Photoshop HotKeys

Photoshop is a powerful image editing software, widely used in photography, design, illustration and other fields. Mastering Photoshop shortcut keys can not only improve work efficiency, but also help users use this software more smoothly.

PhotoShop Windows Shortcuts

Use Extract and Pattern Maker

Shortcuts Action
Home Go to first tile in Tile History
Shift + right Arrow, left, up, + down Increase selection nudging when viewing the original
right Arrow, left, up, + down Nudge selection when viewing the original
Ctrl + G Generate or generate again
right Arrow, Page down Go to next tile in Tile History
Delete Delete current tile from Tile History
left, Page up Go to previous tile in Tile History
Shift + Alt + select Intersect with current selection
End Go to last tile in Tile History
X Toggle view: original/generated pattern
Ctrl + Z Undo a selection move
Alt + Delete Remove current highlight
C Cleanup tool
Ctrl with Edge Highlighter tool selected Toggle Smart Highlighting
Ctrl + Delete Highlight entire image
Shift + F Cycle through Display menu in preview from bottom to top
left/right Arrow with Brush Size Slider showing† Decrease/increase brush size by 1
T Edge Touchup tool
0–9 Set strength of Cleanup or Edge Touch‑up tool
Shift-click with Fill tool selected Fill foreground area and preview extraction
Ctrl-drag Move mask when Edge Touchup tool is selected
G Fill tool
X Toggle Show menu options in preview between Original and Extracted
Alt-drag Add opacity when Cleanup tool is selected
I Eyedropper tool
F Cycle through Display menu in preview from top to bottom
down/up in Brush Size text box† Decrease/increase brush size by 1
Shift + X Enable Cleanup and Edge Touchup tools before preview
Alt + Edge Highlighter/Eraser tool Toggle between Edge Highlighter tool and Eraser tool
Ctrl + - (hyphen) Zoom out
Shift + Tab Cycle through controls on right from bottom
Alt Change Cancel to Reset
Spacebar Temporarily activate Hand tool
Ctrl + + Zoom in
Tab Cycle through controls on right from top

Use the Swatches panel

Shortcuts Action
left,right Arrow Rotate the brush tip by 1 degree
Ctrl + T Free Transform
Alt Change Cancel to Reset
D Default Foreground/Background colors
Escape Cancel any modal dialog window (including the Start Workspace)
Any selection tool + Shift-drag Add to a selection
Shift + Ctrl + J New layer via cut
} Increase Brush Hardness
Ctrl + Alt + P Close all open documents other than the current document
Ctrl-click Toggle auto-select checkbox in Options bar with Move tool selected
enter Select the first edit field of the toolbar
Hold down ` (grave accent) Toggle between painting and erasing with the same brush
Tab + Shift Navigate between fields in the opposite direction
Tab Navigate between fields
{ Decrease Brush Hardness
X Switch Foreground/Background colors
Shift + left + Shift + right Arrow Rotate the brush tip by 15 degrees
[ Decrease Brush Size
Alt-click layer Fit layer(s) to screen
Ctrl + J New layer via copy
Alt-click brush + swatch Delete brush or swatch
] Increase Brush Size

Use the Paths panel

Shortcuts Action
Shift + left + Shift + right Arrow Rotate the brush tip by 15 degrees
{ Decrease Brush Hardness
Ctrl + Alt + P Close all open documents other than the current document
X Switch Foreground/Background colors
] Increase Brush Size
[ Decrease Brush Size
Shift + Ctrl + J New layer via cut
Hold down ` (grave accent) Toggle between painting and erasing with the same brush
Alt-click layer Fit layer(s) to screen
Alt-click brush + swatch Delete brush or swatch
Tab + Shift Navigate between fields in the opposite direction
Alt Change Cancel to Reset
Ctrl-click Toggle auto-select checkbox in Options bar with Move tool selected
Ctrl + J New layer via copy
D Default Foreground/Background colors
Ctrl + T Free Transform
Any selection tool + Shift-drag Add to a selection
enter Select the first edit field of the toolbar
Tab Navigate between fields
Escape Cancel any modal dialog window (including the Start Workspace)
left,right Arrow Rotate the brush tip by 1 degree
} Increase Brush Hardness

Use the Layer Comps panel

Shortcuts Action
Any selection tool + Shift-drag Add to a selection
Alt Change Cancel to Reset
left,right Arrow Rotate the brush tip by 1 degree
Tab + Shift Navigate between fields in the opposite direction
Alt-click layer Fit layer(s) to screen
Shift + Ctrl + J New layer via cut
Ctrl-click Toggle auto-select checkbox in Options bar with Move tool selected
X Switch Foreground/Background colors
Shift + left + Shift + right Arrow Rotate the brush tip by 15 degrees
D Default Foreground/Background colors
enter Select the first edit field of the toolbar
} Increase Brush Hardness
Ctrl + T Free Transform
Ctrl + J New layer via copy
Alt-click brush + swatch Delete brush or swatch
[ Decrease Brush Size
Tab Navigate between fields
] Increase Brush Size
{ Decrease Brush Hardness
Escape Cancel any modal dialog window (including the Start Workspace)
Hold down ` (grave accent) Toggle between painting and erasing with the same brush
Ctrl + Alt + P Close all open documents other than the current document

Use the Layers panel

Shortcuts Action
Alt + [ + ] Select next layer down/up
Double-click layer Edit layer style
Highlight layers you want to merge, then Ctrl + E Merge layers
\ (backslash), + Shift + Alt-click Toggle rubylith mode for layer mask on/off
Ctrl-click layer thumbnail Load layer transparency as a selection
Ctrl + Alt + G Create/release clipping mask
Alt-click the line dividing two layers Create a clipping mask
Shift-click Select/deselect multiple contiguous layers
Ctrl-click filter mask thumbnail Load filter mask as a selection
Shift + Alt + [ + ] Add to layer selection in Layers panel
Alt + Merge Visible command from the Panel pop‑up menu Merge all visible layers to a new layer above the currently selected layer
Double-click layer mask thumbnail Open Layer Mask Display Options dialog box
Double-click the filter effect Edit filter settings
Alt-click New Layer button Create new empty layer with dialog box
right-click layer group and choose Group Properties, + double-click group Display layer group properties
Ctrl-click Select/deselect multiple discontiguous layers
Ctrl + Shift + Alt-click layer thumbnail Intersect with current selection
Alt + . Select top layer
Alt-double-click layer effect/style Hide layer effect/style
Ctrl-click New Group button Create new layer group below current layer/layer set
Shift-click layer mask thumbnail Toggle layer mask on/off
Ctrl + J New layer via copy
Shift + Ctrl + J New layer via cut
Shift-click filter mask thumbnail Toggle filter mask on/off
Alt-click filter mask thumbnail Toggle between filter mask/composite image
Ctrl + Shift + Alt + E Merge a copy of all visible layers into target layer
Ctrl + Shift-click layer thumbnail Add to current selection
right-click the eye icon Show/hide this layer/layer group only or all layers/layer groups
Alt-click Add Layer Mask button Create layer mask that hides all/selection
Double-click type layer thumbnail Select all type; temporarily select Type tool
Alt-click layer mask thumbnail Toggle between layer mask/composite image
Ctrl + Alt-click Add Layer Mask button Create vector mask that hides all or displays path area
Double-click layer effect/style Edit layer effect/style, options
Ctrl + Shift + G Ungroup layers
Ctrl-click New Layer button Create new layer below target layer
Ctrl + Shift + E Merge visible layers
Double-click the layer name Rename layer
Ctrl + [ + ] Move target layer down/up
Alt-click the eye icon Show/hide all other currently visible layers
Ctrl + Shift + [ + ] Move layer to bottom or top
Ctrl-click Add Layer Mask button Create vector mask that reveals all/path area
Ctrl + Shift + N New layer
/ (f + ward slash) Toggle lock transparency for target layer, or last applied lock
Ctrl + Alt-click layer thumbnail Subtract from current selection
Alt + , (comma) Select bottom layer
Ctrl + Alt + A Select all layers
Shift-click vect + mask thumbnail Disable/enable vector mask
Ctrl + G Group layers
Alt-click New Group button Create new layer group with dialog box
Alt + Merge down command from the Panel pop‑up menu Copy current layer to layer below
Double-click the Filter Blending icon Edit the Filter Blending options

Use the Info panel

Shortcuts Action
Ctrl + J New layer via copy
Ctrl-click Toggle auto-select checkbox in Options bar with Move tool selected
Alt Change Cancel to Reset
{ Decrease Brush Hardness
Ctrl + T Free Transform
Alt-click layer Fit layer(s) to screen
X Switch Foreground/Background colors
Ctrl + Alt + P Close all open documents other than the current document
Hold down ` (grave accent) Toggle between painting and erasing with the same brush
Alt-click brush + swatch Delete brush or swatch
left,right Arrow Rotate the brush tip by 1 degree
Escape Cancel any modal dialog window (including the Start Workspace)
[ Decrease Brush Size
} Increase Brush Hardness
Any selection tool + Shift-drag Add to a selection
] Increase Brush Size
D Default Foreground/Background colors
Tab + Shift Navigate between fields in the opposite direction
enter Select the first edit field of the toolbar
Shift + Ctrl + J New layer via cut
Tab Navigate between fields
Shift + left + Shift + right Arrow Rotate the brush tip by 15 degrees

Use the History panel

Shortcuts Action
Alt Change Cancel to Reset
Ctrl + J New layer via copy
Ctrl-click Toggle auto-select checkbox in Options bar with Move tool selected
{ Decrease Brush Hardness
D Default Foreground/Background colors
Tab + Shift Navigate between fields in the opposite direction
Escape Cancel any modal dialog window (including the Start Workspace)
Tab Navigate between fields
Shift + left + Shift + right Arrow Rotate the brush tip by 15 degrees
[ Decrease Brush Size
enter Select the first edit field of the toolbar
} Increase Brush Hardness
Any selection tool + Shift-drag Add to a selection
] Increase Brush Size
Hold down ` (grave accent) Toggle between painting and erasing with the same brush
Ctrl + Alt + P Close all open documents other than the current document
Shift + Ctrl + J New layer via cut
left,right Arrow Rotate the brush tip by 1 degree
Alt-click brush + swatch Delete brush or swatch
Alt-click layer Fit layer(s) to screen
Ctrl + T Free Transform
X Switch Foreground/Background colors

Use the Color panel

Shortcuts Action
Ctrl + J New layer via copy
Tab Navigate between fields
Ctrl-click Toggle auto-select checkbox in Options bar with Move tool selected
} Increase Brush Hardness
] Increase Brush Size
Any selection tool + Shift-drag Add to a selection
Alt Change Cancel to Reset
enter Select the first edit field of the toolbar
[ Decrease Brush Size
D Default Foreground/Background colors
{ Decrease Brush Hardness
Tab + Shift Navigate between fields in the opposite direction
Alt-click brush + swatch Delete brush or swatch
Hold down ` (grave accent) Toggle between painting and erasing with the same brush
X Switch Foreground/Background colors
Alt-click layer Fit layer(s) to screen
left,right Arrow Rotate the brush tip by 1 degree
Shift + Ctrl + J New layer via cut
Shift + left + Shift + right Arrow Rotate the brush tip by 15 degrees
Ctrl + T Free Transform
Escape Cancel any modal dialog window (including the Start Workspace)
Ctrl + Alt + P Close all open documents other than the current document

