Affinity Photo

Professional photo editing software with non-destructive editing, RAW processing, and advanced retouching tools

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Editing

Action	Shortcut
Resize Document	`⌥+⌘+I`
Resize Canvas	`⌥+⌘+C`
Select multiple	`⇧click`
Select overlapping layer content	`⌥click`
Reset Selection Box	`.(period)`
Toggle Snapping	`;`
Erase with Pixel Tool on current layer	`⌘`
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	`⇧+X`
Set No fill on Stroke/Fill (or Colour 1/Colour 2) colour selectors	`/(Internationalandselectedkeyboardsonly)`
Toggle between Crop Tool overlays	`O`
Flip golden spiral overlay (crop tool enabled)	`⇧+O`
Modify attribute listed on a panel or dialog	`Dragattributetextlabel`
Rotate in 15° intervals	`⇧drag`
Rotate around opposite corner	`⌃drag`
Cancel a sizing, moving, or creating operation	`Esc`
Resize from centre	`⌘dragfromAcornerhandle`
Mirror shearing	`⌘drag`
Constrain movement horizontally, vertically or diagonally	`⇧drag`
Nudging	`Arrowkeys`
Nudging (10x measurement units)	`⇧arrowkeys`
Resize Document	`⌥+⌃+I`
Resize Canvas	`⌥+⌃+C`
Select multiple	`⇧click`
Select overlapping layer content	`⌥click`
Reset Selection Box	`.(period)`
Toggle Snapping	`;`
Erase with Pixel Tool on current layer	`⌃`
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	`⇧+X`
Set No fill on Stroke/Fill (or Colour 1/Colour 2) colour selectors	`/(Internationalandselectedkeyboardsonly)`
Toggle between Crop Tool overlays	`O`
Flip golden spiral overlay (crop tool enabled)	`⇧+O`
Modify attribute listed on a panel or dialog	`Dragattributetextlabel`
Rotate in 15° intervals	`⇧drag`
Rotate around opposite corner	`⌃drag`
Cancel a sizing, moving, or creating operation	`Esc`
Resize from centre	`⌃dragfromAcornerhandle`
Mirror shearing	`⌃drag`
Constrain movement horizontally, vertically or diagonally	`⇧drag`
Nudging	`Arrowkeys`
Nudging (10x measurement units)	`⇧arrowkeys`

Vector graphics

Action	Shortcut
Resize maintaining aspect ratio	`⇧dragfromAcornerhandle`
Edit curves as you draw using node editing (from pen)	`⌘`
Creates cusp node (sharp corner)	`⌥drag⌃handle`
Snap a curve’s control handle to 45° intervals	`⇧drag⌃handle`
Convert to Curves	`⌘+↵`
Resize maintaining aspect ratio	`⇧dragfromAcornerhandle`
Edit curves as you draw using node editing (from pen)	`⌃`
Creates cusp node (sharp corner)	`⌥drag⌃handle`
Snap a curve’s control handle to 45° intervals	`⇧drag⌃handle`
Convert to Curves	`⌃+↵`

File

Action	Shortcut
New Document	`⌘+N`
New From Clipboard	`⌥+⇧+⌘+N`
Open Document	`⌘+O`
Close Document/Close App (when no documents open)	`⌘+W`
Switch Document/View	`⌃+⇥`
Save	`⌘+S`
Save As	`⇧+⌘+S`
Export	`⌥+⇧+⌘+S`
Print	`⌘+P`
New Document	`⌃+N`
New From Clipboard	`⌥+⇧+⌃+N`
Open Document	`⌃+O`
Close Document/Close App (when no documents open)	`⌃+W`
Switch Document/View	`⌃+⇥`
Save	`⌃+S`
Save As	`⇧+⌃+S`
Export	`⌥+⇧+⌃+S`
Print	`⌃+P`

Tools

Action	Shortcut
Flood Fill Tool / Gradient cycle	`G`
View Tool	`H`
Move Tool	`V`
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`
Free Hand Selection Tool	`L`
Flood Fill Tool / Gradient cycle	`G`
View Tool	`H`
Move Tool	`V`
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`
Free Hand Selection Tool	`L`

