Keyboard shortcuts

Press ← or → to navigate between chapters

Press S or / to search in the book

Press ? to show this help

Press Esc to hide this help

Keyboard

⌘ is Ctrl on Linux and Windows. ? shows this list in the app, and ⌘K finds any command by name.

Everywhere

key
G D ELibrary, Develop, Compose
Oopen files
← →previous, next photo
⌘Z ⇧⌘Zundo, redo
⌘C ⌘Vcopy, paste settings
⌘Eexport
⌘Kcommand palette
Iinfo overlay
Llights out

Library

key
P X Upick, reject, unflag
0–5rating
6–9colour label
⌫delete
+ −thumbnail size
C N ⇧Ccompare, survey, cull
⌘Fsearch
⌥\clear filters

Develop

key
\before and after
Jclipping
Z100% or fit
Vblack and white
Rcrop (O cycles the grid)
Mmasking: L linear, ⇧M radial, K brush, B object, O keep the wash
Qremove
Hheal and clone
[ ]brush size
⇧⌘Rreset to the original
⌘⇧Eedit in Compose

Compose

Photoshop’s keys.

key
Vmove (⌘T free transform)
M L Wmarquee, lasso, magic wand (⇧ cycles: ellipse, polygon, AI select)
Ccrop
B E Rbrush, eraser, smudge
S J Oclone stamp, spot healing (⇧J healing brush), dodge and burn
G T U Qgradient, type, shape, liquify
I H Zeyedropper, hand, zoom; Space pans
[ ]brush size (⇧[ ⇧] hardness)
1–0opacity, 10% to 100%
X Dswap colours, default colours
\paint on the mask or the pixels
⌘0 ⌘1 ⌘+ ⌘−fit, 100%, zoom in, zoom out
⌘J ⌘G ⇧⌘Gduplicate, group, ungroup
⌥⌘Gclipping mask
⌘E ⇧⌘E ⌥⇧⌘Emerge down, merge visible, stamp visible
⌘A ⌘D ⇧⌘D ⇧⌘Iselect all, deselect, reselect, inverse
⌘M ⌘L ⌘U ⌘Icurves, levels, hue/saturation, invert (as adjustment layers)
⌥⌫ ⌘⌫ ⌫fill with foreground, fill with background, clear
⌘Z ⇧⌘Zundo, redo
⌘Ssave