Adobe Photoshop Short Cuts Keys

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Keys for selecting tools

Adobe Photoshop CS3

Shft-press shortcut key (if Use Shft Key for Tool Switch preference is selected) Cycle through tools with the same shortcut key +       –

Alt-click + tool Cycle through hidden tools (except add anchor point, delete anchor point, and convert point tools) +       –

V Move tool +       –

M Rectangular Marquee tool, EllipticalMarquee tool +       –

L Lasso tool, Polygonal Lasso tool, MagneticLasso tool +       –

W Magic Wand tool,Quick Selection tool +       –

C Crop tool +       –

K Slice tool, Slice Select tool +       –

J Spot Healing Brush tool, Healing Brushtool, Patch tool, Red Eye tool +       –

B Brush tool, Pencil tool, ColorReplacement tool +       –

S Clone Stamp tool, Pattern Stamp tool +       –

Y History Brush tool, Art History Brushtool +       –

E Eraser tool, BackgroundEraser tool, Magic Eraser tool (in Photoshop) +       –

G Gradient tool, Paint Bucket tool +       –

R Blur tool, Sharpen tool, Smudgetool +       –

O Dodge tool, Burn tool, Spongetool +       –

P Pen tool, Freeform Pen tool +       –

T Horizontal Type tool, Vertical Typetool , Horizontal Type mask tool, Vertical Type mask tool +       –

A Path Selection tool,Direct Selectiontool +       –

U Rectangle tool, Rounded Rectangle tool, Ellipsetool, Polygon tool, Line tool , Custom Shape tool +       –

N Notes tool, Audio Annotation tool (in Photoshop) +       –

I Eyedropper tool, ColorSampler tool, Measure tool, Count tool +       –

H Hand tool +       –

Z Zoom tool +       –

Keys for selecting tools in the Extract toolbox

Adobe Photoshop CS3

B Edge Highlighter tool +       –

G Fill tool +       –

I Eyedropper tool +       –

C Cleanup tool +       –

T Edge Touchup tool +       –

Keys for selecting tools in the Liquify toolbox

Adobe Photoshop CS3

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 +       –

Result (Extract, Liquify, and Pattern Maker)

Adobe Photoshop CS3

Tab Cycle through controls on right from top in Adobe Photoshop +       –

Shft + Tab Cycle through controls on right from bottom +       –

Spacebar Temporarily activate Hand tool +       –

Alt Change Cancel to Reset +       –

Result (Extract and Liquify)

Adobe Photoshop CS3

Up or Down arrow keys Decreases or increases brush size in Adobe Photoshop +       –

Result (Extract and Pattern Maker)

Adobe Photoshop CS3

Ctrl + 0 Fit in window +       –

Ctrl + + (plus) Zoom in +       –

Ctrl + - (hyphen) Zoom out +       –

Result (Extract only)

Adobe Photoshop CS3

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 in Adobe Photoshop +       –

Ctrl + Delete Highlight entire image +       –

Shft-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 in Adobe Photoshop +       –

Shft X Enable Cleanup and Edge Touchup tools before preview +       –

F Cycle through Display menu in preview from top to bottom in Adobe Photoshop +       –

Shft F Cycle through Display menu in preview from bottom to top +       –

Down Arrow/Up Arrow in Brush Size text box Decrease/increase brush size by 1 (Hold down Shift to decrease/increase by 10) +       –

Left Arrow/Right Arrow with Brush Size Slider showing Decrease/increase brush size by 1 (Hold down Shift to decrease/increase by 10) +       –

0-9 Set strength of Cleanup or Edge Touch-up tool +       –

Result (Liquify only)

Adobe Photoshop CS3

Alt tool Reverse direction for Bloat, Pucker, Push Left,and Mirror tools in Adobe Photoshop +       –

Alt-drag in preview with Reconstruct tool, Displace, Amplitwist, or Affine mode selected Continually sample the distortion +       –

Down Arrow/Up Arrow in Brush Size, Density, Pressure, Rate, or 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) +       –

Left Arrow/Right Arrow with Brush Size, Density, Pressure, Rate, or 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) +       –

Ctrl Z Redo last step in Adobe Photoshop +       –

Result (Pattern Maker only)

