
Table of Contents
- 1 Select Tools
- 2 View Images
- 3 Puppet Warp
- 4 Refine Edge
- 5 Filter Gallery
- 6 Liquify tool
- 7 Vanishing Point
- 8 Camera Raw Dialog Box
- 9 Black-and-White Dialog Box
- 10 Curves
- 11 Select and Move Objects
- 12 Transform Selections, Selection Borders, and Paths
- 13 Edit Paths
- 14 Painting
- 15 Blending Modes
- 16 Select and Edit text
- 17 Format Type
- 18 Slicing and Optimizing
- 19 All Panels
- 20 Action Panel
- 21 Adjustment Panel
- 22 Animation Panel (Frames Mode)
- 23 Animation Panel (Timeline Mode, PS extended)
- 24 Brush Panel
- 25 Channels Panel
- 26 Clone Source Panel
- 27 Color Panel
- 28 History Panel
- 29 Info Panel
- 30 Layers Panel
- 31 Layers Comps Panel
- 32 Paths Panel
- 33 Swatches Panel
- 34 3D tools (PS Extended)
- 35 Measurement (PS Extended)
- 36 DICOM files (PS Extended)
- 37 Extract and Pattern Maker (plug-in)
- 38 Extract and Pattern Maker
- 39 Extract Only
- 40 Pattern Maker Only
- 41 Function keys
জনপ্রিয় গ্রাফিক্স ডিজাইন সফটওয়্যার এডোবি ফটোশপে দ্রুত কাজ করতে কিবোর্ড শর্টকাটের জুরি নেই। ফটোশপের বিভিন্ন ভার্শনে সফটওয়্যারের ফিচারের তারতম্য অনুসারে শর্টকাট গুলঅতেও কিছুটা অমিল রয়েছে। আমি এখানে ফটোশপ ৫ এর শর্টকাট গুলো শেয়ার করছি।
Select Tools
V | Move tool |
M (Shift+M) | Rectangular Marquee Tool (Elliptical Marquee tool) |
L (Shift+L) | Lasso tool (Polygonal Magnetic Lasso tool) |
W (Shift+W) | Magic Wand tool (Quick Selection tool) |
C (Shift+C) | Crop tool (Slide tool, Slide Select tool) |
I (Shift+I) | Eyedropper tool (Color Sampler tool, Note Tool, Count Tool) |
J (Shift+J) | Spot Healing Brush tool (Healing Brush tool, Patch tool, Red Eye tool) |
B (Shift+B) | Brush tool (Pencil tool, Color Replacement tool, Mixer Brush tool) |
S (Shift+S) | Clone Stamp tool (Pattern Stamp tool) |
Y (Shift+Y) | History Brush tool (Art History Brush tool) |
E (Shift+E) | Eraser tool (Background Eraser tool, Magic Eraser tool) |
G (Shift+G) | Gradient tool (Paint Bucket tool) |
O (Shift+O) | Dodge tool (Burn tool, Sponge tool) |
P (Shift+P) | Pen tool (Freeform Pen tool) |
T (Shift+T) | Horizontal Type tool (Vertical Type tool, Type Mask tools) |
A (Shift+A) | Path Selection tool (Direct Selection tool) |
U (Shift+U) | Rectangle tool (Rounded Rectangle tool, Ellipse tool, Polygon tool, Line tool, Custom Shape tool) |
K (Shift+K) | 3D Object Rotate tool (Roll, Pan, Slide, Scale tool). PS extended only |
N (Shift+N) | 3D Camera Rotate tool (Roll,Pan, Walk, Zoom tool). PS extended only |
H | Hand tool |
R | Rotate View tool |
Z | Zoom tool |
View Images
Ctrl+Tab | Cycle through open documents |
Shift+Ctrl+Tab | Switch to previous document |
Shift+Ctrl+W | Close a file in Photoshop and open Bridge |
Q | Toggle between Standard mode and Quick Mask mode |
F/Shift+F | Toggle forward / toggle backward between Standard Screen Mode, Maximized Screen Mode, Full Screen Mode, and Full Screen Mode with menu bar |
Space+F/Space+Shift+F | Toggle canvas color forward / toggle canvas color backwards |
Double-click Hand tool | Fit image in window |
Ctrl+1 | Magnify 100% |
Space | Temporary switch to Hand tool (when not in text-edit mode) |
Shift+drag | |
Ctrl+Space | Temporarily switch to Zoom In tool |
Alt+Space | Temporarily switch to Zoom Out tool |
Space+drag | Move Zoom marquee while dragging with the Zoom tool |
Shift+enter in Navigator panel zoom percentage box | Apply zoom percentage, and keep zoom percentage box active |
Ctrl+drag over preview in Navigator panel | Zoom in on specified area of an image |
Space+drag, / drag view area box in Navigator panel | Scroll image with Hand tool |
Page Up/Page Down | Scroll up or down 1 screen |
Shift+Page Up/Page Down | Scroll up or down 10 units |
Home/End | Move view to upper-left corner or lower right corner |
\ (backslash) | Toggle layer mask on/off as rubylith (layer mask must be selected) |
Puppet Warp
Esc | Cancel completely |
Ctrl+Z | Undo last pin adjustment |
Ctrl+A | Select all pins |
