Tool Shortcuts
| a |
Selection Brush |
n |
Pencil (Brush) |
| b |
Brush(Pencil) |
o |
Dodge (Burn, Sponge) |
| c |
Crop |
p |
Straighten |
| d |
Default Foreground & Background Colors |
q |
Cookie Cutter |
| e |
Eraser |
r |
Blur (Sharpen, Smudge) |
| f |
Magic Selection Brush |
s |
Clone Stamp |
| g |
Gradient |
t |
Type |
| h |
Hand (or hold down the space bar) |
u |
Custom Shape |
| i |
Eyedropper (or hold down Alt) |
v |
Move (or hold down Ctrl) |
| j |
Healing Brush (Spot Healing Brush) |
w |
Magic Wand |
| k |
Paint Bucket |
x |
Switch Foreground & Background Colors |
| l |
Lasso |
y |
Red Eye Removal |
| m |
Marquee |
z |
Zoom |
Windows: Ctrl + Letter
Mac: Command (Cmd) or Apple + Letter
For example, Ctrl + 0 (Windows), or Cmd + 0 (Mac), will fit the
image to the screen.
| 0 |
Fit on screen |
n |
New |
| a |
All |
o |
Open |
| b |
Color Balance in Photoshop |
p |
Print |
| c |
Copy |
q |
Close all |
| d |
Deselect |
r |
Auto Red Eye Removal |
| e |
Merge layers |
s |
Save (Save As is Shift + Ctrl + s) |
| f |
Last filter |
t |
Transform |
| g |
Group with previous layer/Create Clipping
Mask |
u |
Hue/Saturation |
| h |
Hide |
v |
Paste |
| i |
Invert (Positive to negative) |
w |
Close |
| j |
Duplicate layer |
x |
Cut |
| k |
Preferences |
y |
Redo |
| l |
Levels |
z |
Undo |
| m |
Curves in Photoshop |
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Odds & Ends
Brushes
| Change size |
[ or ] |
| Change hardness |
Shift + [ or Shift + ] |
| Change opacity |
Number keys (0 - 9) |
If you want to draw a straight line with a brush or the Pencil tool,
click on the photograph where you want the line to begin, and release
the mouse button.
Next, position the brush where you want the line to end.
Then, press and hold Shift, and click where you want the line to
end.
To draw a horizontal line, press Shift and drag.
Crop Tool
Press Shift to make a square selection.
To draw the selection from a center point, press Alt.
Eyedropper Tool
Clicking on a color with the Eyedropper tool selects the color for
the foreground color.
Press and hold Alt, and click on a color, to select a color for the
background color.
Fill
To fill with the foreground color, use Alt + Delete.
To fill with the background color, use Ctrl + Delete.
Image Size
Alt + Ctrl + i.
Layers Panel
To duplicate a layer, press Ctrl + j.
If Alt is pressed while dragging a layer onto the Create a new layer
icon, the dialogue box will appear for the new layer.
To create a new layer under the current layer, press Ctrl while clicking
the Create a New Layer icon.
To group a layer below the current layer with the current layer,
press Ctrl + g.
Lasso Tools
Press and hold Alt to toggle between the Magnetic Lasso tool and
the Lasso tool.
Press Backspace or Delete to go back one point when using the Polygonal
and Magnetic Lasso tools.
Marquee Tool
Press Shift to constrain marquee to square or circle.
To draw a marquee from a center point, press Alt.
Panel Bin (Windows Only)
| F7 |
Content |
| F8 |
Info |
| F9 |
Histogram |
| F10 |
Undo History |
| F11 |
Layers |
| F12 |
Navigator |
Reset
All Cancel buttons in windows can be changed to a Reset button by
pressing and holding Alt.
Rulers
Press Shift + Ctrl + r to make the rulers appear or disappear.
You can change the units by right clicking on one of the rulers.
The 0-points can be changed by dragging the crosshairs in the upper-left
corner of the screen to the desired position on the image.
You can restore the zero point to its default position by double
clicking on the crosshairs in the upper-left corner of the screen.
Centering the 0-Points
To center the 0-points of the rulers on your photograph, select the
Background copy layer.
Then select the Move tool.
As described above, drag the rulers to the center point.
Selections
To make another selection, press Shift and click.
Press Shift to add to a selection.
Press Alt to subtract from a selection.
To cut a selection, select the Move tool and click the selection.
Or, press Ctrl + x.
To delete a selection, press Esc or press Ctrl + d.
To reselect a selection, press Shift + Ctrl + d.
To hide a selection, press Ctrl + h, and to make it reappear, press
Ctrl + h.
To copy a selection, press Alt when clicking on the selection with
the Move tool, or press Ctrl + c.
Feather is Alt + Ctrl + d.
Inverse is Shift + Ctrl + i.
Paste into Selection is Shift + Ctrl + v.
Press and hold Alt to toggle between the Magnetic Lasso tool and
the Lasso tool.
Zoom
Double click the zoom tool icon to go to 100% image size.
Double click the hand tool icon to go to fit on the screen, or press
Ctrl + 0 (zero).
Zoom Out is Ctrl +, and Zoom In is Ctrl -.
You can also press Ctrl + Space to go to Zoom Out, and Alt + Space
to go to Zoom In.
You can drag a marquee on the image, to zoom in on the area inside
the marquee.
Organizer (Windows Only)
| F11 |
View full size |
| F12 |
Compare images side-by-side |
| Ctrl + b |
Burn |
| Ctrl + i |
Go to Full Edit (Standard Edit) |
| Ctrl + g |
Get photos from camera |