Adobe Photoshop CS3

Ctrl + D Delete current selection +       –

Ctrl + Z Undo a selection move +       –

Ctrl + G Generate or generate again +       –

Shft + Alt + select Intersect with current selection +       –

X Toggle view: original/generated pattern +       –

Home Go to first tile in Tile History in Adobe Photoshop +       –

End Go to last tile in Tile History +       –

Left Arrow, Page Up Go to previous tile in Tile History +       –

Right Arrow, Page Down Go to next tile in Tile History +       –

Delete Delete current tile from Tile History +       –

Shft-press shortcut key Nudge selection when viewing the original (if Use Shift Key for Tool Switch preference is selected) +       –

Shft + Right Arrow, Left Arrow, Up Arrow, or Down Arrow Increase selection nudging when viewing theoriginal +       –

Keys for using the Filter Gallery

Adobe Photoshop CS3

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 in Adobe Photoshop +       –

Alt Change Cancel button to Reset +       –

Ctrl + Z Undo/Redo +       –

Ctrl + Shft + Z Step forward +       –

Ctrl + Alt + Z Step backward +       –

Keys for using the Refine Edge dialog box

Adobe Photoshop CS3

Ctrl + Alt + R Open the Refine Edge dialog box +       –

F Cycle (forward) through preview modes +       –

Shft F Cycle (backward) through preview modes in Adobe Photoshop +       –

X Toggle between original image and selection preview +       –

P Toggle the preview option (on and off) in Adobe Photoshop +       –

Keys for using the Black-and-White dialog box

Adobe Photoshop CS3

Shft Ctrl Alt B Open the Black-and-White dialog box in Adobe Photoshop +       –

Left Arrow/Right Arrow Increase/decrease selected value by %1 +       –

Shft + Left Arrow/Right Arrow Increase/decrease selected value by %10 +       –

Click-drag on the image Change the values of the closest color slider +       –

Keys for using the Camera Raw dialog box

Adobe Photoshop CS3

Z Zoom tool +       –

H Hand tool +       –

I White Balance tool +       –

S Color Sampler tool +       –

C Crop tool +       –

A Straighten tool +       –

L Rotate image left +       –

R Rotate image right +       –

Ctrl + + (plus) Zoom in +       –

Ctrl + - (hyphen) Zoom out +       –

Ctrl Temporarily switch to Zoom In tool in Adobe Photoshop(Doesn't work when Straighten tool is selected. If Crop tool is active, temporarily switches to Straighten tool.) +       –

Shft Temporarily active the White Balance tool (does not work if Crop tool is active) +       –

Click the first point; Shft-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) +       –

Shft-arrow Move selected point in Curves panel (10 units) +       –

Ctrl + R Open selected images in Camera Raw dialog box from Bridge +       –

Shft double-click imag Open selected images from Bridge bypassing Camera Raw dialog box in Adobe Photoshop +       –

Alt Change Cancel button to Reset and Save button to bypass Save dialog box +       –

Right Arrow, Left Arrow, Up Arrow, or Down Arrow Display highlights that will be clipped in Preview +       –

Keys for using the Curves dialog box

Adobe Photoshop CS3

Ctrl M Open the Curves dialog box in Adobe Photoshop +       –

Ctrl + Tab Select next point on the curve +       –

Shft + Ctrl + Tab Select the previous point on the curve +       –

Ctrl-click on the points Select multiple points on the curve +       –

Ctrl + D Deselect a point +       –

Select a point and press Delete To delete a point on the curve +       –

Arrow keys Move the selected point 1 unit +       –

Shft + Arrow keys Move the selected point 10 units +       –

Alt-drag black/white point sliders Display highlights and shadows that will be clipped in Adobe Photoshop +       –

Ctrl-click the image Set a point to the composite curve +       –

Shft + Ctrl-click the image Set a point to the channel curves +       –

Alt-click the field Toggle grid size +       –

Keys for using Photomerge

Adobe Photoshop CS3

A Select Image tool in Adobe Photoshop +       –

R Rotate Image tool +       –

V Set Vanishing Point tool +       –

Z Zoom tool +       –

H Move View tool +       –

Spacebar Switch to Move View tool (temporary) +       –

Ctrl + Z Step backward +       –

Ctrl + Shft + Z Step forward +       –

Right Arrow, Left Arrow, Up Arrow, or Down Arrow Move selected image 1 pixel +       –

