Cycle through tools with the same shortcut key |
Shift+shortcut(if Use Shift for Tool Switch preference is selected) |
Cycle through hidden tools |
Alt+Click+tool(except Add Anchor Point, Delete Anchor Point, and Convert Point tools) |
Move tool |
V |
Rectangular Marquee tool Elliptical Marquee tool |
M |
Lasso tool Polygonal Lasso tool Magnetic Lasso tool |
L |
Magic Wand tool Quick Selection tool |
W |
Crop tool Slice tool Slice Select tool |
C |
Eyedropper tool Color Sampler 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 Custom Shape tool |
U |
Hand tool |
H |
Rotate View tool |
R |
Zoom tool |
Z |
Toggle Standard/Quick Mask modes |
Q |
Content-Aware Move tool |
J |
Perspective Crop tool |
C |
Artboard tool |
V |
Toggle Preserve Transparency |
/ |
Previous Brush |
, |
Next Brush |
. |
First Brush |
< |
Last Brush |
> |
Cycle through open documents |
Control+Tab |
Switch to previous document |
Shift+Control+Tab |
Close a file in Photoshop and open Bridge |
Shift+Control+W |
Toggle between Standard mode and Quick Mask mode |
Q |
Toggle (forward) between Standard screen mode, Full screen mode with menu bar, and Full screen mode |
F |
Toggle (backward) between Standard screen mode, Full screen mode with menu bar, and Full screen mode |
Shift+F |
Toggle (forward) canvas color |
Spacebar+F(or right-Click canvas background and select color) |
Toggle (backward) canvas color |
Spacebar+Shift+F |
Fit image in window |
Double-Click Hand tool |
Magnify 100% |
Double-Click Zoom toolCtrl+1 |
Switch to Hand tool (when not in text-edit mode) |
Spacebar |
Simultaneously pan multiple documents with Hand tool |
Shift+drag |
Switch to Zoom In tool |
Control+Spacebar |
Switch to Zoom Out tool |
Alt+Spacebar |
Move Zoom marquee while dragging with the Zoom tool |
Spacebar+drag |
Apply zoom percentage, and keep zoom percentage box active |
Shift+Enter in Navigator panel zoom percentage box |
Zoom in on specified area of an image |
Control+drag over preview in Navigator panel |
Temporarily zoom into an image |
Hold down H and then Click in the image and hold down the mouse button |
Scroll image with Hand tool |
Spacebar+dragdrag view area box in Navigator panel |
Scroll up or down 1 screen |
PageUp/PageDown |
Scroll up or down 10 units |
Shift+PageUp/PageDown |
Move view to upper-left corner or lower-right corner |
Home или End |
Toggle layer mask on/off as rubylith (layer mask must be selected) |
\ |
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 |
Continually sample the distortion |
Alt+drag in preview with Reconstruct tool, Displace, Amplitwist, or Affine mode selected |
Decrease/increase brush size by 2, or density, pressure, rate, or turbulent jitter by 1 |
↓/↑ 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 |
←/→ with Brush Size, Density, Pressure, Rate, or Turbulent Jitter slider shoWin+g |
Cycle through controls on right from top |
Tab |
Cycle through controls on right from bottom |
Shift+Tab |
Change Cancel to ResetTab |
Alt |
Zoom 2x (temporary) |
X |
Zoom in |
Control++ |
Zoom out |
Control++ - |
Fit in view |
Control+0(zero), Double-Click Hand tool |
Zoom to center at 100% |
Double-Click Zoom tool |
Increase brush size (Brush, Stamp tools) |
] |
Decrease brush size (Brush, Stamp tools) |
[ |
Increase brush hardness (Brush, Stamp tools) |
Shift+] |
Decrease brush hardness (Brush, Stamp tools) |
Shift+[ |
Undo last action |
Control+Z |
Redo last action |
Control+Shift+Z |
Deselect all |
Control+D |
Hide selection and planes |
Control+H |
Move selection 1 pixel |
↑↓←→ |
Move selection 10 pixels |
Shift+↑↓←→ |
Copy |
Control+C |
Paste |
Control+V |
