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) | |
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 |
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 |
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) |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |