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Surely, for many of you who are just starting to master Photoshop, using the keys is not the main thing; the mouse is more often used. If you want to become a professional who works in Photoshop 8 hours a day, you simply need to know the keyboard shortcuts to work even faster. We recommend reading the lesson on setting hotkeys for brushes in Photoshop.

Photoshop CS6 Windows hotkey combination

The keyboard shortcuts in Photoshop CS6 on Windows are very similar to those in previous versions. Let's see which ones are the most important.

• Open file- Open the picture. To do this, press Ctrl + O.
• Create document- If you don’t have a photo to open, we’ll create one new document by pressing Ctrl + N.
• Zoom in and out- You can do this by pressing the Ctrl button and the plus and minus keys. You can also press the Ctrl key and use your mouse scroll to zoom in both directions.
• Save for web- This is one of the key keys used most often. Alt + Ctrl + Shirt + S will always give you “Save for Web”. Keep in mind that you can press the first three keys in any order - the combination will work.
• Layer Transformation- If you want to transform the active layer, all you have to do is press Ctrl + T.
• Change hotkeys- If you want to customize the hotkeys the way you need, press Alt + Shift + Ctrl + K.
• Preferences- Ctrl + K will always be in your Preferences menu.
• Levels- If you edit photos, accessing levels is the window you open most often. From now on you can do this easily by pressing Ctrl + L.
• Curves- Ctrl + M will allow you to quickly edit Curves.
• Hue/Saturation
• Color Balance- Color balance is another thing that is very useful for working with photographs. use Ctrl + B for this.
• Desaturate- If you want to quickly desaturate, press Ctrl + Shift + U.
• Image Size- Ctrl + Alt + I.
• New Layer- Creating a new layer can be simply done by pressing Shift + Ctrl + N.
• Liquify- If you use Liquify frequently, Shift + Ctrl + X should be your best friend.
• Invert- Inverting colors in Photoshop on Windows can be simply done using Ctrl + I.
• Install on screen- Setting the image on the screen is easy to do by pressing Ctrl + 0.
• Ruler- You wouldn't always want to see a ruler on your screen, especially if you have a small screen, so keeping Ctrl + R in mind can be useful.
• Show grid
• Show Guides- If you want to quickly show or hide guides, just press Ctrl +;
• Locking the guides- If you are working with guides and want to lock them, Alt + Ctrl +; will do the job.
• Brush size- If you want to increase or decrease the size of the brush, [ and ] will do the job very quickly.
• Brush hardness- If you want to change the hardness of the brush, Shift + [and Shift +] will do the trick.

Various tools

(where there is an asterisk, this means you need to press the “Shift” button and the corresponding key)

• Move Tool- V
• Marquee Tool-M*
• Lasso Tool-L*
• Crop Tool-C*
• Quick Selection/Magic Wand-W*
• Brush fix-J*
• eraser-E*
• Gradient Tool/Paint Bucket-G*
• Pen Tool-P*
• Type Tool-T*
• -X
• -U*
• -O*
• Brush of History-Y*
• Rotate tool view-R
• Hand tool– H

Photoshop CS6 Mac hotkey shortcut

Most of the keys are more or less the same, here and there you just have to replace the Ctrl command key with the Mac. Sometimes you should also replace Windows Alt with the Mac option

• Open file- Ctrl + O
• Create document- If there is nothing to open, Command + N will create a new document.
• Zoom in and out- Ctrl + plus and minus
• Save for web- Command + Option + Shift + S is an option for Mac.
• Layer Transformation- Transformation of the active layer occurs when pressing Ctrl + T.
• Change hotkeys- Customizing hotkeys can be done by pressing Alt + Ctrl + Shift + K.
• Preferences- Command + K takes you to settings.
• Levels- Levels are similar to Windows keys, Ctrl + L.
• Curves- Command + M will allow you to quickly edit Curves.
• Hue/Saturation- To change this, press Ctrl + U.
• Color Balance- To change the color balance of an image, simply Pless Ctrl + B.
• Desaturate- desaturation can be done by pressing Ctrl + Shift + U.
• Image Size- Once you know, painting image size is simple: just press Command + Option + I.
• New Layer- Create a new layer in the active document by pressing Ctrl + Shift + N.
• Plastic(Liquify)- Ctrl + Shift + X
• Invert- Inverting colors in Photoshop on Mac can be done using the Command + I keys.
• Install on screen- Command + 0 will fit the document on the screen.
• Ruler- Like on Windows, pressing Ctrl + R will hide or show the ruler.
• Show grid- You can show or hide the grid by pressing Ctrl + ‘
• Show Guides- You can quickly show or hide guides by pressing Ctrl +;
• Locking Guides- If you want to lock the guides, just use Option + Command +;
• Brush size- Playing with brush size is easily done using [ and ].
• Brush hardness- Brush hardness can be changed using the keyboard using ( and ) - which basically means Shift + [and Shift +].