Liquify

Action	Shortcut
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`
Mask All	`⌘+D`
Invert Mask	`⌘+I`
Clear Mask	`⌘+A`
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`
Mask All	`⌃+D`
Invert Mask	`⌃+I`
Clear Mask	`⌃+A`

Develop

Action	Shortcut
Sampler Tool	`S`
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`
Sampler Tool	`S`
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`

Export

Action	Shortcut
Slice Tool	`S`
Layer Select tool	`L`
Slice Tool	`S`
Layer Select tool	`L`

Panorama

Action	Shortcut
Transform Source Image Tool	`A`
Add to Source Image Mask Tool	`L`
Erase From Source Image Mask Tool	`U`
Transform Source Image Tool	`A`
Add to Source Image Mask Tool	`L`
Erase From Source Image Mask Tool	`U`

Edit

Action	Shortcut
Undo	`⌘+Z`
Redo	`⇧+⌘+Z`
Copy Merged	`⇧+⌘+C`
Paste Style	`⇧+⌘+V`
Paste FX	`⌃+⌘+V`
Paste without Format	`⌥+⇧+⌘+V`
Paste Inside	`⌥+⌘+V`
Fill	`⇧+F5`
Inpaint	`⌥+⇥`
Undo	`⌃+Z`
Redo	`⇧+⌃+Z`
Copy Merged	`⇧+⌃+C`
Paste Style	`⇧+⌃+V`
Paste FX	`⌥+⌃+V`
Paste without Format	`⌥+⇧+⌃+V`
Paste Inside	`⌥+⌃+V`
Fill	`⇧+F5`
Inpaint	`⌥+⇥`

Layer operations

Action	Shortcut
Select All Layers	`⌥+⌘+A`
Group	`⌘+G`
Ungroup	`⇧+⌘+G`
Duplicate	`⌘+J`
Invert	`⌘+I`
Move to Front	`⇧+⌘+]`
Move Forward One	`⌘+]`
Move to Back	`⇧+⌘+[`
Move Back One	`⌘+[`
New Layer	`⇧+⌘+N`
Merge Down	`⌘+E`
Merge Selected	`⇧+⌘+E`
Merge Visible	`⌥+⇧+⌘+E`
Toggle between Frequency Separation layers	`F`
Select All Layers	`⌥+⌃+A`
Group	`⌃+G`
Ungroup	`⇧+⌃+G`
Duplicate	`⌃+J`
Invert	`⌃+I`
Move to Front	`⇧+⌃+]`
Move Forward One	`⌃+]`
Move to Back	`⇧+⌃+[`
Move Back One	`⌃+[`
New Layer	`⇧+⌃+N`
Merge Down	`⌃+E`
Merge Selected	`⇧+⌃+E`
Merge Visible	`⌥+⇧+⌃+E`
Toggle between Frequency Separation layers	`F`

Live projection

Action	Shortcut
Edit Live Projection	`⌃+⌘+P`
Edit Live Projection	`⌃+⌥+P`

Brush

Action	Shortcut
Picks up a new brush colour with colour picker	`⌥drag`
Picks and applies the colour under the cursor	`⌥+⌥click`
Change selected layer content/brush tool’s opacity	`numerickeys(4=40%or43=43%oretc.)`
Increase/decrease brush width (Photo and Liquify Personas)	`]+[`
Decrease/increase brush width with on-screen readout	`⌃+⌥drag(left/right)`
Decrease/increase brush hardness with on-screen readout	`⌃+⌥drag(up/down)`
Draw straight line connecting two strokes	`⇧click`
Picks up a new brush colour with colour picker	`⌥drag`
Picks and applies the colour under the cursor	`⌥+⌃click`
Change selected layer content/brush tool’s opacity	`numerickeys(4=40%or43=43%oretc.)`
Increase/decrease brush width (Photo and Liquify Personas)	`]+[`
Decrease/increase brush width with on-screen readout	`⌥+RightbuttonDowndrag(left/right)`
Decrease/increase brush hardness with on-screen readout	`⌥+RightbuttonDowndrag(up/down)`
Draw straight line connecting two strokes	`⇧click`

