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 sheet for free!
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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.
jimbo
April 25th, 2012 3:26 pmGreat….but would be a lot more useful without the blue gradient, it doesn’t come out well on a black and white printer.
Jillian
July 25th, 2012 9:21 pmGreat thank you !!! But I think they may have changed a bit in cs6
Jillianxeniaphoto.blogspot.com
Luis Roldan
August 14th, 2012 6:21 pmThank you very much, this is great!!
Phil
August 22nd, 2012 6:56 amGreat contributions, thanks for those.
Veronika
September 12th, 2012 7:19 pmWas about to print this out, but stumbled upon this. Very helpful :)
kapil
February 5th, 2013 2:40 pmreealllyy cool ..Great thank you !
Stacie Jensen
April 10th, 2013 3:56 pmThese are great keyboard tips for people just getting comfortable with PS. Great work!
Andre Anbarchian
April 26th, 2013 8:32 pmThank you for your efforts, I am a beginning coder, and learning to implement Photoshop with web design features to attach my CSS/html work and learning how to work these programs together. Much love to those who take the time to make life easier for those who are willing to take the time to find these optional tools and cheat sheets. If there are any other things someone whom can relate to what I am currently Expressing, please do feel free to contact me with those ideas.