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Adobe Photoshop Shortcuts
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| Popular shortcuts | |
|---|---|
| Free Transform | ⌘ + T |
| Decrease Brush Size | [ |
| Increase Brush Size | ] |
| Decrease Brush Hardness | { |
| Increase Brush Hardness | } |
| Default Foreground/Background colors | D |
| Switch Foreground/Background colors | X |
| New layer via copy | ⌘ + J |
| New layer via cut | ⇧ + ⌘ + J |
| Add to a selection | Any selection tool + ⇧-drag |
| Delete brush or swatch | ⌥-click brush or swatch |
| Toggle auto-select with move tool | ⌘-click |
| Cancel any modal dialog window (including the Start Workspace) | Escape |
| Navigate between fields | Tab |
| Navigate between fields in opposite direction | Tab + ⇧ |
| Change Cancel to Reset | ⌥ |
| Zoom 2x (temporary) | X |
| Zoom in | ⌘ + + (plus) |
| Zoom out | ⌘ + - (hyphen) |
| Fit in view | ⌘ + 0 (zero), Double-click Hand tool |
| Zoom to center at 100% | Double-click Zoom tool |
| Function keys | |
| Start Help | Help key |
| Undo/Redo | 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 | ⇧ + F5 |
| Feather Selection | ⇧ + F6 |
| Inverse Selection | ⇧ ⌘ i |
| Select tools | |
| Cycle through tools with the same shortcut key | ⇧-press shortcut key (if Use ⇧ Key for Tool Switch preference is selected) |
| Cycle through hidden tools | ⌥-click + tool (except Add Anchor Point, Delete Anchor Point, and Convert Point tools) |
| Move tool | V |
| Rectangular Marquee tool / Elliptical Marquee tool | M |
| Lasso tool / Polygonal Lasso tool / Magnetic Lasso tool | L |
| Magic Wand tool / Quick Selection tool | W |
| Crop tool / Slice tool / Slice Select tool | C |
| Eyedropper tool / Color Sampler 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 / Custom Shape 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 | / (forward slash) |
| Decrease Brush Hardness | { |
| Increase Brush Hardness | } |
| Previous Brush | , |
| Next Brush | . |
| First Brush | < |
| Last Brush | > |
| Images | |
| Cycle through open documents | ⌃ + Tab |
| Switch to previous document | ⇧ + ⌘ + `(grave accent) |
| Toggle (forward) between Standard screen mode, Full screen mode with menu bar, and Full screen mode | F |
| Toggle (backward) between Standard screen mode, Full screen mode with menu bar, and Full screen mode | ⇧ + F |
| Toggle (forward) canvas color | Spacebar + F (or ⌃-click canvas background and select color) |
| Toggle (backward) canvas color | Spacebar + ⇧ + F |
| Fit image in window | Double-click Hand tool |
| Magnify 100% | Double-click Zoom tool or ⌘ + 1 |
| Switch to Hand tool (when not in text-edit mode) | Spacebar |
| Simultaneously pan multiple documents with Hand tool | ⇧-drag |
| Switch to Zoom In tool | ⌘ + spacebar |
| Switch to Zoom Out tool | ⌥ + spacebar |
| Move Zoom marquee while dragging with the Zoom tool | Spacebar-drag |
| Apply zoom percentage, and keep zoom percentage box active | ⇧ + Return in Navigator panel zoom percentage box |
| Zoom in on specified area of an image | ⌘-drag over preview in Navigator panel |
| Temporarily zoom into an image | Hold down H and then click in the image and hold down the mouse button |
| Scroll image with Hand tool | Spacebar-drag, or drag view area box in Navigator panel |
| Move view to upper-left corner or lower-right corner | Home or End |
| Toggle layer mask on/off as rubylith (layer mask must be selected) | \ (backslash) |
| Refine Edge | |
| Open the Refine Edge dialog box | ⌘ + ⌥ + R |
| Cycle (forward) through preview modes | F |
| Cycle (backward) through preview modes | ⇧ + 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 Refinements tools | ⇧ + E |
| Filter Gallery | |
| Apply a new filter on top of selected | ⌥-click a filter |
| Reapply last-used filter | ⌃ + ⌘ + F |
| Open/close all disclosure triangles | ⌥-click a disclosure triangle |
| Change Cancel button to Default | ⌘ |
| Change Cancel button to Reset | ⌥ |
| Undo/Redo | ⌘ + Z |
| Step forward | ⌘ + ⇧ + Z |
| Step backward | ⌘ + ⌥ + Z |
| Liquify filter | |
| 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 | ⌥ + tool |
| Continually sample the distortion | ⌥-drag in preview with Reconstruct tool, Displace, Amplitwist, or Affine mode selected |
| Decrease/increase brush size by 2, or density, pressure, rate, or turbulent jitter by 1 | ↓/↑ in Brush Size, Density, Pressure, Rate, or Turbulent Jitter text box |
| Decrease/increase brush size by 2, or density, pressure, rate, or turbulent jitter by 1 | ←/→ with Brush Size, Density, Pressure, Rate, or Turbulent Jitter slider showing |
| Cycle through controls on right from top | Tab |
| Cycle through controls on right from bottom | ⇧ + Tab |
| Change Cancel to Reset | ⌥ |
| Vanishing Point | |
| Increase brush size (Brush, Stamp tools) | ] |
| Decrease brush size (Brush, Stamp tools) | [ |
| Increase brush hardness (Brush, Stamp tools) | ⇧ + ] |
| Decrease brush hardness (Brush, Stamp tools) | ⇧ + [ |
| Undo last action | ⌘ + Z |
| Redo last action | ⌘ + ⇧ + Z |
| Deselect all | ⌘ + D |
| Hide selection and planes | ⌘ + H |
| Move selection 1 pixel | Arrow keys |
| Move selection 10 pixels | ⇧ + arrow keys |
| Copy | ⌘ + C |
| Paste | ⌘ + V |
| Repeat last duplicate and move | ⌘ + ⇧ + T |
| Create a floating selection from the current selection | |
| Fill a selection with image under the pointer | ⌘-drag |
| Create a duplicate of the selection as a floating selection | ⌘ + ⌥-drag |
| Constrain selection to a 15° rotation | ⌥ + ⇧ to rotate |
| Select a plane under another selected plane | ⌘-click the plane |
| Create 90 degree plane off parent plane | ⌘-drag |
| Delete last node while creating plane | Delete |
| Make a full canvas plane, square to the camera | Double-click the Create Plane tool |
| Camera Raw dialog box | |
| Zoom tool | Z |
| Hand tool | H |
| White Balance tool | I |
| Color Sampler tool | S |
| Crop tool | C |
| Straighten tool | A |
| Spot Removal tool | B |
| Red Eye Removal tool | E |
