This document provides a quick reference card for Adobe Photoshop and ImageReady version 7 for Windows. It lists various tools and their keyboard shortcuts for selecting, moving, and viewing objects in the workspace. Additional features include zooming in or out, fitting images in windows, and scrolling or moving around document views. Some tools and shortcuts are only applicable to Photoshop or ImageReady.

1. Version 7 for Windows®
QUICK REFERENCE CARD
Adobe Online Rounded rectangular marquee§ Slice select
(M) Rectangular Elliptical marquee
Marquee Move (V) Single row marquee
Single column marqueee Airbrush‡
(L) Lasso Magic wand (W) Pencil (B) (Photoshop)
(N) (ImageReady)
(C) Crop† Slice (K)
Polygonal lasso
(J) Healing brush* Brush (B) Magnetic lasso*
Art history*
(S) Clone stamp History brush (Y)*
(E) Eraser Gradient (G)* Radial gradient‡
Patch*
Angle gradient‡
(R) Blur† Dodge (O)† Reflected gradient‡
Pattern stamp* Diamond gradient‡
(A) Path selection* Horizontal Type (T) Paint bucket†
(P) Pen* Rectangle (U)
Background eraser*
Magic eraser Burn†
(N) Notes* Eyedropper (I)
Sponge†
(H) Hand Zoom (Z)
Sharpen†
Switch colors (X) Smudge† Vertical type*
Foreground color
Horizontal type mask*
Background color
(D) Default colors Vertical type mask*
Direct selection*
(Q) Standard mode* Quick mask mode (Q)*
Rounded rectangle
(F) Standard Full screen mode (F) Freeform pen* Ellipse
screen mode Add anchor point* Polygon*
(F) Full screen mode Jump to ImageReady Delete anchor point* Line
with menu bar (Ctrl + + M) Convert point* Custom shape*
Additional ImageReady Toolbox items
(A) Toggle image maps Toggle slices visibility (Q) Audio annotation* Color sampler*
visibility Measure*
(Y) Preview Document Preview in default browser Rectangle image map§
(Ctrl + Alt + P) Circle image map§
Polygon image map§ * Not in ImageReady
† In a different location in the ImageReady toolbox
Jump to Photoshop Image map select§ ‡ Tools appear in Options bar only
(Ctrl+ + M) § ImageReady only
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)
Scrolls up or down 1 screen Page Up or Page Down†
Zooms in or out Ctrl + or
Scrolls up or down 10 units + Page Up or Page Down†
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
Moves copy of selection + Alt + drag 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
selections are active)‡ Increases/decreases detection width* + [ or ]
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)
Fills selection/layer with foreground or Alt + Backspace, or Ctrl + Backspace†
Selects background color + Alt + click background color
* + Fills from history* Alt + Ctrl + Backspace†
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 Decreases/increases type size of selected + Ctrl + < >†
text 2 pts/px
Shows/Hides selection on selected type Ctrl + H
††
Toggles Underlining on/off* + Ctrl + U Decreases/increases leading 2 pts/px Alt +
††
Toggles Strikethrough on/off* + Ctrl + / Decreases/increases baseline shift 2 pts/px + Alt +
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
selected image pane§ Draws square slice from center outward Alt + + drag
Toggles through Optimized/ 2up/4up/ Repositions slice while creating slice Spacebar + drag
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
B. Turns action on/off A B. Snapshot*; B
F
C. Turns command on/off; B double-click snapshot name to rename
Alt + click turns current command on and all C C. States of the image, from first to most recent;
others off* + Ctrl + Z steps forward;
D. Turns breakout point on/off; Alt + Ctrl + Z steps backward*; C
G
Alt + click turns on current breakout point, D Alt + click duplicates any states except the
and turns off all other breakout points in current state*
an action* D. Drag slider moves selection between states
H I J K L
E. Alt + double-click changes action options E. Creates new document from current state or
F. Reveals/hides content; L. Creates new action and begins recording; snapshot* D E
Ctrl + double-click plays entire action; Alt + click creates and begins recording new
Alt + click collapses/expands all components actions without confirmation ImageReady Only
of an action† F. Undo
G. Double-click set or action displays Options Other action shortcuts G. Redo
F G
dialog box • F9 shows/hides palette
H. Stops action • + click selects non-contiguous items of Other history shortcuts
I. Records action the same kind* • Alt + Clear History (in History menu) clears
J. Plays action; • Ctrl + click selects contiguous items of the history permanently (No Undo)*
Ctrl + click plays a command same kind*
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
selection; options • Enter renames a file
• moves up a folder (in folder view) or a row
Ctrl + Alt + click subtracts the path from selec- • Ctrl + click Create New Channel button creates • Backspace moves up a level
• moves down a folder (in folder view) or
tion; + Alt + Ctrl + click retains intersection a new spot channel a row • F5 refreshes tree and thumbnail panes
of path as a selection; • + click color channel selects/deselects in • Ctrl + in moves up a level (in folder view) • Ctrl + click adds to selection (discontiguous)
+ Ctrl + H hides path multiple color-channel selection • + or adds an item to the selection
• Ctrl + moves down a level (in folder view)
• Alt + click Fill Path with Foreground Color button • + click alpha channel selects/deselects • Alt + rotates counter-clockwise
• moves left one item
sets options alpha channel and shows/hides as a Quick Mask • Return or double-click opens a file and closes
• moves right one item
• Alt + click Stroke Path with Brush button sets • Double-click alpha channel thumbnail displays the File Browser when in the palette well
• Tab moves to next pane
options channel options • Alt + Return or Alt + double-click opens a file
• Home moves to the first item
• Alt + click Load Path as a Selection button sets • ~ displays composite and keeps the File Browser open
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
• Double-click brush to rename brush* swatch from foreground color* • Alt + click color in color bar selects background • Click eyedropper icon changes color read-
• [ or ] decreases/increases brush size* • Ctrl + click swatch selects background color* color out modes*
• + [ or ] decreases/increases brush softness/ • Alt + click swatch deletes color • 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*
• + , or selects first/last brush§ contiguous colors§ • + click color bar cycles through color
• , or selects previous/next brush§ • Ctrl + click on multiple colors selects multiple choices
discontiguous colors§

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

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