Ctrl+D | Deselect all pins |
Shift+click | Select multiple pins |
Shift+drag | Move multiple selected pins |
H | Temporarily hide pins |
Refine Edge
Ctrl+Alt+R | Open the Refine Edge dialog box |
F | Cycle forward through preview modes |
Shift+F | Cycle (backward) through preview modes |
X | Toggle between original image and selection preview |
P | Toggle between original selection and refined version |
J | Toggle radius preview on and off |
E | Toggle between Refine Radius and Erase Refinements tools |
Filter Gallery
Alt+click a filter | Apply a new filter on top of selected |
Alt+click a disclosure triangle | Open/close all disclosure triangles |
Ctrl | Change Cancel button to Default |
Alt | Change Cancel button to Reset |
Ctrl+Z | Undo/Redo |
Ctrl+Shift+Z | Step forward |
Ctrl+Alt+Z | Step backward |
Liquify tool
W | Forward Warp tool |
R | Reconstruct tool |
C | Twirl Clockwise tool |
S | Pucker tool |
B | Bloat tool |
O | Push Left tool |
M | Mirror tool |
T | Turbulence tool |
F | Freeze Mask tool |
D | Thaw Mask tool |
Alt+tool | Reverse direction for Bloat, Pucker, Push Left, and Mirror tools |
Alt+drag in preview with Reconstruct tool, Displace, Amplitwist, / Affine mode selected | Continually sample the distortion |
Arrow Left/ arrow right in Brush Size, Density, Pressure, Rate, / Turbulent Jitter text box | Decrease/increase brush size by 2 (or density, pressure, rate, or turbulent jitter by 1). Hold down Shift to decrease/increase by 10 |
Arrow Left/ arrow right with Brush Size, Density, Pressure, Rate, / Turbulent Jitter slider showing | Decrease/increase brush size by 2 (or density, pressure, rate, or turbulent jitter by 1). Hold down Shift to decrease/increase by 10 |
Tab | Cycle through controls on right from top |
Shift+Tab | Cycle through controls on right from bottom |
Alt | Change Cancel to Reset |
Vanishing Point
X | Zoom 2x (temporary) |
Ctrl+[+]/Ctrl+- | Zoom in / Zoom out |
Ctrl+0 (zero) | Fit in view |
Double-click Zoom tool | Zoom to center at 100% |
]/[ | Increase / Decrease brush size (Brush, Stamp tools) |
Shift+]/Shift+[ | Increase / Decrease brush hardness (Brush, Stamp tools) |
Ctrl+Z | Undo last action |
Ctrl+Shift+Z | Redo last action |
Ctrl+D | Deselect all |
Ctrl+H | Hide selection and planes |
Arrow Keys | Move selection 1 pixel |
Shift+Arrow Keys | Move selection 10 pixels |
Ctrl+C | Copy |
Ctrl+V | Paste |
Ctrl+Shift+T | Repeat last duplicate and move |
Ctrl+Alt+T | Create a floating selection from the current selection |
Ctrl+drag | Fill a selection with image under the pointer |
Ctrl+Alt+drag | Create a duplicate of the selection as a floating selection |
Alt+Shift to rotate | Constrain selection to a 15° rotation |
Ctrl+click the plane | Select a plane under another selected plane |
Ctrl+drag | Create 90 degree plane off parent plane |
Backspace | Delete last node while creating plane |
Double-click the Create Plane tool | Make a full canvas plane, square to the camera |
Ctrl+Shift+H | Show/hide measurements (Photoshop Extended only) |
Ctrl+E | Export to a DFX file (Photoshop Extended only) |
Ctrl+Shift+E | Export to a 3DS file (Photoshop Extended only) |
Camera Raw Dialog Box
Z | Zoom tool |
H | Hand tool |
I | White Balance tool |
S | Color Sampler tool |
C | Crop tool |
A | Straighten tool |
B | Spot Removal tool |
E | Red Eye Removal tool |
Ctrl+Alt+1 | Basic panel |
Ctrl+Alt+2 | Tone Curve panel |
Ctrl+Alt+3 | Detail panel |
Ctrl+Alt+4 | HSL/Grayscale panel |
Ctrl+Alt+5 | Split Toning panel |
Ctrl+Alt+6 | Lens Corrections panel |
Ctrl+Alt+7 | Camera Calibration panel |
Ctrl+Alt+8 | Presets panel |
Ctrl+Alt+9 | Open Snapshots panel |
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+T | Parametric Curve Targeted Adjustment tool |
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+H | Hue Targeted Adjustment tool |
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+S | Saturation Targeted Adjustment tool |
