| Keys for selecting tools | |
| Shft-press shortcut key (if Use Shft Key for Tool Switch preference is selected) | Cycle through tools with the same shortcut key |
| Alt-click + tool | Cycle through hidden tools (except add anchor point, delete anchor point, and convert point tools) |
| V | Move tool |
| M | Rectangular Marquee tool, EllipticalMarquee tool |
| L | Lasso tool, Polygonal Lasso tool, MagneticLasso tool |
| W | Magic Wand tool,Quick Selection tool |
| C | Crop tool |
| K | Slice tool, Slice Select tool |
| J | Spot Healing Brush tool, Healing Brushtool, Patch tool, Red Eye tool |
| B | Brush tool, Pencil tool, ColorReplacement tool |
| S | Clone Stamp tool, Pattern Stamp tool |
| Y | History Brush tool, Art History Brushtool |
| E | Eraser tool, BackgroundEraser tool, Magic Eraser tool (in Photoshop) |
| G | Gradient tool, Paint Bucket tool |
| R | Blur tool, Sharpen tool, Smudgetool |
| O | Dodge tool, Burn tool, Spongetool |
| P | Pen tool, Freeform Pen tool |
| T | Horizontal Type tool, Vertical Typetool , Horizontal Type mask tool, Vertical Type mask tool |
| A | Path Selection tool,Direct Selectiontool |
| U | Rectangle tool, Rounded Rectangle tool, Ellipsetool, Polygon tool, Line tool , Custom Shape tool |
| N | Notes tool, Audio Annotation tool (in Photoshop) |
| I | Eyedropper tool, ColorSampler tool, Measure tool, Count tool |
| H | Hand tool |
| Z | Zoom tool |
| Keys for selecting tools in the Extract toolbox | |
| B | Edge Highlighter tool |
| G | Fill tool |
| I | Eyedropper tool |
| C | Cleanup tool |
| T | Edge Touchup tool |
| Keys for selecting tools in the Liquify toolbox | |
| W | Forward Warp tool |
| R | Reconstruct tool |
| C | Twirl Clockwise tool |
| S | Pucker tool |
| B | Bloat tool |
| O | Push Left tool |
| M | Mirror tool |
| T | Turbulence tool |
| F | Freeze Mask tool |
| D | Thaw Mask tool |
| Result (Extract, Liquify, and Pattern Maker) | |
| Tab | Cycle through controls on right from top in Adobe Photoshop |
| Shft + Tab | Cycle through controls on right from bottom |
| Spacebar | Temporarily activate Hand tool |
| Alt | Change Cancel to Reset |
| Result (Extract and Liquify) | |
| Up or Down arrow keys | Decreases or increases brush size in Adobe Photoshop |
| Result (Extract and Pattern Maker) | |
| Ctrl + 0 | Fit in window |
| Ctrl + + (plus) | Zoom in |
| Ctrl + - (hyphen) | 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 |
| Result (Liquify only) | |
| Alt tool | Reverse direction for Bloat, Pucker, Push Left,and Mirror tools in Adobe 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 |
| Result (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 | Apply a new filter on top of selected |
| Alt-click a disclosure triangle | Open/close all disclosure triangles |
| Ctrl | Change Cancel button to Default in Adobe Photoshop |
| Alt | Change Cancel button to Reset |
| Ctrl + Z | Undo/Redo |
| Ctrl + Shft + Z | Step forward |
| Ctrl + Alt + Z | Step backward |
| Keys for using the Refine Edge dialog box | |
| Ctrl + Alt + R | Open the Refine Edge dialog box |
| F | Cycle (forward) through preview modes |
| Shft F | Cycle (backward) through preview modes in Adobe Photoshop |
| X | Toggle between original image and selection preview |
| P | Toggle the preview option (on and off) in Adobe Photoshop |
| Keys for using the Black-and-White dialog box | |
| Shft Ctrl Alt B | Open the Black-and-White dialog box in Adobe Photoshop |
| Left Arrow/Right Arrow | Increase/decrease selected value by %1 |
| Shft + Left Arrow/Right Arrow | Increase/decrease selected value by %10 |
| Click-drag on the image | 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 (1 unit) |
| Shft-arrow | Move selected point in Curves panel (10 units) |
| Ctrl + R | Open selected images in Camera Raw dialog box from Bridge |
