Adobe Photoshop CS3 Essential Shortcuts These are the default keyboard shortcuts for Adobe Photoshop CS 3. I have produced this guide using Mac keyboard commands. If your using windows just press Ctrl where it says Cmd. You can easily assign your own keyboard shortcuts for any tool or function by using Photoshop Keyboard Shortcut menu which can be found here Alt+Shift+Cmd+K You can toggle between tools on the same button by Shift and the letter

Selection tools Move Tool Rectangular Marquee Tool Lasso Tool Polygonic Lasso Tool Magnetic Lasso Tool Select All Deselect All Reselect Select All Layers Refine Edge... Feather

V M L L L Cmd+A Cmd+D Shift+Cmd+D Alt+Cmd+A Alt+Cmd+R Alt+Cmd+D

Crop Tool

C

File Menu

Cmd+N Cmd+O Alt+Cmd+O Cmd+W Alt+Cmd+W Shift+Cmd+W Cmd+S Shift+Cmd+S Alt+Shift+Cmd+S F12 Alt+Shift+Cmd+I Shift+Cmd+P Cmd+P Alt+Shift+Cmd+P Cmd+K Cmd+Q Cmd+/

Hand Tool

H

New Layer New Layer via Copy New Layer via Cut Group Layers Ungroup Layers Bring Layer to Front Bring Layer Forward Send Layer Backward Send Layer to Back Next Layer Previous Layer Select Previous Layer Select Next Layer Merge Layers Merge Visible Page 1

Undo / Redo Step Forward Step Backward Fade... Cut Copy Copy Merged Paste Paste into Fill Free Transform Transform Again Color Settings Menus...

Cmd+Z Shift+Cmd+Z Alt+Cmd+Z Shift+Cmd+F Cmd+X Cmd+C Shift+Cmd+C Cmd+V Shift+Cmd+V Shift+F5 Cmd+T Shift+Cmd+T Shift+Cmd+K Alt+Shift+Cmd+M

Magic Wand Tool

W

Painting tools

New Document Open Document Browse... Close Document Close All Close and Go to Bridge Save Save As Save For Web and Devices Revert File Info Page Setup Print Print One Copy Preferences Quit Photoshop Help

Layers

Edit Menu

Healing Brush Patch Tool Red Eye Tool Brush Tool Pencil Tool History Brush Tool Paint Bucket Tool Decrease Brush Size Increase Brush Size Decrease Brush Hardness Increase Brush Hardness Previous Brush Next Brush First Brush Last Brush

J J J B B Y G [ ] Shift+[ Shift+] , . Shift+, Shift+.

Color tools Shift+Cmd+N Cmd+J Shift+Cmd+J Cmd+G Shift+Cmd+G Shift+Cmd+] Cmd+] Cmd+[ Shift+Cmd+[ Alt+] Alt+[ Alt+Shift+[ Alt+Shift+] Cmd+E Shift+Cmd+E

Proof Colors Cmd+Y Gamut Warning Shift+Cmd+Y Switch Foreground/Background Colors Default Foreground/Background Colors

X D

Toggle Standard/Quick Mask Modes Toggle Screen Modes Toggle Preserve Transparency

Q F /

View palettes Actions Brushes Color Info Layers

Alt+F9 F5 F6 F8 F7

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Adobe Photoshop CS3 Essential Shortcuts Rulers and guides Show Target Path Show Grid Show Guides Rulers Snap Lock Guides

Shift+Cmd+H Cmd+’ Cmd+; Cmd+R Shift+Cmd+; Alt+Cmd+;

Filter menu Last Filter Extract Liquify Pattern Maker Vanishing Point

Type Tools

Cmd+F Alt+Cmd+X Shift+Cmd+X Alt+Shift+Cmd+X Alt+Cmd+V

Horizontal Type Tool Path Selection Tool

T A

Note: Text has to be selected Align Left Align Right Centre Text Justify Paragraph Justify Paragraph (last line) Bold (Toggle) Decrease Type Size by 10pt Increase Type Size by 10pt Hyphenation (Toggle) Italics Underlining (Toggle) Uppercase (Toggle)

Shift+Cmd+L Shift+Cmd+R Shift+Cmd+C Shift+Cmd+F Shift+Cmd+J Cmd+B Alt+Shift+Cmd+, Alt+Shift+Cmd+. Alt+Shift+H Shift+Cmd+I Shift+Cmd+U Shift+Cmd+K

Zoom Tool Zoom In Zoom Out Fit on Screen Actual Pixels

Z Cmd+= Cmd+Cmd+0 Alt+Cmd+0

Image Adjustments

Levels Auto Levels Auto Contrast Auto Color Curves Color Balance Black & White

Cmd+L Shift+Cmd+L Alt+Shift+Cmd+L Shift+Cmd+B Cmd+M Cmd+B Alt+Shift+Cmd+B

Hue/Saturation Desaturate Invert

Cmd+U Shift+Cmd+U Cmd+I

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Change dimensions

Image Size Canvas Size

Alt+Cmd+I Alt+Cmd+C

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