Affinity Photo keyboard shortcuts 

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Zeynel -
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- Shortcuts
2
Alt + Ctrl + I

Resize Document

1
Alt + Ctrl + C

Resize Canvas

1
↑  Shift +
+

Move with horizontal, vertical or diagonal constraint

1
B

Painting Tools cycle

1
S

Slice Tool

1
Alt +

Select overlapping layer content

1
↑  Shift + F5

Fill

0
Alt + Ctrl + A

Select All Layers

0
B

Overlay Paint Tool

0
Z

Zoom Tool

0
P

Liquify Push Forward Tool

0
Ctrl + Alt + ↑  Shift + B

Black and White (Adjustment)

0

Scroll vertically up/down

0
H

View Tool

0
Ctrl +
+

(drag from a corner handle) Resize from center

0
Ctrl +
+

Mirror shearing

0
Ctrl + Alt + ↑  Shift + S

Export

0
Alt + Del

Inpaint

0
Ctrl + ↑  Shift + E

Merge Selected

0
Ctrl + Y

Redo

0
Ctrl + Alt + V

Paste Inside

0
Ctrl + I

Invert

0
+ Alt +

(drag left / right) Decrease/increase brush width with on-screen readout

0
+ Alt +

(drag up / down) Decrease/increase brush hardness with on-screen readout

0
Ctrl + 0

Zoom to Fit

0
Alt + Space

Non Breaking Space

0
Ctrl + Alt + R

Align Right

0
Ctrl + ↑  Shift + ]

Move to Front

0
Ctrl + ]

Move Forward One

0
Ctrl + ↑  Shift + [

Move to Back

0
Ctrl + Alt + ↑  Shift + V

Paste without Format

0
Ctrl + Z

Undo

0
Ctrl + ↑  Shift + C

Copy Merged

0
Ctrl + ↑  Shift + V

Paste Style

0
Ctrl + Alt + ↑  Shift + E

Merge Visible

0
]

Increase/decrease brush width

0
Ctrl + G

Group

0
Ctrl + ↑  Shift + G

Ungroup

0
Ctrl + J

Duplicate

0
Ctrl + Alt + ↑  Shift + N

New From Clipboard

0
↑  Shift +
+

(drag from a corner handle) Resize maintaining aspect ratio

0
Ctrl

Edit curves as you draw

0
↑  Shift + O

Flip golden spiral overlay (Crop Tool enabled)

0
Ctrl + ⤶ Enter

Convert to Curves

0
Ctrl

Erase with Pixel Tool

0
/

Set No fill on Stroke/Fill (or Color 1/Color 2) color selectors

0
Ctrl + ↑  Shift + S

Save As

0
S

Clone Tool

0
H

View Tool

0
Ctrl + D

Deselect

0
Ctrl + ↑  Shift + I

Invert Pixel Selection

0
↑  Shift +

Move selection in 10-pixel increments

0
Ctrl +

(click layer thumbnail) Selection from layer

0
Ctrl + ↑  Shift + O

Selection from layer

0
Ctrl + 9

(Zoom to) Pixel Size

0
H

View Tool

0
Tab

Toggle UI

0
Ctrl + H

Hide Workspace

0
X

Switch between Stroke/Fill (or Color 1/Color 2) color selectors (Color and Swatches panels)

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0
↑  Shift +
+

(drag rotation / corner handle) Rotate in 15° intervals

-1
↑  Shift +

Select multiple

-1
P

Pen and Node Tool cycle

-1
Ctrl + L

Levels (Adjustment)

-1
Ctrl + I

Invert Mask

-1
Ctrl + Alt + L

Align Left

0
Ctrl + Alt + C

Align Center

0
Space + Ctrl +

Hot key zoom in

0
Space + Alt +

Hot key zoom out

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0
Space

Hot key panning

0
Ctrl + ↑  Shift +

(click layer thumbnail) Selection from layer luminance

0
Ctrl + ↑  Shift +

(click on page) Polygon selection (Freehand Selection Tool only)

0
Q

Quick Mask

0
Ctrl + ↑  Shift + H

Show/Hide Studio (panels)

0
Ctrl + Alt + T

Show/Hide Toolbar

0
+
+

(drag down) Add to selection (Marquee/Free hand selection tools only)

0
Alt

Remove from selection

0
Ctrl + B

Grow/Shrink

0
↑  Shift + F6

Feather

0
Ctrl + Alt + R

Refine Edges

0

Move selection in 1-pixel increments

0
↑  Shift +

Scroll horizontally left/right

0
Ctrl + `

Switch between views

0
Ctrl + R

Show Rulers

0
Ctrl + ;

Show Guides

0
Ctrl + '

Show Grid

0
'

Grid Plane cycle

0
,

Split View cycle (not Photo Persona)

0
Ctrl + A

Select All

0
Ctrl + ,

Preferences

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0
Ctrl + U

HSL (Adjustment)

0
Ctrl + I

Invert (Adjustment)

0
Ctrl + M

Curves (Adjustment)

0
Ctrl + F

Repeat Filter

0
Ctrl + A

Mask All

0
Ctrl + D

Clear Mask

0
↑  Shift + Alt + V

Paste FX

0
Ctrl + [

Move Back One

0
Ctrl + Alt + ↑  Shift + H

Show All

0
Ctrl + Alt + ↑  Shift + L

Unlock All

0
Ctrl + ↑  Shift + N

New Layer

0
Ctrl + E

Merge Down

0
[

Increase/decrease brush width

0
F

Toggle between Frequency Separation layers

0
Ctrl + \ + P

Edit Live Projection

0
Alt +
+

Picks up a new brush color

0
Num 0 - Num 9

Change selected layer content/brush tool's opacity

0
Ctrl + Alt + |

Justify Left

0
Alt +

Increase Paragraph Leading

0
Alt +

Decrease Paragraph Leading

0
Ctrl + Alt +

Precise Increase Paragraph Leading

0
Ctrl + Alt +

Precise Decrease Paragraph Leading

0
Alt + ↑  Shift +

Raise Baseline

0
Alt + ↑  Shift +

Lower Baseline

0
Ctrl + Alt + ↑  Shift +

Precise Raise Baseline

0
Ctrl + Alt + ↑  Shift +

Precise Lower Baseline

0
Ctrl + ↑  Shift + ;

Spelling Options

0
↑  Shift + ⤶ Enter

Line Break

0
Alt + -

En Dash

0
Alt + ↑  Shift + -

Em Dash

0
Ctrl + =

Zoom In

0
Ctrl + -

Zoom Out

0

(double click on Zoom Tool icon) Zoom to Fit

0
Ctrl + 1

(double click on Zoom Tool icon) (Zoom to) 100%

0
Ctrl + 2

(Zoom to) 200%

0
Ctrl + 3

(Zoom to) 400%

0
Ctrl + 4

(Zoom to) 800%

0
Ctrl + 8

(Zoom to) Actual Size

0
↑  Shift +

Paint a brush stroke along a straight line

0
Ctrl + +

Bigger text

0
Ctrl + <

Smaller text

0
Ctrl + Alt + +

Precise bigger text

0
Ctrl + Alt + <

Precise smaller text

0
Alt +

Tighten

0
Alt +

Loosen

0
Ctrl + Alt +

Tighten More

0
Ctrl + Alt +

Loosen More

0
Ctrl + B

Bold

0
Ctrl + I

Italic

0
Ctrl + U

Underline


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