List of shortcut keys Shortcut Keys for selecting tools Command How useful(?

Adobe Photoshop CS3

Shft-press shortcut key (if Use Shft Key for Tool Switch preference is Cycle through tools with the same shortcut key selected) Cycle through hidden tools (except add anchor Alt-click + tool point, delete anchor point, and convert point tools) V Move tool Rectangular Marquee tool, EllipticalMarquee M tool Lasso tool, Polygonal Lasso tool, L MagneticLasso tool W Magic Wand tool,Quick Selection tool C Crop tool K Slice tool, Slice Select tool Spot Healing Brush tool, Healing Brushtool, J Patch tool, Red Eye tool B Brush tool, Pencil tool, ColorReplacement tool S Clone Stamp tool, Pattern Stamp tool Y History Brush tool, Art History Brushtool Eraser tool, BackgroundEraser tool, Magic E Eraser tool (in Photoshop) G Gradient tool, Paint Bucket tool R Blur tool, Sharpen tool, Smudgetool O Dodge tool, Burn tool, Spongetool P Pen tool, Freeform Pen tool Horizontal Type tool, Vertical Typetool , T Horizontal Type mask tool, Vertical Type mask tool A Path Selection tool,Direct Selectiontool U N Rectangle tool, Rounded Rectangle tool, Ellipsetool, Polygon tool, Line tool , Custom Shape tool Notes tool, Audio Annotation tool (in Photoshop) +

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Command Eyedropper tool, ColorSampler tool, Measure tool, Count tool Hand tool Zoom tool

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Keys for selecting tools in the Extract toolbox

Adobe Photoshop CS3

B G I C T Edge Highlighter tool Fill tool Eyedropper tool Cleanup tool Edge Touchup tool + + + + +

Keys for selecting tools in the Liquify toolbox

Adobe Photoshop CS3

W R C S B O M T F D Forward Warp tool Reconstruct tool Twirl Clockwise tool Pucker tool Bloat tool Push Left tool Mirror tool Turbulence tool Freeze Mask tool Thaw Mask tool + + + + + + + + + +

Result (Extract, Liquify, and Pattern Maker)

Adobe Photoshop CS3

Tab Cycle through controls on right from top in Adobe Photoshop + Shft + Tab Cycle through controls on right from bottom + Spacebar Temporarily activate Hand tool + Alt Change Cancel to Reset +

Result (Extract and Liquify)

Adobe Photoshop CS3

Up or Down arrow keys Decreases or increases brush size in Adobe Photoshop + Result (Extract and Pattern Maker)

Adobe Photoshop CS3

Ctrl + 0 Fit in window + Ctrl + + (plus) Zoom in + Ctrl + - (hyphen) Zoom out + Result (Extract only)

Adobe Photoshop CS3

+ Ctrl with Edge Highlighter tool + Toggle Smart Highlighting selected + Alt Delete Remove current highlight in Adobe Photoshop + Ctrl + Delete Highlight entire image + Shft-click with Fill tool selected Fill foreground area and preview extraction + Ctrl-drag Move mask when Edge Touchup tool is selected + Alt-drag Add opacity when Cleanup tool is selected Toggle Show menu options in preview between + X Original and Extracted in Adobe Photoshop Enable Cleanup and Edge Touchup tools before + Shft X preview Cycle through Display menu in preview from top to + F bottom in Adobe Photoshop Cycle through Display menu in preview from bottom + Shft F to top Down Arrow/Up Arrow in Brush Decrease/increase brush size by 1 (Hold down Shift + Size text box to decrease/increase by 10) Left Arrow/Right Arrow with Brush Decrease/increase brush size by 1 (Hold down Shift + Alt Edge Highlighter/Eraser tool Toggle between Edge Highlighter tool and Eraser tool

Size Slider showing 0-9

to decrease/increase by 10) Set strength of Cleanup or Edge Touch-up tool

Result (Liquify only)