Text

Action	Shortcut
Bigger text	`⌘+>`
Precise bigger text	`⌥+⌘+>`
Tighten	`⌥+←`
Loosen	`⌥+→`
Tighten More	`⌥+⌘+←`
Loosen More	`⌥+⌘+→`
Bold	`⌘+B`
Italic	`⌘+I`
Underline	`⌘+U`
Show Character	`⌘+T`
Show Typography	`⇧+⌘+T`
Superscript	`⌃+⌘++`
Subscript	`⌃+⌘+–`
Align Left	`⌥+⌘+L`
Align Right	`⌥+⌘+R`
Align Centre	`⌥+⌘+C`
Justify Left	`⌥+⌘+I`
Increase Paragraph Leading	`⌥+↓`
Decrease Paragraph Leading	`⌥+↑`
Precise Paragraph Increase Leading	`⌥+⌘+↓`
Precise Paragraph Decrease Leading	`⌥+⌘+↑`
Raise Baseline	`⌥+⇧+↑`
Lower Baseline	`⌥+⇧+↓`
Precise Raise Baseline	`⌥+⇧+⌘+↑`
Precise Lower Baseline	`⌥+⇧+⌘+↓`
Special Characters	`⌃+⌘+Spacebar`
Spelling Options	`⇧+⌘+;`
Line Break	`⌃+↵`
Non Breaking Space	`⌥+Spacebar`
En Dash	`⌥+–`
Em Dash	`⌥+⇧+–`
Bigger text	`⌃+>`
Precise bigger text	`⌥+⌃+>`
Tighten	`⌥+←`
Loosen	`⌥+→`
Tighten More	`⌥+⇧+←`
Loosen More	`⌥+⇧+→`
Bold	`⌃+B`
Italic	`⌃+I`
Underline	`⌃+U`
Show Character	`⌃+T`
Show Typography	`⇧+⌃+T`
Superscript	`⌃+⌥++`
Subscript	`⌃+⌥+–`
Align Left	`⌃+⌥+L`
Align Right	`⌃+⌥+R`
Align Centre	`⌃+⌥+C`
Justify Left	`⇧+⌥+⌃+\`
Increase Paragraph Leading	`⌥+↓`
Decrease Paragraph Leading	`⌥+↑`
Precise Paragraph Increase Leading	`⇧+⌃+↓`
Precise Paragraph Decrease Leading	`⇧+⌃+↑`
Raise Baseline	`⌥+⇧+↑`
Lower Baseline	`⌥+⇧+↓`
Precise Raise Baseline	`⌥+⇧+⌃+↑`
Precise Lower Baseline	`⌥+⇧+⌃+↓`
Special Characters	`⌃+⌥+Spacebar`
Spelling Options	`⇧+⌃+;`
Line Break	`⌃+↵`
Non Breaking Space	`⌥+Spacebar`
En Dash	`⌥+–`
Em Dash	`⌥+⇧+–`

View

Action	Shortcut
Zoom In	`⌘++`
Zoom Out	`⌘+–`
Zoom to Fit	`⌘+0`
(Zoom to) 100%	`⌘+1`
(Zoom to) 200%	`⌘+2`
(Zoom to) 400%	`⌘+3`
(Zoom to) 800%	`⌘+4`
(Zoom to) Actual Size	`⌘+8`
(Zoom to) Pixel Size	`⌘+9`
Hot key panning	`Spacebar`
Hot key zoom in	`Spacebar+⌘Click`
Hot key zoom out	`Spacebar+⌥Click`
Scroll vertically up/down	`Mousescrollwheel`
Scroll horizontally left/right	`⇧Mousewheel`
Toggle Full Screen	`⌃+⌘+F`
Switch between views	⌘+`
Show Rulers	`⌘+R`
Show Guides	`⌘+;`
Show Grid	`⌘+‘`
Grid Plane cycle	`‘`
Split View cycle (Liquify/Develop Persona)	`or`
Zoom In	`⌃++`
Zoom Out	`⌃+–`
Zoom to Fit	`⌃+0`
(Zoom to) 100%	`⌃+1`
(Zoom to) 200%	`⌃+2`
(Zoom to) 400%	`⌃+3`
(Zoom to) 800%	`⌃+4`
(Zoom to) Actual Size	`⌃+8`
(Zoom to) Pixel Size	`⌃+9`
Hot key panning	`Spacebar`
Hot key zoom in	`Spacebar+⌃`
Hot key zoom out	`Spacebar+⌥Click`
Scroll vertically up/down	`Mousescrollwheel`
Scroll horizontally left/right	`⇧Mousewheel`
Switch between views	`⌃+⇥`
Show Rulers	`⌃+R`
Show Guides	`⌃+;`
Show Grid	`⌃+‘`
Grid Plane cycle	`‘`
Split View cycle (Liquify/Develop Persona)	`or`

