60 Photoshop Shortcuts to Speed Up Your Workflow

Posted by : Photoshop Shortcut Keys Tuesday, December 11, 2018

When working in Photoshop, simple tasks can become a obstruction to your workflow. To help out, we've got a great selection of Photoshop shortcuts right here, all guaranteed to speed up your workflow on one occasion you get the suspend of them.

We've also got free Photoshop actions to create stunning belongings and some brilliant Photoshop tutorials to help you put them Mac Photoshop Shortcut Keys into practice. Want to modify the size of your text? No difficulty. Deselect a layer or merge a series of layers? We've got you covered. There are also some handy hints for brushes, saving and closing, and viewing options. Whether you're using an old version of CS or the latest Creative Cloud update, these shortcuts are certain to speed up your workflow.

(Prefer a quick visual guide instead? Take a look at our handy Photoshop shortcuts cheat sheet.)

Manipulating and arranging layer is simple with these great Photoshop shortcuts

Manipulating and arranging layers is simple with these immense Photoshop shortcuts

1. Create new layer

MAC: Shift+Cmd+N

WINDOWS: Shift+Ctrl+N

Get in progress on your latest project in next to no time with this useful shortcut that instantly whips up a new layer and dialogue box.

Create new layer behind selected layer

MAC: Ctrl+New Layer icon

WINDOWS: Cmd+New Layer Icon

Mastering the new layer shortcut is a doddle, so once you're prepared to drop in a layer behind it, be sure to use this shortcut.

3. Fill a layer

MAC: Alt+Backspace (foreground) or Cmd+Backspace (background)

WINDOWS: Alt+Delete (foreground) or Ctrl+Delete (background)

This command will fill an empty later with the current foreground or background color.

4. Flatten layers

MAC: Cmd+Alt+Shift+E

WINDOWS: Ctrl+Alt+Shift+E

Add a new, empty coating to the top of your stack, select it and use the above authority to flatten the layers in an image to sharpen the result. This adds a flattened version of the image to the new layer but leaves the stacked layers intact too.

5. Merge visible layers

MAC: Cmd+Shift+E

WINDOWS: Ctrl+Shift+E

This command enables you to merge all your existing layers to create one new layer. be careful! Once merged, they're extremely difficult to separate.

6. Stamp down selected layers

MAC: Cmd+Alt+E

WINDOWS: Ctrl+Alt+E

Once you've selected your layers, use this command to merge them into just one layer. To see them merged as a new layer, simply add in the Shift modifier. This is useful if you need to make adjustment later on.

7. New layer via copy

MAC: Cmd+J

WINDOWS: Ctrl+J

Use this command to create a new layer from an existing one. Sound complicated? Give it a go!

8. New layer via cut

MAC: Cmd+Shift+J

WINDOWS: Ctrl+Shift+J

Like creating a new layer via copy, this command will create a new layer with the selected image area in it. The only difference via cut is that it will remove the chosen image portion from the unique image.

9. Bring layer to top of stack

MAC: Cmd+Shift+]

WINDOWS: Ctrl+Shift+]

Here, you can move your preferred layer to the top of the heap of images you're working with in Photoshop.

10. Send layer to bottom of stack

MAC: Cmd+Shift+[

WINDOWS: Ctrl+Shift+[

Yep, this is pretty self-explanatory. It does exactly the same as the command above, but in the opposite direction.

11. Bring layer forward