Keyboard shortcuts

You can quickly access common tools and commands using your keyboard. Many of the shortcuts are the same as those that you use in other apps (such as C to copy). You'll find many of the shortcuts listed next to menu items (and in the list below).

You can quickly access common tools and commands using your keyboard. Many of the shortcuts are the same as those that you use in other apps (such as +C to copy). You'll find many of the shortcuts listed next to menu items (and in the list below).

For complete flexibility, you can customize keyboard shortcuts to your own way of working.

Editing shortcuts

Action Key
Resize Document -+I
Resize Canvas -+C
Select multiple -click
Select overlapping layer content -click
Reset Selection Box .
Toggle Snapping ;
Erase with Pixel Tool
Switch between Stroke/Fill (or Colour 1/Colour 2) colour selectors (Colour and Swatches panels) X
Swap Stroke/Fill (or Colour 1/Colour 2) colour selectors X +X
Set No fill on Stroke/Fill (or Colour 1/Colour 2) colour selectors / (International and selected keyboards only)
Toggle between Crop Tool overlays (Crop Tool enabled) O
Flip golden spiral overlay (Crop Tool enabled) +O
Modify attribute listed on a panel or dialog Drag attribute text label

Action (Transforming) Key
Move with horizontal, vertical or diagonal constraint -drag
Rotate in 15° intervals -drag rotation/corner handle
Rotate around opposite corner -drag corner handle Drag corner handle then hold down right mouse button
Cancel a sizing, moving, or creating operation
Resize from centre -drag from a corner handle
Mirror shearing -drag Ctrl-drag
Nudging Arrow keys
Nudging (10x measurement units) -arrow keys

Vector-specific shortcuts

Action Key
Resize maintaining aspect ratio -drag from a corner handle
Edit curves as you draw
Creates cusp node (sharp corner) -drag control handle
Snap a curve's control handle to 45° intervals -drag control handle
Convert to Curves +

File shortcuts

Action Key
New Document N +N
New From Clipboard N +++N
Open Document O +O
Close Document/Close App (when no documents open) W +W
Switch Document/View +
Save S +S
Save As S ++S
Export S +++S
Print P +P

Tools shortcuts

Action Key
Flood Fill Tool / Gradient cycle G
View Tool H
Move Tool V
Crop Tool C
Selection Tools cycle W
Pen and Node Tool cycle P
Zoom Tool Z
Clone Tool S
Shape Tools cycle U
Text Tools cycle T
Dodge, Burn and Sponge Brush Tool cycle O
Retouch Tools cycle J
Painting Tools cycle B
Erase Tools cycle E
Marquee Selection Tools cycle M
Free hand Selection Tool L
Action (Liquify Persona only) Key
Liquify Push Forward Tool P
Liquify Push Left Tool L
Liquify Twirl Tool T
Liquify Pinch Tool U
Liquify Turbulence Tool B
Liquify Mesh Clone Tool C
Liquify Reconstruct Tool R
Liquify Freeze Tool F
Liquify Thaw Tool W
Liquify Zoom Tool Z
Liquify View Tool H
Action (Develop Persona only) Key
White Balance Tool W
Red Eye Removal Tool R
Blemish Removal Tool L
Overlay Paint Tool B
Overlay Erase Tool E
Overlay Gradient Tool G
Crop Tool C
Zoom Tool Z
View Tool H
Action (Export Persona only) Key
Slice Tool S
Layer Select Tool L
Action (Panorama Persona only) Key
Transform Source Image Tool A
Add To Source Image Mask Tool L
Erase From Source Image Mask Tool U

Edit shortcuts

Action Key
Undo Z +Z
Redo Z +Y
Copy Merged ++C
Paste Style V ++V
Paste FX V ++V
Paste Inside V ++V
Paste without Format V +++V
Fill +F5
Inpaint +