Various tools

(where there is an asterisk, this means press the “Shift” button)

• Move Tool- V
• Marquee Tool-M*
• Lasso Tool-L*
• Crop Tool-C*
• Quick Selection/Magic Wand-W*
• Brush fix-J*
• eraser-E*
• Gradient Tool/Paint Bucket-G*
• Pen Tool-P*
• Type Tool-T*
• Toggle Foreground/Background colors-X
• Default Foreground/Background colors- D
• Line/Polygon/Ellipse tools-U*
• Sponge/Dodge/Burn tools-O*
• Brush of History-Y*
• Rotate tool view-R
• Hand tool– H

Now you have them, the most important and probably the most useful hotkeys for Adobe Photoshop CS6 on both Windows and Mac. Differences between the current combinations and those of previous versions not very big, so if you have CS5 you can definitely use them in latest version Photoshop too.

Please note that using keyboard shortcuts in different programs(not just in the Adobe collection) will speed up your workflow and help you finish your work faster than others, giving you an edge over other competitors.

And if the keys in Photoshop on the keyboard don't suit your fingers, you can always adjust them yourself and do better using the keyboard in the program than beginners with just using the mouse.

A complete list of built-in hotkeys for Photoshop CC according to the official Photoshop keyboard shortcuts page (as of June 2017).

Initially, the list is sorted alphabetically for the "Key Action" column, frequently used keys are marked with an asterisk in the rightmost column of the table. To sort the 50 most popular combinations, click on the star in the table header.

Hotkeys in Photoshop, as in others graphic editors, provide a slightly greater advantage than just speeding up the work. Unlike regular programs, here we are talking about working with two input tools simultaneously (each in its own hand),
with your right hand you hold the mouse (or pen graphics tablet) and directly draw, and at the same time, with your left hand, on the keyboard, change the brush size, switch colors or set transparency, etc. Thus, you not only cope with the task faster, but also achieve more high quality drawing. But this is only effective if you are well versed in the hotkeys, and you don’t need to waste time finding the right combinations every time, otherwise they will only slow down the work process. Practice more and try not to give in to the temptation to do everything with the mouse; over time, frequently used keys will be fixed in memory and your fingers will naturally reach for the right place on the keyboard.

To duplicate an entire layer (but there should be no selection in the document), or copy the selection to a new layer, press Ctrl+J

If you want to copy the selection to a new layer so that this area is cut out on the layer from which you are copying, press Ctrl+Shift+J. This operation also doesn't work on the background layer:

Selecting all layers at once

To select all layers at once, press Ctrl+Alt+A. Note that this action selects all layers except the background layer.

To select all similar layers at once, for example, all text layers or adjustment layers or shape layers, right-click (Win) on one of the layers, then select Select Similar Layers from the menu that appears.

Select multiple layers

To select multiple layers that are directly above or below each other, click on the top layer to select it, and then press and hold the Shift key while clicking on the bottom layer (or vice versa). This will select the top layer, bottom layer, and all layers in between:

There is another way to select multiple layers that are located directly above or below each other. To do this, click on the desired layer, press and hold the Shift+Alt keys and click on one of the square brackets ( [ or ] ). Clicking the left bracket ( [ ) will add to the selection the layer located below selected layer, and with repeated clicks will add the following layers located down the stack, while clicking on the right square bracket ( ] ) will add layers in exactly the same way, but already up on the stack.

To select multiple layers that are not directly adjacent to each other, hold down the Ctrl key and click on each layer you want to select in turn:

Quickly select top or bottom layer

For quick selection top layer in the layers palette, press Shift+Alt+].

To quickly select the bottom layer (including the background), press Shift+Alt+[.

Move a layer's selection (activity) up or down the stack

To move a selection, hold down the Alt (Win) key and press the left and right bracket keys ( [ or ] ). The left square bracket moves the selection down, the right one moves the selection up.

