You can quickly access common tools and commands using your keyboard. Many of the shortcuts are the same as those that you use in other apps (such as C to copy). You'll find many of the shortcuts listed next to menu items (and in the list below).
You can quickly access common tools and commands using your keyboard. Many of the shortcuts are the same as those that you use in other apps (such as +C to copy). You'll find many of the shortcuts listed next to menu items (and in the list below).
For complete flexibility, you can customise keyboard shortcuts to your own way of working.
Show shortcuts for:
Action | Key |
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Resize Document |
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Resize Canvas |
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Select multiple | -click |
Select overlapping layer content | -click |
Reset Selection Box | . |
Toggle Snapping | ; |
Erase with Pixel Tool | |
Switch between Stroke/Fill (or Colour 1/Colour 2) colour selectors (Colour and Swatches panels) | X |
Swap Stroke/Fill (or Colour 1/Colour 2) colour selectors |
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Set Stroke/Fill (or Colour 1/Colour 2) colour selectors to black and white, respectively | D |
Set No fill on Stroke/Fill (or Colour 1/Colour 2) colour selectors | / (International and selected keyboards only) |
Toggle between Crop Tool overlays (Crop Tool enabled) | O |
Flip golden spiral overlay (Crop Tool enabled) |
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Modify attribute listed on a panel or dialog | Drag attribute text label |
Action (Transforming) | Key |
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Move with horizontal, vertical or diagonal constraint | -drag |
Rotate in 15° intervals | -drag rotation/corner handle |
Rotate around opposite corner |
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Cancel a sizing, moving, or creating operation | |
Resize from centre | -drag from a corner handle |
Mirror shearing |
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Nudge1 | arrow keys |
Nudge (by modified distance)1 | -arrow keys |
1 Nudge distances are customisable via Affinity Photo>Preferences>Tools
1 Nudge distances are customisable via Edit>Preferences>Tools
Action | Key |
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Resize maintaining aspect ratio | -drag from a corner handle |
Edit curves as you draw | |
Creates cusp node (sharp corner) | -drag control handle |
Snap a curve's control handle to 45° intervals | -drag control handle |
Create a straight line segment as you draw |
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Convert to Smooth node |
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Convert to Sharp node | -click |
Convert to Curves |
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Select next node on a curve | ] |
Select previous node on a curve | [ |
Action | Key |
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New Document |
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New From Clipboard |
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Open Document |
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Close Document/Close App (when no documents open) |
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Switch Document/View |
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Save |
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Save As |
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Export |
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Action | Key |
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Flood Fill Tool / Gradient cycle | G |
View Tool | H |
Move Tool | V |
Colour Picker Tool | I |
Crop Tool | C |
Selection Tools cycle | W |
Pen and Node Tool cycle | P |
Zoom Tool | Z |
Clone Tool | S |
Shape Tools cycle | U |
Text Tools cycle | T |
Dodge, Burn and Sponge Brush Tool cycle | O |
Retouch Tools cycle | J |
Painting Tools cycle | B |
Erase Tools cycle | E |
Marquee Selection Tools cycle | M |
Freehand Selection Tool | L |
Action (Liquify Persona only) | Key |
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Liquify Push Forward Tool | P |
Liquify Push Left Tool | L |
Liquify Twirl Tool | T |
Liquify Pinch Tool | U |
Liquify Turbulence Tool | B |
Liquify Mesh Clone Tool | C |
Liquify Reconstruct Tool | R |
Liquify Freeze Tool | F |
Liquify Thaw Tool | W |
Liquify Zoom Tool | Z |
Liquify View Tool | H |
Action (Develop Persona only) | Key |
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White Balance Tool | W |
Red Eye Removal Tool | R |
Blemish Removal Tool | L |
Overlay Paint Tool | B |
Overlay Erase Tool | E |
Overlay Gradient Tool | G |
Crop Tool | C |
Zoom Tool | Z |
View Tool | H |
Action (Export Persona only) | Key |
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Slice Tool | S |
Slice Selection Tool | L |
Action (Panorama Persona only) | Key |
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Transform Source Image Tool | A |
Add To Source Image Mask Tool | L |
Erase From Source Image Mask Tool | U |
Action | Key |
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Undo |
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Redo |
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Copy Merged |
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Paste Style |
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Paste FX |
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Paste Inside |
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Paste without Format |
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Fill |
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Inpaint |
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Action | Key |
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Select All Layers |
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Group |
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Ungroup |
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Duplicate |
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Invert |
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Move to Front |
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Move Forward One |
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Move to Back |
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Move Back One |
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Show All |
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Unlock All |
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New Layer |
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Merge Down |
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Merge Selected |
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Merge Visible |
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Toggle between Frequency Separation layers | F |
Action (Live Projection only) | Key |
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Edit Live Projection | P |
Action | Key |
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Picks up a new brush colour | -drag |
Change selected layer content/brush tool's opacity | numeric keys (4=40%, 43=43%, etc.) |
Increase/decrease brush width | ] [ |
Decrease/increase brush width with on-screen readout |
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Decrease/increase brush hardness with on-screen readout |
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Paint a brush stroke along a straight line | Click then -click |
Toggle brush properties (for width, hardness, shape/spacing or rotation): |
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Setting brush properties on page (after setting above toggle) |
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Action | Key |
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Show Character |
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Show Typography |
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Spelling Options |
