Photoshop tip: Use keyboard shortcuts to work faster

Sunday 16 November 2025, 20:02 by Elja Trum | 1,563 views | 0 comments

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You can access almost every Photoshop function with the mouse through various menus and icons. However, it is well worth using the hundreds of keyboard shortcuts that call up specific functions directly. This can more than double the speed at which you work with Photoshop.

Of course, you cannot learn all the keyboard shortcuts by heart straight away, but if you use a function more often, try using that function's keyboard shortcut. You will learn it quickly.

The keyboard shortcut for a function is often shown in the menu after the specific menu option. With icons, you can hover your mouse over the icon to discover the keyboard shortcut.

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Elja Trum is the founder of Photofacts and online photography course website Photofacts Academy. He has been writing about photography since 2006. Elja is also the author of (Dutch) books on composition, black-and-white photography, flash photography and portrait photography.

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