Use the Clone Source panel

Shortcuts Action
Escape Cancel any modal dialog window (including the Start Workspace)
left,right Arrow Rotate the brush tip by 1 degree
Hold down ` (grave accent) Toggle between painting and erasing with the same brush
Ctrl + T Free Transform
[ Decrease Brush Size
Ctrl + J New layer via copy
Alt-click brush + swatch Delete brush or swatch
Shift + Ctrl + J New layer via cut
{ Decrease Brush Hardness
Shift + left + Shift + right Arrow Rotate the brush tip by 15 degrees
} Increase Brush Hardness
D Default Foreground/Background colors
] Increase Brush Size
Ctrl-click Toggle auto-select checkbox in Options bar with Move tool selected
enter Select the first edit field of the toolbar
Tab Navigate between fields
Tab + Shift Navigate between fields in the opposite direction
X Switch Foreground/Background colors
Ctrl + Alt + P Close all open documents other than the current document
Alt-click layer Fit layer(s) to screen
Alt Change Cancel to Reset
Any selection tool + Shift-drag Add to a selection

Use the Channels panel

Shortcuts Action
Any tool,including the Brush Tool:Shift + ~ (tilde)Any tool,excluding the Brush Tool:` (grave accent) Toggle composite and grayscale mask in Quick Mask mode
Ctrl + 2 Select composite channel
Double-click alpha + spot channel thumbnail Display channel options
Ctrl + Alt-click channel thumbnail Subtract from current selection
Ctrl-click channel thumbnail, + Alt + Ctrl + 3 (red), 4 (green), 5 (blue) Load channel as selection
Ctrl + 3 (red), 4 (green), 5 (blue) Select individual channels
Shift-click alpha channel Select/deselect alpha channel and show/hide as a rubylith overlay
Alt-click Save Selection As Channel button Set options for Save Selection As Channel button
Shift-click col + channel Select/deselect multiple color-channel selection
Ctrl + Shift + Alt-click channel thumbnail Intersect with current selection
Ctrl-click Create New Channel button Create a new spot channel
Ctrl + Shift-click channel thumbnail Add to current selection

Use the Brush panel

Shortcuts Action
Tab + Shift Navigate between fields in the opposite direction
Ctrl-click Toggle auto-select checkbox in Options bar with Move tool selected
{ Decrease Brush Hardness
Hold down ` (grave accent) Toggle between painting and erasing with the same brush
X Switch Foreground/Background colors
Any selection tool + Shift-drag Add to a selection
Ctrl + T Free Transform
Alt-click brush + swatch Delete brush or swatch
Ctrl + Alt + P Close all open documents other than the current document
Tab Navigate between fields
Ctrl + J New layer via copy
Escape Cancel any modal dialog window (including the Start Workspace)
Shift + Ctrl + J New layer via cut
[ Decrease Brush Size
] Increase Brush Size
D Default Foreground/Background colors
} Increase Brush Hardness
left,right Arrow Rotate the brush tip by 1 degree
Alt-click layer Fit layer(s) to screen
Alt Change Cancel to Reset
Shift + left + Shift + right Arrow Rotate the brush tip by 15 degrees
enter Select the first edit field of the toolbar

Animation panel in Frames mode

Shortcuts Action
Shift + left + Shift + right Arrow Rotate the brush tip by 15 degrees
{ Decrease Brush Hardness
Tab Navigate between fields
[ Decrease Brush Size
enter Select the first edit field of the toolbar
Hold down ` (grave accent) Toggle between painting and erasing with the same brush
Ctrl + Alt + P Close all open documents other than the current document
Alt Change Cancel to Reset
Alt-click layer Fit layer(s) to screen
Ctrl + J New layer via copy
Alt-click brush + swatch Delete brush or swatch
D Default Foreground/Background colors
X Switch Foreground/Background colors
] Increase Brush Size
Any selection tool + Shift-drag Add to a selection
Ctrl + T Free Transform
Tab + Shift Navigate between fields in the opposite direction
left,right Arrow Rotate the brush tip by 1 degree
Escape Cancel any modal dialog window (including the Start Workspace)
} Increase Brush Hardness
Ctrl-click Toggle auto-select checkbox in Options bar with Move tool selected
Shift + Ctrl + J New layer via cut

Use adjustment layers

Shortcuts Action
Alt Change Cancel to Reset
} Increase Brush Hardness
enter Select the first edit field of the toolbar
D Default Foreground/Background colors
{ Decrease Brush Hardness
Shift + left + Shift + right Arrow Rotate the brush tip by 15 degrees
left,right Arrow Rotate the brush tip by 1 degree
Ctrl + T Free Transform
Ctrl + J New layer via copy
Any selection tool + Shift-drag Add to a selection
X Switch Foreground/Background colors
Hold down ` (grave accent) Toggle between painting and erasing with the same brush
Tab Navigate between fields
[ Decrease Brush Size
] Increase Brush Size
Alt-click layer Fit layer(s) to screen
Tab + Shift Navigate between fields in the opposite direction
Ctrl-click Toggle auto-select checkbox in Options bar with Move tool selected
Alt-click brush + swatch Delete brush or swatch
Escape Cancel any modal dialog window (including the Start Workspace)
Shift + Ctrl + J New layer via cut
Ctrl + Alt + P Close all open documents other than the current document

Use the Actions panel

Shortcuts Action
Alt-click the New Action button Create a new action and begin recording without confirmation
Double-click rec + ded command Display Options dialog box for recorded command
Alt-click Turn current modal control on and toggle all other modal controls
Shift-click the action/command Select contiguous items of the same kind
Alt-click the check-mark next to a command Turn command on and all others off, or turn all commands on
Ctrl + double-click an action Play entire action
Alt-click the triangle Collapse/expand all components of an action
Alt + double-click action + action set Change action or action set options
Ctrl-click the action/command Select discontiguous items of the same kind
Ctrl-click the Play button Play a command

Use panels

Shortcuts Action
Ctrl + Alt + P Close all open documents other than the current document
left,right Arrow Rotate the brush tip by 1 degree
Any selection tool + Shift-drag Add to a selection
Alt-click layer Fit layer(s) to screen
Alt-click brush + swatch Delete brush or swatch
Escape Cancel any modal dialog window (including the Start Workspace)
Shift + Ctrl + J New layer via cut
{ Decrease Brush Hardness
Alt Change Cancel to Reset
X Switch Foreground/Background colors
Ctrl + T Free Transform
Ctrl + J New layer via copy
Ctrl-click Toggle auto-select checkbox in Options bar with Move tool selected
Tab Navigate between fields
Hold down ` (grave accent) Toggle between painting and erasing with the same brush
] Increase Brush Size
Shift + left + Shift + right Arrow Rotate the brush tip by 15 degrees
D Default Foreground/Background colors
Tab + Shift Navigate between fields in the opposite direction
} Increase Brush Hardness
[ Decrease Brush Size
enter Select the first edit field of the toolbar

Slice and optimize

Shortcuts Action
Hold down ` (grave accent) Toggle between painting and erasing with the same brush
Alt Change Cancel to Reset
Alt-click layer Fit layer(s) to screen
Shift + Ctrl + J New layer via cut
left,right Arrow Rotate the brush tip by 1 degree
] Increase Brush Size
Tab Navigate between fields
} Increase Brush Hardness
Shift + left + Shift + right Arrow Rotate the brush tip by 15 degrees
Escape Cancel any modal dialog window (including the Start Workspace)
Ctrl + Alt + P Close all open documents other than the current document
Tab + Shift Navigate between fields in the opposite direction
Any selection tool + Shift-drag Add to a selection
D Default Foreground/Background colors
Ctrl + J New layer via copy
[ Decrease Brush Size
enter Select the first edit field of the toolbar
Alt-click brush + swatch Delete brush or swatch
Ctrl-click Toggle auto-select checkbox in Options bar with Move tool selected
Ctrl + T Free Transform
X Switch Foreground/Background colors
{ Decrease Brush Hardness

Format type

Shortcuts Action
Ctrl + Shift + F Justify paragraph, justifies all
Ctrl + Shift + Alt + X Choose 100% vertical scale
Shift + Alt + down + up†† Decrease or increase baseline shift 2 points or pixels
Ctrl + Shift + Q Choose 0 for tracking
Ctrl + Shift + Alt + A Choose Auto leading
H + izontal Type tool + Ctrl + Shift + L, C, + R Align left, center, or right
Ctrl + Shift + X Choose 100% horizontal scale
Ctrl + Shift + Alt + T Toggle single/every-line composer on/off
Ctrl + Shift + J Justify paragraph, left aligns last line
Alt + left + right Arrow†† Decrease or increase kerning/tracking 20/1000 ems
Ctrl + Shift + < + >† Decrease or increase type size of selected text 2 points or pixels
Vertical Type tool + Ctrl + Shift + L, C, + R Align top, center, or bottom
Ctrl + Shift + Alt + H Toggle paragraph hyphenation on/off
Alt + down + up†† Decrease or increase leading 2 points or pixels

Select and edit text

Shortcuts Action
Ctrl-drag a bounding box handle Scale text within a bounding box when resizing the bounding box
Ctrl-drag type when Type layer is selected Move type in image
Double-click, triple-click, quadruple-click, + quintuple-click Select a word, line, paragraph, or story
Ctrl Display the bounding box for transforming text when editing text, or activate Move tool if cursor is inside the bounding box
left/right Arrow, down/up, + Ctrl + left/right Arrow Move 1 character left/right, 1 line down/up, or 1 word left/right
Shift-click Select characters from insertion point to mouse click point
Ctrl + H Show/Hide selection on selected type
Shift-click Create a new text layer, when a text layer is selected in the Layers panel
Spacebar-drag Move text box while creating text box
Shift + left/right Arrow + down/up, + Ctrl + Shift + left/right Arrow Select 1 character left/right or 1 line down/up, or 1 word left/right

