SHORTKEY - PHOTOSHOP

List of Adobe Photoshop CS5 shortcut keys Subject Descriptors: Shortcut keys, shortcut(s).

Shortcuts for selecting Tools

- Hold down "Shift" on the keyboard for each shortcut.

- Pressing the letter more than once will switch through the different tools in that icon. 

* Hold down "Shift" on the keyboard and then press the letter "w" the "Magic Wand Tool" will be

selected. Press "w" again and it will change it to the "Quck Selection Tool". 

V Move tool

M Rectangular Marquee tool, EllipticalMarquee tool

L Lasso tool, Polygonal Lasso tool, MagneticLasso tool

W Magic Wand tool,Quick Selection tool

C Crop tool

K Slice tool, Slice Select tool

J Spot Healing Brush tool, Healing Brushtool, Patch tool, Red Eye tool

B Brush tool, Pencil tool, ColorReplacement tool

S Clone Stamp tool, Pattern Stamp tool

Y History Brush tool, Art History Brushtool

E Eraser tool, BackgroundEraser tool, Magic Eraser tool (in Photoshop)

G Gradient tool, Paint Bucket tool

R Blur tool, Sharpen tool, Smudgetool

O Dodge tool, Burn tool, Spongetool

P Pen tool, Freeform Pen tool

T Horizontal Type tool, Vertical Typetool , Horizontal Type mask tool, Vertical Type mask tool

A Path Selection tool,Direct Selectiontool

U Rectangle tool, Rounded Rectangle tool, Ellipsetool, Polygon tool, Line tool , Custom Shape tool

N Notes tool, Audio Annotation tool (in Photoshop)

List of Adobe Photoshop CS5 shortcut keys - 1I Eyedropper tool, ColorSampler tool, Measure tool, Count tool

H Hand tool

Z Zoom tool

Keys for selecting tools in the Extract Toolbox

B Edge Highlighter tool

G Fill tool

I Eyedropper tool

C Cleanup tool

T Edge Touchup tool

Keys for selecting tools in the Liquify Toolbox

W Forward Warp tool

R Reconstruct tool

C Twirl Clockwise tool

S Pucker tool

B Bloat tool

O Push Left tool

M Mirror tool

T Turbulence tool

F Freeze Mask tool

D Thaw Mask tool

Result (Extract, Liquify, and Pattern Maker)

Tab Cycle through controls on right from top in Adobe Photoshop

Shft + Tab Cycle through controls on right from bottom

Spacebar Temporarily activate Hand tool

Alt Change Cancel to Reset

Result (Extract and Liquify)

Up or Down arrow keys Decreases or increases brush size in Adobe Photoshop

List of Adobe Photoshop CS5 shortcut keys - 2Result (Extract and Pattern Maker)

Ctrl + 0 Fit in window

Ctrl + + (plus) Zoom in

Ctrl + - (hyphen) Zoom out

Result (Extract Only)

Alt Edge Highlighter/Eraser tool Toggle between Edge Highlighter tool

and Eraser tool

Ctrl with Edge Highlighter tool selected Toggle Smart Highlighting

Alt Delete Remove current highlight in Adobe

Photoshop

Ctrl + Delete Highlight entire image

Shft-click with Fill tool selected Fill foreground area and preview

extraction

Ctrl-drag Move mask when Edge Touchup

tool is selected

Alt-drag Add opacity when Cleanup tool is

selected

X Toggle Show menu options in

preview between Original and Extracted in Adobe Photoshop

Shft X Enable Cleanup and Edge

Touchup tools before preview

F Cycle through Display menu in

preview from top to bottom in Adobe Photoshop

Shft F Cycle through Display menu in

preview from bottom to top

Down Arrow/Up Arrow in Brush Size text box Decrease/increase brush size by 1

(Hold down Shift to decrease/increase by 10)

Left Arrow/Right Arrow with Brush Size Slider showing Decrease/increase brush size by 1

