Popular shortcuts
Free transform
- Ctrl
- T
Decrease brush size
- [
Increase brush size
- ]
Decrease brush hardness
- Shift
- [
Increase brush hardness
- Shift
- ]
Default foreground/background colors
- D
Switch foreground/background colors
- X
New layer via copy
- Ctrl
- J
New layer via cut
- Ctrl
- Shift
- J
Cancel any modal dialog window (including the Start Workspace)
- Esc
Select the first edit field of the tool bar
- Enter
Navigate between fields
- Tab
Navigate between fields in the opposite direction
- Shift
- Tab
Change cancel to reset
- Alt
Invoke the search experience
- Ctrl
- F
Use function keys
Start help
- F1
Cut
- F2
Copy
- F3
Paste
- F4
Show/hide brush panel
- F5
Show/hide color panel
- F6
Show/hide layers panel
- F7
Show/hide info panel
- F8
Show/hide actions panel
- F9
Revert
- F12
Fill
- Shift
- F5
Feather selection
- Shift
- F6
Inverse selection
- Shift
- F7
Select tools
Move tool
- V
Rectangular marquee tool
- M
Lasso tool
- L
Magic wand tool > quick selection tool
- W
Crop tool > slice tool > slice select tool
- C
Eyedropper tool > ruler tool > note tool
- I
Spot healing brush tool > healing brush tool > patch tool > red eye tool
- J
Brush tool > pencil tool > color replacement tool > mixer brush tool
- B
Clone stamp tool > pattern stamp tool
- S
History brush tool > Art history brush tool
- Y
Eraser tool > background eraser tool > magic eraser tool
- E
Gradient tool > paint bucket tool
- G
Dodge tool > burn tool > sponge tool
- O
Pen tool > freeform pen tool
- P
Horizontal type tool > vertical type tool > horizontal type mask tool > vertical type mask tool
- T
Path selection tool > direct selection tool
- A
Rectangle tool > rounded rectangle tool > ellipse tool > polygon tool > line tool
- U
Hand tool
- H
Rotate view tool
- R
Zoom tool
- Z
Default foreground/background colors
- D
Switch foreground/background colors
- X
Toggle standard/quick mask modes
- Q
Content-aware move tool
- J
Perspective crop tool
- C
Artboard tool
- V
Rotate view tool
- R
Toggle preserve transparency
- /
Previous brush
- ,
Next brush
- .
First brush
- Shift
- ,
Last brush
- Shift
- .
View images
Cycle through open documents
- Ctrl
- Tab
Switch to previous document
- Ctrl
- Shift
- Tab
Close a file in Photoshop and open Bridge
- Ctrl
- Shift
- W
Toggle forward between Standard screen > Full screen with menu bar > Full screen modes
- F
Toggle backwards between Standard screen > Full screen with menu bar > Full screen modes
- Shift
- F
Toggle forward canvas color
- Space
- F
Toggle backwards canvas color
- Shift
- Space
- F
Switch to hand tool (when not in text-edit mode)
- Space
Switch to zoom in tool
- Ctrl
- Space
Switch to zoom out tool
- Alt
- Space
Apply zoom percentage, and keep zoom percentage box active
- Shift
- Enter
Scroll up or down 1 screen
- PgUp/PgDn
Scroll up or down 10 units
- Shift
- PgUp/PgDn
Move view to upper-left corner
- Home
Move view to lower-right corner
- End
Toggle layer mask on/off as rubylith (layer mask must be selected)
- \
Use Puppet Warp
Cancel completely
- Esc
Undo last pin adjustment
- Ctrl
- Z
Select all pins
- Ctrl
- A
Deselect all pins
- Ctrl
- D
Temporarily hide pins
- H
Use Refine Edge
Open the Refine Edge dialog box
- Ctrl
- Alt
- R
Cycle forward through preview modes
- F
Cycle backwards through preview modes
- Shift
- F
Toggle between original image and selection preview
- X
Toggle between original selection and refined version
