This document provides a quick reference for keyboard shortcuts and tools in Adobe Photoshop and ImageReady. It lists shortcuts for selecting tools, viewing and zooming images, selecting and moving objects, painting, editing text, slicing images, and using various palettes. Many shortcuts allow activating tools, toggling options, and performing common tasks with only a few key presses to help work efficiently.

1. Version 7 for Windows®
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Rounded rectangular marquee§ Slice select
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Elliptical marquee
(M) Rectangular
Marquee Move (V) Single row marquee
Airbrush‡
Single column marqueee
(L) Lasso Magic wand (W) Pencil (B) (Photoshop)
(N) (ImageReady)
(C) Crop† Slice (K)
Polygonal lasso
(J) Healing brush* Art history*
Brush (B) Magnetic lasso*
History brush (Y)*
(S) Clone stamp
Radial gradient‡
Gradient (G)*
(E) Eraser Patch*
Angle gradient‡
(R) Blur† Dodge (O)† Reflected gradient‡
Diamond gradient‡
Pattern stamp*
(A) Path selection* Horizontal Type (T) Paint bucket†
(P) Pen* Rectangle (U)
Background eraser*
Burn†
Magic eraser
(N) Notes* Eyedropper (I)
Sponge†
(H) Hand Zoom (Z)
Sharpen†
Switch colors (X) Smudge† Vertical type*
Foreground color
Horizontal type mask*
Background color
Vertical type mask*
(D) Default colors
Direct selection*
(Q) Standard mode* Quick mask mode (Q)*
Rounded rectangle
Freeform pen* Ellipse
(F) Standard Full screen mode (F)
screen mode Add anchor point* Polygon*
Delete anchor point* Line
(F) Full screen mode Jump to ImageReady
with menu bar Convert point*
(Ctrl + + M) Custom shape*
Additional ImageReady Toolbox items
Audio annotation* Color sampler*
Toggle slices visibility (Q)
(A) Toggle image maps
visibility Measure*
Rectangle image map§
(Y) Preview Document Preview in default browser
Circle image map§
(Ctrl + Alt + P)
* Not in ImageReady
Polygon image map§
† In a different location in the ImageReady toolbox
Image map select§
Jump to Photoshop ‡ Tools appear in Options bar only
§ ImageReady only
(Ctrl+ + M)
Toolbar shortcuts
• Press shortcut key (in parentheses) to select tool • constrains dragging or drawing to straight line or multiples of 45º
• Ctrl + Tab cycles through open documents • Caps Lock displays precise cross hair for brushes
• Alt + click + tool or + shortcut key cycles through hidden tools • Enter applies an operation of the magnetic lasso*;
(except ) Esc cancels the operation
• Select tool and press Enter to highlight options bar • / toggles shield off and on (crop tool only)
• Right + click displays context-sensitive menu

2. *Not in ImageReady Shift
§ImageReady only
Key
Viewing
RESULT AC T I O N RESULT AC T I O N
Fits image in window Double-click , or Ctrl + Ø (zero) Scrolls image with hand tool* Spacebar + drag, or drag view area box in
Navigator palette
100% magnification Double-click , or Alt + Ctrl + Ø (zero)
Page Up or Page Down†
Scrolls up or down 1 screen
Zooms in or out Ctrl + or
+ Page Up or Page Down†
Scrolls up or down 10 units
or Ctrl + spacebar, or Alt + spacebar
Moves view to upper left corner or lower Home or End
Applies zoom percentage, and keeps zoom + Enter in Navigator palette
right corner
percentage box active*
Toggles layer mask on/off as rubylith*
Zooms in on specified area of an image* Ctrl + drag over preview in Navigator
palette †Hold down Ctrl to scroll left (Page Up) or right (Page Down)
Selecting and moving objects
RESULT AC T I O N RESULT AC T I O N
Repositions marquee while selecting‡ Any marquee tool (except single column Switches from to * Alt + click
and single row) + drag
+ Alt + drag selection‡
Moves copy of selection
Adds to or subtracts from selection Any selection tool + or Alt + drag †
Moves selection area 1 pixel Any selection +
Intersects a selection Any selection tool + + Alt + drag †‡
Moves selection 1 pixel +
Constrains marquee to square or circle + drag †
Moves layer 1 pixel when nothing Ctrl +
(if no other selections are active)‡
selected on layer
