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Shortcut key in Photoshop

Essential Shortcut key in photoshop overview. I made this map of need to know Photoshop  keyboard shortcuts. It is part of my series of productivity enhancement keyboard shortcuts for creative software. They work on both windows and mac.

Photoshop shortcuts




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General Shortcuts:

  • New document: Ctrl/⌘ + N

  • Open file: Ctrl/⌘ + O

  • Save file: Ctrl/⌘ + S

  • Save As: Ctrl/⌘ + Alt + S

  • Print: Ctrl/⌘ + P

  • Undo: Ctrl/⌘ + Z

  • Redo (step forward): Ctrl/⌘ + Shift + Z

  • Step backward (multiple undos): Ctrl/⌘ + Alt + Z

  • Quit Photoshop: Ctrl/⌘ + Q


Selection Tools:

  • Move tool: V

  • Marquee tool (Rectangular, Elliptical): M

  • Lasso tool: L

  • Quick selection/magic wand tool: W

  • Deselect selection: Ctrl/⌘ + D

  • Invert selection: Ctrl/⌘ + Shift + I

  • Duplicate selection to a new layer: Ctrl/⌘ + J

  • Cut selection to a new layer: Ctrl/⌘ + Shift + J


Layers:

  • New layer: Ctrl/⌘ + Shift + N

  • Group layers: Ctrl/⌘ + G

  • Merge selected layers: Ctrl/⌘ + E

  • Merge all visible layers: Ctrl/⌘ + Shift + E

  • Transform: Ctrl/⌘ + T

  • Create a stamp of all visible layers: Ctrl/⌘ + Alt + Shift + E


Brush & Painting:

  • Brush tool: B

  • Eraser tool: E

  • Adjust brush size/hardness: Alt + Right-Click + Drag

  • Decrease brush size: [

  • Increase brush size: ]

  • Decrease brush hardness: Shift + [

  • Increase brush hardness: Shift + ]


Zooming & Navigation:

  • Zoom in: Ctrl/⌘ + +

  • Zoom out: Ctrl/⌘ + -

  • Pan around the document: Spacebar + Drag

  • Fit to screen: Ctrl/⌘ + 0

  • Actual size (100%): Ctrl/⌘ + 1


Color & Adjustments:

  • Default foreground/background colors (Black & White): D

  • Swap foreground/background colors: X

  • Levels: Ctrl/⌘ + L

  • Hue/Saturation: Ctrl/⌘ + U

  • Desaturate: Ctrl/⌘ + Shift + U

  • Color Balance: Ctrl/⌘ + B


Text:

  • Type tool: T

  • Increase/Decrease font size: Ctrl/⌘ + Shift + > or <

  • Commit text editing: Ctrl/⌘ + Enter


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