Essential Photoshop Shortcuts for Mac
I've found that these Photoshop keyboard shortcuts are must-have's and make our lives as designers a lot easier. Some are pretty basic, but still useful for those who are primarily Windows users - or anyone who just needs to brush up on Macintosh!
Creating and Opening Files
New – CMD + N
Open – CMD +O
Browse/Open Bridge – CMD+Option+O
File Info – CMD+Option+Shift+I
Saving Files
Save – CMD + S
Save as – CMD+Shift+S
Save a Copy – CMD+Option+S
Revert – F12
Palettes
Show/hide palettes - Shift+Tab
Show/hide brushes – F5
Show/hide color palette – F6
Show/hide layers palette – F7
Choosing tools
Marquee – M
Move – V
Lasso – L
Magic Wand – W
Crop – C
Slice – K
Healing Brush – J
Brush – B
Clone Stamp – S
History Brush – Y
Eraser – E
Gradient/Paint Bucket –G
Blur/Sharpen/Smudge – R
Dodge/Burn/Sponge – O
Path Selection/Direct Select – A
Type – T
Pen – P
Shape tools – U
Notes/Audio Annotation – N
Eyedropper/Color Sampler/Measure – I
Hand – H
Zoom – Z
Selections
All – CMD+A
Deselect – CMD+D
Reselect – CMD+Shift+D
Invert – CMD+Shift+I
Feather – Shift+F6
Nudge selection 1 pixel – Arrow keys
Nudge selection 10 pixels – Shift+Arrow keys
Duplicate a layer – drag onto new layer button
Group with the layer below – CMD+G
Merge visible layers – CMD+Shift+E
Transform
Free Transform – CMD+T
Transform again CMD+Shift+T
Transform again with duplication – CMD+Option+Shift+T
Free transform with duplication – CMD+Option+T
Transform and constrain proportions – Shift+Drag handle
Transform from center – Option+Drag handle
Transform from center and constrain proportions – Option+Shift+Drag handle
Constrain rotation of a selection to 15 degree increments – Shift+drag
Distort – CMD+Drag
Skew – CMD+Shift+Drag
It’s important to know that with Macintosh, the CMD key is sometimes referred to as the Apple key, and has an icon that looks similar to a clover leaf. Windows users might equate Apple’s Command key with the Control (CTRL) key on a PC.
What are YOUR favorite keyboard shortcuts for Photoshop? Are there any we've missed on this list?