| Shft double-click imag | Open selected images from Bridge bypassing Camera Raw dialog box in Adobe Photoshop |
| Alt | Change Cancel button to Reset and Save button to bypass Save dialog box |
| Right Arrow, Left Arrow, Up Arrow, or Down Arrow | Display highlights that will be clipped in Preview |
| Keys for using the Curves dialog box | |
| Ctrl M | Open the Curves dialog box in Adobe Photoshop |
| Ctrl + Tab | Select next point on the curve |
| Shft + Ctrl + Tab | Select the previous point on the curve |
| Ctrl-click on the points | Select multiple points on the curve |
| Ctrl + D | Deselect a point |
| Select a point and press Delete | To delete a point on the curve |
| Arrow keys | Move the selected point 1 unit |
| Shft + Arrow keys | Move the selected point 10 units |
| Alt-drag black/white point sliders | Display highlights and shadows that will be clipped in Adobe Photoshop |
| Ctrl-click the image | Set a point to the composite curve |
| Shft + Ctrl-click the image | Set a point to the channel curves |
| Alt-click the field | Toggle grid size |
| Keys for using Photomerge | |
| A | Select Image tool in Adobe Photoshop |
| R | Rotate Image tool |
| V | Set Vanishing Point tool |
| Z | Zoom tool |
| H | Move View tool |
| Spacebar | Switch to Move View tool (temporary) |
| Ctrl + Z | Step backward |
| Ctrl + Shft + Z | Step forward |
| Right Arrow, Left Arrow, Up Arrow, or Down Arrow | Move selected image 1 pixel |
| Alt | Change Cancel to Reset |
| Alt-move pointer over image | Show individual image border |
| Keys for using Vanishing Point | |
| Z | Zoom tool |
| X | Zoom 2x (temporary) |
| H | Hand tool |
| Spacebar | Switch to Hand tool (temporary) |
| Ctrl + + (plus) | Zoom in |
| Ctrl + - (hyphen) | Zoom out |
| Ctrl + 0 (zero), Double-click Hand tool | Fit in view |
| Double-click Zoom tool | Zoom to center at 100% |
| ] | Increase brush size (Brush, Stamp tools) |
| [ | Decrease brush size (Brush, Stamp tools) |
| Shft + ] | Increase brush hardness (Brush, Stamp tools) |
| Shft + [ | Decrease brush hardness (Brush, Stamp tools) |
| Ctrl + Z | Undo last action |
| Ctrl + Shft + Z | Redo last action |
| Ctrl + D | Deselect all |
| Ctrl + H | Hide selection and planes |
| Arrow keys | Move selection 1 pixel |
| Shft + arrow keys | Move selection 10 pixels |
| Ctrl + C | Copy |
| Ctrl + V | Paste |
| Ctrl + Shft + T | Repeat last duplicate and move |
| Ctrl Alt T | Create a floating selection from the current selection in Adobe Photoshop |
| Ctrl-drag | Fill a selection with image under the pointer |
| Ctrl + Alt-drag | Create a duplicate of a floating selection |
| Alt + Shft to rotate | Constrain a rotate plan to a 15ยบ rotation |
| Ctrl-click the plane | Select a plane under another selected plane in Adobe Photoshop |
| Alt-click OK | Render plane grids |
| Ctrl-drag | Create 90 degree plane off parent plane |
| Backspace | Delete last node while creating plane |
| Double-click the Create Plane tool | Make a full canvas plane, square to the camera |
| Ctrl + Shft + H | Show/hide measurements (Photoshop Extended only) |
| Ctrl + E | Export to a DFX file (Photoshop Extended only) |
| Ctrl + Shft + E | 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 | Cycles through open documents |
| Shft-Ctrl-W | 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 | Reposition marquee while selecting* |
| Any selection tool Shft-drag | Add to a selection in Adobe Photoshop |
| Any selection tool + Alt-drag | Subtract from a selection |
| Any selection tool (except Quick Selection tool) + Shft-Alt-drag | Intersect a selection |
| Shft-drag | Constrain marquee to square or circle (ifno other selections are active)* |
| Alt-drag | Draw marquee from center (if no other selectionsare active)* |
| Shft + Alt-drag | Constrain shape and draw marquee from center* |
