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.
Action | Key |
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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 Color 1/Color 2) color selectors (Color and Swatches panels) | X |
Swap Stroke/Fill (or Color 1/Color 2) color selectors |
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Set No fill on Stroke/Fill (or Color 1/Color 2) color 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 |
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Move with horizontal, vertical or diagonal constraint | -drag |
Rotate in 15° intervals | -drag rotation/corner handle |
Rotate around opposite corner |
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Cancel a sizing, moving, or creating operation | |
Resize from center | -drag from a corner handle |
Mirror shearing |
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Nudging | Arrow keys |
Nudging (10x measurement units) | -arrow keys |
Action | Key |
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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 |
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Action | Key |
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New Document |
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New From Clipboard |
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Open Document |
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Close Document/Close App (when no documents open) |
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Switch Document/View |
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Save |
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Save As |
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Export |
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Action | Key |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Slice Tool | S |
Layer Select Tool | L |
Action (Panorama Persona only) | Key |
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Transform Source Image Tool | A |
Add To Source Image Mask Tool | L |
Erase From Source Image Mask Tool | U |
Action | Key |
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Undo |
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Redo |
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Copy Merged | ++C |
Paste Style |
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Paste FX |
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Paste Inside |
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Paste without Format |
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Fill | +F5 |
Inpaint | + |
Action | Key |
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Select All Layers |
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Group |
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Ungroup |
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Duplicate |
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Invert |
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Move to Front |
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Move Forward One |
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Move to Back |
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Move Back One |
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New Layer |
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Merge Down |
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Merge Selected |
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Merge Visible |
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Toggle between Frequency Separation layers | F |
Action (Live Projection only) | Key |
Edit Live Projection |
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Action | Key |
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Picks up a new brush color | -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 |
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Decrease/increase brush hardness with on-screen readout |
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Action | Key |
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Bigger text |
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Smaller text |
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Precise bigger text |
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Precise smaller text |
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Tighten |
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Loosen |
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Tighten More |
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Loosen More |
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Bold |
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Italic |
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Underline |
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Show Character |
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Show Typography |
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Superscript |
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Subscript |
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Align Left |
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Align Center |
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Align Right |
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Justify Left |
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Increase Paragraph Leading |
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Decrease Paragraph Leading |
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Precise Increase Paragraph Leading |
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Precise Decrease Paragraph Leading |
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Raise Baseline |
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Lower Baseline |
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Precise Raise Baseline |
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Precise Lower Baseline |
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Spelling Options |
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Line Break |
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Non Breaking Space |
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En Dash |
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Em Dash |
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Action | Key |
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Zoom In |
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Zoom Out |
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Zoom to Fit |
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(Zoom to) 100% |
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(Zoom to) 200% |
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(Zoom to) 400% |
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(Zoom to) 800% |
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(Zoom to) Actual Size |
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(Zoom to) Pixel Size |
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Hot key zoom in |
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Hot key zoom out |
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View tool | H |
Hot key panning | |
Scroll vertically up/down | Mouse scroll wheel |
Scroll horizontally left/right | +Mouse scroll wheel |
Switch between views |
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Show Rulers |
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Show Guides |
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Show Grid |
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Grid Plane cycle | ' |
Split View cycle (not Photo Persona) | , |
Action | Key | |
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Select All |
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Deselect |
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Invert Pixel Selection |
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Add to selection (Marquee/Free hand selection tools only) |
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Remove from selection |
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Grow/Shrink |
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Feather |
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Refine Edges |
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Move selection in 1-pixel increments | Arrow key | |
Move selection in 10-pixel increments |
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Selection from layer |
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Selection from layer luminance |
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Polygon selection (Freehand Selection Tool only) |
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Quick Mask | Q |
Action | Key |
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Show/Hide Studio (panels) |
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Show/Hide Toolbar |
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Toggle UI | |
Hide Workspace |
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Action | Key |
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Levels (Adjustment) |
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HSL (Adjustment) |
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Invert (Adjustment) |
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Curves (Adjustment) |
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Black and White (Adjustment) |
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Repeat Filter |
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Action | Key |
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Mask All |
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Clear Mask |
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Invert Mask |
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Action | Key |
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Preferences |
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Action | Key |
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Special Characters | |
Toggle Full Screen | F |
Hide Workspace | H |
Hide Others (applications) | H |
Media Browser | M |