List of Photoshop Keyboard Shortcuts

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Extensive List of Photoshop Keyboard Shortcuts

In this list, we have separated the shortcuts into their main menus. When you first open Photoshop, you will see in the top left corner File…Edit…Image. Each subcategory below will explore these main menus.

File

Function	PC	Mac
New	Ctrl+N	Cmd+N
Open	Ctrl+O	Cmd+O
Browse in Bridge	Alt+Ctrl+O	Opt+Cmd+O
Open As	Alt+Shift+Ctrl+O	Opt+Shift+Cmd+O
Close	Ctrl+W	Cmd+W
Close All	Alt+Ctrl+W	Opt+Cmd+W
Close Others	Alt+Ctrl+P	Opt+Cmd+P
Close and go to Bridge	Shift+Ctrl+W	Shift+Cmd+W
Save	Ctrl+S	Cmd+S
Save As	Shift+Ctrl+S	Shift+Cmd+S
Revert	F12	F12
Export As	Alt+Shift+Ctrl+W	Opt+Shift+Cmd+W
Save for Web (Legacy)	Alt+Shift+Ctrl+S	Opt+Shift+Cmd+S
File Info	Alt+Shift+Ctrl+I	Opt+Shift+Cmd+I
Print	Ctrl+P	Cmd+P
Print One Copy	Alt+Shift+Ctrl+P	Opt+Shift+Cmd+P
Exit	Ctrl+Q	Cmd+Q

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Edit

Function	PC	Mac
Undo	Ctrl+Z	Cmd+Z
Redo	Shift+Ctrl+Z	Shift+Cmd+Z
Toggle Last State	Alt+Ctrl+Z	Opt+Cmd+Z
Fade…	Shift+Ctrl+F	Shift+Cmd+F
Cut	Ctrl+X	Cmd+X
Copy	Ctrl+C	Cmd+C
Copy Merged	Shift+Ctrl+C	Shift+Cmd+C
Paste	Ctrl+V	Cmd+V
Paste in Place	Shift+Ctrl+V	Shift+Cmd+V
Paste Into	Alt+Shift+Ctrl+V	Opt+Shift+Cmd+V
Search	Ctrl+F	Cmd+F
Fill…	Shift+F5	Shift+F5
Content-Aware Scale	Alt+Shift+Ctrl+C	Opt+Shift+Cmd+C
Free Transform	Ctrl+T	Cmd+T
Again	Shift+Ctrl+T	Shift+Cmd+T
Color Settings…	Shift+Ctrl+K	Shift+Cmd+K
Keyboard Shortcuts…	Alt+Shift+Ctrl+K	Opt+Shift+Cmd+K
Menus…	Alt+Shift+Ctrl+M	Opt+Shift+Cmd+M
General…	Ctrl+K	Cmd+K

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Image

Function	PC	Mac
Levels…	Ctrl+L	Cmd+L
Curves…	Ctrl+M	Cmd+M
Hue/Saturation…	Ctrl+U	Cmd+U
Colour Balance…	Ctrl+B	Cmd+B
Black & White…	Alt+Shift+Ctrl+B	Opt+Shift+Cmd+B
Invert	Ctrl+I	Cmd+I
Desaturate	Shift+Ctrl+U	Shift+Cmd+U
Auto Tone	Shift+Ctrl+L	Shift+Cmd+L
Auto Contrast	Alt+Shift+Ctrl+L	Opt+Shift+Cmd+L
Auto Colour	Shift+Ctrl+B	Shift+Cmd+B
Image Size…	Alt+Ctrl+I	Opt+Cmd+I
Canvas Size…	Alt+Ctrl+C	Opt+Cmd+C

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Layer

Function	PC	Mac
New Layer…	Shift+Ctrl+N	Shift+Cmd+N
Layer Via Copy	Ctrl+J	Cmd+J
Layer Via Cut	Shift+Ctrl+J	Shift+Cmd+J
Quick Export as PNG	Shift+Ctrl+’	Shift+Cmd+’
Export As…	Alt+Shift+Ctrl+’	Opt+Shift+Cmd+’
Create/Release Clipping Mask	Alt+Ctrl+G	Opt+Cmd+G
Group Layers	Ctrl+G	Cmd+G
Ungroup Layers	Shift+Ctrl+G	Shift+Cmd+G
Hide Layers	Ctrl+,	Cmd+,
Bring to Front	Shift+Ctrl+]	Shift+Cmd+]
Bring Forward	Ctrl+]	Cmd+]
Send Backward	Ctrl+[	Cmd+[
Send to Back	Shift+Ctrl+[	Shift+Cmd+[
Lock Layers…	Ctrl+/	Cmd+/
Merge Layers	Ctrl+E	Cmd+E
Merge Visible	Shift+Ctrl+E	Shift+Cmd+E

