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
Table A.2. Common Menu Command Shortcuts
Popular Menu Commands | PC Shortcut | Mac Shortcut |
---|---|---|
New Document | Ctrl+N | |
Open Document | Ctrl+O | |
Browse in Bridge | Ctrl+Alt+O | |
Close Document | Ctrl+W | |
Print Document | Ctrl+P | |
Undo | Ctrl+Z | |
History Step Forward | Ctrl+Shift+Z | |
History Step Backward | Ctrl+Alt+Z | |
Fade | Ctrl+Shift+F | |
Fill | Shift+F5 | Shift+F5 |
Free Transform | Ctrl+T | |
Color Settings | Ctrl+Shift+K | |
Image Size | Ctrl+Alt+I | |
Canvas Size | Ctrl+Alt+C | |
Levels | Ctrl+L | |
Curves | Ctrl+M | |
Hue/Saturation | Ctrl+U | |
Color Balance | Ctrl+B | |
New Layer | Ctrl+Shift+N | |
Ctrl+J | ||
Group Layers | Ctrl+G | |
Select All | Ctrl+A | |
Deselect All | Ctrl+D | |
Inverse Selection | Ctrl+Shift+I | |
Refine Edge | Ctrl+Alt+R | |
Proof Colors | Ctrl+Y | |
Gamut Warning | Ctrl+Shift+Y | |
Zoom In | Ctrl+plus(+) | |
Zoom Out | Ctrl+minus(−) | |
Fit on Screen | Ctrl+0 | |
Show Actual Pixels | Ctrl+1 | |
Show/Hide Extras | Ctrl+H | |
Rulers | Ctrl+R | |
Brush panel | F5 | F5 |
Layers panel | F7 | F7 |
Info panel | F8 | F8 |
F1 | ||
Increase Brush Diameter | ] | ] |
Decrease Brush Diameter | [ | [ |
Increase Brush Hardness | Shift+[ | Shift+[ |
Decrease Brush Hardness | Shift+] | Shift+] |
Table A.3. Extended Toolbar Shortcuts