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Thursday, September 29, 2011

Keyboard shortcuts in Photoshop

In most Photoshop tools have keyboard shortcuts from your keyboard, it makes use of the tools faster and more flexible. When used in conjunction with the mouse, the keyboard shortcuts will help you increase the speed and performance significantly. 

When introducing each instrument in the book "Basic Photoshop" I have mentioned most of keyboard shortcuts. But I want to summarize it, put into a general section and divided by categories for you to remember. 

As in Vietnam, most of us use Windows operating system and me too! so I just list the commands in the Window. If you use any Mac, UNIX ... or something else? they expect you to sympathize with me!
Shortcut of Windows operating systems: 
Toolbox 

The Toolbox is the keyboard of a letter. If a tool that has more than one option, as the Elliptical and Rectangular Marquee, simply press the shortcut again to switch to other tools. 

Also, when you use the Painting Tool, press Shift to precise cursor instead of the normal cursor. It helps paint the picture you require high accuracy. Tool Box or off using the Tab key 

Marquee tools 


Press M 




In combination with the Alt key to "reduce" selection 




In combination with the Alt key to "add" selection 




Use Shift to make multiple selections on the same document at once. 

Crop tool 


Press C 

Move tool 


Press V. When other instruments instead of Move tool is selected, press Ctrl to temporarily switch to the Move tool 

Lasso tool 


Press L 

Magic Wand 


Press W 

Airbrush 


Press A 

Paintbrush 


Press B 

Eraser 


Press E (Press Alt to use the Magic Eraser tool) 

Pencil 


Press Y 

Rubber Stamp 


Press S 

Smudge tool 


Press U 

Sharpen / Blur tools 


Press R 

Sponge / Burn / Dodge 


Press O 

Pen tool 


Press P 

Text tool 


Press T 

Line tool 


Click N 

Gradient tool 


Press G 

Paintbucket 


Press K 

Eyedropper 


Press I (When using a drawing tool, press Alt to temporarily select the Eyedropper) 

Hand 


Press H (You can press the spacebar when the engine other than Handtool is selected to switch temporarily to the Hand tool) 

Zoom 


Press Z (Try to Ctrl - + (plus sign) Ctrl - (minus) to zoom in and out 

Toggling the between foreground 



and background colors 




Setting default colors 



Edit in Standard Mode 



Edit in Quick Mask Mode 



Standard Screen Mode, Full 


between F 

Screen Mode with Menu Bar, Full Screen Mode 



Files 

New file 


Ctrl + N 

Open file 


Ctrl + O 

Close file 


Ctrl + W 

Save file 


Ctrl + S 

Save As 


Ctrl + Shift + S 

Save a Copy 


Ctrl + Alt + S 

Page Setup 


Ctrl + Shift + P 

Print 


Ctrl + P 

Preferences 


Ctrl + K 

Exit 


Ctrl + Q 
Editing 

Undo / Redo 


Ctrl + Z 

Cut 


Ctrl + X 

Copy 


Ctrl + C 

Copy Merged 


Ctrl + Shift + C 

Paste 


Ctrl + V 

Paste Into 


Ctrl + Shift + V 

Fill (background color) 


Ctrl + Backspace 

Fill (background color, preserving transparency) 


Ctrl + Shift + Backspace 

Fill (foreground color) 


Alt + Backspace 

Fill (foreground color, preserving transparency) 


Alt + Shift + Backspace 
Image 

Levels 


Ctrl + L 

Auto Levels 


Ctrl + Shift + L 

Curves 


Ctrl + M 

Color Balance 


Ctrl + B 

Hue / Saturation 


Ctrl + U 

Desaturation 


Ctrl + Shift + U 

Invert 


Ctrl + I 
Layers 

Group with Previous 


Ctrl + G 

Ungroup 


Ctrl + Shift + G 

Free Transform 


Ctrl + T 

Merge Layers 


Ctrl + E 

Merge Visible 


Ctrl + Shift + E 
Select 

All 


Ctrl + A 

None 


Ctrl + D 

Inverse 


Ctrl + Shift + I 

Feather 


Ctrl + Shift + D 
Filters 

Last Filter 


Ctrl + F 

Fade 


Ctrl + Shift + F 
View 

CMYK Preview 


Ctrl + Y 

Gamut Warning 


Ctrl + Shift + Y 

Zoom In 


Ctrl + + 

Zoom Out 


Ctrl + - 

Fit On Screen 


Ctrl + 0 

Actual Pixels 


Ctrl + Alt + 0 

Hide Edges 


Ctrl + H 

Hide Path 


Ctrl + Shift + H 

Show Rulers 


Ctrl + R 

Hide Guides 


Ctrl +; 