Use for blending modes

Shortcuts Action
Shift + Alt + N Normal
Shift + Alt + Z Pin Light
Shift + Alt + F Soft Light
Shift + Alt + Q Behind (Brush tool only)
Shift + Alt + X Exclusion
Shift + Alt + R Clear (Brush tool only)
Shift + Alt + J Linear Light
Shift + Alt + K Darken
Shift + Alt + B Color Burn
Shift + Alt + I Dissolve
Shift + Alt + G Lighten
Dodge tool/Burn tool + Shift + Alt + M Dodge/burn midtones
Shift + Alt + U Hue
Shift + Alt + L Hard Mix
Shift + Alt + V Vivid Light
Shift + Alt + T Saturation
Shift + Alt + M Multiply
Shift + Alt + H Hard Light
Shift + Alt + W Linear Dodge
Shift + Alt + C Color
Shift + + + - Cycle through blending modes
Shift + Alt + S Screen
Sponge tool + Shift + Alt + S Saturate
Shift + Alt + A Linear Burn
Shift + Alt + E Difference
Dodge tool/Burn tool + Shift + Alt + S Dodge/burn shadows
Shift + Alt + N Set blending mode to Threshold for bitmap images, Normal for all other images
Sponge tool + Shift + Alt + D Desaturate
Dodge tool/Burn tool + Shift + Alt + H Dodge/burn highlights
Shift + Alt + D Color Dodge
Shift + Alt + O Overlay
Shift + Alt + Y Luminosity

Use for painting

Shortcuts Action
Any painting + editing tool + number keys (e.g., 0 = 100%, 1 = 10%, 4 then 5 in quick succession = 45%) (when airbrush option is enabled, use Shift + number keys) Sets opacity, tolerance, strength, or exposure for painting mode
Any painting + editing tool + Shift + number keys (e.g., 0 = 100%, 1 = 10%, 4 then 5 in quick succession = 45%) (when airbrush option is enabled, omit Shift) Sets flow for painting mode
Any painting tool + Shift + Alt + right-click and drag Select foreground color from color picker
Alt + backspace + Ctrl + backspace† Fill with foreground or background color
Alt + Shift + number Mixer Brush changes Mix setting
Col + sampler tool + Alt-click Deletes color sampler
Ctrl + Alt + backspace† Fill from history
backspace + Shift + backspace Open Fill dialog box on the background or standard layer
00 Mixer Brush changes Wet and Mix to zero
Shift + backspace Displays Fill dialog box
/ (f + ward slash) Lock transparent pixels on/off
Eyedropper tool + Shift Color sampler tool
Shift + + + - Cycle through blending modes
Eyedropper tool + Alt-click Select background color
Any painting tool + Alt + any shape tool + Alt (except when Paths option is selected) Select foreground color from image with Eyedropper tool
Number keys Mixer Brush changes Wet setting
Any painting tool + Shift-click Connects points with a straight line

Edit paths

Shortcuts Action
Tab Navigate between fields
Any selection tool + Shift-drag Add to a selection
] Increase Brush Size
Alt-click brush + swatch Delete brush or swatch
enter Select the first edit field of the toolbar
Ctrl + T Free Transform
Shift + left + Shift + right Arrow Rotate the brush tip by 15 degrees
Ctrl-click Toggle auto-select checkbox in Options bar with Move tool selected
Alt Change Cancel to Reset
{ Decrease Brush Hardness
Ctrl + Alt + P Close all open documents other than the current document
Ctrl + J New layer via copy
Shift + Ctrl + J New layer via cut
[ Decrease Brush Size
Tab + Shift Navigate between fields in the opposite direction
Hold down ` (grave accent) Toggle between painting and erasing with the same brush
Alt-click layer Fit layer(s) to screen
Escape Cancel any modal dialog window (including the Start Workspace)
X Switch Foreground/Background colors
D Default Foreground/Background colors
} Increase Brush Hardness
left,right Arrow Rotate the brush tip by 1 degree

Transform selections, selection borders, and paths

Shortcuts Action
X Switch Foreground/Background colors
Ctrl + Alt + P Close all open documents other than the current document
Alt-click layer Fit layer(s) to screen
Ctrl-click Toggle auto-select checkbox in Options bar with Move tool selected
Tab + Shift Navigate between fields in the opposite direction
Ctrl + J New layer via copy
enter Select the first edit field of the toolbar
Alt Change Cancel to Reset
[ Decrease Brush Size
Ctrl + T Free Transform
{ Decrease Brush Hardness
Any selection tool + Shift-drag Add to a selection
Escape Cancel any modal dialog window (including the Start Workspace)
D Default Foreground/Background colors
} Increase Brush Hardness
left,right Arrow Rotate the brush tip by 1 degree
Shift + Ctrl + J New layer via cut
Hold down ` (grave accent) Toggle between painting and erasing with the same brush
Tab Navigate between fields
] Increase Brush Size
Shift + left + Shift + right Arrow Rotate the brush tip by 15 degrees
Alt-click brush + swatch Delete brush or swatch

Select and move objects

Shortcuts Action
Alt-drag guide Convert between horizontal and vertical guide
Crop tool + enter + Esc Accept cropping or exit cropping
Any selection tool + Shift-drag Add to a selection
Alt-click Switch from Magnetic Lasso tool to polygonal Lasso tool
Ctrl + right Arrow, left, up, + down† Move layer 1 pixel when nothing selected on layer
Any selection + right Arrow, left, up, + down† Move selection area 1 pixel
Ctrl (except when Hand, Slice, Path, Shape, + any Pen tool is selected) Switch to Move tool
Move tool + right Arrow, left, up, + down†‡ Move selection 1 pixel
Shift-drag guide Snap guide to ruler ticks (except when View > Snap is unchecked)
Shift-drag Constrain marquee to square or circle (if no other selections are active)‡
/ (f + ward slash) Toggle crop shield off and on
enter/Esc + Ctrl + . Apply/cancel an operation of the Magnetic Lasso
Magnetic Lasso tool + [ + ] Increase/decrease detection width
Any selection tool + Alt-drag Subtract from a selection
Ruler tool + Alt-drag end point Make protractor
Any selection tool (except Quick Selection tool) + Shift-Alt-drag Intersect a selection
Move tool + Alt-drag selection‡ Move copy of selection
Alt-drag Switch from Magnetic Lasso tool to Lasso tool
Alt-drag Draw marquee from center (if no other selections are active)‡
Any marquee tool (except single column and single row) + spacebar-drag Reposition marquee while selecting‡
Shift + Alt-drag Constrain shape and draw marquee from center‡

Use Curves

Shortcuts Action
Select a point and press Delete To delete a point on the curve
Shift-click the points Select multiple points on the curve
Arrow keys Move the selected point 1 unit
Shift + Ctrl-click the image Set a point to the channel curves
+ Select next point on the curve
Alt-drag black/white point sliders Display highlights and shadows that will be clipped
Ctrl + D Deselect a point
Ctrl-click the image Set a point to the composite curve
Ctrl + M Open the Curves dialog box
Alt + 2 = RGBAlt + 3 = RedAlt + 4 = GreenAlt + 5 = Blue Change color channels
Shift + Arrow keys Move the selected point 10 units
- (minus) Select the previous point on the curve
Alt-click the field Toggle grid size

Black-and-White dialog box

Shortcuts Action
Ctrl-click Toggle auto-select checkbox in Options bar with Move tool selected
] Increase Brush Size
{ Decrease Brush Hardness
Ctrl + J New layer via copy
Alt-click brush + swatch Delete brush or swatch
left,right Arrow Rotate the brush tip by 1 degree
} Increase Brush Hardness
D Default Foreground/Background colors
Ctrl + T Free Transform
Tab Navigate between fields
Alt Change Cancel to Reset
Alt-click layer Fit layer(s) to screen
Escape Cancel any modal dialog window (including the Start Workspace)
Hold down ` (grave accent) Toggle between painting and erasing with the same brush
Ctrl + Alt + P Close all open documents other than the current document
Shift + left + Shift + right Arrow Rotate the brush tip by 15 degrees
Any selection tool + Shift-drag Add to a selection
[ Decrease Brush Size
X Switch Foreground/Background colors
enter Select the first edit field of the toolbar
Tab + Shift Navigate between fields in the opposite direction
Shift + Ctrl + J New layer via cut

Use the Camera Raw dialog box

Shortcuts Action
Ctrl + Alt (on open) Deletes Adobe Camera Raw preferences
V Toggle overlay for Graduated Filter, Spot Removal tool, or Red Eye Removal tool.
Ctrl + Alt + Shift + L Luminance Targeted Adjustment tool
Ctrl + Alt + 5 Split Toning panel
] + [ Increase/decrease brush size
Ctrl + Alt + 2 Tone Curve panel
U Shadows clipping warning
Ctrl + Alt + 9 Presets panel
K Adjustment Brush tool
Ctrl + Alt + Shift + S Saturation Targeted Adjustment tool
T Last-used Targeted Adjustment tool
R + Ctrl + [ Rotate image right
P Toggle preview
I White Balance tool
B Spot Removal tool
Shift-arrow Move selected point in Curves panel (10 units)
M Toggle Auto Mask for Adjustment Brush tool
Ctrl + K Camera Raw preferences
S Color Sampler tool
Ctrl + Alt + 9 Open Snapshots panel
Arrow keys Move selected point in Curves panel (1 unit)
H Hand tool
Alt + Shift + ] + Alt + Shift + [ Increase/decrease temporary Adjustment Brush tool feather
C Crop tool
Ctrl + Alt + 1 Basic panel
Click the first point; Shift-click additional points Select multiple points in Curves panel
Ctrl + R Open selected images in Camera Raw dialog box from Bridge
Ctrl + Alt + 6 Lens Corrections panel
Shift + ] + Shift + [ Increase/decrease brush feather
Y Toggle Show Mask for Adjustment Brush tool
Shift + double-click image Open selected images from Bridge bypassing Camera Raw dialog box
Alt Temporarily switch to Zoom Out tool and change the Open Image button to Open Copy and the Cancel button to Reset.
G Graduated Filter tool
Ctrl + 1-5 (Filmstrip mode) Add 1 - 5 star rating
V Toggle pins for Adjustment Brush tool
Ctrl + 7 (Filmstrip mode) Add yellow label
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 + ++ Zoom in
Ctrl + Alt + Shift + H Hue Targeted Adjustment tool
=(equal sign)/ - (hyphen) Increase/decrease Adjustment Brush tool flow in increments of 10
Ctrl-click in preview Add point to curve in Curves panel
O Highlight clipping warning
Ctrl + Alt + 7 Camera Calibration panel
F Full screen mode
Alt + = (equal sign) / Alt + - (hyphen) Increase/decrease temporary Adjustment Brush tool flow in increments of 10
Alt + ] + Alt + [ Increase/decrease temporary Adjustment Brush tool size
N Switch to New mode from Add or Erase mode of theAdjustment Brush tool or the Graduated Filter
Ctrl + 9 (Filmstrip mode) Add blue label
Ctrl + - (hyphen) Zoom out
L + Ctrl + ] Rotate image left
Ctrl + Alt + Shift + T Parametric Curve Targeted Adjustment tool
Ctrl + Alt + Shift + G Grayscale Mix Targeted Adjustment tool
Ctrl +./ Ctrl+, (comma) (Filmstrip mode) Increase/decrease rating
Ctrl + 8 (Filmstrip mode) Add green label
Ctrl + 6 (Filmstrip mode) Add red label
Alt Temporarily switch from Add to Erase mode for theAdjustment Brush tool, or from Erase to Add mode
E Red Eye Removal tool
A Straighten tool
Shift Temporarily activate the White Balance tool and change the Open Image button to Open Object.(Does not work if Crop tool is active)
Z Zoom tool
Ctrl + Shift + 0 (Filmstrip mode) Add purple label
Alt-drag Exposure, Recovery, + Black sliders Display highlights that will be clipped in Preview
Ctrl + Alt + 4 HSL/Grayscale panel
Ctrl + Alt + 3 Detail panel