- P
Toggle radius preview on and off
- J
Toggle between Refine Radius and Erase Refinement tools
- Shift
- E
Use the Filter Gallery
Reapply last-used filter
- Ctrl
- Alt
- F
Change Cancel button to Default
- Ctrl
Change Cancel button to Reset
- Alt
Undo/Redo
- Ctrl
- Z
Step forward
- Ctrl
- Shift
- Z
Step backward
- Ctrl
- Alt
- Z
Use the Liquify filter
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)
Cycle through controls on right from top
- Tab
Cycle through controls on right from bottom
- Shift
- Tab
Change cancel to reset
- Alt
Use Vanishing Point
Zoom 2x (temporary)
- X
Zoom in
- Ctrl
- +
Zoom out
- Ctrl
- -
Fit in view
- Ctrl
- 0
Undo last action
- Ctrl
- Z
Redo last action
- Ctrl
- Shift
- Z
Deselect all
- Ctrl
- D
Hide selection and panes
- Ctrl
- H
Move selection 1 pixel
- Arrows
Move selection 10 pixels
- Shift
- Arrows
Copy
- Ctrl
- C
Paste
- Ctrl
- V
Repeat last duplicate and move
- Ctrl
- Shift
- T
Create floating selection from the current selection
- Ctrl
- Alt
- T
Constrain selection to a 15 degree rotation
- Alt
- Shift
Delete last node while creating plane
- Backspace
Use the Camera Raw dialog box
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/Greyscale 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
- 8
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
Temporarily switch from Add to Erase mode for the Adjustment brush tool, or from Erase to Add mode
- Alt
Increase/decrease temporary adjustment brush tool size
- Alt
- ]/[
Increase/decrease temporary adjustment brush tool feather
- Alt
- Shift
- ]/[
Increase/decrease temporary adjustment brush tool size flow in increments of 10
- Alt
- =/-
Switch to New mode from Add or Erase mode of the Adjustment Brush tool or 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
Rotate image left
- L
Rotate image right
- R
Temporarily switch to zoom in tool
- Ctrl
Temporarily switch to zoom out tool and change the image open button to open copy
- Alt
Toggle preview
- P
Full screen mode
- F
Temporarily activate the White Balance tool and change the open image button to open object
- Shift
Move selected point in curves panel 1 pixel
- Arrows
Move selected point in curves panel 10 pixels
- Shift
- Arrows
Open selected images in Camera Raw dialog box from Bridge
- Ctrl
- R
Highlight clipping warning
- O
Shadows clipping warning
- U
Add 1-5 star rating (filmstrip mode)
- Ctrl
- 1-5
Increase/decrease rating (filmstrip mode)
- Ctrl
- ./,
Add red label (filmstrip mode)
- Ctrl
- 6
Add yellow label (filmstrip mode)
- Ctrl
- 7
Add green label (filmstrip mode)
- Ctrl
- 8
Add blue label (filmstrip mode)
- Ctrl
- 9
Add purple label (filmstrip mode)
- Ctrl
- Shift
- 0
Camera Raw preferences
- Ctrl
- K
Delete Adobe Camera Raw preferences (on open)
- Ctrl
- Alt
Use the Black-and-White dialog box
Open the Black-and-White dialog box
- Ctrl
- Shift
- Alt
- B
Increase/decrease selected value by 1%
- Up/Down
Increase/decrease selected value by 10%
- Shift
- Up/Down
Use Curves
Open the Curves dialog box
- Ctrl
- M
Select next point on the curve
- +
Select the previous point on the curve
- -
Deselect a point
- Ctrl
- D
Delete a point on the curve
- Del
Move the selected point 1 pixel
- Arrows
Move the selected point 10 pixels
- Shift
- Arrows
Transform selections, selection borders, and paths
Transform from center or reflect
- Alt
Constrain
- Shift
Distort
- Ctrl
Apply
- Enter
Cancel
- Ctrl
- .
