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Photoshop Keyboard Shortcuts Cheat Sheet (PDF)
Over the last months we released a variety of icon sets, tools and templates, but now we would like to release something a bit different for a change. In this post we are glad to release Photoshop Keyboard Shortcuts, a PDF-file with a handy overview of most useful keyboard shortcuts available in Adobe Photoshop. The cheat sheet was created by Kenneth Setzer and released especially for Smashing Magazine and its readers.
The cheat sheet is a mousepad-sized image featuring a typical PC keyboard. Photoshop’s keyboard shortcuts are listed for each key, with the shortcut and its icon printed on the individual key. In red is the shortcut you will get by hitting the key in combination with the Ctrl key. For example, typing "t" in Photoshop will activate the Type tool, while typing Ctrl+t will allow you to use the Transformation tool. Additional shortcuts requiring more than two keys are listed as well.
Download the cheat shee for free!
Of course, you can use the PDF for all of your projects for free and without any restrictions. The PDF may not be resold, sublicensed, rented, transferred or otherwise made available for use. Please link to this article if you want to spread the word.
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- download the set (.pdf, 2.5 Mb)
Behind the design
As always, here are some insights from the designer herself:
Originally, I intended to buy a keyboard overlay with Photoshop shortcuts, but couldn’t find any for a PC, just for Macs. So I compiled a list of keyboard shortcuts, and thought they would fit nicely on a mousepad. I think printing it out and hanging it by the monitor works just as well. I hope those learning Photoshop will find it useful, as well as the more advanced users who may have forgotten some of the less-often-used shortcuts. They save a lot of time, and can impress your boss!
Thank you very much, Kenneth! We appreciate your efforts.
The team here at Smashing Magazine. Mostly Sven & Vitaly.
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- 3February 10th, 2010 8:13 am
Hey Cute, go advertise your business on a site for lonely gold diggers, this is a design site, you don’t belong here. Happy hunting! loser.
- 4February 10th, 2010 9:49 am
Hey Lala. You really should be more sympathetic. Poor “Cute” is a lonely woman, clearly in pain. Why else would she go to a nerdy page like this one for love. She’s obviously tried all other options. She’s tried the pool-boy, the cable-guy, her tennis instructor, her sons friends, her grandsons friends — tragically none of them can stand the smell of vaseline and olives for that long. It’s a shame there is no PC keyboard shortcut for the rich application of love.
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- 5February 11th, 2010 12:04 am
lol y’all are so twisted.
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- 6February 10th, 2010 11:43 am
The sad part is that she thinks us designers are millionaires. I can only say ‘I wish’. :)
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- 7February 10th, 2010 1:47 am
Hi Everyone,
Very useful resource for Photoshop designers.Regrads
Rahul Chauhan- 8February 10th, 2010 6:47 pm
very!
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- 9February 10th, 2010 1:49 am
Do you have MAC version? Thank you.
- 10February 10th, 2010 9:14 am
The mac version would be the same, just opt the ctrl for the command key.
- 11February 10th, 2010 6:49 pm
duh…I thought MAC guys were on the ball with this stuff
- 12May 6th, 2010 6:17 am
who still designs on a PC? Wow your 2000 and late lol…
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- 13February 10th, 2010 1:50 am
Thanks for the effort and time dude. Really appreciated
Anyways, do you have a short cut for Illustrator or Flash hehe ^_^.
More power to you. - 14February 10th, 2010 1:50 am
Nice! I wonder what the boss will say if I print this out at work (where I don’t have photoshop)
- 15February 12th, 2010 12:04 pm
I am sure your boss has seen far worse things printed off at work.
At least it is something educational.
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- 16February 10th, 2010 1:56 am
thank you for sharing this! Very handy little thing :)
- 17February 10th, 2010 1:58 am
VERY TIDY!!! Shortcuts make it soooo much easier!!! Thanks
- 18February 10th, 2010 2:00 am
Thanks a lot for this sheet, it’s just great. :-)
- 19February 10th, 2010 2:05 am
Thanks for the article. Great overview :)
- 20February 10th, 2010 2:20 am
very usefull…the blue gradient is horrible ;)
- 21February 10th, 2010 4:32 am
I completely agree…
It’s quite a nice pdf, but this blue gradient hurts the eyes…
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- 22February 10th, 2010 2:35 am
For Mac users is probably better to go with KeyCue.app – it’s active, you can click the shortcut directly in the list.
