Here are The Most Used Keyboard Shortcuts for Photoshop that everyone must know who is using Adobe Photoshop to make their task easier. The Shortcut Keys Listed here will work in almost any OS Windows or Mac and any version of Adobe Photoshop like Photoshop 7, photoshop cs6, and Photoshop CC.
In this post, Keyboard Shortcuts are categorized into groups or sections like File Handling, Edit, Image, Layers, Select, Filters, Views, Windows & Others.
*** Note Ctrl = Cmd on Mac & Alt= Option Key on Mac****
Shortcut Key Task
File Handling
Ctrl + N Opens New Blank Document
Ctrl + O Open File
Ctrl + S Saves Document
Ctrl + Shift + S Saves Document in Different Format
Ctrl + Shift + Alt + S Save For Web
Ctrl + W Close Document
Ctrl + Alt + P close all open documents except the current
Ctrl + P Print the Document
F12 Revert To Default
Ctrl + Tab navigate between Windows
Ctrl + Z or Ctrl + Alt + Z Revert Previous Performed Steps
Ctrl + C and Ctrl + V Copy and paste elements in a flash
Ctrl + Shift + C Copy Merged
Ctrl + Shift + V Paste in Place
Ctrl + T Free Transform
Ctrl + K Open Preferences
Ctrl + Shift + K Color Settings
Ctrl + Shift + Alt + K Keyboard Shortcuts & Menus
Image
Ctrl + Shift + L Auto Tone
Ctrl + Shift +Alt + L Auto Contrast
Ctrl + Shift + B Auto Color
Ctrl + L Open Levels
Ctrl + M Open Curves
Ctrl + U Open Hue / Saturation
Ctrl + B Color Balance
Alt + Shift + Ctrl + B Convert to Black & White
Ctrl + I Invert Color of Image
Ctrl + Alt + I Open Image Size
Alt + Mouse Wheel Up Zoom In
Alt + Mouse Wheel Down Zoom Out
Layers
Ctrl + G Group layers
Ctrl + Shift + G Ungroup layers
Ctrl + E Merge Layers
Ctrl + Alt + G Create Clipping Mask
Ctrl + Shift + I invert the selection area
Alt + Backspace Fill Foreground Color
Ctrl + Backspace Fill Background Color
Ctrl + Mouse Left Button Click Select Multiple Layer
Alt + Mouse Left Button Drag Create Copy of Layer
Ctrl + J create a new layer via copy
Ctrl + Shift + N create a new layer instantly
Shift + Ctrl + J create a new layer via cut
Ctrl + [ Moves Layer Backward
Ctrl + ] Moves Layer Forward
Ctrl + A Select All Object of Current Layers
Ctrl + Alt + A Select All Layers
Ctrl + D Deselect
Ctrl + Shift + I Inverse Selection
Ctrl + F Last Filter
Ctrl + Shift + A Adaptive Wide Angle
Ctrl + Shift + R Lens Correction
Ctrl + Shift + X Liquify
Ctrl + Shift + V Vanishing Point
Ctrl + ++ Zoom In
Ctrl + -- Zoom Out
Ctrl + 1 Actual Size
Ctrl + 0 Fit To Screen
Ctrl + H Show / Hide Grids
Ctrl + R Show / Hide Ruler
F5 Show / Hide Brush
F6 Show / Hide Colors
F7 Show /Hide Layers
F8 Show / Hide Info & Properties
[ Decrease the brush size
] Increase the brush size
{ Decrease the brush hardness
} Increase the brush hardness
D Activate the default foreground/background colors
X switch Between Foreground/Background colors
Also, you can download a PDF of Photoshop Keyboard Shortcuts.
Photoshop Shortcuts PDF Download: https://bit.ly/3s2mszl
