Do you want to boost your graphic designing or photography work with Photoshop. Here I posted many of Photoshop’s keyboard shortcuts key that will help you to boost your project speed and save your lots of precise time.
Once you know these Photoshop’s Shortcut Keys, you will be able to work faster and smarter.
These Shortcut keys are for all Photoshop new and older versions like CS4, CS5, CS6 and CC. Some of theme you may be know and some are hidden keystrokes!
List of common and all Photoshop shortcuts Keys
| Most Usable | |
|---|---|
| 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 Alts 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 |
| 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 | Control-Click on object w/Move tool |
| Change layer opacity | Number 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+] |
| Move layer below/above current layer | Ctrl+[ or Ctrl+] |
| Type Shortcuts | |
|---|---|
| Select all text on layer | Double-Click on T thumbnail in Layers panel |
| Increase/Decrease size of selected text by 2pts | Ctrl+Shift+>/< |
| Increase/Decrease size of selected text by 10 pts | Ctrl+Alt+Shift+>/< |
| 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+Delete |
| Fill selection with foreground color | Alt+Delete |
| Fill selection with foreground color using Lock Transparent Pixels | Alt+Shift+Delete |
| Fill selection with source state in History panel | Ctrl+Alt+Delete |
| Display Fill dialog box | Shift+Delete |
| 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 | Ctrl+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 Channels 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+tilde(~) |
| Undo or Redo operations beyond last one | Ctrl+Alt+Z/-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 |
| Repeat 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) | Return |
| 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 |
| Z | Zoom |
| D | Default colors |
| X | Switch Foreground and Background colors |
| Q | Quick Mask Mode |
| F | Change Screen Mode to Standard Screen or Full Screen with Menu Bar or Full Screen |
| 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 | |