7 Essential Photoshop Shortcuts for Designers

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13
Aug
2007

Here’s a list of my 7 favorite keyboard shortcuts for Adobe Photoshop.

Some of these may be nothing new to you, others may be foreign. Either way, feel free to add on to this list below!

Multiple Undo/Step Backward
Ctrl + Alt + Z
New Layer
Ctrl + Shift + N
Duplicate Layer
Ctrl + J
Save for Web
Ctrl + Alt + Shift + S
Zoom In / Zoom Out / Fit to Window
Ctrl + = “Zoom In”
Ctrl + - “Zoom Out”
Ctrl + 0 “Fit to Window”
Copy Merged
Ctrl + Shift + C
Launch ImageReady
Ctrl + Shift + M

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3:21 pm

Jose Negron

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Denver Graphic Desgin by Shycon @ August 13th, 2007 at 8:56 pm

Shortcuts make my day brighter…
Here’s a few more good ones.

[ = Brush size down
] = Brush size up
F (3 versions) = regular / full screen (coupled with a 2nd monitor and the H (hand tool), you’ll move around your documents very quickly. \
CTRL + T = Free Transform
Jose M. Negron @ August 13th, 2007 at 9:20 pm

How could I forget CTRL + T?!

Nice list!
Mani Karthik @ August 14th, 2007 at 3:27 am

Great tips there Jose..

Thanks much. Do you have any easter egg tricks as well?

Cheers!
Mani
kara @ August 22nd, 2007 at 8:38 pm

Great tips - I didn’t know the brush size one.
[thanks]