10 Photoshop Shortcuts for a Faster & More Efficient Workflow

As we all know, shortcuts are a substantial part of an efficient workflow. I’ve been trying to keep track of the Photoshop shortcuts that I use most regularly. After a couple of weeks I’ve narrowed it down to the following 10 shortcuts. Keep in mind I use Photoshop for Web and Graphic Design, but I tried to pick out shortcuts that are general enough that they can apply to all types of Photoshop users. In addition, I’m leaving off the general operating system shortcuts such as select all or copy/paste, photoshop techniques, and the keys to select the tools (like V for move tool, etc). All that being said here’s my top 10 Photoshop keyboard shortcuts.

1. CTRL+T – Free Transform Tool
2. CTRL + Shift + N -  Create New Layer
3. CTRL+Backspace - Fill with Secondary Color
4. CTRL+J – Duplicate Layers
5. CTRL+[ / ] - Bring Forward / Bring Back
   
6. CTRL+G – Group Layers
7. CTRL+Shift+I – Select Inverse
8. CTRL+Alt+I – Image Resize
9. CTRL+Alt+C – Canvas Size
10. CTRL+E – Merge
11. EDIT: One of the many I’m probably forgetting, CTRL+D / CTRL+Shift+D for de-selecting / re-selecting your sections.