Adobe Photoshop CS3

Alt tool Alt-drag in preview with Reconstruct tool, Displace, Amplitwist, or Affine mode selected Down Arrow/Up Arrow in Brush Size, Density, Pressure, Rate, or Turbulent Jitter text box Left Arrow/Right Arrow with Brush Size, Density, Pressure, Rate, or Turbulent Jitter slider showing Ctrl Z Reverse direction for Bloat, Pucker, Push Left,and Mirror tools in Adobe Photoshop Continually sample the distortion Decrease/increase brush size by 2, or density,pressure, rate, or turbulent jitter by 1 (Hold down Shift to decrease/increase by 10) Decrease/increase brush size by 2, or + density,pressure, rate, or turbulent jitter by 1 (Hold down Shift to decrease/increase by 10) + Redo last step in Adobe Photoshop + + +

Result (Pattern Maker only)

Adobe Photoshop CS3

Ctrl + D Ctrl + Z Ctrl + G Shft + Alt + select X Home End Left Arrow, Page Up Delete current selection Undo a selection move Generate or generate again Intersect with current selection Toggle view: original/generated pattern Go to first tile in Tile History in Adobe Photoshop Go to last tile in Tile History Go to previous tile in Tile History + + + + + + + +

Right Arrow, Page Down Delete Shft-press shortcut key

Go to next tile in Tile History Delete current tile from Tile History Nudge selection when viewing the original (if Use Shift Key for Tool Switch preference is selected)

Shft + Right Arrow, Left Arrow, Increase selection nudging when viewing theoriginal Up Arrow, or Down Arrow Keys for using the Filter Gallery

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Adobe Photoshop CS3

Alt-click a filter Apply a new filter on top of selected + Alt-click a disclosure triangle Open/close all disclosure triangles + Ctrl Change Cancel button to Default in Adobe Photoshop + Alt Change Cancel button to Reset + Ctrl + Z Undo/Redo + Ctrl + Shft + Z Step forward + Ctrl + Alt + Z Step backward + Keys for using the Refine Edge dialog box

Adobe Photoshop CS3

Ctrl + Alt + R Open the Refine Edge dialog box + F Cycle (forward) through preview modes + Shft F Cycle (backward) through preview modes in Adobe Photoshop + X Toggle between original image and selection preview + P Toggle the preview option (on and off) in Adobe Photoshop + Keys for using the Black-and-White dialog box

Adobe Photoshop CS3

Shft Ctrl Alt B Left Arrow/Right Arrow Shft + Left Arrow/Right Arrow Open the Black-and-White dialog box in Adobe Photoshop Increase/decrease selected value by %1 Increase/decrease selected value by %10 + + +

Click-drag on the image

Change the values of the closest color slider

Keys for using the Camera Raw dialog box

Adobe Photoshop CS3

+ Z Zoom tool + H Hand tool + I White Balance tool + S Color Sampler tool + C Crop tool + A Straighten tool + L Rotate image left + R Rotate image right + Ctrl + + (plus) Zoom in + Ctrl + - (hyphen) Zoom out Temporarily switch to Zoom In tool in Adobe Photoshop(Doesn't work when Straighten tool is selected. If Crop tool is active, temporarily switches to Straighten tool.) Temporarily active the White Balance tool (does not work if Crop tool is active) + +

Ctrl

Shft

Click the first point; Shft-click additional points Ctrl-click in preview

+ Select multiple points in Curves panel + Add point to curve in Curves panel +

Arrow keys

Move selected point in Curves panel (1 unit) +

Shft-arrow

Move selected point in Curves panel (10 units) +

Ctrl + R

Open selected images in Camera Raw dialog box from Bridge Open selected images from Bridge bypassing Camera Raw dialog box in Adobe Photoshop Change Cancel button to Reset and Save button to bypass Save dialog box Display highlights that will be clipped in Preview + + +

