keyboard shortcuts

A collection of most commonly used keyboard shortcuts for designers. Learn more about them from Yes Im a Designer courses!

Photoshop Become a design virtuoso and learn all the shortcuts!

shortcuts Keyboard Shortcuts can save you tons of time.

Cancel Step Step Show/Hide Flip Flip Convert to Mask-Reveal (CC) Isolate
Backward Forward Layer(s) Horizontal Vertical Smart Object Selection Layers

10% Opacity 20% Opacity 30% Opacity 40% Opacity 50% Opacity 60% Opacity 70% Opacity 80% Opacity 90% Opacity 100% Opacity Delete Layer
Fit to Screen Fill with
Background color
Switch Tabs Zoom out Zoom in

Quick Mask Magic Wand Eraser Rotate View Type tool History Brush Shape tool Eyedropper Dodge tool Pen tool - Brush size + Brush size Toggle Layer
Hide Panels
Move Layer Move Layer Mask
and Tool bar

Quit Close Merge Layers Rulers Free Transform Proof Colors Hue/Saturation Invert Open Print

Precise mode Path select Clone Stamp Reset colors Screen mode Paint bucket Hand tool Healing brush 3D tools Lasso tools Hide/Show Hide/Show Accept text editing
for tools Guides Grid or turn Path into
Selection
Select All Save Deselect Previous filter Group Layers Hide Extras Duplicate Preferences Levels

Combined with tool shortcuts Zoom tool Switch colors Crop tool Move tool Brush tool 3D Camera Marquee tools Lock Combined with tool shortcuts
Transparency
it cycles through tools in the it cycles through tools in the
same group same group
Undo/Redo Cut Copy Paste Color Balance New File Curves

Add Shift
to Nudge faster
Hand tool - change view Nudge up
Eyedropper Move tool Shape tools and Marquee tools - move while drawing Move tool Eyedropper
Nudge left Nudge down Nudge right

Color codes: Keys pressed Keys pressed together with Cmd/Ctrl Recommended Custom Keyboard Shortcuts
- Edit > Keyboard Shortcuts to customize
- Use F1, F2, etc. as standard function Keys (on Mac go to System Preferences > Keyboard)

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 keyboard shortcuts
A collection of most commonly used keyboard shortcuts for designers. Learn more about them from Yes Im a Designer courses!

Illustrator Good to Know

Double click tools to bring up options.
shortcuts

Cancel Step Step

Backward Forward

Lock Hide Make Make

Selected Selected Clipping Compound
Fit to Screen
Artwork Artwork Mask Path

Switch Tabs Zoom out Zoom in

Lasso tool Blend tool Free Transform Rotate tool Type tool Magic Wand Mesh tool Eyedropper Reflect tool Pen tool Send Bring
Hide Panels
and Tool bar Backward Forward

Character
Quit Close Rulers Outline mode Smart Guides Check Spelling Open Print
panel

Precise mode Direct select Scale tool Reset colors Screen mode Gradient Hand tool Graph tools Live Paint Ellipse tool Hide/Show Hide/Show
for tools Guides Grid Tool Options

Select All Save Deselect Paste in Place Group Objects Hide Extras Join Preferences Levels

Zoom tool Switch colors Scissors tool Path select Brush tool Pencil Rectangle Clear
Selected
Swatch

Undo/Redo Cut Copy Paste Paste in Back New File

Add Shift
to Nudge faster
Hand tool - change view Nudge up
Path select Shape tools and Marquee tools - move while drawing Path select
Nudge left Nudge down Nudge right

Color codes: Keys pressed Keys pressed together with Cmd/Ctrl Recommended Custom Keyboard Shortcuts
- Edit > Keyboard Shortcuts to customize
- Use F1, F2, etc. as standard function Keys (on Mac go to System Preferences > Keyboard)

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 keyboard shortcuts
A collection of most commonly used keyboard shortcuts for designers. Learn more about them from Yes Im a Designer courses!

InDesign Good to Know

In Adobe InDesign you can assign multiple shortcuts to the same options in the
shortcuts Keyboard Shortcuts menu and you can also print out the whole shortcut list.

Cancel Step Step

Backward Forward

Delete selected
Actual size Fit to Screen object

Switch Tabs Zoom out Zoom in

Quick Mask Magic Wand Free Transform Rotate tool Type tool Gap tool Eyedropper Shear tool Pen tool Send Bring Line tool
Hide Panels
and Tool bar Backward Forward

Character
Quit Close Export Rulers Smart Guides Check Spelling Open Print
panel

Rectangle
Direct select Scale tool Reset colors Gradient tool Hand tool Healing brush Measure tool Ellipse tool Hide/Show Hide/Show Quick Apply
frame
Guides Grid

Select All Save Place Find/Change Group objects Go to Page Preferences Levels

Content Clear
Zoom tool Switch colors Scissors tool Path select Pencil tool Rectangle tool
Collector Selected
Swatch
Scale smaller Scale bigger
Copy Paste Text Frame New File
Undo/Redo Cut
options

Add Shift
to Nudge faster
Change view Hand tool - change view Change view Nudge up
whille typing Path tool Shape tools and Marquee tools - move while drawing Path tool whille typing
Nudge left Nudge down Nudge right

Color codes: Keys pressed Keys pressed together with Cmd/Ctrl Recommended Custom Keyboard Shortcuts
- Edit > Keyboard Shortcuts to customize
- Use F1, F2, etc. as standard function Keys (on Mac go to System Preferences > Keyboard)

