The most used photoshop shortcuts

admin — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 02:47:00 +0000

In Photoshop CS2, many of the shortcuts for the application menus, palette menus and tools can be customized using the Keyboard Shortcuts editor. Although this is not a completely comprehensive list of all of the keyboard shortcuts in Photoshop CS2, it is my goal to present the shortcuts and additional functionality that enable me to use Photoshop CS2 both more freely and efficiently.

Shortcuts for File Menu

Action	Shortcut
New	Ctrl+N
Open	Ctrl+O
Close	Ctrl+W
Save	Ctrl+S
Save a Copy	Ctrl+Alt+S
Page Setup	Ctrl+Shift+P
Exit/Quit	Ctrl+Q
Help	F1

Shortcuts for Edit Menu

Action	Shortcut
Undo	Ctrl+Z
Step Forward in History	Ctrl+Shift+Z
Copy	Ctrl+C
Paste	Ctrl+V
Free Transform	Ctrl+T
Keyboard Shortcuts	Alt+Shift+Ctrl+K

Shortcuts for Image Menu

Action	Shortcut
Adjust Levels	Ctrl+L
Adjust Auto Contrast	Ctrl+Alt+Shift+L
Adjust Color Balance	Ctrl+B
Desaturate	Ctrl+Shift+U
Extract	Ctrl+Alt+X

Shortcuts for Layers Menu

Action	Shortcut
New Layer	Ctrl+Shift+N
Layer via Cut	Ctrl+Shift+J
Ungroup	Ctrl+Shift+G
Bring Forward	Ctrl+]
Send Back	Ctrl+Shift+[
Merge Layers	Ctrl+E

Shortcuts for Select Menu

Action	Shortcut
Select All	Ctrl+A
Reselect	Ctrl+Shift+D
Feather	Ctrl+Alt+D

Shortcuts for Filter Menu

Action	Shortcut
Last Filter	Ctrl+F

Shortcuts for View Menu

Action	Shortcut
Preview CMYK	Ctrl+Y
Zoom In	Ctrl++
Zoom In & Resize Window	Ctrl+Alt++
Fit on Screen	Ctrl+0
Hide Edges	Ctrl+H
Show/Hide Rulers	Ctrl+R
Show/Hide Extras	Ctrl+H
Show Guides	Ctrl+;

Misc. Useful Commands

Action	Shortcut
Fill with Forground Color	Alt+Backspace
Fill from History	Ctrl+Alt+Backspace
Move a Copy 10 Pixels	Shift+Alt+Arrow Keys
Decrease Font Size by 2	Ctrl+Alt+<
Decrease Font Size by 10	Ctrl+Shift+Alt+<
Descend through Layers	Alt+[
Select Bottom Layer	Shift+Alt+[

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The most used photoshop shortcuts