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Action (Navigation) | Key |
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Moves insertion point one character left | |
Moves insertion point one character right | |
Moves insertion point to start of word |
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Moves insertion point to end of word |
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Moves insertion point to start of line |
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Moves insertion point to end of line |
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Moves insertion point to start of text frame |
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Moves insertion point to end of text frame |
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Moves insertion point to start of current paragraph |
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Moves insertion point to start of next paragraph |
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Action (Deleting) | Key |
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Delete character to left of insertion point |
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Delete character to right of insertion point |
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Delete from insertion point to start of word |
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Delete from insertion point to end of word |
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Delete from insertion point to start of line | |
Delete from insertion point to end of paragraph | K |
Action (Formatting) | Key |
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Bigger text |
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Smaller text |
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Precise bigger text |
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Precise smaller text |
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Superscript |
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Subscript |
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Action (Typography) | Key |
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Tighten (Tracking/Kerning, 10‰ decrement) |
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Loosen (Tracking/Kerning, 10‰ increment) |
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Tighten More (Tracking/Kerning, 50‰ decrement) |
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Loosen More (Tracking/Kerning, 50‰ increment) |
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Raise Baseline | |
Lower Baseline | |
Precise Raise Baseline | |
Precise Lower Baseline | |
Increase Paragraph Leading |
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Decrease Paragraph Leading |
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Precise Increase Paragraph Leading |
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Precise Decrease Paragraph Leading |
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Action (Special characters) | Key |
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Line Break |
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Non-Breaking Space |
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Non-Breaking Hyphen | - |
En Dash |
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Em Dash |
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Action | Key |
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Rotate document view |
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Reset document view rotation | |
Rotate about the document view centre |
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Increase document view rotation speed | ctrl while rotating the document view |
Zoom In |
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Zoom Out |
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Zoom to Fit |
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(Zoom to) 100% |
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(Zoom to) 200% |
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(Zoom to) 400% |
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(Zoom to) 800% |
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(Zoom to) Actual Size |
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(Zoom to) Pixel Size |
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Hot key zoom |
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Hot key zoom in |
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Hot key zoom out |
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Hot key zoom in marquee |
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Hot key panning | |
Scroll vertically up/down | Mouse scroll wheel |
Scroll horizontally left/right |
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Switch to Next View |
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Show Rulers |
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Show Guides |
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Show Grid |
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Grid Plane cycle | ' |
Split View cycle (not Photo Persona) | , |
Action | Key |
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Select All |
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Deselect |
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Invert Pixel Selection |
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Add to selection (Marquee/Freehand selection tools only) |
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Remove from selection |
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Grow/Shrink |
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Feather |
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Refine Edges |
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Nudge selection1 | Arrow key |
Modified nudge selection1 |
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Selection from layer |
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Selection from layer luminance |
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Add layer contents to existing selection |
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Add layer luminance to existing selection |
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Polygon selection (Freehand Selection Tool only) |
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Quick Mask | Q |
1 Nudge distances are customisable via Affinity Photo>Preferences>Tools
1 Nudge distances are customisable via Edit>Preferences>Tools
Action | Key |
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Show/Hide Studio (panels) |
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Show/Hide Toolbar |
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Toggle UI | |
Hide Workspace |
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Action | Key |
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Levels (Adjustment) |
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HSL (Adjustment) |
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Invert (Adjustment) |
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Curves (Adjustment) |
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Black and White (Adjustment) |
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Repeat Filter |
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Action | Key |
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Mask All |
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Clear Mask |
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Invert Mask |
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Action | Key |
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Preferences |
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Action | Key |
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Special Characters | |
Toggle Full Screen | F |
Hide Workspace | H |
Hide Others (applications) | H |