List of Adobe Photoshop CS5 shortcut keys

Subject Descriptors: Shortcut keys, shortcut(s).

Application (Version): Adobe Photoshop CS5
Task Description: What are the shortcut keys?
Tutorial Date: 15 May 2009, by Arnousone Chanthalyxay. Updated 22 June 2010

Websites
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http://morris-photographics.com/photoshop/shortcuts/#pscs3

Shortcuts for selecting Tools

- Hold down "Shift" on the keyboard for each shortcut.
- Pressing the letter more than once will switch through the different tools in that icon.
* Hold down "Shift" on the keyboard and then press the letter "w" the "Magic Wand Tool" will be
selected. Press "w" again and it will change it to the "Quck Selection Tool".
V
M
L
W
C
K
J
B
S
Y
E
G
R
O
P
T
A
U
N

Move tool
Rectangular Marquee tool, EllipticalMarquee tool
Lasso tool, Polygonal Lasso tool, MagneticLasso tool
Magic Wand tool,Quick Selection tool
Crop tool
Slice tool, Slice Select tool
Spot Healing Brush tool, Healing Brushtool, Patch tool, Red Eye tool
Brush tool, Pencil tool, ColorReplacement tool
Clone Stamp tool, Pattern Stamp tool
History Brush tool, Art History Brushtool
Eraser tool, BackgroundEraser tool, Magic Eraser tool (in Photoshop)
Gradient tool, Paint Bucket tool
Blur tool, Sharpen tool, Smudgetool
Dodge tool, Burn tool, Spongetool
Pen tool, Freeform Pen tool
Horizontal Type tool, Vertical Typetool , Horizontal Type mask tool, Vertical Type mask tool
Path Selection tool,Direct Selectiontool
Rectangle tool, Rounded Rectangle tool, Ellipsetool, Polygon tool, Line tool , Custom Shape tool
Notes tool, Audio Annotation tool (in Photoshop)

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I
H
Z

Eyedropper tool, ColorSampler tool, Measure tool, Count tool

Hand tool
Zoom tool

Keys for selecting tools in the Extract Toolbox

B
G
I
C
T

Edge Highlighter tool

Fill tool
Eyedropper tool
Cleanup tool
Edge Touchup tool

Keys for selecting tools in the Liquify Toolbox

W
R
C
S
B
O
M
T
F
D

Forward Warp tool

Reconstruct tool
Twirl Clockwise tool
Pucker tool
Bloat tool
Push Left tool
Mirror tool
Turbulence tool
Freeze Mask tool
Thaw Mask tool

Result (Extract, Liquify, and Pattern Maker)

Tab
Shft + Tab
Spacebar
Alt

Cycle through controls on right from top in Adobe Photoshop

Cycle through controls on right from bottom
Temporarily activate Hand tool
Change Cancel to Reset

Result (Extract and Liquify)

Up or Down arrow keys

Decreases or increases brush size in Adobe Photoshop

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Result (Extract and Pattern Maker)

Ctrl + 0
Ctrl + + (plus)
Ctrl + - (hyphen)

Fit in window
Zoom in
Zoom out

Result (Extract Only)

Alt Edge Highlighter/Eraser tool
Toggle between Edge Highlighter tool
and Eraser tool
Ctrl with Edge Highlighter tool selected
Toggle Smart Highlighting
Alt Delete
Remove current highlight in Adobe
Photoshop
Ctrl + Delete
Highlight entire image
Shft-click with Fill tool selected
Fill foreground area and preview
extraction
Ctrl-drag
Move mask when Edge Touchup
tool is selected
Alt-drag
Add opacity when Cleanup tool is
selected
X
Toggle Show menu options in
preview between Original and Extracted in Adobe Photoshop
Shft X
Enable Cleanup and Edge
Touchup tools before preview
F
Cycle through Display menu in
preview from top to bottom in Adobe Photoshop
Shft F
Cycle through Display menu in
preview from bottom to top
Down Arrow/Up Arrow in Brush Size text box
Decrease/increase brush size by 1
(Hold down Shift to decrease/increase by 10)
Left Arrow/Right Arrow with Brush Size Slider showing
Decrease/increase brush size by 1
(Hold down Shift to decrease/increase by 10)
0-9
Set strength of Cleanup or Edge
Touch-up tool

Results (Liquify Only)

Alt tool
Reverse direction for Bloat, Pucker, Push Left,and Mirror tools in Adobe