Use Vanishing Point

Shortcuts Action
Ctrl + D Deselect all
Arrow keys Move selection 1 pixel
Double-click the Create Plane tool Make a full canvas plane, square to the camera
Ctrl + ++ Zoom in
Ctrl + Z Undo last action
Ctrl + - (hyphen) Zoom out
[ Decrease brush size (Brush, Stamp tools)
Ctrl + Shift + T Repeat last duplicate and move
Ctrl + Alt-drag Create a duplicate of the selection as a floating selection
backspace Delete last node while creating plane
] Increase brush size (Brush, Stamp tools)
Ctrl + Alt + T Create a floating selection from the current selection
Ctrl + 0 + Double-click Hand tool Fit in view
Ctrl + V Paste
Ctrl-click the plane Select a plane under another selected plane
Ctrl-drag Fill a selection with image under the pointer
Ctrl + Shift + Z Redo last action
X Zoom 2x (temporary)
Double-click Zoom tool Zoom to the center at 100%
Ctrl + C Copy
Ctrl + H Hide selection and planes
Shift + [ Decrease brush hardness (Brush, Stamp tools)
Shift + arrow keys Move selection 10 pixels
Ctrl-drag Create 90° plane off parent plane
Alt + Shift to rotate Constrain selection to a 15° rotation
Shift + ] Increase brush hardness (Brush, Stamp tools)

Use the Liquify filter

Shortcuts Action
S Pucker tool
Shift + Tab Cycle through controls on right from bottom
Alt-drag in preview with Reconstruct tool, Displace, Amplitwist, + Affine mode selected Continually sample the distortion
F Freeze Mask tool
A Face tool
Tab Cycle through controls on right from top
Shift + Ctrl + X Liquify filter
D Thaw Mask tool
O Push Left tool
left/right Arrow with Brush Size, Density, Pressure, Rate, + Turbulent Jitter slider showing† Decrease/increase brush size by 2, or density, pressure, rate, or turbulent jitter by 1
W Forward Warp tool
B Bloat tool
R Reconstruct tool
C Twirl Clockwise tool
down/up in Brush Size, Density, Pressure, Rate, + Turbulent Jitter text box† Decrease/increase brush size by 2, or density, pressure, rate, or turbulent jitter by 1
Alt Change Cancel to Reset
Alt + tool Reverse direction for Bloat, Pucker, and Push Left tools
E Smooth tool
Z Zoom tool
H Hand tool

Use the Filter Gallery

Shortcuts Action
Ctrl + Alt + P Close all open documents other than the current document
Hold down ` (grave accent) Toggle between painting and erasing with the same brush
Alt-click on filter Apply new filter on top of selected filter
Shift + Ctrl + J New layer via cut
Tab + Shift Navigate between fields in the opposite direction
Ctrl-click Toggle auto-select checkbox in Options bar with Move tool selected
Escape Cancel any modal dialog window (including the Start Workspace)
Tab Navigate between fields
Alt-click layer Fit layer(s) to screen
Any selection tool + Shift-drag Add to a selection
Shift + left + Shift + right Arrow Rotate the brush tip by 15 degrees
Alt Change Cancel to Reset
[ Decrease Brush Size
{ Decrease Brush Hardness
} Increase Brush Hardness
Alt-click brush + swatch Delete brush or swatch
D Default Foreground/Background colors
left,right Arrow Rotate the brush tip by 1 degree
enter Select the first edit field of the toolbar
Ctrl + Alt + Z Step backward
X Switch Foreground/Background colors
] Increase Brush Size
Ctrl + click Change Cancel button to default
Ctrl + J New layer via copy
Ctrl + Shift + Z Step forward
Ctrl + T Free Transform

Use Select and Mask

Shortcuts Action
] Increase Brush Size
Alt-click layer Fit layer(s) to screen
Shift + left + Shift + right Arrow Rotate the brush tip by 15 degrees
Tab + Shift Navigate between fields in the opposite direction
Ctrl + I Invert a layer mask
Ctrl + 2 Target the layer
Ctrl + Alt + P Close all open documents other than the current document
Ctrl + J New layer via copy
Ctrl-click Toggle auto-select checkbox in Options bar with Move tool selected
} Increase Brush Hardness
[ Decrease Brush Size
X Switch Foreground/Background colors
Ctrl + Alt + R Select and mask
Any selection tool + Shift-drag Add to a selection
Hold down ` (grave accent) Toggle between painting and erasing with the same brush
Ctrl + T Free Transform
{ Decrease Brush Hardness
left,right Arrow Rotate the brush tip by 1 degree
Alt Change Cancel to Reset
Ctrl + \ Target the mask
Hold down Shift key and click mask Disable the mask temporarily
Alt-click the layer mask icon Add a layer mask icon to automatically hide the content of the layer (or active selection)
Tab Navigate between fields
Shift + Ctrl + J New layer via cut
enter Select the first edit field of the toolbar
Alt-click brush + swatch Delete brush or swatch
Escape Cancel any modal dialog window (including the Start Workspace)
D Default Foreground/Background colors

Use Puppet Warp

Shortcuts Action
enter Select the first edit field of the toolbar
Ctrl-click Toggle auto-select checkbox in Options bar with Move tool selected
Hold down ` (grave accent) Toggle between painting and erasing with the same brush
{ Decrease Brush Hardness
[ Decrease Brush Size
Shift + Ctrl + Alt + B Use the black-and-white adjustment
Ctrl + T Free Transform
Hold down the H key to hide the pins and release to bring back the pins Hide pins
Shift + left + Shift + right Arrow Rotate the brush tip by 15 degrees
Tab Navigate between fields
Alt-click layer Fit layer(s) to screen
left,right Arrow Rotate the brush tip by 1 degree
X Switch Foreground/Background colors
} Increase Brush Hardness
Ctrl + Alt + P Close all open documents other than the current document
Tab + Shift Navigate between fields in the opposite direction
Alt-click brush + swatch Delete brush or swatch
Alt Change Cancel to Reset
Alt near to, but not over a pin Reveal a circle that allows you to rotate the pin
Shift-click on any pin Select multiple pins
Ctrl + D Deselect all pins
Esc Cancel distortions
D Default Foreground/Background colors
Shift + Ctrl + J New layer via cut
Ctrl + A Select all pins
Escape Cancel any modal dialog window (including the Start Workspace)
Ctrl + J New layer via copy
] Increase Brush Size
Alt-click a pin Delete pins
Any selection tool + Shift-drag Add to a selection

View images

Shortcuts Action
F Toggle (forward) between Standard screen mode, Full screen mode with menu bar, and Full screen mode
Shift + F Toggle (backward) between Standard screen mode, Full screen mode with menu bar, and Full screen mode
Ctrl + Tab Cycle through open documents
Q Toggle between Standard mode and Quick Mask mode
Spacebar + Shift + F Toggle (backward) canvas color
Spacebar Switch to Hand tool (when not in text-edit mode)
Shift + Ctrl + Tab Switch to previous document
Spacebar-drag, + drag view area box in Navigat + panel Scroll image with Hand tool
Alt + spacebar Switch to Zoom Out tool
Shift + Page up + Page down Scroll up or down 10 units
Spacebar + F ( + right-click canvas background and select col + ) Toggle (forward) canvas color
Shift-drag Simultaneously pan multiple documents with Hand tool
Double-click Zoom tool + Ctrl + 1 Magnify 100%
Page up + Page down Scroll up or down 1 screen
Hold down H and then click in the image and hold down the mouse button Temporarily zoom into an image
Shift + enter in Navigat + panel zoom percentage box Apply zoom percentage, and keep zoom percentage box active
Ctrl + spacebar Switch to Zoom In tool
Spacebar-drag Move Zoom marquee while dragging with the Zoom tool
Double-click Hand tool Fit image in window
Home + End Move view to upper-left corner or lower-right corner
\ (backslash) Toggle layer mask on/off as rubylith (layer mask must be selected)
Ctrl-drag over preview in Navigat + panel Zoom in on specified area of an image
Shift-Ctrl-W Close a file in Photoshop and open Bridge

Selection tools

Shortcuts Action
O Dodge toolBurn toolSponge tool
M Rectangular Marquee tool†Elliptical Marquee tool
S Clone Stamp toolPattern Stamp tool
I Eyedropper tool†Color Sampler toolRuler toolNote tool
X Switch Foreground/Background colors
B Brush toolPencil toolColor Replacement toolMixer Brush tool
E Eraser tool†Background Eraser toolMagic Eraser tool
G Gradient toolPaint Bucket tool3D Material Drop tool
V Move toolArtboard tool
Z Zoom tool†Liquify
< First Brush
A Path Selection toolDirect Selection tool
V Artboard tool
K Frame tool
, Previous Brush
> Last Brush
P Pen toolFreeform Pen toolCurvature Pen tool
L Lasso toolPolygonal Lasso toolMagnetic Lasso tool
J Spot Healing Brush toolHealing Brush toolPatch toolRed Eye toolContent-Aware Move toolRed Eye tool
{ Decrease Brush Hardness
R Rotate View tool
. Next Brush
Q Toggle Standard/Quick Mask modes
C Crop toolPerspective Crop toolSlice toolSlice Select tool
T Horizontal Type toolVertical Type toolHorizontal Type mask toolVertical Type mask tool
/ (f + ward slash) Toggle Preserve Transparency
D Default Foreground/Background colors
W Object Selection toolQuick Selection toolMagic Wand tool
H Hand tool†
Y History Brush toolArt History Brush tool
U Rectangle toolEllipse toolPolygon toolLine toolCustom Shape tool
I Eyedropper tool3D Material Eyedropper tool (ADD)Color Sampler toolRuler toolNote toolCount tool
} Increase Brush Hardness

Use function keys

Shortcuts Action
Shift + F5 Fill
F2 Cut
F1 Start Help
F5 Show/Hide Brush panel
Shift + F6 Feather Selection
F7 Show/Hide Layers panel
Shift + F7 Inverse Selection
F9 Show/Hide Actions panel
F3 Copy
F6 Show/Hide Color panel
F12 Revert
F4 Paste
F8 Show/Hide Info panel