(Hold down Shift to decrease/increase by 10)

0-9 Set strength of Cleanup or Edge

Touch-up tool

Results (Liquify Only)

Alt tool 

Reverse direction for Bloat, Pucker, Push Left,and Mirror tools in Adobe 

List of Adobe Photoshop CS5 shortcut keys - 3 Photoshop

Alt-drag in preview with Reconstruct tool, Displace, Amplitwist, or Affine mode selected 

Continually sample the distortion

Down Arrow/Up Arrow in Brush Size, Density, Pressure, Rate, or Turbulent Jitter text box 

Decrease/increase brush size by 2, or density,pressure, rate, or turbulent jitter by 

1 (Hold down Shift to decrease/increase by 10)

Left Arrow/Right Arrow with Brush Size, Density, Pressure, Rate, or Turbulent Jitter slider showing 

Decrease/increase brush size by 2, or density,pressure, rate, or turbulent jitter by

1 (Hold down Shift to decrease/increase by 10)

Ctrl Z 

Redo last step in Adobe Photoshop

Results (Pattern Maker Only)

Ctrl + D Delete current selection

Ctrl + Z Undo a selection move

Ctrl + G Generate or generate again

Shft + Alt + select Intersect with current selection

X Toggle view: original/generated

pattern

Home Go to first tile in Tile History in

Adobe Photoshop

End Go to last tile in Tile History

Left Arrow, Page Up Go to previous tile in Tile History

Right Arrow, Page Down Go to next tile in Tile History

Delete Delete current tile from Tile History

Shft-press shortcut key Nudge selection when viewing the

original (if Use Shift Key for Tool Switch preference is selected)

Shft + Right Arrow, Left Arrow, Up Arrow, or Down Arrow Increase selection nudging when

viewing theoriginal

Keys for using the Filter Gallery

Alt-click a filter Apply a new filter on top of selected

Alt-click a disclosure triangle Open/close all disclosure triangles

Ctrl Change Cancel button to Default in Adobe Photoshop

Alt Change Cancel button to Reset

Ctrl + Z Undo/Redo

List of Adobe Photoshop CS5 shortcut keys - 4Ctrl + Shft + Z Step forward

Ctrl + Alt + Z Step backward

Keys for using the Refine Edge dialog box

Ctrl + Alt + R Open the Refine Edge dialog box

F Cycle (forward) through preview modes

Shft F Cycle (backward) through preview modes in Adobe Photoshop

X Toggle between original image and selection preview

P Toggle the preview option (on and off) in Adobe Photoshop

Key for using the Black-and-White dialog box

Shft + Ctrl + Alt + B Open the Black-and-White dialog box in Adobe Photoshop

Left Arrow/Right Arrow Increase/decrease selected value by %1

Shft + Left Arrow/Right Arrow Increase/decrease selected value by %10

Click-drag on the image Change the values of the closest color slider

Keys for using the Camera Raw dialog box

Z Zoom tool

H Hand tool

I White Balance tool

S Color Sampler tool

C Crop tool

A Straighten tool

L Rotate image left

R Rotate image right

Ctrl + + (plus) Zoom in

Ctrl + - (hyphen) Zoom out

Ctrl Temporarily switch to Zoom In tool in

Adobe Photoshop(Doesn't work when Straighten tool is selected. If Crop tool is active,

temporarily switches to Straighten

tool.)