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Photoshop
Alt-drag in preview with Reconstruct tool, Displace, Amplitwist, or Affine mode selected
Continually sample the distortion
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 (Hold down Shift to decrease/increase by 10)
Left Arrow/Right Arrow with Brush Size, Density, Pressure, Rate, or Turbulent Jitter slider showing
Decrease/increase brush size by 2, or density,pressure, rate, or turbulent jitter by
1 (Hold down Shift to decrease/increase by 10)
Ctrl Z
Redo last step in Adobe Photoshop

Results (Pattern Maker Only)

Ctrl + D
Delete current selection
Ctrl + Z
Undo a selection move
Ctrl + G
Generate or generate again
Shft + Alt + select
Intersect with current selection
X
Toggle view: original/generated
pattern
Home
Go to first tile in Tile History in
Adobe Photoshop
End
Go to last tile in Tile History
Left Arrow, Page Up
Go to previous tile in Tile History
Right Arrow, Page Down
Go to next tile in Tile History
Delete
Delete current tile from Tile History
Shft-press shortcut key
Nudge selection when viewing the
original (if Use Shift Key for Tool Switch preference is selected)
Shft + Right Arrow, Left Arrow, Up Arrow, or Down Arrow
Increase selection nudging when
viewing theoriginal

Keys for using the Filter Gallery

Alt-click a filter
Alt-click a disclosure triangle
Ctrl
Alt
Ctrl + Z

Apply a new filter on top of selected

Open/close all disclosure triangles
Change Cancel button to Default in Adobe Photoshop
Change Cancel button to Reset
Undo/Redo

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Ctrl + Shft + Z
Ctrl + Alt + Z

Step forward
Step backward

Keys for using the Refine Edge dialog box

Ctrl + Alt + R
F
Shft F
X
P

Open the Refine Edge dialog box

Cycle (forward) through preview modes
Cycle (backward) through preview modes in Adobe Photoshop
Toggle between original image and selection preview
Toggle the preview option (on and off) in Adobe Photoshop

Key for using the Black-and-White dialog box

Shft + Ctrl + Alt + B
Left Arrow/Right Arrow
Shft + Left Arrow/Right Arrow
Click-drag on the image

Open the Black-and-White dialog box in Adobe Photoshop

Increase/decrease selected value by %1
Increase/decrease selected value by %10
Change the values of the closest color slider

Keys for using the Camera Raw dialog box

Z
Zoom tool
H
Hand tool
I
White Balance tool
S
Color Sampler tool
C
Crop tool
A
Straighten tool
L
Rotate image left
R
Rotate image right
Ctrl + + (plus)
Zoom in
Ctrl + - (hyphen)
Zoom out
Ctrl
Temporarily switch to Zoom In tool in
Adobe Photoshop(Doesn't work when Straighten tool is selected. If Crop tool is active,
temporarily switches to Straighten
tool.)
Shft
Temporarily active the White Balance
tool (does not work if Crop tool is active)
Click the first point; Shft-click additional points
Select multiple points in Curves panel
Ctrl-click in preview
Add point to curve in Curves panel
Arrow keys
Move selected point in Curves panel
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(1 unit)
Shft-arrow
(10 units)
Ctrl + R
Raw dialog box from Bridge
Shft double-click imag
bypassing Camera Raw dialog box in Adobe Photoshop
Alt
Save button to bypass Save dialog box
Right Arrow, Left Arrow, Up Arrow, or Down Arrow
Preview

Move selected point in Curves panel

Open selected images in Camera
Open selected images from Bridge
Change Cancel button to Reset and
Display highlights that will be clipped in

Keys for using the Curves dialog box

Ctrl M
Ctrl + Tab
Shft + Ctrl + Tab
Ctrl-click on the points
Ctrl + D
Select a point and press Delete
Arrow keys
Shft + Arrow keys
Alt-drag black/white point sliders
Photoshop
Ctrl-click the image
Shft + Ctrl-click the image
Alt-click the field

Open the Curves dialog box in Adobe Photoshop

Select next point on the curve
Select the previous point on the curve
Select multiple points on the curve
Deselect a point
To delete a point on the curve
Move the selected point 1 unit
Move the selected point 10 units
Display highlights and shadows that will be clipped in Adobe
Set a point to the composite curve
Set a point to the channel curves
Toggle grid size

