Thread: Photoshop Shortcuts

Hi all, for those of you who are good with photshop and mult-screened find it easier to use shortcuts however this is not the case with newbies so here is a list of shortcuts to help you get started.

+ – Add Shape
- – Subtract Shape
/ – Preserve Transparency (toggle)
[ - Decrease Brush Size
] – Increase Brush Size
Shift+ [ - Decrease Brush Softness by 25%
Shift+ ] – Increase Brush Hardness by 25%
< – Previous Brush
> – Next Brush
Shift+ < – First Brush
Shift+ > – >Last Brush
1 → 0 – Tool Opacity 10% → 100%
Shift+1 → 0 – Flow / Airbrush Opacity 10% → 100%
A – Path / Direct Selection Tool
B – Brush / Pencil / Color Replacement Tool
C – Crop Tool
D – Default Colors
E – Eraser Tool
F – Cycle Screen Modes
G – Gradient / Paint Bucket Tool
H – Hand Tool
I – Eyedropper / Sampler / Measure Tool
J – Spot Healing / Healing / Patch / Red Eye
K – Slice Tool
L – Lasso Tool
M – Marquee Tool
N – Notes / Audio Annotation Tool
O – Dodge / Burn / Sponge Tool
P – Pen / Freeform Pen Tool
Q – Standard / Quick Mask Mode
R – Blur / Sharpen / Smudge Tool
S – Clone / Pattern Stamp Tool
T – Type Tool (Vertical / Horizontal)
U – Shape Tool
V – Move Tool
W – Magic Wand Tool
X – Switch Colors
Y – History / Art History Brush Tool
Z – Zoom Tool
Space – >Hand Tool (toggle)
Ctrl+Space -Zoom In (toggle)
Alt+Space – Zoom Out (toggle)
Shift+A – Cycle Path / Direct Selection Tools
Shift+B – Cycle Brush / Pencil / Color Replacement
Shift+E – Cycle Eraser Tools
Shift+F – Menubar (show / hide)
Shift+G – Toggle Gradient / Paint Bucket Tools
Shift+ I – Cycle Eyedropper / Sampler / Measure
Shift+J – Cycle Spot / Healing / Patch / Red Eye
Shift+K – Toggle Slice / Slice Select Tools
Shift+L – Cycle Lasso Tools
Shift+M – Toggle Rectangular / Elliptical Marquee
Shift+N – Toggle Notes / Audio Annotation Tools
Shift+O – Cycle Dodge / Burn / Sponge Tools
Shift+P – Toggle Pen / Freeform Pen Tools
Shift+R – Cycle Blur / Sharpen / Smudge Tools
Shift+S – Toggle Clone / Pattern Stamp Tools
Shift+T – Cycle Type Tools (Vertical / Horizontal)
Shift+U – Cycle Shape / Line Tools
Shift+Y – Toggle History / Art History Brush
Alt+Shift+P – Airbrush (Brush Tool)

Enjoy all and if you like a thanks will go a long way. Cheers all.

Informative shortcuts, you did a great job here Thanks buddy.

Its best to print them out and put them up near you

Nice. Thank you very much for sharing. Been using Photoshop for 5years now. This will surely improve my skills.

You forgot CTRL/CMD+E for joining layers and commands like that

Thanks for your quality and informative share.