In this article I list most of the frequently used hot keys in Photoshop.
| Key(s) | Icon | Description |
| M | Current Marquee | |
| Shift-M | Switch Marquee mode | |
| V | Move | |
| W | Magic Wand | |
| L | Current Lasso | |
| Shift-L | Switch Lasso mode | |
| N | Crop | |
| K | Current Slice | |
| Shift-K | Slice mode | |
| J | Current - Health brush or Patch | |
| Shift-J | Switch between Health brush and Patch | |
| B | Current: Pencil or Brush | |
| Shift-B | Switch between Pencil and Brush | |
| S | Current: Clone or Pattern Stamp | |
| Shift-S | Switch between Clone and Pattern Stamp | |
| Y | Current: Art-/History Brush | |
| Shift-Y | Switch Art-/History Brush | |
| E | Current Eraser | |
| Shift-E | Switch Eraser mode | |
| G | Current Paint Bucket/Gradient | |
| Shift-G | Switch Paint Bucket/Gradient | |
| R | Current: Blur, Sharpen or Smudge | |
| Shift-R | Switch: Blur, Sharpen or Smudge | |
| O | Current: Dodge, Burn, Sponge | |
| Shift-O | Switch: Dodge, Burn, Sponge |
| Ctrl-W | Close current document/image (may ask to save the document before closing) |
| Ctrl-Alt-X | Pattern Maker |
| Ctrl-Shift-Alt-X | Extract |
| Ctrl-F | Repeat Filter |
| Ctrl-A | Select All |
| Ctrl-S | Save |
| Ctrl-Shift-S | Save as.. |
| Ctrl-Shift-Alt-S | Save for Web |
| Ctrl-Alt-G | Group layer with the previous one |
| Ctrl-J | New layer via copy |
| Ctrl-Alt-J | New layer via copy and ask layer's name |
| Ctrl-Shift-J | New layer via cut |
| Ctrl-K | Preferences |
| Ctrl-Shift-K | Color Settings |
| Ctrl-L | Levels |
| Ctrl-Shift-Alt-L | Auto contrast |
| Ctrl-Shift-L | Auto levels |
| Ctrl-B | Auto color |
| Ctrl-' | Grid |
| Ctrl-P | Print with preview |
| Ctrl-Alt-P | Print wit printer settings |
| Ctrl-Shift-P | Page setup |
| Ctrl-Shift-Alt-P | Direct Print |
| Ctrl-O | Open |
| Ctrl-Alt-O | Open as.. |
| Ctrl-Shift-O | File browser (v7.0) |
| Ctrl-I | Inverse |
| Ctrl-Shift-I | Inverse Selection |
| Ctrl-U | Hue/Saturation |
| Ctrl-Shift-U | Desaturate |
| Ctrl-Alt-U | Hue/Saturation in Colorize mode |
| Ctrl-Alt-Shift-E | Combines all visible layers into the active one |
| Ctrl-Alt-Shift-` | Selects the area with light tones (greater than 50%) |