Repeat last duplicate and move |
Control+Shift+T |
Create a floating selection from the current selection |
Control+Alt+T |
Fill a selection with image under the pointer |
Control-drag |
Create a duplicate of the selection as a floating selection |
Control+Alt+drag |
Constrain selection to a 15° rotation |
Alt+Shift to rotate |
Select a plane under another selected plane |
Control-Click the plane |
Create 90 degree plane off parent plane |
Control-drag |
Delete last node while creating plane |
Backspace |
Make a full canvas plane, square to the camera |
Double-Click the Create Plane tool |
Zoom tool |
Z |
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/Grayscale 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+9 |
Open Snapshots panel |
Ctrl+Alt+9 |
Parametric Curve Targeted Adjustment tool |
Ctrl+Alt+Shift |
Hue Targeted Adjustment tool |
Ctrl+Alt+Shift |
Saturation Targeted Adjustment tool |
Ctrl+Alt+Shift |
Luminance Targeted Adjustment tool |
Ctrl+Alt+Shift |
Grayscale Mix Targeted Adjustment tool |
Ctrl+Alt+Shift |
Last-used Targeted Adjustment tool |
T |
Adjustment Brush tool |
K |
Graduated Filter tool |
G |
Increase/decrease brush size |
/ |
Increase/decrease brush feather |
Shift+]Shift+[ |
Temporarily switch from Add to Erase mode for theAdjustment Brush tool, or from Erase to Add mode |
Alt |
Increase/decrease temporary Adjustment Brush tool size |
Alt+]Alt+[ |
Increase/decrease temporary Adjustment Brush tool feather |
Alt+Shift+]Alt+Shift+[ |
Increase/decrease temporary Adjustment Brush tool flow in increments of 10 |
Alt+- |
Switch to New mode from Add or Erase mode of theAdjustment Brush tool or the 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 |
Toggle overlay for Graduated Filter, Spot Removal tool, or Red Eye Removal tool. |
V |
Rotate image left |
L+]Ctrl+] |
Rotate image right |
R+[Ctrl+[ |
Zoom in |
Ctrl++ |
Zoom out |
Ctrl+- |
Temporarily switch to Zoom In tool (Doesn’t work when Straighten tool is selected. If Crop tool is active, temporarily switches to Straighten tool.) |
Ctrl |
Temporarily switch to Zoom Out tool and change the Open Image button to Open Copy and the Cancel button to Reset. |
Alt |
Toggle preview |
P |
Full screen mode |
F |
Temporarily activate the White Balance tool and change the Open Image button to Open Object. (Does not work if Crop tool is active) |
Shift |
Select multiple points in Curves panel |
Click the first point; Shift+Click additional points |
Add point to curve in Curves panel |
Control-Click in preview |
Move selected point in Curves panel (1 unit) |
↑↓←→ |
Move selected point in Curves panel (10 units) |
Shift+←→↓↑ |
Open selected images in Camera Raw dialog box from Bridge |
Ctrl+R |
Open selected images from Bridge bypassing Camera Raw dialog box |
Shift+Double-Click image |
Display highlights that will be clipped in Preview |
Alt+drag Exposure, Recovery, or Black sliders |
Highlight clipping warning |
O |
Shadows clipping warning |
U |
(Filmstrip mode) Add 1 - 5 star rating |
Ctrl+1–5 |
(Filmstrip mode) Increase/decrease rating |
Ctrl+.Ctrl+, |
(Filmstrip mode) Add red label |
Ctrl+6 |
(Filmstrip mode) Add yellow label |
Ctrl+7 |
(Filmstrip mode) Add green label |
Ctrl+8 |
(Filmstrip mode) Add blue label |
Ctrl+9 |
(Filmstrip mode) Add purple label |
Ctrl+Shift+0 |
Camera Raw preferences |
Ctrl+K |
Deletes Adobe Camera Raw preferences |
Ctrl+Alt(on open) |
Open the Curves dialog box |
Control+M |
Select next point on the curve |
+ |
Select the previous point on the curve |
- |
Select multiple points on the curve |
Shift+Click the points |
Deselect a point |
Control+D |
To delete a point on the curve |
