28 Top Photoshop Keyboard Shortcuts

There are dozens of useful Photoshop shortcuts, and here is my favorites list. All shortcuts are for Adobe Photoshop CS2, but they should work in other Photoshop versions as well.

All keyboard shortcuts are for PC. I don’t have a Mac, but as far as I know the main difference is use of the COMMAND key and OPTION key on a Mac instead of the CTRL key and the ALT key on a PC. If I’m wrong – correct me.

 

 

10 TOP SHORTCUTS

Image Size CTRL-ALT-I  
Canvas Size CTRL-ALT-C  
Change Brush Size [ or ]  
Duplicate Current Layer CTRL-J If something is selected, new layer will contain selected areas
Merge Layers CTRL-E Merge two or more layers (if several layers are selected)
Copy Merged CTRL-SHIFT-C Copy contents of all visible layers into clipboard – very useful!
Move Layer Down/Up CTRL – [ or ]  
Move Layer to Bottom or Top CTRL-SHIFT – [ or ]  
Quick Opacity Change 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,0 Set current tool or layer opacity to 10%,20%,30%…
Last Filter CTRL-F Repeat last filter used

7 COLOR CORRECTION SHORTCUTS

Hue-Saturation CTRL-U  
Levels CTRL-L  
Curves CTRL-M  
Color Balance CTRL-B  
Quick Channels CTRL-1, CTRL-2,
CTRL-3, CTRL ~
Use instead of switching to Channels palette for quick channel selection
Desaturate CTRL-SHIFT-U  
Invert CTRL-I  

8 IMAGE EDITING SHORTCUTS

Undo CTRL-ALT-Z History step backward
Redo CTRL-SHIFT-Z History step forward
Transform CTRL-T Try ALT and SHIFT when transforming
Fade CTRL-SHIFT-F Hope you know what Fade is used for 🙂
Select All CTRL-A 🙂
Deselect CTRL-D  
Invert Selection CTRL-SHIFT-I  
Brush Settings F5 Set advanced brush settings

3 INTERFACE SHORTCUTS

Toggle Screen Mode F  
Hide/Show Palettes F6, F7, F8, F9 Color, Layers, Info, Actions Palettes
Hide/Show Tools and Palettes TAB  

 

 

 

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