Popular shortcuts

Shortcuts Action
{ Decrease Brush Hardness
Alt-click brush + swatch Delete brush or swatch
] Increase Brush Size
D Default Foreground/Background colors
Ctrl + Z Undo last command
left + right Arrow Rotate the brush tip by 1 degree
Alt-click layer Fit layer(s) to screen
enter Selects the first edit field of the toolbar
Ctrl + T Free Transform
Escape Cancel any modal dialog window (including the Start Workspace)
Tab Navigate between fields
X Switch Foreground/Background colors
Alt Change Cancel to Reset
Hold down ~ (tilde accent) Toggle between painting and erasing with the same brush
Ctrl + D Deselect selections
Ctrl + click Toggle auto-select checkbox in the Options bar with Move tool selected
} Increase Brush Hardness
[ Decrease Brush Size
Tab + Shift Navigate between fields in the opposite direction
Shift + Ctrl + J New layer via cut
Any selection tool + Shift-drag Add to a selection
Shift + left + Shift + right Arrow Rotate the brush tip by 15 degrees
Ctrl + J New layer via copy
Ctrl + Alt + P Close all open documents other than the current document

Photoshop MacOS Shortcuts

Use Extract and Pattern Maker

Shortcuts Action
End Go to last tile in Tile History
+ → Arrow, ←, ↑, + Increase selection nudging when viewing the original
→ Arrow, Page ↓ Go to next tile in Tile History
X Toggle view: original/generated pattern
←, Page ↑ Go to previous tile in Tile History
Home Go to first tile in Tile History
+ G Generate or generate again
+ Z Undo a selection move
→ Arrow, ←, ↑, + Nudge selection when viewing the original
Delete current tile from Tile History
+ + select Intersect with current selection
G Fill tool
⌘ with Edge Highlighter tool selected Toggle Smart Highlighting
⌘-drag Move mask when Edge Touchup tool is selected
X Toggle Show menu options in preview between Original and Extracted
T Edge Touchup tool
+ Highlight entire image
I Eyedropper tool
+ Remove current highlight
0–9 Set strength of Cleanup or Edge Touch‑up tool
+ ↑ in Brush Size text box† Decrease/increase brush size by 1
C Cleanup tool
⌥-drag Add opacity when Cleanup tool is selected
←/→ Arrow with Brush Size Slider showing† Decrease/increase brush size by 1
⇧-click with Fill tool selected Fill foreground area and preview extraction
F Cycle through Display menu in preview from top to bottom
+ F Cycle through Display menu in preview from bottom to top
+ Edge Highlighter/Eraser tool Toggle between Edge Highlighter tool and Eraser tool
+ X Enable Cleanup and Edge Touchup tools before preview
Spacebar Temporarily activate Hand tool
Tab Cycle through controls on right from top
Change Cancel to Reset
+ + Zoom in
+ - (hyphen) Zoom out
+ Tab Cycle through controls on right from bottom

Use the Swatches panel

Shortcuts Action
←,→ Arrow Rotate the brush tip by 1 degree
+ + + → Arrow Rotate the brush tip by 15 degrees
Tab + Navigate between fields in the opposite direction
Tab Navigate between fields
{ Decrease Brush Hardness
⎋ape Cancel any modal dialog window (including the Start Workspace)
+ J New layer via copy
] Increase Brush Size
+ + P Close all open documents other than the current document
[ Decrease Brush Size
D Default Foreground/Background colors
Change Cancel to Reset
Hold ↓ ` (grave accent) Toggle between painting and erasing with the same brush
⌘-click Toggle auto-select checkbox in Options bar with Move tool selected
} Increase Brush Hardness
⌥-click layer Fit layer(s) to screen
+ + J New layer via cut
X Switch Foreground/Background colors
Any selection tool + ⇧-drag Add to a selection
+ T Free Transform
Select the first edit field of the toolbar
⌥-click brush + swatch Delete brush or swatch

Use the Paths panel

Shortcuts Action
⌥-click brush + swatch Delete brush or swatch
+ + + → Arrow Rotate the brush tip by 15 degrees
⌥-click layer Fit layer(s) to screen
X Switch Foreground/Background colors
+ J New layer via copy
D Default Foreground/Background colors
[ Decrease Brush Size
+ + P Close all open documents other than the current document
Tab Navigate between fields
Change Cancel to Reset
Hold ↓ ` (grave accent) Toggle between painting and erasing with the same brush
⎋ape Cancel any modal dialog window (including the Start Workspace)
←,→ Arrow Rotate the brush tip by 1 degree
} Increase Brush Hardness
+ T Free Transform
Any selection tool + ⇧-drag Add to a selection
⌘-click Toggle auto-select checkbox in Options bar with Move tool selected
Select the first edit field of the toolbar
{ Decrease Brush Hardness
+ + J New layer via cut
] Increase Brush Size
Tab + Navigate between fields in the opposite direction

Use the Layer Comps panel

Shortcuts Action
+ + + → Arrow Rotate the brush tip by 15 degrees
+ + J New layer via cut
⌥-click brush + swatch Delete brush or swatch
⌥-click layer Fit layer(s) to screen
{ Decrease Brush Hardness
X Switch Foreground/Background colors
Select the first edit field of the toolbar
Hold ↓ ` (grave accent) Toggle between painting and erasing with the same brush
+ J New layer via copy
⌘-click Toggle auto-select checkbox in Options bar with Move tool selected
Tab Navigate between fields
] Increase Brush Size
+ T Free Transform
Tab + Navigate between fields in the opposite direction
D Default Foreground/Background colors
Any selection tool + ⇧-drag Add to a selection
⎋ape Cancel any modal dialog window (including the Start Workspace)
+ + P Close all open documents other than the current document
} Increase Brush Hardness
←,→ Arrow Rotate the brush tip by 1 degree
[ Decrease Brush Size
Change Cancel to Reset

Use the Layers panel

Shortcuts Action
+ + E Merge visible layers
Highlight the layers you want to merge, then ⌘ + E Merge layers
⇧-click layer mask thumbnail Toggle layer mask on/off
Double-click layer Edit layer style
⇧-click vect + mask thumbnail Disable/enable vector mask
+ . Select top layer
Double-click the layer name Rename layer
⌥-click the line dividing two layers Create a clipping mask
⌘-click New Gro↑ button Create new layer group below current layer/layer set
+ [ + ] Move target layer down/up
+ Merge Visible ⌘ from the Panel pop‑↑ menu Merge all visible layers to a new layer above the currently selected layer
+ + G Create/release clipping mask
⌘-click Add Layer Mask button Create vector mask that reveals all/path area
Double-click the filter effect Edit filter settings
+ + + E Merge a copy of all visible layers into target layer
⌥-click filter mask thumbnail Toggle between filter mask/composite image
+ + [ + ] Move layer to bottom or top
Double-click layer effect/style Edit layer effect/style, options
⌘-click New Layer button Create new layer below target layer
Double-click type layer thumbnail Select all type; temporarily select Type tool
Double-click layer mask thumbnail Open Layer Mask Display Options dialog box
+ + [ + ] Add to layer selection in Layers panel
⌥-click Add Layer Mask button Create layer mask that hides all/selection
⌃-click the layer gro↑ and choose Group Properties, + double-click gro↑ Display layer group properties
⌥-double-click layer effect/style Hide layer effect/style
+ J New layer via copy
/ (f + ward slash) Toggle lock transparency for target layer, or last applied lock
+ + N New layer
⌥-click New Gro↑ button Create new layer group with dialog box
+ ⌥-click Add Layer Mask button Create vector mask that hides all or displays path area
+ G Group layers
+ Merge ↓ ⌘ from the Panel pop‑↑ menu Copy current layer to layer below
+ , (comma) Select bottom layer
+ + ⌥-click layer thumbnail Intersect with current selection
⌥-click the eye icon Show/hide all other currently visible layers
⌘-click Select/deselect multiple discontiguous layers
⇧-click Select/deselect multiple contiguous layers
+ + A Select all layers
+ + G Ungroup layers
⌥-click New Layer button Create new empty layer with dialog box
+ ⌥-click layer thumbnail Subtract from current selection
+ [ + ] Select next layer down/up
Double-click the Filter Blending icon Edit the Filter Blending options
\ (backslash), + + ⌥-click Toggle rubylith mode for layer mask on/off
+ ⇧-click layer thumbnail Add to current selection
⌘-click filter mask thumbnail Load filter mask as a selection
⌥-click layer mask thumbnail Toggle between layer mask/composite image
⇧-click filter mask thumbnail Toggle filter mask on/off
⌘-click layer thumbnail Load layer transparency as a selection
+ + J New layer via cut
⌃-click the eye icon Show/hide this layer/layer group only or all layers/layer groups

Use the Info panel

Shortcuts Action
⎋ape Cancel any modal dialog window (including the Start Workspace)
+ T Free Transform
+ J New layer via copy
⌥-click layer Fit layer(s) to screen
Tab Navigate between fields
Select the first edit field of the toolbar
] Increase Brush Size
⌥-click brush + swatch Delete brush or swatch
Hold ↓ ` (grave accent) Toggle between painting and erasing with the same brush
+ + J New layer via cut
{ Decrease Brush Hardness
←,→ Arrow Rotate the brush tip by 1 degree
X Switch Foreground/Background colors
Tab + Navigate between fields in the opposite direction
+ + + → Arrow Rotate the brush tip by 15 degrees
⌘-click Toggle auto-select checkbox in Options bar with Move tool selected
} Increase Brush Hardness
Change Cancel to Reset
[ Decrease Brush Size
+ + P Close all open documents other than the current document
Any selection tool + ⇧-drag Add to a selection
D Default Foreground/Background colors

Use the History panel

Shortcuts Action
+ T Free Transform
Tab Navigate between fields
] Increase Brush Size
Hold ↓ ` (grave accent) Toggle between painting and erasing with the same brush
←,→ Arrow Rotate the brush tip by 1 degree
} Increase Brush Hardness
{ Decrease Brush Hardness
Tab + Navigate between fields in the opposite direction
[ Decrease Brush Size
⎋ape Cancel any modal dialog window (including the Start Workspace)
⌘-click Toggle auto-select checkbox in Options bar with Move tool selected
⌥-click layer Fit layer(s) to screen
⌥-click brush + swatch Delete brush or swatch
D Default Foreground/Background colors
+ + P Close all open documents other than the current document
+ + J New layer via cut
Select the first edit field of the toolbar
X Switch Foreground/Background colors
+ + + → Arrow Rotate the brush tip by 15 degrees
Any selection tool + ⇧-drag Add to a selection
+ J New layer via copy
Change Cancel to Reset

Use the Color panel

Shortcuts Action
X Switch Foreground/Background colors
⌥-click brush + swatch Delete brush or swatch
] Increase Brush Size
Select the first edit field of the toolbar
Hold ↓ ` (grave accent) Toggle between painting and erasing with the same brush
+ + + → Arrow Rotate the brush tip by 15 degrees
Change Cancel to Reset
⌥-click layer Fit layer(s) to screen
←,→ Arrow Rotate the brush tip by 1 degree
} Increase Brush Hardness
Tab Navigate between fields
⌘-click Toggle auto-select checkbox in Options bar with Move tool selected
+ + P Close all open documents other than the current document
+ T Free Transform
Tab + Navigate between fields in the opposite direction
Any selection tool + ⇧-drag Add to a selection
⎋ape Cancel any modal dialog window (including the Start Workspace)
D Default Foreground/Background colors
[ Decrease Brush Size
+ J New layer via copy
+ + J New layer via cut
{ Decrease Brush Hardness

