Adobe Photoshop Shortcut Keys

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Shortcut Command How useful(?)

Keys for selecting tools

Adobe Photoshop CS3

Shft-press shortcut key (if Use Shft Key for Tool Switch preference is selected) Cycle through tools

with the same shortcut key +

Alt-click + tool Cycle through hidden tools (except add anchor point, delete anchor point, and convert

point tools) +

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 +


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Keys for selecting tools in the Extract toolbox

Adobe Photoshop CS3

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

Adobe Photoshop CS3

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)


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Adobe Photoshop CS3

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)

Adobe Photoshop CS3

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

Result (Extract and Pattern Maker)

Adobe Photoshop CS3

Ctrl + 0 Fit in window +

Ctrl + + (plus) Zoom in +

Ctrl + - (hyphen) Zoom out +

Result (Extract only)

Adobe Photoshop CS3

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 +


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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 +

Result (Liquify only)

Adobe Photoshop CS3

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


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


Ctrl Z Redo last step in Adobe Photoshop +

Result (Pattern Maker only)

Adobe Photoshop CS3

Ctrl + D Delete current selection +

Ctrl + Z Undo a selection move +

Ctrl + G Generate or generate again +


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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

Adobe Photoshop CS3

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 +

Ctrl + Shft + Z Step forward +

Ctrl + Alt + Z Step backward +

Keys for using the Refine Edge dialog box

Adobe Photoshop CS3

Ctrl + Alt + R Open the Refine Edge dialog box +

F Cycle (forward) through preview modes +


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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 +

Keys for using the Black-and-White dialog box

Adobe Photoshop CS3

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

Adobe Photoshop CS3

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 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) +


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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 (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

Adobe Photoshop CS3

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 +


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Keys for using Photomerge

Adobe Photoshop CS3

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 +

Alt-move pointer over image Show individual image border +

Keys for using Vanishing Point

Adobe Photoshop CS3

Z Zoom tool +

X Zoom 2x (temporary) +

H Hand tool +

Spacebar Switch to Hand tool (temporary) +



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) +


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[ 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 15 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) +


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Keys for working with blending modes

Adobe Photoshop CS3

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 +


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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

Adobe Photoshop CS3

Ctrl + Tab Cycles through open documents +

Shft-Ctrl-W Close a file in Photoshop and 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 +


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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

Adobe Photoshop CS3

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 +

Any 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 AdobePhotoshop +

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 +


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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 +

Keys for editing paths

Adobe Photoshop CS3

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


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Adobe Photoshop CS3

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 transparency) +

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 borders, and paths

Adobe Photoshop CS3

Alt Transform from center or reflect +

Shft Constrain +

Ctrl Distort +

Enter Apply +

Ctrl + . (period) or Esc Cancel +


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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

Adobe Photoshop CS3

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 cursoris inside the bounding box +

Ctrl-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

Adobe Photoshop CS3

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 +


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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

Adobe Photoshop CS3

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 +

Keys for using palettes

Adobe Photoshop CS3


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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

Adobe Photoshop CS3

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 +


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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 +

Keys for using the Brushes palette

Adobe Photoshop CS3

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

Adobe Photoshop CS3

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 +


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Keys for using the Color palette

Adobe Photoshop CS3

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

Adobe Photoshop CS3

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 +

Alt + Clear History (in History palette popup men Permanently clear history (no Undo) +

Keys for using the Info palette

Adobe Photoshop CS3

Click eyedropper icon Change color readout modes +

Click cross-hair icon Change measurement units +

Keys for using the Layer Comps palette

Adobe Photoshop CS3

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 +


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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 contiguous layers +


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Ctrl-click Select/deselect multiple discontiguous layers +

Keys for using the Paths palette

Adobe Photoshop CS3

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

Adobe Photoshop CS3

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)

Adobe Photoshop CS3

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 +


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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 +

Keys for using 3D tools (Photoshop Extended)

Adobe Photoshop CS3

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)

Adobe Photoshop CS3

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) +


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Function keys

Adobe Photoshop CS3

F1 Invoke Help +

F2 Cut +

F3 Copy +

F4 Paste +

F5 Show/Hide Brushes palette in Photoshop +

F6 Show/Hide Color palette +

F7 Show/Hide Layers palette +

F8 Show/Hide Info palette in Photoshop +

F9 Show/Hide Actions palette +

F12 Revert +

Shft + F5 Fill +

Shft + F6 Feather Selection +

Shft + F7 Inverse Selection +

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