- 23February 10th, 2010 2:43 am
why would you put a gradient background on a file tha’ts intended for printing on a printer ? :-/
- 24February 10th, 2010 4:28 am
Yeah, I thought the background was a little odd. Something I would never send to a printer.
Another way to get the shortcuts to a printer or leave them onscreen if you gotta enough space:
If you google “Adobe Shortcut App” (http://goo.gl/ExEH) you will find and Adobe Air App that has all the shortcuts for the entire suite (Win+Mac) from which you can print-out Cheat Sheets for the shortcuts.
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- 25February 10th, 2010 2:58 am
What, no Ctrl+Backspace/Delete? That’s one of the staples ;)
And there are more Ctrl+Alt ones out there~
And yes, a plain white background or at least a grayscale dither would be more appropriate… - 26February 10th, 2010 3:11 am
it seems to be a CS3 cheetsheet?!
“R” does not activate “Blur” anymore. It’s used for the “Rotation-Tool” in CS4/CS5 beta. isn’t it?- 27February 10th, 2010 3:31 pm
‘K’ no longer activates the knife tool…it’s all under ‘C’ now.
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- 28February 10th, 2010 3:16 am
Awesome, this is going on my wall. It’s missing one of my faves, though.
‘Tab’ will toggle all of the tool panels. It clears your screen of all the extras, leaving just your design behind in all its glory.
- 29February 10th, 2010 3:24 am
Nice Sheet.. I’ll post it to my wall…
Thanks :) - 30February 10th, 2010 3:47 am
V. useful. Thanks :)
- 31February 10th, 2010 3:56 am
Very useful. And interesting.
- 32February 10th, 2010 4:11 am
Awesome, thanks!
- 33February 10th, 2010 4:27 am
Shocked that this isn’t for Mac :P
- 34February 10th, 2010 4:57 am
Love It!… Hate the background color though…
- 35February 10th, 2010 5:21 am
Nice collection of shortcuts, but I think you’re missing the one I personally use a lot:
Ctrl + Alt + 0, to zoom back to 100% (original size). - 36February 10th, 2010 5:22 am
For AZERTY’s keyboard users, I’ve adapated the pdf.
- 37February 10th, 2010 8:18 am
If you are using other keyboard layouts than US English with Photoshop please fill the below survey:
http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dDY4MnE5LXRqM2E4MmxweGZnRnR4VGc6MAFrench users of Photoshop do have an additional survey with pictures
http://blog.i18n.ro/custom/french_survey.htmlI’m gathering these informations for a study regarding the usage of keyboard shortcuts worldwide.
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- 38February 10th, 2010 5:42 am
very nice, but this is def. not for your CS4 users. There are a couple of major changes from CS3 to CS4.
- 39February 10th, 2010 6:04 am
Here is a link to a much better resource of Adobe/Quark/Apple shortcuts, Mac and PC, for everyone to use: http://www.nobledesktop.com/shortcuts.html
It’s not as visual, more of a list. I prefer Noble’s.
- 40February 10th, 2010 6:13 am
photoshop shortcuts for the 1000th time… (Y) :S
- 41February 10th, 2010 6:27 am
thank you !
- 42February 10th, 2010 6:43 am
First of all: SM thanks for changing the layout with the tabs! I love it!
2nd: They (logitech eg.) should create keyboards like this!
- 43February 10th, 2010 7:02 am
This is EPIC.
Keyboard shortcuts are vital to production in news, without them nothing would ever get done in time.
Anyone that wants to ever call themselves adept at Photoshop MUST use shortcuts.
Thanks!
- 44February 10th, 2010 7:08 am
it s more helpful for me thank you
- 45February 10th, 2010 7:23 am
How do I browse through open windows in PC?
In MAC I use Command (“Apple key”) + > <- 46February 10th, 2010 5:04 pm
To browse through open windows on a PC, use Ctrl + Tab
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- 47February 10th, 2010 7:38 am
I know a couple of people mentioned the blue gradients aesthetics but more importantly, it uses up a lot of printer ink. Best to keep colors to a minimum for web. That said, I could probably open it in Illustrator and just remove it myself. =]
Thanks for the chart.