Use the Clone Source panel

Shortcuts Action
{ Decrease Brush Hardness
+ + J New layer via cut
Change Cancel to Reset
←,→ Arrow Rotate the brush tip by 1 degree
Hold ↓ ` (grave accent) Toggle between painting and erasing with the same brush
⌘-click Toggle auto-select checkbox in Options bar with Move tool selected
+ + P Close all open documents other than the current document
+ T Free Transform
] Increase Brush Size
X Switch Foreground/Background colors
⌥-click layer Fit layer(s) to screen
+ J New layer via copy
Tab + Navigate between fields in the opposite direction
Tab Navigate between fields
D Default Foreground/Background colors
[ Decrease Brush Size
+ + + → Arrow Rotate the brush tip by 15 degrees
⎋ape Cancel any modal dialog window (including the Start Workspace)
} Increase Brush Hardness
Select the first edit field of the toolbar
Any selection tool + ⇧-drag Add to a selection
⌥-click brush + swatch Delete brush or swatch

Use the Channels panel

Shortcuts Action
⇧-click alpha channel Select/deselect alpha channel and show/hide as a rubylith overlay
+ ⇧-click channel thumbnail Add to current selection
+ 2 Select composite channel
+ + ⌥-click channel thumbnail Intersect with current selection
⌘-click Create New Channel button Create a new spot channel
⌘-click channel thumbnail, + + + 3 (red), 4 (green), 5 (blue) Load channel as selection
⇧-click col + channel Select/deselect multiple color-channel selection
+ 3 (red), 4 (green), 5 (blue) Select individual channels
⌥-click Save Selection As Channel button Set options for Save Selection As Channel button
Double-click alpha + spot channel thumbnail Display channel options
+ ⌥-click channel thumbnail Subtract from current selection
Any tool,including the Brush Tool:⇧ + ~ (tilde)Any tool,excluding the Brush Tool:` (grave accent) Toggle composite and grayscale mask in Quick Mask mode

Use the Brush panel

Shortcuts Action
+ + J New layer via cut
⌥-click layer Fit layer(s) to screen
Select the first edit field of the toolbar
Change Cancel to Reset
{ Decrease Brush Hardness
⌥-click brush + swatch Delete brush or swatch
Tab + Navigate between fields in the opposite direction
+ + + → Arrow Rotate the brush tip by 15 degrees
Hold ↓ ` (grave accent) Toggle between painting and erasing with the same brush
Any selection tool + ⇧-drag Add to a selection
⌘-click Toggle auto-select checkbox in Options bar with Move tool selected
X Switch Foreground/Background colors
Tab Navigate between fields
←,→ Arrow Rotate the brush tip by 1 degree
} Increase Brush Hardness
+ J New layer via copy
] Increase Brush Size
D Default Foreground/Background colors
+ T Free Transform
+ + P Close all open documents other than the current document
⎋ape Cancel any modal dialog window (including the Start Workspace)
[ Decrease Brush Size

Animation panel in Frames mode

Shortcuts Action
+ + J New layer via cut
⌥-click layer Fit layer(s) to screen
Select the first edit field of the toolbar
Any selection tool + ⇧-drag Add to a selection
X Switch Foreground/Background colors
[ Decrease Brush Size
Change Cancel to Reset
] Increase Brush Size
Tab + Navigate between fields in the opposite direction
←,→ Arrow Rotate the brush tip by 1 degree
D Default Foreground/Background colors
Hold ↓ ` (grave accent) Toggle between painting and erasing with the same brush
+ J New layer via copy
Tab Navigate between fields
⌥-click brush + swatch Delete brush or swatch
+ + P Close all open documents other than the current document
⎋ape Cancel any modal dialog window (including the Start Workspace)
⌘-click Toggle auto-select checkbox in Options bar with Move tool selected
+ T Free Transform
} Increase Brush Hardness
+ + + → Arrow Rotate the brush tip by 15 degrees
{ Decrease Brush Hardness

Use adjustment layers

Shortcuts Action
←,→ Arrow Rotate the brush tip by 1 degree
Any selection tool + ⇧-drag Add to a selection
Tab + Navigate between fields in the opposite direction
+ T Free Transform
⌥-click brush + swatch Delete brush or swatch
⎋ape Cancel any modal dialog window (including the Start Workspace)
+ + J New layer via cut
} Increase Brush Hardness
D Default Foreground/Background colors
{ Decrease Brush Hardness
⌘-click Toggle auto-select checkbox in Options bar with Move tool selected
] Increase Brush Size
+ + + → Arrow Rotate the brush tip by 15 degrees
X Switch Foreground/Background colors
Change Cancel to Reset
+ J New layer via copy
Hold ↓ ` (grave accent) Toggle between painting and erasing with the same brush
Tab Navigate between fields
Select the first edit field of the toolbar
[ Decrease Brush Size
+ + P Close all open documents other than the current document
⌥-click layer Fit layer(s) to screen

Use the Actions panel

Shortcuts Action
⌥-click the triangle Collapse/expand all components of an action
⌘-click the Play button Play a command
+ double-click action + action set Change action or action set options
⌘-click the action/command Select discontiguous items of the same kind
⌥-click the New Action button Create a new action and begin recording without confirmation
⌥-click Turn current modal control on and toggle all other modal controls
Double-click rec + ded ⌘ Display Options dialog box for recorded command
⌥-click the check-mark next to a ⌘ Turn command on and all others off, or turn all commands on
+ double-click an action Play entire action
⇧-click the action/⌘ Select contiguous items of the same kind

Use panels

Shortcuts Action
⌥-click brush + swatch Delete brush or swatch
D Default Foreground/Background colors
←,→ Arrow Rotate the brush tip by 1 degree
+ + P Close all open documents other than the current document
+ + + → Arrow Rotate the brush tip by 15 degrees
Any selection tool + ⇧-drag Add to a selection
Select the first edit field of the toolbar
⌥-click layer Fit layer(s) to screen
Tab Navigate between fields
X Switch Foreground/Background colors
+ J New layer via copy
⎋ape Cancel any modal dialog window (including the Start Workspace)
} Increase Brush Hardness
] Increase Brush Size
+ + J New layer via cut
Change Cancel to Reset
Hold ↓ ` (grave accent) Toggle between painting and erasing with the same brush
{ Decrease Brush Hardness
+ T Free Transform
[ Decrease Brush Size
Tab + Navigate between fields in the opposite direction
⌘-click Toggle auto-select checkbox in Options bar with Move tool selected

Slice and optimize

Shortcuts Action
] Increase Brush Size
⌘-click Toggle auto-select checkbox in Options bar with Move tool selected
Change Cancel to Reset
+ J New layer via copy
+ T Free Transform
D Default Foreground/Background colors
Any selection tool + ⇧-drag Add to a selection
Select the first edit field of the toolbar
+ + + → Arrow Rotate the brush tip by 15 degrees
Tab Navigate between fields
⌥-click brush + swatch Delete brush or swatch
Hold ↓ ` (grave accent) Toggle between painting and erasing with the same brush
{ Decrease Brush Hardness
+ + J New layer via cut
X Switch Foreground/Background colors
⌥-click layer Fit layer(s) to screen
+ + P Close all open documents other than the current document
[ Decrease Brush Size
←,→ Arrow Rotate the brush tip by 1 degree
} Increase Brush Hardness
Tab + Navigate between fields in the opposite direction
⎋ape Cancel any modal dialog window (including the Start Workspace)

Format type

Shortcuts Action
+ + X Choose 100% horizontal scale
+ + J Justify paragraph, left aligns last line
+ + ↑†† Decrease or increase leading 2 points or pixels
Vertical Type tool + + + L, C, + R Align top, center, or bottom
+ + + ↑†† Decrease or increase baseline shift 2 points or pixels
+ + + X Choose 100% vertical scale
+ + → Arrow†† Decrease or increase kerning/tracking 20/1000 ems
+ + < + >† Decrease or increase type size of selected text 2 points or pixels
+ + + Q Choose 0 for tracking
H + izontal Type tool + + + L, C, + R Align left, center, or right
+ + F Justify paragraph, justifies all
+ + + T Toggle single/every-line composer on/off
+ + + + H Toggle paragraph hyphenation on/off
+ + + A Choose Auto leading

Select and edit text

Shortcuts Action
+ H Show/Hide selection on selected type
⇧-click Select characters from insertion point to mouse click point
⌘-drag a bounding box handle Scale text within a bounding box when resizing the bounding box
Spacebar-drag Move text box while creating text box
⌘-drag type when Type layer is selected Move type in image
Display the bounding box for transforming text when editing text, or activate Move tool if cursor is inside the bounding box
⇧-click Create a new text layer, when a text layer is selected in the Layers panel
+ ←/→ Arrow + ↓/↑, + + + ←/→ Arrow Select 1 character left/right or 1 line down/up, or 1 word left/right
←/→ Arrow, ↓/↑, + + ←/→ Arrow Move 1 character left/right, 1 line down/up, or 1 word left/right
Double-click, triple-click, quadr↑le-click, + quint↑le-click Select a word, line, paragraph, or story

Use for blending modes

Shortcuts Action
+ + X Exclusion
+ + Y Luminosity
+ + F Soft Light
+ + L Hard Mix
+ + U Hue
+ + Q Behind (Brush tool only)
+ + T Saturation
+ + V Vivid Light
+ + + - Cycle through blending modes
Dodge tool/Burn tool + + + H Dodge/burn highlights
+ + J Linear Light
+ + O Overlay
+ + M Multiply
Sponge tool + + + S Saturate
Sponge tool + + + D Desaturate
+ + S Screen
+ + I Dissolve
+ + D Color Dodge
+ + E Difference
+ + K Darken
+ + B Color Burn
+ + R Clear (Brush tool only)
+ + A Linear Burn
Dodge tool/Burn tool + + + S Dodge/burn shadows
+ + W Linear Dodge
Dodge tool/Burn tool + + + M Dodge/burn midtones
+ + C Color
+ + N Normal
+ + H Hard Light
+ + G Lighten
+ + Z Pin Light
+ + N Set blending mode to Threshold for bitmap images, Normal for all other images

Use for painting

Shortcuts Action
00 Mixer Brush changes Wet and Mix to zero
Any painting tool + + + ⌘ and drag Select foreground color from color picker
/ (f + ward slash) Lock transparent pixels on/off
Col + sampler tool + ⌥-click Deletes color sampler
Any painting + editing tool + + number keys (e.g., 0 = 100%, 1 = 10%, 4 then 5 in quick succession = 45%) (when airbrush ⌥ is enabled, omit ⇧) Sets flow for painting mode
Eyedropper tool + ⌥-click Select background color
Any painting + editing tool + number keys (e.g., 0 = 100%, 1 = 10%, 4 then 5 in quick succession = 45%) (when airbrush ⌥ is enabled, use ⇧ + number keys) Sets opacity, tolerance, strength, or exposure for painting mode
+ + Open Fill dialog box on the background or standard layer
+ Displays Fill dialog box
+ + ⌫† Fill from history
+ + + - Cycle through blending modes
+ + + ⌫† Fill with foreground or background color
Any painting tool + ⇧-click Connects points with a straight line
Number keys Mixer Brush changes Wet setting
+ + number Mixer Brush changes Mix setting
Eyedropper tool + Color sampler tool
Any painting tool + + any shape tool + ⌥ (except when Paths option is selected) Select foreground color from image with Eyedropper tool