Keys for using Photo Merge

A
R
V
Z
H
Spacebar
Ctrl + Z
Ctrl + Shft + Z
Right Arrow, Left Arrow, Up Arrow, or Down Arrow
Alt
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Select Image tool in Adobe Photoshop

Rotate Image tool
Set Vanishing Point tool
Zoom tool
Move View tool
Switch to Move View tool (temporary)
Step backward
Step forward
Move selected image 1 pixel
Change Cancel to Reset

Alt-move pointer over image

Show individual image border

Key for using Vanishing Point

Z
X
H
Spacebar
Ctrl + + (plus)
Ctrl + - (hyphen)
Ctrl + 0 (zero), Double-click Hand tool
Double-click Zoom tool
]
[
Shft + ]
Shft + [
Ctrl + Z
Ctrl + Shft + Z
Ctrl + D
Ctrl + H
Arrow keys
Shft + arrow keys
Ctrl + C
Ctrl + V
Ctrl + Shft + T
Ctrl Alt T
Adobe Photoshop
Ctrl-drag
Ctrl + Alt-drag
Alt + Shft to rotate
Ctrl-click the plane
Photoshop
Alt-click OK
Ctrl-drag
Backspace
Double-click the Create Plane tool
Ctrl + Shft + H
Ctrl + E
Ctrl + Shft + E

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Zoom tool
Zoom 2x (temporary)
Hand tool
Switch to Hand tool (temporary)
Zoom in
Zoom out
Fit in view
Zoom to center at 100%
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
Redo last action
Deselect all
Hide selection and planes
Move selection 1 pixel
Move selection 10 pixels
Copy
Paste
Repeat last duplicate and move
Create a floating selection from the current selection in
Fill a selection with image under the pointer
Create a duplicate of a floating selection
Constrain a rotate plan to a 15 rotation
Select a plane under another selected plane in Adobe
Render plane grids
Create 90 degree plane off parent plane
Delete last node while creating plane
Make a full canvas plane, square to the camera
Show/hide measurements (Photoshop Extended only)
Export to a DFX file (Photoshop Extended only)
Export to a 3DS file (Photoshop Extended only)

Keys for working with Blending Modes

Shft + + (plus) or - (minus)
Cycle through blending modes
Shft + Alt + N
Normal
Shft + Alt + I
Dissolve
Shft + Alt + Q
Behind (Brush tool only)
Shft + Alt + R
Clear (Brush tool only)
Shft + Alt + K
Darken
Shft + Alt + M
Multiply
Shft + Alt + B
Color Burn
Shft + Alt + A
Linear Burn
Shft + Alt + G
Lighten
Shft + Alt + S
Screen
Shft + Alt + D
Color Dodge
Shft + Alt + W
Linear Dodge
Shft + Alt + O
Overlay
Shft + Alt + F
Soft Light
Shft + Alt + H
Hard Light
Shft + Alt + V
Vivid Light
Shft + Alt + J
Linear Light
Shft + Alt + Z
Pin Light
Shft + Alt + L
Hard Mix
Shft + Alt + E
Difference
Shft + Alt + X
Exclusion
Shft + Alt + U
Hue
Shft + Alt + T
Saturation
Shft + Alt + C
Color
Shft + Alt + Y
Luminosity
Sponge tool + Shft + Alt + D
Desaturate
Sponge tool + Shft + Alt + S
Saturate
Dodge tool/Burn tool + Shft + Alt + S
Dodge/burn shadows
Dodge tool/Burn tool + Shft + Alt + M
Dodge/burn midtones
Dodge tool/Burn tool + Shft + Alt + H
Dodge/burn highlights
Shft Alt N
Set blending mode to Threshold for bitmap
images,Normal for all other images in Adobe Photoshop

Keys for Viewing Images

Ctrl + Tab
documents
Shft-Ctrl-W
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Cycles through open