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+L | Luminance Targeted Adjustment tool |
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+G | Grayscale Mix Targeted Adjustment tool |
T | Last-used Targeted Adjustment tool |
K | Adjustment Brush tool |
G | Graduated Filter tool |
]/[ | Increase/decrease brush size |
Shift+]/Shift+[ | Increase/decrease brush feather |
=/- | Increase/decrease Adjustment Brush tool flow in increments of 10 |
Alt | Temporarily switch from Add to Erase mode for the Adjustment Brush tool, or from Erase to Add mode |
Alt+]/Alt+[ | Increase/decrease temporary Adjustment Brush tool size |
Alt+Shift+]/Alt+Shift+[ | Increase/decrease temporary Adjustment Brush tool feather |
Alt+=/Alt+- | Increase/decrease temporary Adjustment Brush tool flow in increments of 10 |
N | Switch to New mode from Add or Erase mode of the Adjustment Brush tool or the Graduated Filter |
M | Toggle Auto Mask for Adjustment Brush tool |
Y | Toggle Show Mask for Adjustment Brush tool |
V | Toggle pins for Adjustment Brush tool, Toggle overlay for Graduated Filter, Spot Removal tool, or Red Eye Removal tool. |
L/Ctrl+] | Rotate image left |
R/Ctrl+[ | Rotate image right |
Ctrl+[+]/Ctrl+- | Zoom in / Zoom out |
Ctrl | Temporarily switch to Zoom In tool. (Doesn’t work when Straighten tool is selected. If Crop tool is active, temporarily switches to Straighten tool.) |
Alt | Temporarily switch to Zoom Out tool and change the Open Image button to Open Copy and the Cancel button to Reset. |
P | Toggle preview |
F | Full screen mode |
Shift | Temporarily activate the White Balance tool and change the Open Image button to Open Object. (Does not work if Crop tool is active.) |
Click the first point; Shift+click additional points | Select multiple points in Curves panel |
Ctrl+click in preview | Add point to curve in Curves panel |
Arrow Keys | Move selected point in Curves panel (1 unit) |
Shift+Arrow Keys | Move selected point in Curves panel (10 units) |
Ctrl+R | Open selected images in Camera Raw dialog box from Bridge |
Shift+double-click image | Open selected images from Bridge bypassing Camera Raw dialog box |
Alt+drag Exposure, Recovery, / Black sliders | Display highlights that will be clipped in Preview |
O | Highlight clipping warning |
U | Shadows clipping warning |
Ctrl+1 … 5 | (Filmstrip mode) Add 1 – 5 star rating |
Ctrl+. (period) /Ctrl+, (comma) | (Filmstrip mode) Increase/decrease rating |
Ctrl+6 | (Filmstrip mode) Add red label |
Ctrl+7 | (Filmstrip mode) Add yellow label |
Ctrl+8 | (Filmstrip mode) Add green label |
Ctrl+9 | (Filmstrip mode) Add blue label |
Ctrl+Shift+0 (zero) | (Filmstrip mode) Add purple label |
Ctrl+K | Camera Raw preferences |
Ctrl+alt (on open) | Deletes Adobe Camera Raw preferences |
Black-and-White Dialog Box
Shift+Ctrl+Alt+B | Open the Black-and-White dialog box |
Arrow Up/Arrow Down | Increase/decrease selected value by 1% |
Shift+Arrow Up/Arrow Down | Increase/decrease selected value by 10% |
Click+drag on the image | Change the values of the closest color slider |
Curves
Ctrl+M | Open the Curves dialog box |
[+]/- | Select next / previous point on the curve |
Shift+click the points | Select multiple points on the curve |
Ctrl+D | Deselect a point |
Select a point and press delete | Delete a point on the curve |
Arrow Keys | Move the selected point 1 unit |
Shift+Arrow Keys | Move the selected point 10 units |
Alt+drag black/white point sliders | Display highlights and shadows that will be clipped |
Ctrl+click the image | Set a point to the composite curve |
Shift+Ctrl+click the image | Set a point to the channel curves |
Alt+click the field | Toggle grid size |
Select and Move Objects
Any marquee tool (except single column and single row), press space+drag | Reposition marquee while selecting |
Any selection tool+Shift+drag | Add to a selection |
Any selection tool+Alt+drag | Subtract from a selection |