| Basic panel | ⌘ + ⌥ + 1 |
| Tone Curve panel | ⌘ + ⌥ + 2 |
| Detail panel | ⌘ + ⌥ + 3 |
| HSL/Grayscale panel | ⌘ + ⌥ + 4 |
| Split Toning panel | ⌘ + ⌥ + 5 |
| Lens Corrections panel | ⌘ + ⌥ + 6 |
| Camera Calibration panel | ⌘ + ⌥ + 7 |
| Presets panel | ⌘ + ⌥ + 9 (macOS Universal Access zoom shortcut must be disabled in System Preferences) |
| Open Snapshots panel | ⌘ + ⌥ + 9 |
| Parametric Curve Targeted Adjustment tool | ⌘ + ⌥ + ⇧ + T |
| Hue Targeted Adjustment tool | ⌘ + ⌥ + ⇧ + H |
| Saturation Targeted Adjustment tool | ⌘ + ⌥ + ⇧ + S |
| Luminance Targeted Adjustment tool | ⌘ + ⌥ + ⇧ + L |
| Grayscale Mix Targeted Adjustment tool | ⌘ + ⌥ + ⇧ + G |
| Last-used Targeted Adjustment tool | T |
| Adjustment Brush tool | K |
| Graduated Filter tool | G |
| Increase/decrease brush size | ] / [ |
| Increase/decrease brush feather | ⇧ + ] / ⇧ + [ |
| Increase/decrease Adjustment Brush tool flow in increments of 10 | = (equal sign) / - (hyphen) |
| Temporarily switch from Add to Erase mode for theAdjustment Brush tool, or from Erase to Add mode | ⌥ |
| Increase/decrease temporary Adjustment Brush tool size | ⌥ + ] / ⌥ + [ |
| Increase/decrease temporary Adjustment Brush tool feather | ⌥ + ⇧ + ] / ⌥ + ⇧ + [ |
| Increase/decrease temporary Adjustment Brush tool flow in increments of 10 | ⌥ = (equal sign) / ⌥ + - (hyphen) |
| Switch to New mode from Add or Erase mode of theAdjustment Brush tool or the Graduated Filter | N |
| Toggle Auto Mask for Adjustment Brush tool | M |
| Toggle Show Mask for Adjustment Brush tool | Y |
| Toggle pins for Adjustment Brush tool | V |
| Toggle overlay for Graduated Filter, Spot Removal tool, or Red Eye Removal tool. | V |
| Rotate image left | L or ⌘ + ] |
| Rotate image right | R or ⌘ + [ |
| Zoom in | ⌘ + + (plus) |
| Zoom out | ⌘ + - (hyphen) |
| Temporarily switch to Zoom In tool | ⌘ |
| (Doesn’t work when Straighten tool is selected. If Crop tool is active, temporarily switches to Straighten tool.) | |
| Temporarily switch to Zoom Out tool and change the Open Image button to Open Copy and the Cancel button to Reset. | ⌥ |
| Toggle preview | P |
| Full screen mode | F |
| Temporarily activate the White Balance tool and change the Open Image button to Open Object. | ⇧ |
| Select multiple points in Curves panel | Click the first point; ⇧-click additional points |
| Add point to curve in Curves panel | ⌘-click in preview |
| Move selected point in Curves panel (1 unit) | Arrow keys |
| Move selected point in Curves panel (10 units) | ⇧-arrow |
| Open selected images in Camera Raw dialog box from Bridge | ⌘ + R |
| Open selected images from Bridge bypassing Camera Raw dialog box | ⇧ + double-click image |
| Display highlights that will be clipped in Preview | ⌥-drag Exposure, Recovery, or Black sliders |
| Highlight clipping warning | O |
| Shadows clipping warning | U |
| (Filmstrip mode) Add 1 - 5 star rating | ⌘ + 1 - 5 |
| (Filmstrip mode) Increase/decrease rating | ⌘ + . (period) / ⌘+, (comma) |
| (Filmstrip mode) Add red label | ⌘ + 6 |
| (Filmstrip mode) Add yellow label | ⌘ + 7 |
| (Filmstrip mode) Add green label | ⌘ + 8 |
| (Filmstrip mode) Add blue label | ⌘ + 9 |
| (Filmstrip mode) Add purple label | ⌘ + ⇧ + 0 |
| Camera Raw preferences | ⌘ + K |
| Deletes Adobe Camera Raw preferences | ⌥ + ⇧ (on open) |
| Black-and-White dialog box | |
| Open the Black-and-White dialog box | ⇧ + ⌘ + ⌥+ B |
| Increase/decrease selected value by 1% | ↑/↓ |
| Increase/decrease selected value by 10% | ⇧ + ↑/↓ |
| Change the values of the closest color slider | Click-drag on the image |
| Curves | |
| Open the Curves dialog box | ⌘ + M |
| Select next point on the curve | + (plus) |
| Select the previous point on the curve | – (minus) |
| Select multiple points on the curve | ⇧-click the points |
| Deselect a point | ⌘ + D |
| To delete a point on the curve | Select a point and press Delete |
| Move the selected point 1 unit | Arrow keys |
| Move the selected point 10 units | ⇧ + Arrow keys |
| Display highlights and shadows that will be clipped | ⌥-drag black/white point sliders |
| Set a point to the composite curve | ⌘-click the image |
| Set a point to the channel curves | ⇧ + ⌘-click the image |
| Toggle grid size | ⌥-click the field |
| Select and move objects | |
| Reposition marquee while selecting | Any marquee tool (except single column and single row) + spacebar-drag |
| Add to a selection | Any selection tool + ⇧-drag |
| Subtract from a selection | Any selection tool + ⌥-drag |
| Intersect a selection | Any selection tool (except Quick Selection tool) + ⇧-⌥-drag |
| Constrain marquee to square or circle (if no other selections are active) | ⇧-drag |
| Draw marquee from center (if no other selections are active) | ⌥-drag |
| Constrain shape and draw marquee from center | ⇧ + ⌥-drag |
| Switch to Move tool | ⌘ (except when Hand, Slice, Path, Shape, or any Pen tool is selected) |
| Switch from Magnetic Lasso tool to Lasso tool | ⌥-drag |
| Switch from Magnetic Lasso tool to polygonal Lasso tool | ⌥-click |
| Move copy of selection | Move tool + ⌥-drag selection |
| Move selection area 1 pixel | Any selection + →, ←, ↑, or ↓ |
| Move selection 1 pixel | Move tool + →, ←, ↑, or ↓ |
| Move layer 1 pixel when nothing selected on layer | ⌘ + →, ←, ↑, or ↓ |
| Increase/decrease detection width | Magnetic Lasso tool + [ or ] |
| Accept cropping or exit cropping | Crop tool + Return or Esc |
| Toggle crop shield off and on | / (forward slash) |
| Make protractor | Ruler tool + ⌥-drag end point |
| Snap guide to ruler ticks (except when View > Snap is unchecked) | ⇧-drag guide |
| Convert between horizontal and vertical guide | ⌥-drag guide |
| Transform selections, selection borders, and paths | |
| Transform from center or reflect | ⌥ |
| Constrain | ⇧ |
| Distort | ⌘ |
| Apply | Return |
| Cancel | ⌘ + . (period) or Esc |
| Free transform with duplicate data | ⌘ + ⌥ + T |
| Transform again with duplicate data | ⌘ + ⇧ + ⌥ + T |
| Edit paths | |
| Select multiple anchor points | Direct selection tool + ⇧-click |
