Selecting

Draw Marquee
from Center
Add to a Selection
Subtract from a
Selection
Intersection with a
Selection

Alt-Marquee
Shift
Alt

Shift-Alt

Make Copy of
Selection w/Move

Alt-Drag Selection

tool
Make Copy of
Selection when

Ctrl-Alt-Drag Selection

not in Move tool

Move Selection (in
1-pixel

Arrow Keys

Increments)
Move Selection (in
10-pixel

Shift-Arrow Keys

Increments)
Select all Opaque
Pixels on Layer
Restore Last
Selection

Ctrl-click on Layer Thumbnail

Ctrl-Shift-D

Feather Selection

Shift-F6

Move Marquee

Hold Space while drawing ma

while drawing
selection
Viewing
Fit on Screen
100% View Level
(Actual Pixels)

Double-click on Hand tool or

Double-Click on Zoom Tool o

Zoom in

Ctrl-Space-Click or Ctrl-Plus(

Zoom out

Alt-Space-Click or Ctrl-Minus

Hide all tools and

panels
Hide all panels
except Toolbox

Tab
Shift-Tab

and Options bar

Rotate through full
screen modes
Scroll image left or
right in window
Jump/Zoom to
part of Image

Ctrl-Shift-Page Up/Down

Ctrl-drag in Navigator panel

Toggles layer
mask on/off as

rubylith
Layer Shortcuts
Create new layer

Ctrl-Shift-N

Select noncontiguous layers

Select contiguous
layers
Delete Layer
View contents of
layer mask
Temporarily turn
off layer mask
Clone layer as you
move it
Find/Select layer
containing object

Ctrl-Click layers

Click one layer, then Shift-Clic

Delete key (while in the Move

Alt-Click layer mask icon

Shift-Click layer mask icon

Alt-Drag

Right-Click on the object w/M

Change layer
opacity

Number pad keys (w/Move to

Cycle down or up
through blend

Shift-Plus(+) or Minus()

modes
Change to a
specific blend

(w/Move tool) Shift-Alt-letter (

mode
Switch to layer
below/above

Alt-[ or Alt-]

current layer
Type Shortcuts
Select all text on

Double-Click on T thumbnail

layer
Increase/Decrease
size of selected

Ctrl-Shift->/<

text by 2 pts
Increase/Decrease
size of selected

Ctrl-Shift-Alt->/<

text by 10 pts
Increase/Decrease
kerning/tracking
Align text
left/center/right

Alt-Right/Left Arrow

Ctrl-Shift-L/C/R

Painting
Fill selection with

Ctrl-Backspace

background color
Fill selection with
foreground color

Alt-Backspace

Fill selection with

foreground color
using

Shift-Alt-Backspace

Lock Transparent
Pixels
Fill selection with
source state in

Ctrl-Alt-Backspace

History panel
Display Fill dialog
box

Shift-Backspace

Sample as
background color
To get Move tool
To get Eyedropper
with Paint tools

Alt-Click w/Eyedropper tool

While in any painting/editing t

Alt

Change paint
opacity (with

Number keys

Airbrush OFF)
Change paint
opacity (with

Shift-Number keys

Airbrush ON)
Change Airbrush
flow (with Airbrush

Number keys

ON)
Change Airbrush
flow (with Airbrush

Shift-Number keys

OFF)
Cross-Hair Cursor
Decrease/Increase
Brush Size
Decrease/Increase
Hardness of Brush
Switch between
preset Brushes
Open Brushes
pop-up panel

Any painting/editing tool-turn

[ or ]

Shift-[ or Shift-]

< or >

Right-Click in Image window

Erase to History
panel's source

Alt-Eraser

state
Cycle down or up
through blend

Shift-Plus(+) or Minus()

modes
Change to a
specific blend

Shift-Alt-letter (ie: N=Normal,

mode
Create fixed color
target from within

Shift-Click in image window

a dialog box
Delete fixed color
target

Alt-Click on target with Color

Create new spotcolor channel from

Ctrl-Click on New Channel bu

current selection
Pen Tool Shortcuts
To get Direct
Selection tool

Ctrl

while using Pen

Switch between
Add-Anchor and
Delete-Anchor

Alt

Point tools
Switch from Path
Selection tool to

Ctrl-Alt

Convert Point tool

when pointer is
over anchor point
To Select a whole
path w/Direct

Alt-click

Selection tool
Convert path to a
selection

Ctrl-click on path name (in Pa

Panel Shortcuts
Show/Hide
Brushes panel
Show/Hide Color
panel

F5

F6

Show/Hide Layers
panel
Show/Hide Info
panel
Show/Hide Actions
panel
Open Adobe
Bridge

F7

F8

Alt-F9

Ctrl-Alt-O

Other Shortcuts
Switch between
open documents
Undo or Redo
operations beyond

Ctrl-Tab
Ctrl-Alt-Z/Ctrl-Shift-Z

last one
Apply Last Filter
Opens Last Filter
Dialog Box

Ctrl-F
Ctrl-Alt-F

Hand Tool

Spacebar

Reset Dialog Box

Hold Alt, Cancel turns into Re

Increase/Decrease
value (in any
option field) by

Up/Down Arrow

1 unit
Increase/Decrease
value (in any
option field) by

Shift-Up/Down Arrow

10 units
Replay last
Transformation

Ctrl-Shift-T

Measure Angle
between Lines
(Protractor

After ruler is drawn, Alt-Drag

Function)
Move Crop
Marquee while

Hold Space while drawing

creating
Snap Guide to
Ruler ticks
Highlight Fields in

Hold Shift while dragging

Enter

Options bar (n/a

for all tools)
Don't Snap object
edge while moving

Tools

Move

Marquee tools

Lasso tools

Hold Control while dragging

Quick Selection, Magic Wand

Crop and Slice Tools

Eyedropper, Color Sampler, Ruler, Note, Cou

Spot Healing Brush, Healing Brush, Patch, R

Brush, Pencil, Color Replacement, Mixer Bru

Clone Stamp, Pattern Stamp

History Brush, Art History Brush

Eraser tools

Gradient, Paint Bucket

Dodge, Burn, Sponge

Pen tools

Type tools

Path Selection, Direct Selection

Rectangle, Rounded Rectangle, Ellipse, Poly

3D Tools

3D Camera Tools

Hand

Rotate View

Zoom

Default colors

Switch Foreground and Background colors

Quick Mask Mode

To switch between all tools within groups, add the S

For example, to switch between rectangular and el