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Select

Function	PC	Mac
All	Ctrl+A	Cmd+A
Deselect	Ctrl+D	Cmd+D
Reselect	Shift+Ctrl+D	Shift+Cmd+D
Inverse	Shift+Ctrl+I	Shift+Cmd+I
All Layers	Alt+Ctrl+A	Opt+Cmd+A
Find Layers	Alt+Shift+Ctrl+F	Opt+Shift+Cmd+F
Select and Mask…	Alt+Ctrl+R	Opt+Cmd+R
Feather…	Shift+F6	Shift+F6

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Filters

Function	PC	Mac
Last Filter	Alt+Ctrl+F	Opt+Cmd+F
Adaptive Wide Angle…	Alt+Shift+Ctrl+A	Opt+Shift+Cmd+A
Camera Raw Filter…	Shift+Ctrl+A	Shift+Cmd+A
Lens Correction…	Shift+Ctrl+R	Shift+Cmd+R
Liquify…	Shift+Ctrl+X	Shift+Cmd+X
Vanishing Point…	Alt+Ctrl+V	Opt+Cmd+V

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3D

Function	PC	Mac
Render 3D Layer	Alt+Shift+Ctrl+R	Opt+Shift+Cmd+R

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View

Function	PC	Mac
Proof Colours	Ctrl+Y	Cmd+Y
Gamut Warning	Shift+Ctrl+Y	Shift+Cmd+Y
Zoom In	Ctrl++	Cmd++
Zoom Out	Ctrl+-	Cmd+-
Fit on Screen	Ctrl+0	Cmd+0
100%	Ctrl+1	Cmd+1
Extras	Ctrl+H	Cmd+H
Target Path	Shift+Ctrl+H	Shift+Cmd+H
Grid	Ctrl+’	Cmd+’
Guides	Ctrl+;	Cmd+;
Rulers	Ctrl+R	Cmd+R
Snap	Shift+Ctrl+;	Shift+Cmd+;

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Windows

Function	PC	Mac
Lock Guides	Alt+Ctrl+;	Opt+Cmd+;
Actions	Alt+F9	Opt+F9
Brush Settings	F5	F5
Colour	F6	F6
Info	F8	F8
Layers	F7	F7

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Help

Function	PC	Mac
Photoshop Help	F1	F1

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Quick Tool Selection Keys

To compliment all the functional shortcut in Photoshop, there are also shortcuts to quickly access tools. These give you quick and easy access to some of your most-used tools such as Zoom, Select Tool, and tools to Increase or Decrease Brush size and loads more. Below you will find the list of quick tools selection keys.

