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Sunday 17 May 2009

Photoshop Shortcut Keys for Windows

One of Photoshop's key features is that almost everything in it can be controlled using keyboard shortcuts. This allows the user to stay in a creative thought pattern and quickly change tools in monotonous work that requires it.

Main Toolbar

Key

Action

Action

Key

m

Marquee Tool 

 Move Tool

v

l

Lasso Tool 

 Magic Wand Tool

w

j

Airbrush Tool 

 Paintbrush Tool

b

s

Rubber Stamp Tool 

 History Brush Tool

y

e

Eraser Tool 

 Pencil Tool

n

r

Blur Tool 

 Dodge Tool

o

p

Pen Tool 

 Type Tool

t

u

Measure Tool 

 Linear Gradient Tool

g

k

Paint Bucket Tool 

 Eyedropper Tool

i

h

Hand Tool 

 Zoom Tool

z

d

Default foreground and background colors.

x

Switches between foreground and background colors.

q

Switches between standard mode or quick mask mode.

f

Switches between screen modes.

TAB

Hides/Unhides open tools.


 

File Menu

Key

Action

  

CTRL + N

New

CTRL + O

Open

CTRL + ALT + O

Open As

CTRL + W

Close

CTRL + S

Save

CTRL + SHIFT + S

Save As

CTRL + ALT + S

Save a Copy

CTRL + SHIFT + P

Page Setup

CTRL + P

Print

CTRL + K

Preferences > General


 

Edit Menu

Key

Action

  

CTRL + Z

Undo

CTRL + X

Cut

CTRL + C

Copy

CTRL + SHIFT + C

Copy Merged

CTRL + V

Paste

CTRL + SHIFT + V

Paste Into

CTRL + T

Free Transform

CTRL + SHIFT + T

Transform > Again


 

Image Menu

Key

Action

  

CTRL + L

Adjust > Levels

CTRL + SHIFT + L

Adjust > Auto Levels

CTRL + ALT + SHIFT + L

Adjust > Auto Contrast

CTRL + M

Adjust > Curves

CTRL + B

Adjust > Color Balance

CTRL + U

Adjust > Hue/Saturation

CTRL + SHIFT + U

Adjust > Desaturate

CTRL + I

Adjust > Invert

CTRL + ALT + X

Extract


 

Layer Menu

Key

Action

  

CTRL + SHIFT + N

New > Layer

CTRL + J

New > Layer Via Copy

CTRL + SHIFT + J

New > Layer Via Cut

CTRL + G

Group with Previous

CTRL + SHIFT + G

Ungroup

CTRL + SHIFT + ]

Arrange > Bring to Front

CTRL + ]

Arrange > Bring Forward

CTRL + [

Arrange > Send Backward

CTRL + SHIFT + [

Arrange > Send to Back

CTRL + E

Merge Down

CTRL + SHIFT + E

Merge Visible


 

Select Menu

Key

Action

  

CTRL + A

All

CTRL + D

Deselect

CTRL + SHIFT + D

Reselect

CTRL + SHIFT + I

Inverse

CTRL + ALT + D

Feather


 

Filter Menu

Key

Action

  

CTRL + F

Last Filter

CTRL + SHIFT + F

Fade


 

View Menu

Key

Action

  

CTRL + Y

Preview > CMYK

CTRL + SHIFT + Y

Gamut Warning

CTRL + +

Zoom In

CTRL + -

Zoom Out

CTRL + 0

Fit on Screen

CTRL + SHIFT + 0

Actual Pixels

CTRL + H

Hide Edges

CTRL + SHIFT + H

Hide Path

CTRL + R

Show Rulers

CTRL + ;

Hide Guides

CTRL + SHIFT + ;

Snap To Guides

CTRL + ALT + ;

Lock Guides

CTRL + "

Show Grid

CTRL + SHIFT + "

Snap To Grid


 

Help Menu

Key

Action

  

F1

Contents


 

Other Shortcuts

Key

Action

  

Page Up/Down

Move view up/down 1 screen.

SHIFT + Page Up/Down

Nudge view up/down.

CTRL + Page Up/Down

Move view left/right 1 screen.

CTRL + SHIFT + Page Up/Down

Nudge screen left/right.

CTRL + SHIFT + Z

Previous History entry.

CTRL + ALT + Z

Next History entry.

SHIFT + -

Previous blending mode.

SHIFT + +

Next blending mode.



Acknowledgement to Photoshopwindow

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