| Tools |
| Move tool | V |
| Rectangular / Elliptical marquee | M |
| Lasso tool | L |
| Quick Selection / Magic Wand | W |
| Crop tool | C |
| Eyedropper | I |
| Healing Brush / Patch | J |
| Brush tool | B |
| Clone Stamp | S |
| History Brush | Y |
| Eraser | E |
| Gradient / Paint Bucket | G |
| Dodge / Burn / Sponge | O |
| Pen tool | P |
| Type tool | T |
| Path Selection / Direct Selection | A |
| Hand tool | H |
| Zoom tool | Z |
| Switch foreground/background | X |
| Default colors (black/white) | D |
| Selecting |
| Select all | ⌘A |
| Deselect | ⌘D |
| Reselect | ⌘⇧D |
| Inverse selection | ⌘⇧I |
| Select all layers | ⌘⌥A |
| Feather selection | ⇧F6 |
| Move selection 1px | Arrowkeys |
| Move selection 10px | ⇧Arrow |
| Add to selection | ⇧drag |
| Subtract from selection | ⌥drag |
| Layers |
| New layer | ⌘⇧N |
| New layer via copy | ⌘J |
| New layer via cut | ⌘⇧J |
| Group layers | ⌘G |
| Ungroup layers | ⌘⇧G |
| Merge down | ⌘E |
| Merge visible | ⌘⇧E |
| Flatten image | ⌘⌥⇧E |
| Select layer above/below | ⌥]/⌥[ |
| Move layer to top/bottom | ⌘⇧]/⌘⇧[ |
| Toggle layer visibility | Clickeyeicon |
| Lock transparent pixels | / |
| Painting & Brush |
| Increase/decrease brush size | ]/[ |
| Increase/decrease hardness | ⇧]/⇧[ |
| Set opacity 10–100% | 1–0 |
| Set flow 10–100% | ⇧1–0 |
| Sample color (eyedropper) | ⌥(whilepainting) |
| Fill with foreground color | ⌥Delete |
| Fill with background color | ⌘Delete |
| Image Adjustments |
| Levels | ⌘L |
| Curves | ⌘M |
| Hue/Saturation | ⌘U |
| Color Balance | ⌘B |
| Desaturate | ⌘⇧U |
| Invert | ⌘I |
| Auto Tone | ⌘⇧L |
| Auto Contrast | ⌘⌥⇧L |
| View & Zoom |
| Zoom in | ⌘ |
| Zoom out | ⌘- |
| Fit on screen | ⌘0 |
| 100% zoom (actual pixels) | ⌘1 |
| Toggle rulers | ⌘R |
| Toggle guides | ⌘; |
| Toggle snapping | ⌘⇧; |
| Toggle extras | ⌘H |
| Full screen mode | F |
| File |
| New document | ⌘N |
| Open | ⌘O |
| Save | ⌘S |
| Save As | ⌘⇧S |
| Export as | ⌘⌥⇧W |
| Print | ⌘P |
| Undo | ⌘Z |
| Step backward (history) | ⌘⌥Z |
| Step forward | ⌘⇧Z |