Pixel selection/Mask

Action	Shortcut
Select All	`⌘+A`
Deselect	`⌘+D`
Invert Pixel Selection	`⇧+⌘+I`
Add to selection (Marquee/Free hand selection tools only)	`⌃`
Remove from selection	`⌥`
Grow/Shrink	`⌘+B`
Feather	`⇧+F6`
Refine Edges	`⌥+⌘+R`
Move selection in 1-pixel increments	`arrowkey`
Move selection in 10-pixel increments	`⇧arrowkey`
Selection from layer	`⌘clicklayerthumbnailorO`
Selection from layer luminosity	`⇧+⌘clicklayerthumbnail`
Polygon selection (Freehand Selection Tool only)	`⇧+⌘clickonpage.`
Quick Mask	`Q`
Select All	`⌃+A`
Deselect	`⌃+D`
Invert Pixel Selection	`⇧+⌃+I`
Add to selection (Marquee/Free hand selection tools only)	`⌃`
Remove from selection	`⌥`
Grow/Shrink	`⌃+B`
Feather	`⇧+F6`
Refine Edges	`⌃+⌥+R`
Move selection in 1-pixel increments	`arrowkey`
Move selection in 10-pixel increments	`⇧arrowkey`
Selection from layer	`⌃clicklayerthumbnailorO`
Selection from layer luminosity	`⇧+⌃clicklayerthumbnail`
Polygon selection (Freehand Selection Tool only)	`⇧+⌃clickonpage.`
Quick Mask	`Q`

Workspace

Action	Shortcut
Show/Hide Studio (panels)	`⇧+⌘+H`
Show/Hide Toolbar	`⌥+⌘+T`
Toggle UI	`⇥`
Hide Workspace	`⌘+H`
Show/Hide Studio (panels)	`⇧+⌃+H`
Show/Hide Toolbar	`⌥+⌃+T`
Toggle UI	`⇥`
Hide Workspace	`⌃+H`

Adjustment and filter

Action	Shortcut
Levels (Adjustment)	`⌘+L`
HSL (Adjustment)	`⌘+U`
Invert (Adjustment)	`⌘+I`
Curves (Adjustment)	`⌘+M`
Black and White (Adjustment)	`⌥+⇧+⌘+B`
Repeat Filter	`⌘+F`
Levels (Adjustment)	`⌃+L`
HSL (Adjustment)	`⌃+U`
Invert (Adjustment)	`⌃+I`
Curves (Adjustment)	`⌃+M`
Black and White (Adjustment)	`⌥+⇧+⌃+B`
Repeat Filter	`⌃+F`

Miscellaneous

Action	Shortcut
Preferences	`⌘or`
Liquify Persona	`⌥+⌘+L`
Export Persona	`⌥+⌘+E`
Develop Persona	`⌥+⌘+R`
Hide Others (applications)	`⌥+⌘+H`
Media Browser	`⇧+⌘+M`
Preferences	`⌃or`
Liquify Persona	`⌥+⌃+L`
Export Persona	`⌥+⌃+E`
Develop Persona	`⌥+⌃+R`
Hide Others (applications)	`⌥+⌃+H`
Media Browser	`⌥+⌃+M`