Shft Temporarily active the White Balance

tool (does not work if Crop tool is active)

Click the first point; Shft-click additional points Select multiple points in Curves panel

Ctrl-click in preview Add point to curve in Curves panel

Arrow keys Move selected point in Curves panel

List of Adobe Photoshop CS5 shortcut keys - 5(1 unit)

Shft-arrow Move selected point in Curves panel

(10 units)

Ctrl + R Open selected images in Camera

Raw dialog box from Bridge

Shft double-click imag Open selected images from Bridge

bypassing Camera Raw dialog box in Adobe Photoshop

Alt Change Cancel button to Reset and

Save button to bypass Save dialog box

Right Arrow, Left Arrow, Up Arrow, or Down Arrow Display highlights that will be clipped in

Preview

Keys for using the Curves dialog box

Ctrl M Open the Curves dialog box in Adobe Photoshop

Ctrl + Tab Select next point on the curve

Shft + Ctrl + Tab Select the previous point on the curve

Ctrl-click on the points Select multiple points on the curve

Ctrl + D Deselect a point

Select a point and press Delete To delete a point on the curve

Arrow keys Move the selected point 1 unit

Shft + Arrow keys Move the selected point 10 units

Alt-drag black/white point sliders Display highlights and shadows that will be clipped in Adobe

Photoshop

Ctrl-click the image Set a point to the composite curve

Shft + Ctrl-click the image Set a point to the channel curves

Alt-click the field Toggle grid size

Keys for using Photo Merge

A Select Image tool in Adobe Photoshop

R Rotate Image tool

V Set Vanishing Point tool

Z Zoom tool

H Move View tool

Spacebar Switch to Move View tool (temporary)

Ctrl + Z Step backward

Ctrl + Shft + Z Step forward

Right Arrow, Left Arrow, Up Arrow, or Down Arrow Move selected image 1 pixel

Alt Change Cancel to Reset

List of Adobe Photoshop CS5 shortcut keys - 6Alt-move pointer over image Show individual image border

Key for using Vanishing Point

Z Zoom tool

X Zoom 2x (temporary)

H Hand tool

Spacebar Switch to Hand tool (temporary)

Ctrl + + (plus) Zoom in

Ctrl + - (hyphen) Zoom out

Ctrl + 0 (zero), Double-click Hand tool Fit in view

Double-click Zoom tool Zoom to center at 100%

] Increase brush size (Brush, Stamp tools)

[ Decrease brush size (Brush, Stamp tools)

Shft + ] Increase brush hardness (Brush, Stamp tools)

Shft + [ Decrease brush hardness (Brush, Stamp tools)

Ctrl + Z Undo last action

Ctrl + Shft + Z Redo last action

Ctrl + D Deselect all

Ctrl + H Hide selection and planes

Arrow keys Move selection 1 pixel

Shft + arrow keys Move selection 10 pixels

Ctrl + C Copy

Ctrl + V Paste

Ctrl + Shft + T Repeat last duplicate and move

Ctrl Alt T Create a floating selection from the current selection in

Adobe Photoshop

Ctrl-drag Fill a selection with image under the pointer

Ctrl + Alt-drag Create a duplicate of a floating selection

Alt + Shft to rotate Constrain a rotate plan to a 15º rotation

Ctrl-click the plane Select a plane under another selected plane in Adobe

Photoshop

Alt-click OK Render plane grids

Ctrl-drag Create 90 degree plane off parent plane

Backspace Delete last node while creating plane

Double-click the Create Plane tool Make a full canvas plane, square to the camera

Ctrl + Shft + H Show/hide measurements (Photoshop Extended only)

Ctrl + E Export to a DFX file (Photoshop Extended only)

Ctrl + Shft + E Export to a 3DS file (Photoshop Extended only)

List of Adobe Photoshop CS5 shortcut keys - 7Keys for working with Blending Modes

Shft + + (plus) or - (minus) Cycle through blending modes

Shft + Alt + N Normal

Shft + Alt + I Dissolve

Shft + Alt + Q Behind (Brush tool only)

Shft + Alt + R Clear (Brush tool only)