Alt Change Cancel to Reset +       –

Alt-move pointer over image Show individual image border +       –

Keys for using Vanishing Point

Adobe Photoshop CS3

Z Zoom tool +       –

X Zoom 2x (temporary) +       –

H Hand tool +       –

Spacebar Switch to Hand tool (temporary) +       –

Ctrl + + (plus) Zoom in +       –

Ctrl + - (hyphen) Zoom out +       –

Ctrl + 0 (zero), Double-click Hand tool Fit in view +       –

Double-click Zoom tool Zoom to center at 100% +       –

] Increase brush size (Brush, Stamp tools) +       –

[ Decrease brush size (Brush, Stamp tools) +       –

Shft + ] Increase brush hardness (Brush, Stamp tools) +       –

Shft + [ Decrease brush hardness (Brush, Stamp tools) +       –

Ctrl + Z Undo last action +       –

Ctrl + Shft + Z Redo last action +       –

Ctrl + D Deselect all +       –

Ctrl + H Hide selection and planes +       –

Arrow keys Move selection 1 pixel +       –

Shft + arrow keys Move selection 10 pixels +       –

Ctrl + C Copy +       –

Ctrl + V Paste +       –

Ctrl + Shft + T Repeat last duplicate and move +       –

Ctrl Alt T Create a floating selection from the current selection in Adobe Photoshop +       –

Ctrl-drag Fill a selection with image under the pointer +       –

Ctrl + Alt-drag Create a duplicate of a floating selection +       –

Alt + Shft to rotate Constrain a rotate plan to a 15º rotation +       –

Ctrl-click the plane Select a plane under another selected plane in Adobe Photoshop +       –

Alt-click OK Render plane grids +       –

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 + Shft + H Show/hide measurements (Photoshop Extended only) +       –

Ctrl + E Export to a DFX file (Photoshop Extended only) +       –

Ctrl + Shft + E Export to a 3DS file (Photoshop Extended only) +       –

Keys for working with blending modes

Adobe Photoshop CS3

Shft + + (plus) or - (minus) Cycle through blending modes +       –

Shft + Alt + N Normal +       –

Shft + Alt + I Dissolve +       –

Shft + Alt + Q Behind (Brush tool only) +       –

Shft + Alt + R Clear (Brush tool only) +       –

Shft + Alt + K Darken +       –

Shft + Alt + M Multiply +       –

Shft + Alt + B Color Burn +       –

Shft + Alt + A Linear Burn +       –

Shft + Alt + G Lighten +       –

Shft + Alt + S Screen +       –

Shft + Alt + D Color Dodge +       –

Shft + Alt + W Linear Dodge +       –

Shft + Alt + O Overlay +       –

Shft + Alt + F Soft Light +       –

Shft + Alt + H Hard Light +       –

Shft + Alt + V Vivid Light +       –

Shft + Alt + J Linear Light +       –

Shft + Alt + Z Pin Light +       –

Shft + Alt + L Hard Mix +       –

Shft + Alt + E Difference +       –

Shft + Alt + X Exclusion +       –

Shft + Alt + U Hue +       –

Shft + Alt + T Saturation +       –

Shft + Alt + C Color +       –

Shft + Alt + Y Luminosity +       –

Sponge tool + Shft + Alt + D Desaturate +       –

Sponge tool + Shft + Alt + S Saturate +       –

Dodge tool/Burn tool + Shft + Alt + S Dodge/burn shadows +       –

Dodge tool/Burn tool + Shft + Alt + M Dodge/burn midtones +       –

Dodge tool/Burn tool + Shft + Alt + H Dodge/burn highlights +       –

Shft Alt N Set blending mode to Threshold for bitmap images,Normal for all other images in Adobe Photoshop +       –

Keys for viewing images

Adobe Photoshop CS3

Ctrl + Tab Cycles through open documents +       –

Shft-Ctrl-W Close a file in Photoshop and open Bridge +       –

Q Toggle between Standard mode and Quick Mask mode +       –

F Toggle (forward) between Standard screen mode,Maximized screen mode, Full screen mode, and Full screen mode with menu bar +       –

Shft F Toggle (backward) between Standard screen mode, Maximized screen mode, Full screen mode, and Full screen mode with menu bar +       –

Space + F Toggle (forward) canvas color 

(or right-click canvas background and select color) +       –

Space + Shft + F Toggle (backward) canvas color +       –

Double-click Hand tool Fit image in window +       –

Double-click Zoom tool Magnify 100% +       –

Spacebar Switch to Hand tool (when not in text-edit mode) in Adobe Photoshop +       –

