Use Photoshop efficiently using shortcuts

Posted in November 12th, 2007
Published in Tutorials

In Photoshop CS2, many of the shortcuts for the application menus, palette menus and tools can be customized using the Keyboard Shortcuts editor. Although this is not a completely comprehensive list of all of the keyboard shortcuts in Photoshop CS2, it is my goal to present the shortcuts and additional functionality that enable me to use Photoshop CS2 both more freely and efficiently.

Shortcuts for File Menu

Action Shortcut
New Ctrl+N
Open Ctrl+O
Close Ctrl+W
Save Ctrl+S
Save a Copy Ctrl+Alt+S
Page Setup Ctrl+Shift+P
Exit/Quit Ctrl+Q
Help F1

Shortcuts for Edit Menu

Action Shortcut
Undo Ctrl+Z
Step Forward in History Ctrl+Shift+Z
Copy Ctrl+C
Paste Ctrl+V
Free Transform Ctrl+T
Keyboard Shortcuts Alt+Shift+Ctrl+K

Shortcuts for Image Menu

Action Shortcut
Adjust Levels Ctrl+L
Adjust Auto Contrast Ctrl+Alt+Shift+L
Adjust Color Balance Ctrl+B
Desaturate Ctrl+Shift+U
Extract Ctrl+Alt+X

Shortcuts for Layers Menu

Action Shortcut
New Layer Ctrl+Shift+N
Layer via Cut Ctrl+Shift+J
Ungroup Ctrl+Shift+G
Bring Forward Ctrl+]
Send Back Ctrl+Shift+[
Merge Layers Ctrl+E

Shortcuts for Select Menu

Action Shortcut
Select All Ctrl+A
Reselect Ctrl+Shift+D
Feather Ctrl+Alt+D

Shortcuts for Filter Menu

Action Shortcut
Last Filter Ctrl+F

Shortcuts for View Menu

Action Shortcut
Preview CMYK Ctrl+Y
Zoom In Ctrl++
Zoom In & Resize Window Ctrl+Alt++
Fit on Screen Ctrl+0
Hide Edges Ctrl+H
Show/Hide Rulers Ctrl+R
Show/Hide Extras Ctrl+H
Show Guides Ctrl+;

Misc. Useful Commands

Action Shortcut
Fill with Forground Color Alt+Backspace
Fill from History Ctrl+Alt+Backspace
Move a Copy 10 Pixels Shift+Alt+Arrow Keys
Decrease Font Size by 2 Ctrl+Alt+<
Decrease Font Size by 10 Ctrl+Shift+Alt+<
Descend through Layers Alt+[
Select Bottom Layer Shift+Alt+[

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