🔥 Adobe Photoshop Popular Shortcuts
Master essential Photoshop shortcuts to instantly handle selections, transformations, layer management, and brush operations, dramatically speeding up your editing workflow. Focus on your creativity and optimize your process to efficiently complete your projects.
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Ctrl+Z
Undo
Undoes the last command.
🎯 Undo the last action to quickly correct editing mistakes.
💡 Hint: Zundo
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Ctrl+T
Free Transform
Free transforms the current selection or layer.
🎯 Freely scale, rotate, and transform selected layers or objects.
💡 Hint: Transform
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Ctrl+J
New Layer via Copy
Creates a new layer by copying the selection.
🎯 Copy a selection to a new layer for non-destructive editing.
💡 Hint: J for Join copy
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Ctrl+D
Deselect
Deselects the current selection.
🎯 Quickly deselect to proceed to the next operation.
💡 Hint: Deselect
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Decrease Brush Size
Decreases the brush size.
🎯 Decrease brush size to precisely draw or retouch detailed areas.
💡 Hint: [ decrease size
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]
Increase Brush Size
Increases the brush size.
🎯 Increase brush size to quickly paint or retouch large areas.
💡 Hint: ] increase size
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X
Swap Foreground/Background
Swaps the foreground and background colors.
🎯 Instantly swap foreground and background colors for efficient color switching.
💡 Hint: X swap colors
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D
Reset Default Colors
Resets the foreground and background colors to default.
🎯 Reset foreground and background colors to black/white to quickly restore defaults.
💡 Hint: Default colors
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Toggle Brush Paint/Erase
Toggles between painting and erasing with the same brush.
🎯 Switch between painting and erasing with the same brush tool for quick corrections.
💡 Hint: Tilde (~) toggles paint/erase