Close a file in Photoshop

and open Bridge

Q
Toggle between Standard
mode and Quick Mask mode
F
Toggle (forward) between
Standard screen mode,Maximized screen mode, Full screen mode, and Full screen mode
with menu bar
Shft F
Toggle (backward) between
Standard screen mode, Maximized screen mode, Full screen mode, and Full screen
mode with menu bar
Space + F
Toggle (forward) canvas
color (or right-click canvas background and select color)
Space + Shft + F
Toggle (backward) canvas
color
Double-click Hand tool
Fit image in window
Double-click Zoom tool
Magnify 100%
Spacebar
Switch to Hand tool (when
not in text-edit mode) in Adobe Photoshop
Ctrl + spacebar
Switch to Zoom In tool
Alt + spacebar
Switch to Zoom Out tool
Spacebar-drag
Move Zoom marquee while
dragging with the Zoom tool
Shft + Enter in Navigator palette zoom percentage box
Apply zoom percentage, and keep
zoom percentage box active
Ctrl-drag over preview in Navigator palette
Zoom in on specified area of an
image
Spacebar-drag, or drag view area box in Navigator palette
Scroll image with Hand tool in
Adobe Photoshop
Page Up or Page Down
Scroll up or down 1 screen
Shft + Page Up or Page Down
Scroll up or down 10 units
Home or End
Move view to upper left
corner or lower right corner
\ (backslash)
Toggle layer mask on/off as
rubylith (layer mask must be selected)

Keys for Selecting and Moving Objects

Any marquee tool (except single column and single row) + spacebar-drag
while selecting*
Any selection tool Shft-drag
selection in Adobe Photoshop
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Reposition marquee
Add to a

Any selection tool + Alt-drag

selection
Any selection tool (except Quick Selection tool) + Shft-Alt-drag
Shft-drag
marquee to square or circle (ifno other selections are active)*
Alt-drag
marquee from center (if no other selectionsare active)*
Shft + Alt-drag
and draw marquee from center*
Ctrl (except when Hand, Slice, Path, Shape, or any Pen tool is selected)
Adobe Photoshop
Alt-drag
Magnetic Lasso tool to Lasso tool
Alt-click
Magnetic Lasso tool to polygonalLasso tool
Enter/Esc or Ctrl + . (period)
operation of the Magnetic Lasso
Move tool + Alt-drag selection*
selection
Any selection + Right Arrow, Left Arrow, Up Arrow, or Down Arrow
1 pixel
Move tool + Right Arrow, Left Arrow, Up Arrow, or Down Arrow
pixel
Ctrl + Right Arrow, Left Arrow, Up Arrow, or Down Arrow
when nothing selected on layer
Magnetic Lasso tool + [ or ]
Increase/decrease detection width
Crop tool Enter or Esc
or exit cropping in Adobe Photoshop
/ (forward slash)
shield off and on
Ruler tool + Alt-drag end point
Shft-drag guide
ruler ticks (except when View >Snap is unchecked)
Alt-drag guide
horizontal and vertical guide

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Subtract from a
Intersect a selection
Constrain
Draw
Constrain shape
Switch to Move tool in
Switch from
Switch from
Apply/cancel an
Move copy of
Move selection area
Move selection 1
Move layer 1 pixel

Accept cropping
Toggle crop
Make protractor
Snap guide to
Convert between

Keys for Editing Paths

Direct selection tool Shft-click
Select multiple
anchor points in Photoshop
Direct selection tool + Alt-click
Select entire path
Pen (any pen tool), Path Selection or Direct Selection tool + Ctrl + Alt-drag
Duplicate a path
Ctrl
Switch from
Path Selection, Pen, Add Anchor Point, Delete Anchor Point, or Convert Point tools, to Direct
Selection tool
Alt
Switch from
Pen tool or Freeform Pen tool to Convert Point tool when pointer is over anchor or direction
point
Magnetic Pen tool-double-click
Close path
Magnetic Pen tool + Alt-double-click
Close path with
straight-line segment

Keys for Painting Objects

Any painting tool + Alt or any shape tool + Alt (except when Paths optn is selected)
tool
Eyedropper tool + Alt-click
background color
Eyedropper tool + Shft
sampler tool
Color sampler tool + Alt-click
color sampler
Any painting or editing tool + Shft + number keys
opacity, tolerance, strength, or exposure for painting mode

Eyedropper
Select
Color
Deletes
Sets

(e.g., 0 = 100%, 1 = 10%, 4 then 5 in quick succession = 45%)

(When airbrush option is enabled, use Shift + number keys)
Any painting or editing tool + Shft + number keys
for painting mode(e.g., 0 = 100%, 1 = 10%, 4 then 5 in quick succession = 45%)
(When airbrush option is enabled, omit Shift)
Shft (plus) or - (minus)
through blending modes in Photoshop
Alt + Backspace, or Ctrl + Backspace
selection/layer with foreground or backgroundcolor (Hold down Shift to preserve