| Select entire path | Direct selection tool + ⌥-click |
| Duplicate a path | Pen (any Pen tool), Path Selection or Direct Selection tool + ⌘ + ⌥-drag |
| Switch from Path Selection, Pen, Add Anchor Point, Delete Anchor Point, or Convert Point tools to Direct Selection tool | ⌘ |
| Switch from Pen tool or Freeform Pen tool to Convert Point tool when pointer is over anchor or direction point | ⌥ |
| Close path | Magnetic Pen tool-double-click |
| Close path with straight-line segment | Magnetic Pen tool + ⌥-double-click |
| Painting | |
| Select foreground color from color picker | Any painting tool + ⌃ + ⌥ + ⌘ and drag |
| Select foreground color from image with Eyedropper tool | Any painting tool + ⌥ or any shape tool + ⌥ (except when Paths ⌥ is selected) |
| Select background color | Eyedropper tool + ⌥-click |
| Color sampler tool | Eyedropper tool + ⇧ |
| Deletes color sampler | Color sampler tool + ⌥-click |
| Sets opacity, tolerance, strength, or exposure for painting mode | Any painting or 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 flow for painting mode | Any painting or editing tool + ⇧ + number keys (e.g., 0 = 100%, 1 = 10%, 4 then 5 in quick succession = 45%) (when airbrush ⌥ is enabled, omit ⇧) |
| Mixer Brush changes Mix setting | ⌥ + ⇧ + number |
| Mixer Brush changes Wet setting | Number keys |
| Mixer Brush changes Wet and Mix to zero | 0 |
| Cycle through blending modes | ⇧ + + (plus) or – (minus) |
| Open Fill dialog box on background or standard layer | Delete or ⇧ + Delete |
| Fill with foreground or background color | ⌥ + Delete or ⌘ + Delete |
| Fill from history | ⌘ + ⌥ + Delete |
| Displays Fill dialog box | ⇧ + Delete |
| Lock transparent pixels on/off | / (forward slash) |
| Connects points with a straight line | Any painting tool + ⇧-click |
| Blending modes | |
| Cycle through blending modes | ⇧ + + (plus) or – (minus) |
| Normal | ⇧ + ⌥ + N |
| Dissolve | ⇧ + ⌥ + I |
| Behind (Brush tool only) | ⇧ + ⌥ + Q |
| Clear (Brush tool only) | ⇧ + ⌥ + R |
| Darken | ⇧ + ⌥ + K |
| Multiply | ⇧ + ⌥ + M |
| Color Burn | ⇧ + ⌥ + B |
| Linear Burn | ⇧ + ⌥ + A |
| Lighten | ⇧ + ⌥ + G |
| Screen | ⇧ + ⌥ + S |
| Color Dodge | ⇧ + ⌥ + D |
| Linear Dodge | ⇧ + ⌥ + W |
| Overlay | ⇧ + ⌥ + O |
| Soft Light | ⇧ + ⌥ + F |
| Hard Light | ⇧ + ⌥ + H |
| Vivid Light | ⇧ + ⌥ + V |
| Linear Light | ⇧ + ⌥ + J |
| Pin Light | ⇧ + ⌥ + Z |
| Hard Mix | ⇧ + ⌥ + L |
| Difference | ⇧ + ⌥ + E |
| Exclusion | ⇧ + ⌥ + X |
| Hue | ⇧ + ⌥ + U |
| Saturation | ⇧ + ⌥ + T |
| Color | ⇧ + ⌥ + C |
| Luminosity | ⇧ + ⌥ + Y |
| Desaturate | Sponge tool + ⇧ + ⌥ + D |
| Saturate | Sponge tool + ⇧ + ⌥ + S |
| Dodge/burn shadows | Dodge tool/Burn tool + ⇧ + ⌥ + S |
| Dodge/burn midtones | Dodge tool/Burn tool + ⇧ + ⌥ + M |
| Dodge/burn highlights | Dodge tool/Burn tool + ⇧ + ⌥ + H |
| Set blending mode to Threshold for bitmap images, Normal for all other images | ⇧ + ⌥ + N |
| Select and edit text | |
| Move type in image | ⌘-drag type when Type layer is selected |
| Select 1 character left/right or 1 line down/up, or 1 word left/right | ⇧ + ←/→ or ↓/↑, or ⌘ + ⇧ + ←/→ |
| Select characters from insertion point to mouse click point | ⇧-click |
| Move 1 character left/right, 1 line down/up, or 1 word left/right | ←/→, ↓/↑, or ⌘ + ←/→ |
| Create a new text layer, when a text layer is selected in the Layers panel | ⇧-click |
| Select a word, line, paragraph, or story | Double-click, triple-click, quadruple-click, or quintuple-click |
| Show/Hide selection on selected type | ⌘ + H |
| Display the bounding box for transforming text when editing text, or activate Move tool if cursor is inside the bounding box | ⌘ |
| Scale text within a bounding box when resizing the bounding box | ⌘-drag a bounding box handle |
| Move text box while creating text box | Spacebar-drag |
| Format type | |
| Align left, center, or right | Horizontal Type tool + ⌘ + ⇧ + L, C, or R |
| Align top, center, or bottom | Vertical Type tool + ⌘ + ⇧ + L, C, or R |
| Choose 100% horizontal scale | ⌘ + ⇧ + X |
| Choose 100% vertical scale | ⌘ + ⇧ + ⌥ + X |
| Choose Auto leading | ⌘ + ⇧ + ⌥ + A |
| Choose 0 for tracking | ⌘ + ⌃ + ⇧ + Q |
| Justify paragraph, left aligns last line | ⌘ + ⇧ + J |
| Justify paragraph, justifies all | ⌘ + ⇧ + F |
| Toggle paragraph hyphenation on/off | ⌘ + ⌃ + ⇧ + ⌥ + H |
| Toggle single/every-line composer on/off | ⌘ + ⇧ + ⌥ + T |
| Decrease or increase type size of selected text 2 points or pixels | ⌘ + ⇧ + < or > |
| Decrease or increase leading 2 points or pixels | ⌥ + ↓ or ↑ |
| Decrease or increase baseline shift 2 points or pixels | ⇧ + ⌥ + ↓ or ↑ |
| Decrease or increase kerning/tracking 20/1000 ems | ⌥ + ← or → |
| Panels | |
| Set options for new items (except for Actions, Animation, Styles, Brushes, Tool Presets, and Layer Comps panels) | ⌥-click New button |
| Delete without confirmation (except for the Brush panel) | ⌥-click Delete button |
| Apply value and keep text box active | ⇧ + Return |
| Show/Hide all panels | Tab |
| Show/Hide all panels except the toolbox and options bar | ⇧ + Tab |
| Highlight options bar | Select tool and press Return |
| Increase/decrease selected values by 10 | ⇧ + ↑/↓ |
| Adjustment layers | |
| Choose specific channel for adjustment | ⌥ + 3 (red), 4 (green), 5 (blue) |
| Choose composite channel for adjustment | ⌥ + 2 |
| Delete adjustment layer | Delete |
| Define Auto options for Levels or Curves | ⌥-click Auto button |
| Brush panel | |
| Delete brush | ⌥-click brush |
| Rename brush | Double-click brush |
| Change brush size | Ctrl + ⌥ + drag left or right |
| Decrease/increase brush softness/hardness | Ctrl + ⌥ + drag up or down |
| Select previous/next brush size | , (comma) or . (period) |
| Select first/last brush | ⇧ + , (comma) or . (period) |
| Display precise cross hair for brushes | Caps Lock |
| Toggle airbrush option | ⇧ + ⌥ + P |
| Clone Source panel | |
| Show Clone Source (overlays image) | ⌥ + ⇧ |
| Nudge Clone Source | ⌥ + ⇧ + arrow keys |
