KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS
Add Shape +
Subtract Shape -
Decrease brush Size [
Increase Brush Size ]
Decrease Brush Softness by 25% shift
+ [
Increase Brush Hardness by 25% shift
+ ]
Previous Brush <
Next Brush >
First Brush shift
+ <
Last Brush shift
+ >
Tool Opacity 10%®100% 1®0
Flow/Airbrush Opaciy 10%®100% shift
+ 1®0
Path Component Selection Tool A
Paintbrush Tool B
Crop Tool C
Default Colors D
Eraser Tool E
Gradient Tool G
Hand Tool H
Eyedropper Tool I
Healing Brush/Patch Tool J
Slice Tool K
Lasso Tool L
Marquee Tool M
Notes Tool N
Dodge/Burn/Sponge Tool O
Pen Tool P
Standard/Quick Mask Mode Q
Blur/Sharpen/Smudge Tool R
Clone Stamp tool SS
Type Tool T
Shape Tool U
Move Tool V
Magic Wand Tool W
Switch Colors X
History Brush Tool Y
Zoom Tool Z
Cycle Path Comp./Direct selection shift+A
Toggle Paintbrush/Pencil Tools shift+B
Cycle Eraser Tools shift+E
Toggle Gradient/Paint Bucket Tools shift+G
Cycle Eyedropper/Sampler/Measure shift+I
Toggle Healing Brush/Patch Tool shift+J
Toggle Slice/Slice Select Tools shift+K
Cycle Lasso Tools shift+L
Toggle Rect./Elliptical Marquee shift+M
Toggle Notes/Audio Annotation Tools shift+N
Cycle Dodge/Burn/Sponge Tools shift+O
Toggle Pen/Freeform Pen Tools shift+P
Cycle Blur/Sharpen/Smudge Tools shift+R
Toggle Clone/Pattern Stamp Tools shift+S
Cycle Shape/Line Tools shift+U
Toggle History/Art History Brush shift+Y
Help F1
Accept Operation return/enter
Cancel Operation ctrl+./Esc
Nest Document ctrl+tab
Previous Document ctrl+shift+tab
Close ctrl+W/ctrl+F4
Close All ctrl+shift+W
Color Settings ctrl+shift+K
File Browser ctrl+shift+O
New Document ctrl+N
New Document (with Last Settings) ctrl+alt+N
Next Document ctrl+shift+tab
Open ctrl+O
Open as ctrl+alt+O
Page Setup ctrl+shift+P
Preferences ctrl+K
Preferences (Last Used) ctrl+alt+K
Previous Document ctrl+tab
Print ctrl+P
Print One Copy ctrl+alt+shift+P
Print Options ctrl+alt+P
Quit ctrl+Q
Revert F12
Save ctrl+S
Save as ctrl+shift+S
Save as (Copy) ctrl+alt+S
Save for Web ctrl+alt+shift+S
Copy ctrl+C
Copy Merged ctrl+shift+C
Cut ctrl+X
Duplicate Free Transform ctrl+alt+T
Duplicate Transform Again ctrl+alt+shift+T
Extract ctrl+alt+X
Fade Last Filter/Adjustment ctrl+shift+F
Fill Dialog shift+backspace
Fill from history ctrl+alt+backspace
Fill from History and Preserve Transform ctrl+alt+shift+backspace
Fill with Background and Preserve Transform ctrl+shift+backspace
Fill with Foreground and Preserve Transform alt+shift+backspace
Fill with Background Color ctrl+backspace
Fill with Foreground Color alt+backspace
Free Transform ctrl+T
Last Filter ctrl+F
Last Filter Dialog Box ctrl+alt+X
Pattern Maker ctrl+alt+sift+X
Paste ctrl+v
Paste into Selection ctrl+sift+V
Paste Outside ctrl+alt shift+V
Step Backward in History ctrl+alt+Z