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Sets flow

Cycles
Fills

transparency)
Ctrl + Alt + Backspace
from history (Hold down Shift to preserve transparency)
Shft + Backspace
Displays Fill dialog box
/ (forward slash)
transparent pixels on/off in Photoshop
Any painting tool + Shft-click
Connects points with a straight line

Keys for transforming Selections, Selection Boarders, and Paths

Alt
Shft
Ctrl
Enter
Ctrl + . (period) or Esc
Ctrl + Alt + T
Ctrl + Shft + Alt + T

Transform from center or reflect

Constrain
Distort
Apply
Cancel
Free transform with duplicate data
Transform again with duplicate data

Keys for Selecting, Editing, and Navigating Through Text

Ctrl-drag type when Type layer is selected
Move type in image
Shft + Left Arrow/Right Arrow or Down Arrow/Up Arrow, or Ctrl + Shft + Left Arrow/Right Arr
Select 1 character left/right or 1 line down/up, or 1 word left/right
Shft-click
Select characters from insertion point to mouse click point
Left Arrow/Right Arrow, Down Arrow/Up Arrow, or Ctrl + Left Arrow/Right Arrow
Move 1 character left/right, 1 line down/up, or 1 word left/right
Shft-click
Create a new text layer, when a text layer is selected in the Layers palette
Double-click, triple-click, quadruple-click, or quintuple-click
Select word, line, paragraph, or story in Photoshop
Ctrl + H
Show/Hide selection on selected type
Ctrl
Display the bounding box for transforming text when editing text, or activate Move
tool if cursor is inside the bounding box
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Fills

Lock

Ctrl-drag a bounding box handle

Scale text within a bounding box when resizing the bounding box
Spacebar-drag
Move text box while creating text box in Photoshop

Keys for Formatting Type

Horizontal type tool + Ctrl + Shft + L, C, or R
Align left, center, or right
Vertical type tool + Ctrl + Shft + L, C, or R
Align top, center, or bottom
Ctrl + Shft + Y
Return to default font style
Ctrl + Shft + X
Choose 100% horizontal scale
Ctrl + Shft + Alt + X
Choose 100% vertical scale
Ctrl + Shft + Alt + A
Choose Auto leading
Ctrl + Shft + Q
Choose 0 for tracking
Ctrl + Shft + J
Justify paragraph, left aligns last line
Ctrl + Shft + F
Justify paragraph, justifies all
Ctrl + Shft + Alt + H
Toggle paragraph hyphenation on/off
Ctrl + Shft + Alt + T
Toggle single/every-line composer on/off
Ctrl + Shft + < or >
Decrease or increase type size of selected text
2 points or pixels (Hold down Alt key to decrease/increase by 10)
Alt + Down Arrow or Up Arrow
Decrease or increase leading 2 points or pixels
(Hold down Ctrl key to decrease/increase by 10)
Shft + Alt + Down Arrow or Up Arrow
Decrease or increase baseline shift 2 points or
pixels (Hold down Ctrl key to decrease/increase by 10)
Alt + Left Arrow or Right Arrow
Decrease or increase kerning/tracking 20/1000
ems (Hold down Ctrl key to decrease/increase by 10)

Keys for Slicing and Optimizing

Ctrl
Shft-drag
Alt-drag
Shft + Alt-drag
Spacebar-drag

Toggle between Slice tool and Slice Selection tool

Draw square slice
Draw from center outward
Draw square slice from center outward
Reposition slice while creating slice

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Keys for Using Palettes

Alt-click New button
Set options (except for Actions,
Animation, Styles,Brushes, Tool Presets, and Layer Comps palettes) in Photoshop
Alt-click Delete button
Delete without confirmation (except
forthe Brushes palette)
Shft + Enter
Apply value and keep text box active
Ctrl-click channel, layer, or path thumbnail.
Load as a selection in Photoshop
Ctrl + Shft-click channel, layer, or path thumbnail.
Add to current selection
Ctrl + Alt-click channel, path, or layer thumbnail.
Subtract from current selection
Ctrl + Shft + Alt-click channel, path, or layer thumbnail.
Intersect with current selection
Tab
Show/Hide all palettes
Shft + Tab
Show/Hide all palettes except the
toolbox andoptions bar
Select tool and press Enter
Highlight options bar
Shft + Up Arrow/Down Arrow
Increase/decrease units by 10 in a
pop-up menu

