Keyboard Shortcuts Reference
3 min read|Reference
Using Shortcuts
Shortcuts work whenever you are not typing in a text field. On Windows and Linux, use Ctrl instead of ⌘. Hold Shift for the variants shown with ⇧.
File & Edit
| ⌘O | Open file |
| ⌘N | New document |
| ⌘S | Export |
| ⌘Z | Undo |
| ⇧⌘Z | Redo |
| ⌘Y | Redo (Windows style) |
| ⌘A | Select all |
| ⌘C | Copy selection |
| ⌘X | Cut selection |
| ⌘V | Paste |
| ⌘D | Deselect |
| ⇧⌘I | Invert selection |
Tools
| V | Move |
| B | Brush |
| E | Eraser |
| I | Eyedropper |
| M | Rectangle select |
| L | Lasso / polygonal lasso |
| W | Magic wand |
| T | Text |
| C | Crop |
| G | Fill / gradient |
| H | Hand |
| Z | Zoom |
| S | Clone stamp |
| U | Rectangle / ellipse / line shape |
| P | Pen |
| O | Dodge / burn / sponge |
| ⌘T | Move tool |
Layers
| ⌘⇧N | New layer |
| ⌘J | Duplicate layer |
| ⌫ / Delete | Delete layer (or clear selection pixels) |
| ⌘] | Move layer forward |
| ⌘[ | Move layer backward |
| ⇧⌘] | Bring layer to front |
| ⇧⌘[ | Send layer to back |
View & Canvas
| ⌘+ | Zoom in |
| ⌘- | Zoom out |
| ⌘0 | Fit to screen |
| ⌘1 | Zoom to 100% |
| Space + drag | Pan canvas |
| Scroll wheel | Zoom at cursor |
Brush & Colors
| [ | Decrease brush size |
| ] | Increase brush size |
| X | Swap foreground / background color |
| D | Reset colors to black & white |
Selection & Transform
| Arrow keys | Move selection (1 px) |
| ⇧ + Arrow keys | Move selection (10 px) |
| Enter | Commit transform |
| Esc | Cancel transform or deselect |
Filters
| ⌘L | Levels |
| ⌘M | Curves |
| ⌘U | Hue / Saturation |
| ⌘B | Brightness / Contrast |