Photoshop Keyboard Shortcuts

Free transform

• Ctrl
• +
• T

Decrease brush size

• [

Increase brush size

• ]

Decrease brush hardness

• Shift
• +
• [

Increase brush hardness

• Shift
• +
• ]

Default foreground/background colors

• D

Switch foreground/background colors

• X

New layer via copy

• Ctrl
• +
• J

New layer via cut

• Ctrl
• +
• Shift
• +
• J

Cancel any modal dialog window (including the Start Workspace)

• Esc

Select the first edit field of the tool bar

• Enter

Navigate between fields

• Tab

Navigate between fields in the opposite direction

• Shift
• +
• Tab

Change cancel to reset

• Alt

Invoke the search experience

• Ctrl
• +
• F

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

Move tool

• V

Rectangular marquee tool

• M

Lasso tool

• L

Magic wand tool > quick selection tool

• W

Crop tool > slice tool > slice select tool

• C

Eyedropper tool > ruler tool > note tool

• I

Spot healing brush tool > healing brush tool > patch 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

• G

Dodge tool > burn tool > sponge tool

• O

Pen tool > freeform 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 > rounded rectangle tool > ellipse tool > polygon tool > line 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

Rotate view tool

• R

Toggle preserve transparency

• /

Previous brush

• ,

Next brush

• .

First brush

• Shift
• +
• ,

Last brush

• Shift
• +
• .

Cycle through open documents

• Ctrl
• +
• Tab

Switch to previous document

• Ctrl
• +
• Shift
• +
• Tab

Close a file in Photoshop and open Bridge

• Ctrl
• +
• Shift
• +
• W

Toggle forward between Standard screen > Full screen with menu bar > Full screen modes

• F

Toggle backwards between Standard screen > Full screen with menu bar > Full screen modes

• Shift
• +
• F

Toggle forward canvas color

• Space
• +
• F

Toggle backwards canvas color

• Shift
• +
• Space
• +
• F

Switch to hand tool (when not in text-edit mode)

• Space

Switch to zoom in tool

• Ctrl
• +
• Space

Switch to zoom out tool

• Alt
• +
• Space

Apply zoom percentage, and keep zoom percentage box active

• Shift
• +
• Enter

Scroll up or down 1 screen

• PgUp/PgDn

Scroll up or down 10 units

• Shift
• +
• PgUp/PgDn

Move view to upper-left corner

• Home

Move view to lower-right corner

• End

Toggle layer mask on/off as rubylith (layer mask must be selected)

• \

Cancel completely

• Esc

Undo last pin adjustment

• Ctrl
• +
• Z

Select all pins

• Ctrl
• +
• A

Deselect all pins

• Ctrl
• +
• D

Temporarily hide pins

• H

Open the Refine Edge dialog box

• Ctrl
• +
• Alt
• +
• R

Cycle forward through preview modes

• F

Cycle backwards through preview modes

• Shift
• +
• F

Toggle between original image and selection preview

• X

Toggle between original selection and refined version

• P

Toggle radius preview on and off

• J

Toggle between Refine Radius and Erase Refinement tools

• Shift
• +
• E

Reapply last-used filter

• Ctrl
• +
• Alt
• +
• F

Change Cancel button to Default

• Ctrl

Change Cancel button to Reset

• Alt

Undo/Redo

• Ctrl
• +
• Z

Step forward

• Ctrl
• +
• Shift
• +
• Z

Step backward

• Ctrl
• +
• Alt
• +
• Z

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

Reverse direction for Bloat, Pucker, Push Left, and Mirror tools

• Alt
• +
• (tool)

Cycle through controls on right from top

• Tab

Cycle through controls on right from bottom

• Shift
• +
• Tab

Change cancel to reset

• Alt

Zoom 2x (temporary)

• X

Zoom in

• Ctrl
• +
• +

Zoom out

• Ctrl
• +
• –

Fit in view

• Ctrl
• +
• 0

Undo last action

• Ctrl
• +
• Z

Redo last action

• Ctrl
• +
• Shift
• +
• Z

Deselect all

• Ctrl
• +
• D

Hide selection and panes

• Ctrl
• +
• H

Move selection 1 pixel

• Arrows

Move selection 10 pixels

• Shift
• +
• Arrows

Copy

• Ctrl
• +
• C

Paste

• Ctrl
• +
• V

Repeat last duplicate and move

• Ctrl
• +
• Shift
• +
• T

Create floating selection from the current selection

• Ctrl
• +
• Alt
• +
• T

Constrain selection to a 15 degree rotation

• Alt
• +
• Shift

Delete last node while creating plane

• Backspace

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/Greyscale 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
• +
• 8

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 the Adjustment brush tool, or from Erase to Add mode

• Alt

Increase/decrease temporary adjustment brush tool size

• Alt
• +
• ]/[

Increase/decrease temporary adjustment brush tool feather

• Alt
• +
• Shift
• +
• ]/[

Increase/decrease temporary adjustment brush tool size flow in increments of 10

• Alt
• +
• =/-

Switch to New mode from Add or Erase mode of the Adjustment Brush tool or 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

Rotate image left

• L

Rotate image right

• R

Temporarily switch to zoom in tool

• Ctrl

Temporarily switch to zoom out tool and change the image open button to open copy

