Affinity Photo Keyboard Shortcuts Cheat Sheet

A cheat sheet for common keyboard shortcuts in Affinity Photo.

File

Action	Shortcut
Resize document	Cmd + Alt + I
Resize canvas	Cmd + Alt + C
Reset selection box	.
Toggle snapping	;
Erase with pixel tool on current layer	Cmd
Toggle stroke/fill color picker	X
Swap Stroke/Fill colour selectors	Shift + X
Set no fill on Stroke/Fill color selectors	/
Toggle between crop tool overlays	O
Flip golden spiral overlay (crop tool enabled)	Shift + O
Cancel a sizing, moving, or creating operation	Esc
Move item	(arrows)
Move item in 10x measurement units	Shift + (arrows)

Action	Shortcut
Edit curves as you draw using node editing (from pen)	Cmd
Convert to curves	Cmd + Enter

Action	Shortcut
Flood fill tool/gradient cycle	G
View tool	H
Move tool	V
Crop tool	C
Selection brush tool	W
Pen and node tools	P
Zoom tool	Z
Clone brush tool	S
Shape tools cycle	U
Text tools cycle	T
Dodge, burn, and sponge brush tool cycle	O
Retouch tools cycle	J
Painting tools cycle	B
Erase tools cycle	E
Marquee selection tools cycle	M
Free hand selection tool	L
Tools (Liquify Persona)
Liquify push forward tool	P
Liquify push left tool	L
Liquify twirl tool	T
Liquify pinch tool	U
Liquify turbulence tool	B
Liquify mesh clone tool	C
Liquify reconstruct tool	R
Liquify freeze tool	F
Liquify thaw tool	W
Liquify zoom tool	Z
Liquify view tool	H

Action	Shortcut
Slice tool	S
Layer select tool	L

Action	Shortcut
Transform source image tool	A
Add to source image mask tool	L
Erase from source image mask tool	U

Action	Shortcut
Select all layers	Cmd + Alt + A
Group	Cmd + G
Ungroup	Cmd + Shift + G
Duplicate selection	Cmd + J
Invert	Cmd + I
Move to front	Cmd + Shift + ]
Move forward one	Cmd + ]
Move to back	Cmd + Shift + [
Move backward one	Cmd + [
New layer	Cmd + Shift + N
Merge down	Cmd + E
Merge selected	Cmd + Shift + E
Merge visible	Cmd + Shift + Alt + E
Toggle between frequency separation layers	F
Edit live projection	Cmd + Alt + P

Action	Shortcut
Change selected layer content/brush tool’s opacity	0-9
Increase/decrease brush width	[/]

Action	Shortcut
Bigger text	Cmd + >
Smaller text	Cmd + <
Precise bigger text	Cmd + Alt + >
Precise smaller text	Cmd + Alt + <
Tighten	Alt + Left
Loosen	Alt + Right
Tighten more	Alt + Shift + Left
Loosen more	Alt + Shift + Right
Bold	Cmd + B
Italic	Cmd + I
Underline	Cmd + U
Show characters	Cmd + T
Show typography	Cmd + Shift + T
Superscript	Cmd + Alt + +
Subscript	Cmd + Alt + -
Align left	Cmd + Alt + L
Align right	Cmd + Alt + R
Align center	Cmd + Alt + C
Justify left	Cmd + Alt + Shift + \
Increase paragraph leading	Alt + Down
Decrease paragraph leading	Alt + Up
Precise paragraph increase leading	Cmd + Shift + Up
Precise paragraph decrease leading	Cmd + Shift + Down
Raise baseline	Alt + Shift + Up
Lower baseline	Alt + Shift + Down
Precise raise baseline	Cmd + Alt + Shift + Up
Precise lower baseline	Cmd + Alt + Shift + Down
Special characters	Cmd + Alt + Space
Line break	Cmd + Enter
Non-breaking space	Alt + Space
En dash	Alt + -
Em dash	Alt + Shift + -
Spelling options	Cmd + Shift + ;

Action	Shortcut
Select all	Cmd + A
Deselect	Cmd + D
Invert pixel selection	Cmd + Shift + I
Add to selection (marquee or free hand selection tools only)	Cmd
Remove from selection	Alt
Increase/Decrease	Cmd + B
Feather	Shift + F6
Refine edge	Cmd + Alt + R
Move selection in 1 pixel increments	(arrows)
Move selection in 10 pixel increments	Shift + (arrows)
Quick mask	Q
Invert mask	Cmd + I