Shft double-click imag

Alt Right Arrow, Left Arrow, Up Arrow, or Down Arrow

Keys for using the Curves dialog box

Adobe Photoshop CS3

Ctrl M Ctrl + Tab Shft + Ctrl + Tab Ctrl-click on the points Ctrl + D Select a point and press Delete Arrow keys Open the Curves dialog box in Adobe Photoshop Select next point on the curve Select the previous point on the curve Select multiple points on the curve Deselect a point To delete a point on the curve Move the selected point 1 unit + + + + + + +

Shft + Arrow keys Alt-drag black/white point sliders Ctrl-click the image Shft + Ctrl-click the image Alt-click the field

Move the selected point 10 units Display highlights and shadows that will be clipped in Adobe Photoshop Set a point to the composite curve Set a point to the channel curves Toggle grid size

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Keys for using Photomerge

Adobe Photoshop CS3

A R V Z H Spacebar Ctrl + Z Ctrl + Shft + Z Right Arrow, Left Arrow, Up Arrow, or Down Arrow Alt Alt-move pointer over image Select Image tool in Adobe Photoshop Rotate Image tool Set Vanishing Point tool Zoom tool Move View tool Switch to Move View tool (temporary) Step backward Step forward Move selected image 1 pixel Change Cancel to Reset Show individual image border + + + + + + + + + + +

Keys for using Vanishing Point

Adobe Photoshop CS3

Z Zoom tool +

X H Spacebar Ctrl + + (plus) Ctrl + - (hyphen) Ctrl + 0 (zero), Double-click Hand tool Double-click Zoom tool ] [ Shft + ] Shft + [ Ctrl + Z Ctrl + Shft + Z Ctrl + D Ctrl + H Arrow keys Shft + arrow keys Ctrl + C Ctrl + V Ctrl + Shft + T Ctrl Alt T

Zoom 2x (temporary) Hand tool Switch to Hand tool (temporary) Zoom in Zoom out Fit in view Zoom to center at 100% Increase brush size (Brush, Stamp tools) Decrease brush size (Brush, Stamp tools) Increase brush hardness (Brush, Stamp tools) Decrease brush hardness (Brush, Stamp tools) Undo last action Redo last action Deselect all Hide selection and planes Move selection 1 pixel Move selection 10 pixels Copy Paste Repeat last duplicate and move Create a floating selection from the current selection in

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Adobe Photoshop Ctrl-drag Ctrl + Alt-drag Alt + Shft to rotate Ctrl-click the plane Alt-click OK Ctrl-drag Backspace Fill a selection with image under the pointer Create a duplicate of a floating selection Constrain a rotate plan to a 15 rotation Select a plane under another selected plane in Adobe Photoshop Render plane grids Create 90 degree plane off parent plane Delete last node while creating plane

Double-click the Create Plane Make a full canvas plane, square to the camera tool Ctrl + Shft + H Ctrl + E Ctrl + Shft + E Show/hide measurements (Photoshop Extended only) Export to a DFX file (Photoshop Extended only) Export to a 3DS file (Photoshop Extended only)

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Keys for working with blending modes

Adobe Photoshop CS3

Shft + + (plus) or (minus) Shft + Alt + N Shft + Alt + I Shft + Alt + Q Shft + Alt + R Shft + Alt + K Shft + Alt + M Cycle through blending modes Normal Dissolve Behind (Brush tool only) Clear (Brush tool only) Darken Multiply + + + + + + +

Shft + Alt + B Shft + Alt + A Shft + Alt + G Shft + Alt + S Shft + Alt + D Shft + Alt + W Shft + Alt + O Shft + Alt + F Shft + Alt + H Shft + Alt + V Shft + Alt + J Shft + Alt + Z Shft + Alt + L Shft + Alt + E Shft + Alt + X Shft + Alt + U Shft + Alt + T Shft + Alt + C Shft + Alt + Y Sponge tool + Shft + Alt +D Sponge tool + Shft + Alt +S

