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kAdobe Photoshop CS6 is a powerful program with many commands, which sometimescan be time consuming to access. Most menu commands have a keyboard equivalent,known as a kkeeyybbooaarrdd sshhoorrttccuutt, as a quicker alternative to using the mouse. For exam-ple, if you want to open a new document in Photoshop, you click the File menu, andthen click New, or you can abandon the mouse and press Ctrl+N (Win) or A+N (Mac)to use shortcut keys. Using shortcut keys reduces the use of the mouse and speeds upoperations. If a command on a menu includes a keyboard shortcut to the right of thecommand name, you can perform the action by pressing and holding the first key, andthen pressing the second key to perform the command quickly. In some cases, a key-board shortcut uses one key or three keys. For three keys, simply press and hold thefirst two keys, and then press the third key. Keyboard shortcuts provide an alternativeto using the mouse and make it easy to perform repetitive commands.

Finding a Keyboard Shortcut

Photoshop contains keyboard shortcuts for almost every command and task in theprogram. To help you find the keyboard shortcut youre looking for, the shortcuts areorganized in categories and listed with page numbers.

Actions, 21 History, 20Adobe Bridge, 23 Image, 13Animations, 21 Layers, 13Blending Modes, 16 Paths, 19Brushes, 17 Photoshop, 2Channels Palette, 18 Quick Masks, 19Color, 17 Selecting, 10Dialog Boxes, 21 3D, 21Display, 8 Tools, 3Edit, 3 Transform, 20File (Documents), 2 Type, 10Filters, 18 View, 8

If youre searching for new keyboard shortcuts in Adobe Photoshop CS6, just look forthe letter: N. The N appears in the Keyboard Shortcuts table so you can quickly andeasily identify new shortcuts.

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PHOTOSHOP

Help

Help F1 Help

Access Adobe Online Click identifier icon on Click identifier icon onthe toolbox the toolbox

Operations

Accept operation Enter Return

Cancel operation Esc / Ctrl+. (period) Esc / A+. (period)

Apply Zoom Shift+Enter Shift+Return

Preferences

General Ctrl+K A+K

Last Preferences Used Ctrl+Alt+K A+Option+K

Customize

Keyboard Shortcuts Ctrl+Alt+Shift+K A+Option+Shift+K

Menus Ctrl+Alt+Shift+M A+Option+Shift+M

FILE

New Ctrl+N A+N

New, with last document size settings Ctrl+Alt+N A+Option+N

Open Ctrl+O A+O

Browse in Bridge Ctrl+Alt+O A+Option+O

Open As Ctrl+Alt+Shift+O A+Option+Shift+O

Cycle through open documents Ctrl+Tab Control+Tab

Close Ctrl+W A+W

Close All Alt+Ctrl+W A+Option+W

Close and Go To Bridge Ctrl+Shift+W A+Shift+W

Save Ctrl+S A+S

Save As Ctrl+Shift+S A+Shift+S

Save A Copy Ctrl+Alt+S A+Option+S

Save for Web & Device Ctrl+Alt+Shift+S A+Option+Shift+S

Revert F12 F12

File Info Ctrl+Alt+Shift+I A+Option+Shift+I

Print Ctrl+P A+P

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Print One Copy Ctrl+Alt+Shift+P A+Option+Shift+P

Exit/Quit Ctrl+Q A+Q

EDIT

Undo

Step Backward (History) Ctrl+Alt+Z A+Option+Z

Step Forward (History) Ctrl+Shift+Z A+Shift+Z

Undo/Redo Ctrl+Z A+Z

Copy and Paste

Copy Ctrl+C A+C

Copy Merged Ctrl+Shift+C A+Shift+C

Cut Ctrl+X A+X

Paste Ctrl+V A+V

Paste Into (selection) Ctrl+Shift+V A+Shift+V

Paste Outside (selection) Ctrl+Shift+V A+Shift+V

Clear (selection) Delete / Backspace Delete

TOOLS

Select a tool (Toolbox)

Marquee M M

Move V V

Lasso L L

Magic Wand, Quick Selection W W

Crop N, Slice C C

Spot Healing, Healing, Patch, Red Eye J JContent-Aware Move N

Brush, Pencil, Color Replacement B BMixer Brush

Clone Stamp, Pattern Stamp S S

History Brush Y Y

Eraser, Background Earser, Magic Eraser E E

Gradient, Paint Bucket, G G3D Material Drop N

Blur, Sharpen, Smudge R R

Dodge, Burn, Sponge O O

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Path Selection, Direction Selection A A

Type T T

Pen, Freeform Pen P P

Shapes (Rectangle, Line, etc.) U U

Notes N N

Eyedropper, Color Sampler, Measure I I

Hand H H

Zoom Z Z

Edit in Quick Mask Mode Q Q

Screen Mode N F F

Select a tool (Extract toolbox)

