Fastest way of moving around any applications/games quite unachievable unless there is a combination of keyboard and mouse. In Photoshop, to move around quicker that your fellow colleagues or friends, how about starting with mastering the Tools; the most important element in Photoshop, from my point of view.
Point your mouse over the image to see a change. The alphabets indicates the shortcut for each of the tools. For a more complete coverage of the tools shortcut, refer the table of Photoshop CS 2 tools shortcut below.
| photoshop tool box shortcut |
| Tools Shortcut Name | Shortcut Key |
|---|---|
| Add Shape | + |
| Subtract Shape | - |
| Preserve Transparency (toggle) | / |
| Decrease Brush Size | [ |
| Increase Brush Size | ] |
| Decrease Brush Softness by 25% | Shift+ [ |
| Increase Brush Hardness by 25% | Shift+ ] |
| Previous Brush | < |
| Next Brush | > |
| First Brush | Shift+ < |
| Last Brush | Shift+ > |
| Tool Opacity 10% → 100% | 1 → 0 |
| Flow / Airbrush Opacity 10% → 100% | Shift+1 → 0 |
| Path / Direct Selection Tool | A |
| Brush / Pencil / Color Replacement Tool | B |
| Crop Tool | C |
| Default Colors | D |
| Eraser Tool | E |
| Cycle Screen Modes | F |
| Gradient / Paint Bucket Tool | G |
| Hand Tool | H |
| Eyedropper / Sampler / Measure Tool | I |
| Spot Healing / Healing / Patch / Red Eye | J |
| Slice Tool | K |
| Lasso Tool | L |
| Marquee Tool | M |
| Notes / Audio Annotation Tool | N |
| Dodge / Burn / Sponge Tool | O |
| Pen / Freeform Pen Tool | P |
| Standard / Quick Mask Mode | Q |
| Blur / Sharpen / Smudge Tool | R |
| Clone / Pattern Stamp Tool | S |
| Type Tool (Vertical / Horizontal) | T |
| Shape Tool | U |
| Move Tool | V |
| Magic Wand Tool | W |
| Switch Colors | X |
| History / Art History Brush Tool | Y |
| Zoom Tool | Z |
| Hand Tool (toggle) | Space |
| Zoom In (toggle) | Ctrl+Space |
| Zoom Out (toggle) | Alt+Space |
| Cycle Path / Direct Selection Tools | Shift+A |
| Cycle Brush / Pencil / Color Replacement | Shift+B |
| Cycle Eraser Tools | Shift+E |
| Menubar (show / hide) | Shift+F |
| Toggle Gradient / Paint Bucket Tools | Shift+G |
| Cycle Eyedropper / Sampler / Measure | Shift+ I |
| Cycle Spot / Healing / Patch / Red Eye | Shift+J |
| Toggle Slice / Slice Select Tools | Shift+K |
| Cycle Lasso Tools | Shift+L |
| Toggle Rectangular / Elliptical Marquee | Shift+M |
| Toggle Notes / Audio Annotation Tools | Shift+N |
| Cycle Dodge / Burn / Sponge Tools | Shift+O |
| Toggle Pen / Freeform Pen Tools | Shift+P |
| Cycle Blur / Sharpen / Smudge Tools | Shift+R |
| Toggle Clone / Pattern Stamp Tools | Shift+S |
| Cycle Type Tools (Vertical / Horizontal) | Shift+T |
| Cycle Shape / Line Tools | Shift+U |
| Toggle History / Art History Brush | Shift+Y |
| Airbrush (Brush Tool) | Alt+Shift+P |
shortcuts courtesy of Trevor Morris
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Posted by hongkiat in Photoshop Tutorials , at 02.20.07
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Comments
Muhd Syafiq February 21st, 2007
Thanks for the info. I think it will take time to remember all the shortcut …
Replyroy sirimanna February 28th, 2007
Thanks for the info. I think it will take time to remember all the shortcut …
very usful info.
Replybest regards
roy
AjAMz_BoY March 24th, 2007
Thanks that was great dude i would like to tell ya that im gonna copy it to my site have any problem ? just kidin lolz.. i wont.. anyways thanks alot..
Replyivandiadser September 4th, 2008
Hi all!
Bye
Replyvaibhav December 15th, 2008
thnx to information
ReplyMast bahut kaam ki keys hai ye sabhi………………………..
\\ vaibhav sisodiya
lumansupra March 21st, 2009
wow, it’s very helpful
thanks…
I’d like to remember them… :)
Replysagar June 20th, 2009
thanks its very helpfull for fast work in photoshop.
Replygurmeet singh leharka October 10th, 2009
wow what a usefull keys….
Replyi am so impressed
Chidambara Kumar October 30th, 2009
ctrl + + Zoom in
Replyctrl + – Zoom out
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