Photoshop Keyboard Shortcuts Cheat Sheet (PDF)

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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.

Photoshop Keyboard Shortcuts

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.

Photoshop Keyboard Shortcuts

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Photoshop Keyboard Shortcuts

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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.

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  1. 1

    Webdesigncut

    February 10th, 2010 1:46 am

    Hmm, thanks for this useful post quiet handy for photoshop users

    +1
    • 2

      cute

      February 10th, 2010 7:23 am

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      -35
      • 3

        Lala

        February 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.

        +11
      • 4

        Matthew

        February 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.

        I will love you “Cute Anna Baly.” I will come and find you! … (command + z)

        +2
        • 5

          Bombchell - in Atlanta

          February 11th, 2010 12:04 am

          lol y’all are so twisted.

          +2
      • 6

        Richard Fleming

        February 10th, 2010 11:43 am

        The sad part is that she thinks us designers are millionaires. I can only say ‘I wish’. :)

        +6
  2. 7

    Rahul Chauhan

    February 10th, 2010 1:47 am

    Hi Everyone,
    Very useful resource for Photoshop designers.

    Regrads
    Rahul Chauhan

    +1
    • 8

      Flizz

      February 10th, 2010 6:47 pm

      very!

      -1
    • 9

      puneet

      October 21st, 2011 6:26 am

      pls tell me about how to create a beautiful images by using photoshop including all photoshop shortcuts and steps how to make designs and to make awesome pics…………….. pls sir

      0
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    nawakkap

    February 10th, 2010 1:49 am

    Do you have MAC version? Thank you.

    +1
    • 11

      deviantstudio

      February 10th, 2010 9:14 am

      The mac version would be the same, just opt the ctrl for the command key.

      +3
    • 12

      Flizz

      February 10th, 2010 6:49 pm

      duh…I thought MAC guys were on the ball with this stuff

      +1
      • 13

        DirtyD

        May 6th, 2010 6:17 am

        who still designs on a PC? Wow your 2000 and late lol…

        -7
        • 14

          Dan

          September 12th, 2010 9:50 pm

          Sorry to inform you DirtyD but only about more than half of designers in America uses MAC and the rest of the world uses PC which is still more powerful & reliable.
          For Mac users info change the Ctrl with Cmd & Alt with Opt.

          To Kenneth, thanks a lot for this helpful manual.

          +4
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    Junry

    February 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.

    +2
  5. 16

    Mikael Halén

    February 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)

    +2
    • 17

      Ian

      February 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.

      +1
  6. 18

    Bogdan Prigorie

    February 10th, 2010 1:56 am

    thank you for sharing this! Very handy little thing :)

    -1
  7. 19

    Tidy Web Design

    February 10th, 2010 1:58 am

    VERY TIDY!!! Shortcuts make it soooo much easier!!! Thanks

    +1
  8. 20

    Fiber

    February 10th, 2010 2:00 am

    Thanks a lot for this sheet, it’s just great. :-)

    +1
  9. 21

    Peter Hilgersom

    February 10th, 2010 2:05 am

    Thanks for the article. Great overview :)

    +1
  10. 22

    logoliebe

    February 10th, 2010 2:20 am

    very usefull…the blue gradient is horrible ;)

    +2
    • 23

      DesignLovr

      February 10th, 2010 4:32 am

      I completely agree…
      It’s quite a nice pdf, but this blue gradient hurts the eyes…

      +2
  11. 24

    Josef Richter

    February 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.

    0
  12. 25

    N.R.

    February 10th, 2010 2:43 am

    why would you put a gradient background on a file tha’ts intended for printing on a printer ? :-/

    0
    • 26

      roger

      February 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.

      0
  13. 27

    Arty2

    February 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…

    +1
  14. 28

    Jonas

    February 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?

    0
    • 29

      GrandmasterB

      February 10th, 2010 3:31 pm

      ‘K’ no longer activates the knife tool…it’s all under ‘C’ now.

      0
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    Emi

    February 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.

    -1
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    DesignFellow

    February 10th, 2010 3:24 am

    Nice Sheet.. I’ll post it to my wall…
    Thanks :)

    0
  17. 32

    VM

    February 10th, 2010 3:47 am

    V. useful. Thanks :)

    0
  18. 33

    Luu

    February 10th, 2010 3:56 am

    Very useful. And interesting.

    0
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    Darwin Santos

    February 10th, 2010 4:11 am

    Awesome, thanks!

    0
  20. 35

    Luke Jones

    February 10th, 2010 4:27 am

    Shocked that this isn’t for Mac :P

    0
  21. 36

    Love.It.!