| Rotate Clone Source | ⌥ + ⇧ + < or > |
| Scale (increase or reduce size) Clone Source | ⌥ + ⇧ + [ or ] |
| Color panel | |
| Select background color | ⌥-click color in color bar |
| Display Color Bar menu | ⌃-click color bar |
| Cycle through color choices | ⇧-click color bar |
| History panel | |
| Create a new snapshot | ⌥ + New Snapshot |
| Rename snapshot | Double-click snapshot name |
| Step forward through image states | ⌘ + ⇧ + Z |
| Step backward through image states | ⌘ + ⌥ + Z |
| Duplicate any image state, except the current state | ⌥-click the image state |
| Permanently clear history (no Undo) | ⌥ + Clear History (in History panel pop‑up menu) |
| Layers panel | |
| Load layer transparency as a selection | ⌘-click layer thumbnail |
| Add to current selection | ⌘ + ⇧-click layer thumbnail |
| Subtract from current selection | ⌘ + ⌥-click layer thumbnail |
| Intersect with current selection | ⌘ + ⇧ + ⌥-click layer thumbnail |
| Load filter mask as a selection | ⌘-click filter mask thumbnail |
| New layer | ⌘ + ⇧+ N |
| New layer via copy | ⌘ + J |
| New layer via cut | ⇧ + ⌘ + J |
| Group layers | ⌘ + G |
| Ungroup layers | ⌘ + ⇧ + G |
| Create/release clipping mask | ⌘ + ⌥ + G |
| Select all layers | ⌘ + ⌥ + A |
| Merge visible layers | ⌘ + ⇧ + E |
| Create new empty layer with dialog box | ⌥-click New Layer button |
| Create new layer below target layer | ⌘-click New Layer button |
| Select top layer | ⌥ + . (period) |
| Select bottom layer | ⌥ + , (comma) |
| Add to layer selection in Layers panel | ⇧ + ⌥ + [ or ] |
| Select next layer down/up | ⌥ + [ or ] |
| Move target layer down/up | ⌘ + [ or ] |
| Merge a copy of all visible layers into target layer | ⌘ + ⇧ + ⌥ + E |
| Merge layers | Highlight the layers you want to merge, then ⌘ + E |
| Move layer to bottom or top | ⌘ + ⇧ + [ or ] |
| Copy current layer to layer below | ⌥ + Merge Down ⌘ from the Panel pop‑up menu |
| Merge all visible layers to a new layer above the currently selected layer | ⌥ + Merge Visible ⌘ from the Panel pop‑up menu |
| Show/hide this layer/layer group only or all layers/layer groups | ⌃-click the eye icon |
| Show/hide all other currently visible layers | ⌥-click the eye icon |
| Toggle lock transparency for target layer, or last applied lock | / (forward slash) |
| Edit layer effect/style, options | Double-click layer effect/style |
| Hide layer effect/style | ⌥-double-click layer effect/style |
| Edit layer style | Double-click layer |
| Disable/enable vector mask | ⇧-click vector mask thumbnail |
| Open Layer Mask Display Options dialog box | Double-click layer mask thumbnail |
| Toggle layer mask on/off | ⇧-click layer mask thumbnail |
| Toggle filter mask on/off | ⇧-click filter mask thumbnail |
| Toggle between layer mask/composite image | ⌥-click layer mask thumbnail |
| Toggle between filter mask/composite image | ⌥-click filter mask thumbnail |
| Toggle rubylith mode for layer mask on/off | \ (backslash), or ⇧ + ⌥-click |
| Select all type; temporarily select Type tool | Double-click type layer thumbnail |
| Create a clipping mask | ⌥-click the line dividing two layers |
| Rename layer | Double-click the layer name |
| Edit filter settings | Double-click the filter effect |
| Edit the Filter Blending options | Double-click the Filter Blending icon |
| Create new layer group below current layer/layer set | ⌘-click New Group button |
| Create new layer group with dialog box | ⌥-click New Group button |
| Create layer mask that hides all/selection | ⌥-click Add Layer Mask button |
| Create vector mask that reveals all/path area | ⌘-click Add Layer Mask button |
| Create vector mask that hides all or displays path area | ⌘ + ⌥-click Add Layer Mask button |
| Display layer group properties | ⌃-click the layer group and choose Group Properties, or double-click group |
| Select/deselect multiple contiguous layers | ⇧-click |
| Select/deselect multiple discontiguous layers | ⌘-click |
| Paths panel | |
| Load path as selection | ⌘-click pathname |
| Add path to selection | ⌘ + ⇧-click pathname |
| Subtract path from selection | ⌘ + ⌥-click pathname |
| Retain intersection of path as selection | ⌘ + ⇧ + ⌥-click pathname |
| Hide path | ⌘ + ⇧ + H |
| Set options for Fill Path with Foreground Color button, Stroke Path with Brush button, Load Path as a Selection button, Make Work Path from Selection button, and Create New Path button | ⌥-click button |
| Swatches panel | |
| Create new swatch from foreground color | Click in empty area of panel |
| Set swatch color as background color | ⌘-click swatch |
| Delete swatch | ⌥-click swatch |
| Popular shortcuts | |
|---|---|
| Free Transform | Control + T |
| Decrease Brush Size | [ |
| Increase Brush Size | ] |
| Decrease Brush Hardness | { |
| Increase Brush Hardness | } |
| Default Foreground/Background colors | D |
| Switch Foreground/Background colors | X |
| New layer via copy | Control + J |
| New layer via cut | Shift + Control + J |
| Add to a selection | Any selection tool + Shift-drag |
| Delete brush or swatch | Alt-click brush or swatch |
| Toggle auto-select with move tool | Control-click |
| Cancel any modal dialog window (including the Start Workspace) | Escape |
| Select the first edit field of the tool bar | Enter |
| Navigate between fields | Tab |
| Navigate between fields in opposite direction | Tab + Shift |
| Change Cancel to Reset | Alt |
| Function keys | |
| Start Help | F1 |
| Undo/Redo | |
| 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 |
| Select tools | |
| Cycle through tools with the same shortcut key | Shift-press shortcut key (if Use Shift Key for Tool Switch preference is selected) |
| Cycle through hidden tools | Alt-click + tool (except Add Anchor Point, Delete Anchor Point, and Convert Point tools) |
| Move tool | V |
| Rectangular Marquee tool | M |
| Elliptical Marquee tool | M |
| Lasso tool | L |
| Polygonal Lasso tool | L |
| Magnetic Lasso tool | L |
| Magic Wand tool | W |
| Quick Selection tool | W |
