Photoshop & Illustrator Shortcuts

My personal repository of my commonly used Photoshop and Illustrator shortcuts. These shortcuts have been carefully curated over time to streamline my workflow and increase my own productivity.

Photoshop

Command
Shortcut

(CUSTOM) CTRL + .

Flip horizontal

A

Direct Selection Tool

CTRL + [

Move layer down in the hierarchy

CTRL + ]

Move layer up in the hierarchy

CTRL + /

Lock Layer

CTRL + A

Board Selection (for centering objects on the entire canvas or together)

CTRL + G

Group selected layers

CTRL + J

Duplicate Layer

CTRL + SHIFT + ALT + W

Export As

G

Paint Bucket

P

Pen Tool

SHIFT + D

Reset selected colors to Black/White

T

Text Tool

V

Move Tool

Illustrator

Command
Shortcut

A

Direct Selection Tool

CTRL + [

Move object down in the hierarchy

CTRL + ]

Move object up in the hierarchy

CTRL + 2

Lock object

CTRL + ALT + 2

Unlock ALL objects

CTRL + F

Paste in copied place

CTRL + G

Group selected objects

CTRL + R

Rotate Tool

CTRL + X

Cut + Copy

F

Change screen mode

Holding Space (I have this bound to a mouse key)

Allows free movement around the canvas

I

Eyedropper Tool

M

Shape Tool

N

Pencil Tool

P

Pen Tool

Shift + Click (when using the eyedropper tool)

Fill only either the fill or stroke (depending on which you have selected)

Shift + X

Switch object’s fill and stroke color

T

Text Tool

V

Move Tool

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