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Photoshop Keyboard Shortcuts

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Table of contents

  • Using This Photoshop Keyboard Shortcuts Guide
  • Must-Know Photoshop Keyboard Shortcuts!
  • Number Pad Keyboard Shortcuts!
  • Arrow & “Other Keys” Keyboard Shortcuts!
    • “Other” Keys:
  • Painting Keyboard Shortcuts!
  • Selection Keyboard Shortcuts!
  • Photoshop Keyboard Shortcuts for Type!
  • Blend Mode Keyboard Shortcuts!
  • Other Useful Photoshop Keyboard Shortcuts!
  • Photoshop Keyboard Shortcuts For CS6 and Newer
    • Blur Gallery (Field, Iris, Tilt-Shift)
    • Liquify
    • Crop Tool
    • Print
    • Adaptive Wide AngleTool Shortcuts
      • Control shortcuts
      • Hidden shortcuts not visible in the interface
  • Photoshop Keyboard Shortcuts Video Tutorials

Using This Photoshop Keyboard Shortcuts Guide

Although the pictured keyboard above is a Windows Keyboard, all of these Photoshop keyboard shortcuts will work for macOS as well.

Simply make the following substitutions:

MacOS – Windows
Command – Ctrl
Option = Alt
Delete = Backspace
Control = Right-Click

Must-Know Photoshop Keyboard Shortcuts!

The following are 22 of my most commonly used Photoshop Keyboard shortcuts.

These are simple commands that are pretty easy to pull off, and they will certainly speed up your productivity and workflow.

Save As: Command Shift S
Save for Web: Command Shift Option S
Undo: Command Z
Step Back: Command Option Z
Duplicate: Command J
Duplicate all visible Layers: Command Shift Option E
Hide Extras: Command H
Full-screen: F
Default Colors: D (black and white)
Flip Foreground and Background colors: X
Hand tool while in another tool: Hold Spacebar

Fill with Background color: Command Delete
Fill with Foreground color: Option Delete
Open the Fill dialog box: Shift Delete
Decrease/Increase Brush Size: [ or ]
Deselect: Command D
Restore Last Selection: Shift Command D
Move tool while in painting tool: hold Command
Eyedropper while in any paint tool: hold Option
Cross-Hair Cursor on any painting tool: Caps Lock
Lock transparent pixels: / (backslash)
Commit edits when typing: Command Return

Number Pad Keyboard Shortcuts!

Keyboard Number Pad

Although the number pad pictured to the right is from a Mac Keyboard, all of the Photoshop keyboard shortcuts will work for Windows as well.
Layer Opacity & Tool Opacity:
10% : 1 20% : 2 30% : 3
40% : 4 50% : 5 60% : 6
70% : 7 80% : 8 90% : 9
100% : 0
Do a combination of keys for a specific percentage. (i.e. 1 and 2 for 12% opacity)
Flow: Shift (and same as above)
Fit To Screen: Command 0
Actual Pixels (100%): Command 1

Load Channel as a selection: Option Command 3 (red), 4 (green), 5 (blue)

Arrow & “Other Keys” Keyboard Shortcuts!

The Arrow & the “other” keys are found in between the “typewriter” keys and the numeric keypad. These Photoshop keyboard shortcuts are used mostly for moving objects or moving the screen to a different point.

When the Move tool is active press any of the arrow keys to move 1 pixel in that direction. Hold Shift to move 10 pixels at a time.

If the Move tool is not active hold Command and then tap on the arrow keys, and hold shift to move 10 pixels at a time.

Move duplicate of selection 1 px: Command Option (any of the 4 arrow keys)
Move duplicate of selection 10 px: Command Option Shift (any of the 4 arrow keys)

Arrow and "Other Keys" Shortcut
“Other” Keys:

“Other” Keys:

Move view to upper-left corner: Home
Move view to lower-right corner: End
Scroll up 1 Screen: Page Up
Scroll down 1 screen: Page Down
Scroll left 1 screen: Command Page Up
Scroll right 1 screen: Command Page Down
(Hold Shift in any of the four above to move by 10 units)

Painting Keyboard Shortcuts!

The Painting Photoshop keyboard shortcuts work with any painting or brush tools.

Fill with background color: Command Delete
(Shift Command Delete to fill only opaque pixels)
Fill with foreground color: Option Backspace
(Shift Option Delete to fill only opaque pixels)
Fill dialog box: Shift Backspace
Sample as background color: Option (w/ Eyedropper)
Move tool while in any painting tool: hold Command

Eyedropper while in any paint tool: hold Option
Cross-Hair cursor: Caps Lock
Decrease/Increase Brush Size: [ or ]
Decrease/Increase Hardness of Brush: Shift [ or Shift ]
Switch between preset Brushes: < or >
Erase to History source state: Option Eraser Tool
Cycle through blend modes: Shift + or Shift –

Selection Keyboard Shortcuts!