Any selection tool (except Quick Selection tool)+Shift-alt+drag | Intersect a selection |
Shift+drag | Constrain marquee to square or circle (if no other selections are active) |
Alt+drag | Draw marquee from center (if no other selections are active) |
Shift+Alt+drag | Constrain shape and draw marquee from center |
Ctrl | Switch to Move tool (except when Hand, Slice, Path, Shape, or any Pen tool is selected) |
Alt+drag | Switch from Magnetic Lasso tool to Lasso tool |
Alt+click | Switch from Magnetic Lasso tool to polygonal Lasso tool |
Enter/Esc/Ctrl+. (period) | Apply/cancel an operation of the Magnetic Lasso |
Move tool+Alt+drag selection | Move copy of selection |
Any selection+Arrow Keys | Move selection area 1 pixel |
Move tool+Arrow Keys | Move selection 1 pixel |
Ctrl+Arrow Keys | Move layer 1 pixel when nothing selected on layer |
Magnetic Lasso tool+[/] | Increase/decrease detection width |
Crop tool+Enter/Esc | Accept cropping or exit cropping |
[/ (forward slash) | Toggle crop shield off and on |
Ruler tool+Alt+drag end point | Make protractor |
Shift+drag guide | Snap guide to ruler ticks (except when View Snap is unchecked) |
Alt+drag guide | Convert between horizontal and vertical guide |
Transform Selections, Selection Borders, and Paths
Alt | Transform from center or reflect |
Shift | Constrain |
Ctrl | Distort |
Enter | Apply |
Ctrl+. (period) /Esc | Cancel |
Ctrl+Alt+T | Free transform with duplicate data |
Ctrl+Shift+Alt+T | Transform again with duplicate data |
Edit Paths
Direct selection tool+Shift+click | Select multiple anchor points |
Direct selection tool+Alt+click | Select entire path |
Pen (any Pen tool), Path Selection / Direct Selection tool+Ctrl+Alt+drag | Duplicate a path |
Ctrl | Switch from Path Selection, Pen, Add Anchor Point, Delete Anchor Point, or Convert Point tools, to Direct Selection tool |
Alt | Switch from Pen tool or Freeform Pen tool to Convert Point tool when pointer is over anchor or direction point |
Magnetic Pen tool, double-click | Close path |
Magnetic Pen tool, alt-double-click | Close path with straight-line segment |
Painting
Any painting tool+Shift+Alt+right-click and drag | Select foreground color from color picker |
Any painting tool+Alt/ any shape tool+alt (except when Paths option is selected) | Select foreground color from image with Eyedropper tool |
Eyedropper tool+Alt+click | Select background color |
Eyedropper tool+Shift | Color sampler tool |
Color sampler tool+Alt+click | Deletes color sampler |
Any painting / editing tool+1…9 | Set opacity, tolerance, strength, or exposure for painting mode. 0 = 100%, 1 = 10%. Two numbers in quick succession (e.g. 45 = 45%) When airbrush option is enabled, use Shift+1…9) |
Any painting / editing tool+Shift+number keys | Sets flow for painting mode 0 = 100%, 1 = 10%. Two numbers in quick succession (e.g. 45 = 45%) When airbrush option is enabled, use Shift+1…9) |
Alt+Shift+1…9 | Mixer Brush changes Mix setting |
0…9 | Mixer Brush changes Wet setting |
0 (zero) | Mixer Brush changes Wet and Mix to zero |
Shift+[+]/Shift+- | Cycle through blending modes |
Backspace/Shift+Backspace | Open Fill dialog box on background or standard layer |
Alt+Backspace/Ctrl+Backspace | Fill with foreground or background color |
Ctrl+Alt+Backspace | Fill from history |
Shift+Backspace | Displays Fill dialog box |
[/ (forward slash) | Lock transparent pixels on/off |
Any painting tool+Shift+click | Connects points with a straight line |
Blending Modes
Shift+[+]/Shift+- | Cycle through blending modes |
Shift+Alt+N | Normal |
Shift+Alt+I | Dissolve |
Shift+Alt+Q | Behind (Brush tool only) |
Shift+Alt+R | Clear (Brush tool only) |
Shift+Alt+K | Darken |
Shift+Alt+M | Multiply |
Shift+Alt+B | Color Burn |
Shift+Alt+A | Linear Burn |
Shift+Alt+G | Lighten |
Shift+Alt+S | Screen |
Shift+Alt+D | Color Dodge |
Shift+Alt+W | Linear Dodge |
Shift+Alt+O | Overlay |
Shift+Alt+F | Soft Light |
Shift+Alt+H | Hard Light |
