PhotoShop Keyboard Shortcuts

QUICK PHOTOSHOP KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS

Photoshop is quite an interesting tool to use, and more interesting when you know the shortcuts that saves you time and puts that smile and confidence on your client’s face when they see you navigating the job like it was too easy! There are huge amounts of keyboard shortcuts in Photoshop, but i believe in listing the most important and worthy ones.
Notes:
We will be using ‘+’ sign to show two or more keyboard combinations. For example: CTRL + ALT + TAB etc.
This article was written using Windows as example, so if you’re using Macintosh: CONTROL = COMMAND and ALT = OPTION


Worldwide Keyboard Shortcuts
1. You can check all your preferences pressing CTRL + K and learn more.
2. Press TAB to show/hide tool panels;
3. Press SHIFT + TAB to show/hide only your palette;
4. Press F repeatedly to cycle screen modes;
5. Press CTRL + TAB to switch to your next document;
6. Press CTRL + SHIFT + TAB to switch to your previous document;
7. Press CTRL + T to enter free transform mode;
Tip: You can scale proportionally from center. You transform by pressing and holding ALT + SHIFT, when you’re dragging.
8. Press ALT + DEL to fill the layer with foreground color or SHIFT + DEL to fill with background color; Tip: You can also use ALT + BACKSPACE or SHIFT + BACKSPACE to fill non-transparent pixels.