| General Canvas Controls | |
| Hold spacebar + drag with left mouse button | Pan image (does not work while typing with the Text tool) |
| Hold spacebar + drag with right mouse button | Scroll image (does not work while typing with the Text tool) |
| Mouse Wheel up / down | Scroll up / down |
| Shft + Mouse Wheel up / down | Scroll left / right |
| Ctrl + Mouse Wheel | Zoom in / out |
| Esc or Enter | Deselect (remove selection) |
| Image List and Image Navigation | |
| Ctrl + Tab | Next tab |
| Ctrl + Shft + Tab | Previous tab |
| Ctrl + Q | Show Image List |
| Ctrl + # or Alt + #, where # is 1 through 9 for images 1 through 9, or 0 for image 10 | Switch to image #, for images 1 through 10 |
| Mouse wheel (only if the mouse cursor is in the image list area) | Scroll image list |
| Toolbar | |
| [ | Decrease brush width by 1 |
| Ctrl + [ | Decrease brush width by 5 |
| ] | Increase brush width by 1 |
| Ctrl + ] | Increase brush width by 5 |
| Selection Tools (except Magic Wand) | |
| Draw with left mouse button | Create new selection, replacing any old selection if there was one |
| Draw with right mouse button | Subtract from the current selection (difference) |
| Draw with Ctrl + left mouse button | Add to the current selection (union) |
| Draw with Ctrl + right mouse button | Invert a given area of the selection (exclusive-or) |
| Hold Shft while drawing | Constrain to square (Rectangle Select), or circle (Ellipse Select) |
| While drawing with left mouse button, hold right mouse button as well and move mouse | Move the new selection while still drawing it |
| While drawing with right mouse button, hold left mouse button as well and move mouse | Move the new selection while still drawing it |
| Colors Window | |
| X | Swap primary and secondary colors |
| C | Switch the active color in the dropdown box |
| Magic Wand Tool | |
| Left mouse click | Create new selection from pixels in the surrounding area that resemble the pixel you clicked on, replacing any old selection if there was one (resemblance is determined by the Tolerance setting) |
| Right mouse click | Subtract from the current selection (difference) |
| Ctrl + Left mouse click | Add to the current selection (union) |
| Ctrl + Right mouse click | Invert a portion of the selection (exclusive-or) |
| Hold Shft with one of the four cmnds listed above | Do a global selection across the entire layer based on the color you click on and the Tolerance setting |
| Text Tool | |
| Hold Ctrl | Temporarily hide the cursor and nub |
| Tap Ctrl | Toggle the nub's visibility |
| Esc | Finish text and commit it to the layer |
| Clone Stamp Tool | |
| Ctrl + Left click | Set the source point, or origin |
| Draw with left mouse button | Copy pixels (you must have already set the source point, or origin, with Ctrl + left click) |
| Recolor Tool | |
| Ctrl + Left click | Pick up the color under the mouse cursor, and set it as the primary color |
| Ctrl + Right click | Pick up the color under the mouse cursor, and set it as the secondary color |
| Draw with left mouse button | Draw with the primary color, but only over pixels that resemble the secondary color (resemblance is determined by the Tolerance setting) |
| Draw with right mouse button | Draw with the secondary color, but only over pixels that resemble the primary color (resemblance is determined by the Tolerance setting) |
| Tool shortcuts | |
| S | Rectangle Select |
| S | Lasso Select |
| S | Ellipse Select |
| S | Magic Wand |
| M | Move Selected Pixels |
| M | Move Selection |
| Z | Zoom |
| H | Pan (hand) |
| F | Paint Bucket |
| G | Gradient |
| B | Paintbrush |
| E | Eraser |
| P | Pencil |
| K | Color Picker |
| L | Clone Stamp |
| R | Recolor |
| T | Text |
| O | Line / Curve |
| O | Rectangle |
| O | Rounded Rectangle |
| O | Ellipse |
| O | Freeform Shape |
| File menu | |
| Ctrl + N | New |
| Ctrl + O | Open |
| Ctrl + W, or Ctrl + F4 | Close |
| Ctrl + S | Save |
| Ctrl + Shft + S | Save As |
| Ctrl + P | |
| Alt + F4, or Alt + F then X | Exit |
| Edit menu | |
| Ctrl + Z | Undo |
| Ctrl + Y | Redo |
| Ctrl + X, or Shft + Delete | Cut |
| Ctrl + C, or Ctrl + Insert | Copy |
| Ctrl + V, or Shft + Insert | Paste |
| Ctrl + Shft + V | Paste in to New Layer |
| Ctrl + Alt + V | Paste in to New Image |
| Delete | Erase Selection |
| Backspace | Fill Selection |
| Ctrl + I | Invert Selection |
| Ctrl + A | Select All |
| Ctrl + D | Deselect |
| Image menu | |
| Ctrl + Shft + X | Crop to Selection |
| Ctrl + R | Resize |
| Ctrl + Shft + R | Canvas Size |
| Ctrl + G | Rotate 90º (clockwise) |
| Ctrl + H | Rotate 90º (counter-clockwise) |
| Ctrl + J | Rotate 180º |
| Ctrl + Shft + F | Flatten |
| Layers menu | |
| Ctrl + Shft + N | Add New Layer |
| Ctrl + Shft + Delete | Delete Layer |
| Ctrl + Shft + D | Duplicate Layer |
| Ctrl + M | Merge Layer Down |
| Ctrl + Shft + Z | Rotate / Zoom |
| F4 | Layer Properties |
| Adjustments menu | |
| Ctrl + Alt + L | Auto-Level |
| Ctrl + Shft + C | Brightness / Contrast |
| Ctrl + Shft + M | Curves |
| Ctrl + Shft + G | Black & White |
| Ctrl + Shft + U | Hue / Saturation |
| Ctrl + Shft + I | Invert Colors |
| Ctrl + L | Levels |
| Ctrl + Shft + P | Sepia |
| View menu | |
| Ctrl + + | Zoom In |
| Ctrl + - | Zoom Out |
| Ctrl + B | Zoom to Window |
| Ctrl + Shft + B | Zoom to Selection |
| Ctrl + Shft + A | Actual Size |
| Window menu | |
| F5 | Tools (toggle) |
| F6 | History (toggle) |
| F7 | Layers (toggle) |
| F8 | Colors (toggle) |
| Ctrl + Q | Show Image List |
| Ctrl + Tab | Next Tab |
| Ctrl + Shft + Tab | Previous Tab |
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Keyboard Shortcut Database