Shift+Alt+V | Vivid Light |
Shift+Alt+J | Linear Light |
Shift+Alt+Z | Pin Light |
Shift+Alt+L | Hard Mix |
Shift+Alt+E | Difference |
Shift+Alt+X | Exclusion |
Shift+Alt+U | Hue |
Shift+Alt+T | Saturation |
Shift+Alt+C | Color |
Shift+Alt+Y | Luminosity |
Sponge tool+Shift+Alt+D | Desaturate |
Sponge tool+Shift+Alt+S | Saturate |
Dodge tool/Burn tool+Shift+Alt+S | Dodge/burn shadows |
Dodge tool/Burn tool+Shift+Alt+M | Dodge/burn midtones |
Dodge tool/Burn tool+Shift+Alt+H | Dodge/burn highlights |
Shift+Alt+N | Set blending mode to Threshold for bitmap images, Normal for all other images |
Select and Edit text
Ctrl+drag type when Type layer is selected | Move type in image |
Shift+arrow keys, ctrl+Shift+arrow keys etc. | Select Characters: Use Standard Windows Editing Shortcuts |
Shift+click | Select characters from insertion point to mouse click point |
Shift+click | Create a new text layer, when a text layer is selected in the Layers panel |
Double-click, triple-click, quadruple-click, / quintuple-click | Select a word, line, paragraph, or story |
Ctrl+H | Show/Hide selection on selected type |
Ctrl | Display the bounding box for transforming text when editing text, or activate Move tool if cursor is inside the bounding box |
Ctrl+drag a bounding box handle | Scale text within a bounding box when resizing the bounding box |
Space+drag | Move text box while creating text box |
Format Type
Horizontal Type tool+Ctrl+Shift+l, c, /R | Align left, center, or right |
Vertical Type tool+Ctrl+Shift+l, c, /R | Align top, center, or bottom |
Ctrl+Shift+X | Choose 100% horizontal scale |
Ctrl+Shift+Alt+X | Choose 100% vertical scale |
Ctrl+Shift+Alt+A | Choose Auto leading |
Ctrl+Shift+Q | Choose 0 for tracking |
Ctrl+Shift+J | Justify paragraph, left aligns last line |
Ctrl+Shift+F | Justify paragraph, justifies all |
Ctrl+Shift+Alt+H | Toggle paragraph hyphenation on/off |
Ctrl+Shift+Alt+T | Toggle single/every-line composer on/off |
Ctrl+Shift+; | Decrease or increase type size of selected text 2 points or pixels |
Alt+Arrow Down/Arrow Up | Decrease or increase leading 2 points or pixels |
Shift+Alt+Arrow Down/Arrow Up | Decrease or increase baseline shift 2 points or pixels |
Alt+Arrow Left/Arrow Right | Decrease or increase kerning/tracking 20/1000 ems |
Slicing and Optimizing
Ctrl | Toggle between Slice tool and Slice Selection tool |
Shift+drag | Draw square slice |
Alt+drag | Draw from center outward |
Shift+Alt+drag | Draw square slice from center outward |
Space+drag | Reposition slice while creating slice |
Right-click slice | Open context-sensitive menu |
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All Panels
Alt+click New button | Set options for new items (except for Actions, Animation, Styles, Brushes, Tool Presets, and Layer Comps panels) |
Alt+click delete button | Delete without confirmation (except for the Brush panel) |
Shift+Enter | Apply value and keep text box active |
Tab | Show/Hide all panels |
Shift+Tab | Show/Hide all panels except the toolbox and options bar |
Select tool and press enter | Highlight options bar |
Shift+Arrow Up/Arrow Down | Increase/decrease selected values by 10 |
Action Panel
Alt+click the check mark next to a command | Turn command on and all others off, or turns all commands on |
Alt+click | Turn current modal control on and toggle all other modal controls |
Alt+double-click action / action set | Change action or action set options |
Double-click recorded command | Display Options dialog box for recorded command |
Ctrl+double-click an action | Play entire action |
Alt+click the triangle | Collapse/expand all components of an action |
Ctrl+click the Play button | Play a command |
Alt+click the New Action button | Create new action and begin recording without confirmation |
Shift+click the action/⌘ | Select contiguous items of the same kind |
Ctrl+click the action/⌘ | Select discontiguous items of the same kind |