    February 10th, 2010 4:57 am

    Love It!… Hate the background color though…

    0
  22. 37

    Tomas Thorvardarson

    February 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).

    0
  23. 38

    Geelen S

    February 10th, 2010 5:22 am

    For AZERTY’s keyboard users, I’ve adapated the pdf.

    http://www.gs-design.be/public/stuff/shortcut_ps_plat.pdf

    0
  24. 40

    E Konrad Neumann

    February 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.

    0
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    Chris Herbert

    February 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.

    0
  26. 42

    zt

    February 10th, 2010 6:13 am

    photoshop shortcuts for the 1000th time… (Y) :S

    0
  27. 43

    Felix

    February 10th, 2010 6:27 am

    thank you !

    0
  28. 44

    Dré

    February 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!

    0
  29. 45

    Greg619fy

    February 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!

    0
  30. 46

    mouli

    February 10th, 2010 7:08 am

    it s more helpful for me thank you

    0
  31. 47

    masilli

    February 10th, 2010 7:23 am

    How do I browse through open windows in PC?
    In MAC I use Command (“Apple key”) + > <

    0
    • 48

      Anna

      February 10th, 2010 5:04 pm

      To browse through open windows on a PC, use Ctrl + Tab

      0
  32. 49

    Anrkist

    February 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.

    0
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    ralph

    February 10th, 2010 7:52 am

    I love how that amazing design work at the top is Copyrighted….

    0
    • 51

      Ken

      February 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.

      0
  34. 52

    Van Thanh

    February 10th, 2010 7:55 am

    I learn Photoshop. The cheat sheet is very useful. Thank you.

    0
  35. 53

    aumar

    February 10th, 2010 8:02 am

    that is kool thx

    0
  36. 54

    tony

    February 10th, 2010 8:15 am

    oooo… this is so awesome! Thank you!! =D

    0
  37. 55

    James

    February 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.

    +1
  38. 56

    Ken

    February 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.

    0
  39. 58

    TuNG

    February 10th, 2010 9:35 am

    With much appreciation for Kenneth and SmashingMagazine.

    0
  40. 59

    Mandeep Singh Bawa

    February 10th, 2010 9:44 am

    Nice effort….pretty useful for amateurs as well as pros

    0
  41. 60

    Anthony

    February 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!

    0
  42. 61

    Travis

    February 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.

    0
  43. 62

    Ashley

    February 10th, 2010 12:06 pm

    Whats the name of the site with cheap mouse pads for sale?

    0
  44. 63

    CssCreme

    February 10th, 2010 1:16 pm

    Thanks for sharing this and bravo for the efforts putting in to make it.. Really helpful by all means.

    0
  45. 64

    Ant

    February 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).

    0
  46. 65

    Amber Weinberg

    February 10th, 2010 2:32 pm

    These would be great to print on a sticker sheet and stick to the actual keyboard, thanks!

    +1
  47. 66

    Buatoom

    February 10th, 2010 8:17 pm

    Awesome!

    0
  48. 67

    Typografiti

    February 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.

    0
  49. 68

    Sarobar Kasaju

    February 10th, 2010 9:46 pm

    This is awesome. Great Job

    0
  50. 69

    Astam

    February 11th, 2010 2:15 am

    thanks for sharing the info :)

    0
  51. 70

    pixxie

    February 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

    0
    • 71

      Phil

      February 11th, 2010 5:11 am

      “Real designers don’t use PC.”
      Another cocky mac user. The computer is just a tool used by artists.

      +1
    • 72

      Dan

      February 11th, 2010 12:36 pm

      LOL u rock my world

      0
  52. 73

    Ertan

    February 11th, 2010 5:31 am

    Great overview thanx

    0
  53. 74

    ooty

    February 11th, 2010 8:36 am

    Thanks a lot. its relay useful

    0
  54. 75

    Aaron Williams

    February 11th, 2010 9:49 am

    Thanks for this. Here’s my version: http://informaaron.com/images/photoshop_kb_sm.png

    0
  55. 76

    Tony

    February 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…

    “Originally, I intended to buy a keyboard overlay with Photoshop shortcuts, but couldn’t find any for a PC, just for Macs.”

    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.

    +1
  56. 77

    William

    February 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.

    0
  57. 78

    Temma

    February 11th, 2010 10:10 pm

    wow, great resource! I printed it.

    0
  58. 79

    Iphone Application Developer

    February 11th, 2010 10:38 pm

    Well these Photoshop keyboard shortcut keys cheat sheet is awesome.

    0
  59. 80

    socialmediapark

    February 11th, 2010 11:45 pm

    Hi,
    Very useful resource for Photoshop designers.