Color Burn Linear Burn Lighten Screen Color Dodge Linear Dodge Overlay Soft Light Hard Light Vivid Light Linear Light Pin Light Hard Mix Difference Exclusion Hue Saturation Color Luminosity Desaturate Saturate

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Dodge tool/Burn tool + Shft + Alt + S Dodge tool/Burn tool + Shft + Alt + M Dodge tool/Burn tool + Shft + Alt + H Shft Alt N

+ + Dodge/burn midtones + Dodge/burn highlights Set blending mode to Threshold for bitmap images,Normal for + all other images in Adobe Photoshop Dodge/burn shadows

Keys for viewing images

Adobe Photoshop CS3

+ Ctrl + Tab Cycles through open documents + Shft-Ctrl-W Close a file in Photoshop and open Bridge + Q Toggle between Standard mode and Quick Mask mode Toggle (forward) between Standard screen mode,Maximized + screen mode, Full screen mode, and Full screen mode with menu bar Toggle (backward) between Standard screen mode, + Maximized screen mode, Full screen mode, and Full screen mode with menu bar + Toggle (forward) canvas color (or right-click canvas background and select color) + Toggle (backward) canvas color + Fit image in window + Magnify 100% + Switch to Hand tool (when not in text-edit mode) in Adobe Photoshop

Shft F

Space + F

Space + Shft + F

Double-click Hand tool

Double-click Zoom tool

Spacebar

+ Ctrl + spacebar Switch to Zoom In tool + Alt + spacebar Switch to Zoom Out tool + Spacebar-drag Move Zoom marquee while dragging with the Zoom tool + + + + + Scroll up or down 10 units + Move view to upper left corner or lower right corner Toggle layer mask on/off as rubylith (layer mask must be selected) +

Shft + Enter in Navigator Apply zoom percentage, and keep zoom percentage box palette zoom percentage box active Ctrl-drag over preview in Navigator palette Zoom in on specified area of an image

Spacebar-drag, or drag view Scroll image with Hand tool in Adobe Photoshop area box in Navigator palette Page Up or Page Down Shft + Page Up or Page Down Home or End Scroll up or down 1 screen

\ (backslash)

Keys for selecting and moving objects

Adobe Photoshop CS3

Any marquee tool (except single column and single row) + spacebar-drag Any selection tool Shft-drag Any selection tool + Alt-drag Reposition marquee while selecting* Add to a selection in Adobe Photoshop Subtract from a selection + + + +

Any selection tool (except Quick Selection Intersect a selection tool) + Shft-Alt-drag

+ + Alt-drag + Shft + Alt-drag Ctrl (except when Hand, Slice, Path, Shape, + Switch to Move tool in Adobe Photoshop or any Pen tool is selected) Switch from Magnetic Lasso tool to Lasso + Alt-drag tool Switch from Magnetic Lasso tool to + Alt-click polygonalLasso tool Apply/cancel an operation of the Magnetic + Enter/Esc or Ctrl + . (period) Lasso + Move tool + Alt-drag selection* Move copy of selection Any selection + Right Arrow, Left Arrow, + Move selection area 1 pixel Up Arrow, or Down Arrow Move tool + Right Arrow, Left Arrow, Up + Move selection 1 pixel Arrow, or Down Arrow Ctrl + Right Arrow, Left Arrow, Up Arrow, Move layer 1 pixel when nothing selected on + or Down Arrow layer + Magnetic Lasso tool + [ or ] Increase/decrease detection width Accept cropping or exit cropping in Adobe + Crop tool Enter or Esc Photoshop + / (forward slash) Toggle crop shield off and on + Ruler tool + Alt-drag end point Make protractor Snap guide to ruler ticks (except when View + Shft-drag guide >Snap is unchecked) + Alt-drag guide Convert between horizontal and vertical guide Shft-drag Keys for editing paths

Constrain marquee to square or circle (ifno other selections are active)* Draw marquee from center (if no other selectionsare active)* Constrain shape and draw marquee from center*

