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Use Keyboard Shortcuts To Become More Productive While Using Adobe Photoshop CC
Use Keyboard Shortcuts To Become More Productive While Using Adobe Photoshop CC
Use Keyboard Shortcuts To Become More Productive While Using Adobe Photoshop CC
Popular shortcuts
Select the first edit field of the tool bar Enter Return
Search across Photoshop UI, Help & Learn content, and Adobe Control + Command
Stock assets. For more information, see Photoshop search. F +F
Undo/Redo F1
Cut F2 F2
Copy F3 F3
Paste F4 F4
Select tools
Holding down a key temporarily activates a tool. Letting go of the key returns to the previous
tool.
Note:
In rows with multiple tools, repeatedly press the same shortcut to toggle through the group.
Cycle through tools with the Shift-press shortcut key (if Use Shift Shift-press shortcut key (if U
same shortcut key Key for Tool Switch preference is for Tool Switch preference is
selected)
Cycle through hidden tools Alt-click + tool (except Add Anchor Option-click + tool (except A
Point, Delete Anchor Point, and Convert Point, Delete Anchor Point, a
Point tools) Point tools)
Move tool V V
Lasso tool L L
Polygonal Lasso tool
Magnetic Lasso tool
Crop tool C C
Slice tool
Slice Select tool
Eyedropper tool†
I I
Color Sampler tool
Ruler tool
Note tool
Eraser tool†
E E
Background Eraser tool
Magic Eraser tool
Gradient tool G G
Paint Bucket tool
Dodge tool O O
Burn tool
Sponge tool
Pen tool P P
Freeform Pen tool
Rectangle tool U U
Rounded Rectangle tool
Ellipse tool
Polygon tool
Line tool
Custom Shape tool
Hand tool†
H H
Zoom tool†
Z Z
Default Foreground/Background D D
colors
Switch Foreground/Background X X
colors
Artboard tool V V
Previous Brush , ,
Next Brush . .
First Brush < <
View images
This partial list provides shortcuts that don’t appear in menu commands or tool tips.
Toggle (forward) canvas color Spacebar + F (or right-click Spacebar + F (or Con
canvas background and select canvas background a
color) color)
Apply zoom percentage, and keep zoom Shift + Enter in Navigator panel Shift + Return in Na
percentage box active zoom percentage box zoom percentage box
Temporarily zoom into an image Hold down H and then click in Hold down H and th
the image and hold down the the image and hold d
mouse button mouse button
Scroll image with Hand tool Spacebar-drag, or drag view area Spacebar-drag, or dr
box in Navigator panel box in Navigator pan
†
Hold down Ctrl (Windows) or Command (macOS) to scroll left (Page Up) or right (Page Down)
Reconstruct tool R R
Pucker tool S S
Bloat tool B B
Mirror tool M M
Turbulence tool T T
Continually sample the distortion Alt-drag in preview with Reconstruct Option-drag in preview w
tool, Displace, Amplitwist, or Affine Reconstruct tool, Displace
mode selected Amplitwist, or Affine mod
†
Hold down Shift to decrease/increase by 10
Zoom 2x (temporary) X X
Constrain selection to a 15° rotation Alt + Shift to rotate Option + Shift to rotate
Select a plane under another selected plane Control-click the plane Command-click the pla
Make a full canvas plane, square to the Double-click the Create Plane tool Double-click the Create
camera
Zoom tool Z Z
Hand tool H H
White Balance tool I I
Crop tool C C
Straighten tool A A
Hue Targeted Adjustment tool Ctrl + Alt + Shift + H Command + Option + Shift +
Saturation Targeted Adjustment tool Ctrl + Alt + Shift + S Command + Option + Shift +
Luminance Targeted Adjustment tool Ctrl + Alt + Shift + L Command + Option + Shift +
Grayscale Mix Targeted Adjustment tool Ctrl + Alt + Shift + G Command + Option + Shift +
Increase/decrease Adjustment Brush tool flow in = (equal sign) / - = (equal sign) / - (hyphen)
increments of 10 (hyphen)
Increase/decrease temporary Adjustment Brush Alt + Shift + ] / Alt + Option + Shift + ] / Option +
tool feather Shift + [
Increase/decrease temporary Adjustment Alt + = (equal sign) / Option = (equal sign) / Option
Brush tool flow in increments of 10 Alt + - (hyphen) (hyphen)
Toggle preview P P
Full screen mode F F
Select multiple points in Curves panel Click the first point; Click the first point; Shift-clic
Shift-click additional points
points
Move selected point in Curves panel (1 unit) Arrow keys Arrow keys
Open selected images from Bridge bypassing Shift + double-click Shift + double-click image
Camera Raw dialog box image
Display highlights that will be clipped in Preview Alt-drag Exposure, Option-drag Exposure, Recov
