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Photoshop CS5 Short Keys (Windows)

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Hi guys!

 

Here is a useful list of ShortKeys for Photoshop CS5 on Windows.

 

Selecting

 

 

Draw Marquee from Center

 

Alt-Marquee

 

 

Add to a Selection

 

Shift

 

 

Subtract from a Selection

 

Alt

 

 

Intersection with a Selection

 

Shift-Alt

 

 

Make Copy of Selection w/Move tool

 

Alt-Drag Selection

 

 

Make Copy of Selection when not in Move tool

Ctrl-Alt-Drag Selection

 

Move Selection (in 1-pixel Increments)

 

Arrow Keys

 

 

Move Selection (in 10-pixel Increments)

 

Shift-Arrow Keys

 

 

Select all Opaque Pixels on Layer

 

Ctrl-click on Layer Thumbnail (in Layers panel)

 

 

Restore Last Selection

 

Ctrl-Shift-D

 

 

Feather Selection

 

Shift-F6

 

 

Move Marquee while drawing selection

 

Hold Space while drawing marquee

 

 

Viewing

 

 

Fit on Screen

 

Double-click on Hand tool or Ctrl-0

 

 

100% View Level (Actual Pixels)

 

Double-Click on Zoom Tool or Ctrl-Alt-0

 

 

Zoom in ..

 

Ctrl-Space-Click or Ctrl-Plus(+)

 

 

Zoom out

 

Alt-Space-Click or Ctrl-Minus(–)

 

 

Hide all tools and panels

 

Tab

 

 

Hide all panels except Toolbox and

Options bar

 

Shift-Tab

 

 

Rotate through full screen modes

 

F

 

 

Scroll image left or right in window

 

Ctrl-Shift-Page Up/Down

 

 

Jump/Zoom to part of Image

 

Ctrl-drag in Navigator panel

 

 

Toggles layer mask on/off as rubylith

 

\

 

 

Layer Shortcuts

 

 

Create new layer

 

Ctrl-Shift-N

 

 

Select non-contiguous layers

 

Ctrl-Click layers

 

 

Select contiguous layers

 

Click one layer, then Shift-Click another layer

 

 

Delete Layer

 

Delete key (while in the Move tool)

 

 

View contents of layer mask

 

Alt-Click layer mask icon

 

 

Temporarily turn off layer mask

 

Shift-Click layer mask icon

 

 

Clone layer as you move it

 

Alt-Drag

 

 

Find/Select layer containing object

 

Right-Click on the object w/Move tool

 

 

Change layer opacity

 

Number pad keys (w/Move tool selected)

 

 

Cycle down or up through blend modes

 

Shift-Plus(+) or Minus(–)

 

 

Change to a specific blend mode

 

(w/Move tool) Shift-Alt-letter (ie: N=Normal,

M=Multiply. etc.)

 

 

Switch to layer below/above current layer

 

Alt-[ or Alt-]

 

 

Type Shortcuts

 

 

Select all text on layer

 

Double-Click on T thumbnail in Layers panel

 

 

Increase/Decrease size of selected text by 2 pts

Ctrl-Shift->/<

 

Increase/Decrease size of selected text by 10 pts

Ctrl-Shift-Alt->/<

 

Increase/Decrease kerning/tracking

Alt-Right/Left Arrow

 

Align text left/center/right

Ctrl-Shift-L/C/R

 

Painting

 

 

Fill selection with background color

 

Ctrl-Backspace

 

 

Fill selection with foreground color

 

Alt-Backspace

 

 

Fill selection with foreground color using

Lock Transparent Pixels

Shift-Alt-Backspace

 

Fill selection with source state in History panel

Ctrl-Alt-Backspace

 

Display Fill dialog box

Shift-Backspace

 

Sample as background color

Alt-Click w/Eyedropper tool

 

To get Move tool

While in any painting/editing tool-hold Ctrl

 

To get Eyedropper with Paint tools

Alt

 

Change paint opacity (with Airbrush OFF)

Number keys

 

Change paint opacity (with Airbrush ON)

 

Shift-Number keys

 

 

Change Airbrush flow (with Airbrush ON)

Number keys

 

Change Airbrush flow (with Airbrush OFF)

Shift-Number keys

 

Cross-Hair Cursor

Any painting/editing tool-turn Caps Lock on

 

Decrease/Increase Brush Size

[ or ]

 

Decrease/Increase Hardness of Brush

Shift-[ or Shift-]

 

Switch between preset Brushes

< or >

 

Open Brushes pop-up panel

Right-Click in Image window

 

Erase to History panel's source state

 

Alt-Eraser

 

 

Cycle down or up through blend modes

 

Shift-Plus(+) or Minus(–)

 

 

Change to a specific blend mode

 

Shift-Alt-letter (ie: N=Normal, M=Multiply, etc.)

