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 |
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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 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-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 |