| Crop tool | C |
| Slice tool | C |
| Slice Select tool | C |
| Eyedropper tool | I |
| Color Sampler tool | I |
| Ruler tool | I |
| Note tool | I |
| Spot Healing Brush tool | J |
| Healing Brush tool | J |
| Patch tool | J |
| Red Eye tool | J |
| Brush tool | B |
| Pencil tool | B |
| Color Replacement tool | B |
| Mixer Brush tool | B |
| Clone Stamp tool | S |
| Pattern Stamp tool | S |
| History Brush tool | Y |
| Art History Brush tool | Y |
| Eraser tool | E |
| Background Eraser tool | E |
| Magic Eraser tool | E |
| Gradient tool | G |
| Paint Bucket tool | G |
| Dodge tool | O |
| Burn tool | O |
| Sponge tool | O |
| Pen tool | P |
| Freeform Pen tool | P |
| Horizontal Type tool | T |
| Vertical Type tool | T |
| Horizontal Type mask tool | T |
| Vertical Type mask tool | T |
| Path Selection tool | A |
| Direct Selection tool | A |
| Rectangle tool | U |
| Rounded Rectangle tool | U |
| Ellipse tool | U |
| Polygon tool | U |
| Line tool | U |
| Custom Shape 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 | / (forward slash) |
| Decrease Brush Hardness | { |
| Increase Brush Hardness | } |
| Previous Brush | , |
| Next Brush | . |
| First Brush | < |
| Last Brush | > |
| Images | |
| Cycle through open documents | Control + Tab |
| Switch to previous document | Shift + Control + Tab |
| Close a file in Photoshop and open Bridge | Shift-Control-W |
| Toggle between Standard mode and Quick Mask mode | Q |
| Toggle (forward) between Standard screen mode, Full screen mode with menu bar, and Full screen mode | F |
| Toggle (backward) between Standard screen mode, Full screen mode with menu bar, and Full screen mode | Shift + F |
| Toggle (forward) canvas color | Spacebar + F (or right-click canvas background and select color) |
| Toggle (backward) canvas color | Spacebar + Shift + F |
| Fit image in window | Double-click Hand tool |
| Magnify 100% | Double-click Zoom tool or |
| Ctrl + 1 | |
| Switch to Hand tool (when not in text-edit mode) | Spacebar |
| Simultaneously pan multiple documents with Hand tool | Shift-drag |
| Switch to Zoom In tool | Control + spacebar |
| Switch to Zoom Out tool | Alt + spacebar |
| Move Zoom marquee while dragging with the Zoom tool | Spacebar-drag |
| Apply zoom percentage, and keep zoom percentage box active | Shift + Enter in Navigator panel zoom percentage box |
| Zoom in on specified area of an image | Control-drag over preview in Navigator panel |
| Temporarily zoom into an image | Hold down H and then click in the image and hold down the mouse button |
| Scroll image with Hand tool | Spacebar-drag, or drag view area box in Navigator panel |
| Scroll up or down 1 screen | Page Up or Page Down |
| Scroll up or down 10 units | Shift + Page Up or Page Down |
| Move view to upper-left corner or lower-right corner | Home or End |
| Toggle layer mask on/off as rubylith (layer mask must be selected) | \ (backslash) |
| Hold down Ctrl (Windows) or Command (macOS) to scroll left (Page Up) or right (Page Down) | |
| Refine Edge | |
| Open the Refine Edge dialog box | Control + Alt + R |
| Cycle (forward) through preview modes | F |
| Cycle (backward) 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 Refinements tools | Shift + E |
| Filter Gallery | |
| Apply a new filter on top of selected | Alt-click a filter |
| Reapply last-used filter | Control + Alt + F |
| Open/close all disclosure triangles | Alt-click a disclosure triangle |
| Change Cancel button to Default | Control |
| Change Cancel button to Reset | Alt |
| Undo/Redo | Control + Z |
| Step forward | Control + Shift + Z |
| Step backward | Control + Alt + Z |
| Liquify filter | |
| 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 |
| Continually sample the distortion | Alt-drag in preview with Reconstruct tool, Displace, Amplitwist, or Affine mode selected |
| Decrease/increase brush size by 2, or density, pressure, rate, or turbulent jitter by 1 | Down Arrow/Up Arrow in Brush Size, Density, Pressure, Rate, or Turbulent Jitter text box |
| Decrease/increase brush size by 2, or density, pressure, rate, or turbulent jitter by 1 | Left Arrow/Right Arrow with Brush Size, Density, Pressure, Rate, or Turbulent Jitter slider showing |
| Cycle through controls on right from top | Tab |
| Cycle through controls on right from bottom | Shift + Tab |
| Change Cancel to Reset | Alt |
| Vanishing Point | |
| Zoom 2x (temporary) | X |
| Zoom in | Control + + (plus) |
| Zoom out | Control + - (hyphen) |
| Fit in view | Control + 0 (zero), Double-click Hand tool |
| Zoom to center at 100% | Double-click Zoom tool |
| Increase brush size (Brush, Stamp tools) | ] |
| Decrease brush size (Brush, Stamp tools) | [ |
| Increase brush hardness (Brush, Stamp tools) | Shift + ] |
| Decrease brush hardness (Brush, Stamp tools) | Shift + [ |
| Undo last action | Control + Z |
| Redo last action | Control + Shift + Z |
| Deselect all | Control + D |
| Hide selection and planes | Control + H |
| Move selection 1 pixel | Arrow keys |
| Move selection 10 pixels | Shift + arrow keys |
| Copy | Control + C |
| Paste | Control + V |
| Repeat last duplicate and move | Control + Shift + T |
| Create a floating selection from the current selection | Control + Alt + T |
| Fill a selection with image under the pointer | Control-drag |
| Create a duplicate of the selection as a floating selection | Control + Alt-drag |
| Constrain selection to a 15° rotation | Alt + Shift to rotate |
| Select a plane under another selected plane | Control-click the plane |
| Create 90 degree plane off parent plane | Control-drag |
| Delete last node while creating plane | Backspace |
| Make a full canvas plane, square to the camera | Double-click the Create Plane tool |
| Camera Raw dialog box | |
| Zoom tool | Z |
| Hand tool | H |
| White Balance tool | I |
| Color Sampler tool | S |
| Crop tool | C |
| Straighten tool | A |
| Spot Removal tool | B |
| Red Eye Removal tool | E |
| Basic panel | Ctrl + Alt + 1 |
| Tone Curve panel | Ctrl + Alt + 2 |
