Affinity Photo Quick Dev Reference

A visual cheat-sheet for the 177 keyboard shortcuts found in Affinity Photo.

Keyboard Shortcuts

Editing

Ctrl Alt I — Resize document

Ctrl Alt C — Resize canvas

. — Reset selection box

; — Toggle snapping

Ctrl — Erase with pixel tool on current layer

X — Switch between Stroke/Fill color selectors

Shift X — Swap Stroke/Fill colour selectors

/ — Set no fill on Stroke/Fill color selectors

O — Toggle between crop tool overlays

Shift O — Flip golden spiral overlay (crop tool enabled)

Esc — Cancel a sizing, moving, or creating operation

(arrows) — Move item

Shift (arrows) — Move item in 10x measurement units

Tools (Tone Mapping Persona)

H — View tool

Z — Zoom tool

B — Overlay paint tool

E — Overlay erase tool

G — Overlay gradient tool

Files

Ctrl N — New document

Ctrl Shift Alt N — New from clipboard

Ctrl O — Open document

Ctrl W — Close document, or close app when no documents are open

Ctrl Tab — Switch document/view

Ctrl S — Save

Ctrl Shift S — Save as

Ctrl Shift Alt S — Export

Ctrl P — Print

Vector Graphics

Ctrl — Edit curves as you draw using node editing (from pen)

Ctrl Enter — Convert to curves

Tools (Export Persona)

S — Slice tool

L — Layer select tool

Tools (Develop Persona)

S — Sampler tool

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

G — Flood fill tool/gradient cycle

H — View tool

V — Move 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)

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

Text

Ctrl > — Bigger text

Ctrl < — Smaller text

Ctrl Alt > — Precise bigger text

Ctrl Alt < — Precise smaller text

Alt Left — Tighten

Alt Right — Loosen

Alt Shift Left — Tighten more

Alt Shift Right — Loosen more

Ctrl B — Bold

Ctrl I — Italic

Ctrl U — Underline

Ctrl T — Show character

Ctrl Shift T — Show typography

Ctrl Alt + — Superscript

Ctrl Alt - — Subscript

Ctrl Alt L — Align left

Ctrl Alt R — Align right

Ctrl Alt C — Align center

Ctrl Alt Shift \ — Justify left

Alt Down — Increase paragraph leading

Alt Up — Decrease paragraph leading

Ctrl Shift Up — Precise paragraph increase leading

Ctrl Shift Down — Precise paragraph decrease leading

Alt Shift Up — Raise baseline

Alt Shift Down — Lower baseline

Ctrl Alt Shift Up — Precise raise baseline

Ctrl Alt Shift Down — Precise lower baseline

Ctrl Alt Space — Special characters

Ctrl Enter — Line break

Alt Space — Non-breaking space

Alt - — En dash

Alt Shift - — Em dash

Ctrl Shift ; — Spelling options

Tools (Panorama Persona)

A — Transform source image tool

L — Add to source image mask tool

U — Erase from source image mask tool

Edit

Ctrl Z — Undo

Ctrl Shift Z — Redo

Ctrl Shift C — Copy merged

Ctrl Shift V — Paste style

Ctrl Alt V — Paste FX

Ctrl Shift Alt V — Paste without format

Ctrl Alt V — Paste inside

Shift F5 — Fill

Alt Tab — Inpaint

Layer Operations

Ctrl Alt 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 Shift N — New layer

Ctrl E — Merge down

Ctrl Shift E — Merge selected

Ctrl Shift Alt E — Merge visible

F — Toggle between frequency separation layers

Ctrl Alt P — Edit live projection

Brush

0-9 — Change selected layer content/brush tool's opacity

[/] — Increase/decrease brush width

View

Ctrl + — Zoom in

Ctrl - — Zoom out

Ctrl 0 — Zoom to fit

Ctrl 1 — 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 — Hot key panning

Ctrl Space — Hot key zoom in

H — View tool

Ctrl Tab — Switch between views

Ctrl R — Show rulers

Ctrl ; — Show guides

Ctrl ' — Show grid

Pixel Selection / Mask

Ctrl A — Select all

Ctrl D — Deselect

Ctrl Shift I — Invert pixel selection

Ctrl — Add to selection (marquee or free hand selection tools only)

Alt — Remove from selection

Ctrl B — Grow or shrink

Shift F6 — Feather

Ctrl Alt R — Refine edges

(arrows) — Move selection in 1 pixel increments

Shift (arrows) — Move selection in 10 pixel increments

Q — Quick mask

Ctrl I — Invert mask

Workspace

Ctrl Shift H — Show or hide studio panels

Ctrl Alt T — Show or hide toolbar

Tab — Toggle UI

Ctrl H — Hide workspace

Adjustment and Filter

Ctrl L — Levels adjustment

Ctrl U — HSL adjustment

Ctrl I — Invert adjustment

Ctrl M — Curves adjustment

Ctrl Shift Alt B — Black and white adjustment

Ctrl F — Repeat filter

Liquify Persona

Ctrl D — Mask all

Ctrl I — Invert mask

Ctrl A — Clear mask

Misc

Ctrl , — Preferences

Ctrl Alt L — Liquify persona

Ctrl Alt E — Export persona

Ctrl Alt R — Develop persona

Ctrl Alt H — Hide others (applications)

Ctrl Alt M — Media browser