Snap to Guides 


Ctrl + Shift +; 

Lock Guides 


Ctrl + Alt +; 

Show Grid 


Ctrl + " 

Snap to Grid 


Ctrl + Shift + "

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File Menu 

Action
Keys

1. New Document
1. Ctrl+N

2. Open Document
2. Ctrl+O

3. Browse
3. Shift+Ctrl+O

4. Open As
4. Alt+Ctrl+O

5. Close
5. Ctrl+W

6. Close All
6. Ctrl+Shift+W

7. Save
7. Ctrl+S

8. Save As
8. Ctrl+Shift+S

9. Save a Copy
9. Ctrl+Alt+S

10. Save for Web
10. Ctrl+Alt+Shift+S

11. Page Setup
11. Ctrl+Shift+P

12. Jump to Image Ready
12. Ctrl+Shift+M

13. Exit
13. Ctrl+Q


Edit Menu 

Action
Keys

1. Undo
1. Ctrl+Z

2. Step Back (History)
2. Ctrl+Alt+Z

3. Step Forward (History)
3. Ctrl+Shift+Z

4. Cut
4. Ctrl+X

5. Copy
5. Ctrl+C

6. Copy Merged
6. Ctrl+Shift+C

7. Paste
7. Ctrl+V

8. Paste Into
8. Ctrl+Shift+V

9. Free Transform
9. Ctrl+T


Image Menu 

Action
Keys

1. Adjust Levels
1. Ctrl+L

2. Adjust Auto Levels
2. Ctrl+Shift+L

3. Adjust Auto Contrast
3. Ctrl+Alt+Shift+L

4. Adjust Curves
4. Ctrl+M

5. Adjust Color Balance
5. Ctrl+B

6. Adjust Hue/Saturation
6. Ctrl+U

7. Desaturate
7. Ctrl+Shift+U

8. Invert
8. Ctrl+I

9. Extract
9. Ctrl+Alt+X


Layer Menu 

Action
Keys

1. New Layer
1. Ctrl+Shift+N

2. Layer via Copy
2. Ctrl+J

3. Layer via Cut
3. Ctrl+Shift+J

4. Group with Previous
4. Ctrl+G

5. Bring to Front
5. Ctrl+Shift+]

6. Bring Forward
6. Ctrl+]

7. Send Backward
7. Ctrl+[

8. Send Back
8. Ctrl+Shift+[

9. Merge Layers
9. Ctrl+E

10. Merge Visible
10. Ctrl+Shift+E


Select Menu 

Action
Keys

1. Select All
1. Ctrl+A

2. Deselect
2. Ctrl+D

3. Reselect
3. Ctrl+Shift+D

4. Inverse
4. Ctrl+Shift+I

5. Feather
5. Ctrl+Alt+D


Filters Menu 

Action
Keys

1. Last Filter
1. Ctrl+F

2. Fade
2. Ctrl+Shift+F

3. Extract
3. Ctrl+Alt+X

4. Liquify
4. Ctrl+Shift+X

5. Pattern Maker
5. Ctrl+Shift+Alt+X


View Menu 

Action
Keys

1. Proof Colors
1. Ctrl+Y

2. Zoom In
2. Ctrl++

3. Zoom Out
3. Ctrl+-

4. Zoom In & Resize Window
4. Ctrl+Alt++

5. Zoom Out & Resize Window
5. Ctrl+Alt+-

6. Actual Pixels
6. Ctrl+Alt+0

7. Show/Hide Target Path
7. Ctrl+Shift+H

8. Show/Hide Rulers
8. Ctrl+R

9. On/Off Snap
9. Ctrl+Shift+;

10. Show/Hide Extras
10. Ctrl+H

11. Lock Guides
11. Ctrl+Alt+;

12. Show Guides
12. Ctrl+;

13. Show Grid
13. Ctrl+'


Misc. Shortcuts 

Action
Keys

1. Fill with Forground Color
1. Alt+Backspace

2. Fill with Background Color
2. Shift+Backspace

3. Ascend through Layers
3. Alt+]

4. Descend through Layers
4. Alt+[

5. Select Top Layer
5. Shift+Alt+]

6. Select Bottom Layer
6. Shift+Alt+[

7. Show/Hide All Palettes
7. Tab



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