Shft + Alt + K Darken

Shft + Alt + M Multiply

Shft + Alt + B Color Burn

Shft + Alt + A Linear Burn

Shft + Alt + G Lighten

Shft + Alt + S Screen

Shft + Alt + D Color Dodge

Shft + Alt + W Linear Dodge

Shft + Alt + O Overlay

Shft + Alt + F Soft Light

Shft + Alt + H Hard Light

Shft + Alt + V Vivid Light

Shft + Alt + J Linear Light

Shft + Alt + Z Pin Light

Shft + Alt + L Hard Mix

Shft + Alt + E Difference

Shft + Alt + X Exclusion

Shft + Alt + U Hue

Shft + Alt + T Saturation

Shft + Alt + C Color

Shft + Alt + Y Luminosity

Sponge tool + Shft + Alt + D Desaturate

Sponge tool + Shft + Alt + S Saturate

Dodge tool/Burn tool + Shft + Alt + S Dodge/burn shadows

Dodge tool/Burn tool + Shft + Alt + M Dodge/burn midtones

Dodge tool/Burn tool + Shft + Alt + H Dodge/burn highlights

Shft Alt N Set blending mode to Threshold for bitmap

images,Normal for all other images in Adobe Photoshop

Keys for Viewing Images 

Ctrl + Tab Cycles through open

documents

Shft-Ctrl-W Close a file in Photoshop

List of Adobe Photoshop CS5 shortcut keys - 8and open Bridge

Q Toggle between Standard

mode and Quick Mask mode

F Toggle (forward) between

Standard screen mode,Maximized screen mode, Full screen mode, and Full screen mode

with menu bar

Shft F Toggle (backward) between

Standard screen mode, Maximized screen mode, Full screen mode, and Full screen

mode with menu bar

Space + F Toggle (forward) canvas

color (or right-click canvas background and select color)

Space + Shft + F Toggle (backward) canvas

color

Double-click Hand tool Fit image in window

Double-click Zoom tool Magnify 100%

Spacebar Switch to Hand tool (when

not in text-edit mode) in Adobe Photoshop

Ctrl + spacebar Switch to Zoom In tool

Alt + spacebar Switch to Zoom Out tool

Spacebar-drag Move Zoom marquee while

dragging with the Zoom tool

Shft + Enter in Navigator palette zoom percentage box Apply zoom percentage, and keep

zoom percentage box active

Ctrl-drag over preview in Navigator palette Zoom in on specified area of an

image

Spacebar-drag, or drag view area box in Navigator palette Scroll image with Hand tool in

Adobe Photoshop

Page Up or Page Down Scroll up or down 1 screen

Shft + Page Up or Page Down Scroll up or down 10 units

Home or End Move view to upper left

corner or lower right corner

\ (backslash) Toggle layer mask on/off as

rubylith (layer mask must be selected)

Keys for Selecting and Moving Objects

Any marquee tool (except single column and single row) + spacebar-drag Reposition marquee

while selecting*

Any selection tool Shft-drag Add to a

selection in Adobe Photoshop

List of Adobe Photoshop CS5 shortcut keys - 9Any selection tool + Alt-drag Subtract from a

selection

Any selection tool (except Quick Selection tool) + Shft-Alt-drag Intersect a selection

Shft-drag Constrain

marquee to square or circle (ifno other selections are active)*

Alt-drag Draw

marquee from center (if no other selectionsare active)*

Shft + Alt-drag Constrain shape

and draw marquee from center*

Ctrl (except when Hand, Slice, Path, Shape, or any Pen tool is selected) Switch to Move tool in

Adobe Photoshop

Alt-drag Switch from

Magnetic Lasso tool to Lasso tool

Alt-click Switch from

Magnetic Lasso tool to polygonalLasso tool

Enter/Esc or Ctrl + . (period) Apply/cancel an

operation of the Magnetic Lasso

Move tool + Alt-drag selection* Move copy of

selection

Any selection + Right Arrow, Left Arrow, Up Arrow, or Down Arrow Move selection area

1 pixel

Move tool + Right Arrow, Left Arrow, Up Arrow, or Down Arrow Move selection 1

pixel

Ctrl + Right Arrow, Left Arrow, Up Arrow, or Down Arrow Move layer 1 pixel

when nothing selected on layer

Magnetic Lasso tool + [ or ] 

