What are your favorite or most commonly used PhotoShop keyboard shortcuts? I'm basically pretty lazy, there are plenty of documents from Adobe and elsewhere listing every possible shortcut, but I'm not one to sift through all that to find shortcuts that I might use. Most of the time I learn a new tip from a friend, or on this forum and I start using it. So perhaps others can learn something from this thread and I certainly hope to pick up some new tips.
This is from a Windows perspective. If you're on a Mac, please include the CMD or OPT keys (I think that's right.)
Ctrl z : Undo (most used shortcut!)
Ctrl d : De-select
Ctrl h : Hide selection (used with TK's Burn/Doge layer)
Ctrl r : ruler
Ctrl +/- : zoom in or out
TAB : Hides tools and palettes
d : set foreground/background color to default
c : crop tool
x : swap foreground/background color
b : brush tool
j : healing brush
y : art history brush
v : move tool
"[" and "]" (left and right brackets : increase/decrease brush size
This is a tiny list, but is most of the shortcuts that I use enough that I don't have to look 'em up. And I'm always looking for ways to speed up, or make processing images more efficient.
Good topic Lon.
I'm not that good with PS and you have listed the ones I use and then some. So I look forward to reading the replys. The only one I can add that I use is.
q : quick mask mode
The first time puts you in it then after using the brush tool to paint the area hit it again to get back out, making the selection.
Ctrl-Alt-Shift-E if you can get your hands around it. This will merge all visible layers into a new consolidated layer at the top of the stack. It has the same effect as flattening, except that you don't lose the layers below. A good use for this is when applying filters to an image that has a lot of adjustment layers. If you want to filter the layer after the adjustments are made, this is the only way to do so. A note of caution: If you later want to change a layer below, it won't have an effect, because essentially the new merged layer, unless it is masked, has become the background layer.
I like this topic too... Of the built-in shortcuts, I use Tab all the time to hide/show palettes; F to cycle screen modes.
Cmd+0 fit image to the screen
Cma+A to select the canvas
Cmd+D to deselect all
Cmd+J copy to new layer
Cmd+I invert the layer mask or channel
L for the lasso
S for the clone stamp
[ and ] to increase or decrease brush size
Option (Alt) [ and ] to move between layers
Don't forget you can also make your own shortcuts, under Workspace menu:
I changed Cmd+M to make a new curves adjustment layer; Cmd+U for Hue/Saturation layer.
Control+click on any mask to load it as a selection
Shift-Alt-Ctrl+N to create a new blank layer (this is good to do before the Shift-Alt-Ctrl-E merge visible mentioned above in order to preserve all layers below it)
Shift+click on a layer mask to inactivate it (to see what the mask is doing)
Double-click the blank PS background to bring up the File>Open dialog box.
Shift+F5 to bring up the Edit>Fill dialog box (maybe I programmed that one in, but I sure use it a lot)
Alt-Ctrl+C to bring up the Canvas Size dialog box (I may have programmed that one in too)
Guess these aren't all technically keyboard shortcuts, but they're things I use a lot to speed things up.
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10 repliesThis is from a Windows perspective. If you're on a Mac, please include the CMD or OPT keys (I think that's right.)
Ctrl z : Undo (most used shortcut!)
Ctrl d : De-select
Ctrl h : Hide selection (used with TK's Burn/Doge layer)
Ctrl r : ruler
Ctrl +/- : zoom in or out
TAB : Hides tools and palettes
d : set foreground/background color to default
c : crop tool
x : swap foreground/background color
b : brush tool
j : healing brush
y : art history brush
v : move tool
"[" and "]" (left and right brackets : increase/decrease brush size
This is a tiny list, but is most of the shortcuts that I use enough that I don't have to look 'em up. And I'm always looking for ways to speed up, or make processing images more efficient.
Have any to add?
Thanks!
Lon
I'm not that good with PS and you have listed the ones I use and then some. So I look forward to reading the replys. The only one I can add that I use is.
q : quick mask mode
The first time puts you in it then after using the brush tool to paint the area hit it again to get back out, making the selection.
Bruce
I'd add (Ctrl + space bar + left click drag) to quickly zoom in to a specific region of an image.
~Eric
Ctrl j: duplicate layer
Ctrl 0: fit on screen
BJ
[http://www.naturephotographers.net/articles1005/mg1005-1.html]
The link to Trevor Morris's keyboard shortcuts is now found here:
[http://morris-photographics.com/photoshop/shortcuts/]
CTRL+V...Paste Selection
ALT+CTRL+0...View Actual Pixels
CTRL+A...Select All. Selects all layers, including background.
And, last but not least: F1. Brings up PS Help. Remember, the F1 key never breaks anything.
-P
Make a flattened copy of all visible layers onto a new layer.
Option-Click eyeball(visibility) in layers
Toggle visibility between one layer and many
With move tool selected, shift + or shift -
to toggle thru layer blending states
Cmd+0 fit image to the screen
Cma+A to select the canvas
Cmd+D to deselect all
Cmd+J copy to new layer
Cmd+I invert the layer mask or channel
L for the lasso
S for the clone stamp
[ and ] to increase or decrease brush size
Option (Alt) [ and ] to move between layers
Don't forget you can also make your own shortcuts, under Workspace menu:
I changed Cmd+M to make a new curves adjustment layer; Cmd+U for Hue/Saturation layer.
Cmd+Ctrl+Opt+Shft+F to Flatten Image.
Cmd+Ctrl+Opt+; to open Convert to Profile.
Good topic!
Shift-Alt-Ctrl+N to create a new blank layer (this is good to do before the Shift-Alt-Ctrl-E merge visible mentioned above in order to preserve all layers below it)
Shift+click on a layer mask to inactivate it (to see what the mask is doing)
Double-click the blank PS background to bring up the File>Open dialog box.
Shift+F5 to bring up the Edit>Fill dialog box (maybe I programmed that one in, but I sure use it a lot)
Alt-Ctrl+C to bring up the Canvas Size dialog box (I may have programmed that one in too)
Guess these aren't all technically keyboard shortcuts, but they're things I use a lot to speed things up.