================================= Affinity Photo keyboard shortcuts ================================= First published at 10/13/2018 on https://defkey.com/affinity-designer-shortcuts Affinity Photo is a raster graphics editor that is described as an Adobe Photoshop alternative. Affinity Photo has 193 shortcuts and we have listed all of them below. Editing ------- Alt + Ctrl + I Resize Document Alt + Ctrl + C Resize Canvas Shift + Left click Select multiple Alt + Left click Select overlapping layer content . Reset Selection Box ; Toggle Snapping Ctrl Erase with Pixel Tool X Switch between Stroke/Fill (or Color 1/Color 2) color selectors (Color and Swatches panels) Shift + X Swap Stroke/Fill (or Color 1/Color 2) color selectors / Set No fill on Stroke/Fill (or Color 1/Color 2) color selectors O Toggle between Crop Tool overlays (Crop Tool enabled) Shift + O Flip golden spiral overlay (Crop Tool enabled) Left click + Move the mouse (drag attribute text label) Modify attribute listed on a panel or dialog Action (Transforming) --------------------- Shift + Left click + Move the mouse Move with horizontal, vertical or diagonal constraint Shift + Left click + Move the mouse (drag rotation / corner handle) Rotate in 15° intervals Left click + Move the mouse then Right click (drag corner handle then hold down right mouse button) Rotate around opposite corner Esc Cancel a sizing, moving, or creating operation Ctrl + Left click + Move the mouse (drag from a corner handle) Resize from center Ctrl + Left click + Move the mouse Mirror shearing Arrow keys Nudging Shift + Arrow keys Nudging (10x measurement units) Vector-specific --------------- Shift + Left click + Move the mouse (drag from a corner handle) Resize maintaining aspect ratio Ctrl Edit curves as you draw Alt + Left click + Move the mouse (drag control handle) Creates cusp node (sharp corner) Shift + Left click + Move the mouse (drag control handle) Snap a curve's control handle to 45° intervals Ctrl + Enter Convert to Curves File ---- Ctrl + N New Document Ctrl + Alt + Shift + N New From Clipboard Ctrl + O Open Document Ctrl + W Close Document/Close App (when no documents open) Ctrl + Tab Switch Document/View Ctrl + S Save Ctrl + Shift + S Save As Ctrl + Alt + Shift + S Export Ctrl + P Print Tools ----- G Flood Fill Tool / Gradient cycle H View Tool V Move Tool I Color Picker Tool C Crop Tool W Selection Tools cycle P Pen and Node Tool cycle Z Zoom Tool S Clone Tool U Shape Tools cycle T Text Tools cycle O Dodge, Burn and Sponge Brush Tool cycle J Retouch Tools cycle B Painting Tools cycle E Erase Tools cycle M Marquee Selection Tools cycle L Free hand Selection Tool Tools: Liquify Persona only --------------------------- P Liquify Push Forward Tool L Liquify Push Left Tool T Liquify Twirl Tool U Liquify Pinch Tool B Liquify Turbulence Tool C Liquify Mesh Clone Tool R Liquify Reconstruct Tool F Liquify Freeze Tool W Liquify Thaw Tool Z Liquify Zoom Tool H Liquify View Tool Tools: Develop Persona only --------------------------- W White Balance Tool R Red Eye Removal Tool L Blemish Removal Tool B Overlay Paint Tool E Overlay Erase Tool G Overlay Gradient Tool C Crop Tool Z Zoom Tool H View Tool Tools: Export Persona only -------------------------- S Slice Tool L Layer Select Tool Tools: Panorama Persona only ---------------------------- A Transform Source Image Tool L Add To Source Image Mask Tool U Erase From Source Image Mask Tool Edit ---- Ctrl + Z Undo Ctrl + Y Redo Ctrl + Shift + C Copy Merged Ctrl + Shift + V Paste Style Shift + Alt + V Paste FX Ctrl + Alt + V Paste Inside Ctrl + Alt + Shift + V Paste without Format Shift + F5 Fill Alt + Del Inpaint Layer operations ---------------- Alt + Ctrl + A Select All Layers Ctrl + G Group Ctrl + Shift + G Ungroup Ctrl + J Duplicate Ctrl + I Invert Ctrl + Shift + ] Move to Front Ctrl + ] Move Forward One Ctrl + Shift + [ Move to Back