| Detail panel | Ctrl + Alt + 3 |
| HSL/Grayscale panel | Ctrl + Alt + 4 |
| Split Toning panel | Ctrl + Alt + 5 |
| Lens Corrections panel | Ctrl + Alt + 6 |
| Camera Calibration panel | Ctrl + Alt + 7 |
| Presets panel | Ctrl + Alt + 9 |
| Open Snapshots panel | Ctrl + Alt + 9 |
| Parametric Curve Targeted Adjustment tool | Ctrl + Alt + Shift + T |
| Hue Targeted Adjustment tool | Ctrl + Alt + Shift + H |
| Saturation Targeted Adjustment tool | Ctrl + Alt + Shift + S |
| Luminance Targeted Adjustment tool | Ctrl + Alt + Shift + L |
| Grayscale Mix Targeted Adjustment tool | Ctrl + Alt + Shift + G |
| Last-used Targeted Adjustment tool | T |
| Adjustment Brush tool | K |
| Graduated Filter tool | G |
| Increase/decrease brush size | ] / [ |
| Increase/decrease brush feather | Shift + ] / Shift + [ |
| Increase/decrease Adjustment Brush tool flow in increments of 10 | = (equal sign) / - (hyphen) |
| Temporarily switch from Add to Erase mode for theAdjustment Brush tool, or from Erase to Add mode | Alt |
| Increase/decrease temporary Adjustment Brush tool size | Alt + ] / Alt + [ |
| Increase/decrease temporary Adjustment Brush tool feather | Alt + Shift + ] / Alt + Shift + [ |
| Increase/decrease temporary Adjustment Brush tool flow in increments of 10 | Alt + = (equal sign) / Alt + - (hyphen) |
| Switch to New mode from Add or Erase mode of theAdjustment Brush tool or the Graduated Filter | N |
| Toggle Auto Mask for Adjustment Brush tool | M |
| Toggle Show Mask for Adjustment Brush tool | Y |
| Toggle pins for Adjustment Brush tool | V |
| Toggle overlay for Graduated Filter, Spot Removal tool, or Red Eye Removal tool. | V |
| Rotate image left | L or Ctrl + ] |
| Rotate image right | R or Ctrl + [ |
| Zoom in | Ctrl + + (plus) |
| Zoom out | Ctrl + - (hyphen) |
| Temporarily switch to Zoom In tool | Ctrl |
| (Doesn’t work when Straighten tool is selected. If Crop tool is active, temporarily switches to Straighten tool.) | |
| Temporarily switch to Zoom Out tool and change the Open Image button to Open Copy and the Cancel button to Reset. | Alt |
| Toggle preview | P |
| Full screen mode | F |
| Temporarily activate the White Balance tool and change the Open Image button to Open Object. | Shift |
| (Does not work if Crop tool is active) | |
| Select multiple points in Curves panel | Click the first point; Shift-click additional points |
| Add point to curve in Curves panel | Control-click in preview |
| Move selected point in Curves panel (1 unit) | Arrow keys |
| Move selected point in Curves panel (10 units) | Shift-arrow |
| Open selected images in Camera Raw dialog box from Bridge | Ctrl + R |
| Open selected images from Bridge bypassing Camera Raw dialog box | Shift + double-click image |
| Display highlights that will be clipped in Preview | Alt-drag Exposure, Recovery, or Black sliders |
| Highlight clipping warning | O |
| Shadows clipping warning | U |
| (Filmstrip mode) Add 1 - 5 star rating | Ctrl +1 - 5 |
| (Filmstrip mode) Increase/decrease rating | Ctrl +. (period) / Ctrl+, (comma) |
| (Filmstrip mode) Add red label | Ctrl + 6 |
| (Filmstrip mode) Add yellow label | Ctrl + 7 |
| (Filmstrip mode) Add green label | Ctrl + 8 |
| (Filmstrip mode) Add blue label | Ctrl + 9 |
| (Filmstrip mode) Add purple label | Ctrl + Shift + 0 |
| Camera Raw preferences | Ctrl + K |
| Deletes Adobe Camera Raw preferences | Ctrl + Alt (on open) |
| Black-and-White dialog box | |
| Open the Black-and-White dialog box | Shift + Control + Alt + B |
| Increase/decrease selected value by 1% | Up Arrow/Down Arrow |
| Increase/decrease selected value by 10% | Shift + Up Arrow/Down Arrow |
| Change the values of the closest color slider | Click-drag on the image |
| Curves | |
| Open the Curves dialog box | Control + M |
| Select next point on the curve | + (plus) |
| Select the previous point on the curve | – (minus) |
| Select multiple points on the curve | Shift-click the points |
| Deselect a point | Control + D |
| To delete a point on the curve | Select a point and press Delete |
| Move the selected point 1 unit | Arrow keys |
| Move the selected point 10 units | Shift + Arrow keys |
| Display highlights and shadows that will be clipped | Alt-drag black/white point sliders |
| Set a point to the composite curve | Control-click the image |
| Set a point to the channel curves | Shift + Control-click the image |
| Toggle grid size | Alt-click the field |
| Select and move objects | |
| Reposition marquee while selecting‡ | Any marquee tool (except single column and single row) + spacebar-drag |
| Add to a selection | Any selection tool + Shift-drag |
| Subtract from a selection | Any selection tool + Alt-drag |
| Intersect a selection | Any selection tool (except Quick Selection tool) + Shift-Alt-drag |
| Constrain marquee to square or circle (if no other selections are active)‡ | Shift-drag |
| Draw marquee from center (if no other selections are active)‡ | Alt-drag |
| Constrain shape and draw marquee from center‡ | Shift + Alt-drag |
| Switch to Move tool | Control (except when Hand, Slice, Path, Shape, or any Pen tool is selected) |
| Switch from Magnetic Lasso tool to Lasso tool | Alt-drag |
| Switch from Magnetic Lasso tool to polygonal Lasso tool | Alt-click |
| Apply/cancel an operation of the Magnetic Lasso | Enter/Esc or Control + . (period) |
| Move copy of selection | Move tool + Alt-drag selection‡ |
| Move selection area 1 pixel | Any selection + Right Arrow, Left Arrow, Up Arrow, or Down Arrow |
| Move selection 1 pixel | Move tool + Right Arrow, Left Arrow, Up Arrow, or Down Arrow‡ |
| Move layer 1 pixel when nothing selected on layer | Control + Right Arrow, Left Arrow, Up Arrow, or Down Arrow |
| Increase/decrease detection width | Magnetic Lasso tool + [ or ] |
| Accept cropping or exit cropping | Crop tool + Enter or Esc |
| Toggle crop shield off and on | / (forward slash) |
| Make protractor | Ruler tool + Alt-drag end point |
| Snap guide to ruler ticks (except when View > Snap is unchecked) | Shift-drag guide |
