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List of Adobe Photoshop CS5 shortcut keys
Shortcuts for selecting Tools
- Hold down "Shift" on the keyboard for each shortcut.
- Pressing the letter more than once will switch through the different tools in that icon.
* Hold down "Shift" on the keyboard and then press the letter "w" the "Magic Wand Tool" will be
selected. Press "w" again and it will change it to the "Quck Selection Tool".
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
U Rectangle tool, Rounded Rectangle tool, Ellipsetool, Polygon tool, Line tool , Custom Shape tool
N Notes tool, Audio Annotation tool (in Photoshop)
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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 shap
and draw marquee from center*
Ctrl (except when Hand, Slice, Path, Shape, or any Pen tool is selected) Switch to Move tool i
Adobe Photoshop
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
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 pixe
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 betwee
horizontal and vertical guide
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Alt + Merge Visible cmnd from the Palette pop*'up menu Merge all visible layers to a new layer
above the currently selected layer
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 curren
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
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