• Alt

Toggle preview

• P

Full screen mode

• F

Temporarily activate the White Balance tool and change the open image button to open object

• Shift

Move selected point in curves panel 1 pixel

• Arrows

Move selected point in curves panel 10 pixels

• Shift
• +
• Arrows

Open selected images in Camera Raw dialog box from Bridge

• Ctrl
• +
• R

Highlight clipping warning

• O

Shadows clipping warning

• U

Add 1-5 star rating (filmstrip mode)

• Ctrl
• +
• 1-5

Increase/decrease rating (filmstrip mode)

• Ctrl
• +
• ./,

Add red label (filmstrip mode)

• Ctrl
• +
• 6

Add yellow label (filmstrip mode)

• Ctrl
• +
• 7

Add green label (filmstrip mode)

• Ctrl
• +
• 8

Add blue label (filmstrip mode)

• Ctrl
• +
• 9

Add purple label (filmstrip mode)

• Ctrl
• +
• Shift
• +
• 0

Camera Raw preferences

• Ctrl
• +
• K

Delete Adobe Camera Raw preferences (on open)

• Ctrl
• +
• Alt

Open the Black-and-White dialog box

• Ctrl
• +
• Shift
• +
• Alt
• +
• B

Increase/decrease selected value by 1%

• Up/Down

Increase/decrease selected value by 10%

• Shift
• +
• Up/Down

Open the Curves dialog box

• Ctrl
• +
• M

Select next point on the curve

• +

Select the previous point on the curve

• –

Deselect a point

• Ctrl
• +
• D

Delete a point on the curve

• Del

Move the selected point 1 pixel

• Arrows

Move the selected point 10 pixels

• Shift
• +
• Arrows

Transform from center or reflect

• Alt

Constrain

• Shift

Distort

• Ctrl

Apply

• Enter

Cancel

• Ctrl
• +
• .

Free transform with duplicate data

• Ctrl
• +
• Alt
• +
• T

Transform again with duplicate data

• Ctrl
• +
• Shift
• +
• Alt
• +
• T

Switch from path selection, pen, add anchor point, delete anchor point, or convert point tools to direct selection tool

• Ctrl

Switch from pen tool to freeform pen tool to convert point tool when pointer is over anchor or direction point

• Alt

Mixer brush changes mix setting

• Alt
• +
• Shift
• +
• 0-9

Mixer brush changes wet setting

• 0-9

Mixer brush changes wet and mix to zero

• 00

Cycle through blending modes

• Shift
• +
• +/-

Open fill dialog box on background or standard layer

• Backspace

Fill with foreground color

• Alt
• +
• Backspace

Fill with background color

• Ctrl
• +
• Backspace

Fill from history

• Ctrl
• +
• Alt
• +
• Backspace

Displays fill dialog box

• Shift
• +
• Backspace

Lock transparent pixels on/off

• /

Cycle through blending modes

• Ctrl
• +
• -/+

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 images, Normal for all other images

• Shift
• +
• Alt
• +
• N

Align left, center, or right

• Ctrl
• +
• Shift
• +
• L/C/R

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
• +
• Up/Down

Decrease or increase baseline shift 2 points or pixels

• Shift
• +
• Alt
• +
• Up/Down

Decrease or increase kerning/tracking 20/1000 ems

• Alt
• +
• Left/Right

Apply value and keep text box active

• Shift
• +
• Enter

Show/Hide all panels

• Tab

Show/Hide all panels except the toolbox and options bar

• Shift
• +
• Tab

Highlight options bar (select tool first)

• Enter

Increase/decrease selected values by 10

• Shift
• +
• Up/Down

Choose red channel for adjustment

• Alt
• +
• 3

Choose green channel for adjustment

• Alt
• +
• 4

Choose blue channel for adjustment

• Alt
• +
• 5

Choose composite channel for adjustment

• Alt
• +
• 2

Delete adjustment layer

• Backspace

Select previous/next brush size

• ,/.

Select first/last brush

• Shift
• +
• ,/.

Display precise cross hair for brushes

• Caps Lock

Toggle airbrush option

• Shift
• +
• Alt
• +
• P

Show Clone Source (overlays iamge)

• Alt
• +
• Shift

Nudge Clone Source

• Alt
• +
• Shift
• +
• (arrows)

Rotate Clone Source

• Alt
• +
• Shift
• +
• </>

Scale (increase or reduce size) Clone Source

• Alt
• +
• Shift
• +
• [/]

New layer

• Ctrl
• +
• Shift
• +
• N

New layer via copy

• Ctrl
• +
• J

New layer via cut

• Ctrl
• +
• Shift
• +
• J

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

Select top layer

• Alt
• +
• .

Select bottom layer

• Alt
• +
• .

Add to layer selection in Layers panel

• Shift
• +
• Alt
• +
• [/]

Select next layer down/up

• Alt
• +
• [/]

Move target layer down/up

• Ctrl
• +
• [/]

Merge a copy of all visible layers into target layer

• Ctrl
• +
• Shift
• +
• Alt
• +
• E

Merge layers (while layers are highlighted)

• Ctrl
• +
• E

Move layer to bottom or top

• Ctrl
• +
• Shift
• +
• [/]

Toggle lock transparency for target layer, or last applied lock

• /

Toggle rubylith mode for layer mask on/off

• \