Adjustment Panel
Alt+3 (red), alt+4 (green), alt+5 (blue) | Choose specific channel for adjustment |
Alt+2 | Choose composite channel for adjustment |
Delete/Backspace | Delete adjustment layer |
Alt+click Auto button | Define Auto options for Levels or Curves |
Animation Panel (Frames Mode)
Shift+click second frame | Select/deselect multiple contiguous frames |
Ctrl+click multiple frames | Select/deselect multiple discontiguous frames |
Alt+Paste Frames command from the Panel pop-up menu | Paste using previous settings without displaying the dialog box |
Animation Panel (Timeline Mode, PS extended)
Space | Start playing the timeline or Animation panel |
Alt+click the current-time display in the upper-left corner of the timeline. | Switch between timecode and frame numbers (current time view) |
Alt+click | Expand and collapse list of layers |
Hold down the Shift key when clicking the next/previous Frame buttons (on either side of the Play button). | Jump to the next/previous whole second in timeline |
Hold down the Shift key while dragging the current time. | Increase playback speed |
Hold down the ctrl key while dragging the current time. | Decrease playback speed |
Shift+drag | Snap an object (keyframe, the current time, layer in point, and so on) to the nearest object in timeline |
Alt+drag (first / last keyframe in the selection) | Scale (evenly distribute to condensed or extended length) a selected group of multiple keyframes |
Arrow Left/Page Up | Back one frame |
Arrow Right/Page Down | Forward one frame |
Shift+Arrow Left/Shift+Page Up | Back ten frames |
Shift+Arrow Right/Shift+Page Down | Forward ten frames |
Home/End | Move to the beginning / to the end of the timeline |
Shift+Home/Shift+End | Move to the beginning / to the end of the work area |
Arrow Up | Move to “In” point of the current layer |
Arrow Down | Move to the “Out” point of the current layer |
Shift+Arrow Up/Shift+Arrow Down | Back 1 second / Forward 1 second |
Esc | Return a rotated document to its original orientation |
Brush Panel
Alt+click brush | Delete brush |
Double-click brush | Rename brush |
Alt+right click+drag left / right | Change brush size |
Alt+right click+drag up / down | Decrease/increase brush softness/hardness |
, (comma) / . (period) | Select previous/next brush size |
Shift+, (comma) /Shift+. (period) | Select first/ Select last brush |
Caps Lock/Shift+Caps Lock | Display precise cross hair for brushes |
Shift+Alt+P | Toggle airbrush option |
Channels Panel
Ctrl+3 (red), ctrl+4 (green), ctrl+5 (blue) | Select individual channels |
Ctrl+2 | Select composite channel |
Ctrl+click channel thumbnail, or alt+Ctrl+3 (red), alt+Ctrl+4 (green), alt+Ctrl+5 (blue) | Load channel as selection |
Ctrl+Shift+click channel thumbnail. | Add to current selection |
Ctrl+Alt+click channel thumbnail | Subtract from current selection |
Ctrl+Shift+Alt+click channel thumbnail | Intersect with current selection |
Alt+click Save Selection As Channel button | Set options for Save Selection As Channel button |
Ctrl+click Create New Channel button | Create a new spot channel |
Shift+click color channel | Select/deselect multiple color-channel selection |
Shift+click alpha channel | Select/deselect alpha channel and show/hide as a rubylith overlay |
Double-click alpha / spot channel thumbnail | Display channel options |
~ | Toggle composite and grayscale mask in Quick Mask mode |
Clone Source Panel
Alt+Shift | Show Clone Source (overlays image) |
Alt+Shift+Arrow Keys | Nudge Clone Source |
Alt+Shift+; | Rotate Clone Source |
Alt+Shift+[/] | Scale (increase or reduce size) Clone Source |
Color Panel
Alt+click color in color bar | Select background color |
Right-click color bar | Display Color Bar menu |
Shift+click color bar | Cycle through color choices |
History Panel
Alt+new Snapshot | Create a new snapshot |
Double-click snapshot name | Rename snapshot |
Ctrl+Shift+Z | Step forward through image states |
