You can quickly access common tools using your Smart Keyboard or Bluetooth keyboard, if you've purchased one for your iPad. Most of the keyboard shortcuts listed here can be customised in Affinity Photo's preferences.
Show shortcuts for:
| Action | Key |
|---|---|
| Save Document | S |
| Save Document as Copy | S |
| Export Document | S |
| Print Document | P |
| Resize Document | I |
| Action | Key |
|---|---|
| Canvas Rotation Tool | R |
| Crop Tool | C |
| Move Tool | V |
| View Tool | H |
| Action | Key |
|---|---|
| Art Text Tool | T |
| Burn Brush Tool | O |
| Clone Brush Tool | S |
| Colour Picker Tool | I |
| Convert Document Tool | D |
| Erase Brush Tool | E |
| Frame Text Tool | F |
| Gradient Fill Tool | G |
| Inpainting Brush Tool | J |
| Node Tool | A |
| Paint Brush Tool | B |
| Pen Tool | P |
| Pixel Tool | X |
| Rectangle Tool | U |
| Action | Key |
|---|---|
| Column Marquee Tool | C |
| Elliptical Marquee Tool | E |
| Feather Selection Tool | F |
| Flood Selection Tool | W |
| Grow/Shrink Selection Tool | G |
| Freehand Selection Tool | P |
| Rectangular Marquee Tool | M |
| Refine Selection Tool | R |
| Row Marquee Tool | O |
| Smart Selection Brush Tool | S |
| Action | Key |
|---|---|
| Freeze Tool | Z |
| Mesh Clone Tool | M |
| Pinch Tool | I |
| Punch Tool | P |
| Push Forward Tool | F |
| Push Left Tool | L |
| Reconstruct Tool | R |
| Thaw Tool | W |
| Turbulence Tool | U |
| Twirl Tool | T |
| View Tool | H |
| Action | Key |
|---|---|
| Blemish Removal Tool | B |
| Crop Tool | C |
| Overlay Erase Tool | E |
| Overlay Gradient Tool | G |
| Overlay Paint Tool | P |
| Red Eye Tool | R |
| View Tool | H |
| White Balance Tool | W |
| Action | Key |
|---|---|
| Brush Tool | L |
| Crop Tool | C |
| Erase Tool | U |
| Transform Tool | A |
| View Tool | H |
| Action | Key |
|---|---|
| Overlay Erase Tool | E |
| Overlay Gradient Tool | G |
| Overlay Paint Tool | P |
| View Tool | H |
| Action | Key |
|---|---|
| Undo | Z |
| Redo | Z |
| Copy | C |
| Cut | X |
| Paste | V |
| Paste Filter Effect | V |
| Paste Inside | V |
| Paste Style | V |
| Action | Key |
|---|---|
| Duplicate Selection | J |
| Group | G |
| Ungroup | G |
| Live Stack Group | G |
| Merge Down | E |
| Merge Selected | E |
| Merge Visible | E |
| Move Back | [ |
| Move Forward | ] |
| Move To Back | [ |
| Move To Front | ] |
| New Pixel Layer | N |
| Nudge (Move Tool) | arrow keys |
| Action | Key |
|---|---|
| Bold | B |
| Italicise | I |
| Underline | U |
| Action | Key |
|---|---|
| Grid | ' |
| Guides | ; |
| Action | Key |
|---|---|
| Deselect | D |
| Invert Selection | I |
| Refine Selection | R |
| Select All | A |
| Selection From Layer | O |
| Vector Select All | A |
| Action | Key |
|---|---|
| Black and White (Adjustment) | B |
| Curves (Adjustment) | M |
| HSL (Adjustment) | U |
| Invert (Adjustment) | I |
| Levels (Adjustment) | L |
| Fade | F |
| Minimise App | H |
| Minimise Document | W |