Adobe Photoshop CS3

+ Direct selection tool Shft-click Select multiple anchor points in Photoshop

+ Direct selection tool + Alt-click Pen (any pen tool), Path Selection or Direct Selection tool + Ctrl + Alt-drag Ctrl Select entire path + Duplicate a path Switch from Path Selection, Pen, Add Anchor Point, Delete Anchor Point, or Convert Point tools, to Direct Selection tool Switch from Pen tool or Freeform Pen tool to Convert + Point tool when pointer is over anchor or direction point + Close path + Close path with straight-line segment +

Alt

Magnetic Pen tool-double-click Magnetic Pen tool + Alt-doubleclick

Keys for painting objects

Adobe Photoshop CS3

Any painting tool + Alt or any shape tool + Alt (except when Paths optn is selected) Eyedropper tool + Alt-click + Eyedropper tool + Select background color + Eyedropper tool + Shft Color sampler tool + Color sampler tool + Alt-click Deletes color sampler Sets opacity, tolerance, strength, or exposure for painting mode + Any painting or editing tool + Shft (e.g., 0 = 100%, 1 = 10%, 4 then 5 in quick succession = + number keys 45%) (When airbrush option is enabled, use Shift + number keys) Sets flow for painting mode(e.g., 0 = 100%, 1 = 10%, 4 + Any painting or editing tool + Shft then 5 in quick succession = 45%) (When airbrush + number keys option is enabled, omit Shift)

+ Shft (plus) or - (minus) Alt + Backspace, or Ctrl + Backspace Ctrl + Alt + Backspace Cycles through blending modes in Photoshop Fills selection/layer with foreground or backgroundcolor (Hold down Shift to preserve transparency) Fills from history (Hold down Shift to preserve transparency) Displays Fill dialog box + / (forward slash) Lock transparent pixels on/off in Photoshop + Any painting tool + Shft-click Connects points with a straight line Keys for transforming selections, selection borders, and paths + + +

Shft + Backspace

Adobe Photoshop CS3

Alt Transform from center or reflect + Shft Constrain + Ctrl Distort + Enter Apply + Ctrl + . (period) or Esc Cancel + Ctrl + Alt + T Free transform with duplicate data + Ctrl + Shft + Alt + T Transform again with duplicate data + Keys for selecting, editing, and navigating through text

Adobe Photoshop CS3

Ctrl-drag type when Type layer is selected + Move type in image +

Shft + Left Arrow/Right Arrow or Select 1 character left/right or 1 line down/up, or 1 Down Arrow/Up Arrow, word left/right or Ctrl + Shft + Left Arrow/Right Arr Select characters from insertion point to mouse click + Shft-click point

Left Arrow/Right Arrow, Down Arrow/Up Arrow, or Ctrl + Left Arrow/Right Arrow Shft-click

Move 1 character left/right, 1 line down/up, or 1 word left/right Create a new text layer, when a text layer is selected in the Layers palette

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Double-click, triple-click, quadrupleSelect word, line, paragraph, or story in Photoshop click, or quintuple-click Ctrl + H Show/Hide selection on selected type

Ctrl

Ctrl-drag a bounding box handle

Spacebar-drag

Display the bounding box for transforming text when editing text, or activate Move tool if cursor is inside the bounding box + Scale text within a bounding box when resizing the bounding box + Move text box while creating text box in Photoshop

Keys for formatting type

Adobe Photoshop CS3

Horizontal type tool + Ctrl Align left, center, or right + Shft + L, C, or R Vertical type tool + Ctrl + Align top, center, or bottom Shft + L, C, or R Ctrl + Shft + Y Ctrl + Shft + X Ctrl + Shft + Alt + X Ctrl + Shft + Alt + A Ctrl + Shft + Q Ctrl + Shft + J Return to default font style Choose 100% horizontal scale Choose 100% vertical scale Choose Auto leading Choose 0 for tracking Justify paragraph, left aligns last line + + + + + + + +