Increase/decrease detection width

Crop tool Enter or Esc Accept cropping

or exit cropping in Adobe Photoshop

/ (forward slash) Toggle crop

shield off and on

Ruler tool + Alt-drag end point Make protractor

Shft-drag guide Snap guide to

ruler ticks (except when View >Snap is unchecked)

Alt-drag guide Convert between

horizontal and vertical guide

List of Adobe Photoshop CS5 shortcut keys - 10Keys for Editing Paths

Direct selection tool Shft-click Select multiple

anchor points in Photoshop

Direct selection tool + Alt-click Select entire path

Pen (any pen tool), Path Selection or Direct Selection tool + Ctrl + Alt-drag Duplicate a path

Ctrl Switch from

Path Selection, Pen, Add Anchor Point, Delete Anchor Point, or Convert Point tools, to Direct

Selection tool

Alt Switch from

Pen tool or Freeform Pen tool to Convert Point tool when pointer is over anchor or direction

point

Magnetic Pen tool-double-click Close path

Magnetic Pen tool + Alt-double-click Close path with

straight-line segment

Keys for Painting Objects

Any painting tool + Alt or any shape tool + Alt (except when Paths optn is selected) Eyedropper

tool

Eyedropper tool + Alt-click Select

background color

Eyedropper tool + Shft Color

sampler tool

Color sampler tool + Alt-click Deletes

color sampler

Any painting or editing tool + Shft + number keys Sets

opacity, tolerance, strength, or exposure for painting mode

(e.g., 0 = 100%, 1 = 10%, 4 then 5 in quick succession = 45%)

(When airbrush option is enabled, use Shift + number keys)

Any painting or editing tool + Shft + number keys Sets flow

for painting mode(e.g., 0 = 100%, 1 = 10%, 4 then 5 in quick succession = 45%)

(When airbrush option is enabled, omit Shift)

Shft (plus) or - (minus) Cycles

through blending modes in Photoshop

Alt + Backspace, or Ctrl + Backspace Fills

selection/layer with foreground or backgroundcolor (Hold down Shift to preserve

List of Adobe Photoshop CS5 shortcut keys - 11transparency)

Ctrl + Alt + Backspace Fills

from history (Hold down Shift to preserve transparency)

Shft + Backspace 

Displays Fill dialog box

/ (forward slash) Lock

transparent pixels on/off in Photoshop

Any painting tool + Shft-click 

Connects points with a straight line

Keys for transforming Selections, Selection Boarders, and Paths

Alt Transform from center or reflect

Shft Constrain

Ctrl Distort

Enter Apply

Ctrl + . (period) or Esc Cancel

Ctrl + Alt + T Free transform with duplicate data

Ctrl + Shft + Alt + T Transform again with duplicate data

Keys for Selecting, Editing, and Navigating Through Text

Ctrl-drag type when Type layer is selected 

Move type in image

Shft + Left Arrow/Right Arrow or Down Arrow/Up Arrow, or Ctrl + Shft + Left Arrow/Right Arr 

Select 1 character left/right or 1 line down/up, or 1 word left/right

Shft-click 

Select characters from insertion point to mouse click point

Left Arrow/Right Arrow, Down Arrow/Up Arrow, or Ctrl + Left Arrow/Right Arrow 

Move 1 character left/right, 1 line down/up, or 1 word left/right

Shft-click 

Create a new text layer, when a text layer is selected in the Layers palette

Double-click, triple-click, quadruple-click, or quintuple-click 

Select word, line, paragraph, or story in Photoshop

Ctrl + H 

Show/Hide selection on selected type

Ctrl 

Display the bounding box for transforming text when editing text, or activate Move 

