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Affinity Photo Shortcuts Cheat Sheet PDF

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The text describes various keyboard shortcuts and tools for photo, design and text editing applications.

Many keyboard shortcuts for navigating, selecting, editing and tools are provided for Mac OS applications like Photoshop and Illustrator.

Tools mentioned include selection tools, editing tools like liquify and retouching, as well as tools for working with layers, masks and effects.

SHORTCUTS

PHOTO PERSONA

F1

F2

ZOOM
100%

F3

ZOOM
200%

ZOOM
400%

F4
ZOOM
800%

FEATHER
SELECTION

F5

F6

F7

F8
ZOOM
ACTUAL

F9
ZOOM
PIXEL

F10
ZOOM
TO FIT

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

100%

OPACITY

OPACITY

OPACITY

OPACITY

OPACITY

OPACITY

OPACITY

OPACITY

OPACITY

OPACITY

QUIT

SHOW/HIDE TABS

SELECT
ALL

MERGE
DOWN

CYCLE
SELECT TOOLS

QUICK MASK

CLOSE

SWITCH
VIEW

UNDO

ZOOM TOOL

CYCLE
ERASE TOOLS
SAVE

DESELECT

REPEAT
FILTER

TOGGLE FREQ
SEP LAYER

CUT

SWAP COLOUR

CHARACTER

COPY

CROP TOOL

MOVE TOOL

INVERT

GROUP

HIDE

VIEW TOOL

SHRINK /
GROW SEL

CYCLE
BRUSH TOOLS

DUPLICATE

CYCLE
MARQUEES

<
,

PREF.

PRINT

{
[

LEVELS

:
;

GUIDES

BACK ONE

}
]

"'

FWD ONE

CONVERT
TO CURVES

INCREASE
BRUSH
GRIDS

|
\

TOGGLE
SNAPPING

>
.

?
/

RESET
SELECTION BOX

SET FILL/STROKE
TO NONE

alt
ctrl

F12
ZOOM
IN

+
=

DECREASE
BRUSH

CYCLE
PEN/NODE

FREE HAND
SELECTION TOOL
CURVES

CYCLE SPONGE/
DODGE/BURN

CYCLE
RETOUCH TOOLS
NEW

OPEN

CYCLE
SHAPE TOOLS

CYCLE
FILL TOOLS

PASTE

HSL

CYCLE
TEXT TOOLS

CLONE TOOL

RULERS

F11
ZOOM
OUT

FILL

esc

alt
cmd

HOLD FOR VIEW TOOL

cmd

ctrl

SHORTCUTS

F1

F2

ZOOM
100%

F3

ZOOM
200%

ZOOM
400%

F4

F5

ZOOM
800%

F6

F7

F8

ZOOM
ACTUAL

F9
ZOOM
PIXEL

F10
ZOOM
TO FIT

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

100%

OPACITY

OPACITY

OPACITY

OPACITY

OPACITY

OPACITY

OPACITY

OPACITY

OPACITY

OPACITY

QUIT

SHOW/HIDE TABS

CLOSE

THAW

CLEAR
MASK

UNDO

SAVE

CUT

RULERS

RECONSTRUCT

TWIRL

MASK
ALL

COPY

VIEW

ZOOM TOOL

MESH CLONE

INVERT
MASK

HIDE

TURBULENCE

PRINT

:
;

F12
ZOOM
IN

}
]
INCREASE
BRUSH

DECREASE
BRUSH

"'

GRIDS

|
\

PUSH LEFT
NEW

<
,

PREF.

>
.

?
/

CYCLE
SPLIT VIEW

alt
ctrl

+
=

{
[

PUSH FORWARD

VIEW TOOL

PASTE

OPEN

PINCH

FREEZE

SWITCH

F11
ZOOM
OUT

esc

LIQUIFY PERSONA

alt
cmd

HOLD FOR VIEW TOOL

cmd

ctrl

SHORTCUTS

F1

F2

ZOOM
100%

F3

ZOOM
200%

ZOOM
400%

F4
ZOOM
800%

F5

F6

F7

F8

ZOOM
ACTUAL

F9
ZOOM
PIXEL

F10
ZOOM
TO FIT

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

100%

HARDNESS

HARDNESS

HARDNESS

HARDNESS

HARDNESS

HARDNESS

HARDNESS

HARDNESS

HARDNESS

HARDNESS

QUIT

SHOW/HIDE TABS

CLOSE

RULERS

WHITE BALANCE
TOOL

OVERLAY
ERASE TOOL

RED EYE
REMOVAL

SWITCH
VIEW

UNDO

CUT

ZOOM TOOL

COPY

CROP TOOL

OPEN

F12
ZOOM
IN

{
[

PASTE

HIDE

BLEMISH
REMOVAL

VIEW TOOL

OVERLAY
PAINT TOOL

:
;

NEW

<
,

PREF.

