Last week I began a series of articles with a listing of Photoshop shortcuts or ‘hotkeys’ designed to help improve your productivity. Here is the second installment of that series.
Layer Shortcuts
New Layer: Control+Shift+N
New Layer, No Dialogue: Control+Alt+Shift+N
Ascend thru Layers: Alt+]
Decend thru Layers: Alt+[
Bring Layer Forward: Control+Shift+]
Group with Previous: Control+G
Ungroup Layers: Control+Shift+G
Layer Opacity (step by 10%): 1 thru 0
Layer via Copy: Control+J
Layer via Copy w/Dialogue: Control+Alt+J
Layer via Cut: Control+Shift+J
Merge Down (grouped/linked): Control+E
Merge Visible: Control+Shift+E
Merge Visible to Active Layer: Control+Alt+Shift+E
Move Layer Down: Control+[
Move Layer Up: Control+]
Preserve Transparency /Select Bottom Layer: Alt+Shift+[
Select Top Layer: Alt+Shift+]
Send Layer to Back: Control+Shift+[
Stamp Down: Control+Alt+E
Stamp Visible: Control+Shift+E
Viewing Shortcuts
Apply Zoom w/Box Active: Shift+Return/Enter
Cycle Screen: Modes F
Fit to Screen: Control+0 (zero)
Lock/Unlock Guides: Control+Alt+ ;
View Bottom Right: End
View Top Left: Home
Scroll Down, One Page: Page Down
Scroll Down, 10px: Shift+Page Down
Scroll Left, One Page: Control+Page Up
Scroll Left, 10px: Control+Shift+Page Up
Scroll Right, One Page: Control+Page Down
Scroll Right, 10px: Control+Shift+Page Down
Scroll Up, One Page: Page Up
Scroll Up, 10px: Shift+Page Up
Show/Hide Extras: Control+H
Show/Hide Grid: Control+Alt+(')
Show/Hide Guides: Control+(')
Show/Hide Menubar: Shift+F
Show/hide Rulers: Control+R
Show/Hide Target Path: Control+Shift+H
Snap On/Off: Control+ ;
Toggle Hand Tool: Space Bar
Toggle Zoom In: Control+Space Bar
Toggle Zoom Out: Alt+Space
View Pixels: Control+Alt+0 (zero)
Zoom In: Control+(+)
Zoom Out: Control+(-)
Zoom Out/Resize Window: Control+Alt+(-)
Shortcuts for Selections
Delete Selected Area: Backspace
Deselect Selected Area: Control+D
Feather Selected Area: Control+Alt+D
Invert Selection: Control+Shift+I
Reselect: Control+Shift+D
Select All: Control+A
Moving Selections
Move Selection 1 pixel: Control+Arrow Key
Move Selection 10 Pixels: Control+Shift+Arrow Key
Move Duplicate Selection 1 pixels: Control+Alt+Arrow Key
Move Duplicate Selection 10 pixels: Control+Alt+Shift+Arrow Key
Move While Creating: Spacebar
Shortcuts for Channels
Select Channel (1 thru 9): Control+1...9
Load Selection Channel (1 thru 9): Control+Alt+1...9
Select Composite Channel: Control+(-)
Load Composite as Selection: Control+Alt+(-)
Load Layer Mask as Selection: Control+Alt+(\)
Toggle Channel-Rubylith: (-)
Toggle Layer Mask as Rubylith: (\)
Select Layer Mask-Channel: Control+(\)
Look for the final installment next week!