Quick Tools Selection Keys

Tool	PC	Mac
3D Material Drop Tool	G	G
3D Material Eyedropper Tool	I	I
Art History Brush Tool	Y	Y
Artboard Tool	V	V
Background Eraser Tool	E	E
Black & White	K	K
Brush Tool	B	B
Burn Tool	O	O
Clone Stamp Tool	S	S
Colour Sampler Tool	I	I
Content-Aware Move Tool	J	J
Crop Tool	C	C
Curvature Pen Tool	P	P
Custom Shape Tool	U	U
Cycle Tool Mode	E	E
Cycle View Mode	F	F
Decrease Brush Hardness	{	{
Decrease Brush Size	[	[
Default Foreground/Background Colours	D	D
Direct Selection Tool	A	A
Disable Views	X	X
Dodge Tool	O	O
Ellipse Tool	U	U
Elliptical Marquee Tool	M	M
Eraser Tool	E	E
Eyedropper Tool	I	I
First Brush	<	<
Frame Tool	K	K
Freeform Pen Tool	P	P
Gradient Tool	G	G
Hand Tool	H	H
Healing Brush Tool	J	J
History Brush Tool	Y	Y
Horizontal Type Mask Tool	T	T
Increase Brush Hardness	}	}
Increase Brush Size	]	]
Lasso Tool	L	L
Lasso Tool	L	L
Last Brush	>	>
Line Tool	U	U
Magic Eraser Tool	E	E
Magic Wand Tool	W	W
Magnetic Lasso Tool	L	L
Marching Ants	M	M
Mixer Brush Tool	B	B
Move Tool	V	V
Next Brush	.	.
Note Tool	I	I
Object Selection Tool	W	W
On Black	A	A
On Layers	Y	Y
On White	T	T
Onion Skin	O	O
Overlay	V	V
Paint Bucket Tool	G	G
Patch Tool	J	J
Path Selection Tool	A	A
Pattern Stamp Tool	S	S
Pen Tool	P	P
Pencil Tool	B	B
Perspective Crop Tool	C	C
Polygon Tool	U	U
Polygonal Lasso Tool	L	L
Previous Brush	,	,
Quick Selection Tool	W	W
Rectangle Tool	U	U
Rectangular Marquee Tool	M	M
Red Eye Tool	J	J
Refine Edge Brush Tool	R	R
Rotate View Tool	R	R
Rounded Rectangle Tool	U	U
Ruler Tool	I	I
Sampling Brush Tool	B	B
Show Edge	J	J
Show Original	P	P
Slice Select Tool	C	C
Slice Tool	C	C
Sponge Tool	O	O
Spot Healing Brush Tool	J	J
Switch Foreground/Background Colours	X	X
Toggle Preserve Transparency	/	/
Toggle Screen Modes	F	F
Toggle Standard/Quick Mask Modes	Q	Q
Vertical Type Mask Tool	T	T
Vertical Type Tool	T	T
Zoom Tool	Z	Z

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Most Commonly Used Photoshop Keyboard Shortcuts in Luminosity Masking

We can use any of the shortcuts available to us in Photoshop. But, naturally, we are all creatures of habit. Once a workflow is constructed, we rarely deviate from it. In short, here is a list of our own most commonly used shortcuts when luminosity masking.

Common Luminosity Masking Shortcuts

Function	PC	Mac
Create a Group	Ctrl+G	Cmd+G
Reselect last selection	Ctrl+Shift+D	Cmd+Shift+D
Creating a Clipping Mask	Ctrl+Alt+G	Cmd+Opt+G
Promote Layer to the top of the stack	Ctrl+Shift+[	Cmd+Shift+[
Demote Layer to the bottom of the stack	Ctrl+Shift+]	Cmd+Shift+]
Change the size of the brush	Ctrl+Alt+Right mouse button+slide left or right	Cmd+Opt+Right mouse button+slide left or right
Change hardness of the brush	Ctrl+Alt+Right mouse button+slide up or down	Cmd+Opt+Right mouse button+slide up or down
Save for the Web	Ctrl+Alt+Shift+S	Cmd+Opt+Shift+S
Make a selection from the mask	Ctrl+left click on the mask	Cmd+left click on the mask
To see the mask	Alt+left click on the mask	Opt+left click on the mask
Hide active selection (marching ants)	Ctrl+H	Cmd+H
Deselect active selection	Ctrl+D	Cmd+D
Hand Tool	H	H
Zoom tool	Z	Z
Zoom 100%	Ctrl+1	Cmd+1
Fit image to the screen	Ctrl+0	Cmd+0
Brush Tool	B	B
Duplicate selected layer	Ctrl+J	Cmd+J
Invert Mask	Ctrl+I	Cmd+I
Invert active selection	Ctrl+Shift+I	Cmd+Shift+I

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Ways to Remember Photoshop Keyboard Shortcuts

1. Why not save this web page in your bookmarks? It’s really easy: just press Ctrl+D.
2. You can download this post to either print out and to access while offline. To download our resource please click HERE.
3. There are some great keyboard stickers you can buy online. Using any search engine type in “photoshop keyboard stickers” and you will find loads of vendors selling them at reasonable prices.
4. To find the list of Photoshop keyboard shortcuts when in Photoshop. Go to Edit>Keyboard Shortcuts… or press Alt+Shift+Ctrl+K on a PC or Opt+Shift+Cmd+K on a Mac. You can also edit the shortcuts in this menu however, I wouldn’t recommend it.

The above is an extension of a previous post we published in 2014 Photoshop Shortcuts For A Non-Destructive Workflow.

Other useful resources online

Five Powerful Photoshop Shortcuts That Most Photographers Don’t Know

18 Exceptionally Useful Photoshop Shortcuts

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Alternative online resources

Affinity Photo Shortcuts

Adobe Lightroom Keyboard Shortcuts