Useful Keyboard Shortcuts
for Photoshop
by Andrea Sampson
You can
save a ton of time and lots of steps by using keyboard shortcuts in Photoshop.
Make the most of your scrapping time by learning to use them!
New
document: control+n
Open
document: control+o
Browse
documents: shift+control+o
Open as:
alt+control+o
Close:
control+w
Save:
control+s
Save as:
shift+control+s
Zoom in:
CTRL+=
Zoom
out: CTRL+-
Switch
foreground and background colors: x
Switch to
default foreground and background colors (black and white): d
Move
tool: v
Clone
Stamp Tool: s
Marquee
Tool: m
Lasso
Tool: l
Magic
Wand Tool: w
Crop
Tool: c
Slice
Tool: k
Healing
Brush Tool: j
Brush
Tool: b
History
Brush Tool: y
Eraser
Tool: e
Paint
Bucket/gradient tool: g
Blur/sharpen/smudge tool: r
Dodge/burn/sponge tool: o
Path/direct selection tool: a
Type
tools: t
Pen
tools: p
Shape/line tools: u
Note/audio tool: n
Eyedropper/color sample/measure tool: i
Hand
tool: h
Zoom
tool: z
Quick
Mask: q
Toggle
screen modes: f
Edit in
ImageReady: shift+control+m
New
layer: shift+control+n
New layer
via copy: control+j
New layer
via cut: shift+control+j
Bring to
front: shift+control+]
Bring
forward: control+]
Send to
back: shift+control+[
Send
backward: control+[
Hue/saturation: control+u
Desaturate: shift+control+u