| Convert between horizontal and vertical guide | Alt-drag guide |
| Transform selections, selection borders, and paths | |
| Transform from center or reflect | Alt |
| Constrain | Shift |
| Distort | Control |
| Apply | Enter |
| Cancel | Control + . (period) or Esc |
| Free transform with duplicate data | Control + Alt + T |
| Transform again with duplicate data | Control + Shift + Alt + T |
| Edit paths | |
| Select multiple anchor points | Direct selection tool + Shift-click |
| Select entire path | Direct selection tool + Alt-click |
| Duplicate a path | Pen (any Pen tool), Path Selection or Direct Selection tool + Control + Alt-drag |
| Switch from Path Selection, Pen, Add Anchor Point, Delete Anchor Point, or Convert Point tools to Direct Selection tool | Control |
| Switch from Pen tool or Freeform Pen tool to Convert Point tool when pointer is over anchor or direction point | Alt |
| Close path | Magnetic Pen tool-double-click |
| Close path with straight-line segment | Magnetic Pen tool + Alt-double-click |
| Painting | |
| Select foreground color from color picker | Any painting tool + Shift + Alt + right-click and drag |
| Select foreground color from image with Eyedropper tool | Any painting tool + Alt or any shape tool + Alt (except when Paths option is selected) |
| Select background color | Eyedropper tool + Alt-click |
| Color sampler tool | Eyedropper tool + Shift |
| Deletes color sampler | Color sampler tool + Alt-click |
| Sets opacity, tolerance, strength, or exposure for painting mode | Any painting or 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 flow for painting mode | Any painting or 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) |
| Mixer Brush changes Mix setting | Alt + Shift + number |
| Mixer Brush changes Wet setting | Number keys |
| Mixer Brush changes Wet and Mix to zero | 0 |
| Cycle through blending modes | Shift + + (plus) or – (minus) |
| Open Fill dialog box on background or standard layer | Backspace or Shift + Backspace |
| Fill with foreground or background color | Alt + Backspace or Control + Backspace |
| Fill from history | Control + Alt + Backspace |
| Displays Fill dialog box | Shift + Backspace |
| Lock transparent pixels on/off | / (forward slash) |
| Connects points with a straight line | Any painting tool + Shift-click |
| Blending modes | |
| Cycle through blending modes | Shift + + (plus) or – (minus) |
| Normal | Shift + Alt + N |
| Dissolve | Shift + Alt + I |
| Behind (Brush tool only) | Shift + Alt + Q |
| Clear (Brush tool only) | Shift + Alt + R |
| Darken | Shift + Alt + K |
| Multiply | Shift + Alt + M |
| Color Burn | Shift + Alt + B |
| Linear Burn | Shift + Alt + A |
| Lighten | Shift + Alt + G |
| Screen | Shift + Alt + S |
| Color Dodge | Shift + Alt + D |
| Linear Dodge | Shift + Alt + W |
| Overlay | Shift + Alt + O |
| Soft Light | Shift + Alt + F |
| Hard Light | Shift + Alt + H |
| Vivid Light | Shift + Alt + V |
| Linear Light | Shift + Alt + J |
| Pin Light | Shift + Alt + Z |
| Hard Mix | Shift + Alt + L |
| Difference | Shift + Alt + E |
| Exclusion | Shift + Alt + X |
| Hue | Shift + Alt + U |
| Saturation | Shift + Alt + T |
| Color | Shift + Alt + C |
| Luminosity | Shift + Alt + Y |
| Desaturate | Sponge tool + Shift + Alt + D |
| Saturate | Sponge tool + Shift + Alt + S |
| Dodge/burn shadows | Dodge tool/Burn tool + Shift + Alt + S |
| Dodge/burn midtones | Dodge tool/Burn tool + Shift + Alt + M |
| Dodge/burn highlights | Dodge tool/Burn tool + Shift + Alt + H |
| Set blending mode to Threshold for bitmap images, Normal for all other images | Shift + Alt + N |
| Select and edit text | |
| Move type in image | Control-drag type when Type layer is selected |
| Select 1 character left/right or 1 line down/up, or 1 word left/right | Shift + Left Arrow/Right Arrow or Down Arrow/Up Arrow, or Control + Shift + Left Arrow/Right Arrow |
| Select characters from insertion point to mouse click point | Shift-click |
| Move 1 character left/right, 1 line down/up, or 1 word left/right | Left Arrow/Right Arrow, Down Arrow/Up Arrow, or Control + Left Arrow/Right Arrow |
| Create a new text layer, when a text layer is selected in the Layers panel | Shift-click |
| Select a word, line, paragraph, or story | Double-click, triple-click, quadruple-click, or quintuple-click |
| Show/Hide selection on selected type | Control + H |
| Display the bounding box for transforming text when editing text, or activate Move tool if cursor is inside the bounding box | Control |
| Scale text within a bounding box when resizing the bounding box | Control-drag a bounding box handle |
| Move text box while creating text box | Spacebar-drag |
| Format type | |
| Align left, center, or right | Horizontal Type tool + Control + Shift + L, C, or R |
| Align top, center, or bottom | Vertical Type tool + Control + Shift + L, C, or R |
| Choose 100% horizontal scale | Control + Shift + X |
| Choose 100% vertical scale | Control + Shift + Alt + X |
| Choose Auto leading | Control + Shift + Alt + A |
| Choose 0 for tracking | Control + Shift + Q |
| Justify paragraph, left aligns last line | Control + Shift + J |
| Justify paragraph, justifies all | Control + Shift + F |
| Toggle paragraph hyphenation on/off | Control + Shift + Alt + H |
| Toggle single/every-line composer on/off | Control + Shift + Alt + T |
| Decrease or increase type size of selected text 2 points or pixels | Control + Shift + < or > |
| Decrease or increase leading 2 points or pixels | Alt + Down Arrow or Up Arrow |
| Decrease or increase baseline shift 2 points or pixels | Shift + Alt + Down Arrow or Up Arrow |
| Decrease or increase kerning/tracking 20/1000 ems | Alt + Left Arrow or Right Arrow |
| Panels | |
| Set options for new items (except for Actions, Animation, Styles, Brushes, Tool Presets, and Layer Comps panels) | Alt-click New button |
| Delete without confirmation (except for the Brush panel) | Alt-click Delete button |
