Adobe Photoshop CS6 Shortcuts
Selecting
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Draw Marquee from
Center
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Alt-Marquee
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Add to a Selection
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Shift
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Subtract from a
Selection
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Alt
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Intersection with a
Selection
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Shift-Alt
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Make Copy of
Selection w/Move tool
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Alt-Drag Selection
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Make Copy of
Selection when not in Move tool
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Ctrl-Alt-Drag
Selection
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Move Selection (in
1-pixel Increments)
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Arrow Keys
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Move Selection (in
10-pixel Increments)
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Shift-Arrow Keys
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Select all Opaque
Pixels on Layer
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Ctrl-click on Layer
Thumbnail (in Layers panel)
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Restore Last
Selection
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Ctrl-Shift-D
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Feather Selection
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Shift-F6
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Move Marquee while
drawing selection
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Hold Space while
drawing marquee
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Viewing
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Fit on Screen
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Double-click on Hand
tool or Ctrl-0
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100% View Level
(Actual Pixels)
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Double-Click on Zoom
Tool or Ctrl-Alt-0
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Zoom in
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Ctrl-Space-Click or
Ctrl-Plus(+)
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Zoom out
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Alt-Space-Click or
Ctrl-Minus(–)
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Hide all tools and
panels
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Tab
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Hide all panels
except Toolbox and Options bar
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Shift-Tab
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Rotate through
full-screen modes
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F
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Scroll image left or
right in window
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Ctrl-Shift-Page
Up/Down
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Jump/Zoom to part of
Image
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Ctrl-drag in
Navigator panel
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Toggles layer mask
on/off as rubylith
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Layer Shortcuts
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Create new layer
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Ctrl-Shift-N
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Select
non-contiguous layers
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Ctrl-Click layers
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Select contiguous
layers
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Click one layer,
then Shift-Click another layer
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Delete Layer
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Delete key (while in
the Move tool)
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View contents of
layer mask
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Alt-Click layer mask
icon
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Temporarily turn off
layer mask
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Shift-Click layer
mask icon
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Clone layer as you
move it
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Alt-Drag
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Find/Select layer
containing object
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Right-Click on the
object w/Move tool
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Change layer opacity
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Number pad keys
(w/Move tool selected)
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Cycle down or up
through blend modes
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Shift-Plus(+) or
Minus(–)
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Change to a specific
blend mode
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(w/Move tool)
Shift-Alt-letter (ie: N=Normal, M=Multiply. etc.)
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Switch to layer
below/above current layer
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Alt-[ or Alt-]
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Type Shortcuts
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Select all text on
layer
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Double-Click on T
thumbnail in Layers panel
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Increase/Decrease
size of selected text by 2 pts
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Ctrl-Shift->/<
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Increase/Decrease
size of selected text by 10 pts
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Ctrl-Shift-Alt->/<
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Increase/Decrease
kerning/tracking
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Alt-Right/Left Arrow
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Align text
left/center/right
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Ctrl-Shift-L/C/R
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Painting
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Fill selection with
background color
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Ctrl-Backspace
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Fill selection with
foreground color
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Alt-Backspace
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Fill selection with
foreground color using Lock Transparent Pixels
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Shift-Alt-Backspace
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Fill selection with
source state in History panel
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Ctrl-Alt-Backspace
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Display Fill dialog
box
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Shift-Backspace
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Sample as background
color
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Alt-Click
w/Eyedropper tool
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To get Move tool
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While in any
painting/editing tool-hold Ctrl
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To get Eyedropper
with Paint tools
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Alt
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Change paint opacity
(with Airbrush OFF)
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Number keys
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Change paint opacity
(with Airbrush ON)
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Shift-Number keys
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Change Airbrush flow
(with Airbrush ON)
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Number keys
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Change Airbrush flow
(with Airbrush OFF)
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Shift-Number keys
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Cross-Hair Cursor
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Any painting/editing
tool-turn Caps Lock on
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Decrease/Increase
Brush Size
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[ or ]
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Decrease/Increase
Hardness of Brush
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Shift-[ or Shift-]
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Switch between
preset Brushes
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< or >
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Open Brushes pop-up
panel
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Right-Click on Image
window
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Erase to History
panel’s source state
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Alt-Eraser
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Cycle down or up
through blend modes
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Shift-Plus(+) or
Minus(–)
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Change to a specific
blend mode
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Shift-Alt-letter
(ie: N=Normal, M=Multiply, etc.)