Ctrl + spacebar Switch to Zoom In tool +       –

Alt + spacebar Switch to Zoom Out tool +       –

Spacebar-drag Move Zoom marquee while dragging with the Zoom tool +       –

Shft + Enter in Navigator palette zoom percentage box Apply zoom percentage, and keep zoom percentage box active +       –

Ctrl-drag over preview in Navigator palette Zoom in on specified area of an image +       –

Spacebar-drag, or drag view area box in Navigator palette Scroll image with Hand tool in Adobe Photoshop +       –

Page Up or Page Down Scroll up or down 1 screen +       –

Shft + Page Up or Page Down Scroll up or down 10 units +       –

Home or End Move view to upper left corner or lower right corner +       –

\ (backslash) Toggle layer mask on/off as rubylith (layer mask must be selected) +       –

Keys for selecting and moving objects

Adobe Photoshop CS3

Any marquee tool (except single column and single row) + spacebar-drag Reposition marquee while selecting* +       –

Any selection tool Shft-drag Add to a selection in Adobe Photoshop +       –

Any selection tool + Alt-drag Subtract from a selection +       –

Any selection tool (except Quick Selection tool) + Shft-Alt-drag Intersect a selection +       –

Shft-drag Constrain marquee to square or circle (ifno other selections are active)* +       –

Alt-drag Draw marquee from center (if no other selectionsare active)* +       –

Shft + Alt-drag Constrain shape and draw marquee from center* +       –

Ctrl (except when Hand, Slice, Path, Shape, or any Pen tool is selected) Switch to Move tool in Adobe Photoshop +       –

Alt-drag Switch from Magnetic Lasso tool to Lasso tool +       –

Alt-click Switch from Magnetic Lasso tool to polygonalLasso tool +       –

Enter/Esc or Ctrl + . (period) Apply/cancel an operation of the Magnetic Lasso +       –

Move tool + Alt-drag selection* Move copy of selection +       –

Any selection + Right Arrow, Left Arrow, Up Arrow, or Down Arrow Move selection area 1 pixel +       –

Move tool + Right Arrow, Left Arrow, Up Arrow, or Down Arrow Move selection 1 pixel +       –

Ctrl + Right Arrow, Left Arrow, Up Arrow, or Down Arrow Move layer 1 pixel when nothing selected on layer +       –

Magnetic Lasso tool + [ or ] Increase/decrease detection width +       –

Crop tool Enter or Esc Accept cropping or exit cropping in Adobe Photoshop +       –

/ (forward slash) Toggle crop shield off and on +       –

Ruler tool + Alt-drag end point Make protractor +       –

Shft-drag guide Snap guide to ruler ticks (except when View >Snap is unchecked) +       –

Alt-drag guide Convert between horizontal and vertical guide +       –

Keys for editing paths

Adobe Photoshop CS3

Direct selection tool Shft-click Select multiple anchor points in Photoshop +       –

Direct selection tool + Alt-click Select entire path +       –

Pen (any pen tool), Path Selection or 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 +       –

Keys for painting objects

Adobe Photoshop CS3

Any painting tool + Alt or any shape tool + Alt (except when Paths optn is selected) Eyedropper tool +       –

Eyedropper tool + Alt-click Select background color +       –

Eyedropper tool + Shft Color sampler tool +       –

Color sampler tool + Alt-click Deletes color sampler +       –

Any painting or editing tool + Shft + number keys Sets opacity, tolerance, strength, or exposure for painting mode

(e.g., 0 = 100%, 1 = 10%, 4 then 5 in quick succession = 45%) 

(When airbrush option is enabled, use Shift + number keys) +       –

Any painting or editing tool + Shft + number keys Sets flow for painting mode(e.g., 0 = 100%, 1 = 10%, 4 then 5 in quick succession = 45%) (When airbrush option is enabled, omit Shift) +       –

Shft (plus) or - (minus) Cycles through blending modes in Photoshop +       –

Alt + Backspace, or Ctrl + Backspace Fills selection/layer with foreground or backgroundcolor (Hold down Shift to preserve transparency) +       –

Ctrl + Alt + Backspace Fills from history (Hold down Shift to preserve transparency) +       –

