Photoshop
All-around photo editing
Use function keys:
Start Help
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
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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
+
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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