Keys for using the Actions Palette

Alt-click the check mark next to a cmnd.
commands on
Alt-click
other modal controls
Alt double-click action set
pallete
Double-click set or actions
Ctrl + double-click an action
Alt-click the triangle
Ctrl-click the Play button
Alt-click the New Action button
confirmation
Shft-click the action/cmnd
Ctrl-click the action/cmnd

Turn command on and all others off, or turns all

Turn current modal control on and toggle all
Change action set options in Photoshop actions
Display Options dialog box
Play entire action
Collapse/expand all components of an action
Play a command
Create new action and begin recording without
Select contiguous items of the same kind
Select discontiguous items of the same kind

Keys for using the Animation Palette

Shft-click second frame.
contiguous frames
Ctrl-click multiple frames.
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Select/deselect multiple
Select/deselect multiple

discontiguous frames in Photoshop Animation pallete

Alt + Paste Frames cmnd from the Palette pop*'up menu
displayingthe dialog box

Paste using previous settings without

Keys for using the Animation Palette Timeline Mode (Photoshop Extended Only)
Spacebar
Start playing the timeline or Animation palette
Alt + click the current-time display
Switch between timecode and frame numbers (current time view).
(Alt + click the current-time display in the upper-left corner of the timeline).
Alt + click
Expand and collapse list of layers
Hold down the Shft key when clicking the Next/Previous Frame buttons (on either side of the Play
button)
Jump to the next/previous whole second in timeline (during playback)
Hold down the Shft key while dragging the current time.
Increase playback speed in Photoshop Animation palette (Timeline mode)
Hold down the Ctrl key while dragging the current time.
Decrease playback speed
Shft-drag
Snap an object (keyframe, the current time, layer in point, and so on) to
the nearest object in timeline
Alt-drag (first or last keyframe in the selection)
Scale (evenly distribute to condensed or extended length) a selected
group of multiple keyframes

Keys for using the Clone Source

Alt + Shft
Alt + Shft + arrow keys
Alt + Shft + < or >
Alt + Shft + [ or ]

Show Clone Source (overlays image)

Nudge Clone Source
Rotate Clone Source
Scale (increase or reduce size) Clone Source

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Keys for using the Brush Palette

Alt-click brush
Double-click brush
[ or ]
Shft + [ or ]
, (comma) or . (period)
Shft + , (comma) or . (period)
Caps Lock
Shft Alt P

Delete brush
Rename brush
Decrease/increase brush size
Decrease/increase brush softness/hardness in 25% increments
Select previous/next brush size
Select first/last brush
Display precise cross hair for brushes
Toggle airbrush option in Photoshop brushes palette

Keys for using the Channels Palette

Alt-click button
button
Ctrl-click Create New Channel button
Channels palette
Shft-click color channel
selection
Shft-click alpha channel
show/hide as a rubylith overlay
Double-click alpha or spot channel thumbnail
~ (tilde)

Set options for Save Selection as Channel

Create a new spot channel in Photoshop
Select/deselect multiple color-channel
Select/deselect alpha channel and
Display channel options
Display composite

Keys for using the Color Palette

Alt-click color in color bar
Right-click color bar
Shft-click color bar

Select background color

Display Color Bar menu in Photoshop Color palette
Cycle through color choices

Keys for using the History Palette

Alt + New Snapshot
Double-click snapshot name
Ctrl + Shft + Z
Ctrl Alt Z
Photoshop History palette
Alt-click the image state
current state

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Create a new snapshot

Rename snapshot
Step forward through image states
Step backward through image states in
Duplicate any image state, except the

Keys for using the Info Palette

Click eyedropper icon
Click cross-hair icon

Change color readout modes

Change measurement units

Keys for using the Layer Comps Palette

Alt-click Create New Layer Comp button
Double-click layer comp
Double-click layer comp name
Shft-click
Ctrl-click

Create new layer comp + box

Open Layer Comp Options dialog box
Rename inline
Select/deselect multiple contiguous layer comps
Select/deselect multiple discontiguous layer comps

Keys for using the Layers Palette

Ctrl-click layer thumbnail
selection
Ctrl-click filter mask thumbnail
Ctrl G
Layers palette
Ctrl + Shft + G
Ctrl + Alt + G
Ctrl + Alt + A
Ctrl + Shft + E
Alt-click New Layer button
dialog box
Ctrl-click New Layer button
layer
Alt . (period)
Alt + , (comma)
Shft + Alt + [ or ]
Layers palette
Alt + [ or ]
Ctrl + [ or ]
Ctrl + Shft + Alt + E
layers into target layer
Ctrl + E
Ctrl + Shft + [ or ]
Alt + Merge Down cmnd from the Palette pop*'up menu
Photoshop
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Load layer transparency as a

