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SELECTING

Draw Marquee from Center...............................................................Alt-Marquee

Add to a Selection.........................................................................................Shift

Subtract from a Selection.................................................................................Alt

Intersection with a Selection.....................................................................Shift-Alt

Make Copy of Selection w/Move tool..........................................Alt-Drag Selection

Make Copy of Selection when not in Move tool....................Ctrl-Alt-Drag Selection

Move Selection (in 1-pixel Increments)................................................Arrow Keys

Move Selection (in 10-pixel Increments)......................................Shift-Arrow Keys

Select all Opaque Pixels on Layer......Ctrl-click on Layer Thumbnail (in Layers panel)

Restore Last Selection.........................................................................Ctrl-Shift-D

Feather Selection.....................................................................................Shift-F6

Move Marquee while drawing selection...........Hold Space while drawing marquee

VIEWING

Fit on Screen..................................................Double-click on Hand tool or Ctrl-0

100% View Level (Actual Pixels)...............Double-Click on Zoom Tool or Ctrl-Alt-0

Zoom in ...............................................................Ctrl-Space-Click or Ctrl-Plus(+)

Zoom out.............................................................Alt-Space-Click or Ctrl-Minus(–)

Hide all tools and panels................................................................................Tab

Hide all panels except Toolbox and Options bar......................................Shift-Tab

Rotate through full screen modes.......................................................................F

Scroll image left or right in window..................................Ctrl-Shift-Page Up/Down

Jump/Zoom to part of Image......................................Ctrl-drag in Navigator panel

Toggles layer mask on/off as rubylith...................................................................\

LAYER SHORTCUTS

Create new layer.................................................................................Ctrl-Shift-N

Select non-contiguous layers........................................................Ctrl-Click layers

Select contiguous layers...................Click one layer, then Shift-Click another layer

Delete Layer.....................................................Delete key (while in the Move tool)

View contents of layer mask............................................Alt-Click layer mask icon

Temporarily turn off layer mask....................................Shift-Click layer mask icon

Clone layer as you move it.......................................................................Alt-Drag

Find/Select layer containing object...............Right-Click on the object w/Move tool

Change layer opacity..............................Number pad keys (w/Move tool selected)

Cycle down or up through blend modes..........................Shift-Plus(+) or Minus(–)

Change to a specific blend mode

.......................(w/Move tool) Shift-Alt-letter (ie: N=Normal, M=Multiply. etc.)

Switch to layer below/above current layer............................................Alt-[ or Alt-]

Move layer below/above current layer...............................................Ctrl-[ or Ctrl-]

TYPE SHORTCUTS

Select all text on layer.......................Double-Click on T thumbnail in Layers panel

Increase/Decrease size of selected text by 2 pts................................Ctrl-Shift->/<

Increase/Decrease size of selected text by 10 pts.........................Ctrl-Shift-Alt->/<

Increase/Decrease kerning/tracking........................................Alt-Right/Left Arrow

Align text left/center/right...............................................................Ctrl-Shift-L/C/R

PAINTING

Fill selection with background color...............................................Ctrl-Backspace

Fill selection with foreground color..................................................Alt-Backspace

Fill selection with foreground color using Lock Transparent Pixels

......................................................................................Shift-Alt-Backspace

Fill selection with source state in History panel.........................Ctrl-Alt-Backspace

Display Fill dialog box..................................................................Shift-Backspace

Sample as background color.......................................Alt-Click w/Eyedropper tool

To get Move tool ...................................While in any painting/editing tool-hold Ctrl

To get Eyedropper with Paint tools....................................................................Alt

Change paint opacity (with Airbrush OFF)........................................Number keys

Change paint opacity (with Airbrush ON)..................................Shift-Number keys

Change Airbrush flow (with Airbrush ON)........................................Number keys

Change Airbrush flow (with Airbrush OFF)................................Shift-Number keys

Cross-Hair Cursor...............................Any painting/editing tool-turn Caps Lock on

Decrease/Increase Brush Size......................................................................[ or ]

Decrease/Increase Hardness of Brush..........................................Shift-[ or Shift-]

Switch between preset Brushes ..................................................................< or >

Open Brushes pop-up panel.....................................Right-Click in Image window

Erase to History panel’s source state......................................................Alt-Eraser

Cycle down or up through blend modes..........................Shift-Plus(+) or Minus(–)

Change to a specific blend mode.....Shift-Alt-letter (ie: N=Normal, M=Multiply, etc.)

Create fixed color target from within a dialog box........Shift-Click in image window

Delete fixed color target.........................Alt-Click on target with Color Sampler tool

Create new spot-color channel from current selection

.....................................Ctrl-Click on New Channel button in Channels panel

PEN TOOL SHORTCUTS

To get Direct Selection tool while using Pen.....................................................Ctrl

Switch between Add-Anchor and Delete-Anchor Point tools..............................Alt

Switch from Path Selection tool to Convert Point tool when

pointer is over anchor point...............................................................Ctrl-Alt

To Select a whole path w/Direct Selection tool...........................................Alt-click

Convert path to a selection......................Ctrl-click on path name (in Paths panel)

PANEL SHORTCUTS

Show/Hide Brushes panel ...............................................................................F5

Show/Hide Color panel.....................................................................................F6

Show/Hide Layers panel...................................................................................F7

Show/Hide Info panel.......................................................................................F8

Show/Hide Actions panel.............................................................................Alt-F9

Open Adobe Bridge................................................................................Ctrl-Alt-O

OTHER SHORTCUTS

Switch between open documents.............................................................Ctrl-Tab

Undo or Redo operations beyond last one.............................Ctrl-Alt-Z/Ctrl-Shift-Z

Apply Last Filter..........................................................................................Ctrl-F

Opens Last Filter Dialog Box...................................................................Ctrl-Alt-F

Hand Tool.............................................................................................Spacebar

Reset Dialog Box.........................Hold Alt, Cancel turns into Reset Button, Click it

Increase/Decrease value (in any option field) by 1 unit..................Up/Down Arrow

Increase/Decrease value (in any option field) by 10 units......Shift-Up/Down Arrow

Replay last Transformation..................................................................Ctrl-Shift-T

Measure Angle between Lines (Protractor Function)

................................After ruler is drawn, Alt-Drag end of line with Ruler Tool

Move Crop Marquee while creating................................Hold Space while drawing

Snap Guide to Ruler ticks...............................................Hold Shift while dragging

Highlight Fields in Options bar (n/a for all tools)............................................Enter

Don’t Snap object edge while moving.........................Hold Control while dragging

Photoshop CS6 Useful Keyboard Shortcuts: Windows