| Ctrl (except when Hand, Slice, Path, Shape, or any Pen tool is selected) | Switch to Move tool in Adobe Photoshop |
| Alt-drag | Switch from Magnetic Lasso tool to Lasso tool |
| Alt-click | Switch from Magnetic Lasso tool to polygonalLasso tool |
| Enter/Esc or Ctrl + . (period) | Apply/cancel an operation of the Magnetic Lasso |
| Move tool + Alt-drag selection* | Move copy of selection |
| Any selection + Right Arrow, Left Arrow, Up Arrow, or Down Arrow | Move selection area 1 pixel |
| Move tool + Right Arrow, Left Arrow, Up Arrow, or Down Arrow | Move selection 1 pixel |
| Ctrl + Right Arrow, Left Arrow, Up Arrow, or Down Arrow | Move layer 1 pixel when nothing selected on layer |
| Magnetic Lasso tool + [ or ] | Increase/decrease detection width |
| Crop tool Enter or Esc | Accept cropping or exit cropping in Adobe Photoshop |
| / (forward slash) | Toggle crop shield off and on |
| Ruler tool + Alt-drag end point | Make protractor |
| Shft-drag guide | Snap guide to ruler ticks (except when View >Snap is unchecked) |
| Alt-drag guide | Convert between horizontal and vertical guide |
| 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) | Eyedropper tool |
| Eyedropper tool + Alt-click | Select background color |
| Eyedropper tool + Shft | Color sampler tool |
| Color sampler tool + Alt-click | Deletes color sampler |
| Any painting or editing tool + Shft + number keys | Sets opacity, tolerance, strength, or exposure for painting mode (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 | Sets flow 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) | Cycles through blending modes in Photoshop |
| Alt + Backspace, or Ctrl + Backspace | Fills selection/layer with foreground or backgroundcolor (Hold down Shift to preserve transparency) |
| Ctrl + Alt + Backspace | Fills from history (Hold down Shift to preserve transparency) |
| Shft + Backspace | Displays Fill dialog box |
| / (forward slash) | Lock transparent pixels on/off in Photoshop |
| Any painting tool + Shft-click | Connects points with a straight line |
| Keys for transforming selections, selection borders, and paths | |
| Alt | Transform from center or reflect |
| Shft | Constrain |
| Ctrl | Distort |
| Enter | Apply |
| Ctrl + . (period) or Esc | Cancel |
| Ctrl + Alt + T | Free transform with duplicate data |
| Ctrl + Shft + Alt + T | 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 |
| 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 | Toggle between Slice tool and Slice Selection tool |
| Shft-drag | Draw square slice |
| Alt-drag | Draw from center outward |
| Shft + Alt-drag | Draw square slice from center outward |
| Spacebar-drag | Reposition slice while creating slice |
| 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. | Turn command on and all others off, or turns all commands on |
| Alt-click | Turn current modal control on and toggle all other modal controls |
| Alt double-click action set | Change action set options in Photoshop actions pallete |
| Double-click set or actions | Display Options dialog box |
| Ctrl + double-click an action | Play entire action |
| Alt-click the triangle | Collapse/expand all components of an action |
| Ctrl-click the Play button | Play a command |
| Alt-click the New Action button | Create new action and begin recording without confirmation |
| Shft-click the action/cmnd | Select contiguous items of the same kind |
| Ctrl-click the action/cmnd | Select discontiguous items of the same kind |
| Keys for using the Animation palette | |
| Shft-click second frame. | Select/deselect multiple contiguous frames |
| Ctrl-click multiple frames. | Select/deselect multiple discontiguous frames in Photoshop Animation pallete |
| Alt + Paste Frames cmnd from the Palette pop*'up menu | Paste using previous settings without displayingthe dialog box |