Move the selected layer up or down the stack

To move a selected layer down the stack, hold down the Ctrl key and press the left square bracket key ( [ ).

To move the selected layer up, use the right square bracket ( [ ) while holding Ctrl.

Note that this does not work with the background layer, as it is locked from moving on the stack. Additionally, you won't be able to move any other layers below the Background layer.

Move the selected layer instantly up or down

To make the selected layer immediately at the top of the stack, press Shift + Ctrl +], respectively, so that it is at the bottom, press Shift + Ctrl +].

Again, none of these combinations work with the background layer.

Enable/disable visibility of layers

Most Photoshop users, to disable/enable the visibility of a layer, click on the corresponding icon located on the left in the layers panel (eye icon):

But not everyone knows what can be turned off All layers, in addition, the icon of which you click on if you hold down the Alt key before clicking on the “eye”:

You can turn on all layers in the same way.

Another little trick that is unfamiliar to most Photoshop users. If only one layer in a stack of layers has visibility enabled, then you can move the visibility up or down using the keyboard shortcuts Alt+] and Alt+[, respectively.
This is a great way to see exactly what is on each individual layer in a document.

And one more interesting point. The visibility of layers can be turned on/off one after another. To do this, you need to hover the cursor over the “eye” of the desired layer, hold down the left mouse button, and then drag the cursor up or down, depending on the need, while the layers over the icons of which the cursor was dragged will turn on/off:

Selecting the entire layer

To select the entire layer, not just the pixels it contains, press Ctrl+A.

Selecting all pixels contained in a layer

To do this, hold Ctrl and click on the layer preview icon.

Creating a new group from layers

Select the layers you want and then press Ctrl+G

For grouping times, select the desired group and press Shift+Ctrl+G.

Merging layers

To merge a layer with the layer directly below it, press Ctrl+E.

To merge multiple layers, first select the layers you want to merge and then press Ctrl+E.

And another interesting usefulness that few people know about. You can merge two or more layers into a new layer, keeping the original layers, and the newly created one will appear above the selections.
To do this, first select the layers you want to merge and then press Ctrl+Alt+E:

To merge all layers in the palette, press Shift+Ctrl+E.

To merge all layers on a separate layer and still keep the originals, first create a new empty layer above all other layers in the palette, and then press Shift+Ctrl+Alt+E. The pixels from all the layers will be combined into this empty layer, and the layers themselves will remain untouched.

Create Clipping Mask

To do this, press the combination Ctrl+Alt+G.

Changing blend modes

Changing blend modes using keyboard and mouse keys is described in detail.

Changing a layer's opacity

To quickly change the opacity of a layer, first make sure you have the Move Tool selected; to select it, you can simply press the letter V on your keyboard, and then press the number key. The number "5" will correspond to 50% opacity, "8" will correspond to 80%, etc. If you need a more precise opacity value, like 25%, just quickly type "25". For an opacity value of 100%, simply enter "0".

Deleting a layer

There are two ways to delete layers.

First - just click on the desired layer to select it and press the Delete key

Second, drag the layer onto the trash can icon in the lower right corner of the panel:

Well, that seems to be all for now.

3. Double clicking on the top blue bar in any palette window will collapse it.

4. Double click on the gray background will open a dialog box to open the file, Shift double click will open Adobe browser Bridge.

5. Tired of the gray background around your image? Take the Paint Bucket Tool, Shift-click on the gray background and it will change to whatever color you chose as the foreground color.

6. To select all layers, press Alt Ctrl A.

7. Caps Lock will change your cursor to a clearer cross.

8. Press the F key and you can select one of 3 different screen modes, which will allow you to work area more.

9. To draw a straight line using a brush or pencil, single-click at the starting point, then Shift-click at the end point.

10. Pressing Ctrl will turn any tool into a Move Tool as long as you hold it.

11. Ctrl Alt click will create a copy of the image and move it as the mouse moves.

12. Pressing Space will turn any tool into a Hand Tool as long as you hold it.

13. Ctrl Space click will zoom in on the image, Alt Space click will zoom out.

14. Pressing Ctrl and " " or "-" will change the image scale in percentage.

15. If you use the Eyedropper Tool (Eyedropper) with Alt pressed - this will allow you to take a color sample for the background color.

16. Measure Tool (Ruler), make a line, and then hold down Alt and create another line from the end of the first - then you will determine the angle between them.