tool if cursor is inside the bounding box

List of Adobe Photoshop CS5 shortcut keys - 12Ctrl-drag a bounding box handle 

Scale text within a bounding box when resizing the bounding box

Spacebar-drag 

Move text box while creating text box in Photoshop

Keys for Formatting Type

Horizontal type tool + Ctrl + Shft + L, C, or R Align left, center, or right

Vertical type tool + Ctrl + Shft + L, C, or R Align top, center, or bottom

Ctrl + Shft + Y Return to default font style

Ctrl + Shft + X Choose 100% horizontal scale

Ctrl + Shft + Alt + X Choose 100% vertical scale

Ctrl + Shft + Alt + A Choose Auto leading

Ctrl + Shft + Q Choose 0 for tracking

Ctrl + Shft + J Justify paragraph, left aligns last line

Ctrl + Shft + F Justify paragraph, justifies all

Ctrl + Shft + Alt + H Toggle paragraph hyphenation on/off

Ctrl + Shft + Alt + T Toggle single/every-line composer on/off

Ctrl + Shft + < or > Decrease or increase type size of selected text

2 points or pixels (Hold down Alt key to decrease/increase by 10)

Alt + Down Arrow or Up Arrow Decrease or increase leading 2 points or pixels

(Hold down Ctrl key to decrease/increase by 10)

Shft + Alt + Down Arrow or Up Arrow Decrease or increase baseline shift 2 points or

pixels (Hold down Ctrl key to decrease/increase by 10)

Alt + Left Arrow or Right Arrow Decrease or increase kerning/tracking 20/1000

ems (Hold down Ctrl key to decrease/increase by 10)

Keys for Slicing and Optimizing

Ctrl Toggle between Slice tool and Slice Selection tool

Shft-drag Draw square slice

Alt-drag Draw from center outward

Shft + Alt-drag Draw square slice from center outward

Spacebar-drag Reposition slice while creating slice

List of Adobe Photoshop CS5 shortcut keys - 13Keys for Using Palettes

Alt-click New button Set options (except for Actions,

Animation, Styles,Brushes, Tool Presets, and Layer Comps palettes) in Photoshop

Alt-click Delete button Delete without confirmation (except

forthe Brushes palette)

Shft + Enter Apply value and keep text box active

Ctrl-click channel, layer, or path thumbnail. Load as a selection in Photoshop

Ctrl + Shft-click channel, layer, or path thumbnail. Add to current selection

Ctrl + Alt-click channel, path, or layer thumbnail. Subtract from current selection

Ctrl + Shft + Alt-click channel, path, or layer thumbnail. Intersect with current selection

Tab Show/Hide all palettes

Shft + Tab Show/Hide all palettes except the

toolbox andoptions bar

Select tool and press Enter Highlight options bar

Shft + Up Arrow/Down Arrow Increase/decrease units by 10 in a

pop-up menu

Keys for using the Actions Palette

Alt-click the check mark next to a cmnd. Turn command on and all others off, or turns all

commands on

Alt-click Turn current modal control on and toggle all

other modal controls

Alt double-click action set Change action set options in Photoshop actions

pallete

Double-click set or actions Display Options dialog box

Ctrl + double-click an action Play entire action

Alt-click the triangle Collapse/expand all components of an action

Ctrl-click the Play button Play a command

Alt-click the New Action button Create new action and begin recording without

confirmation

Shft-click the action/cmnd Select contiguous items of the same kind

Ctrl-click the action/cmnd Select discontiguous items of the same kind

Keys for using the Animation Palette

Shft-click second frame. Select/deselect multiple

contiguous frames

Ctrl-click multiple frames. Select/deselect multiple

List of Adobe Photoshop CS5 shortcut keys - 14discontiguous frames in Photoshop Animation pallete

Alt + Paste Frames cmnd from the Palette pop*'up menu Paste using previous settings without

displayingthe dialog box

Keys for using the Animation Palette Timeline Mode (Photoshop Extended Only)

Spacebar 

Start playing the timeline or Animation palette

Alt + click the current-time display 

Switch between timecode and frame numbers (current time view).

(Alt + click the current-time display in the upper-left corner of the timeline).

