Useful Photoshop keyboard shortcuts
| WIN | |
| Brushes | |
| Brush size - decrease/increase current brush size | [ or ] (left/right brackets) |
| Brush feathering - decrease/increase brush feathering | Shift + [ or ] (left/right brackets) |
| Fill | |
| Display fill dialog box | Shift + Backspace |
| Fill with foreground color | Alt + Backspace |
| Fill with background color | Crtl + Backspace |
| Filters | |
| Fade last filter used | Ctrl + Shift + F |
| Reapply last filter used | Ctrl + F |
| Image Adjustments | |
| Levels | Ctrl + L |
| Hue/Saturation | Ctrl + U |
| Desaturation | Ctrl + Shift + U |
| Invert | Ctrl + I |
| Layers | |
| Duplicate layer (no active selection) | Ctrl + J |
| Copy selection on new layer (selection on active layer) | Ctrl + J |
| Create duplicate on new layer before transforming | Crtl + Alt + T |
| Tool Bar | |
| Temporarily convert to move tool | Ctrl |
| Constrain marquee to square or circle | Shift + drag marquee |
| Draw marquee from center | Alt + drag marquee |
| Exchange foreground and background colors | X |
| Reset to default black and white | D |
| Maximize window size | double-click hand tool |
| 100% magnification | double-click zoom tool |
| View | |
| Show/hide rulers | Ctrl + R |
| Show/hide extras | Ctrl + H |
| Show/hide guides | Ctrl + ; |
| Palettes | |
| Show/hide all palettes | Tab |
| Show/hide brushes palette | F5 |
| Show/hide swatches palette | F6 |
| Show/hide layers palette | F7 |
| Show/hide info palette | F8 |
| Show/hide history palette | F9 |
| save placement of palettes | window > workspace |
| misc. | |
| Show contextual menus | right-click mouse |
| Cycle through open documents | Ctrl + Tab |
| Reset default preferences when opening Photoshop | double-click icon then immediately hold down Ctrl + Alt + Shift |
| Screen capture | Print Screen key |
additional shortcuts | MAC shortcuts