The most important Photoshop shortcuts for Windows and Mac OS

Our overview shows a selection of the most important Photoshop shortcuts - in addition to the standard keyboard shortcuts, you can also define your own shortcuts, perfectly adapted to your own workflow and personal way of working, to improve your productivity in Adobe Photoshop. To define your own shortcuts, you have to select the menu under "Edit > Keyboard Commands" (the appropriate shortcut is Alt + Shift + Ctrl + K). The "Keyboard Commands and Menus" dialog box opens. There you can see the Photoshop default set and also create a new set for your own commands. Every user can define individual shortcuts for further application menus, control panel menus or tools.

File Photoshop shortcuts (PC/Mac)

Result	Windows	Mac OS
New…	Ctrl + N	Cmd + N
Open…	Ctrl + O	Cmd + O
Browse in Bridge	Alt + Ctrl + O	Cmd + Option + O
Open As…	Alt + Shift + Ctrl + O	Cmd + Shift + Option + O
Close	Ctrl + W	Cmd + W
Close All…	Alt + Ctrl + W	Alt + Cmd + W
Close and Go to Bridge	Shift + Ctrl + W	Cmd + Shift + W
Save	Ctrl + S	Cmd + S
Save As…	Alt + Ctrl + S	Cmd + Shift + S
Save for Web…	Alt + Shift + Ctrl + S	Cmd + Option + Shift + S
Revert	F12	F12
File Info…	Alt + Shift + Ctrl + I	Cmd + Shift + Option + I
Print…	Ctrl + P	Cmd + P
Finish	Ctrl + Q	Cmd + Q

Photoshop tricks for editing images

Result	Windows	Mac OS
Undo	Ctrl + Z	Cmd + Z
Step Forward	Shift + Ctrl + Z	Cmd + Shift + Z
Cut	Ctrl + X	Cmd + X
Copy	Ctrl + C	Cmd + C
Copy Merged	Shift + Ctrl + C	Cmd + Shift + V
Paste	Ctrl + V	Cmd + V
Paste in Place	Shift + Ctrl + V	Cmd + Shift + V
Paste Into	Alt + Shift + Ctrl + V	Cmd + Shift + Option + V
Fill…	Shift + F5	Shift + F5
Content-Aware Scale	Shift + Ctrl + Q	Cmd + Shift + Q
Free Transform	Ctrl + T	Cmd + T
Select All	Ctrl + A	Cmd + A
Invert Selection	Ctrl + Shift + I	Cmd + Shift + I
Select All Layers	Ctrl + Alt + A	Cmd + Shift + A
Deselect	Ctrl + D	Cmd + D

Photoshop shortcuts for orientation

Result	Windows	Mac OS
Color Settings…	Shift + Ctrl + K	Cmd + Shift + K
Keyboard Shortcuts…	Alt + Shift + Ctrl + K	Cmd + Shift + Option + K
Menus…	Alt + Shift + Ctrl + M	Cmd + Shift + Option + M
General Preferences…	Ctrl + K	Cmd + K

Photoshop tricks for images

Result	Windows	Mac OS
Adjust Levels…	Ctrl + L	Cmd + L
Adjust Curves…	Ctrl + M	Cmd + M
Adjust Hue/Saturation…	Ctrl + U	Cmd + U
Adjust Color Balance…	Ctrl + B	Cmd + B
Black & White…	Alt + Shift + Ctrl + B	Cmd + Shift + Option + B
Invert	Ctrl + I	Cmd + I
Desaturate	Shift + Ctrl+ U	Cmd + Shift + U
Auto Tone	Shift + Ctrl + L	Cmd + Shift + L
Auto Contrast	Alt + Shift + Ctrl + L	Cmd + Shift + Option + L
Auto Color	Shift + Ctrl + B	Cmd + Shift + B
Image Size…	Alt + Ctrl + I	Cmd + Option + I
Canvas Size…	Alt + Ctrl + C	Cmd + Option + C

Photoshop shortcuts for layers

Result	Windows	Mac OS
New Layer…	Shift + Ctrl + N	Cmd + Shift + N
New Layer via Copy	Ctrl + J	Cmd + J
New Layer via Cut	Shift + Ctrl + J	Cmd + Shift + J
Create/Release Clipping Mask	Alt + Ctrl + G	Cmd + Option + G
Group Layers	Ctrl + G	Cmd + G
Ungroup Layers	Shift + Ctrl + G	Cmd + Shift + G
Merge Visible Layers	Shift + Ctrl + E	Cmd + Shift + E