Alt + click 

Expand and collapse list of layers

Hold down the Shft key when clicking the Next/Previous Frame buttons (on either side of the Play

button) Jump to the next/previous whole second in timeline (during playback)

Hold down the Shft key while dragging the current time. 

Increase playback speed in Photoshop Animation palette (Timeline mode)

Hold down the Ctrl key while dragging the current time. 

Decrease playback speed

Shft-drag 

Snap an object (keyframe, the current time, layer in point, and so on) to 

the nearest object in timeline

Alt-drag (first or last keyframe in the selection) 

Scale (evenly distribute to condensed or extended length) a selected 

group of multiple keyframes

Keys for using the Clone Source

Alt + Shft Show Clone Source (overlays image)

Alt + Shft + arrow keys Nudge Clone Source

Alt + Shft + < or > Rotate Clone Source

Alt + Shft + [ or ] Scale (increase or reduce size) Clone Source

List of Adobe Photoshop CS5 shortcut keys - 15Keys for using the Brush Palette

Alt-click brush Delete brush

Double-click brush Rename brush

[ or ] Decrease/increase brush size

Shft + [ or ] Decrease/increase brush softness/hardness in 25% increments

, (comma) or . (period) Select previous/next brush size

Shft + , (comma) or . (period) Select first/last brush

Caps Lock Display precise cross hair for brushes

Shft Alt P Toggle airbrush option in Photoshop brushes palette

Keys for using the Channels Palette

Alt-click button Set options for Save Selection as Channel

button

Ctrl-click Create New Channel button Create a new spot channel in Photoshop

Channels palette

Shft-click color channel Select/deselect multiple color-channel

selection

Shft-click alpha channel Select/deselect alpha channel and

show/hide as a rubylith overlay

Double-click alpha or spot channel thumbnail Display channel options

~ (tilde) Display composite

Keys for using the Color Palette

Alt-click color in color bar Select background color

Right-click color bar Display Color Bar menu in Photoshop Color palette

Shft-click color bar Cycle through color choices

Keys for using the History Palette

Alt + New Snapshot Create a new snapshot

Double-click snapshot name Rename snapshot

Ctrl + Shft + Z Step forward through image states

Ctrl Alt Z Step backward through image states in

Photoshop History palette

Alt-click the image state Duplicate any image state, except the

current state

List of Adobe Photoshop CS5 shortcut keys - 16Keys for using the Info Palette

Click eyedropper icon Change color readout modes

Click cross-hair icon Change measurement units

Keys for using the Layer Comps Palette

Alt-click Create New Layer Comp button Create new layer comp + box

Double-click layer comp Open Layer Comp Options dialog box

Double-click layer comp name Rename inline

Shft-click Select/deselect multiple contiguous layer comps

Ctrl-click Select/deselect multiple discontiguous layer comps

Keys for using the Layers Palette

Ctrl-click layer thumbnail Load layer transparency as a

selection

Ctrl-click filter mask thumbnail Load filter mask as a selection

Ctrl G Group layers in Photoshop

Layers palette

Ctrl + Shft + G Ungroup layers

Ctrl + Alt + G Create/release clipping mask

Ctrl + Alt + A Select all layers

Ctrl + Shft + E Merge visible layers

Alt-click New Layer button Create new empty layer with

dialog box

Ctrl-click New Layer button Create new layer below target

layer

Alt . (period) Select top layer in Photoshop

Alt + , (comma) Select bottom layer

Shft + Alt + [ or ] Add to layer selection in

Layers palette

Alt + [ or ] Select next layer down/up

Ctrl + [ or ] Move target layer down/up

Ctrl + Shft + Alt + E Merge a copy of all visible

layers into target layer

Ctrl + E Merge down

Ctrl + Shft + [ or ] Move layer to bottom or top

Alt + Merge Down cmnd from the Palette pop*'up menu Copy current layer to layer below in