Draws marquee from center (if no other Alt + drag
Increases/decreases detection width* + [ or ]
selections are active)‡
Accepts cropping or exits cropping + Enter or Esc
Constrains shape and draws marquee from + Alt + drag
center‡ Makes protractor * + Alt + drag end point
Ctrl (except when or any pen tool*, Snaps guide to ruler ticks + drag guide
path*, shape tool*, slice, rectangle image
Toggles guide orientation Alt + drag guide
map§, circle image map§, or polygon image
map§ tool is selected) †
Hold down to move 10 pixels
‡Applies to shape tools
Switches from to * Alt + drag
Painting
RESULT AC T I O N RESULT AC T I O N
Any painting tool + Alt (also any Cycles through blending modes +
shape tool + Alt)
Alt + Backspace, or Ctrl + Backspace†
Fills selection/layer with foreground or
Selects background color + Alt + click background color
* + Alt + Ctrl + Backspace†
Fills from history*
Deletes * + Alt + click Displays Fill dialog box + Backspace
Sets opacity, tolerance, strength, Any painting or editing tool + number keys Lock transparent pixels on/off /
or exposure for painting mode (e.g., 0 = 100%, 1 = 10%, 4 then 5 in quick
Connects points with a straight line Any painting tool + + click
succession = 45%)
(For Airbrush, use + number keys) †Hold down to preserve transparency
Sets flow for painting mode Any painting or editing tool +
+ number keys (e.g., 0 = 100%, 1 = 10%,
4 then 5 in quick succession = 45%)
(For Airbrush, omit )

3. *Not in ImageReady Shift
§ImageReady only
Key
Editing
RESULT AC T I O N RESULT AC T I O N
Moves type in image Ctrl + drag type when Type layer is selected Toggles Subscript on/off* + Alt + Ctrl + +
Aligns left, center, or right* + + Ctrl + L, C, or R Chooses 100% horizontal scale* + Ctrl + X
Aligns top, center, or bottom* + + Ctrl + L, C, or R Chooses 100% vertical scale* + Alt + Ctrl + X
Selects 1 character left/right or 1 line + , Chooses Auto leading* + Alt + Ctrl + A
down/up, or 1 word left/right or + Ctrl +
Chooses 0 for tracking* + Ctrl + Q
Selects characters from insertion point + click
Justifies paragraph, left aligns last line* + Ctrl + J
to mouse click point
Justifies paragraph, forces last line* + Ctrl + F
Moves 1 character left/right, 1 line , , or Ctrl +
down/up, or 1 word left/right Toggles paragraph hyphenation on/off* + Alt + Ctrl + H
Designates new origin over existing type + click or click + drag Toggles single/every-line composer + Alt + Ctrl + T
on/off*
Selects word, line, paragraph, or story Double-click, triple-click, quadruple-click,
or quintuple-click + Ctrl + < >†
Decreases/increases type size of selected
text 2 pts/px
Shows/Hides selection on selected type Ctrl + H
††
Decreases/increases leading 2 pts/px Alt +
Toggles Underlining on/off* + Ctrl + U
††
Decreases/increases baseline shift 2 pts/px + Alt +
Toggles Strikethrough on/off* + Ctrl + /
††
Decreases/increases kerning/tracking Alt +
Toggles All Uppercase on/off* + Ctrl + K
20/1000 ems
Toggles Small Caps on/off* + Ctrl + H †Hold down Alt to decrease/increase 10x
Toggles Superscript on/off* + Ctrl + + ††
Hold down Ctrl to decrease/increase 10x
Path editing*
RESULT AC T I O N RESULT AC T I O N
Selects multiple anchor points + + click Switches from to when pointer Alt + Ctrl
is over anchor point or direction point
Selects entire path + Alt + click
Switches from or to when Alt
Duplicates a path + Alt + Ctrl + drag
pointer is over anchor or direction point
(works with any pen tool)
Closes path + double-click
Switches from or to Ctrl
Closes path with straight-line segment + Alt + double-click
Switches from to when over path Alt
Slicing and Optimizing
RESULT AC T I O N RESULT AC T I O N
Toggles browser dither for selected + Ctrl + Y Draws square slice + drag
image pane in Optimized view§
Draws from center outward Alt + drag
Toggles through gamma previews in Alt + Ctrl + Y
Draws square slice from center outward Alt + + drag
selected image pane§
Repositions slice while creating slice Spacebar + drag
Toggles through Optimized/ 2up/4up/ Ctrl + Y