Edit paths

Shortcuts Action
X Switch Foreground/Background colors
⎋ape Cancel any modal dialog window (including the Start Workspace)
{ Decrease Brush Hardness
+ + + → Arrow Rotate the brush tip by 15 degrees
Select the first edit field of the toolbar
+ + J New layer via cut
Change Cancel to Reset
←,→ Arrow Rotate the brush tip by 1 degree
D Default Foreground/Background colors
Tab Navigate between fields
] Increase Brush Size
Any selection tool + ⇧-drag Add to a selection
⌘-click Toggle auto-select checkbox in Options bar with Move tool selected
⌥-click layer Fit layer(s) to screen
Hold ↓ ` (grave accent) Toggle between painting and erasing with the same brush
+ J New layer via copy
} Increase Brush Hardness
[ Decrease Brush Size
+ + P Close all open documents other than the current document
⌥-click brush + swatch Delete brush or swatch
Tab + Navigate between fields in the opposite direction
+ T Free Transform

Transform selections, selection borders, and paths

Shortcuts Action
+ T Free Transform
+ + + → Arrow Rotate the brush tip by 15 degrees
Tab + Navigate between fields in the opposite direction
⌥-click brush + swatch Delete brush or swatch
Select the first edit field of the toolbar
Hold ↓ ` (grave accent) Toggle between painting and erasing with the same brush
X Switch Foreground/Background colors
Change Cancel to Reset
Tab Navigate between fields
⌥-click layer Fit layer(s) to screen
} Increase Brush Hardness
Any selection tool + ⇧-drag Add to a selection
+ + J New layer via cut
+ J New layer via copy
] Increase Brush Size
⎋ape Cancel any modal dialog window (including the Start Workspace)
D Default Foreground/Background colors
←,→ Arrow Rotate the brush tip by 1 degree
⌘-click Toggle auto-select checkbox in Options bar with Move tool selected
{ Decrease Brush Hardness
[ Decrease Brush Size
+ + P Close all open documents other than the current document

Select and move objects

Shortcuts Action
+ → Arrow, ←, ↑, + ↓† Move layer 1 pixel when nothing selected on layer
Any selection tool + ⌥-drag Subtract from a selection
⌘ (except when Hand, Slice, Path, Shape, + any Pen tool is selected) Switch to Move tool
⇧-drag guide Snap guide to ruler ticks (except when View > Snap is unchecked)
Any selection tool + ⇧-drag Add to a selection
Ruler tool + ⌥-drag end point Make protractor
⌥-click Switch from Magnetic Lasso tool to polygonal Lasso tool
⌥-drag Draw marquee from center (if no other selections are active)‡
⏎/⎋ + + . Apply/cancel an operation of the Magnetic Lasso
⇧-drag Constrain marquee to square or circle (if no other selections are active)‡
Any selection tool (except Quick Selection tool) + ⇧-⌥-drag Intersect a selection
/ (f + ward slash) Toggle crop shield off and on
⌥-drag guide Convert between horizontal and vertical guide
Any selection + → Arrow, ←, ↑, + ↓† Move selection area 1 pixel
Move tool + → Arrow, ←, ↑, + ↓†‡ Move selection 1 pixel
Any marquee tool (except single column and single row) + ␣bar-drag Reposition marquee while selecting‡
Magnetic Lasso tool + [ + ] Increase/decrease detection width
+ ⌥-drag Constrain shape and draw marquee from center‡
⌥-drag Switch from Magnetic Lasso tool to Lasso tool
Crop tool + + Accept cropping or exit cropping
Move tool + ⌥-drag selection‡ Move copy of selection

Use Curves

Shortcuts Action
+ M Open the Curves dialog box
Select a point and press ⌫ To delete a point on the curve
⇧-click the points Select multiple points on the curve
⌥-click the field Toggle grid size
+ Arrow keys Move the selected point 10 units
Arrow keys Move the selected point 1 unit
⌥-drag black/white point sliders Display highlights and shadows that will be clipped
⌘-click the image Set a point to the composite curve
+ ⌘-click the image Set a point to the channel curves
+ D Deselect a point
+ 2 = RGB⌥ + 3 = Red⌥ + 4 = Green⌥ + 5 = Blue Change color channels
- Select the previous point on the curve
+ Select next point on the curve

Black-and-White dialog box

Shortcuts Action
⌘-click Toggle auto-select checkbox in Options bar with Move tool selected
⌥-click brush + swatch Delete brush or swatch
Tab + Navigate between fields in the opposite direction
[ Decrease Brush Size
⌥-click layer Fit layer(s) to screen
Change Cancel to Reset
D Default Foreground/Background colors
X Switch Foreground/Background colors
} Increase Brush Hardness
+ T Free Transform
Tab Navigate between fields
+ + J New layer via cut
←,→ Arrow Rotate the brush tip by 1 degree
Select the first edit field of the toolbar
+ + P Close all open documents other than the current document
] Increase Brush Size
Any selection tool + ⇧-drag Add to a selection
+ J New layer via copy
Hold ↓ ` (grave accent) Toggle between painting and erasing with the same brush
⎋ape Cancel any modal dialog window (including the Start Workspace)
+ + + → Arrow Rotate the brush tip by 15 degrees
{ Decrease Brush Hardness

Use the Camera Raw dialog box

Shortcuts Action
+ + 6 Lens Corrections panel
+ + 9 Open Snapshots panel
N Switch to New mode from Add or Erase mode of theAdjustment Brush tool or the Graduated Filter
Temporarily switch to Zoom In tool(Doesn’t work when Straighten tool is selected. If Crop tool is active, temporarily switches to Straighten tool.)
L + + ] Rotate image left
]/ [ Increase/decrease brush size
+ . + + , (comma) (Filmstrip mode) Increase/decrease rating
+ + 3 Detail panel
O Highlight clipping warning
+ ⇧ (on open) Deletes Adobe Camera Raw preferences
+ + 1 Basic panel
F Full screen mode
+ + 5 Split Toning panel
K Adjustment Brush tool
+ + ] + + + [ Increase/decrease temporary Adjustment Brush tool feather
V Toggle overlay for Graduated Filter, Spot Removal tool, or Red Eye Removal tool.
+ + 7 Camera Calibration panel
G Graduated Filter tool
Arrow keys Move selected point in Curves panel (1 unit)
+ K Camera Raw preferences
+ R Open selected images in Camera Raw dialog box from Bridge
Z Zoom tool
=(equal sign)/ - (hyphen) Increase/decrease Adjustment Brush tool flow in increments of 10
+ 8 (Filmstrip mode) Add green label
⌥-drag Exposure, Recovery, + Black sliders Display highlights that will be clipped in Preview
+ double-click image Open selected images from Bridge bypassing Camera Raw dialog box
+ 9 (Filmstrip mode) Add blue label
+ + + S Saturation Targeted Adjustment tool
+ + 4 HSL/Grayscale panel
Temporarily activate the White Balance tool and change the Open Image button to Open Object.(Does not work if Crop tool is active)
⇧-arrow Move selected point in Curves panel (10 units)
+ + 9 Presets panel
+ + + L Luminance Targeted Adjustment tool
A Straighten tool
S Color Sampler tool
U Shadows clipping warning
Y Toggle Show Mask for Adjustment Brush tool
+ ] + + [ Increase/decrease temporary Adjustment Brush tool size
R + + [ Rotate image right
⌥ = (equal sign) / option + - (hyphen) Increase/decrease temporary Adjustment Brush tool flow in increments of 10
+ + + T Parametric Curve Targeted Adjustment tool
+ + Zoom in
+ 7 (Filmstrip mode) Add yellow label
I White Balance tool
+ 6 (Filmstrip mode) Add red label
V Toggle pins for Adjustment Brush tool
C Crop tool
+ + 0 (Filmstrip mode) Add purple label
E Red Eye Removal tool
+ 1 - 5 (Filmstrip mode) Add 1 - 5 star rating
+ + + H Hue Targeted Adjustment tool
+ + 2 Tone Curve panel
T Last-used Targeted Adjustment tool
Click the first point; ⇧-click additional points Select multiple points in Curves panel
+ ]/ ⇧+[ Increase/decrease brush feather
H Hand tool
P Toggle preview
+ + + G Grayscale Mix Targeted Adjustment tool
+ - (hyphen) Zoom out
Temporarily switch from Add to Erase mode for theAdjustment Brush tool, or from Erase to Add mode
Temporarily switch to Zoom Out tool and change the Open Image button to Open Copy and the Cancel button to Reset.
⌘-click in preview Add point to curve in Curves panel
B Spot Removal tool
M Toggle Auto Mask for Adjustment Brush tool

Use Vanishing Point

Shortcuts Action
+ D Deselect all
Create a floating selection from the current selection
+ arrow keys Move selection 10 pixels
Delete last node while creating plane
Double-click Zoom tool Zoom to the center at 100%
+ ⌥-drag Create a duplicate of the selection as a floating selection
] Increase brush size (Brush, Stamp tools)
[ Decrease brush size (Brush, Stamp tools)
+ ] Increase brush hardness (Brush, Stamp tools)
+ V Paste
+ Z Undo last action
⌘-drag Fill a selection with image under the pointer
+ H Hide selection and planes
X Zoom 2x (temporary)
Arrow keys Move selection 1 pixel
Double-click the Create Plane tool Make a full canvas plane, square to the camera
+ ⇧ to rotate Constrain selection to a 15° rotation
⌘-drag Create 90° plane off parent plane
+ + T Repeat last duplicate and move
+ + Zoom in
+ - (hyphen) Zoom out
+ 0 + Double-click Hand tool Fit in view
⌘-click the plane Select a plane under another selected plane
+ + Z Redo last action
+ [ Decrease brush hardness (Brush, Stamp tools)
+ C Copy

Use the Liquify filter

Shortcuts Action
A Face tool
←/→ Arrow with Brush Size, Density, Pressure, Rate, + Turbulent Jitter slider showing† Decrease/increase brush size by 2, or density, pressure, rate, or turbulent jitter by 1
W Forward Warp tool
R Reconstruct tool
+ + X Liquify filter
+ tool Reverse direction for Bloat, Pucker, and Push Left tools
⌥-drag in preview with Reconstruct tool, Displace, Amplitwist, + Affine mode selected Continually sample the distortion
Change Cancel to Reset
E Smooth tool
C Twirl Clockwise tool
Z Zoom tool
+ Tab Cycle through controls on right from bottom
S Pucker tool
D Thaw Mask tool
H Hand tool
O Push Left tool
↓/↑ in Brush Size, Density, Pressure, Rate, + Turbulent Jitter text box† Decrease/increase brush size by 2, or density, pressure, rate, or turbulent jitter by 1
F Freeze Mask tool
Tab Cycle through controls on right from top
B Bloat tool