 

 

Create fixed color target from within a

dialog box

Shift-Click in image window

 

Delete fixed color target

 

Alt-Click on target with Color Sampler tool

 

 

Create new spot-color channel from

current selection

 

Ctrl-Click on New Channel button in Channel panel

 

 

Pen Tool Shortcuts

 

 

To get Direct Selection tool while using Pen

 

Ctrl

 

 

Switch between Add-Anchor and Delete-Anchor Point tools

Alt

 

Switch from Path Selection tool to Convert Point tool when pointer is over anchor point

Ctrl-Alt

 

To Select a whole path w/Direct Selection tool

Alt-click

 

Convert path to a selection

 

Ctrl-click on path name (in Paths panel)

 

 

Panel Shortcuts

 

 

Show/Hide Brushes panel

 

F5

 

 

Show/Hide Color panel

 

F6

 

 

Show/Hide Layers panel

 

F7

 

 

Show/Hide Info panel

 

F8

 

 

Show/Hide Actions panel

 

Alt-F9

 

 

Open Adobe Bridge

 

Ctrl-Alt-O

 

 

Other Shortcuts

 

 

Switch between open documents

 

Ctrl-Tab

 

 

Undo or Redo operations beyond last one

 

Ctrl-Alt-Z/Ctrl-Shift-Z

 

 

Apply Last Filter

 

Ctrl-F

 

 

Opens Last Filter Dialog Box

 

Ctrl-Alt-F

 

 

Hand Tool

 

Spacebar

 

 

Reset Dialog Box

 

Hold Alt, Cancel turns into Reset Button, Click it

 

 

Increase/Decrease value (in any option field) by 1 unit

Up/Down Arrow

 

Increase/Decrease value (in any option field) by 10 units

Shift-Up/Down Arrow

 

Replay last Transformation

 

Ctrl-Shift-T

 

 

Measure Angle between Lines (Protractor Function)

 

After ruler is drawn, Alt-Drag end of line with Ruler Tool

 

 

Move Crop Marquee while creating

 

Hold Space while drawing

 

 

Snap Guide to Ruler ticks

 

Hold Shift while dragging

 

 

Highlight Fields in Options bar (n/a for all tools)

Enter

 

Don't Snap object edge while moving

 

Hold Control while dragging

 

 

 

 

Tools

 

 

V

 

Move

 

 

M

 

Marquee tools

 

 

L

 

Lasso tools

 

 

W

 

Quick Selection, Magic Wand

 

 

C

 

Crop and Slice Tools

 

 

I

 

Eyedropper, Color Sampler, Ruler, Note, Count

 

 

J

 

Spot Healing Brush, Healing Brush, Patch, Red Eye

 

 

B

 

Brush, Pencil, Color Replacement, Mixer Brush

 

 

S

 

Clone Stamp, Pattern Stamp

 

 

Y

 

History Brush, Art History Brush

 

 

E

 

Eraser tools

 

 

G

 

Gradient, Paint Bucket

 

 

O

 

Dodge, Burn, Sponge

 

 

P

 

Pen tools

 

 

T

 

Type tools

 

 

A

 

Path Selection, Direct Selection

 

 

U

 

Rectangle, Rounded Rectangle, Ellipse, Polygon, Line, Custom Shape

 

 

K

 

3D Tools

 

 

N

 

3D Camera Tools

 

 

H

 

Hand

 

 

R

 

Rotate View

 

 

Z

 

Zoom

 

 

D

 

Default colors

 

 

X

 

Switch Foreground and Background colors

 

 

Q

 

Quick Mask Mode

 

 

To switch between all tools within groups, add the Shift key to the letters above

 

 

For example, to switch between rectangular and elliptical marquee hit Shift-M

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Hey,

 

I've found this image as a good reference (it's cool to print it and stick it under your keyboard for example):

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