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24/01/30 - I just spent a bunch of time batch compressing images in Photoshop to optimize an old website and I realized that haven't kept up this page very well even though I used Adobe products regularly and it'd save me some time.

Source​

Photoshop - https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/using/default-keyboard-shortcuts.html
Illustrator - https://helpx.adobe.com/illustrator/using/default-keyboard-shortcuts.html
InDesign - https://helpx.adobe.com/indesign/using/default-keyboard-shortcuts.html
Premier - https://helpx.adobe.com/premiere-pro/using/keyboard-shortcuts.html
Audition - https://helpx.adobe.com/audition/using/default-keyboard-shortcuts.html

Fonts​

Fonts from Adobe Typekit are @ /Library/Application Support/Adobe/CoreSync/plugins/livetype/.r

General​

  • ⌘ + N - New File
  • ⌘ + S - Save
  • ⌘ + ⇧ + S - Save As
  • ⌘ + ⇧ + ⌥ + S - Save for Web & Devices
  • ⌘ + O - Open
  • ⌘ + Q - Quit
  • ⌘ + W - Close
  • ⌘ + P - Print
  • ⌘ + Z - Undo/Redo
  • ⌘ + ⇧ + Z - Step Forward
  • ⌘ + ⌥ + Z - Step Backward
  • ⌘ + X - Cut
  • ⌘ + C - Copy
  • ⌘ + V - Paste
  • ⌘ + K - Preferences

Illustrator​

  • V - Selection Tool

  • M - Rectangle Tool

  • W - Blend Tool

  • L - Ellipse Tool

  • I - Eyedropper Tool

  • C - Scissors Tool

  • B - Paint Brush Tool

  • J - Column Graph Tool

  • Y - Magic Wand Tool

  • S - Scale Tool

  • G - Gradient Tool

  • E

Free Transform Tool

  • O

Reflect Tool

  • T

Type Tool

  • P

Pen Tool

  • U

Mesh Tool

  • A

Direct Selection Tool

  • H or Hold Space

Hand Tool

  • R

Rotate Tool

  • Q

Lasso Tool

  • D

Default Fill/Stroke

  • F

Screen Modes

  • K

Live Paint Bucket Tool

  • X

Switch Fill/Stroke

  • N

Pencil Tool

  • ,

Fill/Stroke w/ Colour

  • .

Fill/Stroke w/ Gradient

  • /

Fill/Strike w/ None

  • Line Segment Tool

Delete Anchor Point

Add Anchor Point

  • ⌘ + T

Character Window

  • ⌘ + I

Spell Check

  • ⌘ + G

Group Object

  • ⌘ + ⇧ + G

Ungroup Object

  • ⌘ + H

Hide Anchor Points

  • ⌘ + B

Fill Black

Changing View​

  • Z

Zoom Tool

  • ⌘ + +

Zoom In

  • ⌘ + -

Zoom Out

  • ⌘ + 0

Fit Screen

  • ⌘ + ~

Switch open tabs

  • ⌘ + R

Show/Hide Rulers

  • ⌘ + ;

Show/Hide Guides

  • ⌘ + '

