Affinity Photo keyboard shortcuts 

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Zeynel -
6 years ago
- Shortcuts
2
Alt + Ctrl + I

Resize Document

1
Alt + Ctrl + C

Resize Canvas

-1
↑  Shift +

Select multiple

1
Alt +

Select overlapping layer content

0
.

Reset Selection Box

0
;

Toggle Snapping

0
Ctrl

Erase with Pixel Tool

0
X

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

0
↑  Shift + X

Swap Stroke/Fill (or Color 1/Color 2) color selectors

0
/

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

0
O

Toggle between Crop Tool overlays (Crop Tool enabled)

0
↑  Shift + O

Flip golden spiral overlay (Crop Tool enabled)

0
+

(drag attribute text label) Modify attribute listed on a panel or dialog

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1
↑  Shift +
+

Move with horizontal, vertical or diagonal constraint

0
↑  Shift +
+

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

0
+
then

(drag corner handle then hold down right mouse button) Rotate around opposite corner

0
Esc

Cancel a sizing, moving, or creating operation

0
Ctrl +
+

(drag from a corner handle) Resize from center

0
Ctrl +
+

Mirror shearing

0

Nudging

0
↑  Shift +

Nudging (10x measurement units)

0
↑  Shift +
+

(drag from a corner handle) Resize maintaining aspect ratio

0
Ctrl

Edit curves as you draw

0
Alt +
+

(drag control handle) Creates cusp node (sharp corner)

0
↑  Shift +
+

(drag control handle) Snap a curve's control handle to 45° intervals

0
Ctrl + ⤶ Enter

Convert to Curves

0
Ctrl + N

New Document

0
Ctrl + Alt + ↑  Shift + N

New From Clipboard

0
Ctrl + O

Open Document

0
Ctrl + W

Close Document/Close App (when no documents open)

0
Ctrl + Tab

Switch Document/View

0
Ctrl + S

Save

0
Ctrl + ↑  Shift + S

Save As

0
Ctrl + Alt + ↑  Shift + S

Export

0
Ctrl + P

Print

0
G

Flood Fill Tool / Gradient cycle

0
H

View Tool

0
V

Move Tool

0
I

Color Picker Tool

0
C

Crop Tool

0
W

Selection Tools cycle

-1
P

Pen and Node Tool cycle

0
Z

Zoom Tool

0
S

Clone Tool

0
U

Shape Tools cycle

0
T

Text Tools cycle

0
O

Dodge, Burn and Sponge Brush Tool cycle

0
J

Retouch Tools cycle

1
B

Painting Tools cycle

0
E

Erase Tools cycle

0
M

Marquee Selection Tools cycle

0
L

Free hand Selection Tool

0
P

Liquify Push Forward Tool

0
L

Liquify Push Left Tool

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0
T

Liquify Twirl Tool

0
U

Liquify Pinch Tool

0
B

Liquify Turbulence Tool

0
C

Liquify Mesh Clone Tool

0
R

Liquify Reconstruct Tool

0
F

Liquify Freeze Tool

0
W

Liquify Thaw Tool

0
Z

Liquify Zoom Tool

0
H

Liquify View Tool

0
W

White Balance Tool

0
R

Red Eye Removal Tool

0
L

Blemish Removal Tool

0
B

Overlay Paint Tool

0
E

Overlay Erase Tool

0
G

Overlay Gradient Tool

0
C

Crop Tool

0
Z

Zoom Tool

0
H

View Tool

1
S

Slice Tool

0
L

Layer Select Tool

0
A

Transform Source Image Tool

0
L

Add To Source Image Mask Tool

0
U

Erase From Source Image Mask Tool

0
Ctrl + Z

Undo

0
Ctrl + Y

Redo

0
Ctrl + ↑  Shift + C

Copy Merged

0
Ctrl + ↑  Shift + V

Paste Style

0
↑  Shift + Alt + V

Paste FX

0
Ctrl + Alt + V

Paste Inside

0
Ctrl + Alt + ↑  Shift + V

Paste without Format

1
↑  Shift + F5

Fill

0
Alt + Del

Inpaint

0
Alt + Ctrl + A

Select All Layers

0
Ctrl + G

Group

0
Ctrl + ↑  Shift + G

Ungroup

0
Ctrl + J

Duplicate

0
Ctrl + I

Invert

0
Ctrl + ↑  Shift + ]

Move to Front

0
Ctrl + ]

Move Forward One

0
Ctrl + ↑  Shift + [

Move to Back

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
Ctrl + ↑  Shift + E

Merge Selected

0
Ctrl + Alt + ↑  Shift + E

Merge Visible

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
]

Increase/decrease brush width

0
or [
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
↑  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

0
Ctrl + T

Show Character

0
Ctrl + ↑  Shift + T

Show Typography

0
Ctrl + ↑  Shift + =

Superscript

0
Ctrl + Alt + -

Subscript

-1
Ctrl + Alt + L

Align Left

0
Ctrl + Alt + C

Align Center

0
Ctrl + Alt + R

Align Right

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


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