Affinity Photo 2 shortcuts for Mac
Affinity Photo is a professional photo editing software that offers powerful tools and capabilities for high-end retouching, complex image manipulation, and comprehensive RAW editing, delivering a complete and precise control over images to photographers and graphic designers. Download Affinity Photo 2
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Mac keyboard shortcuts for Affinity Photo 2
Editing | |
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| Resize Document | ⌥ (option) + ⌘ (command) + I Add to Pie Menu |
| Resize Canvas | ⌥ (option) + ⌘ (command) + C Add to Pie Menu |
| Select multiple | ⇧ (shift) + click |
| Select overlapping layer content | ⌥ (option) + click |
| Reset Selection Box | . Add to Pie Menu |
| Toggle Snapping | ; Add to Pie Menu |
| Erase with Pixel Tool on current layer | ⌘ (command)Add to Pie Menu |
| Switch between Stroke/Fill (or Colour 1/Colour 2) colour selectors (Colour and Swatches panels) | X Add to Pie Menu |
| Swap Stroke/Fill (or Colour 1/Colour 2) colour selectors | ⇧ (shift) + X Add to Pie Menu |
| Set No fill on Stroke/Fill (or Colour 1/Colour 2) colour selectors | / Add to Pie Menu |
| Toggle between Crop Tool overlays | O Add to Pie Menu |
| Flip golden spiral overlay (crop tool enabled) | ⇧ (shift) + O Add to Pie Menu |
| Modify attribute listed on a panel or dialog | + Drag attribute text label |
| Rotate in 15° intervals | ⇧ (shift) + drag |
| Rotate around opposite corner | Ctrl + drag |
| Cancel a sizing, moving, or creating operation | esc Add to Pie Menu |
| Resize from centre | ⌘ (command) + drag from a corner handle |
| Mirror shearing | ⌘ (command) + drag |
| Constrain movement horizontally, vertically or diagonally | ⇧ (shift) + drag |
| Nudging | + Arrow keys |
| Nudging (10x measurement units) | ⇧ (shift) + arrow keys |
Vector graphics | |
| Resize maintaining aspect ratio | ⇧ (shift) + drag from a corner handle |
| Edit curves as you draw using node editing (from pen) | ⌘ (command)Add to Pie Menu |
| Creates cusp node (sharp corner) | ⌥ (option) + drag control handle |
| Snap a curve’s control handle to 45° intervals | ⇧ (shift) + drag control handle |
| Convert to Curves | ⌘ (command) + ↵ Add to Pie Menu |
File | |
| New Document | ⌘ (command) + N Add to Pie Menu |
| New From Clipboard | ⌥ (option) + ⇧ (shift) + ⌘ (command) + N Add to Pie Menu |
| Open Document | ⌘ (command) + O Add to Pie Menu |
| Close Document/Close App (when no documents open) | ⌘ (command) + W Add to Pie Menu |
| Switch Document/View | ⌃ (control) + ↹ Add to Pie Menu |
| Save | ⌘ (command) + S Add to Pie Menu |
| Save As | ⇧ (shift) + ⌘ (command) + S Add to Pie Menu |
| Export | ⌥ (option) + ⇧ (shift) + ⌘ (command) + S Add to Pie Menu |
| ⌘ (command) + P Add to Pie Menu | |
Tools | |
| Flood Fill Tool / Gradient cycle | G Add to Pie Menu |
| View Tool | H Add to Pie Menu |
| Move Tool | V Add to Pie Menu |
| Crop Tool | C Add to Pie Menu |
| Selection Tools cycle | W Add to Pie Menu |
| Pen and Node Tool cycle | P Add to Pie Menu |
| Zoom Tool | Z Add to Pie Menu |
| Clone Tool | S Add to Pie Menu |
| Shape Tools cycle | U Add to Pie Menu |
| Text Tools cycle | T Add to Pie Menu |
| Dodge, Burn and Sponge Brush Tool cycle | O Add to Pie Menu |
| Retouch Tools cycle | J Add to Pie Menu |
| Painting Tools cycle | B Add to Pie Menu |
| Erase Tools cycle | E Add to Pie Menu |
| Marquee Selection Tools cycle | M Add to Pie Menu |
| Free Hand Selection Tool | L Add to Pie Menu |
Liquify | |
| Liquify Push Forward Tool | P Add to Pie Menu |
| Liquify Push Left Tool | L Add to Pie Menu |
| Liquify Twirl Tool | T Add to Pie Menu |
| Liquify Pinch Tool | U Add to Pie Menu |
| Liquify Turbulence Tool | B Add to Pie Menu |
| Liquify Mesh Clone Tool | C Add to Pie Menu |
| Liquify Reconstruct Tool | R Add to Pie Menu |
| Liquify Freeze Tool | F Add to Pie Menu |
| Liquify Thaw Tool | W Add to Pie Menu |
| Liquify Zoom Tool | Z Add to Pie Menu |
| Liquify View Tool | H Add to Pie Menu |
Develop | |
| Sampler Tool | S Add to Pie Menu |
| White Balance Tool | W Add to Pie Menu |
| Red Eye Removal Tool | R Add to Pie Menu |
| Blemish Removal Tool | L Add to Pie Menu |
| Overlay Paint Tool | B Add to Pie Menu |