Select a point and press Delete |
Move the selected point 1 unit |
↑↓←→ |
Move the selected point 10 units |
Shift+↑↓←→ |
Display highlights and shadows that will be clipped |
Alt+drag black/white point sliders |
Set a point to the composite curve |
Control-Click the image |
Set a point to the channel curves |
Shift+Control-Click the image |
Toggle grid size |
Alt+Click the field |
Reposition marquee while selecting |
Any marquee tool (except single column and single row)+Spacebar+drag |
Subtract from a selection |
Any selection tool+Alt+drag |
Intersect a selection |
Any selection tool (except Quick Selection tool)+Shift+Alt |
Constrain marquee to square or circle (if no other selections are active) |
Shift+drag |
Draw marquee from center (if no other selections are active) |
Alt+drag |
Constrain shape and draw marquee from center |
Shift+Alt+drag |
Switch to Move tool |
Control(except when Hand, Slice, Path, Shape, or any Pen tool is selected) |
Switch from Magnetic Lasso tool to Lasso tool |
Alt+drag |
Switch from Magnetic Lasso tool to polygonal Lasso tool |
Alt+Click |
Apply/cancel an operation of the Magnetic Lasso |
Enter/Esc Control+. |
Move copy of selection |
Move tool+Alt+drag selection |
Move selection area 1 pixel |
Any selection+↑↓←→ |
Move selection 1 pixel |
Move tool+↑↓←→ |
Move layer 1 pixel when nothing selected on layer |
Control+↑↓←→ |
Increase/decrease detection width |
Magnetic Lasso tool+/ |
Accept cropping or exit cropping |
Crop tool+Enter Esc |
Toggle crop shield off and on |
/ |
Make protractor |
Ruler tool+Alt+drag End point |
Snap guide to ruler ticks (except when View > Snap is unchecked) |
Shift+drag guide |
Convert between horizontal and vertical guide |
Alt+drag guide |
Select foreground color from color picker |
Any painting tool+Shift+Alt |
Select foreground color from image with Eyedropper tool |
Any painting tool+Alt any shape tool |
Select background color |
Eyedropper tool+Alt+Click |
Color sampler tool |
Eyedropper tool+Shift |
Deletes color sampler |
Color sampler tool+Alt+Click |
Sets opacity, tolerance, strength, or exposure for painting mode |
Any painting or editing tool+0-9(e.g., 0 = 100%, 1 = 10%, 4 then 5 in quick succession = 45%) (when airbrush Option is enabled, use Shift+0-9 |
Sets flow for painting mode |
Any painting or editing tool+Shift+0-9(e.g., 0 = 100%, 1 = 10%, 4 then 5 in quick succession = 45%) (when airbrush Option is enabled, omit Shift) |
Mixer Brush changes Mix setting |
Alt+Shift+number |
Mixer Brush changes Wet setting |
0-9 |
Mixer Brush changes Wet and Mix to zero |
0 |
Cycle through blending modes |
Shift++/- |
Open Fill dialog box on background or standard layer |
Backspace Shift+Backspace |
Fill with foreground or background color |
Alt+Backspace Control |
Fill from history |
Control+Alt+Backspace |
Displays Fill dialog box |
Shift+Backspace |
Lock transparent pixels on/off |
/ |
Connects points with a straight line |
Any painting tool+Shift+Click |
Move type in image |
Control-drag type when Type layer is selected |
Select 1 character left/right or 1 line down/up, or 1 word left/right |
Shift+←→↓↑Control+←/→ |
Select characters from insertion point to mouse click point |
Shift+Click |
Move 1 character left/right, 1 line down/up, or 1 word left/right |
←→↓↑ Control+←/→ |
Create a new text layer, when a text layer is selected in the Layers panel |
Shift+Click |
Select a word, line, paragraph, or story |
Double-Click, triple-Click, quadruple-Click, quintuple-Click |
Show/Hide selection on selected type |
Control+H |
Display the bounding box for transforming text when editing text, or activate Move tool if cursor is inside the bounding box |