17. Use Ctrl Alt Z and Ctrl Shift Z to undo and redo a series of actions.

18. Alt Backspace and Ctrl Backspace will fill the image with the foreground and background colors respectively. Shift Backspace will bring up a dialog box to fill the image. Alt Shift Backspace and Ctrl Shift Backspace will fill the image with the foreground and background colors respectively, but leaving the transparent areas transparent.

19. If you hold down Alt and call free transformation using Ctrl T, then the transformation will be performed over the copies of the object. Ctrl Shift T will repeat any recent transformations.

20. You can easily increase the size of the canvas using the Crop Tool, stretch it beyond the canvas and click OK.

21. Ctrl J will create a copy of the current layer.

22. Ctrl Shift E will merge all visible layers into one, Ctrl Shift Alt E will merge a copy of the visible layers into one new layer.

23. When using the Marquee Tool (Selection), hold down Alt to make the starting point the center of the selected area.

24. Ctrl D to remove selection, Ctrl Shift D to return selection.

25. When you create a selection using the Marquee Tool, hold Space to move the selection, release to continue selecting.

26. Pressing Shift and “ ” or “-” will change the layer’s blending mode to: Normal, Dissolve, Multiply, Screen, Overlay.

27. If the Brush tool or any other tool is selected, the transparency of the layer can be changed by pressing the corresponding number on the keyboard:
- when you press one number
- to set a more precise % of transparency [hold 7 and then 2 will result in 72%].

28. Hold Alt and click on the eye icon next to the layer icon in the Layers palette to hide all other layers except the current one.

29. A color sample can be taken not only from an image in Photoshop, but also outside the program. Reduce the Photoshop window so that you can see the image on which you want to determine the color, take the Eyedropper Tool (Eyedropper), click inside Photoshop and, without releasing it, move it outside the window.

30. Select the layer, hold down Alt and click on the border between the top and current layer to create a Cliping Mask, i.e. the top layer will be visible within the bottom layer, the bottom one replaces the mask.

31. While holding Alt, click on the "Create a new layer" button on the layers palette to display a dialog box with settings for the new layer.

32. Select the layer and, while holding down Alt, click on the trash can in the layers palette, i.e. The layer will be removed without any questions asked. Make selections for transparency where you want, go to the Channels tab and press Ctrl click on the "Create new channel" button, i.e. An alpha channel will only be created for the selected areas.

33. File > Automate > Contact Sheet II - will create small previews for each file opened in this moment in Photoshop, in a separate document in a row and signs them.

34. The Move Tool has an option in the settings for auto-selecting the layer "Auto Select Layer" depending on the location of the click.

35. Working with the Move Tool, pressing Alt Shift and right-clicking on various image objects located on different layers will allow you to select all these layers.

36. When working with the Grid, drag the top left corner where the Grid scales are located, and they will start at the point where you release the mouse button. Double clicking in the upper corner will reset the reference point to its original position.

37. Having created a path using the Pen Tool, you can hide/show it again using the Ctrl Shift H combination.

38. Keyboard navigation can often be more effective than a mouse:

Home = scroll to top left corner
End = scroll to bottom right corner
PageUp = scroll up one page
PageDown = scroll down one page
Ctrl PageUp = scroll left one page
Ctrl PageDown = scroll right one page
Shift PageUp = scroll up 10 pixels
Shift PageDown = scroll down 10 pixels
Ctrl Shift PageUp = scroll left 10 pixels
Ctrl Shift PageDown = scroll right 10 pixels.

39. Ctrl Tab will switch you between different image windows.

40. F12 will return the state of the image as it was when it was last saved.

41. Hotkeys for Channels: RGB, CMYK, Indexed colorCtrl "~" = RGB
Ctrl 1 = red
Ctrl 2 = green
Ctrl 3 = blue
Ctrl 4 = other path
Ctrl 9 = other path
Ctrl "~" = CMYK
Ctrl 1 = light green
Ctrl 2 = pink red
Ctrl 3 = yellow
Ctrl 4 = black
Ctrl 5 = other path
Ctrl 9 = other path
Ctrl 1 = Indexed
Ctrl 2 = other path
Ctrl 9 = other path.

42. By holding Ctrl you can stretch the red rectangle on the Navigator palette, thereby scaling the image.

43. Hold Alt and click on any step in the history, i.e. the step will be copied.

44. Press Alt and drag a step from one Action to another, get a copy of the action.

45. In the Lens Flare filter (Filter > Render > Lens Flare), you can set exact coordinates by holding Alt and clicking on the preview window.