    -1
  60. 81

    Nicola

    February 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!

    -1
  61. 82

    john

    February 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.

    -1
  62. 83

    Abdul Akbar

    February 12th, 2010 3:31 am

    Hi everyone,

    The shortcuts are very useful, but for beginners :)

    321webdesigner

    0
  63. 84

    brtak

    February 12th, 2010 9:09 am

    Check out Adobe Photoshop Keyboard – http://is.gd/ooG5 and Adobe Illustrator Keyboard – http://is.gd/ooH0 #adobe #shortcuts

    -1
  64. 85

    Kieran

    February 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.

    -1
  65. 86

    july

    February 13th, 2010 5:46 am

    Hi everyone,

    Does anybody know shortcut for Brightness/Contrast?

    -1
  66. 87

    rupam

    February 13th, 2010 8:26 pm

    Thanks for the post.

    Regards

    -1
  67. 88

    ivan

    February 14th, 2010 7:31 am

    They should include more cheatsheets on this site….

    -1
  68. 89

    ardyonline

    February 14th, 2010 11:53 pm

    this one is very cute!

    -1
  69. 90

    Pankaj Tiwari

    February 15th, 2010 8:43 pm

    Thanx ….. awesome job Man

    -1
  70. 91

    PG

    February 18th, 2010 7:38 am

    Thanks so much for the cheat sheet!

    -1
  71. 92

    Rob

    February 24th, 2010 9:50 am

    Very nice! Thank you! I would love one for Lightroom as well! :)

    -1
  72. 93

    bee

    March 11th, 2010 5:18 am

    Thank you soooo much!

    -1
  73. 94

    Tech Root

    March 15th, 2010 8:54 am

    Very Nice, Thanks so much for the cheat sheet.

    -1
  74. 95

    reythiel

    March 18th, 2010 1:25 am

    Very useful, thanks for sharing it free!

    -1
  75. 96

    Ali Qayyum

    March 19th, 2010 6:13 pm

    thanks for the nice info. i would like to share
    Best Photography Cheat Sheets to Make your Life Easier
    http://www.smashinghub.com/best-photography-cheat-sheets-to-make-your-life-easier.htm

    -1
  76. 97

    Vadim.Gukoilov

    March 20th, 2010 2:29 am

    Меня все полностью устраивает, поэтому и молчу.

    -1
  77. 98

    Ulitka

    March 20th, 2010 1:47 pm

    Оболденно ты придумал, главное что все элементарно.

    -1
  78. 99

    Privatik

    March 28th, 2010 8:23 pm

    Blog liked, but a lot of unnecessary comments.

    -1
  79. 100

    TuanAnh

    May 16th, 2010 9:35 am

    the pdf link was broken.
    thank for sharing ! I love you smashingmag :)

    -1
  80. 101

    Rebecca H

    May 31st, 2010 7:42 pm

    thanks so much for sharing

    -1
  81. 102

    PinkyVivi

    June 8th, 2010 6:31 pm

    Thank you so much. This is sooo useful and convenient.

    -1
  82. 103

    Ipads bag

    June 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.

    ipad bag

    -1
  83. 104

    Nirmal

    June 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 :)

    -1
  84. 105

    Alexander

    July 16th, 2010 2:29 pm

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    Banca quinto vicentino

    -1
  85. 106

    Gabriel

    July 17th, 2010 8:05 am

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    Cajamar banca electronica

    -1
  86. 107

    CH. Lalit Mehla

    September 1st, 2010 2:02 am

    Thanks for cheat sheet !

    -1
  87. 108

    JosephTheCar

    September 14th, 2010 10:17 pm

    I am stupid about topics: “acura cl spark plug cover”, “acura maintance”, “adding remote starter to acura”, .

    -1
  88. 109

    Brunilda Monnig

    November 5th, 2010 9:41 am

    Thanks for this. One keyboard short cut that I use a lot that seem to not be on this cheatsheet is the \ key, shows the mask in red. Very helpful while editing

    -1
  89. 110

    BedBugsNYCy

    January 25th, 2011 5:28 am

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    -1
  90. 111

    mixyourshot

    February 16th, 2011 7:37 am

    Thank you a lot! Very useful :)

    -1
  91. 112

    Florin

    February 24th, 2011 3:20 am

    Does anyone know how you toggle between first (the open state) and last step of the history pallet?
    I know the Cmd + Alt/Shift + Z stuff I was just wondering if there is such an option.
    Regards

    -1
  92. 113

    wiktoria banasiak; ppp

    March 2nd, 2011 11:10 am

    weśie tu nic nie ma

    0
  93. 114

    sheila

    September 10th, 2011 3:25 pm

    Cant thank you enough. Very helpful.