Ctrl + Shft + F Ctrl + Shft + Alt + H Ctrl + Shft + Alt + T Ctrl + Shft + < or > Alt + Down Arrow or Up Arrow Shft + Alt + Down Arrow or Up Arrow Alt + Left Arrow or Right Arrow

Justify paragraph, justifies all Toggle paragraph hyphenation on/off Toggle single/every-line composer on/off Decrease or increase type size of selected text 2 points or pixels (Hold down Alt key to decrease/increase by 10) Decrease or increase leading 2 points or pixels (Hold down Ctrl key to decrease/increase by 10) Decrease or increase baseline shift 2 points or pixels (Hold down Ctrl key to decrease/increase by 10) Decrease or increase kerning/tracking 20/1000 ems (Hold down Ctrl key to decrease/increase by 10)

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Keys for slicing and optimizing

Adobe Photoshop CS3

Ctrl Toggle between Slice tool and Slice Selection tool + Shft-drag Draw square slice + Alt-drag Draw from center outward + Shft + Alt-drag Draw square slice from center outward + Spacebar-drag Reposition slice while creating slice + Keys for using palettes

Adobe Photoshop CS3

Set options (except for Actions, Animation, + Styles,Brushes, Tool Presets, and Layer Comps palettes) in Photoshop Delete without confirmation (except forthe Brushes + Alt-click Delete button palette) + Shft + Enter Apply value and keep text box active Ctrl-click channel, layer, or + Load as a selection in Photoshop path thumbnail. Ctrl + Shft-click channel, layer, + Add to current selection or path thumbnail. Ctrl + Alt-click channel, path, + Subtract from current selection or layer thumbnail. Alt-click New button

Ctrl + Shft + Alt-click channel, Intersect with current selection path, or layer thumbnail. Tab Shft + Tab Select tool and press Enter Show/Hide all palettes Show/Hide all palettes except the toolbox andoptions bar Highlight options bar

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Shft + Up Arrow/Down Arrow Increase/decrease units by 10 in a pop-up menu

Keys for using the Actions palette

Adobe Photoshop CS3

Alt-click the check mark next to a Turn command on and all others off, or turns all cmnd. commands on Turn current modal control on and toggle all other Alt-click modal controls Alt double-click action set Double-click set or actions Ctrl + double-click an action Alt-click the triangle Ctrl-click the Play button Alt-click the New Action button Shft-click the action/cmnd Ctrl-click the action/cmnd + + + Change action set options in Photoshop actions pallete + Display Options dialog box + Play entire action + Collapse/expand all components of an action + Play a command Create new action and begin recording without + confirmation + Select contiguous items of the same kind + Select discontiguous items of the same kind

Keys for using the Animation palette

Adobe Photoshop CS3

Shft-click second frame. Ctrl-click multiple frames. Select/deselect multiple contiguous frames Select/deselect multiple discontiguous frames in + +

Alt + Paste Frames cmnd from the Palette pop*'up menu

Photoshop Animation pallete Paste using previous settings without displayingthe dialog box

Keys for using the Animation palette Timeline Mode (Photoshop Extended Only)

Adobe Photoshop CS3

Spacebar Start playing the timeline or Animation palette +

Alt + click the current-time display

Alt + click Hold down the Shft key when clicking the Next/Previous Frame buttons (on either side of the Play bu Hold down the Shft key while dragging the current time. Hold down the Ctrl key while dragging the current time. Shft-drag Alt-drag (first or last keyframe in the selection)

Switch between timecode and frame numbers + (current time view). (Alt + click the current-time display in the upper-left corner of the timeline). + Expand and collapse list of layers + Jump to the next/previous whole second in timeline (during playback) + Increase playback speed in Photoshop Animation palette (Timeline mode) + Decrease playback speed Snap an object (keyframe, the current time, + layer in point, and so on) to the nearest object in timeline Scale (evenly distribute to condensed or + extended length) a selected group of multiple keyframes