Layer operations shortcuts

Action Key
Select All Layers A ++A
Group G +G
Ungroup G ++G
Duplicate J +J
Invert I +I
Move to Front ] ++]
Move Forward One ] +]
Move to Back ++[ ++[
Move Back One [ +[
New Layer N ++N
Merge Down E +E
Merge Selected E ++E
Merge Visible E +++E
Toggle between Frequency Separation layers F
Action (Live Projection only) Key
Edit Live Projection P ++P

Brush shortcuts

Action Key
Picks up a new brush colour -drag
Change selected layer content/brush tool's opacity numeric keys (4=40%, 43=43%, etc.)
Increase/decrease brush width ] [
Decrease/increase brush width with on-screen readout -drag (left/right) Right mouse button press++drag (left/right)
Decrease/increase brush hardness with on-screen readout -drag (up/down) Right mouse button press++drag (up/down)

Text shortcuts

Action Key
Bigger text +
Smaller text < +<
Precise bigger text ++
Precise smaller text < ++<
Tighten +
Loosen +
Tighten More ++
Loosen More ++
Bold B +B
Italic I +I
Underline U +U
Show Character T +T
Show Typography T ++T
Superscript + ++=
Subscript - ++-
Align Left L ++L
Align Centre C ++C
Align Right R ++R
Justify Left | ++|
Increase Paragraph Leading +
Decrease Paragraph Leading +
Precise Increase Paragraph Leading ++
Precise Decrease Paragraph Leading ++
Raise Baseline ++
Lower Baseline ++
Precise Raise Baseline +++
Precise Lower Baseline +++
Spelling Options ; ++;
Line Break +
Non Breaking Space +
En Dash - +-
Em Dash - ++-

View shortcuts

Action Key
Zoom In + +=
Zoom Out - +-
Zoom to Fit 0 (or double-click View Tool icon) +0 (or double-click View Tool icon)
(Zoom to) 100% 1 (or double-click Zoom Tool icon) +1 (or double-click Zoom Tool icon)
(Zoom to) 200% 2 +2
(Zoom to) 400% 3 +3
(Zoom to) 800% 4 +4
(Zoom to) Actual Size 8 +8
(Zoom to) Pixel Size 9 +9
Hot key zoom in -click +-click
Hot key zoom out -click +-click
View tool H
Hot key panning
Scroll vertically up/down Mouse scroll wheel
Scroll horizontally left/right +Mouse scroll wheel
Switch between views ` +`
Show Rulers R +R
Show Guides ; +;
Show Grid ' +'
Grid Plane cycle '
Split View cycle (not Photo Persona) ,

Pixel selection/Mask shortcuts

Action Key
Select All A +A
Deselect D +D
Invert Pixel Selection I ++I
Add to selection (Marquee/Free hand selection tools only) -drag Drag with left and right button down
Remove from selection
Grow/Shrink B +B
Feather F6 +F6
Refine Edges R ++R
Move selection in 1-pixel increments Arrow key
Move selection in 10-pixel increments arrow key +arrow key
Selection from layer -click layer thumbnail or O -click layer thumbnail or ++O
Selection from layer luminance -click layer thumbnail +-click layer thumbnail
Polygon selection (Freehand Selection Tool only) -click on page. +-click on page.
Quick Mask Q

Workspace shortcuts

Action Key
Show/Hide Studio (panels) H ++H
Show/Hide Toolbar T ++T
Toggle UI
Hide Workspace H +H

Adjustment and Filter shortcuts

Action Key
Levels (Adjustment) L +L
HSL (Adjustment) U +U
Invert (Adjustment) I +I
Curves (Adjustment) M +M
Black and White (Adjustment) B +++B
Repeat Filter F +F

Liquify Persona shortcuts

Action Key
Mask All A +A
Clear Mask D +D
Invert Mask I +I

Misc shortcuts

Action Key
Preferences , +,

OSX shortcuts

Action Key
Special Characters
Toggle Full Screen F
Hide Workspace H
Hide Others (applications) H
Media Browser M

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