Control |
Scale text within a bounding box when resizing the bounding box |
Control-drag a bounding box handle |
Move text box while creating text box |
Spacebar+drag |
Align left, center, or right |
Horizontal Type tool+Control+Shift |
Align top, center, or bottom |
Vertical Type tool+Control+Shift |
Choose 100% horizontal scale |
Control+Shift+X |
Choose 100% vertical scale |
Control+Shift+Alt |
Choose Auto leading |
Control+Shift+Alt |
Choose 0 for tracking |
Control+Shift+Q |
Justify paragraph, left aligns last line |
Control+Shift+J |
Justify paragraph, justifies all |
Control+Shift+F |
Toggle paragraph hyphenation on/off |
Control+Shift+Alt |
Toggle single/every-line composer on/off |
Control+Shift+Alt |
Decrease or increase type size of selected text 2 points or pixels |
Control+Shift+</> |
Decrease or increase leading 2 points or pixels |
Alt+↓/↑ |
Decrease or increase baseline SHIFT 2 points or pixels |
Shift+Alt+↓/↑ |
Decrease or increase kerning/tracking 20/1000 ems |
Alt+←→ |
Turn command on and all others off, or turn all commands on |
Alt+Click the check mark next to a ⌘ |
Turn current modal control on and toggle all other modal controls |
Alt+Click |
Change action or action set options |
Alt+Double-Click action or action set |
Display Options dialog box for recorded command |
Double-Click recorded ⌘ |
Play entire action |
Control+Double-Click an action |
Collapse/expand all components of an action |
Alt+Click the triangle |
Play a command |
Control-Click the Play button |
Create new action and begin recording without confirmation |
Alt+Click the New Action button |
Select contiguous items of the same kind |
Shift+Click the action/⌘ |
Select discontiguous items of the same kind |
Control-Click the action/⌘ |
Select individual channels |
Ctrl+3(red),4(green),5(blue) |
Select composite channel |
Ctrl+2 |
Load channel as selection |
Control-Click channel thumbnail Alt+Ctrl |
Add to current selection |
Control+Shift+Click channel thumbnail |
Subtract from current selection |
Control+Alt+Click channel thumbnail |
Intersect with current selection |
Control+Shift+Alt |
Set options for Save Selection As Channel button |
Alt+Click Save Selection As Channel button |
Create a new spot channel |
Control-Click Create New Channel button |
Select/deselect multiple color-channel selection |
Shift+Click color channel |
Select/deselect alpha channel and show/hide as a rubylith overlay |
Shift+Click alpha channel |
Display channel options |
Double-Click alpha или spot channel thumbnail |
Toggle composite and grayscale mask in Quick Mask mode |
~ |
Load layer transparency as a selection |
Control-Click layer thumbnail |
Add to current selection |
Control+Shift+Click layer thumbnail |
Subtract from current selection |
Control+Alt+Click layer thumbnail |
Intersect with current selection |
Control+Shift+Alt |
Load filter mask as a selection |
Control-Click filter mask thumbnail |
New layer |
Control+Shift+N |
Group layers |
Control+G |
Ungroup layers |
Control+Shift+G |
Create/release clipping mask |
Control+Alt+G |
Select all layers |
Control+Alt+A |
Merge visible layers |
Control+Shift+E |
Create new empty layer with dialog box |
Alt+Click New Layer button |
Create new layer below target layer |
Control-Click New Layer button |
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 |
Control+/ |
Merge a copy of all visible layers into target layer |
Control+Shift+Alt |
Merge layers |
Highlight layers you want to merge, then Control+E |
Move layer to bottom or top |
Control+Shift+/ |
Copy current layer to layer below |