46. ​​While holding Shift Alt, the object will be transformed proportionally, from the center.

47. If you have the Move Tool selected and you want to copy something, just hold down Alt and drag the image. By holding Shift Alt, the object can easily be moved along the Grid guides.

48. If you want to straighten the horizon or uneven edges after scanning, then take the Measure Tool (Ruler), draw a line along your curve, then go to Image> Rotate Canvas> Arbitrary, Photoshop will set the rotation angle values ​​itself, just click OK and image rotated

49. If you create something in Illustrator, copy and paste it into Photoshop, it will ask you in what form to paste: pixel or Shape.

50. To display the Rules panel, press Ctrl R.

51.To ensure that the image is clearly centered Ctrl A, Ctrl X, Ctrl V.

52. Ctr E will merge the current layer with the underlying one.

53. If the Brush Tool is selected, you can control the diameter of the brush using the [ and ] buttons.

54. Double clicking on the Zoom Tool will return the image scale to 100%, and on the Hand Tool will stretch the image to fit the screen area.

55. Working with text: Ctrl H will hide the selection of selected characters. If you have characters selected, click on the font type selection line, and you can use the arrow keys on your keyboard to select the font type.

Alt left or right arrow will change the character spacing to 10. Ctrl Alt left or right arrow will change the character spacing to 100.

56. Ctrl Alt T will create a copy of the object you want to transform.

57. Ctrl Alt arrow right, left, up or down will copy the current layer and move it 1px.

58. Change the active layer using Alt [ or ].59. Move the active layer up or down when help Ctrl[ or].

60. To hide the Grid guides, press Ctrl.

61. Ctrl [plus key] will zoom in on the image, Ctrl [minus key] will zoom out. Ctrl Alt [plus key] will increase the zoom and size of the window, the same for Ctrl Alt [minus key].

62. Using the Polygonal Lasso Tool, press Backspace to undo the last step.

63. Press X to switch the foreground and background colors.

64. Press D to reset the foreground and background colors to the default colors: black and white.

65. To display the Brushes settings palette, press F5.

66. To display the Layers palette, press F7.

67. Ctrl-clicking on the layer icon in the layers palette will create a selection of the layer’s contents.

68. If you want to see the contents of the layer mask, then hold down Alt and click on the layer mask.

69. Alt-clicking on the layer mask icon will create a black mask.

70. When using the Polygonal Lasso Tool, hold Shift to create angled lines in 45 degree increments.

71. For better organization of layers, group the selected ones by pressing Ctrl G.

72. Ctrl Shift N will create a new file, displaying a dialog box; Ctrl Shift Alt N will create a new layer in the working file.

73. Back to brushes, the [ and ] keys will decrease and increase the diameter of the brush, and Shift [ or ] will change the hardness of the brush.

74. Press Alt to make the Burning Tool act as the Dodge Tool, and vice versa.

75. Stamp Tool clones areas of the image (Alt click - to determine the area to copy). This also works if several images are open in Photoshop and you can also clone any areas from other images, you just need to position the images within view of the screen.

76. Ctrl-clicking on a layer icon creates a selection of an object on this layer. If you need to select more than 1 object on several layers, additionally hold down Shift.

77. To combine palettes into one, drag the tab of any tab on another palette to the other tabs and it will move.

78. When creating text, pressing Enter creates new line To finish writing, press Ctrl Enter or Enter on the numeric keypad.

79. You can move the layer to any other open image in Photoshop, i.e. a copy of the layer will be created. Hold Shift while dragging and the contents of the layer will be inserted clearly in the center.

80. Create a new document in Photoshop with a size of 500x500 px, create a new layer, take the Brush Tool, take a standard round brush, of any diameter and put a point in the top center (position as at 12 o’clock). Press Ctrl Alt T, this will create a copy of the point and allow you to transform it. Pull the point in the center of the transformed object Pivot Point and set it clearly in the center of the image, enter a rotation angle of 30 degrees at the top and click OK. And now the trick.... Press Ctrl Shift Alt T 10 times and you will see what happens!

81. Working with the Move Tool, you can select any layer by clicking on a part of the object with Ctrl pressed.

82. How to select a group of layers without using the layers palette? We know how to select one layer from step 81, and you can add another layer to the group by holding Ctrl Shift and clicking on a part of the object located on another layer.

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