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Save Time in Photoshop With Shortcut Keys

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Common Tool Shortcuts in Photoshop


In many cases, when there are multiple options for a toolbar button, such as the dodge/burn/sponge tool button, the keyboard shortcut will activate the tool current tool, so 'O' will convert your pointer to whichever is the active tool.

Rectangular Marquee Tool   M
Elliptical Marquee Tool   M
Move Tool   V
Lasso Tool   L
Polygonal Lasso Tool   L
Magnetic Lasso Tool   L
Magic Wand Tool   W
Crop Tool   C
Slice Tool   K
Slice Select Tool   K
Spot Healing Brush Tool   J
Healing Brush Tool   J
Patch Tool   J Red Eye Tool   J
Brush Tool   B
Pencil Tool   B
Color Replacement Tool   B
Clone Stamp Tool   S
Pattern Stamp Tool   S
History Brush Tool   Y
Art History Brush   Y
Eraser Tool   E
Background Eraser Tool   E
Magic Eraser Tool   E
Gradient Tool   G
Paint Bucket Tool   G
Blur Tool   R
Sharpen Tool   R
Smudge Tool   R
Dodge Tool   O
Burn Tool   O
Sponge Tool   O
Path Selection Tool   A
Direct Selection Tool   A
Horizontal Type Tool   T
Vertical Type Tool   T
Horizontal Type Mask Tool   T
Vertical Type Mask Tool   T
Pen Tool   P
Freeform Pen Tool   P
Rectangle Tool   U
Rounded Rectangle Tool   U
Ellipse Tool   U
Polygon Tool   U
Line Tool   U
Custom Shape Tool   U
Notes Tool   N
Audio Annotation Tool   N
Eyedropper Tool   I
Color Sampler Tool   I
Measure Tool   I
Hand Tool   H
Zoom Tool   Z
Default Foreground / Background Colors   D
Switch Foreground / Background Colors   X
Toggle Standard / Quick Mask Modes   Q
Toggle Screen Modes   F
Toggle Preserve Transparency / Decrease Brush Size   [
Increase Brush Size   ]
Decrease Brush Hardness   {
Increase Brush Hardness   }
Previous Brush   ,
Next Brush   .
First Brush   <
Last Brush  >

File Menu:
New   Cmd+N
Open   Cmd+O
Browse   Opt+Cmd+O Shift+Cmd+O
Edit in ImageReady   Shift+Cmd+M
Close   Cmd+W
Close All   Opt+Cmd+W
Close and Go To Bridge   Shift+Cmd+W
Save   Cmd+S
Save As   Shift+Cmd+S Opt+Cmd+S
Save for Web   Opt+Shift+Cmd+S
Revert   F12

Selections:
Select All   Cmd+A
Deselect   Cmd+D
Reselect   Shift+Cmd+D
Inverse   Shift+Cmd+I or Shift+F7
All Layers   Opt+Cmd+A
Feather   Opt+Cmd+D or Shift+F6

Adjustments:
Levels   Cmd+L 
Auto Levels   Shift+Cmd+L 
Auto Contrast   Opt+Shift+Cmd+L 
Auto Color   Shift+Cmd+B 
Curves   Cmd+M 
Color Balance   Cmd+B 
Hue/Saturation   Cmd+U
Invert   Cmd+I
Desaturate   Shift+Cmd+U
Invert   Cmd+I

Edit menu:
Edit Undo / Redo   Cmd+Z F1
Step Forward   Shift+Cmd+Z
Step Backward   Opt+Cmd+Z
Fade   Shift+Cmd+F
Cut   Cmd+X F2
Copy   Cmd+C F3
Copy Merged   Shift+Cmd+C
Paste   Cmd+V F4
Paste Into   Shift+Cmd+V Clear    
Fill   Shift+F5

History Pallette:
Step Forward   Shift+Cmd+Z
Step Backward   Opt+Cmd+Z

Image Size:
Zoom In   Cmd++ Cmd+=
Zoom Out Cmd+- 
Fit on Screen   Cmd+0
Actual Pixels   Opt+Cmd+0

Layers:
Layer via Copy   Cmd+J 
Layer via Cut   Shift+Cmd+J
Create / Release Clipping Mask   Opt+Cmd+G
Group Layers   Cmd+G
Ungroup Layers   Shift+Cmd+G

Arrange Layers: 
Bring to Front   Shift+Cmd+] 
Bring Forward   Cmd+] 
Send Backward   Cmd+[ 
Send to Back   Shift+Cmd+[
Merge Layers   Cmd+E
Merge Visible   Shift+Cmd+E

Image size:
Image Size   Opt+Cmd+I
Canvas Size   Opt+Cmd+C  

Printing and File info:
File Info   Opt+Shift+Cmd+I
Page Setup   Shift+Cmd+P
Print with Preview   Opt+Cmd+P
Print   Cmd+P
Print One Copy   Opt+Shift+Cmd+P

Miscellaneous:
Hide Photoshop   Control+Cmd+H
Hide Others   Opt+Cmd+H
Quit Photoshop   Cmd+Q


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