KEYBOARD SHORCUT PHOTOSHOP

There are times when applying a simple effect to your image can be so much time consuming. What follows is a list of often used(and much abused tools) tools and their shorcuts to make working with them second nature-we don't want to handle our tools clumsily while unleashing our creativity, do we?

1. H (Hand Tool) — When zoomed in to a portion of your photo, this command brings up the hand tool which allows quick panning.
2. B (Brush tool) — The brush is an extremely useful tool when working with masks, and I’m constantly using this command along with the hand and zoom tools.
3. Sift + B (Cycle through Brush tools)- Use this shortcut to bring up a list of other tools in brushes palette.
4. Z (Zoom Tool) — This command brings up the zoom tool, which allows you to zoom in.
5. Ctrl + 0 (Fit to Screen) — This is a command to get the entire photo in front of your eyes.
6. Ctrl + Z (Undo) — Very useful for going back one step...umm, mistake.
7. [ (Decrease Brush Size) — Decrease your brush size to get into tighter spots.
8. ] (Increase Brush Size) — Increase your brush size for the larger spots.
9. Shift + [ (Decrease Brush Softness) — Decrease the softness of the brush by 25%.
10. Shift + ] (Increase Brush Softness) — Increase the softness of the brush by 25%.
11. Tab (Hide/Show Palettes) —With this you can show or hide your all palettes and take a quick look only on your picture
12. 1->0 (Tool Opacity) — Pressing any number from 1 to 0 gives tool opacity from 10% to 100%.
13. Shift + 1->0 (Tool Flow) — This works the same like the opacity changer, but you have to hold the "Shift key" while you hit the numbers.
14. Ctrl + Tab (Next Point on Curves Adjustment) — you can place multiple points on the curve and adjust them accordingly when using the curves adjustment dialog. Use this command to switch focus from point to point without moving them around.
15. Right click (Brush Presets) — Right click on the image to bring up a list of brush Presets
16. E (Eraser tool) — Brings up the eraser tool.
17. Shift + E (Cycle through other tools in this group) Use this to Cycle through other tools in Eraser tools group this group.
18. R (Blur tool) — Brigs up the blur tool
19. Shift + R — Use it to cycle through other tools in blur tools group.
20. O (Dodge tool) — Brings up the dodge tool.
21. Shit + 0 — Use this to cycle through other tools in dodge tools group.
22. T (Type tool) — Brings up the type tool.
23. V (Move tool) — Use this to move layers around in an image.
24. C (Crop tool) — Brings up the crop tool.
25. N (Notes tools) — Brings up the notes tool.
26. W (Magic wand tool) — Brings up the magic wand tool
27. M (Marque tool) — Brings up the marque tool.
28. Ctrl + Shift + O - Photoshop's File Browser
29. Ctrl + Shift + P - Page Setup Dialogue Box
30. Ctrl + Shift + S - Save As Dialogue Box
31. Ctrl + Shift + K - Color Setting Preferences Box
32. Ctrl + Shift + F - Fade Dialogue Box
33. Ctrl + Shift + X - Liquify Filter Tool
34. Ctrl + Shift + N - Create New Layer Preferences Box
35. Ctrl + Shift + M - Launches ImageReady
36. Ctrl + Shift + E - Merges all layers into a single layer
37. Ctrl + Alt + Z - Step Backward
38. Ctrl + Shift + - (Minus Sign Key) - Zoom Out
39. Ctrl + Shift + + (Plus Sign Key) - Zoom In
40. Ctrl + Shift + Alt + N - Creates a new empty layer
41. Ctrl + Shift + Alt + S - Save For The Web Dialogue
42. Ctrl + Alt (in most Dialogue Boxes) - Changes the 'Cancel' command to 'Reset'
43. Ctrl + Alt (in the 'Save For Web Dialogue') - Changes the 'Cancel' command to 'Reset' & the 'Done' command to 'Remember'
44. Ctrl + Alt + ~(Tild Symbol) - Selects the brightest area of the currently selected layer
45. Ctrl + Shift + I - Inverts a selection
46. Ctrl + Alt + X - Extract
47. Shift + -/+ signs(on a layer) - Toggles the different layer modes
48. Shift + Ctrl + Z - Step Forward
49. Ctrl + N - New Document Dialogue Box
50. Ctrl + M - Curves Dialogue Box
51. Ctrl + A - Selects all in the currently foreground document or currently selected layer
52. Ctrl + D - Deselects all in the currently foreground document or currently selected layer
53. Ctrl + J - Automatically creates a duplicate of the currently selected layer
54. Ctrl + K - Preferences Dialogue Box
55. Ctrl + L - Levels Dialogue Box
56. Ctrl + F4 - Closes current document
57. Ctrl + ' (Single Quote Key) - Toggles Grid Lines
58. Ctrl + Q - Quits Photoshop altogether
59. Ctrl + R - Toggles Rulers
60. Ctrl + U - Hue/Saturation Dialogue Box
61. Ctrl + O - Opens New File
62. Ctrl + P - Print Dialogue Box
63. Ctrl + Z - Undo last Action
64. Ctrl + Tab - Toggle between open documents
65. Ctrl + Shift + C - Copy Merged
66. Ctrl + C - Copy
67. Ctrl + H - Toggle Extras
68. Ctrl + ; - Toggle Guides
69. Ctrl + Shift + ; - Toggle Snap
70. Ctrl + X - Cut
71. Ctrl + Alt + Shift + X - Pattern Maker
72. Ctrl + V - Paste
73. Ctrl + Shift + V - Paste into selection
74. Ctrl + Alt + Shift + V - Paste Outside
75. Ctrl + T - Transform Tool
76. Ctrl + Shift + T - Repeats the last performed Transform
77. Shift + F5 / Shift + Backspace (Key) - Fill Layer Dialogue Box
78. f1 - Toggles Adobe Online Help
79. f5 - Toggles Brush style palette
80. f6 - Toggles Colour, Swatches, Styles palette
81. f7 - Toggles Layers, Channels, Paths palette
82. f8 - Toggles Navigator, Info palette
83. f9 - Toggles Actions, History, Presets palette
84. Shift + Tab (Key) - Toggles palettes on screen, excluding the Toolbar.
85. Ctrl + Alt + Shift + E -Stamp Visible
86. Ctrl + Alt + Shift + K -Show Keyboard Commands