Adobe Photoshop Complete Shortcut Guide
■■ General Shortcuts
Ctrl + N → New document
Ctrl + O → Open document
Ctrl + S → Save
Shift + Ctrl + S → Save As
Alt + Ctrl + S → Save a Copy
Ctrl + W → Close document
Ctrl + Q → Quit Photoshop
Ctrl + P → Print
■■ File & Workspace
Tab → Hide/show panels
Shift + Tab → Hide/show side panels
F → Switch screen modes
Ctrl + Tab → Cycle open documents
Shift + Ctrl + Tab → Cycle backwards through documents
Ctrl + K → Preferences
✏■ Tools (Single Key)
V → Move Tool
M → Marquee Tool
L → Lasso Tool
W → Quick Selection / Magic Wand
C → Crop Tool
I → Eyedropper
J → Healing Tools
B → Brush Tool
P → Pen Tool
T → Text Tool
G → Gradient / Paint Bucket
O → Dodge / Burn / Sponge
E → Eraser
S → Clone Stamp
Y → History Brush
U → Shape Tool
H → Hand Tool
Z → Zoom Tool
D → Default colors
X → Swap Foreground & Background
■ Selection
Ctrl + A → Select All
Ctrl + D → Deselect
Shift + Ctrl + D → Reselect
Shift + F6 → Feather selection
Ctrl + Shift + I → Inverse selection
■■ Brush & Painting
[ / ] → Decrease/Increase brush size
Shift + [ / ] → Decrease/Increase brush hardness
Alt + Right-Click + Drag (Win) → Brush resize/hardness
Shift + Alt + Right-Click (Win) → Hardness adjust
■ Layers
Ctrl + J → Duplicate layer
Shift + Ctrl + J → Cut to new layer
Ctrl + Shift + N → New layer
Ctrl + G → Group layers
Shift + Ctrl + G → Ungroup layers
Ctrl + E → Merge selected layers
Ctrl + Shift + E → Merge visible
Ctrl + Shift + Alt + E → Stamp visible to new layer
Ctrl + ] / [ → Move layer up/down
Ctrl + Shift + ] / [ → Move layer to top/bottom
■ Transform & Editing
Ctrl + T → Free Transform
Shift + Ctrl + T → Transform again
Ctrl + Alt + T → Copy & transform
Shift + Alt + Ctrl + T → Repeat copy & transform
Ctrl + R → Show/hide rulers
Ctrl + H → Show/hide guides
Ctrl + ; → Show/hide guides
Ctrl + ' → Show/hide grid
■ History & Undo
Ctrl + Z → Undo/Redo
Alt + Ctrl + Z → Step backward
Shift + Ctrl + Z → Step forward
F12 → Revert
■ View / Zoom
Ctrl + + / - → Zoom in/out
Ctrl + 0 → Fit to screen
Ctrl + 1 → Actual size
Spacebar → Hand tool
Alt + Scroll Wheel → Zoom in/out
■ Layer Blending & Opacity
0–9 → Layer opacity
Shift + 0–9 → Fill opacity
Shift + + / - → Cycle blending modes
Shift + Alt + N → Normal
Shift + Alt + M → Multiply
Shift + Alt + S → Screen
Shift + Alt + O → Overlay
Shift + Alt + L → Linear Light
Shift + Alt + V → Vivid Light
Shift + Alt + U → Hue
Shift + Alt + C → Color
Shift + Alt + T → Saturation
■ Layer Mask & Adjustments
Alt + Click mask → View mask
Shift + Click mask → Disable mask
Ctrl + Click mask → Load selection
Alt + Ctrl + G → Clipping mask
Ctrl + Shift + Alt + N + E → Merge visible new layer
Ctrl + Alt + Shift + K → Keyboard shortcuts panel
■■ Blending / Transparency Tricks
Alt + Double Click layer → Layer Style / Blend If
Blend If sliders: Alt + Drag for smooth blending
Ctrl + Shift + Alt + E → Stamp visible
Alt + Delete → Fill with foreground
Ctrl + Delete → Fill with background
Shift + Ctrl + Delete → Fill preserve transparency
■ Background Remove Shortcuts
W → Magic Wand, select white → Delete / Mask
Alt + Ctrl + R → Refine Edge / Select & Mask
Alt + Double Click layer → Blend If → remove white bg
Ctrl + J → Duplicate layer before editing
Ctrl + Shift + I → Inverse selection
Ctrl + D → Deselect