| 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 and press Enter |
| Increase/decrease selected values by 10 | Shift + Up Arrow/Down Arrow |
| Adjustment layers | |
| Choose specific channel for adjustment | Alt + 3 (red), 4 (green), 5 (blue) |
| Choose composite channel for adjustment | Alt + 2 |
| Delete adjustment layer | Delete or Backspace |
| Define Auto options for Levels or Curves | Alt-click Auto button |
| Brush panel | |
| Delete brush | Alt-click brush |
| Rename brush | Double-click brush |
| Change brush size | Alt + right-click + drag left or right |
| Decrease/increase brush softness/hardness | Alt + right-click + drag up or down |
| Select previous/next brush size | , (comma) or . (period) |
| Select first/last brush | Shift + , (comma) or . (period) |
| Display precise cross hair for brushes | Caps Lock or Shift + Caps Lock |
| Toggle airbrush option | Shift + Alt + P |
| Clone Source panel | |
| Show Clone Source (overlays image) | ⌥ + ⇧ |
| Nudge Clone Source | ⌥ + ⇧ + arrow keys |
| Rotate Clone Source | ⌥ + ⇧ + < or > |
| Scale (increase or reduce size) Clone Source | ⌥ + ⇧ + [ or ] |
| Color panel | |
| Select background color | Alt-click color in color bar |
| Display Color Bar menu | Right-click color bar |
| Cycle through color choices | Shift-click color bar |
| History panel | |
| Create a new snapshot | Alt + New Snapshot |
| Rename snapshot | Double-click snapshot name |
| Step forward through image states | Control + Shift + Z |
| Step backward through image states | Control + Alt + Z |
| Duplicate any image state, except the current state | Alt-click the image state |
| Permanently clear history (no Undo) | Alt + Clear History (in History panel pop‑up menu) |
| Layers panel | |
| Load layer transparency as a selection | Control-click layer thumbnail |
| Add to current selection | Control + Shift-click layer thumbnail |
| Subtract from current selection | Control + Alt-click layer thumbnail |
| Intersect with current selection | Control + Shift + Alt-click layer thumbnail |
| Load filter mask as a selection | Control-click filter mask thumbnail |
| New layer | Control + Shift+ N |
| New layer via copy | Control + J |
| New layer via cut | Shift + Control + J |
| Group layers | Control + G |
| Ungroup layers | Control + Shift + G |
| Create/release clipping mask | Control + Alt + G |
| Select all layers | Control + Alt + A |
| Merge visible layers | Control + Shift + E |
| Create new empty layer with dialog box | Alt-click New Layer button |
| Create new layer below target layer | Control-click New Layer button |
| Select top layer | Alt + . (period) |
| Select bottom layer | Alt + , (comma) |
| Add to layer selection in Layers panel | Shift + Alt + [ or ] |
| Select next layer down/up | Alt + [ or ] |
| Move target layer down/up | Control + [ or ] |
| Merge a copy of all visible layers into target layer | Control + Shift + Alt + E |
| Merge layers | Highlight layers you want to merge, then Control + E |
| Move layer to bottom or top | Control + Shift + [ or ] |
| Copy current layer to layer below | Alt + Merge Down command from the Panel pop‑up menu |
| Merge all visible layers to a new layer above the currently selected layer | Alt + Merge Visible command from the Panel pop‑up menu |
| Show/hide this layer/layer group only or all layers/layer groups | Right-click the eye icon |
| Show/hide all other currently visible layers | Alt-click the eye icon |
| Toggle lock transparency for target layer, or last applied lock | / (forward slash) |
| Edit layer effect/style, options | Double-click layer effect/style |
| Hide layer effect/style | Alt-double-click layer effect/style |
| Edit layer style | Double-click layer |
| Disable/enable vector mask | Shift-click vector mask thumbnail |
| Open Layer Mask Display Options dialog box | Double-click layer mask thumbnail |
| Toggle layer mask on/off | Shift-click layer mask thumbnail |
| Toggle filter mask on/off | Shift-click filter mask thumbnail |
| Toggle between layer mask/composite image | Alt-click layer mask thumbnail |
| Toggle between filter mask/composite image | Alt-click filter mask thumbnail |
| Toggle rubylith mode for layer mask on/off | \ (backslash), or Shift + Alt-click |
| Select all type; temporarily select Type tool | Double-click type layer thumbnail |
| Create a clipping mask | Alt-click the line dividing two layers |
| Rename layer | Double-click the layer name |
| Edit filter settings | Double-click the filter effect |
| Edit the Filter Blending options | Double-click the Filter Blending icon |
| Create new layer group below current layer/layer set | Control-click New Group button |
| Create new layer group with dialog box | Alt-click New Group button |
| Create layer mask that hides all/selection | Alt-click Add Layer Mask button |
| Create vector mask that reveals all/path area | Control-click Add Layer Mask button |
| Create vector mask that hides all or displays path area | Control + Alt-click Add Layer Mask button |
| Display layer group properties | Right-click layer group and choose Group Properties, or double-click group |
| Select/deselect multiple contiguous layers | Shift-click |
| Select/deselect multiple discontiguous layers | Control-click |
| Paths panel | |
| Load path as selection | Control-click pathname |
| Add path to selection | Control + Shift-click pathname |
| Subtract path from selection | Control + Alt-click pathname |
| Retain intersection of path as selection | Control + Shift + Alt-click pathname |
| Hide path | Control + Shift + H |
| Set options for Fill Path with Foreground Color button, Stroke Path with Brush button, Load Path as a Selection button, Make Work Path from Selection button, and Create New Path button | Alt-click button |
| Swatches panel | |
| Create new swatch from foreground color | Click in empty area of panel |
| Set swatch color as background color | Control-click swatch |
| Delete swatch | Alt-click swatch |
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