Recovery, or Black sliders
sliders
Deletes Adobe Camera Raw preferences Ctrl + Alt (on open) Option + Shift (on open)
Change the values of the closest Click-drag on the image Click-drag on the image
color slider
Use Curves
Select multiple points on the curve Shift-click the points Shift-click the points
To delete a point on the curve Select a point and press Delete Select a point and pres
Move the selected point 10 units Shift + Arrow keys Shift + Arrow keys
Display highlights and shadows that will be Alt-drag black/white point Option-drag black/wh
clipped sliders sliders
Set a point to the composite curve Control-click the image Command-click the im
Set a point to the channel curves Shift + Control-click the image Shift + Command-clic
Add to a selection Any selection tool + Shift-drag Any selection tool + Shift
Subtract from a selection Any selection tool + Alt-drag Any selection tool + Opti
Intersect a selection Any selection tool (except Quick Any selection tool (excep
Selection tool) + Shift-Alt-drag Selection tool) + Shift-Op
Switch to Move tool Control (except when Hand, Slice, Command (except when H
Path, Shape, or any Pen tool is Path, Shape, or any Pen to
selected) selected)
Accept cropping or exit cropping Crop tool + Enter or Esc Crop tool + Return or Esc
Make protractor Ruler tool + Alt-drag end point Ruler tool + Option-drag
Snap guide to ruler ticks (except when Shift-drag guide Shift-drag guide
View > Snap is unchecked)
†
Hold down Shift to move 10 pixels
‡
Applies to shape tools
Transform again with duplicate Control + Shift + Alt + Command + Shift + Option
data T +T
Edit paths
This partial list provides shortcuts that don’t appear in menu commands or tool tips.
Select multiple anchor points Direct selection tool + Shift- Direct selection tool +
click
Select entire path Direct selection tool + Alt-click Direct selection tool +
Duplicate a path Pen (any Pen tool), Path Pen (any Pen tool), Pa
Selection or Direct Selection tool or Direct Selection too
+ Control + Alt-drag Command + Option-d
Close path with straight-line segment Magnetic Pen tool + Alt-double- Magnetic Pen tool + O
click double-click
Select foreground Any painting tool + Shift + Alt + right-click Any painting tool + Control + Op
color from color picker and drag Command and drag
Select foreground Any painting tool + Alt or any shape tool + Any painting tool + Option or an
color from image with Alt (except when Paths option is selected) + Option (except when Paths opt
Eyedropper tool selected)
Deletes color sampler Color sampler tool + Alt-click Color sampler tool + Option-clic
Sets opacity, tolerance, Any painting or editing tool + number keys Any painting or editing tool + nu
strength, or exposure (e.g., 0 = 100%, 1 = 10%, 4 then 5 in quick (e.g., 0 = 100%, 1 = 10%, 4 then
for painting mode succession = 45%) (when airbrush option is succession = 45%) (when airbrus
enabled, use Shift + number keys) enabled, use Shift + number keys
Sets flow for painting Any painting or editing tool + Shift + number Any painting or editing tool + Sh
mode keys (e.g., 0 = 100%, 1 = 10%, 4 then 5 in keys (e.g., 0 = 100%, 1 = 10%, 4
quick succession = 45%) (when airbrush quick succession = 45%) (when a
option is enabled, omit Shift) option is enabled, omit Shift)
Connects points with a Any painting tool + Shift-click Any painting tool + Shift-click
straight line
†
Hold down Shift to preserve transparency
Use for blending modes
Set blending mode to Threshold for bitmap images, Shift + Alt + N Shift + Option + N
Normal for all other images
Move type in image Control-drag type when Type layer Command-drag type wh
is selected layer is selected
Select 1 character left/right or 1 line Shift + Left Arrow/Right Arrow or Shift + Left Arrow/Righ
down/up, or 1 word left/right Down Arrow/Up Arrow, or Control Down Arrow/Up Arrow
+ Shift + Left Arrow/Right Arrow Command + Shift + Lef
Arrow/Right Arrow
Move 1 character left/right, 1 line Left Arrow/Right Arrow, Down Left Arrow/Right Arrow
down/up, or 1 word left/right Arrow/Up Arrow, or Control + Left Arrow/Up Arrow, or Co
Arrow/Right Arrow Left Arrow/Right Arrow
Scale text within a bounding box when Control-drag a bounding box handle Command-drag a bound
resizing the bounding box handle
Format type
This partial list provides shortcuts that don’t appear in menu commands or tool tips.
