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User Guide
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To momentarily activate a tool with a single-letter keyboard shortcut, hold down the shortcut key; release the
shortcut key to return to the previously active tool. To activate a tool and keep it active, press the shortcut key and
immediately release it.
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Result
Windows
Mac OS
Cycle through tools
Alt-click tool button in Tools panel Option-click tool button in Tools
panel
Activate Selection tool
V
V
Activate Hand tool
H
H
Temporarily activate Hand tool
Hold down spacebar.
Hold down spacebar.
Activate Zoom In tool
Z
Z
Activate Zoom Out tool
Alt (when Zoom In tool is active)
Option (when Zoom In tool is
active)
Activate Rotation tool
W
W
Activate and cycle through
Camera tools (Orbit, Track XY, and
Track Z)
C
C
Activate Pan Behind tool
Y
Y
Activate and cycle through mask
and shape tools (Rectangle,
Rounded Rectangle, Ellipse,
Polygon, Star)
Q
Q
Activate and cycle through Type
tools (Horizontal and Vertical)
Ctrl+T
Command+T
Activate and cycle through pen
tools (Pen, Add Vertex, Delete
Vertex, and Convert Vertex)
G
G
Temporarily activate Selection
tool when a pen tool is selected
Ctrl
Command
Temporarily activate pen tool
when the Selection tool is
selected and pointer is over a path
(Add Vertex tool when pointer is
over a segment; Convert Vertex
tool when pointer is over a vertex)
Ctrl+Alt
Command+Option
Activate and cycle through Brush,
Clone Stamp, and Eraser tools
Ctrl+B
Command+B
Activate and cycle through
Puppet tools
Ctrl+P
Command+P
Temporarily convert Selection
tool to Shape Duplication tool
Alt (in shape layer)
Option (in shape layer)
Temporarily convert Selection
tool to Direct Selection tool
Ctrl (in shape layer)
Command (in shape layer)