- 48February 10th, 2010 7:52 am
I love how that amazing design work at the top is Copyrighted….
- 49February 10th, 2010 8:42 am
Dude, it ain’t the prettiest I’ve ever done, but have you ever tried drawing all those little tool icons? Jeez.
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- 50February 10th, 2010 7:55 am
I learn Photoshop. The cheat sheet is very useful. Thank you.
- 51February 10th, 2010 8:02 am
that is kool thx
- 52February 10th, 2010 8:15 am
oooo… this is so awesome! Thank you!! =D
- 53February 10th, 2010 8:28 am
Pretty cool and handy, but it’s god awful ugly. I’d expect Smashing to post something that’s pleasing on the eyes. This makes me just want to rip them out.
- 54February 10th, 2010 8:45 am
You know, the gradient looks a lot lighter on my monitor and when I print it. Interesting. If I delete the gradient, it looks so plain! But I guess it really just needs to be functional!
I did base this using CS4 with default shortcuts. I have noticed that some users online had different functions assigned to their keys in CS4 by default. That’s really weird.
- 55February 10th, 2010 10:33 am
No need for plain white (though that would be printer friendly). You could use subtle grey gradients with rounded boxes…much like an Apple keyboard. Or use black like another post at Smashing did. Though this wouldn’t be printer friendly. http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2010/01/20/obscure-adobe-photoshop-time-savers/
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- 56February 10th, 2010 9:35 am
With much appreciation for Kenneth and SmashingMagazine.
- 57February 10th, 2010 9:44 am
Nice effort….pretty useful for amateurs as well as pros
- 58February 10th, 2010 11:04 am
I love what Kenneth Setzer did, but here’s a version that’s a little more aesthetically pleasing… http://www.remedy9.com/archives/407. Enjoy!
- 59February 10th, 2010 11:44 am
I work on a 4 monitor setup with my left most monitor being misc stuff, and the one next to it being Photoshop, so I just made this my wallpaper on my left most monitor!
Thanks a bunch! This is gonna help so much.
- 60February 10th, 2010 12:06 pm
Whats the name of the site with cheap mouse pads for sale?
- 61February 10th, 2010 1:16 pm
Thanks for sharing this and bravo for the efforts putting in to make it.. Really helpful by all means.
- 62February 10th, 2010 2:10 pm
Some of them are super ochevidous (like ctrl-z), other are hard to remember (those involving ctrl-alt-shift combos).
- 63February 10th, 2010 2:32 pm
These would be great to print on a sticker sheet and stick to the actual keyboard, thanks!
- 64February 10th, 2010 8:17 pm
Awesome!
- 65February 10th, 2010 9:39 pm
Good for someone who is new to photoshop.
Why is the title ‘Photoshop Keyboard Shortcuts Cheat Sheet’? these are common shortcuts and there’s nothing ‘cheat’ about them. - 66February 10th, 2010 9:46 pm
This is awesome. Great Job
- 67February 11th, 2010 2:15 am
thanks for sharing the info :)
- 68February 11th, 2010 2:27 am
If anyone needs a “cheat sheet” they obviously haven’t been using the program long enough & ain’t a real designer! ha!
- oh, and real designers don’t use PC.
- oh, and this is not very well designed.lulz
- 69February 11th, 2010 5:11 am
“Real designers don’t use PC.”
Another cocky mac user. The computer is just a tool used by artists. - 70February 11th, 2010 12:36 pm
LOL u rock my world
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- 71February 11th, 2010 5:31 am
Great overview thanx
- 72February 11th, 2010 8:36 am
Thanks a lot. its relay useful
- 73February 11th, 2010 9:49 am
Thanks for this. Here’s my version: http://informaaron.com/images/photoshop_kb_sm.png
- 74February 11th, 2010 10:45 am
I use both Macs and PC’s, so I’m not biased toward either. They each have their pros and cons. That said… Hey Mac users, please stop getting bent out of shape because this was posted in reference to a PC.
If you read the entire article, including the “Behind the Design” section you will see a comment from the designer of the PDF that clearly states why it’s for a PC…
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“Originally, I intended to buy a keyboard overlay with Photoshop shortcuts, but couldn’t find any for a PC, just for Macs.”