Step Forward in History ctrl+shift+Z
Transform again ctrl+shift+T
Undo ctrl+Z
Load Composite as election ctrl+alt+-
Load Layer Mask as Selection ctrl+alt+\
Load Selection Channel 1®9 ctrl=+alt+1®9
Select Channel 1®9 ctrl+1®9
Select Composite Channel ctrl+-
Select Layer Mask (channel) ctrl+\
Toggle Channel/Rubylith Vie -
Toggle Layer Mask as Rubylith \
Align Left ctrl+shift+L
Align Right ctrl+shift+R
Center Text ctrl+shift+R
Change Kerning by 100/1000em ctrl+alt+¬/®
Change Kerning by 20/1000em alt+¬/®
Decrease/Increase Baseline by 10pt ctrl+alt+shift+/¯
Decrease/Increase Baseline by 2pt alt+shift+/¯
Decrease/Increase Leading by 10pt ctrl+alt+/¯
Decrease/Increase Leading by 2pt alt+/¯
Decrease/Increase Type Size by 10pt ctrl+alt+shift+<,>
Decrease/Increase Type Size by 2pt ctrl+shift+F
Justify Paragraph (Force Last Line) ctrl+shift+F
Justify Paragraph (Left Align Last Line) ctrl+shift+J
Move Cursor One Word Left or Right ctrl+¬/®
Move Cursor to End of Line end
Move Cursor to End of Story ctrl+end
Move Cursor to Start of Line home
Move Cursor to Start of Story ctrl+home
Move to Previous/Next Paragraph ctrl+/¯
Select One Character to Left or Right shift+¬/®
Select One Line (to end) Up or Down ctrl+shift+/¯
Select One Line Up or Down shift+/¯
Select One Word to Left or Right ctrl+shift+¬/®
Select Type to End of Line shift+end
Select Type to End of Story ctrl+shift+end
Select Type to Start of Line shift+home
Select Type to Start of Story ctrl+shift+home
Set Horizontal Scale to 100% ctrl+shift+X
Set Leading to Auto ctrl+alt+shift+A
Set Tracking to 0 ctrl+shift+Q
Set vertical Scale to 100% ctrl+alt+shift+X
Show/Hide Type ctrl+H
Toggle Hyphenation On/Off ctrl+alt+shift+H
Toggle Single/Every-Line Composer ctrl+alt+shift+H
Toggle Small Caps On/Off ctrl+shift+H
Toggle Strikethrough on/Off ctrl+shift+/
Toggle Subscript On/Off ctrl+alt+shift++
Toggle Superscript On/Off ctrl+shif++
Toggle Underlining On/Off ctrl+shift+U
Toggle Uppercase On/Off ctrl+shift+K
Cancel Type Changes esc
Commit Type Changes ctrl+return/enter
Auto Color ctrl+shift+B
Auto Contrast ctrl+alt+shift+L
Auto Levels ctrl+shift+L
Proof Colors (CMYK Preview) ctrl+Y
Color Balance ctrl+B
Color Balance (with Last Settings) ctrl+alt+M
Curves ctrl+M
Curves (with Last Settings) ctrl+alt+M
Desaturate ctrl+shift+U
Gamut Warning ctrl+shift+Y
Hue/Saturation ctrl+U
Hue/Saturation (with Last Settings) ctrl+alt+U
Invert ctrl+I
Levels ctrl+L
Levels (with Last Settings) ctrl+alt+L
Ascend through Layers alt+]
Bring Layer to Front ctrl+shift+]
Descend through Layers alt+[
Group with Previous ctrl+G
Layer Opacity 10%®100% 1®9
Layer via Copy ctrl+J
Layer via Copy (with Dialog Box) ctrl+alt+J
Layer via Cut ctrl+shift+J
Layer via Cut (with Dialog Box) ctrl+alt+shift+J
Merge Down (Linked/Grouped) ctrl+E
