Hotkeys in Photoshop

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

Toolbar

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