Ctrl+Alt+Z | Step backward through image states |
Alt+click the image state | Duplicate any image state, except the current state |
Alt+clear History | Permanently clear history (no Undo) in History panel pop-up menu |
Info Panel
Click eyedropper icon | Change color readout modes |
Click crosshair icon | Change measurement units |
Layers Panel
Ctrl+click layer thumbnail | Load layer transparency as a selection |
Ctrl+Shift+click layer thumbnail. | Add to current selection |
Ctrl+Alt+click layer thumbnail. | Subtract from current selection |
Ctrl+Shift+Alt+click layer thumbnail. | Intersect with current selection |
Ctrl+click filter mask thumbnail | Load filter mask as a selection |
Ctrl+G | Group layers |
Ctrl+Shift+G | Ungroup layers |
Ctrl+Alt+G | Create/release clipping mask |
Ctrl+Alt+A | Select all layers |
Ctrl+Shift+E | Merge visible layers |
Alt+click New Layer button | Create new empty layer with dialog box |
Ctrl+click New Layer button | Create new layer below target layer |
Alt+.. (period) | Select top layer |
Alt+,, (comma) | Select bottom layer |
Shift+Alt+[/] | Add to layer selection in Layers panel |
Alt+[/] | Select next layer down/up |
Ctrl+[/] | Move target layer down/up |
Ctrl+Shift+Alt+E | Merge a copy of all visible layers into target layer |
Highlight layers you want to merge, then ctrl+E | Merge layers |
Ctrl+Shift+[/] | Move layer to bottom or top |
Alt+ Merge Down command from the Panel pop-up menu | Copy current layer to layer below |
Alt+ Merge Visible command from the Panel pop-up menu | Merge all visible layers to a new layer above the currently selected layer |
Right-click the eye icon | Show/hide this layer/layer group only or all layers/layer groups |
Alt+ click the eye icon | Show/hide all other currently visible layers |
[/ (forward slash) | Toggle lock transparency for target layer, or last applied lock |
Double-click layer effect/style | Edit layer effect/style, options |
alt-double-click layer effect/style | Hide layer effect/style |
Double-click layer | Edit layer style |
Shift+click vector mask thumbnail | Disable/enable vector mask |
Double-click layer mask thumbnail | Open Layer Mask Display Options dialog box |
Shift+click layer mask thumbnail | Toggle layer mask on/off |
Shift+click filter mask thumbnail | Toggle filter mask on/off |
Alt+click layer mask thumbnail | Toggle between layer mask/composite image |
Alt+click filter mask thumbnail | Toggle between filter mask/composite image |
\ (backslash), /Shift+Alt+click | Toggle rubylith mode for layer mask on/off |
Double-click type layer thumbnail | Select all type; temporarily select Type tool |
Alt+click the line dividing two layers | Create a clipping mask |
Double-click the layer name | Rename layer |
Double-click the filter effect | Edit filter settings |
Double-click the Filter Blending icon | Edit the Filter Blending options |
Ctrl+click New Group button | Create new layer group below current layer/layer set |
Alt+click New Group button | Create new layer group with dialog box |
Alt+click Add Layer Mask button | Create layer mask that hides all/selection |
Ctrl+click Add Layer Mask button | Create vector mask that reveals all/path area |
Ctrl+Alt+click Add Layer Mask button | Create vector mask that hides all or displays path area |
Right-click layer group and choose Group Properties, / double-click group | Display layer group properties |
Shift+click | Select/deselect multiple contiguous layers |
Ctrl+click | Select/deselect multiple discontiguous layers |
Layers Comps Panel
Alt+click Create New Layer Comp button | Create new layer comp without the New Layer Comp box |
Double-click layer comp | Open Layer Comp Options dialog box |
Double-click layer comp name | Rename in-line |
Shift+click | Select/deselect multiple contiguous layer comps |
Ctrl+click | Select/deselect multiple discontiguous layer comps |
Paths Panel
Ctrl+click pathname | Load path as selection |