Align left, center, or right Horizontal Type tool + Control + Horizontal Type tool +
Shift + L, C, or R Shift + L, C, or R
Align top, center, or bottom Vertical Type tool + Control + Vertical Type tool + Co
Shift + L, C, or R Shift + L, C, or R
Justify paragraph, left aligns last line Control + Shift + J Command + Shift + J
Justify paragraph, justifies all Control + Shift + F Command + Shift + F
†
Hold down Alt (Win) or Option (macOS) to decrease/increase by 10
††
Hold down Ctrl (Windows) or Command (macOS) to decrease/increase by 10
Toggle between Slice tool and Slice Selection tool Control Command
Draw square slice from center outward Shift + Alt-drag Shift + Option-drag
Reposition slice while creating slice Spacebar-drag Spacebar-drag
Use panels
This partial list provides shortcuts that don’t appear in menu commands or tool tips.
Set options for new items (except for Actions, Animation, Styles, Alt-click New button Option-cl
Brushes, Tool Presets, and Layer Comps panels) button
Delete without confirmation (except for the Brush panel) Alt-click Delete button Option-cl
button
Apply value and keep text box active Shift + Enter Shift + Re
Show/Hide all panels except the toolbox and options bar Shift + Tab Shift + Ta
Change action or action set options Alt + double-click action or Option + double-click
action set action set
Display Options dialog box for recorded Double-click recorded command Double-click recorded
command
Collapse/expand all components of an action Alt-click the triangle Option-click the triang
Create new action and begin recording Alt-click the New Action button Option-click the New
without confirmation button
Select contiguous items of the same kind Shift-click the action/command Shift-click the action/c
Select discontiguous items of the same kind Control-click the Command-click the
action/command action/command
Define Auto options for Levels Alt-click Auto button Option-click Auto button
or Curves
Paste using previous settings without Alt + Paste Frames command from Option + Paste Frames co
displaying the dialog box the Panel pop-up menu the Panel pop-up menu
Display precise cross hair for Caps Lock or Shift + Caps Caps Lock
brushes Lock
Select individual channels Ctrl + 3 (red), 4 (green), 5 (blue) Command + 3 (red), 4 (green)
Intersect with current selection Control + Shift + Alt-click channel Command + Shift + Option-c
thumbnail thumbnail
Set options for Save Selection As Alt-click Save Selection As Channel Option-click Save Selection A
Channel button button button
Create a new spot channel Control-click Create New Channel Command-click Create New C
button button
Select/deselect alpha channel and Shift-click alpha channel Shift-click alpha channel
show/hide as a rubylith overlay
Display channel options Double-click alpha or spot channel Double-click alpha or spot ch
thumbnail thumbnail
Select background color Alt-click color in color bar Option-click color in color bar
Display Color Bar menu Right-click color bar Control-click color bar
Cycle through color choices Shift-click color bar Shift-click color bar
Duplicate any image state, except the Alt-click the image state Option-click the image stat
current state
Permanently clear history (no Undo) Alt + Clear History (in History panel Option + Clear History (in
pop-up menu) panel pop-up menu)
Change color readout modes Click eyedropper icon Click eyedropper icon
Load layer transparency as a selection Control-click layer thumbnail Command-click layer thum
Add to current selection Control + Shift-click layer thumbnail Command + Shift-click lay
thumbnail
Subtract from current selection Control + Alt-click layer thumbnail Command + Option-click
thumbnail
Intersect with current selection Control + Shift + Alt-click layer Command + Shift + Optio
thumbnail thumbnail
Load filter mask as a selection Control-click filter mask thumbnail Command-click filter mas
Create new empty layer with dialog Alt-click New Layer button Option-click New Layer b
box
Create new layer below target layer Control-click New Layer button Command-click New Laye
Merge a copy of all visible layers into Control + Shift + Alt + E Command + Shift + Optio
