*A : Selects the path/direct selection tool*B : Selects the brush/pencil tool*C : Selects the crop toolD : Resets the color palette to black/white*E : Selects the eraser toolF : Toggles the window view from normal, full screen, black screen*G : Selects the bucket/gradient tool*H : Selects the hand tool*I : Selects the eyedropper/color sampler/measure tool*J : Selects the healing brush/patch tool*K : Selects the slice/slice select tool*L : Selects the lasso/polygonal lasso/magnetic lasso tool*M : Selects the rectangular marquee/elliptical marquee tool*N : Selects the notes/audio annotation tool*O : Selects the dodge/burn/sponge tool*P : Selects the pen/freeform pen/add anchor point/delete anchor point/convert anchor toolQ : Enters quick mask mode*R : Selects the blur/sharpen/smudge tool*S : Selects the clone stamp/pattern stamp tool*T : Selects the horizontal type/vertical type/horizontal type mask/vertical type mask tool*U : Selects the rectangle/rounded rectangle/ellipse/polygon/line/custom shape tool*V : Selects the move tool*W : Selects the wand toolX : Toggles the colors in the color palette*Y : Selects the history brush/art history brush tool*Z : Selects the zoom toolCTRL+A : Selects everythingCTRL+B : Let's you modify the color balanceCTRL+E : Merges the selected layer with the layer below, or merges all linked layersCTRL+F : Applies last used FilterCTRL+G : Groups the selected layer with the layer below itCTRL+I : Inverts the layers colorsCTRL+J : Duplicates the Selected LayerCTRL+K : Brings up the "preferences" windowCTRL+L : Let's you modify the levelsCTRL+M : Let's you modify the curvesCTRL+N : Opens a new documentCTRL+O : Brings up the "open document" windowCTRL+P : Brings up the "print options" windowCTRL+Q : Quits PhotoShopCTRL+R : Toggles the RulerCTRL+S : Brings up the "save as" windowCTRL+T : Lets you free transform the current layerCTRL+U : Lets you modify the hue/saturationCTRL+V : Pastes what is in the clipboard into the currently selected blank layer, or a new layerCTRL+W : Closes the Current project windowCTRL+X : Cuts the selection from the pageCTRL+Y : Toggles the Color modesCTRL+Z : Un-does the last actionCTRL+SHIFT+B : Applies an auto-colorCTRL+SHIFT+D : Reselects what was last selectedCTRL+SHIFT+E : Merges all of the layers in you documentCTRL+SHIFT+F : Gives you options to modify your last made brush/pencil applicationCTRL+SHIFT+K : Brings up the "color settings" windowCTRL+SHIFT+L : Applies an auto-levelCTRL+SHIFT+M : Loads Adobe ImageReadyCTRL+SHIFT+N : Creates a new layerCTRL+SHIFT+P : Brings up the "page setup" windowCTRL+SHIFT+S : Brings up the "save as" windowCTRL+SHIFT+U : Desaturates the LayerCTRL+SHIFT+X : Brings up the "liquify filter" windowCTRL+SHIFT+Z : Steps one back in the historyCTRL+ALT+B : Brings up the "color balance" windowCTRL+ALT+E : Copies the contents of the currently selected layer to the layer beneath itCTRL+ALT+F : Let's you modify the settings of the last used filter, and then apply itCTRL+ALT+G : Groups with previousCTRL+ALT+J : Duplicates the layer, and gives you the option of naming the duplicateCTRL+ALT+T : Let's you free-tranform the currently selected layer, once your transform has been made, it creates a new layer containing the changesCTRL+ALT+X : Brings up the "Extract" windowCTRL+ALT+Z : Moves back in the historyCTRL+SHIFT+ALT+E : Takes the currently selected layer, and it copies all of the contents of other visible layers to the selected layerCTRL+SHIFT+ALT+L : Applies an auto-contrastCTRL+SHIFT+ALT+N : Creates a new layer, without asking for the layer name or otherCTRL+SHIFT+ALT+O : Opens up the "File Browser" paletteCTRL+SHIFT+ALT+P : Prints one copyCTRL+SHIFT+ALT+S : Brings up the "save for web" windowCTRL+SHIFT+ALT+X : Brings up the "pattern makers" filter windowCTRL+SHIFT+ALT+Y : As far as I can notice, this will "gray out" any colors that are in the right section of the spectrum in the color chooser_________________You can make photoshop a lot faster if you actually memorize some of these. Of course, I don't know all these, but I know a lot - it's pretty cool.
I recommend reading some of it its helpful when you are ina postition where you need to keep your mouse still.
I only use ctrl+A, C, N, V, and Z in photoshop, but some of these are pretty helpful that I didn't know before. Thanks.
