Our overview shows a selection of the most important Photoshop shortcuts - in addition to the standard keyboard shortcuts, you can also define your own shortcuts, perfectly adapted to your own workflow and personal way of working, to improve your productivity in Adobe Photoshop. To define your own shortcuts, you have to select the menu under "Edit > Keyboard Commands" (the appropriate shortcut is Alt + Shift + Ctrl + K). The "Keyboard Commands and Menus" dialog box opens. There you can see the Photoshop default set and also create a new set for your own commands. Every user can define individual shortcuts for further application menus, control panel menus or tools.
| Result | Windows | Mac OS |
|---|---|---|
| New… | Ctrl + N | Cmd + N |
| Open… | Ctrl + O | Cmd + O |
| Browse in Bridge | Alt + Ctrl + O | Cmd + Option + O |
| Open As… | Alt + Shift + Ctrl + O | Cmd + Shift + Option + O |
| Close | Ctrl + W | Cmd + W |
| Close All… | Alt + Ctrl + W | Alt + Cmd + W |
| Close and Go to Bridge | Shift + Ctrl + W | Cmd + Shift + W |
| Save | Ctrl + S | Cmd + S |
| Save As… | Alt + Ctrl + S | Cmd + Shift + S |
| Save for Web… | Alt + Shift + Ctrl + S | Cmd + Option + Shift + S |
| Revert | F12 | F12 |
| File Info… | Alt + Shift + Ctrl + I | Cmd + Shift + Option + I |
| Print… | Ctrl + P | Cmd + P |
| Finish | Ctrl + Q | Cmd + Q |
| Result | Windows | Mac OS |
|---|---|---|
| Undo | Ctrl + Z | Cmd + Z |
| Step Forward | Shift + Ctrl + Z | Cmd + Shift + Z |
| Cut | Ctrl + X | Cmd + X |
| Copy | Ctrl + C | Cmd + C |
| Copy Merged | Shift + Ctrl + C | Cmd + Shift + V |
| Paste | Ctrl + V | Cmd + V |
| Paste in Place | Shift + Ctrl + V | Cmd + Shift + V |
| Paste Into | Alt + Shift + Ctrl + V | Cmd + Shift + Option + V |
| Fill… | Shift + F5 | Shift + F5 |
| Content-Aware Scale | Shift + Ctrl + Q | Cmd + Shift + Q |
| Free Transform | Ctrl + T | Cmd + T |
| Select All | Ctrl + A | Cmd + A |
| Invert Selection | Ctrl + Shift + I | Cmd + Shift + I |
| Select All Layers | Ctrl + Alt + A | Cmd + Shift + A |
| Deselect | Ctrl + D | Cmd + D |
| Result | Windows | Mac OS |
|---|---|---|
| Colour Settings… | Shift + Ctrl + K | Cmd + Shift + K |
| Keyboard Shortcuts… | Alt + Shift + Ctrl + K | Cmd + Shift + Option + K |
| Menus… | Alt + Shift + Ctrl + M | Cmd + Shift + Option + M |
| General Preferences… | Ctrl + K | Cmd + K |
| Result | Windows | Mac OS |
|---|---|---|
| Adjust Levels… | Ctrl + L | Cmd + L |
| Adjust Curves… | Ctrl + M | Cmd + M |
| Adjust Hue/Saturation… | Ctrl + U | Cmd + U |
| Adjust Colour Balance… | Ctrl + B | Cmd + B |
| Black & White… | Alt + Shift + Ctrl + B | Cmd + Shift + Option + B |
| Invert | Ctrl + I | Cmd + I |
| Desaturate | Shift + Ctrl+ U | Cmd + Shift + U |
| Auto Tone | Shift + Ctrl + L | Cmd + Shift + L |
| Auto Contrast | Alt + Shift + Ctrl + L | Cmd + Shift + Option + L |
| Auto Colour | Shift + Ctrl + B | Cmd + Shift + B |
| Image Size… | Alt + Ctrl + I | Cmd + Option + I |
| Canvas Size… | Alt + Ctrl + C | Cmd + Option + C |
| Result | Windows | Mac OS |
|---|---|---|
| New Layer… | Shift + Ctrl + N | Cmd + Shift + N |
| New Layer via Copy | Ctrl + J | Cmd + J |
| New Layer via Cut | Shift + Ctrl + J | Cmd + Shift + J |
| Create/Release Clipping Mask | Alt + Ctrl + G | Cmd + Option + G |
| Group Layers | Ctrl + G | Cmd + G |
| Ungroup Layers | Shift + Ctrl + G | Cmd + Shift + G |
| Merge Visible Layers | Shift + Ctrl + E | Cmd + Shift + E |
| Result | Windows | Mac OS |
|---|---|---|
| Bring to Front | Shift + Ctrl + ] | Cmd + Shift + ] |
| Bring Forward | Ctrl + ] | Cmd + ] |
| Send Backward | Ctrl + [ | Cmd + [ |
| Send to Back | Shift + Ctrl + [ | Cmd + Shift + [ |
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