Wednesday, May 13, 2009

Hotkeys in Photoshop


In this article I list most of the frequently used hot keys in Photoshop.

Toolbar

Key(s) Icon Description
M Hotkey image, Hotkey image Current Marquee
Shift-M Hotkey image, Hotkey image Switch Marquee mode
V Hotkey image Move
W Hotkey image Magic Wand
L Hotkey image, Hotkey image, Hotkey image Current Lasso
Shift-L Hotkey image, Hotkey image, Hotkey image Switch Lasso mode
N Hotkey image Crop
K Hotkey image, Hotkey image Current Slice
Shift-K Hotkey image, Hotkey image Slice mode
J Hotkey image, Hotkey image Current - Health brush or Patch
Shift-J Hotkey image, Hotkey image Switch between Health brush and Patch
B Hotkey image, Hotkey image Current: Pencil or Brush
Shift-B Hotkey image, Hotkey image Switch between Pencil and Brush
S Hotkey image, Hotkey image Current: Clone or Pattern Stamp
Shift-S Hotkey image, Hotkey image Switch between Clone and Pattern Stamp
Y Hotkey image, Hotkey image Current: Art-/History Brush
Shift-Y Hotkey image, Hotkey image Switch Art-/History Brush
E Hotkey image, Hotkey image, Hotkey image Current Eraser
Shift-E Hotkey image, Hotkey image, Hotkey image Switch Eraser mode
G Hotkey image, Hotkey image Current Paint Bucket/Gradient
Shift-G Hotkey image, Hotkey image Switch Paint Bucket/Gradient
R Hotkey image, Hotkey image, Hotkey image Current: Blur, Sharpen or Smudge
Shift-R Hotkey image, Hotkey image, Hotkey image Switch: Blur, Sharpen or Smudge
O Hotkey image, Hotkey image, Hotkey image Current: Dodge, Burn, Sponge
Shift-O Hotkey image, Hotkey image, Hotkey image Switch: Dodge, Burn, Sponge

Actions

Ctrl-W Close current document/image (may ask to save the document before closing)
Ctrl-Alt-X Pattern Maker
Ctrl-Shift-Alt-X Extract
Ctrl-F Repeat Filter
Ctrl-A Select All
Ctrl-S Save
Ctrl-Shift-S Save as..
Ctrl-Shift-Alt-S Save for Web
Ctrl-Alt-G Group layer with the previous one
Ctrl-J New layer via copy
Ctrl-Alt-J New layer via copy and ask layer's name
Ctrl-Shift-J New layer via cut
Ctrl-K Preferences
Ctrl-Shift-K Color Settings
Ctrl-L Levels
Ctrl-Shift-Alt-L Auto contrast
Ctrl-Shift-L Auto levels
Ctrl-B Auto color
Ctrl-' Grid
Ctrl-P Print with preview
Ctrl-Alt-P Print wit printer settings
Ctrl-Shift-P Page setup
Ctrl-Shift-Alt-P Direct Print
Ctrl-O Open
Ctrl-Alt-O Open as..
Ctrl-Shift-O File browser (v7.0)
Ctrl-I Inverse
Ctrl-Shift-I Inverse Selection
Ctrl-U Hue/Saturation
Ctrl-Shift-U Desaturate
Ctrl-Alt-U Hue/Saturation in Colorize mode
Ctrl-Alt-Shift-E Combines all visible layers into the active one
Ctrl-Alt-Shift-` Selects the area with light tones (greater than 50%)

No comments: