Useful Photoshop keyboard shortcuts
| MAC | WIN | |
| Brushes | ||
| Brush size - decrease/increase current brush size | [ or ] (left/right brackets) | [ or ] (left/right brackets) |
| Brush feathering - decrease/increase brush feathering | Shift + [ or ] (left/right brackets) | Shift + [ or ] (left/right brackets) |
| Fill | ||
| Display fill dialog box | Shift + Delete | Shift + Backspace |
| Fill with foreground color | Option (Alt) + Delete | Alt + Backspace |
| Fill with background color | Cmd + Delete | Crtl + Backspace |
| Filters | ||
| Fade last filter used | Cmd + Shift + F | Ctrl + Shift + F |
| Reapply last filter used | Cmd + F | Ctrl + F |
| Image Adjustments | ||
| Levels | Cmd + L | Ctrl + L |
| Hue/Saturation | Cmd + U | Ctrl + U |
| Desaturation | Cmd + Shift + U | Ctrl + Shift + U |
| Invert | Cmd + I | Ctrl + I |
| Layers | ||
| Duplicate layer (no active selection) | Cmd + J | Ctrl + J |
| Copy selection on new layer (selection on active layer) | Cmd + J | Ctrl + J |
| Create duplicate on new layer before transforming | Cmd + Option (Alt) + T | Crtl + Alt + T |
| Tool Bar | ||
| Temporarily convert to move tool | Cmd | Ctrl |
| Constrain marquee to square or circle | Shift + drag marquee | Shift + drag marquee |
| Draw marquee from center | Option (Alt) + drag marquee | Alt + drag marquee |
| Exchange foreground and background colors | X | X |
| Reset to default black and white | D | D |
| Maximize window size | double-click hand tool | double-click hand tool |
| 100% magnification | double-click zoom tool | double-click zoom tool |
| View | ||
| Show/hide rulers | Cmd + R | Ctrl + R |
| Show/hide extras | Cmd + H | Ctrl + H |
| Show/hide guides | Cmd + ; | Ctrl + ; |
| Palettes | ||
| Show/hide all palettes | Tab | Tab |
| Show/hide brushes palette | F5 | F5 |
| Show/hide swatches palette | F6 | F6 |
| Show/hide layers palette | F7 | F7 |
| Show/hide info palette | F8 | F8 |
| Show/hide history palette | F9 | F9 |
| save placement of palettes | window > workspace | window > workspace |
| misc. | ||
| Show contextual menus | Ctrl + click mouse | right-click mouse |
| Cycle through open documents | Ctrl + Tab | Ctrl + Tab |
| Reset default preferences when opening Photoshop | double-click icon then immediately hold down
Cmd + Option (Alt) + Shift |
double-click icon then immediately hold down Ctrl + Alt + Shift |
| Screen capture |
Cmd + Shift + 3 Cmd + Shift + 4
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Print Screen key |