Keyboard shortcuts for designers

A focused starting point for designers: the most relevant apps and the shortcuts that save the most time.

Top apps for designers

Affinity Designer40 shortcutsAffinity Photo36 shortcutsAfter Effects32 shortcutsAutoCAD34 shortcutsBlender75 shortcutsCanva32 shortcutsClip Studio Paint34 shortcutsExcalidraw21 shortcutsFigma55 shortcutsGIMP55 shortcutsIllustrator72 shortcutsInDesign32 shortcutsInkscape44 shortcutsKrita32 shortcutsLibreOffice Draw21 shortcutsLightroom Classic32 shortcutsMaya31 shortcutsMiro31 shortcutsPhotoshop75 shortcutsSketch46 shortcutsSketchUp29 shortcutsWebflow26 shortcuts

Shortcuts worth learning

ActionWindows · macOS
UndoCtrlZ ⌘Z
RedoCtrlY ⌘⇧Z
Zoom inCtrl ⌘
Zoom outCtrl- ⌘-
CopyCtrlC ⌘C
PasteCtrlV ⌘V
Select allCtrlA ⌘A
CutCtrlX ⌘X
DuplicateCtrlD ⌘D
UngroupCtrlShiftG ⌘⇧G
SaveCtrlS ⌘S
Bring to frontCtrlShift] ⌘⇧]
Send to backCtrlShift[ ⌘⇧[
Zoom toolZ Z
Text toolT T
Paste in placeCtrlAltV ⌘⌥V
DeleteDelete ⌫
GroupCtrlG ⌘G