Keys for using the Clone Source

Adobe Photoshop CS3

Alt + Shft Show Clone Source (overlays image) + Alt + Shft + arrow keys Nudge Clone Source + Alt + Shft + < or > Rotate Clone Source + Alt + Shft + [ or ] Scale (increase or reduce size) Clone Source +

Keys for using the Brushes palette

Adobe Photoshop CS3

Alt-click brush Double-click brush [ or ] Shft + [ or ] , (comma) or . (period) Shft + , (comma) or . (period) Caps Lock Shft Alt P Delete brush Rename brush Decrease/increase brush size Decrease/increase brush softness/hardness in 25% increments Select previous/next brush size Select first/last brush Display precise cross hair for brushes Toggle airbrush option in Photoshop brushes palette + + + + + + + +

Keys for using the Channels palette

Adobe Photoshop CS3

Alt-click button Ctrl-click Create New Channel button Shft-click color channel Shft-click alpha channel Double-click alpha or spot channel thumbnail ~ (tilde) Set options for Save Selection as Channel button Create a new spot channel in Photoshop Channels palette Select/deselect multiple color-channel selection Select/deselect alpha channel and show/hide as a rubylith overlay Display channel options Display composite + + + + + +

Keys for using the Color palette

Adobe Photoshop CS3

Alt-click color in color bar Select background color +

Right-click color bar Shft-click color bar

Display Color Bar menu in Photoshop Color palette + Cycle through color choices +

Keys for using the History palette

Adobe Photoshop CS3

+ + Double-click snapshot name Rename snapshot + Ctrl + Shft + Z Step forward through image states Step backward through image states in Photoshop + Ctrl Alt Z History palette + Alt-click the image state Duplicate any image state, except the current state Alt + Clear History (in History palette + Permanently clear history (no Undo) pop?up men Alt + New Snapshot Create a new snapshot Keys for using the Info palette

Adobe Photoshop CS3

Click eyedropper icon Change color readout modes + Click cross-hair icon Change measurement units + Keys for using the Layer Comps palette

Adobe Photoshop CS3

Alt-click Create New Layer Comp button Double-click layer comp Double-click layer comp name Shft-click Ctrl-click + + Open Layer Comp Options dialog box + Rename inline + Select/deselect multiple contiguous layer comps Select/deselect multiple discontiguous layer + comps Create new layer comp + box

Keys for using the Layers palette

Adobe Photoshop CS3

Ctrl-click layer thumbnail Ctrl-click filter mask thumbnail Ctrl G Ctrl + Shft + G Ctrl + Alt + G Ctrl + Alt + A Ctrl + Shft + E Alt-click New Layer button Ctrl-click New Layer button Alt . (period) Alt + , (comma) Shft + Alt + [ or ] Alt + [ or ] Ctrl + [ or ] Ctrl + Shft + Alt + E Ctrl + E Ctrl + Shft + [ or ] Alt + Merge Down cmnd from the Palette pop*'up menu Alt + Merge Visible cmnd from the Palette pop*'up menu + + Load filter mask as a selection + Group layers in Photoshop Layers palette + Ungroup layers + Create/release clipping mask + Select all layers + Merge visible layers + Create new empty layer with dialog box + Create new layer below target layer + Select top layer in Photoshop + Select bottom layer + Add to layer selection in Layers palette + Select next layer down/up + Move target layer down/up + Merge a copy of all visible layers into target layer + Merge down + Move layer to bottom or top + Copy current layer to layer below in Photoshop Merge all visible layers to a new layer above the + currently selected layer Load layer transparency as a selection

