Keyboard shortcuts quick reference
ShortcutsV Move M Marquee
L Lasso W Quick Selection
C Crop I Eyedropper
J Healing Brush S Clone Stamp
B Brush E Eraser
G Gradient O Dodge/Burn
P Pen T Type
A Path Selection U Shape
H Hand Z Zoom
D Default colors (B/W)
X Swap foreground/background
Q Quick Mask mode
# Cycle through hidden tools: Shift + shortcut
# e.g., Shift+L cycles Lasso tools⌘A / Ctrl+A Select all
⌘D / Ctrl+D Deselect
⌘⇧I / Ctrl+Shift+I Inverse selection
⌘⇧D / Ctrl+Shift+D Reselect
⇧ + drag Add to selection
⌥ + drag Subtract from selection
⌘⌥R / Ctrl+Alt+R Refine Edge / Select & Mask
# Transform selection
⌘T / Ctrl+T Free Transform
⇧ drag corner Constrain proportions
⌥ drag Transform from center
Enter Apply transform
Esc Cancel transform⌘⇧N / Ctrl+Shift+N New layer
⌘J / Ctrl+J Duplicate layer (copy)
⌘⇧J / Ctrl+Shift+J Cut to new layer
⌘E / Ctrl+E Merge down
⌘⇧E / Ctrl+Shift+E Merge visible
⌘G / Ctrl+G Group layers
⌘⇧G / Ctrl+Shift+G Ungroup
⌘[ / Ctrl+[ Send backward
⌘] / Ctrl+] Bring forward
⌘⌥⇧E / Ctrl+Alt+Shift+E Stamp visible
# Opacity: press 1-9, 0
# 5 = 50% 0 = 100% 15 (quick) = 15%
# Clipping mask
⌘⌥G / Ctrl+Alt+G⌘Z / Ctrl+Z Undo (multiple)
⌘⇧Z / Ctrl+Shift+Z Redo
⌘⌥Z / Ctrl+Alt+Z Step backward
⌘C / Ctrl+C Copy
⌘V / Ctrl+V Paste
⌘⇧V / Ctrl+Shift+V Paste in place
⇧F5 / Shift+F5 Fill dialog
⌘⌫ / Ctrl+Backspace Fill with bg color
⌥⌫ / Alt+Backspace Fill with fg color
⌘⇧S / Ctrl+Shift+S Save As
⌘⌥⇧S / Ctrl+Alt+Shift+S Save for Web⌘+ / Ctrl++ Zoom in
⌘- / Ctrl+- Zoom out
⌘0 / Ctrl+0 Fit to screen
⌘1 / Ctrl+1 Actual pixels (100%)
Space + drag Pan
⌘R / Ctrl+R Toggle rulers
⌘; / Ctrl+; Toggle guides
⌘' / Ctrl+' Toggle grid
F Cycle screen modes
Tab Hide/show panels[ / ] Decrease / increase size
{ / } Decrease / increase hardness
, / . Previous / next brush
< / > First / last brush
# Blend modes (while Brush active):
⇧⌥N Normal ⇧⌥M Multiply
⇧⌥S Screen ⇧⌥O Overlay
⇧⌥F Soft Light ⇧⌥H Hard Light
# Flow vs Opacity
Opacity: amount per stroke
Flow: amount per stamp (builds up)# Quick adjustments
⌘L / Ctrl+L Levels
⌘M / Ctrl+M Curves
⌘U / Ctrl+U Hue/Saturation
⌘B / Ctrl+B Color Balance
⌘⇧U / Ctrl+Shift+U Desaturate
⌘I / Ctrl+I Invert
# Repeat last filter
⌘F / Ctrl+F
# Camera Raw
⌘⇧A / Ctrl+Shift+A
# Liquify
⌘⇧X / Ctrl+Shift+X