The Most Used Photoshop Shortcuts

admin — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 16:20:17 +0000

In Photoshop CS2 and CS3, many of the shortcuts for the application menus, palette menus and tools can be customized using the Keyboard Shortcuts editor. Although this is not a completely comprehensive list of all of the keyboard shortcuts in Photoshop , it is my goal to present the shortcuts and additional functionality that enable me to use Photoshop both more freely and efficiently.

Shortcuts for File Menu

Action	Shortcut
New	Ctrl+N
Open	Ctrl+O
Close	Ctrl+W
Save	Ctrl+S
Save a Copy	Ctrl+Alt+S
Page Setup	Ctrl+Shift+P
Exit/Quit	Ctrl+Q
Help	F1

Shortcuts for Edit Menu

Action	Shortcut
Undo	Ctrl+Z
Step Forward in History	Ctrl+Shift+Z
Copy	Ctrl+C
Paste	Ctrl+V
Free Transform	Ctrl+T
Keyboard Shortcuts	Alt+Shift+Ctrl+K

Shortcuts for Image Menu

Action	Shortcut
Adjust Levels	Ctrl+L
Adjust Auto Contrast	Ctrl+Alt+Shift+L
Adjust Color Balance	Ctrl+B
Desaturate	Ctrl+Shift+U
Extract	Ctrl+Alt+X

Shortcuts for Layers Menu

Action	Shortcut
New Layer	Ctrl+Shift+N
Layer via Cut	Ctrl+Shift+J
Ungroup	Ctrl+Shift+G
Bring Forward	Ctrl+]
Send Back	Ctrl+Shift+[
Merge Layers	Ctrl+E

Shortcuts for Select Menu

Action	Shortcut
Select All	Ctrl+A
Reselect	Ctrl+Shift+D
Feather	Ctrl+Alt+D

Shortcuts for Filter Menu

Action	Shortcut
Last Filter	Ctrl+F

Shortcuts for View Menu

Action	Shortcut
Preview CMYK	Ctrl+Y
Zoom In	Ctrl++
Zoom In & Resize Window	Ctrl+Alt++
Fit on Screen	Ctrl+0
Hide Edges	Ctrl+H
Show/Hide Rulers	Ctrl+R
Show/Hide Extras	Ctrl+H
Show Guides	Ctrl+;

Misc. Useful Commands

Action	Shortcut
Fill with Forground Color	Alt+Backspace
Fill from History	Ctrl+Alt+Backspace
Move a Copy 10 Pixels	Shift+Alt+Arrow Keys
Decrease Font Size by 2	Ctrl+Alt+<
Decrease Font Size by 10	Ctrl+Shift+Alt+<
Descend through Layers	Alt+[
Select Bottom Layer	Shift+Alt+[

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The Most Used Photoshop Shortcuts