Right-click the eye icon Alt-click the eye icon / (forward slash) Double-click layer effect/style Alt-double-click layer effect/style Double-click layer Shft-click vector mask thumbnail Double-click layer mask thumbnail Shft-click layer mask thumbnail Shft-click filter mask thumbnail Alt-click layer mask thumbnail Alt-click filter mask thumbnail \ (backslash), or Shft + Alt-click Double-click type layer thumbnail Alt-click the line dividing two layers Double-click the layer name Double-click the filter effect Double-click the Filter Blending icon Ctrl-click New Layer Set button Alt-click New Layer Set button Alt-click Add Layer Mask button

Show/hide this layer/layer group only or all layers/layer groups

+ + Show/hide all other currently visible layers Toggle lock transparency for target layer, or last + applied lock + Edit layer effect/style, options + Hide layer effect/style + Edit layer style + Disable/enable vector mask in Photoshop + Open Layer Mask Display Options dialog box + Toggle layer mask on/off + Toggle filter mask on/off + Toggle between layer mask/composite image + Toggle between filter mask/composite image + Toggle rubylith mode for layer mask on/off + Select all type; temporarily select type tool + Create a clipping mask + Rename layer + Edit filter settings + Edit the Filter Blending options + Create new layer set below current layer/layer set + Create new layer set with dialog box + Create layer mask that hides all/selection

Ctrl-click Add Layer Mask button

Create vector mask that reveals all/selection

Ctrl + Alt-click Add Layer Mask button Create vector mask that hides all/selection Right-click layer group or double-click Display layer group properties group Shft-click Ctrl-click Select/deselect multiple contiguous layers Select/deselect multiple discontiguous layers

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Keys for using the Paths palette

Adobe Photoshop CS3

Ctrl + Shft-click Add path to selection pathname Ctrl + Alt-click pathname Subtract a path from selection + + + +

Ctrl + Shft + AltRetain intersection of path as a selection click pathname Ctrl + Shft + H Hide path

Alt-click button

Set options for Fill Path with Foreground Color button, Stroke Path with + Brush button, Load Path as a Selection button, Make Work Path from Selection button, and Create New Path button

Keys for using the Swatches palette

Adobe Photoshop CS3

Click in empty area of palette Create new swatch from foreground color + Ctrl-click swatch Select background color + Alt-click swatch Delete color + Keys for using Measurement (Photoshop Extended Only)

Adobe Photoshop CS3

Shft + Ctrl + M Record a measurement + Ctrl + D Deselects all measurements + Ctrl + A Selects all measurements + Shft + Ctrl + H Hide/show all measurements + Backspace Removes a measurement + Arrow keys Nudge the measurement + Shft arrow keys Nudge the measurement in increments in Photoshop + Left/right arrow key Extend/shorten selected measurement + Shft + left/right arrow key Extend/shorten selected measurement in increments + Ctrl + arrow key Rotate selected measurement + Shft + Ctrl + arrow key Rotate selected measurement in increments + Keys for using 3D tools (Photoshop Extended)

Adobe Photoshop CS3

O C Shft R L H S Z Enable 3D object tools Enable 3D camera tools Constrain 3D object tool/3D camera tool to a single direction of movement in Photoshop 3D tools Rotate the 3D object/Orbit the 3D camera Roll the 3D object/Roll the 3D camera Drag the 3D object/Pan the 3D camera Slide the 3D object/Walk the 3D camera Scale the 3D object/Zoom the 3D camera + + + + + + + +

Keys for working with DICOM files (Photoshop Extended)

Adobe Photoshop CS3

Z H W Ctrl + A Zoom tool Hand tool Window Level tool Select all frames + + + +

Ctrl + D Deselect all frames + Right Arrow/Left Arrow Navigate through frames (Photoshop extended) + Function keys

Adobe Photoshop CS3

F1 Invoke Help + F2 Cut + F3 Copy + F4 Paste + F5 Show/Hide Brushes palette in Photoshop + F6 Show/Hide Color palette + F7 Show/Hide Layers palette + F8 Show/Hide Info palette in Photoshop + F9 Show/Hide Actions palette + F12 Revert + Shft + F5 Fill + Shft + F6 Feather Selection + Shft + F7 Inverse Selection