Ctrl + [ Move Back One Ctrl + Alt + Shift + H Show All Ctrl + Alt + Shift + L Unlock All Ctrl + Shift + N New Layer Ctrl + E Merge Down Ctrl + Shift + E Merge Selected Ctrl + Alt + Shift + E Merge Visible F Toggle between Frequency Separation layers Layer: Live Projection only --------------------------- Ctrl + \ + P Edit Live Projection Painting -------- Alt + Left click + Move the mouse Picks up a new brush color [Num 0 - 9] Change selected layer content/brush tool's opacity ] Increase/decrease brush width [ Increase/decrease brush width Right click + Alt + Move the mouse (drag left / right) Decrease/increase brush width with on-screen readout Right click + Alt + Move the mouse (drag up / down) Decrease/increase brush hardness with on-screen readout Shift + Left click Paint a brush stroke along a straight line Text shortcuts -------------- Ctrl + + Bigger text Ctrl + < Smaller text Ctrl + Alt + + Precise bigger text Ctrl + Alt + < Precise smaller text Alt + Left arrow Tighten Alt + Right arrow Loosen Ctrl + Alt + Left arrow Tighten More Ctrl + Alt + Right arrow Loosen More Ctrl + B Bold Ctrl + I Italic Ctrl + U Underline Ctrl + T Show Character Ctrl + Shift + T Show Typography Ctrl + Shift + = Superscript Ctrl + Alt + - Subscript Ctrl + Alt + L Align Left Ctrl + Alt + C Align Center Ctrl + Alt + R Align Right Ctrl + Alt + | Justify Left Alt + Down arrow Increase Paragraph Leading Alt + Up arrow Decrease Paragraph Leading Ctrl + Alt + Down arrow Precise Increase Paragraph Leading Ctrl + Alt + Up arrow Precise Decrease Paragraph Leading Alt + Shift + Up arrow Raise Baseline Alt + Shift + Down arrow Lower Baseline Ctrl + Alt + Shift + Up arrow Precise Raise Baseline Ctrl + Alt + Shift + Down arrow Precise Lower Baseline Ctrl + Shift + ; Spelling Options Shift + Enter Line Break Alt + Space Non Breaking Space Alt + - En Dash Alt + Shift + - Em Dash View ---- Ctrl + = Zoom In Ctrl + - Zoom Out Ctrl + 0 Zoom to Fit Double click (double click on Zoom Tool icon) Zoom to Fit Ctrl + 1 (double click on Zoom Tool icon) (Zoom to) 100% Ctrl + 2 (Zoom to) 200% Ctrl + 3 (Zoom to) 400% Ctrl + 4 (Zoom to) 800% Ctrl + 8 (Zoom to) Actual Size Ctrl + 9 (Zoom to) Pixel Size Space + Ctrl + Left click Hot key zoom in Space + Alt + Left click Hot key zoom out H View Tool Space Hot key panning Wheel up and wheel down Scroll vertically up/down Shift + Wheel up and wheel down Scroll horizontally left/right Ctrl + ` Switch between views Ctrl + R Show Rulers Ctrl + ; Show Guides Ctrl + ' Show Grid ' Grid Plane cycle , Split View cycle (not Photo Persona) Pixel selection/Mask -------------------- Ctrl + A Select All Ctrl + D Deselect Ctrl + Shift + I Invert Pixel Selection Left click + Right click + Move the mouse (drag down) Add to selection (Marquee/Free hand selection tools only) Alt Remove from selection Ctrl + B Grow/Shrink Shift + F6 Feather Ctrl + Alt + R Refine Edges Arrow keys Move selection in 1-pixel increments Shift + Arrow keys Move selection in 10-pixel increments Ctrl + Left click (click layer thumbnail) Selection from layer Ctrl + Shift + O Selection from layer Ctrl + Shift + Left click (click layer thumbnail) Selection from layer luminance Ctrl + Shift + Left click (click on page) Polygon selection (Freehand Selection Tool only) Q Quick Mask Workspace --------- Ctrl + Shift + H Show/Hide Studio (panels) Ctrl + Alt + T Show/Hide Toolbar Tab Toggle UI Ctrl + H Hide Workspace Adjustment and Filter shortcuts ------------------------------- Ctrl + L Levels (Adjustment) Ctrl + U HSL (Adjustment) Ctrl + I Invert (Adjustment) Ctrl + M Curves (Adjustment) Ctrl + Alt + Shift + B Black and White (Adjustment) Ctrl + F Repeat Filter Liquify Persona --------------- Ctrl + A Mask All Ctrl + D Clear Mask Ctrl + I Invert Mask Misc. ----- Ctrl + , Preferences Source: Affinity help Last modified on (UTC): Monday, November 11, 2019 Defkey © All rights reserved.