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Shortcuts for Selections

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Delete Selected Area Backspace
Deselect Selected Area Command/Control+D
Feather Selected Area Command/Control+Alt+D
Invert Selection Command/Control+Shift+I
Reselect Command/Control+Shift+D
Select All Command/Control+A

Moving Selections

Move Selection 1 pixel Command/Control+Arrow Key
Move Selection 10 Pixels Command/Control+Shift+Arrow Key
Move Duplicate Selection 1 pixels Command/Control+Alt+Arrow Key
Move Duplicate Selection 10 pixels Command/Control+Alt+Shift+Arrow Key
Move While Creating Spacebar

Shortcuts for Channels

Select Channel (1 thru 9) Command/Control+1...9
Load Selection Channel (1 thru 9) Command/Control+Alt+1...9
Select Composite Channel Command/Control+(-)
Load Composite as Selection Command/Control+Alt+(-)
Load Layer Mask as Selection Command/Control+Alt+()
Toggle Channel-Rubylith (-)
Toggle Layer Mask as Rubylith
()
Select Layer Mask-Channel Command/Control+()

Editing Shortcuts

Cut Command/Control+X
Copy Command/Control+F4 or W
Copy Merged Command/Control+Shift+C
Paste Command/Control+V
Undo Command/Control+Z
Duplicate Free Transform Command/Control+Alt+T
Duplicate Transform Again Command/Control+Alt+Shift+T
Extract Command/Control+Alt+X
Fade Last Adjustment/Filter Command/Control+Shift+F
Fill Dialogue Shift+Backspace
Fill from History Command/Control+Alt+Backspace
Fill from History/Preserve Transparency Command/Control+Alt+Shift+Backspace
Fill with Background/Preserve Transparency Command/Control+Shift+Backspace
Fill with Foreground/Preserve Transparency Command/Control+Alt+Shift+Backspace
Fill with Background Command/Control+Backspace
Fill with Foreground Command/Control+Alt+Backspace
Free Transform Command/Control+T
Transform Again Command/Control+Shift+T
Apply Last Filter Command/Control+F
Last Filter Dialogue Box Command/Control+Alt+F
Liquify Command/Control+Shift+X
Paste Into Selection Command/Control+Shift+V
Paste Outside Command/Control+Alt+Shift+V
Step Backward/History Command/Control+Alt+Z
Step Forward/History Command/Control+Shift+Z


About the Author:

Click to Visit Author's Website Al Ward, a certified Photoshop Addict and Webmaster of Action FX Photoshop Resources (Actionfx.com) hails from Missoula, Montana. A former submariner in the U.S. Navy, Al now spends his time creating add-on software for Photoshop and writing on graphics related topics. Al has been a contributor to Photoshop User Magazine, a contributing writer for 'Inside Photoshop 6' and 'Special Edition Inside Photoshop 6' from New Riders Publishing, has co-authored 'Foundation Photoshop 6.0' from Friends of Ed Publishing, and writes for several Photoshop related websites. Al was also a panelist at the Photoshop World 2001 Los Angeles Conference, and contributes to the official NAPP website as the Actions area coordinator.
In his off time he enjoys his church, his family, fishing the great Northwestern United States and scouring the Web for Photoshop related topics.
Author's URL: Al Ward
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