Quick Keys in Photoshop

• • apple A - select all

  • apple N - new document

  • apple S - save

  • apple T - transform

  • apple J - duplicate a layer

  • apple E - merge layers down

  • apple C - copy

  • apple V - paste

  • apple X - cut

  • apple W - close window

  • apple D - deselect

  • apple P - print with preview

  • apple O - open document

  • apple Z - undo

  • apple + - zoom in

  • apple - - zoom out

  • shift apple N - new layer

  • option delete - fill with foreground color

  • apple delete - fill with background color

  • option apple click and hold - selects a layer

  • mouse over any tool in the tool box, to see the name of the tool; in ( ), you will see a quick key. It will just be a key stroke.

  • F6 - brings color palette back

More Shortcuts

• 1. Apple - access the move tool while in any other tool

  2. Space Bar - access the hand tool while in any other tool

  3. Space Bar (while making a selection with the Marque tool) - reposition the selection while making it

  4. Apple T - Free transform selected pixels

  5. Apple/Shift/S - File Save As

  6. Apple/Alt - copy selected pixel

  7. Apple J - Copy layer or selection to a new layer

  8. Shift (while in selection tool) Add too a selection

  9. Alt (while in selection tool) Subtract from a selection

  10. Shift - Constrain a move to a straight line or keep a transformation in proportion

  11. Arrow keys - used with move tool to move selected pixels on row at a time

  12. Apple S - Save

  13. Apple Z - Undo last step

  14. Ctrl/Mouse Click- Save image as

  15. Apple D - Deselect

  16. Q - Quick mask

  17. X toggels foreground and background colors

  18. Bracket Keys make your brush size smaller and larger

  19. D reset default of forground and background colors to white and black

  20. Alt to set target point for cloan stamp tool

  21. Alt with delete fill with foreground color

  22. Apple with delete fill with background color