Photoshop

List of Adobe Photoshop CS5 shortcut keys - 17Alt + Merge Visible cmnd from the Palette pop*'up menu Merge all visible layers to a new layer

above the currently selected layer

Right-click the eye icon Show/hide this layer/layer group

only or all layers/layer groups

Alt-click the eye icon Show/hide all other currently

visible layers

/ (forward slash) Toggle lock transparency for

target layer, or last applied lock

Double-click layer effect/style Edit layer effect/style, options

Alt-double-click layer effect/style Hide layer effect/style

Double-click layer Edit layer style

Shft-click vector mask thumbnail Disable/enable vector mask in

Photoshop

Double-click layer mask thumbnail Open Layer Mask Display Options

dialog box

Shft-click layer mask thumbnail Toggle layer mask on/off

Shft-click filter mask thumbnail Toggle filter mask on/off

Alt-click layer mask thumbnail Toggle between layer

mask/composite image

Alt-click filter mask thumbnail Toggle between filter

mask/composite image

\ (backslash), or Shft + Alt-click Toggle rubylith mode for layer

mask on/off

Double-click type layer thumbnail Select all type; temporarily select

type tool

Alt-click the line dividing two layers Create a clipping mask

Double-click the layer name Rename layer

Double-click the filter effect Edit filter settings

Double-click the Filter Blending icon Edit the Filter Blending options

Ctrl-click New Layer Set button Create new layer set below current

layer/layer set

Alt-click New Layer Set button Create new layer set with dialog

box

Alt-click Add Layer Mask button Create layer mask that hides

all/selection

Ctrl-click Add Layer Mask button Create vector mask that reveals

all/selection

Ctrl + Alt-click Add Layer Mask button Create vector mask that hides

all/selection

Right-click layer group or double-click group Display layer group properties

Shft-click Select/deselect multiple

List of Adobe Photoshop CS5 shortcut keys - 18contiguous layers

Ctrl-click Select/deselect multiple

discontiguous layers

Keys for using the Paths Palette

Ctrl + Shft-click pathname Add path to selection

Ctrl + Alt-click pathname Subtract a path from selection

Ctrl + Shft + Alt-click pathname Retain intersection of path as a selection

Ctrl + Shft + H Hide path

Alt-click button Set options for Fill Path with Foreground Color button, Stroke

Path with Brush button, Load Path as a Selection button, Make Work Path from 

Selection button, and Create New Path button

Keys for using the Swatches Palette

Click in empty area of palette Create new swatch from foreground color

Ctrl-click swatch Select background color

Alt-click swatch Delete color

Keys for using Measurement (Photoshop Extended Only)

Shft + Ctrl + M Record a measurement

Ctrl + D Deselects all measurements

Ctrl + A Selects all measurements

Shft + Ctrl + H Hide/show all measurements

Backspace Removes a measurement

Arrow keys Nudge the measurement

Shft arrow keys Nudge the measurement in increments in Photoshop

Left/right arrow key Extend/shorten selected measurement

Shft + left/right arrow key Extend/shorten selected measurement in increments

Ctrl + arrow key Rotate selected measurement

Shft + Ctrl + arrow key Rotate selected measurement in increments

List of Adobe Photoshop CS5 shortcut keys - 19Keys for using 3D tools (Photoshop Extended)

O Enable 3D object tools

C Enable 3D camera tools

Shft Constrain 3D object tool/3D camera tool to a single direction of movement in Photoshop 3D

tools

R Rotate the 3D object/Orbit the 3D camera

L Roll the 3D object/Roll the 3D camera

H Drag the 3D object/Pan the 3D camera

S Slide the 3D object/Walk the 3D camera

Z Scale the 3D object/Zoom the 3D camera

Keys for working with DICOM files (Photoshop Extended)

Z Zoom tool

H Hand tool

W Window Level tool

Ctrl + A Select all frames

Ctrl + D Deselect all frames

Right Arrow/Left Arrow Navigate through frames (Photoshop extended)

List of Adobe Photoshop CS5 shortcut keys - 20