Original window§ Opens context-sensitive menu Right mouse button on slice
Toggles between slice tool and slice Ctrl
selection tool

4. *Not in ImageReady Shift
§ImageReady only
Key
Actions palette History palette
A. Turns set on/off* A. Sets source for history brush* A
E
A
B. Turns action on/off B. Snapshot*; B
F
B double-click snapshot name to rename
C. Turns command on/off;
C
Alt + click turns current command on and all C. States of the image, from first to most recent;
others off* + Ctrl + Z steps forward;
Alt + Ctrl + Z steps backward*;
D. Turns breakout point on/off; C
G
D Alt + click duplicates any states except the
Alt + click turns on current breakout point,
current state*
and turns off all other breakout points in
an action* D. Drag slider moves selection between states
H I J L
K
E. Alt + double-click changes action options E. Creates new document from current state or
L. Creates new action and begins recording; snapshot*
F. Reveals/hides content; D E
Alt + click creates and begins recording new
Ctrl + double-click plays entire action;
actions without confirmation ImageReady Only
Alt + click collapses/expands all components
of an action† F. Undo
Other action shortcuts F G
G. Double-click set or action displays Options G. Redo
• F9 shows/hides palette
dialog box
• + click selects non-contiguous items of Other history shortcuts
H. Stops action
the same kind*
I. Records action • Alt + Clear History (in History menu) clears
• Ctrl + click selects contiguous items of the history permanently (No Undo)*
J. Plays action;
same kind*
Ctrl + click plays a command
K. Creates new set*
Paths palette* Channels palette* File browser* • End moves to the last item
• F2 renames an item
• Path name: + Ctrl + click adds path to • Alt + click Save Selection as Channel button sets • + Ctrl +O opens file browser
• Enter renames a file
selection; options • moves up a folder (in folder view) or a row
• Backspace moves up a level
Ctrl + Alt + click subtracts the path from selec- • Ctrl + click Create New Channel button creates • moves down a folder (in folder view) or
• F5 refreshes tree and thumbnail panes
tion; + Alt + Ctrl + click retains intersection a new spot channel a row
• Ctrl + click adds to selection (discontiguous)
of path as a selection; • + click color channel selects/deselects in • Ctrl + in moves up a level (in folder view)
+ Ctrl + H hides path • + or adds an item to the selection
multiple color-channel selection • Ctrl + moves down a level (in folder view)
• Alt + click Fill Path with Foreground Color button • Alt + rotates counter-clockwise
• + click alpha channel selects/deselects • moves left one item
sets options • Return or double-click opens a file and closes
alpha channel and shows/hides as a Quick Mask • moves right one item
• Alt + click Stroke Path with Brush button sets the File Browser when in the palette well
• Double-click alpha channel thumbnail displays • Tab moves to next pane
options • Alt + Return or Alt + double-click opens a file
channel options
• Home moves to the first item
• Alt + click Load Path as a Selection button sets and keeps the File Browser open
• ~ displays composite
options • Ctrl + ~ selects composite
• Alt + click Makes Work Path from Selection
button sets options
Brushes palette Swatches palette Color palette Info palette
• Alt + click brush deletes brush* • Click in empty area of palette creates new • F6 shows/hides palette • F8 shows/hides palette
swatch from foreground color*
• Double-click brush to rename brush* • Alt + click color in color bar selects background • Click eyedropper icon changes color read-
• Ctrl + click swatch selects background color*
• [ or ] decreases/increases brush size* color out modes*
• Alt + click swatch deletes color
• + [ or ] decreases/increases brush softness/ • Right mouse click color bar displays Color • Click cross-hair icon changes
hardness in 25% increments* • + click on a second color selects multiple Bar menu measurement units*
contiguous colors§