| 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 bu | 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 | Show Clone Source (overlays image) |
| Alt + Shft + arrow keys | Nudge Clone Source |
| Alt + Shft + < or > | Rotate Clone Source |
| Alt + Shft + [ or ] | Scale (increase or reduce size) Clone Source |
| Keys for using the Brushes palette | |
| Alt-click brush | Delete brush |
| Double-click brush | Rename brush |
| [ or ] | Decrease/increase brush size |
| Shft + [ or ] | Decrease/increase brush softness/hardness in 25% increments |
| , (comma) or . (period) | Select previous/next brush size |
| Shft + , (comma) or . (period) | Select first/last brush |
| Caps Lock | Display precise cross hair for brushes |
| Shft Alt P | Toggle airbrush option in Photoshop brushes palette |
| Keys for using the Channels palette | |
| Alt-click button | Set options for Save Selection as Channel button |
| Ctrl-click Create New Channel button | Create a new spot channel in Photoshop Channels palette |
| Shft-click color channel | Select/deselect multiple color-channel selection |
| Shft-click alpha channel | Select/deselect alpha channel and show/hide as a rubylith overlay |
| Double-click alpha or spot channel thumbnail | Display channel options |
| ~ (tilde) | Display composite |
| Keys for using the Color palette | |
| Alt-click color in color bar | Select background color |
| Right-click color bar | Display Color Bar menu in Photoshop Color palette |
| Shft-click color bar | Cycle through color choices |
| Keys for using the History palette | |
| Alt + New Snapshot | Create a new snapshot |
| Double-click snapshot name | Rename snapshot |
| Ctrl + Shft + Z | Step forward through image states |
| Ctrl Alt Z | Step backward through image states in Photoshop History palette |
| Alt-click the image state | Duplicate any image state, except the current state |
| Alt + Clear History (in History palette pop‑up men | Permanently clear history (no Undo) |
| Keys for using the Info palette | |
| Click eyedropper icon | Change color readout modes |
| Click cross-hair icon | Change measurement units |
| Keys for using the Layer Comps palette | |
| Alt-click Create New Layer Comp button | Create new layer comp + box |
| Double-click layer comp | Open Layer Comp Options dialog box |
| Double-click layer comp name | Rename inline |
| Shft-click | Select/deselect multiple contiguous layer comps |
| Ctrl-click | Select/deselect multiple discontiguous layer comps |
| Keys for using the Layers palette | |
| Ctrl-click layer thumbnail | Load layer transparency as a selection |
| Ctrl-click filter mask thumbnail | Load filter mask as a selection |
| Ctrl G | Group layers in Photoshop Layers palette |
| Ctrl + Shft + G | Ungroup layers |
| Ctrl + Alt + G | Create/release clipping mask |
| Ctrl + Alt + A | Select all layers |
| Ctrl + Shft + E | Merge visible layers |
| Alt-click New Layer button | Create new empty layer with dialog box |
| Ctrl-click New Layer button | Create new layer below target layer |
| Alt . (period) | Select top layer in Photoshop |
| Alt + , (comma) | Select bottom layer |
| Shft + Alt + [ or ] | Add to layer selection in Layers palette |
| Alt + [ or ] | Select next layer down/up |
| Ctrl + [ or ] | Move target layer down/up |
| Ctrl + Shft + Alt + E | Merge a copy of all visible layers into target layer |
| Ctrl + E | Merge down |
| Ctrl + Shft + [ or ] | Move layer to bottom or top |
| Alt + Merge Down cmnd from the Palette pop*'up menu | Copy current layer to layer below in Photoshop |
| Alt + Merge Visible cmnd from the Palette pop*'up menu | Merge all visible layers to a new layer above the currently selected layer |
| Right-click the eye icon | Show/hide this layer/layer group only or all layers/layer groups |