Free transform with duplicate data
- Ctrl
- Alt
- T
Transform again with duplicate data
- Ctrl
- Shift
- Alt
- T
Edit paths
Switch from path selection, pen, add anchor point, delete anchor point, or convert point tools to direct selection tool
- Ctrl
Switch from pen tool to freeform pen tool to convert point tool when pointer is over anchor or direction point
- Alt
Use for painting
Mixer brush changes mix setting
- Alt
- Shift
- 0-9
Mixer brush changes wet setting
- 0-9
Mixer brush changes wet and mix to zero
- 00
Cycle through blending modes
- Shift
- +/-
Open fill dialog box on background or standard layer
- Backspace
Fill with foreground color
- Alt
- Backspace
Fill with background color
- Ctrl
- Backspace
Fill from history
- Ctrl
- Alt
- Backspace
Displays fill dialog box
- Shift
- Backspace
Lock transparent pixels on/off
- /
Use for blending modes
Cycle through blending modes
- Ctrl
- -/+
Normal
- Shift
- Alt
- N
Dissolve
- Shift
- Alt
- I
Behind (brush tool only)
- Shift
- Alt
- Q
Clear (brush tool only)
- Shift
- Alt
- R
Darken
- Shift
- Alt
- K
Multiply
- Shift
- Alt
- M
Color burn
- Shift
- Alt
- B
Linear burn
- Shift
- Alt
- A
Lighten
- Shift
- Alt
- G
Screen
- Shift
- Alt
- S
Color dodge
- Shift
- Alt
- D
Linear dodge
- Shift
- Alt
- W
Overlay
- Shift
- Alt
- O
Soft light
- Shift
- Alt
- F
Hard light
- Shift
- Alt
- H
Vivid light
- Shift
- Alt
- V
Linear light
- Shift
- Alt
- J
Pin light
- Shift
- Alt
- Z
Hard mix
- Shift
- Alt
- L
Difference
- Shift
- Alt
- E
Exclusion
- Shift
- Alt
- X
Hue
- Shift
- Alt
- U
Saturation
- Shift
- Alt
- T
Color
- Shift
- Alt
- C
Luminosity
- Shift
- Alt
- Y
Set blending mode to Threshold for bitmap images, Normal for all other images
- Shift
- Alt
- N
Format type
Align left, center, or right
- Ctrl
- Shift
- L/C/R
Choose 100% horizontal scale
- Ctrl
- Shift
- X
Choose 100% vertical scale
- Ctrl
- Shift
- Alt
- X
Choose auto leading
- Ctrl
- Shift
- Alt
- A
Choose 0 for tracking
- Ctrl
- Shift
- Q
Justify paragraph, left aligns last line
- Ctrl
- Shift
- J
Justify paragraph, justifies all
- Ctrl
- Shift
- F
Toggle paragraph hyphenation on/off
- Ctrl
- Shift
- Alt
- H
Toggle single/every-line composer on/off
- Ctrl
- Shift
- Alt
- T
Decrease or increase type size of selected text 2 points or pixels
- Ctrl
- Shift
- </>
Decrease or increase leading 2 points or pixels
- Alt
- Up/Down
Decrease or increase baseline shift 2 points or pixels
- Shift
- Alt
- Up/Down
Decrease or increase kerning/tracking 20/1000 ems
- Alt
- Left/Right
Use panels
Apply value and keep text box active
- Shift
- Enter
Show/Hide all panels
- Tab
Show/Hide all panels except the toolbox and options bar
- Shift
- Tab
Highlight options bar (select tool first)
- Enter
Increase/decrease selected values by 10
- Shift
- Up/Down
Use adjustment layers
Choose red channel for adjustment
- Alt
- 3
Choose green channel for adjustment
- Alt
- 4
Choose blue channel for adjustment
- Alt
- 5
Choose composite channel for adjustment
- Alt
- 2
Delete adjustment layer
- Backspace
Use the Brush panel
Select previous/next brush size
- ,/.
Select first/last brush
- Shift
- ,/.
Display precise cross hair for brushes
- Caps Lock
Toggle airbrush option
- Shift
- Alt
- P
Use the Clone Source panel
Show Clone Source (overlays iamge)
- Alt
- Shift
Nudge Clone Source
- Alt
- Shift
- (arrows)
Rotate Clone Source
- Alt
- Shift
- </>
Scale (increase or reduce size) Clone Source
- Alt
- Shift
- [/]
Use the Layers panel
New layer
- Ctrl
- Shift
- N
New layer via copy
- Ctrl
- J
New layer via cut
- Ctrl
- Shift
- J
Group layers
- Ctrl
- G
Ungroup layers
- Ctrl
- Shift
- G
Create/release clipping mask
- Ctrl
- Alt
- G
Select all layers
- Ctrl
- Alt
- A
Merge visible layers
- Ctrl
- Shift
- E
Select top layer
- Alt
- .
Select bottom layer
- Alt
- .
Add to layer selection in Layers panel
- Shift
- Alt
- [/]
Select next layer down/up
- Alt
- [/]
Move target layer down/up
- Ctrl
- [/]
Merge a copy of all visible layers into target layer
- Ctrl
- Shift
- Alt
- E
Merge layers (while layers are highlighted)
- Ctrl
- E
Move layer to bottom or top
- Ctrl
- Shift
- [/]
Toggle lock transparency for target layer, or last applied lock
- /
Toggle rubylith mode for layer mask on/off
- \