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 keyboard shortcuts
A collection of most commonly used keyboard shortcuts for designers. Learn more about them from Yes Im a Designer courses!

more Photoshop Layers Create a New Layer

- Cmd/Ctrl+Shift+N
HUD color picker (Heads Up Display)
- Cmd/Ctrl+Option/Alt+Shift/
Selection based on Layers content Control+click and hold with the Brush
shortcuts - Cmd/Ctrl+click on layers thumbnail Merge All Layers onto a New Layer tool
- Cmd/Ctrl+Option/Alt+Shift+E
Select All Layers - Cmd/Ctrl+Option/Alt+A Eyedropper
Change Opacity
Selections Clipping Mask for selected layer(s)
- Hold down Option/Alt while drawing
with the Brush tool
Select All - Cmd/Ctrl+A - Option/Alt+click between two layers - 0-9 (tool selected has to be
something without Opacity controls) Fill with Foreground color
Deselect - Cmd/Ctrl+D Group Layers - Cmd/Ctrl+G - Option/Alt+Backspace
Change Fill Opacity
Invert Selection - Cmd/Ctrl+Shift+I Ungroup Layers - Cmd/Ctrl+Shift+G for selected layer(s) Fill with Background color
Open/Close All Top-most Layer Groups - Shift+0-9 (tool selected has to be - Cmd/Ctrl+Backspace
Reselect - Cmd/Ctrl+Shift+D
- Cmd/Ctrl+click on a disclosure triangle something without Fill controls)
Fill dialog box
Modify Selections
Open/Close a Top-most Drawing - Shift+Backspace
- Shift+click to Add
- Option/Alt+click to Subtract Layer Group including Change Opacity of drawing tool - 0-9
items in Nested Groups Increase/Decrease Brush size
- Option/Alt+Shift+click to Intersect
- Alt/Option+click on the - Cmd/Ctrl+Option/Alt+click Change Flow of drawing tool
- Shift+F6 to Feather
disclosure triangle to see and drag right/left - Shift+0-9
- Cmd/Ctrl+Option/Alt+R to Refine Edge
all the content including
Increase/Decrease Brush hardness Temporarily select tools
items in Nested Groups
Blend modes - Cmd/Ctrl+Option/Alt+click - Hold down the tools keyboard
Open/Close All Top-most Layer Groups and drag up/down shortcut while using it and when you
Change selected O - Overlay including items in Nested Groups let it go Photoshop will automatically
layer(s) blend mode: F - Soft Light Cycle through brush tips - </>
- Cmd/Ctrl+Option/Alt+click on a switch back to the previously used tool
- Option/Alt+Shift+ H - Hard Light disclosure triangle to see all the content Drawing Squares and Perfect Circles
N - Normal V - Vivid Light
I - Dissolve J - Linear Light
in the layer stack including items in all - Hold down Shift while drawing with View options
Nested Groups the Shape tools or Marquee tools
K - Darken Z - Pin Light Enter Mask view
M - Multiply L - Hard Mix Move Layer up/down in layer stack Start drawing from the center - Option/Alt+click on Layer mask
B - Color Burn E - Difference - Cmd/Ctrl+[/] - Hold down Option/Alt while drawing
A - Linear Burn X - Exclusion Send Layer to front/back in layer stack with the Shape tools or Marquee tools Birds Eye view
G - Lighten U - Hue - Cmd/Ctrl+Shift+[/] - Press and hold H
S - Screen T - Saturation Select next layer - Option/Alt+[/] Drawing straight vertical/horizontal
D - Color Dodge C - Color lines Scrubby zoom
W - Linear Dodge Y - Luminosity Show only selected layer - Hold down Shift while drawing - Press and hold Z and click and drag
- Option/Alt+click on layers eye icon left and right

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A collection of most commonly used keyboard shortcuts for designers. Learn more about them from Yes Im a Designer courses!

Typography Change increments in InDesign Preferences / Units & Increments / Keyboard Increments
Jump words Cmd/Ctrl+Left/Right arrow
shortcuts Jump paragraphs Cmd/Ctrl+Up/Down arrow
Select characters while moving cursor Shift+Left/Right arrow
Select words while moving cursor Cmd/Ctrl+Shift+Left/Right arrow
Select lines while moving cursor Shift+Up/Down arrow
Select paragraphs while moving cursor Cmd/Ctrl+Shift+Up/Down arrow
Select by clicking 2 clicks - word, 3 clicks - line, 4 clicks - paragraph
Select/Deselect all Cmd/Ctrl+A, Cmd/Ctrl+Shift+A
Change font in InDesign with Cmd/Ctrl+6
Styles Cmd/Ctrl+Shift+(i for Italic, b for Bold, u for Underlined)
Size Cmd/Ctrl+Shift+ </> and include Opt/Alt for faster change
Alignment Cmd/Ctrl+L for Left, R for Right, C for Center and J for Justify
All Caps Cmd/Ctrl+Shift+K
Assign Paragraph or Character styles in InDesign Option/Alt+Numeric keys
Kerning/Tracking Option/Alt+Left/Right arrow
Leading Option/Alt+Up/Down arrow
Baseline Shift Option/Alt+Shift+Up/Down arrow
Show Special Characters in InDesign Cmd/Ctrl+Option/Alt+I
Adjust Text frame to text in InDesign Double click on frame control points
Change view while editing text Option/Alt
Drag and drop text editing Preferences / Type / Enable Layout view
Start typing on new layer in Photoshop Shift+click in the document window with Type tool
Specify size of text frame in Photoshop Option/Alt+click in the document window with Type tool

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