Merge Visible ctrl_shift_E
Merge Visible to Active Layer ctrl+alt+shift+E
Move Layer Down ctrl+[
Move Layer Up ctrl+]
New Layer ctrl+shift+N
New Layer (without Dialog Box) ctrl+alt+shift+N
Preserve Transparency /
Select Bottom Layer alt+shift+[
Select top Layer alt+shift+]
Send Layer to Back ctrl+shift+[
Stamp Down ctrl+alt+E
Stamp visible ctrl+alt+shift+E
Ungroup Layers ctl+shift+G
Cycle Blending Modes backward shift+-
Cycle blending Modes Forward shift++
Behind alt+shift+Q
Clear alt+shift+R
Color alt+shift+C
Color Burn alt+shift+B
Color Dodge alt+shift+D
Darken alt+shift+K
Difference alt+shift+E
Dissolve alt+shift+I
Exclusion alt+shift+X
Hard light alt+shift+H
Hue alt+shift+U
Lighten alt+shift+G
Linear Burn alt+shift+A
Linear Dodge alt+shift+W
Linear Light alt+shift+J
Luminosity alt+shift+Y
Multiply alt+shift+M
Normal alt+shift+N
Overlay alt+shift+O
Pin Light alt+shift+Z
Saturation alt+shift+T
Screen alt+shift+S
Soft Light alt+shift+F
Threshold/Normal alt+shift+L
Vivid Light alt+shift+V
Pass Through (Layer Sets) alt+shift+P
Desaturate (Sponge Tool alt+shift+D
Saturate (Sponge Tool) alt+shift+S
Highlights (Dodge and Burn Tools) alt+shift+H
Midtones (Dodge and Burn Tools alt+shift+M
Shadows (Dodge and Burn tools) alt+shift+S
Delete Selection backspace
Deselect (Drop) ctrl+D
Feather Selection ctrl+alt+D
Invert Selection ctrl+shift+I
Move Duplicate of Selection 10px ctrl+alt+shift+¬//®/¯
Move Duplicate of Selection 1px ctrl+alt+¬//®/¯
Move Selection (while creating) space
Move Selection 10px ctrl+shift+¬//®/¯
Move Selection 1px ctrl+¬//®/¯
Move Selection Area 10px shift+¬//®/¯
Move Selection 1px
¬//®/¯
Reselect ctrl+shift+D
Select All ctrl+A
Apply Zoom and Keep Box Active shift+return
Cycle Screen Modes F
Fit to Screen ctrl+O
Lock/Unlock Guides ctrl+alt+;
Move View to Bottom Right End
Move View to Top Left home
Scroll View Down One Page pagedown
Scroll View Down 10px shift+pageup
Scroll View Left One Page ctrl+pageup
Scroll View Left 10px ctrl+shift+pageup
Scroll View Right One Page ctrl+pagedown
Scroll View Right 10px ctrl+shift+pagedown
Scroll View Up One Page pageup/pageup
Scroll View Up 10px shift+pageup
Show/Hide Extras ctrl+H
Show/Hide Grid ctrl+’
Show/Hide Guides ctrl+;
Show/Hide Menubar shift+F
Show/Hide Rulers ctrl+R
Show/Hide Target Path ctrl+shift+H
Snap On/Off ctrl+shift+;
Toggle Hand Tool space
Toggle Zoom In ctrl+space
Toggle Zoom Out alt+space
View Actual Pixels ctrl+alt+0
Zoom In ctrl++
Zoom In and Resize Window ctrl+alt++
Zoom Out ctrl+-
Zoom Out and Resize Window ctrl+alt+-
Show/Hide Actions Palette F9
Show/Hide All Palettes tab
Show/Hide Brushes Palette F3
Show/Hide Color Palette F6
Show/Hide Info Palette F8
Show/Hide Layers Palette F7
Show/Hide Tool bar and Palettes shift+tab
Show Options/Brushes Palette Return