Toolbar shortcuts • Alt + click tool or Shift + press shortcut key to cycle through hidden tools • Double-click tool or select tool and press Return to display Options palette. • Right-click to display context-sensitive menu. • Press to constrain dragging or drawing to straight line or multiples of 45º. • Press Caps Lock to use precise cross hair for brushes. • Press Enter to apply, or press Esc or Ctrl + del to cancel, an operation of a magnetic tool. Repositions marquee while selecting Any marquee tool + spacebar + drag Adds to or subtracts from a selection Any selection tool + or Alt + drag Intersects a selection Any selection tool + + Alt + drag Constrains marquee to square or circle shift + drag Draws marquee from center Alt + drag Moves copy of a selection move tool + Alt + drag selection Moves selection 1 pixel Any selection tool or +move tool+arrow keys * Moves layer 1 pixel Ctrl + arroow keys * Accepts cropping or exits cropping Crop tool+ Enter or Esc Snaps guide to ruler ticks Shift+ drag guide Changes guide orientation to horizontal or vertical Alt + drag guide *Hold down to move 10 pixels. Selects multiple anchor points direct selection tool + shift + click Selects entire path direct selection tool + Alt + click Duplicates a path pen tool + Alt + Ctrl + drag Converts path to selection Any pen tool + Enter (on numeric keypad) Selects background color eye dropper tool + Alt + click Sets opacity, pressure, or exposure for painting mode or active layer Any painting or editing tool + number keys(e.g., 0 = 100%, 1 = 10%, 4 then 5 in quick succession = 45%) Cycles through painting and layer blending modes shift + plus key/minus key Fills selection/layer with foreground or background color Alt + Backspace, or Ctrl + Backspace* Fills from history Alt + Ctrl + Backspace* Displays Fill dialog box shift + Backspace Turns Preserve Transparency option on/off / Connects points with a straight line Any painting tool +shift + click *Hold down to fill with Preserve Transparency on. Creates new gradient Ctrl + N in Gradient Editor Selects individual gradients or contiguous gradients Ctrl + click or + click in Gradient Editor Saves selected gradients as map settings Ctrl + click Save in Gradient Editor Fits image on screen Double-click hand , or Ctrl + Ø (zero) 100% magnification Double-click zoom , or Alt + Ctrl + Ø (zero) Zoom in or out Ctrl +plus orminus Applies zoom percentage and keeps zoom percentage box active shift + Enter in Navigator palette Zooms in on specified area of image Ctrl + drag over preview in Navigator palette Scrolls image with hand tool Spacebar + drag, or drag view area box in Navigator palette Scrolls up or down 1 screen Page Up or Page Down* Scrolls up or down 10 units shift+ Page Up or Page Down* Moves view to upper left corner or lower right corner Home or End Turns rubylith view of layer on/off \ *Hold down Ctrl to scroll left or right. Moves type in image Drag type when Type Tool dialog box is displayed Aligns left, center, or right text tool +shift + Ctrl + L, C , or R Aligns top, center, or bottom text tool +shift + Ctrl + L, C, or R Selects 1 character to the left/right or 1 line below/above shift +arrow keys Selects all characters Ctrl + A Selects characters from insertion point to mouse click point shift + click Moves 1 character left/right, 1 line down/up, or 1 word left/right , arrow keys , or Ctrl +arrow keys Decreases/increases type size of selected text 2 points/pixels shift + Ctrl + < > Decreases/increases type size of selected text 10 points/pixels shift + Alt + Ctrl + < > *Hold down Alt to decrease/increase leading or baseline shift 10 points/pixels. Normal shift + Alt + N Threshold (bitmap mode) shift + Alt + L Dissolve shift+ Alt + I Behind shift + Alt + Q Clear shift + Alt + R Multiply shift + Alt + M Screen shift+ Alt + S Overlay shift+ Alt + O Soft Light shift+ Alt + F Hard Light shift + Alt + H Color Dodge shift + Alt + D Color Burn shift + Alt + B Darken shift+ Alt + K *Sets painting blending modes (if the active tool supports this) or sets layer blending modes. Lighten shift+ Alt + G Difference shift + Alt + E Exclusion shift+ Alt + X Hue shift + Alt + U Saturation shift+ Alt + T Color shift+ Alt + C Luminosity shift + Alt + Y Desaturate sponge +shift + Alt + J Saturate sponge+ shift + Alt + A Selection tool V Cube tool M Sphere tool N Cylinder tool C Trackball R Pan camera tool E Moves range to new location eyedropper+ click in image Subtracts from range eyedroppe + Alt + click in image Adds to range eyedroppe +shift + click in image Rotates color spectrum Ctrl + click ramp Adds new point on curve of selected channel Ctrl + click in image Adds new point on all curves except composite curves shift + Ctrl + click Moves selected points arrow keys Moves selected points in increments of 10 shift + arrow keys Selects multiple control points shift + click Moves forward through control points Ctrl + Tab Moves backward through control points shift + Ctrl + Tab Adds new point Click grid Deletes point Ctrl + click point Deselects all points on selected channel Ctrl + D Makes curves grid finer or coarser Alt + click grid Creates new file with default settings Alt + Ctrl + N Displays dialog box for the previous filter Alt + Ctrl + F Resets dialog box to last settings used Alt + click Reset Displays last-viewed Preferences dialog box Alt + Ctrl + K Loads last color adjustment settings used Alt + choose Image > Adjust (Levels, Curves, Color Balance, etc.) Increases/decreases selected value in dialog box by 1 unit (except in filters) up arrow/down * Erases to history eraser+ Alt + drag Activates button in alert box F irst letter of button label *Hold down to increase/decrease value by 10 units. Other common palette shortcuts • Tab shows/hides all palettes. • + Tab shows/hides all palettes except the Toolbox. Layers menu shortcuts • Alt + Merge Down copies current layer to layer below. • Alt + Merge Visible merges visible layers to active layer. • Alt + Merge Linked merges linked layers to active layer. Other layer shortcuts • F7 shows/hides palette. • Alt + [ ] descends/ascends through layers. • Alt + Ctrl + [ ] moves active layer down/up. •shift + Alt + [ ] activates bottom/top layer. • Alt toggles layer effects. • Drag effect in image when Layer Effects dialog box is displayed moves effect in image. Other channel shortcuts • + click alpha channel switches between composite color channel and alpha channel. • Double-click alpha channel changes channel name and options. • ~ displays composite. Other action shortcuts • F9 shows/hides action palette. • shift + click selects multiple items of the same kind. • Alt + Clear History (in History menu) clears history permanently. • F5 shows/hides palette. • Click in empty area of palette creates new brush. • Ctrl + click brush deletes brush. • [ or ] cycles through brushes. • shift+ [ selects first brush. • shift + ] selects last brush. • Double-click brush edits current settings. • Click empty swatch creates new swatch. • shift + Alt + click inserts new swatch. • Ctrl + click swatch deletes swatch. • Alt + click swatch selects background color. • shift+ click swatch replaces color. • F6 shows/hides palette. • Alt + click color in color bar selects background color. • Ctrl + click color bar displays Color Bardialog box. • shift + click color bar cycles through color choices. • F8 shows/hides palette. • Click eyedropper icon changes color readout modes. • Click cross-hair icon changes measurement units.