Keyboard Shortcuts
The mouse is very practical and maybe you hate typing on your keyboard. Why should you
anyway learn those useless damn keyboard shortcuts ?
A short example :
Normal performance to make an "Edit - Undo" with keyboard shortcut : 0.1 sec
!
The same operation openning the menu and clicking on the command with the mouse
(startpoint at the bottom of the page) : 1.3 sec, current record here at Chrome Imaging.
You got it !
They simply enable you to access the most important commands and other functions
without loosing time when going to the commands ... then choosing the right place to click
with your to loved right-button ...
Improve your productivity and avoid miss-clicking (brand new word !) by learning these
few magic shortcuts. Notice that they are also listed in the menus next to the
relative commands.
You can also learn the full range of shortcuts from the comprehensive list in alphabetical order.
Ordered list
General :
- Ctrl + N : Open new Project
- Ctrl + O : Open Project
- Ctrl + L : Open last project (First in history list)
- Ctrl + P :Print
- Ctrl + W : Close Project
- Ctrl + Q : Close Photonyx
- Ctrl + S : Save
- Ctrl + Shift + S : Save As
- Ctrl + Shift + I : Save Image
- Ctrl + Shift + K : Preferences
- F1 : Online Help

Object shortcuts
- Ctrl + Shift + N : New Object
- Ctrl + Shift + O : Open image as object
- Ctrl + Shift + P : New Pixel Filter object
- Ctrl + Shift + Alt + C : Copy new object in new project
- Ctrl + Shift + Alt + X : Cut and paste object in new project
- Alt + T : New Type object
- Ctrl + Shift + R : Render type object
- Ctrl + Shift + D : Duplicate object
- Ctrl + J : Create object via copy
- Ctrl + Shift + J : Create object via cut
- Ctrl + E : Merge linked objects
- Ctrl + Shift + E : Merge visible objects
- Alt + B : Move Backwards
- Alt + F : Move Forewards
- Alt + Shift + B : Set to Background
- Alt + Shift + F : Set to Foreground
- Alt + V : View / Hide object
- Alt + R : Show / Hide border of object
- Alt + X : Protected object
- Alt + O : Options
- Alt + P : Properties
- Ctrl + T : Free transform
- Ctrl + Shift + T : Numeric transformations
- Ctrl + Shift + Alt + D : Distort
- Ctrl + Shift + Alt + H : Flip Horizontal
- Ctrl + Shift + Alt + V : Flip Vertical
- Ctrl + Shift + Alt + K : Skew
- Ctrl + Shift + Alt + P : Perspective
- Ctrl + Shift + Alt + R : Rotate (Free angle)
- Ctrl + Shift + Alt + S : Scale
- ¼ : Rotate object 90░ CW
- « : Rotate object 90░ CWW
- » and ¡ : Rotate object
180░
- Ctrl + Shift + Alt + A : Add Borders
- Ctrl + Shift + Alt + T : Trim Borders
- Ctrl + M : Add Mask – Reveal selection
- Ctrl + Shift + M : Add Mask – Hide selection
- Ctrl + H : Hide / Show object mask
- Alt + M : Add Mask – Reveal All
- Alt + Shift + M : Add Mask – Hide All
- Numbers : 1 to 9 : Opacity of object in 25 levels increment
- 0 = 255 (full opacity)
- 1 = 25 (low opacity)

Tool shortcuts

- B : Blur / Sharpen
- C : Crop Tool
- D : Drawing Tools
- E : Eraser
- F : Free Selection Tool
- G : Gradient
- H : Hand Tool
- I : Paint Can
- J : Finger Paint
- K : Color Picker
- L : Line Tool
- M : Marquee
- N : Clone Tool
- O : Toning Tool
- T : Type Tool
- V : Move Tool
- W : Magic Wand
- X : swap Foreground / Background
- Z : Zoom Tool
- Alt + C : Color picker dialog box
- CAPS LOCK : switch to presice cursors
All Tools
- Ctrl + drag : move object
All drawing tools
(pen, paintbrush, airbrush, line, paint can, type, gradient)
- Alt : Call color picker and set foreground color
- Ctrl + Alt : Call color picker and set background color
Color picker
- click set foreground
- Alt + click set backround
Marquee & Free Selection tools
- Shift : Add selection
- Alt : Substract selection
- Ctrl : Exclusion
Magic Wand
- Shift : Add selection
- Alt : Substract selection
- Ctrl : Exclusion
Blur/Sharpen
- Alt : Sharpen with blur tool
- Alt : Blur with sharpen tool
Dodge/Burn
- Alt : Dodge with burn tool
- Alt : Burn with dodge tool

Interface shortcuts
- F1 : Online help
- F3 : Show / Hide Commands Dock
- F4 : Show / Hide Palettes Dock
- Spacebar : switch to full screen mode

Navigation shortcuts
- Home : To upper left corner
- End : To lower right corner
- Page Up : Up one screen
- Page Down : Down one screen
- + : zoom in
- - : zoom out
- Arrow keys : precise movements in 1 pixel increments
- Ctrl + Arrow keys : precise movements in 10 pixel increments
- Alt + A : Actual pixels
- Alt + S : Fit on screen

Color shortcuts
- X : swap Foreground and Background color
- Insert : Fill with Fgnd color
- Delete : Fill with Bknd color
- Alt+ Insert : Fill with White
- Alt + Delete : Fill with Black

Edit shortcuts
- S : Selection Mask (Show/Hide)
- Ctrl + A : Select All
- Ctrl + I : Select inverse
- Ctrl + D : Select none
- Ctrl + C : Copy
- Ctrl + K : Clear
- Ctrl + V : Paste
- Ctrl + X : Cut
- Ctrl + Shift + C : Crop Merged
- Ctrl + Shift + V : Paste into
- Ctrl + Shift + A : Fill with Pattern
- Ctrl + Shift + X : Crop
- Ctrl + Shift + F : Fill
- Ctrl + Shift + K : Stroke
- Alt + Ctrl + Shift + F : Feather selection mask
- Ctrl + F : Redo last effect
- Ctrl + Z : Undo
- Ctrl + Y : Redo
- Alt + Shift + D : Duplicate Canvas
- Alt + Shift + H : Flip Canvas Horizontaly
- Alt + Shift + S : Canvas Size
- Alt + Shift + R : Rotate Canvas
- Alt + Shift + V : Flip Canvas Verticaly
- ¼ : Rotate canvas 90░ CW
- « : Rotate canvas 90░ CWW
- » and ¡
: Rotate canvas 180░

Guides, Grid & Rulers
- Alt + G : Show / Hide Guides
- Alt + Shift + G : Snap to Guides
- Ctrl + G : Show / Hide Grid
- Ctrl + Shift + G : Snap to Grid
- Ctrl + R : Show / Hide Rulers
To better learn them print them and
have them always under they eyes until shortcuts became automatic.

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