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Create fixed color
target from within a dialog box
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Shift-Click in image
window
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Delete fixed color
target
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Alt-Click on target
with Color Sampler tool
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Create new
spot-color channel from current selection
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Ctrl-Click on New
Channel button in Channels panel
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Pen Tool Shortcuts
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To get Direct
Selection tool while using Pen
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Ctrl
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Switch between
Add-Anchor and Delete-Anchor Point tools
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Alt
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Switch from Path
Selection tool to Convert Point tool when pointer is over anchor point
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Ctrl-Alt
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To Select a whole
path w/Direct Selection tool
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Alt-click
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Convert path to a
selection
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Ctrl-click on path
name (in Paths panel)
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Panel Shortcuts
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Show/Hide Brushes
panel
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F5
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Show/Hide Color
panel
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F6
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Show/Hide Layers
panel
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F7
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Show/Hide Info panel
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F8
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Show/Hide Actions
panel
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Alt-F9
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Open Adobe Bridge
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Ctrl-Alt-O
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Other Shortcuts
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Switch between open
documents
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Ctrl-Tab
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Undo or Redo
operations beyond last one
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Ctrl-Alt-Z/Ctrl-Shift-Z
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Apply Last Filter
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Ctrl-F
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Opens Last Filter
Dialog Box
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Ctrl-Alt-F
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Hand Tool
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Spacebar
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Reset Dialog Box
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Hold Alt, Cancel
turns into Reset Button, Click it
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Increase/Decrease
value (in any option field) by 1 unit
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Up/Down Arrow
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Increase/Decrease
value (in any option field) by 10 units
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Shift-Up/Down Arrow
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Replay last
Transformation
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Ctrl-Shift-T
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Measure Angle
between Lines (Protractor Function)
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After ruler is
drawn, Alt-Drag end of line with Ruler Tool
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Move Crop Marquee
while creating
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Hold Space while
drawing
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Snap Guide to Ruler
ticks
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Hold Shift while
dragging
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Highlight Fields in
Options bar (n/a for all tools)
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Enter
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Don’t Snap object
edge while moving
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Hold Control while
dragging
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Tools
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V
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Move
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M
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Marquee tools
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L
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Lasso tools
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W
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Quick Selection,
Magic Wand
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C
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Crop and Slice Tools
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I
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Eyedropper, Color
Sampler, Ruler, Note, Count
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J
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Spot Healing Brush,
Healing Brush, Patch, RedEye
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B
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Brush, Pencil, Color
Replacement, Mixer Brush
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S
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Clone Stamp, Pattern
Stamp
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Y
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History Brush, Art
History Brush
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E
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Eraser tools
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G
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Gradient, Paint
Bucket
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O
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Dodge, Burn, Sponge
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P
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Pen tools
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T
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Type tools
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A
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Path Selection,
Direct Selection
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U
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Rectangle, Rounded
Rectangle, Ellipse, Polygon, Line, Custom Shape
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K
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3D Tools
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N
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3D Camera Tools
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H
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Hand
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R
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Rotate View
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Z
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Zoom
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D
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Default colors
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X
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Switch Foreground
and Background colors
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Q
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Quick Mask Mode
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To switch between
all tools within groups, add the Shift key to the letters above
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For example, to
switch between rectangular and elliptical marquee hit Shift-M
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