Quick Key Map for Photoshop
Viewing & Image Navigation
100% Magnify – Alt+CTRL+0 (zero)
Zoom in/out – CTRL + or CTRL
Fit image in window – CTRL+0 (zero)
Actual Pixels – CTRL+Alt+0 (zero)
Move around canvas – Space-bar
Scroll up/down – Page Up or Page Down
Go to top left hand corner – Home
Go to Bottom right hand corner – End
Painting Within Photoshop
Fill Dialogue box – Shft+Backspace
Fill layer or select with foreground colour – Alt+Backspace
Fill layer or select with background colour – CTRL+Backspace
Paint in straight lines – Shft+left click
Set flow – Shft+Numeric key (0=100%, 1=10%, 2=20%, etc)
Set Opacity - Numeric key (0=100%, 1=10%, 2=20%, etc)
Select colour from image – Alt+left click
Select Background colour from image – Shft+Alt+left click
Selecting & Moving
Move Layer – CTRL
Constrain Marquee Proportions – Shft
Draw new Marquee from Centre – Alt+left click and drag
Moves selection 1 pixel – Arrow keys
Moves selection 10 pixels – Shft+Arrow keys
Move non-selected layer – CTRL+Arrow keys
Accept changes to Transform – Enter or double left click on object
Accept Crop – Enter or double left click on object
Selections
Select All – CTRL+A
De-select – CTRL+D
Reselect – CTRL+Shift+D
Hide/Show Selection – CTRL+H
Close Polygonal Selection – Enter
Discontinue Polygonal Selection – Escape (Esc)
Invert Selection – Shift+CTRL+Alt+I
Feathering – CTRL+Alt+D
Colouring & Correcting Colour
Levels – CTRL+L
Auto Levels – CTRL+Shift+L
Auto Contrast - CTRL+Shift+Alt+L
Auto Colour – CTRL+Shift+B
De-saturate – CTRL+Shift+U
Curves – CTRL+M
Hue & Saturation – CTRL+U
Colour Balance – CTRL+B
Various Photoshop Functions
Undo – CTRL+Z
Redo – CTRL+Shift+Z
Undo Multiple – CTRL+Alt+Z
Redo Multiple – CTRL+Shift+Z
Copy – CTRL+C
Cut – CTRL+X
Paste – CTRL+V
Apply Last Filter – CTRL+F
Extract – CTRL+Alt+X
Liquify – CTRL+Shift+X
Pattern Maker – CTRL+Shift+Alt+X
Free Transform – CTRL+T
Transform Again – CTRL+Shift+T
Photoshop Preferences – CTRL+K
Colour Setup – CTRL+Shift+K
Show Grid – CTRL+@
Show Ruler – CTRL+R
Snap – CTRL+Shift+;
Lock Guides – CTRL+Alt+;
Help – f1
Photoshop File Management
Open Image – CTRL+O
Close Image – CTRL+W
Close All Images – CTRL+Shift+W
Browse – CTRL+Shift+O
New Image – CTRL+N
Save Image – CTRL+S
Save As – CTRL+Shift+S
Save For Web – CTRL+Shift+Alt+S
Page Setup – CTRL+Shift+P
Print with Preview – CTRL+P
Print – CTRL+Alt+P
Print one Copy – CTRL+Alt+P
Exit Photoshop – CTRL+Q
Layer Management
New Layer – CTRL+Shift+N
Layer Via Copy – CTRL+J
Layer Via Cut – CTRL+Shift+J
Group with Previous – CTRL+G
Un-group – CTRL+Shift+G
Merge Down – CTRL+E
Merge Linked – CTRL+Shift+E