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Essential Gimp keyboard shortcuts

I made a quick overview of the most essential Gimp keyboard shortcuts. It is part of my series of creativity enhancement keyboard shortcuts for creative software.

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General Commands

  • New Image: Ctrl + N (Windows) / Cmd + N (Mac)

  • Open Image: Ctrl + O (Windows) / Cmd + O (Mac)

  • Save Image: Ctrl + S (Windows) / Cmd + S (Mac)

  • Save As: Ctrl + Shift + S (Windows) / Cmd + Shift + S (Mac)

  • Close Image: Ctrl + W (Windows) / Cmd + W (Mac)

  • Undo: Ctrl + Z (Windows) / Cmd + Z (Mac)

  • Redo: Ctrl + Y (Windows) / Cmd + Shift + Z (Mac)

  • Cut: Ctrl + X (Windows & Mac)

  • Copy: Ctrl + C (Windows & Mac)

  • Paste: Ctrl + V (Windows & Mac)

  • Select All: Ctrl + A (Windows & Mac)

  • Deselect: Shift + Ctrl + A (Windows) / Shift + Cmd + A (Mac)

  • Open Preferences: Ctrl + K (Windows) / Cmd + K (Mac)


Tool Selection

  • Move Tool: M (Windows & Mac)

  • Crop Tool: Shift + C (Windows & Mac)

  • Rotate Tool: Shift + R (Windows & Mac)

  • Scale Tool: Shift + S (Windows & Mac)

  • Shear Tool: Shift + H (Windows & Mac)

  • Perspective Tool: Shift + P (Windows & Mac)

  • Text Tool: T (Windows & Mac)

  • Bucket Fill: Shift + B (Windows & Mac)

  • Gradient Tool: G (Windows & Mac)

  • Eraser Tool: Shift + E (Windows & Mac)

  • Paintbrush Tool: P (Windows & Mac)

  • Pencil Tool: N (Windows & Mac)

  • Clone Tool: C (Windows & Mac)

  • Healing Tool: H (Windows & Mac)

  • Path Tool: B (Windows & Mac)

  • Selection Tool: R (Rectangular) / E (Ellipse) / F (Free Select)


Layer Management

  • New Layer: Shift + Ctrl + N (Windows) / Shift + Cmd + N (Mac)

  • Duplicate Layer: Ctrl + Shift + D (Windows) / Cmd + Shift + D (Mac)

  • Merge Down: Ctrl + M (Windows) / Cmd + M (Mac)

  • Layer to Image Size: Shift + Ctrl + I (Windows) / Shift + Cmd + I (Mac)

  • Scale Layer: Shift + Ctrl + S (Windows) / Shift + Cmd + S (Mac)

  • Move Layer Up: Page Up (Windows & Mac)

  • Move Layer Down: Page Down (Windows & Mac)


Selection Commands

  • Select by Color: Shift + O (Windows & Mac)

  • Grow Selection: Ctrl + Shift + G (Windows) / Cmd + Shift + G (Mac)

  • Shrink Selection: Ctrl + Shift + S (Windows) / Cmd + Shift + S (Mac)

  • Feather Selection: Ctrl + Shift + F (Windows) / Cmd + Shift + F (Mac)

  • Invert Selection: Ctrl + I (Windows) / Cmd + I (Mac)

  • Border Selection: Ctrl + B (Windows) / Cmd + B (Mac)


Color and Adjustments

  • Color Balance: Shift + Ctrl + B (Windows) / Shift + Cmd + B (Mac)

  • Hue-Saturation: Shift + Ctrl + U (Windows) / Shift + Cmd + U (Mac)

  • Brightness-Contrast: Shift + Ctrl + C (Windows) / Shift + Cmd + C (Mac)

  • Levels: Ctrl + L (Windows) / Cmd + L (Mac)

  • Curves: Ctrl + M (Windows) / Cmd + M (Mac)

  • Invert Colors: Ctrl + I (Windows) / Cmd + I (Mac)

  • Desaturate: Shift + Ctrl + U (Windows) / Shift + Cmd + U (Mac)


View and Zoom

  • Zoom In: + (Windows & Mac)

  • Zoom Out: - (Windows & Mac)

  • Fit Image in Window: Shift + Ctrl + J (Windows) / Shift + Cmd + J (Mac)

  • Show/Hide Rulers: Ctrl + R (Windows) / Cmd + R (Mac)

Show/Hide Grid: Ctrl + Shift + G (Windows) / Cmd + Shift + G (Mac)


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