Use the Filter Gallery

Shortcuts Action
Select the first edit field of the toolbar
⇧ [ and shift ] Change the brush hardness/softness
⌥-click layer Fit layer(s) to screen
Tab Navigate between fields
(apostrophe) Take a snapshot, saving a copy of blurred image in the Layers Panel, layer stack
Tab + Navigate between fields in the opposite direction
+ + J New layer via cut
Toggle between OK/Cancel buttons to Revert/Apply
+ T Free Transform
+ + Z Step forward
Hold ↓ ` (grave accent) Toggle between painting and erasing with the same brush
+ Q Toggle the quick mask rubylith overlay display if there is a selection
+ J New layer via copy
⌥-click on filter Apply new filter on top of selected filter
⌘-click Toggle auto-select checkbox in Options bar with Move tool selected
Close dialog without saving
+ 0 and ⌘ + 1 Fit Screen, full screen, or 100%
⎋ape Cancel any modal dialog window (including the Start Workspace)
+ + P Close all open documents other than the current document
Change Cancel to Reset
⌘ Spacebar⌥ Spacebar Zoom in and out
⌃ click (on the image) Bring up a brushes panel
Any selection tool + ⇧-drag Add to a selection
C Clear brushed areas
I Invert the brush mask
] Increase Brush Size
+ + I Invert the selection or command to hide the selection
X Switch Foreground/Background colors
+ + Z Step backward
+ + + → Arrow Rotate the brush tip by 15 degrees
+ and - Zooming in/out
[ Decrease Brush Size
Spacebar Shortcut for panning
P Toggle the blur view visibility
} Increase Brush Hardness
Caps lock Crosshair brush
D Default Foreground/Background colors
{ Decrease Brush Hardness
+ click Change Cancel button to default
Tab Toggle view mode
OK - Applies the current effect and dismisses the dialog
"`"Grave key Toggle from Add or Subtract blur brushes
⌥-click brush + swatch Delete brush or swatch
Open close brackets Increase/decrease brush radius
←,→ Arrow Rotate the brush tip by 1 degree

Use Select and Mask

Shortcuts Action
X Switch Foreground/Background colors
←,→ Arrow Rotate the brush tip by 1 degree
Change Cancel to Reset
⌥-click brush + swatch Delete brush or swatch
Any selection tool + ⇧-drag Add to a selection
⌘-click Toggle auto-select checkbox in Options bar with Move tool selected
\ Target the mask
+ J New layer via copy
+ T Free Transform
Tab Navigate between fields
+ + R Select and mask
[ Decrease Brush Size
+ + P Close all open documents other than the current document
⌥-click the layer mask icon Add a layer mask icon to automatically hide the content of the layer (or active selection)
D Default Foreground/Background colors
⌥-click layer Fit layer(s) to screen
+ + J New layer via cut
Hold ↓ ⇧ key and click mask Disable the mask temporarily
Hold ↓ ` (grave accent) Toggle between painting and erasing with the same brush
+ + + → Arrow Rotate the brush tip by 15 degrees
} Increase Brush Hardness
Tab + Navigate between fields in the opposite direction
{ Decrease Brush Hardness
⎋ape Cancel any modal dialog window (including the Start Workspace)
+ I Invert a layer mask
+ 2 Target the layer
] Increase Brush Size
Select the first edit field of the toolbar

Use Puppet Warp

Shortcuts Action
Select the first edit field of the toolbar
⎋ape Cancel any modal dialog window (including the Start Workspace)
←,→ Arrow Rotate the brush tip by 1 degree
+ + J New layer via cut
+ + + → Arrow Rotate the brush tip by 15 degrees
+ A Select all pins
+ + ⌥ B Use the black-and-white adjustment
{ Decrease Brush Hardness
⇧-click on any pin Select multiple pins
⌥-click brush + swatch Delete brush or swatch
D Default Foreground/Background colors
Tab Navigate between fields
] Increase Brush Size
+ + P Close all open documents other than the current document
Any selection tool + ⇧-drag Add to a selection
Cancel distortions
⌥-click layer Fit layer(s) to screen
Tab + Navigate between fields in the opposite direction
} Increase Brush Hardness
X Switch Foreground/Background colors
+ D Deselect all pins
+ J New layer via copy
⌥-click a pin Delete pins
⌥ near to, but not over a pin Reveal a circle that allows you to rotate the pin
[ Decrease Brush Size
+ T Free Transform
Hold ↓ the H key to hide the pins and release to bring back the pins Hide pins
⌘-click Toggle auto-select checkbox in Options bar with Move tool selected
Change Cancel to Reset
Hold ↓ ` (grave accent) Toggle between painting and erasing with the same brush

View images

Shortcuts Action
Double-click Zoom tool + + 1 Magnify 100%
Page ↑ + Page ↓ Scroll up or down 1 screen
+ F Toggle (backward) between Standard screen mode, Full screen mode with menu bar, and Full screen mode
+ Tab Cycle through open documents
\ (backslash) Toggle layer mask on/off as rubylith (layer mask must be selected)
Spacebar Switch to Hand tool (when not in text-edit mode)
Spacebar + F ( + ⌃-click canvas background and select col + ) Toggle (forward) canvas color
+ ␣bar Switch to Zoom Out tool
Spacebar + + F Toggle (backward) canvas color
⇧-drag Simultaneously pan multiple documents with Hand tool
+ Page ↑ + Page ↓ Scroll up or down 10 units
⇧-⌘-W Close a file in Photoshop and open Bridge
+ ␣bar Switch to Zoom In tool
+ ⏎ in Navigat + panel zoom percentage box Apply zoom percentage, and keep zoom percentage box active
⌘-drag over preview in Navigat + panel Zoom in on specified area of an image
Spacebar-drag Move Zoom marquee while dragging with the Zoom tool
+ + `(grave accent) Switch to previous document
Spacebar-drag, + drag view area box in Navigat + panel Scroll image with Hand tool
Q Toggle between Standard mode and Quick Mask mode
Double-click Hand tool Fit image in window
F Toggle (forward) between Standard screen mode, Full screen mode with menu bar, and Full screen mode
Home + End Move view to upper-left corner or lower-right corner
Hold ↓ H and then click in the image and hold down the mouse button Temporarily zoom into an image

Selection tools

Shortcuts Action
{ Decrease Brush Hardness
X Switch Foreground/Background colors
T Horizontal Type toolVertical Type toolHorizontal Type mask toolVertical Type mask tool
I Eyedropper tool3D Material Eyedropper tool (ADD)Color Sampler toolRuler toolNote toolCount tool
K Frame tool
B Brush toolPencil toolColor Replacement toolMixer Brush tool
L Lasso toolPolygonal Lasso toolMagnetic Lasso tool
< First Brush
M Rectangular Marquee tool†Elliptical Marquee tool
J Spot Healing Brush toolHealing Brush toolPatch toolRed Eye toolContent-Aware Move toolRed Eye tool
> Last Brush
W Object Selection toolQuick Selection toolMagic Wand tool
. Next Brush
E Eraser tool†Background Eraser toolMagic Eraser tool
Q Toggle Standard/Quick Mask modes
} Increase Brush Hardness
Z Zoom tool†Liquify
C Crop toolPerspective Crop toolSlice toolSlice Select tool
H Hand tool†
G Gradient toolPaint Bucket tool3D Material Drop tool
P Pen toolFreeform Pen toolCurvature Pen tool
R Rotate View tool
O Dodge toolBurn toolSponge tool
V Artboard tool
/(f + ward slash) Toggle Preserve Transparency
U Rectangle toolEllipse toolPolygon toolLine toolCustom Shape tool
Y History Brush toolArt History Brush tool
S Clone Stamp toolPattern Stamp tool
, Previous Brush
V Move toolArtboard tool
A Path Selection toolDirect Selection tool
I Eyedropper tool†Color Sampler toolRuler toolNote tool
D Default Foreground/Background colors

Use function keys

Shortcuts Action
Help key Start Help
F3 Copy
F12 Revert
F6 Show/Hide Color panel
F2 Cut
F4 Paste
+ F5 Fill
+ F6 Feather Selection
F8 Show/Hide Info panel
+ F9 Show/Hide Actions panel
+ F7 Inverse Selection
F5 Show/Hide Brush panel
F1 Undo/Redo
F7 Show/Hide Layers panel

Popular shortcuts

Shortcuts Action
[ Decrease Brush Size
+ J New layer via copy
⌥-click layer Fit layer(s) to screen
Tab Navigate between fields
+ + + → Arrow Rotate the brush tip by 15 degrees
+ click Toggle auto-select checkbox in the Options bar with Move tool selected
+ + P Close all open documents other than the current document
D Default Foreground/Background colors
⌥-click brush + swatch Delete brush or swatch
+ Z Undo last command
Tab + Navigate between fields in the opposite direction
+ T Free Transform
Selects the first edit field of the toolbar
X Switch Foreground/Background colors
Change Cancel to Reset
] Increase Brush Size
Any selection tool + ⇧-drag Add to a selection
+ → Arrow Rotate the brush tip by 1 degree
⎋ape Cancel any modal dialog window (including the Start Workspace)
} Increase Brush Hardness
Hold ↓ ~ (tilde accent) Toggle between painting and erasing with the same brush
{ Decrease Brush Hardness
+ + J New layer via cut
+ D Deselect selections

About PhotoShop

Adobe Photoshop is the world's leading image editing software, developed and published by Adobe. It has powerful image processing capabilities, supporting everything from basic photo editing to professional-level image composition and special effects creation. Photoshop is not only suitable for photographers and designers, but is also widely used in various industries such as digital art and web design.

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Common Questions about PhotoShop Keyboard Shortcuts

  1. How to customize keyboard shortcuts?
    In Photoshop, you can customize your keyboard shortcuts through the “Keyboard Shortcuts” option in the “Edit” menu. This allows you to set the most suitable shortcut combinations based on your workflow.

  2. What are the differences in shortcuts between Windows and Mac?
    The main differences between Windows and Mac shortcuts lie in the modifier keys. For example, Ctrl is used on Windows, while Command is used on Mac. Most other shortcuts are functionally the same.

  3. Why aren't my keyboard shortcuts working?
    It could be due to changes in your shortcut settings, or because some functions have been assigned to other software. Try resetting Photoshop's default keyboard shortcuts, or check if other applications are conflicting with Photoshop's shortcuts.

Conclusion

Mastering Photoshop's keyboard shortcuts is an effective way to improve work efficiency. This article introduces the commonly used Photoshop keyboard shortcuts for both Windows and Mac operating systems, categorized by function. By mastering these shortcuts, you can work more smoothly during image editing, saving time and improving creative efficiency. If you want to learn more about Photoshop, you can visit the official website or the keyboard shortcut list.

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