Show/Hide Grid

Shift Tool Shortcuts​

  • ⇧ + Rotate Tool

Constrain rotation angles

  • ⇧ + C

Convert anchor point

  • ⇧ + B

Blob Brush

  • ⇧ + E

Eraser

  • ⇧ + S

Symbol Sprayer

  • ⇧ + L

Live Paint Selection

  • ⇧ + O

Artboard Tool

  • ⇧ + K

Slice Tool

  • ⇧ + X

Swap Fill and Stroke

Selecting & Moving​

  • ⌥ + Drag Object

Copy object while dragging

  • Arrow Keys

Move selection

  • ⇧ + Arrow Keys

Move selection by 10pt

  • ⇧ + Select Objects

Select multiple objects

  • ⌘ + A

Select all

Typography​

  • ⌘ + ⇧ + < or >

Decrease/Increase type size

  • ⌥ + ↓ or ↑

Decrease/Increase leading

  • ⌥ + ← or →

Decrease/Increase kerning

  • ⌘ + ⇧ + L, R or C

Align type left, right or centre

  • ⌘ + ⇧ + J

Justify

General​

  • ⌘ + N

New File

  • ⌘ + S

Save

  • ⌘ + ⇧ + S

Save As

  • ⌘ + ⌥ + S

Save a Copy

  • ⌘ + ⇧ + ⌥ + S

Save for Web

  • ⌘ + O

Open

  • ⌘ + Q

Quit

  • ⌘ + W

Close

  • ⌘ + P

Print

  • ⌘ + Z

Undo

  • ⌘ + X

Cut

  • ⌘ + C

Copy

  • ⌘ + V

Paste

  • ⌘ + K

Preferences

  • ⌘ + M

Minify Tabs

Photoshop​

  • V

Move Tool

  • M

Rectangular Marquee Tool

  • W

Magic Wand Tool

  • L

Polygonal Lasso Tool

  • I

Eyedropper Tool

  • C

Crop Tool

  • B

Brush Tool

  • [

Decrease Brush Size

  • ]

Increase Brush Size

  • J

Spot Healing Brush Tool

  • Y

History Brush Tool

  • S

Clone Stamp Tool

  • G

Paint Bucket Tool

  • E

Eraser Tool

  • O

Dodge Tool

  • T

Type Tool

  • P

Pen Tool

  • U

Rectangle Tool

  • A

Direct Selection Tool

  • H

Hand Tool

  • R

Rotate Tool

  • Q

Quick Mask

  • Toggle Layer Mask
  • D

Default Colours

  • ⇧ + [Tool]

Switch between tool in groups

Changing View​

  • Z

Zoom Tool

  • ⌘ + +

Zoom In

  • ⌘ + -

Zoom Out

  • ⌘ + 0

Fit Screen

  • Tab

Hide all tools and panels

  • ⇧ + Tab

Hide all panels except Toolbox & Options

  • ⌘ + ⇧ + Page Up/Down

Scroll image left or right in window

  • ⌘ + ⇧ + Drag in Navigator

Jump/Zoom to part of image

  • ⌘ + ~

Switch open tabs

  • ⌘ + R

Show/Hide Rulers

  • ⌘ + ;

Show/Hide Guides

  • ⌘ + '

Show/Hide Grid

Selecting & Moving​

  • ⇧ + Marquee

Draw Marquee from centre

  • ⇧

Add to a selection

  • ⌥

Subtract from selection

  • ⇧ + ⌥

Intersect with selection

  • ⌥ + Drag Selection

Make copy of selection w/ Move Tool

  • ⌘ + ⌥ + Drag Selection

Make copy of selection not in Move Tool

  • Arrow Keys

Move selection (1 pixel increments)

  • ⇧ + Arrow Keys

Move selection (10 pixel increments)

  • ⌘ + Click Layer Thumbnail

Select all opaque pixels on layer

  • ⌘ + ⇧ + D

Restore last selection

  • ⇧ + F6

Feather selection

  • Hold Space

Move marquee while drawing selection

Images & Layers​

  • ⌘ + ⌥ + I

Resize Image

  • ⌘ + ⌥ + C

Resize Canvas

  • ⌘ + N

New Layer

  • ⌘ + J

New Layer via Copy

  • ⌘ + ⇧ + J

New Layer via Cut

  • ⌘ + G

Group Layers

  • ⌘ + ⇧ + G

Ungroup Layers

  • ⌘ + ⇧ + ]

Bring to Front

  • ⌘ + ]

Bring Forward

  • ⌘ + [

Send Backward

  • ⌘ + ⇧ + [

Send to Back

  • ⌘ + E

Merge Layers

  • ⌘ + ⇧ + E

Merge Visible

Opacity​

  • 1

10% Opacity

  • 2

20% Opacity

  • 3

30% Opacity

  • 4

40% Opacity

  • 5

50% Opacity

  • 6

60% Opacity

  • 7

70% Opacity

  • 8

80% Opacity

  • 9

90% Opacity

  • 0

100% Opacity

Premier​

Audition​