target layer
Merge layers Highlight layers you want to merge, Highlight the layers you w
then Control + E then Command + E
Move layer to bottom or top Control + Shift + [ or ] Command + Shift + [ or ]
Copy current layer to layer below Alt + Merge Down command from Option + Merge Down com
the Panel pop-up menu the Panel pop-up menu
Merge all visible layers to a new layer Alt + Merge Visible command from Option + Merge Visible co
above the currently selected layer the Panel pop-up menu the Panel pop-up menu
Show/hide this layer/layer group only Right-click the eye icon Control-click the eye icon
or all layers/layer groups
Show/hide all other currently visible Alt-click the eye icon Option-click the eye icon
layers
Edit layer effect/style, options Double-click layer effect/style Double-click layer effect/s
Disable/enable vector mask Shift-click vector mask thumbnail Shift-click vector mask thu
Open Layer Mask Display Options Double-click layer mask thumbnail Double-click layer mask th
dialog box
Toggle layer mask on/off Shift-click layer mask thumbnail Shift-click layer mask thum
Toggle filter mask on/off Shift-click filter mask thumbnail Shift-click filter mask thum
Toggle between layer mask/composite Alt-click layer mask thumbnail Option-click layer mask th
image
Toggle between filter mask/composite Alt-click filter mask thumbnail Option-click filter mask th
image
Toggle rubylith mode for layer mask \ (backslash), or Shift + Alt-click \ (backslash), or Shift + Op
on/off
Select all type; temporarily select Double-click type layer thumbnail Double-click type layer thu
Type tool
Create a clipping mask Alt-click the line dividing two layers Option-click the line divid
layers
Rename layer Double-click the layer name Double-click the layer nam
Edit filter settings Double-click the filter effect Double-click the filter effe
Edit the Filter Blending options Double-click the Filter Blending icon Double-click the Filter Ble
Create new layer group below current Control-click New Group button Command-click New Grou
layer/layer set
Create new layer group with dialog Alt-click New Group button Option-click New Group b
box
Create layer mask that hides Alt-click Add Layer Mask button Option-click Add Layer M
all/selection
Create vector mask that reveals Control-click Add Layer Mask Command-click Add Laye
all/path area button button
Create vector mask that hides all or Control + Alt-click Add Layer Mask Command + Option-click
displays path area button Mask button
Display layer group properties Right-click layer group and choose Control-click the layer gro
Group Properties, or double-click choose Group Properties, o
group click group
Create new layer comp without the New Alt-click Create New Layer Option-click Create Ne
Layer Comp box Comp button Comp button
Open Layer Comp Options dialog box Double-click layer comp Double-click layer com
Set options for Fill Path with Foreground Color button, Stroke Path with
Alt-click button Option-c
Brush button, Load Path as a Selection button, Make Work Path from
Selection button, and Create New Path button
Create new swatch from foreground Click in empty area of Click in empty area of
color panel panel
Fill tool G G
Eyedropper tool I I
Cleanup tool C C
Toggle between Edge Highlighter tool Alt + Edge Highlighter/Eraser tool Option + Edge Highligh
and Eraser tool tool
Toggle Smart Highlighting Control with Edge Highlighter tool Command with Edge Hi
Result (Extract and Pattern Maker) Windows macOS
Fill foreground area and preview Shift-click with Fill tool selected Shift-click with Fill tool
extraction
Intersect with current selection Shift + Alt + select Shift + Option + select
Go to previous tile in Tile History Left Arrow, Page Up Left Arrow, Page Up
Go to next tile in Tile History Right Arrow, Page Down Right Arrow, Page Dow
Nudge selection when viewing the Right Arrow, Left Arrow, Up Arrow, Right Arrow, Left Arrow
original or Down Arrow or Down Arrow
Increase selection nudging when viewing Shift + Right Arrow, Left Arrow, Up Shift + Right Arrow, Le
the original Arrow, or Down Arrow Arrow, or Down Arrow