GUIDES

}
]
INCREASE
BRUSH

"'

GRIDS

|
\

TOGGLE
SNAPPING

>
.

?
/

CYCLE
SPLIT VIEW

alt
ctrl

+
=

DECREASE
BRUSH

OVERLAY
GRADIENT

F11
ZOOM
OUT

esc

DEVELOP PERSONA

alt
cmd

HOLD FOR VIEW TOOL

cmd

ctrl

SHORTCUTS

F1

F2

ZOOM
100%

QUIT

SHOW/HIDE TABS

F3

ZOOM
200%

ZOOM
400%

CLOSE

F4

ZOOM
800%

F5

F6

RULERS

F7

F8
ZOOM
ACTUAL

F9

F10

ZOOM
PIXEL

ZOOM
TO FIT

OPEN

F11
ZOOM
OUT

esc

PANORAMA PERSONA

PRINT

SAVE

TRANSFORM
IMAGE TOOL

SWITCH
VIEW

HIDE

CUT

ZOOM TOOL

COPY

PASTE

:
;

GUIDES

INCREASE
BRUSH

"'

GRIDS

|
\

ADD TO IMAGE
MASK TOOL

NEW

<
,

PREF.

>
.

?
/

CYCLE
SPLIT VIEW

CROP TOOL

alt
ctrl

}
]
DECREASE
BRUSH

VIEW TOOL

UNDO

F12
ZOOM
IN

{
[

ERASE
MASK TOOL

+
=

alt
cmd

HOLD FOR VIEW TOOL

cmd

ctrl

SHORTCUTS

ADVANCED TEXT
_
-

^ SUBSCRIPT

+
=

EN DASH
EM DASH

^ SUPERSCRIPT

{
[
:
;
add

for precision

<
,
SMALLER

"'

Character Panel
Typography Dialog
Bold
Italic
Underline

ALIGN C

JUST. L

?
/

BIGGER

DECREASE
LEADING

NON-BREAKING SPACE

^ EMOJI & SYMBOLS

|
\

SPELLING
OPTIONS

>
.

LINE BREAK

}
]

T
T
B
I
U

alt

cmd

ctrl

TIGHTEN
SPACING

add

INCREASE
LEADING

LOOSEN
SPACING

to increase step size

Selecting

MODIFIERS &

LAYER CONTROL
General

Reverses aspect ratio


constraint on scaling
Scales from the centre
of selection

Rotates from opposite


corner of layer or object
Ignores snapping during
operation

Liquify tools

Pixel selections

Selects multiple objects


and layers

Reduces rate of
application of effect

Constrains marquee to
square or circle

Selects object or layer


behind current selection

Switches to the opposite


of default effect

Moves underlying layer


rather than selection

Adds to selection

+drag

Removes from selection

Selects objects or layers


partially encompassed

Vector drawing tools

+drag

Constrains handle
angles to 15 degrees

Ignores initial object or


layer below cursor

Dodge/Burn and Blur/Sharpen

Free hand Selection Tool

Connects clicked points


with straight lines

Sets node to Sharp


(for creating cusps)

Temporarily switches to
Node editing (from Pen)

Pixel Tool

Temporarily switches to
the opposite tool

Clone, Heal and Mesh Clone

Layer Panel

Erases from the current


layer or object

Select a source
Painting

Draws straight line


connecting two strokes
Temporarily switches to
the Colour Picker tool
+

+drag
Left-right changes width
and up-down changes
hardness of brush

Double-click

= Change
Description

Layer 1

Double-click

= Zoom to layer

Layer 1

Click +

selected
= Show
only

Layer 1

Click +

Layer 1

Click +

White Balance Tool

Creates an average of
multiple sampled points
+drag
Creates a sample from
a marquee

+ +click
Picks and applies the
colour under the cursor

Layer 1

selection
= Pixel
from layer

Rotating

Constrains rotation to
15 degree intervals

Selection from
layer luminosity

Zooming

GESTURES &

alt

alt

MOUSE CONTROL

Panning

Scrolling

vertical

Rotating Canvas

Displaying Context Menu

Copying

alt

Force Touch

or

Adjusting Values

500 px
Hover

alt

increase
accuracy

cmd

horizontal

Equations

W:

118+55

Increase (add) and Decrease (subtract)

W:

173 px

EXPRESSIONS

37*4

W:

148 px

+=80

W:

200 px

-=20
100 px

for use in input boxes in


the Transform panel
(and other areas of the UI)
W

Multiply and Divide

original

W:

*=2

W:

240 px

W:

120 px

H:

150 px

Percentages and Fractions

/=2

W:

*=75%

W:

90 px

60 px

168 px

Relational

W:

h+30
180 px

W:

h-5
145 px

W:

*=1.4

Golden Ratio

2*h
300 px

W:

h/2
75 px

W:

gr*h
242.7 px

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