selects first/last brush§
• + , or • + click color bar cycles through color
• Ctrl + click on multiple colors selects multiple
selects previous/next brush§
• , or choices
discontiguous colors§

5. *Not in ImageReady Shift
§ImageReady only
Key
Extract toolbox* Layers palette
(Extract* only)
• Alt toggles between edge highlighter tool and
A. Layer lock options (from left to right);
Edge highlighter (B)
eraser tool A
Transparency, Image, Position, All;
Fill (G)
• Ctrl with edge highlighter tool selected toggles / (forward slash) toggles lock transparency for
Eraser (E)
Smart Highlighting I
target layer, or last applied lock
Eyedroppper (I) B J
• Alt + delete removes current highlight; B. Links/unlinks to/from target layer
Ctrl + delete highlights entire image
Cleanup (C) K
C
C. Indicates active paint layer (brush icon if layer
L
• + click with fill tool selected fills foreground
Edge touchup (T) image is active, mask icon if layer mask is E
area and previews extraction D M
active)
Zoom (Z)
• Ctrl + drag moves mask when edge touchup tool D. Shows/hides layer or layer set;
Hand (H)
E
is selected Alt + click toggles view: this layer/layer set only
• Alt + drag adds opacity when cleanup tool is or all layers/layer sets
Liquify toolbox selected F
E. Double-click to edit layer effect/style options; N
• X toggles Show menu options in preview
Warp (W) Alt + double-click hides effect/style; G
between Original and Extracted;
Turbulence (A) + drag effect/style to another layer/file to O
+ X enables cleanup and edge touchup tools H P
add effect to target layer set;
Twirl clockwise (R)
before preview Alt + drag effect/style to another layer/file to
Twirl counterclockwise (L)
• F cycles through Display menu in preview from copy effect and replace target layer style;
Pucker (P)
Q R S T U
top to bottom;
Bloat (B) + Alt + drag effect/style to another
+ F cycles bottom to top
Shift pixels (S) layer/file to copy effect into target layer set T. Creates new fill/adjustment layer*
Reflection (M) • in Brush Size text box decreases/ F. Reveals/hides content; U. Creates new empty layer;
increases brush size by 1; Alt + click reveals/hides all layers and effects
Reconstruct (E) Alt + click creates new empty layer with
with Brush Size Slider showing dialog; Ctrl + click creates new layer below
G. Points to clipping layer
Freeze (F)
decreases/increases brush size by 1; target layer
Thaw (T) H. Double-click to edit layer style
Hold down decreases/increases 10x
I. Layer set
Zoom (Z)
Layers menu shortcuts
Hand (H) J. Links/unlinks layer to/from layer mask or vector
(Liquify only)
• Alt + Merge Down copies current layer to
mask
• Alt + tool reverses direction for shift pixels and
layer below
Pattern Maker toolbox* K. Alt + click disables/enables vector mask
reflection tools
• Alt + Merge Visible copies all visible layers to
L. Double-click to open Layer Mask Display
• Alt + drag in preview with reconstruct tool,
Rectangular marquee (M) active layer
Options dialog;
Displace, Amplitwist or Affine mode selected,
• Alt + Merge Linked copies visible linked
Zoom (Z) + click toggles layer mask on/off;
continually samples the distortion
layers to active layer
(backslash), or + Alt + click toggles
Hand (H) • in Brush Size and Pressure text box
rubylith mode for layer mask on/off;
decreases/increases brush pressure by 1;
Other layer shortcuts
Alt + click toggles layer mask/composite image
Extract*, Liquify, and Pattern with Brush Size and Pressure slider
• Ctrl + click layer thumbnail to load layer
M. Double-click selects all type; temporarily
Maker* shortcuts showing decreases/increases pressure by 1;
transparency as selection
selects type tool
Hold down decreases/increases 10x
• Press shortcut key (in parentheses) to select
• + Alt + [ or ] activates bottom/top layer
N. Indicates new fill or adjustment layer
tool • Ctrl + Z to redo last step
• Alt + [ or ] selects next layer down/up
O. Alt + click groups with/ungroups from previous
• Tab cycles through controls on right from top;