Shft + Backspace Displays Fill dialog box +       –

/ (forward slash) Lock transparent pixels on/off in Photoshop +       –

Any painting tool + Shft-click Connects points with a straight line +       –

Keys for transforming selections, selection borders, and paths

Adobe Photoshop CS3

Alt Transform from center or reflect +       –

Shft Constrain +       –

Ctrl Distort +       –

Enter Apply +       –

Ctrl + . (period) or Esc Cancel +       –

Ctrl + Alt + T Free transform with duplicate data +       –

Ctrl + Shft + Alt + T Transform again with duplicate data +       –

Keys for selecting, editing, and navigating through text

Adobe Photoshop CS3

Ctrl-drag type when Type layer is selected Move type in image +       –

Shft + Left Arrow/Right Arrow or Down Arrow/Up Arrow, 

or Ctrl + Shft + Left Arrow/Right Arr Select 1 character left/right or 1 line down/up, or 1 word left/right +       –

Shft-click Select characters from insertion point to mouse click point +       –

Left Arrow/Right Arrow, Down Arrow/Up Arrow, or Ctrl + Left Arrow/Right Arrow Move 1 character left/right, 1 line down/up, or 1 word left/right +       –

Shft-click Create a new text layer, when a text layer is selected in the Layers palette +       –

Double-click, triple-click, quadruple-click, or quintuple-click Select word, line, paragraph, or story in Photoshop +       –

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 +       –

Spacebar-drag Move text box while creating text box in Photoshop +       –

Keys for formatting type

Adobe Photoshop CS3

Horizontal type tool + Ctrl + Shft + L, C, or R Align left, center, or right +       –

Vertical type tool + Ctrl + Shft + L, C, or R Align top, center, or bottom +       –

Ctrl + Shft + Y Return to default font style +       –

Ctrl + Shft + X Choose 100% horizontal scale +       –

Ctrl + Shft + Alt + X Choose 100% vertical scale +       –

Ctrl + Shft + Alt + A Choose Auto leading +       –

Ctrl + Shft + Q Choose 0 for tracking +       –

Ctrl + Shft + J Justify paragraph, left aligns last line +       –

Ctrl + Shft + F Justify paragraph, justifies all +       –

Ctrl + Shft + Alt + H Toggle paragraph hyphenation on/off +       –

Ctrl + Shft + Alt + T Toggle single/every-line composer on/off +       –

Ctrl + Shft + < or > Decrease or increase type size of selected text 2 points or pixels (Hold down Alt key to decrease/increase by 10) +       –

Alt + Down Arrow or Up Arrow Decrease or increase leading 2 points or pixels (Hold down Ctrl key to decrease/increase by 10) +       –

Shft + Alt + Down Arrow or Up Arrow Decrease or increase baseline shift 2 points or pixels (Hold down Ctrl key to decrease/increase by 10) +       –

Alt + Left Arrow or Right Arrow Decrease or increase kerning/tracking 20/1000 ems (Hold down Ctrl key to decrease/increase by 10) +       –

Keys for slicing and optimizing

Adobe Photoshop CS3

Ctrl Toggle between Slice tool and Slice Selection tool +       –

Shft-drag Draw square slice +       –

Alt-drag Draw from center outward +       –

Shft + Alt-drag Draw square slice from center outward +       –

Spacebar-drag Reposition slice while creating slice +       –

Keys for using palettes

Adobe Photoshop CS3

Alt-click New button Set options (except for Actions, Animation, Styles,Brushes, Tool Presets, and Layer Comps palettes) in Photoshop +       –

Alt-click Delete button Delete without confirmation (except forthe Brushes palette) +       –

Shft + Enter Apply value and keep text box active +       –

Ctrl-click channel, layer, or path thumbnail. Load as a selection in Photoshop +       –

Ctrl + Shft-click channel, layer, or path thumbnail. Add to current selection +       –

Ctrl + Alt-click channel, path, or layer thumbnail. Subtract from current selection +       –

Ctrl + Shft + Alt-click channel, path, or layer thumbnail. Intersect with current selection +       –

Tab Show/Hide all palettes +       –

Shft + Tab Show/Hide all palettes except the toolbox andoptions bar +       –

Select tool and press Enter Highlight options bar +       –

Shft + Up Arrow/Down Arrow Increase/decrease units by 10 in a pop-up menu +       –

Keys for using the Actions palette

Adobe Photoshop CS3

Alt-click the check mark next to a cmnd. 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 set Change action set options in Photoshop actions pallete +       –

