Photoshop Shortcut Keys - Summary
Shortcut Keys in Photoshop can save time when working with layers, selections, images, brushes, text, filters, and other Photoshop features. This cheat sheet provides commonly used Photoshop shortcut keys for Windows that are useful for beginners as well as regular users.
Photoshop Shortcut Keys List
| Shortcut Key | Function |
|---|---|
| Ctrl + N | Create a new document |
| Ctrl + O | Open a file |
| Ctrl + W | Close the current document |
| Ctrl + S | Save the document |
| Ctrl + Shift + S | Save As |
| Ctrl + P | |
| Ctrl + Z | Undo |
| Ctrl + Shift + Z | Redo |
| Ctrl + X | Cut |
| Ctrl + C | Copy |
| Ctrl + V | Paste |
| Ctrl + A | Select All |
| Ctrl + D | Deselect |
| Ctrl + T | Free Transform |
| Ctrl + J | Duplicate layer |
| Ctrl + Shift + J | Cut selection to a new layer |
| Ctrl + E | Merge selected layers |
| Ctrl + Shift + E | Merge visible layers |
| Ctrl + G | Create layer group |
| Ctrl + Shift + G | Ungroup layers |
| Ctrl + I | Invert |
| Ctrl + L | Levels |
| Ctrl + M | Curves |
| Ctrl + U | Hue/Saturation |
| Ctrl + B | Color Balance |
| Ctrl + Alt + Z | Step backward |
| Ctrl + Shift + C | Copy Merged |
| Ctrl + Alt + Shift + E | Stamp visible |
| B | Brush Tool |
| E | Eraser Tool |
| G | Gradient/Paint Bucket Tool |
| M | Marquee Selection Tool |
| L | Lasso Tool |
| W | Quick Selection/Magic Wand Tool |
| C | Crop Tool |
| V | Move Tool |
| T | Type Tool |
| P | Pen Tool |
| S | Clone Stamp Tool |
| H | Hand Tool |
| Z | Zoom Tool |
| R | Rotate View Tool |
| I | Eyedropper Tool |
| O | Dodge/Burn/Sponge Tool |
| X | Switch Foreground/Background Colors |
| D | Reset Foreground/Background Colors |
| F | Change Screen Mode |
| Spacebar | Temporarily activate Hand Tool |
| [ | Decrease brush size |
| ] | Increase brush size |
| Shift + [ | Decrease brush hardness |
| Shift + ] | Increase brush hardness |
| Ctrl + + | Zoom in |
| Ctrl + – | Zoom out |
| Ctrl + 0 | Fit image on screen |
| Ctrl + 1 | View image at 100% |
| Tab | Hide/Show panels |
| F5 | Open Brushes panel |
| F7 | Show/Hide Layers panel |
| F11 | Full-screen mode |