Edge Highlighter B B

Fill G G

Eyedropper I I

Cleanup C C

Edge Touchup T T

Select a tool (Liquify toolbox)

Forward Warp W W

Reconstruct R R

Twirl Clockwise C C

Pucker S S

Bloat B B

Push Left O O

Mirror M M

Turbulence T T

Freeze Mask F F

Thaw Mask D D

Cycle through tools

Cycle through tools Alt+click in tool slot Option+click in tool slot

Marquee tools Shift+M Shift+M

Lasso tools Shift+L Shift+L

Rubber Stamp tools Shift+S Shift+S

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Blur, Sharpen, and Smudge tools Shift+R Shift+R

Dodge, Burn, and Sponge tools Shift+O Shift+O

Pen tools Shift+P Shift+P

Type tools Shift+T Shift+T

Eyedropper tools Shift+I Shift+I

Switch between tools

Switch to Move tool Ctrl A

Switch to Hand tool Spacebar Spacebar

Switch to Zoom Out Spacebar+- (minus) Spacebar+- (minus)

Switch to Zoom In Spacebar++ (plus) Spacebar++ (plus)

Precise cursors Caps Lock Caps Lock

Pencil to Eyedropper Alt Option

Line to Eyedropper Alt Option

Paint Bucket to Eyedropper Alt Option

Blur to Sharpen; Sharpen to Blur Alt Option

Dodge to Burn; Burn to Dodge Alt Option

Path Selection or Pen to Direct Selection Ctrl A

Add Anchor Point to Direct Selection Ctrl A

Delete Anchor Point to Direct Selection Ctrl A

Convert Point tools to Direct Selection Ctrl A

Pen or Freeform Pen to Convert Point Alt Option(when over anchor or direction point)

Move tool

Move constrained to 45 degrees Shift+drag Shift+drag

Copy selection or layer Alt+drag Option+drag

Select layer by name Right-click Control+click

Select topmost visible layer Right-mouse+Alt+click Control+Option+click

Link with topmost visible layer Right mouse+Shift+click Control+Shift+click

Nudge layer or selection 1 pixel arrow key arrow key

Nudge layer or selection 10 pixels Shift+arrow key Shift+arrow key

Lasso tool

Add to selection Shift+click, then draw Shift+click, then draw

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Delete from selection Alt+click, then draw Option+click, then draw

Intersect with selection Alt+Shift+click, then draw Option+Shift+click, then draw

Temporary Polygonal Lasso Hold down Alt, then click Hold down Option, then click

Polygonal Lasso tool

Add to selection Shift+click, then draw Shift+click, then draw

Delete from selection Alt+click, then draw Option+click, then draw

Intersect with selection Alt+Shift+click, then draw Option+Shift+click, then draw

Temporary Lasso Alt+drag Option+drag

Constrain to 45 degrees while drawing Shift+drag Shift+drag

Magnetic Lasso tool

Add to selection Shift+click, then draw Shift+click, then draw

Delete from selection Alt+click, then draw Option+click, then draw

Intersect with selection Alt+Shift+click, then draw Option+Shift+click, then draw

Add point Single click Single click

Remove last point Backspace or Delete key Delete key

Close path Double-click or Enter Double-click or Return

Close path using straight line segment Alt+double-click Option+double-click

Cancel operation Esc Esc/A+. (period)

Magnetic Lasso to Lasso Alt+drag Option+drag

Magnetic Lasso to Polygonal Lasso Alt+click Option+click

Increase detection width ] ]

Decrease detection width [ [

Crop tool

Rotate crop marquee Drag outside marquee Drag outside marquee

Move crop marquee Drag inside marquee Drag inside marquee

Resize crop marquee Drag crop handles Drag crop handles

Maintain aspect ratio of crop box Shift+drag handles Shift+drag handles

Resize crop from center Alt+drag handles Option+drag handles

Constrain crop from center Alt+Shift+drag handles Option+Shift+drag handles

Apply crop Enter Enter/Return

Slice tool

Switch to Slice Select tool Ctrl A

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Draw square slice Shift+drag Shift+drag

Draw from center outward Alt+drag Option+drag

Draw square slice from Alt+Shift+drag Option+Shift+dragcenter outward

Reposition slice while drawing it Spacebar+drag Spacebar+drag

Eraser tool

Erase to History Alt+drag Option+drag

Smudge tool

Smudge using Foreground color Alt Option

Burn and Dodge tools

Set Burn or Dodge to Shadows Alt+Shift+S Option+Shift+S

Set Burn or Dodge to Midtones Alt+Shift+M Option+Shift+M

Set Burn or Dodge to Highlights Alt+Shift+H Option+Shift+H

Sponge tool

Desaturate setti