Double-click set or actions Display Options dialog box +       –

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 +       –

Shft-click the action/cmnd Select contiguous items of the same kind +       –

Ctrl-click the action/cmnd Select discontiguous items of the same kind +       –

Keys for using the Animation palette

Adobe Photoshop CS3

Shft-click second frame. Select/deselect multiple contiguous frames +       –

Ctrl-click multiple frames. Select/deselect multiple discontiguous frames in Photoshop Animation pallete +       –

Alt + Paste Frames cmnd from the Palette pop*'up menu Paste using previous settings without displayingthe dialog box +       –

Keys for using the Animation palette Timeline Mode (Photoshop Extended Only)

Adobe Photoshop CS3

Spacebar Start playing the timeline or Animation palette +       –

Alt + click the current-time display Switch between timecode and frame numbers (current time view).

(Alt + click the current-time display in the upper-left corner of the timeline). +       –

Alt + click Expand and collapse list of layers +       –

Hold down the Shft key when clicking the Next/Previous Frame buttons (on either side of the Play bu Jump to the next/previous whole second in timeline (during playback) +       –

Hold down the Shft key while dragging the current time. Increase playback speed in Photoshop Animation palette (Timeline mode) +       –

Hold down the Ctrl key while dragging the current time. Decrease playback speed +       –

Shft-drag Snap an object (keyframe, the current time, layer in point, and so on) to the nearest object in timeline +       –

Alt-drag (first or last keyframe in the selection) Scale (evenly distribute to condensed or extended length) a selected group of multiple keyframes +       –

Keys for using the Clone Source

Adobe Photoshop CS3

Alt + Shft Show Clone Source (overlays image) +       –

Alt + Shft + arrow keys Nudge Clone Source +       –

Alt + Shft + < or > Rotate Clone Source +       –

Alt + Shft + [ or ] Scale (increase or reduce size) Clone Source +       –

Keys for using the Brushes palette

Adobe Photoshop CS3

Alt-click brush Delete brush +       –

Double-click brush Rename brush +       –

[ or ] Decrease/increase brush size +       –

Shft + [ or ] Decrease/increase brush softness/hardness in 25% increments +       –

, (comma) or . (period) Select previous/next brush size +       –

Shft + , (comma) or . (period) Select first/last brush +       –

Caps Lock Display precise cross hair for brushes +       –

Shft Alt P Toggle airbrush option in Photoshop brushes palette +       –

Keys for using the Channels palette

Adobe Photoshop CS3

Alt-click button Set options for Save Selection as Channel button +       –

Ctrl-click Create New Channel button Create a new spot channel in Photoshop Channels palette +       –

Shft-click color channel Select/deselect multiple color-channel selection +       –

Shft-click alpha channel Select/deselect alpha channel and show/hide as a rubylith overlay +       –

Double-click alpha or spot channel thumbnail Display channel options +       –

~ (tilde) Display composite +       –

Keys for using the Color palette

Adobe Photoshop CS3

Alt-click color in color bar Select background color +       –

Right-click color bar Display Color Bar menu in Photoshop Color palette +       –

Shft-click color bar Cycle through color choices +       –

Keys for using the History palette

Adobe Photoshop CS3

Alt + New Snapshot Create a new snapshot +       –

Double-click snapshot name Rename snapshot +       –

Ctrl + Shft + Z Step forward through image states +       –

Ctrl Alt Z Step backward through image states in Photoshop History palette +       –

Alt-click the image state Duplicate any image state, except the current state +       –

Alt + Clear History (in History palette pop?up men Permanently clear history (no Undo) +       –

Keys for using the Info palette

Adobe Photoshop CS3

Click eyedropper icon Change color readout modes +       –

Click cross-hair icon Change measurement units +       –

Keys for using the Layer Comps palette

Adobe Photoshop CS3

Alt-click Create New Layer Comp button Create new layer comp + box +       –

Double-click layer comp Open Layer Comp Options dialog box +       –

Double-click layer comp name Rename inline +       –

Shft-click Select/deselect multiple contiguous layer comps +       –

Ctrl-click Select/deselect multiple discontiguous layer comps +       –

Keys for using the Layers palette

Adobe Photoshop CS3

Ctrl-click layer thumbnail Load layer transparency as a selection +       –

Ctrl-click filter mask thumbnail Load filter mask as a selection +       –

Ctrl G Group layers in Photoshop Layers palette +       –

Ctrl + Shft + G Ungroup layers +       –

Ctrl + Alt + G Create/release clipping mask +       –

Ctrl + Alt + A Select all layers +       –

Ctrl + Shft + 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 in Photoshop +       –