(Pattern Maker* only) • Ctrl + [ or ] moves target layer down/up
layer
+ Tab cycles through controls on right
• Ctrl + D deletes current selection
from bottom • + Alt + Ctrl + E merges a copy of all
P. Double-click to rename layer.
• Ctrl + Z to undo selection move visible layers into target layer
• Spacebar temporarily activates hand tool Q. Creates layer style
• Ctrl + G generates or generates again • Ctrl + E merges down
• Alt changes Cancel to Reset R. Creates layer mask that reveals all/selection;
• Alt + + select intersects with current • + Ctrl + E merges visible
Alt + click for a mask that hides all/selection;
(Extract* and Liquify) selection Ctrl + click creates vector mask that reveals • + Ctrl + [ or ] brings target layer to
• [ or ] decreases or increases brush size • X toggles view: original/generated pattern all/selection; back/front (or back/front of set)
• Home goes to first tile in Tile History Alt + Ctrl + click creates vector mask that hides • Right-click on layer set for layer set properties
(Extract* and Pattern Maker*)
all/selection
• End goes to last tile in Tile History • + Alt + P for Pass through blending mode
• Ctrl + 0 fits in window
S. Creates new layer set;
• , Page Up goes to previous tile in Tile History; for layer set
• Ctrl + Spacebar temporarily selects zoom in
Ctrl + click creates new layer set below current
, Page Down goes to next tile in Tile History
tool
layer/layer set;
• Delete deletes current tile from Tile History
• Alt + Spacebar selects zoom out tool
Alt + click creates new layer set with dialog
• , , , nudges selection when
viewing the original
• + , , , or increases selection
nudging when viewing the original

6. *Not in ImageReady Shift
§ImageReady only
Key
Common palette ImageReady Rollovers
A B C
shortcuts palette
A G
A. Expands/collapses palette§ A. Indicates Normal state
B. Double-click to collapse/expand palette B. Indicates an image map; B
Double-click image map to edit name and show
C. Click to collapse/expand palette H
Image Map palette
(except Layers palette)
C
D E F C. Indicates a rollover state;
D. Ctrl + click thumbnail loads as selection;
Double-click rollover state to edit mouse action
+ Ctrl + click thumbnail adds to current
F. Deletes selected layer, style, swatch, action tool
selection; D. Shows/hides rollover states or animation D
preset*, channel*, path*, brush*, file browser*,
Alt + Ctrl + click thumbnail subtracts from frames
history state*, color table§, E
current selection; E. Indicates an image slice;
rollover§, or animation;
+ Alt + Ctrl + click intersects with current I
Double-click slice to edit name and show
Alt + click deletes without confirmation
selection Slice palette
F
E. Creates new layer, style, swatch, action, tool pre- F. Indicates animation frame;
Other common palette shortcuts
set*, channel*, path*, brush*, color table§, roll- Double-click frame to show Animation palette
• Tab shows/hides all palettes
over§, or animation§; G. Accesses Rollovers palette menu to turn on
• + Tab shows/hides all palettes except the
Alt + click sets options options for viewing animation frames
toolbox and options bar*
H. Indicates layer-based slice or image map
J K L
I. Indicates state with animated frames;
K. Creates layer-based slice rollover;
Right-click to toggle visibility of frames
+ click for layer-based image map rollover
J. Creates animation frame (appears if Include
Blending Mode L. Creates new rollover state
Animation Frames is selected in palette options)
N
I
Q
All the shortcuts are + Alt + the letter
R
ImageReady Layers Palette
K
Other Blending mode palette M A. Selects previous frame in animation
shortcuts B
A B. Selects next frame in animation
• + + Alt + D to desaturate*
C. Applies layer-position changes to all states in a
G
• + + Alt + S to saturate* S
rollover and all frames in an animation
D A B CDE
• + + Alt + S to dodge/burn W D. Applies layer-visibility changes to all states in a
shadows*
rollover and all frames in an animation
O
• + + Alt + M to dodge/burn F
E. Applies layer-style changes to all states in a
H
midtones* V
rollover and all frames in an animation
J
• + + Alt + H to dodge/burn
Z
highlights*
E
ImageReady ImageReady
• + Alt + L sets blending mode to Threshold X
for bitmap images, Normal for all other images*
Animation palette Color Table palette
U
T
• Alt + click on swatch selects background color
C
Y Frame shortcuts • + click on a second swatch to select multiple
• + click on second frame selects/ contiguous colors; last color clicked becomes
deselects multiple contiguous frames foreground color
• Ctrl + click on multiple frames selects/
Transform selections, • Enter applies • Ctrl + click on multiple swatches to select
deselects multiple discontiguous frames discontiguous colors; last color clicked becomes
• Ctrl + or Esc cancels
selection borders, and • + Alt + paste frames replaces destination foreground color
• Alt + Ctrl + T free transforms with duplicate
paths frame with copied frames • Alt + click New Color button or drag color proxy
data
• + Ctrl + - drag moves content of
• Alt transforms from center or reflects from Tools palette onto color table to add current
• + Alt + Ctrl + T transforms again with
selected layer in all selected animation frames background color
• constrains duplicate data
• Alt + paste frame gives most recent screen • Ctrl + click New Color button or drag color proxy
• Ctrl distorts
option selected and bypasses dialog box from Tool palette to New Color button to insert
foreground color and create custom palette
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