Appendix A. Keyboard Shortcuts

IN THIS APPENDIX

  • Standard toolbar shortcuts

  • Common menu command shortcuts

  • Extended toolbar shortcuts

Learning keyboard shortcuts is one of the best ways to improve your performance and experience with Photoshop. With hundreds of tools and menus, navigating using the mouse can take time. Knowing the keyboard shortcuts for actions you frequently perform makes editing faster and less cumbersome.

The purpose of this appendix is to give you a sample of the most common shortcuts you will encounter in Photoshop. Table A.1 lists the shortcuts for the tools in the Toolbox in the standard edition of Photoshop CS5. Table A.2 lists some of the most commonly used menu options, such as opening files and levels adjustments. Table A.3 lists the shortcuts for the tools in the Toolbox that are provided with Photoshop CS5 Extended.

Table A.1. Standard Toolbar Shortcuts

Photoshop CS5 Standard Toolbar

PC Shortcut

Mac Shortcut

Move tool

V

V

Rectangular Marquee tool

M

M

Cycle Marquee tools

Shift+M

Shift+M

Lasso tool

L

L

Cycle Lasso tools

Shift+L

Shift+L

Cycle Quick Selection, Magic Wand tools

Shift+W

Shift+W

Crop tool

C

C

Cycle Crop, Slice tools

Shift+C

Shift+C

Eyedropper tool

I

I

Cycle Eyedropper, Color Sampler, Ruler, Note, and Count tools

Shift+I

Shift+I

Spot Healing Brush

J

J

Cycle Spot Healing Brush, Healing Brush, Patch and Red Eye tools

Shift+J

Shift+J

Brush tool

B

B

Cycle Brush, Pencil, Color Replacement, and Mixer Brush tools

Shift+B

Shift+B

Clone Stamp tool

S

S

Cycle Clone Stamp, Pattern Stamp tools

Shift+S

Shift+S

History Brush tool

Y

Y

Cycle History Brush, Art History Brush tools

Shift+Y

Shift+Y

Eraser tool

E

E

Cycle Eraser, Background Eraser, and Magic Eraser tools

Shift+E

Shift+E

Gradient tool

G

G

Cycle Gradient, Paint Bucket tools

Shift+G

Shift+G

Blur, Smudge, Sharpen tools

None

None

Dodge tool

O

O

Cycle Dodge, Burn, Sponge tools

Shift+O

Shift+O

Pen tool

P

P

Cycle Pen, Freeform Pen tools

Shift+P

Shift+P

Add, Delete, Convert Anchor Point tools

None

None

Horizontal Type tool

T

T

Cycle Horizontal Type, Vertical Type, Horizontal Type Mask, and Vertical Type Mask tools

Shift+T

Shift+T

Path Selection tool

A

A

Cycle Path Selection, Direct Selection tools

Shift+A

Shift+A

Rectangle tool

U

U

Cycle Rectangle, Rounded Rectangle, Ellipse, Polygon, Line, and Custom Shape tools

Shift +U

Shift +U

Hand tool

H

H+spacebar

Rotate view tool

R

R

Zoom tool

Z

Z

Swap Foreground, Background Color

X

X

Default Foreground and Background Colors

D

D

Edit in Quick Mask Mode

Q

Q

Table A.2. Common Menu Command Shortcuts

Popular Menu Commands

PC Shortcut

Mac Shortcut

New Document

Ctrl+N

Common Menu Command Shortcuts

Open Document

Ctrl+O

Common Menu Command Shortcuts

Browse in Bridge

Ctrl+Alt+O

Common Menu Command Shortcuts

Close Document

Ctrl+W

Common Menu Command Shortcuts

Print Document

Ctrl+P

Common Menu Command Shortcuts

Undo

Ctrl+Z

Common Menu Command Shortcuts

History Step Forward

Ctrl+Shift+Z

Common Menu Command Shortcuts

History Step Backward

Ctrl+Alt+Z

Common Menu Command Shortcuts

Fade

Ctrl+Shift+F

Common Menu Command Shortcuts

Fill

Shift+F5

Shift+F5

Free Transform

Ctrl+T

Common Menu Command Shortcuts

Color Settings

Ctrl+Shift+K

Common Menu Command Shortcuts

Image Size

Ctrl+Alt+I

Common Menu Command Shortcuts

Canvas Size

Ctrl+Alt+C

Common Menu Command Shortcuts

Levels

Ctrl+L

Common Menu Command Shortcuts

Curves

Ctrl+M

Common Menu Command Shortcuts

Hue/Saturation

Ctrl+U

Common Menu Command Shortcuts

Color Balance

Ctrl+B

Common Menu Command Shortcuts

New Layer

Ctrl+Shift+N

Common Menu Command Shortcuts

New Layer via Copy

Ctrl+J

Common Menu Command Shortcuts

Group Layers

Ctrl+G

Common Menu Command Shortcuts

Select All

Ctrl+A

Common Menu Command Shortcuts

Deselect All

Ctrl+D

Common Menu Command Shortcuts

Inverse Selection

Ctrl+Shift+I

Common Menu Command Shortcuts

Refine Edge

Ctrl+Alt+R

Common Menu Command Shortcuts

Proof Colors

Ctrl+Y

Common Menu Command Shortcuts

Gamut Warning

Ctrl+Shift+Y

Common Menu Command Shortcuts

Zoom In

Ctrl+plus(+)

Common Menu Command Shortcuts

Zoom Out

Ctrl+minus(−)

Common Menu Command Shortcuts

Fit on Screen

Ctrl+0

Common Menu Command Shortcuts

Show Actual Pixels

Ctrl+1

Common Menu Command Shortcuts

Show/Hide Extras

Ctrl+H

Common Menu Command Shortcuts

Rulers

Ctrl+R

Common Menu Command Shortcuts

Brush panel

F5

F5

Layers panel

F7

F7

Info panel

F8

F8

Photoshop Help

F1

Common Menu Command Shortcuts

Increase Brush Diameter

]

]

Decrease Brush Diameter

[

[

Increase Brush Hardness

Shift+[

Shift+[

Decrease Brush Hardness

Shift+]

Shift+]

Table A.3. Extended Toolbar Shortcuts

Photoshop CS5 Extended Tools

PC Shortcut

Mac Shortcut

3D Object Rotate tool

K

K

Cycle 3D Object Rotate, 3D Object Roll, 3D Object Pan, 3D Object Slide, and 3D Object Scale tools

Shift+K

Shift+K

3D Rotate Camera tool

N

N

Cycle 3D Rotate Camera, 3D Roll Camera View, 3D Pan Camera View, 3D Walk Camera View, and 3D Zoom Camera tools

Shift+N

Shift+N

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