Alt+Merge Down ⌘ from the Panel pop-up menu |
Merge all visible layers to a new layer above the currently selected layer |
Alt+Merge Visible ⌘ from the Panel pop-up menu |
Right-click the eye icon |
Control-Click the eye icon |
Show/hide all other currently visible layers |
Alt+Click the eye icon |
Toggle lock transparency for target layer, or last applied lock |
/ |
Edit layer effect/style, options |
Double-Click layer effect/style |
Hide layer effect/style |
Alt+Double-Click layer effect/style |
Edit layer style |
Double-Click layer |
Disable/enable vector mask |
Shift+Click vector mask thumbnail |
Open Layer Mask Display Options dialog box |
Double-Click layer mask thumbnail |
Toggle layer mask on/off |
Shift+Click layer mask thumbnail |
Toggle filter mask on/off |
Shift+Click filter mask thumbnail |
Toggle between layer mask/composite image |
Alt+Click layer mask thumbnail |
Toggle between filter mask/composite image |
Alt+Click filter mask thumbnail |
Toggle rubylith mode for layer mask on/off |
\or Shift+Alt-Click |
Select all type; temporarily select Type tool |
Double-Click type layer thumbnail |
Create a clipping mask |
Alt+Click the line dividing two layers |
Rename layer |
Double-Click the layer name |
Edit filter settings |
Double-Click the filter effect |
Edit the Filter Blending options |
Double-Click the Filter Blending icon |
Create new layer group below current layer/layer set |
Control-Click New Group button |
Create new layer group with dialog box |
Alt+Click New Group button |
Create layer mask that hides all/selection |
Alt+Click Add Layer Mask button |
Create vector mask that reveals all/path area |
Control-Click+Layer Mask button |
Create vector mask that hides all or displays path area |
Control+Alt+Click Add Layer Mask button |
Display layer group properties |
Right-Click layer group+choose Group Properties, or Double-Click group |
Select/deselect multiple contiguous layers |
Shift+Click |
Select/deselect multiple discontiguous layers |
Control-Click |
Fit in window |
Control+0 |
Temporarily activate Hand tool |
Spacebar |
Edge Highlighter tool |
B |
Fill tool |
G |
Eyedropper tool |
I |
Cleanup tool |
C |
Edge Touchup tool |
T |
Toggle between Edge Highlighter tool and Eraser tool |
Alt+Edge Highlighter/Eraser tool |
Toggle Smart Highlighting |
Control+Edge Highlighter tool selected |
Remove current highlight |
Alt+Delete |
Highlight entire image |
Control+Delete |
Fill foreground area and preview extraction |
Shift+Click with Fill tool selected |
Move mask when Edge Touchup tool is selected |
Control-drag |
Add opacity when Cleanup tool is selected |
Alt+drag |
Toggle Show menu options in preview between Original and Extracted |
X |
Enable Cleanup and Edge Touchup tools before preview |
Shift+X |
Cycle through Display menu in preview from top to bottom |
F |
Cycle through Display menu in preview from bottom to top |
Shift+F |
Decrease/increase brush size by 1 |
↓/↑(in Brush Size text box) |
Decrease/increase brush size by 1 |
←+Brush Size Slider showing |
Set strength of Cleanup or Edge Touch‑up tool |
0–9 |
Delete current selection |
Control+D |
Undo a selection move |
Control+Z |
Generate or generate again |
Control+G |
Intersect with current selection |
Shift+Alt+select |
Toggle view: original/generated pattern |
X |
Go to first tile in Tile History |
Home |
Go to last tile in Tile History |
End |
Go to previous tile in Tile History |
←,PageUp |
Go to next tile in Tile History |
→,PageDown |
Delete current tile from Tile History |
Delete |
Nudge selection when viewing the original |
↑↓←→ |
Increase selection nudging when viewing the original |
Shift+↑↓←→ |