Ctrl+Shift+click pathname | Add path to selection |
Ctrl+Alt+click pathname | Subtract path from selection |
Ctrl+Shift+Alt+click pathname | Retain intersection of path as selection |
Ctrl+Shift+H | Hide path |
Alt+click button | Set options for Fill Path with Foreground Color button, Stroke Path with Brush button, Load Path as a Selection button, Make Work Path from Selection button, and Create New Path button |
Swatches Panel
Click in empty area of panel | Create new swatch from foreground color |
Ctrl+click swatch | Set swatch color as background color |
Alt+click swatch | Delete swatch |
3D tools (PS Extended)
N | Enable 3D camera tools |
Alt+Ctrl+X | Hide nearest surface |
Alt+Shift+Ctrl+X | Show all surfaces |
right-click /Alt | Change between Rotate, Roll, Drag, Slide, and Scale 3D Object Tool |
Shift | Scale on the Y plane |
Measurement (PS Extended)
Shift+Ctrl+M | Record a measurement |
Ctrl+D | Deselects all measurements |
Ctrl+A | Selects all measurements |
Shift+Ctrl+H | Hide/show all measurements |
Backspace | Removes a measurement |
Arrow Keys | Nudge the measurement |
Shift+Arrow Keys | Nudge the measurement in increments |
Ctrl+left/right arrow key | Extend/shorten selected measurement |
Shift+Ctrl+left/right arrow key | Extend/shorten selected measurement in increments |
Ctrl+up/down arrow key | Rotate selected measurement |
DICOM files (PS Extended)
Z | Zoom tool |
H | Hand tool |
W | Window Level tool |
Ctrl+A | Select all frames |
Ctrl+D | Deselect all frames except the current frame |
Arrow Keys | Navigate through frames |
Extract and Pattern Maker (plug-in)
Extract and Pattern Maker
Ctrl+0 (zero) | Fit in window |
Ctrl+[+]/Ctrl+- | Zoom in / Zoom out |
Tab | Cycle through controls on right from top |
Shift+Tab | Cycle through controls on right from bottom |
Space | Temporarily activate Hand tool |
Alt | Change Cancel to Reset |
Extract Only
B | Edge Highlighter tool |
G | Fill tool |
I | Eyedropper tool |
C | Cleanup tool |
T | Edge Touchup tool |
Alt+Edge Highlighter/Eraser tool | Toggle between Edge Highlighter tool and Eraser tool |
ctrl with Edge Highlighter tool selected | Toggle Smart Highlighting |
Alt+Delete | Remove current highlight |
Ctrl+Delete | Highlight entire image |
Shift+click with Fill tool selected | Fill foreground area and preview extraction |
Ctrl+drag | Move mask when Edge Touchup tool is selected |
Alt+drag | Add opacity when Cleanup tool is selected |
X | Toggle Show menu options in preview between Original and Extracted |
Shift+X | Enable Cleanup and Edge Touchup tools before preview |
F | Cycle through Display menu in preview from top to bottom |
Shift+F | Cycle through Display menu in preview from bottom to top |
Arrow Down/arrow up in Brush Size text box | Decrease/increase brush size by 1 |
Arrow Left/arrow right with Brush Size Slider showing | Decrease/increase brush size by 1 |
0…9 | Set strength of Cleanup or Edge Touchup tool |
Pattern Maker Only
Ctrl+D | Delete current selection |
Ctrl+Z | Undo a selection move |
Ctrl+G | Generate or generate again |
Shift+Alt+select | Intersect with current selection |
X | Toggle view: original/generated pattern |
Home | Go to first tile in Tile History |
End | Go to last tile in Tile History |
arrow left, page up | Go to previous tile in Tile History |
arrow right, page down | Go to next tile in Tile History |
Delete | Delete current tile from Tile History |
arrow right, arrow left, arrow up, /Arrow Down | Nudge selection when viewing the original |
Shift+arrow right, arrow left, arrow up, /Arrow Down | Increase selection nudging when viewing the original |
Function keys
F1 | Start Help |
F2 | Cut |
F3 | Copy |
F4 | Paste |
F5 | Show/Hide Brush panel |
F6 | Show/Hide Color panel |
F7 | Show/Hide Layers panel |
F8 | Show/Hide Info panel |
F9 | Show/Hide Actions panel |
F12 | Revert |
Shift+F5 | Fill |
Shift+F6 | Feather Selection |
Shift+F7 | Inverse Selection |