Select All: Command A
Select all Opaque Pixels: Command-click on Layer Thumbnail
Inverse: Shift Command I
Deselect: Command D
Restore Last Selection: Command Shift D
Feather Selection: Shift F6

Draw Marquee from Center: Hold Option

Add to a Selection: Shift
Subtract from a Selection: Option
Intersect with a Selection: Shift-Option
Move Selection (in 1-pixel Increments): Arrow Keys
Move Selection (in 10-pixel Increments): Shift Arrow Keys
Move Marquee while drawing selection: Hold Space
Select layer luminosity: Command Option Shift ~ (2 on Windows)

Photoshop Keyboard Shortcuts for Type!

Align Center: Command Shift C
Align Left: Command Shift L
Align Right: Command Shift R
Justify par., left aligns last line: Command Shift J
Justify par., force the last line: Command Shift F
Justify paragraph: Command Shift F
Bold / Faux Bold: Command Shift B
Italic / Faux Italic: Command Shift I
Underline: Command Shift U
Small Caps: Command Shift H
Show Hide Selection: Command H
Auto leading: Command Shift Option A
0 for tracking: Command Control Shift Q
All Caps (on/off): Command Shift K
Hyphenation (on/off): Command Option Shift H

Blend Mode Keyboard Shortcuts!

Blending Modes have shortcuts as well! You don’t have to memorize them all. Just the ones you use most often.

Cycle through blending modes: Shift + or Shift –

Normal: Shift Option N
Dissolve: Shift Option I

Behind (Brush tool only): Shift Option Q
Clear (Brush tool only): Shift Option R

Darken: Shift Option K
Multiply: Shift Option M
Color Burn: Shift Option B
Linear Burn: Shift Option A

Lighten: Shift Option G
Screen: Shift Option S
Color Dodge: Shift Option D
Linear Dodge: Shift Option W

Overlay: Shift Option O
Soft Light: Shift Option F
Hard Light: Shift Option H
Vivid Light: Shift Option V
Linear Light: Shift Option J
Pin Light: Shift Option Z
Hard Mix: Shift Option L

Difference: Shift Option E
Exclusion: Shift Option X

Hue: Shift Option U
Saturation: Shift Option T
Color: Shift Option C
Luminosity: Shift Option Y

Other Useful Photoshop Keyboard Shortcuts!

Switch between open documents: Command Tab
Redo Last Filter: Command F
Opens Last Filter Dialog Box: Command Option F
Reset Dialog Box: Hold Option, Cancel turns into Reset
Repeat last Transformation: Command-Shift-T
Highlight Fields in Options bar: (n/a for all tools) Enter
Canvas Size Dialog Box: Command Option C
Image Size Dialog Box: Command Option I
Show/hide panels and Toolbar: Tab
Show/hide panels: Shift Tab

Don’t Snap object edge while moving: Hold Control
Hide all other layers: Option-click on the visibility icon
Change the range of the Dodge or Burn Tools:
(Dodge or Burn Tool must be active)
Shadows: Shift Option S
Midtones: Shift Option M
Highlights: Shift Option H

Desaturate Sponge tool: Shift Option D
Saturate Sponge tool: Shift Option S

Threshold for bitmap images: Shift Option N

Keyboard Shortcuts panel: Command Option Shift K
To check or set your own custom shortcuts

Photoshop Keyboard Shortcuts For CS6 and Newer

Blur Gallery (Field, Iris, Tilt-Shift)

Temporarily hide on-canvas UI: H
Temporarily show blur mask: M

Liquify

Load Last Mesh: M
Mirror Tool: X

Crop Tool

Commit crop: Return
Cancel crop: Esc
Switch crop box orientation (portrait or landscape): X
Reset crop box: Backspace or Delete
Hide and show cropped area: /
Create a new crop box: Shift Drag
Constrain proportions: Shift-drag corner handle
Invoke Straighten tool: Command
Prevent crop box from shrinking: Command rotate
Temporarily disable snap to edge: Command drag
Cycle overlay options: O
Cycle overlay orientation: Shift O
Front Image (Crop tool & Perspective Crop tool): I (Creative Cloud only)

Print

Clear print settings: hold spacebar while selecting
File > Print.

