Ctrl Alt click and drag (Mac) or Alt Right Click and drag (PC) This sounds confusing but is a really handy shortcut for once again, making your brush larger or smaller, if you drag left and right, or softer and harder, if you drag up and down. Shortcut Keys for viewing images; Command + Tab: Cycles through open documents: shift - command - w: Close a file in Photoshop and open Bridge: Q: Toggle between Standard mode and q uick Mask mode: F: Toggle (forward) between Standard screen mode, Maximized screen mode, Full screen mode, and Full screen mode with menu bar: Shift + F. These shortcuts may be reversed if 'Zoom Resizes Windows' is enabled in General Preferences.

This partial list includes the most helpfulshortcuts. You'll find additional shortcuts in menu commands andtool tips.

Result	Windows	Mac OS
Switch to Eyedropper tool	Any painting tool or shape tool + Alt (exceptImpressionist Brush)	Any painting tool or shape tool + Option(except Impressionist Brush)
Select background color	Eyedropper tool + Alt-click	Eyedropper tool + Option-click
Set opacity, tolerance, or exposure forpainting	Any painting or editing tool + number keys(for example, 0 = 100%, 1 = 10%, 4 and 5 in quick succession = 45%).When airbrush option is enabled, use Shift + number keys.	Any painting or editing tool + number keys(for example, 0 = 100%, 1 = 10%, 4 and 5 in quick succession = 45%).When airbrush option is enabled, use Shift + number keys.
Cycle through blending modes	Shift + + (plus) or - (minus)	Shift + + (plus) or - (minus)
Fill selection/layer with foreground orbackground color	Alt + Backspace, or Control + Backspace	Option + Delete (Backspace), or Command+ Delete (Backspace)
Display Fill dialog box	Shift + Backspace	Shift + Delete (Backspace)
Lock transparent pixels on/off	/ (forward slash)	/ (forward slash)
Connect points with a straight line (drawa straight line)	Any painting tool + Shift-click	Any painting tool + Shift-click
Delete brush	Alt-click brush	Option-click brush
Decrease/increase brush size	[ or ]	[ or ]
Decrease/increase brush softness/hardness in25% increments	Shift + [ or ]	Shift + [ or ]
Select previous/next brush size	, (comma) or . (period)	, (comma) or . (period)
Select first/last brush	Shift + , (comma) or . (period)	Shift + , (comma) or . (period)
Display precise cross hair for brushes	Caps Lock	Caps Lock

ADOBE LIGHTROOM & PHOTOSHOP SHORTCUTS KEYBOARD

An interactive visualisation of all keyboard shortcuts for Adobe Photoshop CC andLightroom CC.

Adobe Lightroom Shortcuts & Photoshop Shortcuts Keyboard

[Updated for November 2020]

The Lightroom Shortcuts & Photoshop Shortcuts Keyboard shows you all the shortcuts needed to operate the Adobe Creative Cloud Photography Plan software as efficiently as possible.

Shortcuts On Mac For Photoshop Editing

The keyboard may look a little confusing at first, but it's actually very simple to operate.

The main thing that may not be immediately obvious is that you should type on your actual keyboard, as opposed to the virtual shortcuts keyboard above.

Photoshop Commands List

How to Operate

Select Adobe Lightroom CC or Adobe Photoshop CC in the drop down menu.
Choose the specific tool set/workspace you require. If you don't know this, just ignore it.
Choose whether you want to view Lightroom Shortcuts & Photoshop Shortcuts for PC or Mac.
Choose your keyboard language.
Hold down any button highlighted with a border colour (/e/g Ctrl, Alt, Shift, Space etc.) to see all the available shortcut keys associated with it.

Quick Start Guide

The easiest option to use the Lightroom and Photoshop Shortcuts Keyboard is to start typing the action you'd like to perform in the search bar of the shortcuts keyboard and all the available Lightroom or Photoshop shortcuts will appear.

By far the easiest way to use the shortcuts keyboard is to start typing your desired action into the search bar.

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Why use Lightroom & Photoshop Shortcuts?

Being able to perform commonly used functions with keyboard shortcuts rather than using your mouse can add up to hours of time saved.

If you watch any adept professional photographer at their computers, you'll see them using a combination of Lightroom and Photoshop keyboard shortcuts together with their mouse for the most efficient editing workflow.

As photographers, it's a sad truth that we often use Adobe software even more than we use our cameras!

To maximise your efficiency in front of your computer, it's important to use shortcuts that can speed up your workflow.

Remembering all your most used Lightroom and Photoshop shortcuts for Mac and PC can be a challenge, and discovering new ones isn't easy.... hence the creation of this virtual keyboard!

I hope you find it useful. If you want to learn more about shortcuts, check these 20 Time-Saving Lightroom Shortcuts To Speed Up Post-Production Workflow.

And if you're intent on upping your editing skills in general, you can also find some more Lightroom Tutorials here.

The ideal setup for the Lightroom Shortcuts | Photoshop Shortcuts keyboard would be to have 2 monitors, allowing you to refer to the shortcuts at any time whilst using the Adobe CC Photography suite.