| Alt-click the eye icon | Show/hide all other currently visible layers |
| / (forward slash) | Toggle lock transparency for target layer, or last applied lock |
| Double-click layer effect/style | Edit layer effect/style, options |
| Alt-double-click layer effect/style | Hide layer effect/style |
| Double-click layer | Edit layer style |
| Shft-click vector mask thumbnail | Disable/enable vector mask in Photoshop |
| Double-click layer mask thumbnail | Open Layer Mask Display Options dialog box |
| Shft-click layer mask thumbnail | Toggle layer mask on/off |
| Shft-click filter mask thumbnail | Toggle filter mask on/off |
| Alt-click layer mask thumbnail | Toggle between layer mask/composite image |
| Alt-click filter mask thumbnail | Toggle between filter mask/composite image |
| \ (backslash), or Shft + Alt-click | Toggle rubylith mode for layer mask on/off |
| Double-click type layer thumbnail | Select all type; temporarily select type tool |
| Alt-click the line dividing two layers | Create a clipping mask |
| Double-click the layer name | Rename layer |
| Double-click the filter effect | Edit filter settings |
| Double-click the Filter Blending icon | Edit the Filter Blending options |
| Ctrl-click New Layer Set button | Create new layer set below current layer/layer set |
| Alt-click New Layer Set button | Create new layer set with dialog box |
| Alt-click Add Layer Mask button | Create layer mask that hides all/selection |
| Ctrl-click Add Layer Mask button | Create vector mask that reveals all/selection |
| Ctrl + Alt-click Add Layer Mask button | Create vector mask that hides all/selection |
| Right-click layer group or double-click group | Display layer group properties |
| Shft-click | Select/deselect multiple contiguous layers |
| Ctrl-click | Select/deselect multiple discontiguous layers |
| 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 | Create new swatch from foreground color |
| Ctrl-click swatch | Select background color |
| Alt-click swatch | Delete color |
| Keys for using Measurement (Photoshop Extended Only) | |
| Shft + Ctrl + M | Record a measurement |
| Ctrl + D | Deselects all measurements |
| Ctrl + A | Selects all measurements |
| Shft + Ctrl + H | Hide/show all measurements |
| Backspace | Removes a measurement |
| Arrow keys | Nudge the measurement |
| Shft arrow keys | Nudge the measurement in increments in Photoshop |
| Left/right arrow key | Extend/shorten selected measurement |
| Shft + left/right arrow key | Extend/shorten selected measurement in increments |
| Ctrl + arrow key | Rotate selected measurement |
| Shft + Ctrl + arrow key | Rotate selected measurement in increments |
| Keys for using 3D tools (Photoshop Extended) | |
| O | Enable 3D object tools |
| C | Enable 3D camera tools |
| Shft | Constrain 3D object tool/3D camera tool to a single direction of movement in Photoshop 3D tools |
| R | Rotate the 3D object/Orbit the 3D camera |
| L | Roll the 3D object/Roll the 3D camera |
| H | Drag the 3D object/Pan the 3D camera |
| S | Slide the 3D object/Walk the 3D camera |
| Z | Scale the 3D object/Zoom the 3D camera |
| Keys for working with DICOM files (Photoshop Extended) | |
| Z | Zoom tool |
| H | Hand tool |
| W | Window Level tool |
| Ctrl + A | Select all frames |
| Ctrl + D | Deselect all frames |
| Right Arrow/Left Arrow | Navigate through frames (Photoshop extended) |
| Function keys | |
| F1 | Invoke Help |
| F2 | Cut |
| F3 | Copy |
| F4 | Paste |
| F5 | Show/Hide Brushes palette in Photoshop |
| F6 | Show/Hide Color palette |
| F7 | Show/Hide Layers palette |
| F8 | Show/Hide Info palette in Photoshop |
| F9 | Show/Hide Actions palette |
| F12 | Revert |
| Shft + F5 | Fill |
| Shft + F6 | Feather Selection |
| Shft + F7 | Inverse Selection |