Alt + , (comma) Select bottom layer +       –

Shft + Alt + [ or ] Add to layer selection in Layers palette +       –

Alt + [ or ] Select next layer down/up +       –

Ctrl + [ or ] Move target layer down/up +       –

Ctrl + Shft + Alt + E Merge a copy of all visible layers into target layer +       –

Ctrl + E Merge down +       –

Ctrl + Shft + [ or ] Move layer to bottom or top +       –

Alt + Merge Down cmnd from the Palette pop*'up menu Copy current layer to layer below in Photoshop +       –

Alt + Merge Visible cmnd from the Palette 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 +       –

Shft-click vector mask thumbnail Disable/enable vector mask in Photoshop +       –

Double-click layer mask thumbnail Open Layer Mask Display Options dialog box +       –

Shft-click layer mask thumbnail Toggle layer mask on/off +       –

Shft-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), or Shft + 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 Layer Set button Create new layer set below current layer/layer set +       –

Alt-click New Layer Set button Create new layer set 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/selection +       –

Ctrl + Alt-click Add Layer Mask button Create vector mask that hides all/selection +       –

Right-click layer group or double-click group Display layer group properties +       –

Shft-click Select/deselect multiple contiguous layers +       –

Ctrl-click Select/deselect multiple discontiguous layers +       –

Keys for using the Paths palette

Adobe Photoshop CS3

Ctrl + Shft-click pathname Add path to selection +       –

Ctrl + Alt-click pathname Subtract a path from selection +       –

Ctrl + Shft + Alt-click pathname Retain intersection of path as a selection +       –

Ctrl + Shft + 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 +       –

Keys for using the Swatches palette

Adobe Photoshop CS3

Click in empty area of palette Create new swatch from foreground color +       –

Ctrl-click swatch Select background color +       –

Alt-click swatch Delete color +       –

Keys for using Measurement (Photoshop Extended Only)

Adobe Photoshop CS3

Shft + Ctrl + M Record a measurement +       –

Ctrl + D Deselects all measurements +       –

Ctrl + A Selects all measurements +       –

Shft + Ctrl + H Hide/show all measurements +       –

Backspace Removes a measurement +       –

Arrow keys Nudge the measurement +       –

Shft arrow keys Nudge the measurement in increments in Photoshop +       –

Left/right arrow key Extend/shorten selected measurement +       –

Shft + left/right arrow key Extend/shorten selected measurement in increments +       –

Ctrl + arrow key Rotate selected measurement +       –

Shft + Ctrl + arrow key Rotate selected measurement in increments +       –

Keys for using 3D tools (Photoshop Extended)

Adobe Photoshop CS3

O Enable 3D object tools +       –

C Enable 3D camera tools +       –

Shft Constrain 3D object tool/3D camera tool to a single direction of movement in Photoshop 3D tools +       –

R Rotate the 3D object/Orbit the 3D camera +       –

L Roll the 3D object/Roll the 3D camera +       –

H Drag the 3D object/Pan the 3D camera +       –

S Slide the 3D object/Walk the 3D camera +       –

Z Scale the 3D object/Zoom the 3D camera +       –

Keys for working with DICOM files (Photoshop Extended)

Adobe Photoshop CS3

Z Zoom tool +       –

H Hand tool +       –

W Window Level tool +       –

Ctrl + A Select all frames +       –

Ctrl + D Deselect all frames +       –

Right Arrow/Left Arrow Navigate through frames (Photoshop extended) +       –

Function keys

Adobe Photoshop CS3

F1 Invoke Help +       –

F2 Cut +       –

F3 Copy +       –

F4 Paste +       –

F5 Show/Hide Brushes palette in Photoshop +       –

F6 Show/Hide Color palette +       –

F7 Show/Hide Layers palette +       –

F8 Show/Hide Info palette in Photoshop +       –

F9 Show/Hide Actions palette +       –

F12 Revert +       –

Shft + F5 Fill +       –

Shft + F6 Feather Selection +       –

Shft + F7 Inverse Selection +       –