Useful Photoshop keyboard shortcuts
| MAC | WIN | |||||||||
| Brushes | ||||||||||
| Brush size - decrease/increase current brush size | [ or ] (left/right brackets) | [ or ] (left/right brackets) | ||||||||
| Brush feathering - decrease/increase brush feathering |  Shift
+ [ or ] (left/right brackets) |
Shift + [ or ] (left/right brackets) | ||||||||
| Fill | ||||||||||
| Display fill dialog box | Shift
+ Delete |
Shift + Backspace | ||||||||
| Fill with foreground color |  Option
+ Delete |
Alt + Backspace | ||||||||
| Fill with background color |  Cmd
+ Delete |
Crtl + Backspace | ||||||||
| Filters | ||||||||||
| Fade last filter used | Cmd
+ Shift
+ F |
Ctrl + Shift + F | ||||||||
| Reapply last filter used | Cmd
+ F |
Ctrl + F | ||||||||
| Image Adjustments | ||||||||||
| Levels | Cmd
+ L |
Ctrl + L | ||||||||
| Hue/Saturation | Cmd
+ U |
Ctrl + U | ||||||||
| Desaturation | Cmd
+ Shift
+ U |
Ctrl + Shift + U | ||||||||
| Invert | Cmd
+ I |
Ctrl + I | ||||||||
| Layers | ||||||||||
| Duplicate layer (no active selection) | Cmd
+ J |
Ctrl + J | ||||||||
| Copy selection on new layer (selection on active layer) | Cmd
+ J |
Ctrl + J | ||||||||
| Create duplicate on new layer before transforming | Cmd
+ Option
+ T |
Crtl + Alt + T | ||||||||
| Tool Bar | ||||||||||
| Temporarily convert to move tool | Cmd |
Ctrl | ||||||||
| Constrain marquee to square or circle | Shift
+ drag marquee |
Shift + drag marquee | ||||||||
| Draw marquee from center | Option
+ drag marquee |
Alt + drag marquee | ||||||||
| Exchange foreground and background colors | X | X | ||||||||
| Reset to default black and white | D | D | ||||||||
| Maximize window size | double-click hand tool | double-click hand tool | ||||||||
| 100% magnification | double-click zoom tool | double-click zoom tool | ||||||||
| View | ||||||||||
| Show/hide rulers | Cmd
+ R |
Ctrl + R | ||||||||
| Show/hide extras | Cmd
+ H |
Ctrl + H | ||||||||
| Show/hide guides | Cmd
+ ; |
Ctrl + ; | ||||||||
| Palettes | ||||||||||
| Show/hide all palettes | Tab | Tab | ||||||||
| Show/hide brushes palette | F5 | F5 | ||||||||
| Show/hide swatches palette | F6 | F6 | ||||||||
| Show/hide layers palette | F7 | F7 | ||||||||
| Show/hide info palette | F8 | F8 | ||||||||
| Show/hide history palette | F9 | F9 | ||||||||
| save placement of palettes | window > workspace | window > workspace | ||||||||
| misc. | ||||||||||
| Show contextual menus |  Ctrl
+ click mouse |
right-click mouse | ||||||||
| Cycle through open documents | Ctrl
+ Tab |
Ctrl + Tab | ||||||||
| Reset default preferences when opening Photoshop | double-click icon then immediately hold down
Cmd + Option (Alt) + Shift |
double-click icon then immediately hold down Ctrl + Alt + Shift | ||||||||
| Screen capture |
Applications > Utilities > Grab
|
Print Screen key | ||||||||
