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Adobe Photoshop CS3 Keyboard Shortcuts FINAL
Adobe Photoshop CS3 Keyboard Shortcuts FINAL
Adobe Photoshop CS3 Keyboard Shortcuts FINAL
Shft-press shortcut key (if Use Shft Key for Cycle through tools with the same shortcut key
Tool Switch preference is selected)
Alt-click + tool Cycle through hidden tools (except add anchor point, delete anchor point,
and convert point tools)
V Move tool
C Crop tool
J Spot Healing Brush tool, Healing Brushtool, Patch tool, Red Eye tool
T Horizontal Type tool, Vertical Typetool , Horizontal Type mask tool, Vertical
Type mask tool
U Rectangle tool, Rounded Rectangle tool, Ellipsetool, Polygon tool, Line tool
, Custom Shape tool
H Hand tool
Z Zoom tool
G Fill tool
I Eyedropper tool
C Cleanup tool
R Reconstruct tool
S Pucker tool
B Bloat tool
O Push Left tool
M Mirror tool
T Turbulence tool
Alt Edge Highlighter/Eraser tool Toggle between Edge Highlighter tool and Eraser tool
Shft-click with Fill tool selected Fill foreground area and preview extraction
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 Decrease/increase brush size by 1 (Hold down Shift to decrease/increase
showing by 10)
Alt tool Reverse direction for Bloat, Pucker, Push Left,and Mirror tools in Adobe
Photoshop
Down Arrow/Up Arrow in Brush Size, Decrease/increase brush size by 2, or density,pressure, rate, or turbulent
Density, Pressure, Rate, or Turbulent Jitter jitter by 1 (Hold down Shift to decrease/increase by 10)
text box
Left Arrow/Right Arrow with Brush Size, Decrease/increase brush size by 2, or density,pressure, rate, or turbulent
Density, Pressure, Rate, or Turbulent Jitter jitter by 1 (Hold down Shift to decrease/increase by 10)
slider showing
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 Increase selection nudging when viewing theoriginal
Down Arrow
Ctrl + Z Undo/Redo
Shft Ctrl Alt B Open the Black-and-White dialog box in Adobe Photoshop
Click-drag on the image Change the values of the closest color slider
H Hand tool
C Crop tool
A Straighten tool
Shft Temporarily active the White Balance tool (does not work if Crop tool is
active)
Click the first point; Shft-click additional Select multiple points in Curves panel
points
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 Display highlights that will be clipped in Preview
Arrow
Alt-drag black/white point sliders Display highlights and shadows that will be clipped in Adobe Photoshop
Z Zoom tool
Right Arrow, Left Arrow, Up Arrow, or Down Move selected image 1 pixel
Arrow
Z Zoom tool
X Zoom 2x (temporary)
H Hand tool
Ctrl + C Copy
Ctrl + V Paste
Ctrl Alt T Create a floating selection from the current selection in Adobe Photoshop
Ctrl-click the plane Select a plane under another selected plane in Adobe Photoshop
Double-click the Create Plane tool Make a full canvas plane, square to the camera
Shft Alt N Set blending mode to Threshold for bitmap images,Normal for all other
images in Adobe Photoshop
Spacebar Switch to Hand tool (when not in text-edit mode) in Adobe Photoshop
Spacebar-drag Move Zoom marquee while dragging with the Zoom tool
Shft + Enter in Navigator palette zoom Apply zoom percentage, and keep zoom percentage box active
percentage box
Spacebar-drag, or drag view area box in Scroll image with Hand tool in Adobe Photoshop
Navigator palette
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 Reposition marquee while selecting*
single row) + spacebar-drag
Shft-drag Constrain marquee to square or circle (ifno other selections are active)*
Ctrl (except when Hand, Slice, Path, Shape, Switch to Move tool in Adobe Photoshop
or any Pen tool is selected)
Any selection + Right Arrow, Left Arrow, Up Move selection area 1 pixel
Arrow, or Down Arrow
Ctrl + Right Arrow, Left Arrow, Up Arrow, or Move layer 1 pixel when nothing selected on layer
Down Arrow
Crop tool Enter or Esc Accept cropping or exit cropping in Adobe Photoshop
Shft-drag guide Snap guide to ruler ticks (except when View >Snap is unchecked)
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
Any painting tool + Alt or any shape tool + Alt Eyedropper tool
(except when Paths optn is selected)
Any painting or editing tool + Shft + number Sets opacity, tolerance, strength, or exposure for painting mode
keys (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 Sets flow for painting mode(e.g., 0 = 100%, 1 = 10%, 4 then 5 in quick
keys succession = 45%) (When airbrush option is enabled, omit Shift)
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 Constrain
Ctrl Distort
Enter Apply
Ctrl + . (period) or Esc Cancel
Shft + Left Arrow/Right Arrow or Down Select 1 character left/right or 1 line down/up, or 1 word left/right
Arrow/Up Arrow,
or Ctrl + Shft + Left Arrow/Right Arr
Left Arrow/Right Arrow, Down Arrow/Up Move 1 character left/right, 1 line down/up, or 1 word left/right
Arrow, or Ctrl + Left Arrow/Right Arrow
Shft-click Create a new text layer, when a text layer is selected in the Layers palette
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
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)
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)
Ctrl + Shft + Alt-click channel, path, or layer Intersect with current selection
thumbnail.
Shft + Tab Show/Hide all palettes except the toolbox andoptions bar
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
Alt-click the New Action button Create new action and begin recording without confirmation
Alt + Paste Frames cmnd from the Palette Paste using previous settings without displayingthe dialog box
pop*'up menu
Keys for using the Animation palette Timeline Mode (Photoshop Extended Only)
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).
Hold down the Shft key when clicking the Jump to the next/previous whole second in timeline (during playback)
Next/Previous Frame buttons (on either side
of the Play bu
Hold down the Shft key while dragging the Increase playback speed in Photoshop Animation palette (Timeline mode)
current time.
Hold down the Ctrl key while dragging the Decrease playback speed
current time.
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 Scale (evenly distribute to condensed or extended length) a selected group
selection) of multiple keyframes
Ctrl-click Create New Channel button Create a new spot channel in Photoshop Channels palette
Shft-click alpha channel Select/deselect alpha channel and show/hide as a rubylith overlay
Right-click color bar Display Color Bar menu in Photoshop Color palette
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 Permanently clear history (no Undo)
men
Alt-click Create New Layer Comp button Create new layer comp + box
Alt-click New Layer button Create new empty layer with dialog box
Ctrl-click New Layer button Create new layer below target layer
Ctrl + Shft + Alt + E Merge a copy of all visible layers into target layer
Alt + Merge Down cmnd from the Palette Copy current layer to layer below in Photoshop
pop*'up menu
Alt + Merge Visible cmnd from the Palette Merge all visible layers to a new layer above the currently selected layer
pop*'up menu
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 mask thumbnail Open Layer Mask Display Options dialog box
\ (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
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
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
Click in empty area of palette Create new swatch from foreground color
Z Zoom tool
H Hand tool
Function keys
F1 Invoke Help
F2 Cut
F3 Copy
F4 Paste
F12 Revert
Shft + F5 Fill
Shft + F6 Feather Selection