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Photoshop Shortcut Key Chart For Windows

This document provides a summary of keyboard shortcuts in Photoshop for Windows. It lists shortcuts for navigating and selecting tools in the main toolbar as well as shortcuts for common commands in the file, edit, image, and other menus. Additionally, it outlines 61 keyboard shortcuts for tools in the toolbox.

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Photoshop Shortcut Key Chart For Windows

This document provides a summary of keyboard shortcuts in Photoshop for Windows. It lists shortcuts for navigating and selecting tools in the main toolbar as well as shortcuts for common commands in the file, edit, image, and other menus. Additionally, it outlines 61 keyboard shortcuts for tools in the toolbox.

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Photoshop Shortcut Key Chart for Windows

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 Print
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 +
Adjust > Auto Contrast
SHIFT + L
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
Nudge view up/down.
Up/Down
CTRL + Page
Move view left/right 1 screen.
Up/Down
CTRL + SHIFT +
Nudge screen left/right.
Page Up/Down
CTRL + SHIFT + Z Previous History entry.
CTRL + ALT + Z Next History entry.
SHIFT + - Previous blending mode.
SHIFT + + Next blending mode.

61 Toolbox Keyboard Shortcuts

 + – Add Shape
 - – Subtract Shape
 / – Preserve Transparency (toggle)
 [ - Decrease Brush Size
 ] – Increase Brush Size
 Shift+ [ - Decrease Brush Softness by 25%
 Shift+ ] – Increase Brush Hardness by 25%
 < – Previous Brush
 > – Next Brush
 Shift+ < – First Brush
 Shift+ > – >Last Brush
 1 → 0 – Tool Opacity 10% → 100%
 Shift+1 → 0 – Flow / Airbrush Opacity 10% → 100%
 A – Path / Direct Selection Tool
 B – Brush / Pencil / Color Replacement Tool
 C – Crop Tool
 D – Default Colors
 E – Eraser Tool
 F – Cycle Screen Modes
 G – Gradient / Paint Bucket Tool
 H – Hand Tool
 I – Eyedropper / Sampler / Measure Tool
 J – Spot Healing / Healing / Patch / Red Eye
 K – Slice Tool
 L – Lasso Tool
 M – Marquee Tool
 N – Notes / Audio Annotation Tool
 O – Dodge / Burn / Sponge Tool
 P – Pen / Freeform Pen Tool
 Q – Standard / Quick Mask Mode
 R – Blur / Sharpen / Smudge Tool
 S – Clone / Pattern Stamp Tool
 T – Type Tool (Vertical / Horizontal)
 U – Shape Tool
 V – Move Tool
 W – Magic Wand Tool
 X – Switch Colors
 Y – History / Art History Brush Tool
 Z – Zoom Tool
 Space – >Hand Tool (toggle)
 Ctrl+Space -Zoom In (toggle)
 Alt+Space – Zoom Out (toggle)
 Shift+A – Cycle Path / Direct Selection Tools
 Shift+B – Cycle Brush / Pencil / Color Replacement
 Shift+E – Cycle Eraser Tools
 Shift+F – Menubar (show / hide)
 Shift+G – Toggle Gradient / Paint Bucket Tools
 Shift+ I – Cycle Eyedropper / Sampler / Measure
 Shift+J – Cycle Spot / Healing / Patch / Red Eye
 Shift+K – Toggle Slice / Slice Select Tools
 Shift+L – Cycle Lasso Tools
 Shift+M – Toggle Rectangular / Elliptical Marquee
 Shift+N – Toggle Notes / Audio Annotation Tools
 Shift+O – Cycle Dodge / Burn / Sponge Tools
 Shift+P – Toggle Pen / Freeform Pen Tools
 Shift+R – Cycle Blur / Sharpen / Smudge Tools
 Shift+S – Toggle Clone / Pattern Stamp Tools
 Shift+T – Cycle Type Tools (Vertical / Horizontal)
 Shift+U – Cycle Shape / Line Tools
 Shift+Y – Toggle History / Art History Brush
 Alt+Shift+P – Airbrush (Brush Tool)

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