# Photoshop & Illustrator Shortcuts

### 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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