

Select discontiguous items of the same kind

Ctrl

MouseLeft

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