Adaptive Wide AngleTool Shortcuts

Constraint tool: C:
Polygon Constraint tool: Y
Move tool: M
Hand tool: H
Zoom tool: Z

Control shortcuts

Preview: P
Show Constraint: W
Show Mesh: E
Correction: T
Scale: S
Focal Length: F
Crop Factor: R
As Shot: A

Hidden shortcuts not visible in the interface

Toggle transparent matte: L
Temporary zoom: X
Revert the last-added polygon corner: E

Photoshop Keyboard Shortcuts Video Tutorials

If you’re interested in Photoshop Keyboard Shortcuts also check out these tutorials:

  • 15 Amazing Photoshop Shortcuts You Aren’t Using
  • How Many of These 13 LITTLE-KNOWN Photoshop Type Keyboard Shortcuts Do You Know?
  • 10 Really Useful PHOTOSHOP Keyboard SHORTCUTS That You Don’t Know (Probably)
  • 5 Must-Know Photoshop Brush Tool Shortcuts
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Comments

  1. Temesgen Graphics says

    January 28, 2013 at 10:11 pm

    Graphics is real life

    Reply
    • Photoshop Training Channel says

      January 29, 2013 at 9:14 am

      Agreed!

      Reply
  2. Marty says

    May 2, 2014 at 3:42 pm

    Nice one. That is so much better than a list of shortcuts.
    I have 2 questions though:

    1. Is there a typo on F1? Shouldn’t it be “Undo” instead of “Unod”?
    2. Why is the Keyboard not getting bigger with higher resolutions? Even with 2560×1440 the Keyboard stays the same size in the center of the screen. I would love to have a bigger Keyboard. A vector graphic would be perfect 😀

    Reply
  3. Liz says

    May 3, 2014 at 5:21 pm

    Oooooh…! *downloads*

    Reply
  4. Renrut says

    June 24, 2015 at 2:04 pm

    Great!

    Reply
    • Photoshop Training Channel says

      July 1, 2015 at 3:33 pm

      Thank you!

      Reply
  5. Gabriel says

    August 29, 2015 at 2:45 am

    GREAT JOB

    Reply
    • Photoshop Training Channel says

      September 10, 2015 at 7:17 pm

      Thank you!

      Reply
  6. Afsar says

    August 17, 2016 at 2:22 pm

    Superbbbbbbb….

    Reply
    • Photoshop Training Channel says

      August 22, 2016 at 5:17 pm

      Thank you!!!

      Reply
  7. deb says

    December 8, 2016 at 12:16 am

    Can you tell me what the shortcut is for closing out of an image after you’ve saved?

    Reply
    • Photoshop Training Channel says

      January 20, 2017 at 11:57 pm

      Command W / Ctrl W

      Reply
  8. savi says

    February 6, 2017 at 3:54 am

    nice

    Reply
    • Photoshop Training Channel says

      April 23, 2017 at 3:10 pm

      Thanks!

      Reply
  9. AKhsge says

    June 19, 2017 at 10:37 am

    Great Job

    Reply
    • Photoshop Training Channel says

      July 19, 2017 at 8:25 pm

      Thank you!

      Reply
  10. Ashish says

    August 6, 2017 at 12:13 am

    What is the shortcut to select all / visible layers?

    Reply
  11. Hemcharan says

    December 18, 2017 at 8:54 am

    Thank you so much guys

    Reply
  12. phyo hein kyaw says

    February 11, 2018 at 7:17 am

    great

    Reply
    • Photoshop Training Channel says

      February 26, 2018 at 12:07 pm

      Thank you!

      Reply
  13. Bob says

    April 26, 2018 at 12:51 pm

    Thanks

    Reply
    • Photoshop Training Channel says

      June 8, 2018 at 7:25 pm

      You’re welcome!

      Reply
  14. Susie says

    May 21, 2019 at 1:03 pm

    I use command 1 to resize to 100%, but what is the keystroke for getting to that area and typing in a percentage? It has left me and I can’t find it.

    Reply
  15. Moin says

    February 19, 2020 at 12:50 pm

    You’re really great man 👍👍

    Reply
  16. Namal Semage says

    February 19, 2020 at 11:58 pm

    Hi Jesus,

    Can you pls demonstrate this shortcuts, No idea.

    Hidden shortcuts not visible in the interface
    Toggle transparent matte: L
    Temporary zoom: X
    Revert the last-added polygon corner: E

    And i guess this shortcut should be control + drag instead of command
    “Temporarily disable snap to edge: Command drag”

    Reply
  17. Fabio says

    February 26, 2020 at 2:40 pm

    Fantastic!

    Reply
  18. Derrick Lau says

    June 27, 2020 at 4:40 am

    What is the tool CTRL + SHIFT + Y? It changes the image but it does not appear to change from CMYK.. What could it be???

    Reply
  19. DB says

    July 9, 2020 at 11:07 am

    On Windows 10 the brush flow shortcuts posted don’t work. You have to use shift + the number keys above the letters instead of the numeric keypad. It’s quite an odd bug and I hope Adobe fixes it. It works perfectly fine on a Mac.

    Reply

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