TEACHER: What is the chemical formula for water?
JOHNY: "HIJKLMNO"!!
TEACHER: What are you talking about?
JOHNY: Yesterday you said it's H to O!
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 | |||
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 |
Teacher: Which is more important to us, the sun or the moon?
Pupil: The moon.
Teacher: Why?
Pupil: The moon gives us light at night when we need it but the sun gives us light only in the day time when we don't need it
Ctrl+Z | Undo |
Ctrl+C | Copy, |
Ctrl+F, | Find, |
Ctrl+P, | Print, |
Ctrl+Arrow | Move |
Ctrl+* | Select |
Ctrl+A | Select |
Ctrl+Home | Select |
Ctrl+Shift+End | Select |
Ctrl+Shift+Home | Select |
Ctrl+Page | Move |
Ctrl+Tab | Move |
Ctrl+N | Open |
Shift+F11 | Insert |
Shift+F3 | Paste |
=+FunctionName+Ctrl+A | Insert |
Alt+F11 | Open |
Ctrl+Shift+Enter | Array |
Ctrl+F3, | Define |
Ctrl+Spacebar | Select |
Ctrl+1, | Format |
Ctrl+; | Current |
A lawyer is standing in a long line at the box office. Suddenly, he feels a pair of hands kneading his shoulders, back, and neck. The lawyer turns around. "What the hell do you think you're doing?" "I'm a chiropractor, and I'm just keeping in practice while I'm waiting in line." "Well, I'm a lawyer, but you don't see me screwing the guy in front of me, do you?"