PHOTOSHOP SHORTCUT KEYS

PHOTOSHOP SHORTCUTS keys: (In windows)

1. CTRL + Z = UNDO button
2. CTRL + J = Duplicate layer (can also select a portion of a layer with the Marquee tool and use CTRL + J to duplicate only the selected area)
3. CTRL + D = Deselecting the marching Ants.
4. CTRL + U = Bring up Hue/saturation dialog box
5. CTRL + N = New blank file (shortcut to file> New dialog)
6. CTRL + E = merge& flatten to layer below
7. CTRL + O = open(shortcut to file>open dialog);you can also double click in Photoshop outside of nay open documents (in the grey area) to bring up the open dialog
8. CTRL + 0 = Zooms out so entire canvas is visible (example, if you are zoomed in working on a small area of a 12X12 canvas, pressing CTRL +) would zoom out to view the whole 12X12 page in the window
9. CTRL + + or - = Zoom in or out
10. CTRL + Shift + Alt + E = combine all layers into a new layer on top of existing layers (instead of flattening or merging all)
11. CTRL + ALT + G = clip to layer below
12. CTRL + Shift + [or] = move layer to top or bottom
13. CTRL + [or] = move layer up or down one level 
14. Shift + CTRL + N = Create New layer 
15. CTRL + Shift + Backspace = Fill a layer with background color (Tip from becca 1976 : " I use this a lot when customizing my shadows.")

• Tab = hide/show all palettes
• V = Move tool 
• T = text tool 
• B = Brush tool
• M = marquee tool 
• [and] = adjust brush size when using the Brush tool