    0
  94. 115

    Ranjeet kushwaha

    October 21st, 2011 12:32 am

    dear devoloper
    please provide me how to use Photoshop 7 ‘s
    shortcut key and their use.

    0
  95. 116

    VIKASH

    October 28th, 2011 11:54 pm

    Thank you a lot! Very useful

    0
  96. 117

    Katherine Berban

    November 10th, 2011 1:09 pm

    http://photojojo.com/store/awesomeness/photo-app-keyboards/

    your shortcut sheet is great. Above is a link for keyboard overlay.

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  97. 118

    mohd. saqib

    November 20th, 2011 8:26 pm

    Dear
    Hi everyone
    Does anyone know how you toggle between first (the open state) and last step of the history pallet?
    I know the Cmd + Alt/Shift + Z stuff I was just wondering if there is such an option.
    they are interesting for u and i like this

    0
  98. 119

    profadams

    December 13th, 2011 1:15 am

    this shortcut will make you work fast at short period of time

    0
  99. 120

    Manish Bajpai

    January 24th, 2012 1:34 am

    This is a very fantastic trick of short keys to them who have started to work on Photoshop.
    But some short keys you have missed. So please completely prepare it for every users.

    Thanks a lot

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  1. 1

    Lala

    February 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.

    +11
  2. 2

    Richard Fleming

    February 10th, 2010 11:43 am

    The sad part is that she thinks us designers are millionaires. I can only say ‘I wish’. :)

    +6
  3. 3

    Dan

    September 12th, 2010 9:50 pm

    Sorry to inform you DirtyD but only about more than half of designers in America uses MAC and the rest of the world uses PC which is still more powerful & reliable.
    For Mac users info change the Ctrl with Cmd & Alt with Opt.

    To Kenneth, thanks a lot for this helpful manual.

    +4
  4. 4

    deviantstudio

    February 10th, 2010 9:14 am

    The mac version would be the same, just opt the ctrl for the command key.

    +3
  5. 5

    Junry

    February 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.

    +2
  6. 6

    DesignLovr

    February 10th, 2010 4:32 am

    I completely agree…
    It’s quite a nice pdf, but this blue gradient hurts the eyes…

    +2
  7. 7

    logoliebe

    February 10th, 2010 2:20 am

    very usefull…the blue gradient is horrible ;)

    +2
  8. 8

    Mikael Halén

    February 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)

    +2
  9. 9

    Matthew

    February 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.

    I will love you “Cute Anna Baly.” I will come and find you! … (command + z)

    +2
  10. 10

    Bombchell - in Atlanta

    February 11th, 2010 12:04 am

    lol y’all are so twisted.

    +2
  11. 11

    Amber Weinberg

    February 10th, 2010 2:32 pm

    These would be great to print on a sticker sheet and stick to the actual keyboard, thanks!

    +1
  12. 12

    Rahul Chauhan

    February 10th, 2010 1:47 am

    Hi Everyone,
    Very useful resource for Photoshop designers.

    Regrads
    Rahul Chauhan

    +1
  13. 13

    nawakkap

    February 10th, 2010 1:49 am

    Do you have MAC version? Thank you.

    +1
  14. 14

    Arty2

    February 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…

    +1
  15. 15

    Webdesigncut

    February 10th, 2010 1:46 am

    Hmm, thanks for this useful post quiet handy for photoshop users

    +1
  16. 16

    Peter Hilgersom

    February 10th, 2010 2:05 am

    Thanks for the article. Great overview :)

    +1
  17. 17

    Tidy Web Design

    February 10th, 2010 1:58 am

    VERY TIDY!!! Shortcuts make it soooo much easier!!! Thanks

    +1
  18. 18

    Fiber

    February 10th, 2010 2:00 am

    Thanks a lot for this sheet, it’s just great. :-)

    +1
  19. 19

    James

    February 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.

    +1
  20. 20

    Flizz

    February 10th, 2010 6:49 pm

    duh…I thought MAC guys were on the ball with this stuff

    +1
  21. 21

    Phil

    February 11th, 2010 5:11 am

    “Real designers don’t use PC.”
    Another cocky mac user. The computer is just a tool used by artists.

    +1
  22. 22

    Tony

    February 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…

    “Originally, I intended to buy a keyboard overlay with Photoshop shortcuts, but couldn’t find any for a PC, just for Macs.”

    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.

    +1
  23. 23

    Ian

    February 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.

    +1

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