Load filter mask as a selection
Group layers in Photoshop
Ungroup layers
Create/release clipping mask
Select all layers
Merge visible layers
Create new empty layer with
Create new layer below target
Select top layer in Photoshop
Select bottom layer
Add to layer selection in
Select next layer down/up
Move target layer down/up
Merge a copy of all visible
Merge down
Move layer to bottom or top
Copy current layer to layer below in

Alt + Merge Visible cmnd from the Palette pop*'up menu

above the currently selected layer
Right-click the eye icon
only or all layers/layer groups
Alt-click the eye icon
visible layers
/ (forward slash)
target layer, or last applied lock
Double-click layer effect/style
Alt-double-click layer effect/style
Double-click layer
Shft-click vector mask thumbnail
Photoshop
Double-click layer mask thumbnail
dialog box
Shft-click layer mask thumbnail
Shft-click filter mask thumbnail
Alt-click layer mask thumbnail
mask/composite image
Alt-click filter mask thumbnail
mask/composite image
\ (backslash), or Shft + Alt-click
mask on/off
Double-click type layer thumbnail
type tool
Alt-click the line dividing two layers
Double-click the layer name
Double-click the filter effect
Double-click the Filter Blending icon
Ctrl-click New Layer Set button
layer/layer set
Alt-click New Layer Set button
box
Alt-click Add Layer Mask button
all/selection
Ctrl-click Add Layer Mask button
all/selection
Ctrl + Alt-click Add Layer Mask button
all/selection
Right-click layer group or double-click group
Shft-click
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Merge all visible layers to a new layer

Show/hide this layer/layer group
Show/hide all other currently
Toggle lock transparency for
Edit layer effect/style, options
Hide layer effect/style
Edit layer style
Disable/enable vector mask in
Open Layer Mask Display Options
Toggle layer mask on/off
Toggle filter mask on/off
Toggle between layer
Toggle between filter
Toggle rubylith mode for layer
Select all type; temporarily select
Create a clipping mask
Rename layer
Edit filter settings
Edit the Filter Blending options
Create new layer set below current
Create new layer set with dialog
Create layer mask that hides
Create vector mask that reveals
Create vector mask that hides
Display layer group properties
Select/deselect multiple

contiguous layers
Ctrl-click
discontiguous layers

Select/deselect multiple

Keys for using the Paths Palette

Ctrl + Shft-click pathname
Add path to selection
Ctrl + Alt-click pathname
Subtract a path from selection
Ctrl + Shft + Alt-click pathname
Retain intersection of path as a selection
Ctrl + Shft + H
Hide path
Alt-click button
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

Keys for using the Swatches Palette

Click in empty area of palette
Ctrl-click swatch
Alt-click swatch

Create new swatch from foreground color

Select background color
Delete color

Keys for using Measurement (Photoshop Extended Only)

Shft + Ctrl + M
Ctrl + D
Ctrl + A
Shft + Ctrl + H
Backspace
Arrow keys
Shft arrow keys
Left/right arrow key
Shft + left/right arrow key
Ctrl + arrow key
Shft + Ctrl + arrow key

Record a measurement
Deselects all measurements
Selects all measurements
Hide/show all measurements
Removes a measurement
Nudge the measurement
Nudge the measurement in increments in Photoshop
Extend/shorten selected measurement
Extend/shorten selected measurement in increments
Rotate selected measurement
Rotate selected measurement in increments

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Keys for using 3D tools (Photoshop Extended)

O
C
Shft
tools
R
L
H
S
Z

Enable 3D object tools

Enable 3D camera tools
Constrain 3D object tool/3D camera tool to a single direction of movement in Photoshop 3D
Rotate the 3D object/Orbit the 3D camera
Roll the 3D object/Roll the 3D camera
Drag the 3D object/Pan the 3D camera
Slide the 3D object/Walk the 3D camera
Scale the 3D object/Zoom the 3D camera

Keys for working with DICOM files (Photoshop Extended)

Z
H
W
Ctrl + A
Ctrl + D
Right Arrow/Left Arrow

Zoom tool
Hand tool
Window Level tool
Select all frames
Deselect all frames
Navigate through frames (Photoshop extended)

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