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As a matter of fact, the last article I saw listing keyboard shortcuts was for a Mac and PC users were asked to do the conversion.As for the poster who asked about switching between open applications in Windows… It’s actually [Alt] + [Tab]. [Ctrl] + [Tab] switches between files open within the same application.
- 75February 11th, 2010 4:00 pm
Can someone please put up a version without the awful blue gradient? It would be so much better to read that way and I’m sure I’m not the only one who’d be thankful.
- 76February 11th, 2010 10:10 pm
wow, great resource! I printed it.
- 77February 11th, 2010 10:38 pm
Well these Photoshop keyboard shortcut keys cheat sheet is awesome.
- 78February 11th, 2010 11:45 pm
Hi,
Very useful resource for Photoshop designers. - 79February 12th, 2010 12:25 am
its a nice idea – but to print out? NO
Simple mistake of putting a fancy background on a piece of artwork because the content doesnt really work. Plus its not really a cheat sheet, its a shortcut sheet.
Better suited as a desktop wallpaper or something maybe if you are a beginner. Thanks!
- 80February 12th, 2010 3:20 am
Hi there, nice thing – but i think there are a lot of shortcuts missing. like all combinations with “alt” and “shift” and combined … and combined with the command key.
Think of that.
Photoshop has got much more Shortcuts than displaied above.
Photoshop is a mighty tool and MUCH FASTER if you learn and use as much shortcuts as you can.greetz.
- 81February 12th, 2010 3:31 am
Hi everyone,
The shortcuts are very useful, but for beginners :)
321webdesigner
- 82February 12th, 2010 9:09 am
Check out Adobe Photoshop Keyboard – http://is.gd/ooG5 and Adobe Illustrator Keyboard – http://is.gd/ooH0 #adobe #shortcuts
- 83February 12th, 2010 9:57 am
Yes a handy tool should one have the same version ps. But honestly the actual design is severly lacking is it not. I don’t just mean the gradient but the while thing is fairly naff.
- 84February 13th, 2010 5:46 am
Hi everyone,
Does anybody know shortcut for Brightness/Contrast?
- 85February 13th, 2010 8:26 pm
Thanks for the post.
Regards
- 86February 14th, 2010 7:31 am
They should include more cheatsheets on this site….
- 87February 14th, 2010 11:53 pm
this one is very cute!
- 88February 15th, 2010 8:43 pm
Thanx ….. awesome job Man
- 89February 18th, 2010 7:38 am
Thanks so much for the cheat sheet!
- 90February 24th, 2010 9:50 am
Very nice! Thank you! I would love one for Lightroom as well! :)
- 91March 11th, 2010 5:18 am
Thank you soooo much!
- 92March 15th, 2010 8:54 am
Very Nice, Thanks so much for the cheat sheet.
- 93March 18th, 2010 1:25 am
Very useful, thanks for sharing it free!
- 94March 19th, 2010 6:13 pm
thanks for the nice info. i would like to share
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Меня все полностью устраивает, поэтому и молчу.
- 96March 20th, 2010 1:47 pm
Оболденно ты придумал, главное что все элементарно.
- 97March 28th, 2010 8:23 pm
Blog liked, but a lot of unnecessary comments.
- 98May 16th, 2010 9:35 am
the pdf link was broken.
thank for sharing ! I love you smashingmag :) - 99May 31st, 2010 7:42 pm
thanks so much for sharing
- 100June 8th, 2010 6:31 pm
Thank you so much. This is sooo useful and convenient.
- 101June 21st, 2010 10:04 pm
The cheat sheet is a mousepad-sized image featuring a typical PC keyboard. Photoshop’s keyboard shortcuts are listed for each key, with the shortcut and its icon printed on the individual key. In red is the shortcut you will get by hitting the key in combination with the Ctrl key.
- 102June 23rd, 2010 2:34 am
A good resource. Thanks :D
But for the “Enter” key on numberpad – on a laptop, you should hit Ctrl + Enter and not Shift + Enter. Please correct this :) - 103July 16th, 2010 2:29 pm
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- 106September 1st, 2010 2:02 am
Thanks for cheat sheet !
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