| Overlay Erase Tool | E Add to Pie Menu |
| Overlay Gradient Tool | G Add to Pie Menu |
| Crop Tool | C Add to Pie Menu |
| Zoom Tool | Z Add to Pie Menu |
| View Tool | H Add to Pie Menu |
Export | |
| Slice Tool | S Add to Pie Menu |
| Layer Select tool | L Add to Pie Menu |
Panorama | |
| Transform Source Image Tool | A Add to Pie Menu |
| Add to Source Image Mask Tool | L Add to Pie Menu |
| Erase From Source Image Mask Tool | U Add to Pie Menu |
Tone mapping | |
| View Tool | H Add to Pie Menu |
| Zoom Tool | Z Add to Pie Menu |
| Overlay Paint Tool | B Add to Pie Menu |
| Overlay Erase Tool | E Add to Pie Menu |
| Overlay Gradient Tool | G Add to Pie Menu |
Edit | |
| Undo | ⌘ (command) + Z Add to Pie Menu |
| Redo | ⇧ (shift) + ⌘ (command) + Z Add to Pie Menu |
| Copy Merged | ⇧ (shift) + ⌘ (command) + C Add to Pie Menu |
| Paste Style | ⇧ (shift) + ⌘ (command) + V Add to Pie Menu |
| Paste FX | ⌃ (control) + ⌘ (command) + V Add to Pie Menu |
| Paste without Format | ⌥ (option) + ⇧ (shift) + ⌘ (command) + V Add to Pie Menu |
| Paste Inside | ⌥ (option) + ⌘ (command) + V Add to Pie Menu |
| Fill | ⇧ (shift) + F5 Add to Pie Menu |
| Inpaint | ⌥ (option) + ↹ Add to Pie Menu |
Layer operations | |
| Select All Layers | ⌥ (option) + ⌘ (command) + A Add to Pie Menu |
| Group | ⌘ (command) + G Add to Pie Menu |
| Ungroup | ⇧ (shift) + ⌘ (command) + G Add to Pie Menu |
| Duplicate | ⌘ (command) + J Add to Pie Menu |
| Invert | ⌘ (command) + I Add to Pie Menu |
| Move to Front | ⇧ (shift) + ⌘ (command) + ] Add to Pie Menu |
| Move Forward One | ⌘ (command) + ] Add to Pie Menu |
| Move to Back | ⇧ (shift) + ⌘ (command) + [ Add to Pie Menu |
| Move Back One | ⌘ (command) + [ Add to Pie Menu |
| New Layer | ⇧ (shift) + ⌘ (command) + N Add to Pie Menu |
| Merge Down | ⌘ (command) + E Add to Pie Menu |
| Merge Selected | ⇧ (shift) + ⌘ (command) + E Add to Pie Menu |
| Merge Visible | ⌥ (option) + ⇧ (shift) + ⌘ (command) + E Add to Pie Menu |
| Toggle between Frequency Separation layers | F Add to Pie Menu |
Live projection | |
| Edit Live Projection | ⌃ (control) + ⌘ (command) + P Add to Pie Menu |
Brush | |
| Picks up a new brush colour with colour picker | ⌥ (option) + drag Add to Pie Menu |
| Picks and applies the colour under the cursor | Alt + ⌥ (option) + click |
| Change selected layer content/brush tool’s opacity | + numeric keys (4=40%, 43=43%, etc.) |
| Increase/decrease brush width (Photo and Liquify Personas) | ] [ Add to Pie Menu |
| Decrease/increase brush width with on-screen readout | ⌃ (control) + ⌥ (option) + drag (left/right) |
| Decrease/increase brush hardness with on-screen readout | ⌃ (control) + ⌥ (option) + drag (up/down) |
| Draw straight line connecting two strokes | ⇧ (shift) + click |
Text | |
| Bigger text | ⌘ (command) + > Add to Pie Menu |
| Smaller text | ⌘ (command) + < Add to Pie Menu |
| Precise bigger text | ⌥ (option) + ⌘ (command) + > Add to Pie Menu |
| Precise smaller text | ⌥ (option) + ⌘ (command) + < Add to Pie Menu |
| Tighten | ⌥ (option) + ← Add to Pie Menu |
| Loosen | ⌥ (option) + → Add to Pie Menu |
| Tighten More | ⌥ (option) + ⌘ (command) + ← Add to Pie Menu |
| Loosen More | ⌥ (option) + ⌘ (command) + → Add to Pie Menu |
| Bold | ⌘ (command) + B Add to Pie Menu |
| Italic | ⌘ (command) + I Add to Pie Menu |
| Underline | ⌘ (command) + U Add to Pie Menu |
| Show Character | ⌘ (command) + T Add to Pie Menu |
| Show Typography | ⇧ (shift) + ⌘ (command) + T Add to Pie Menu |
| Superscript | ⌃ (control) + ⌘ (command) + + Add to Pie Menu |
| Subscript | ⌃ (control) + ⌘ (command) + – Add to Pie Menu |
| Align Left | ⌥ (option) + ⌘ (command) + L Add to Pie Menu |
| Align Right | ⌥ (option) + ⌘ (command) + R Add to Pie Menu |
| Align Centre | ⌥ (option) + ⌘ (command) + C Add to Pie Menu |
| Justify Left | ⌥ (option) + ⌘ (command) + I Add to Pie Menu |
| Increase Paragraph Leading | ⌥ (option) + ↓ Add to Pie Menu |
| Decrease Paragraph Leading | ⌥ (option) + ↑ Add to Pie Menu |
| Precise Paragraph Increase Leading | ⌥ (option) + ⌘ (command) + ↓ Add to Pie Menu |
| Precise Paragraph Decrease Leading | ⌥ (option) + ⌘ (command) + ↑ Add to Pie Menu |
| Raise Baseline | ⌥ (option) + ⇧ (shift) + ↑ Add to Pie Menu |
| Lower Baseline | ⌥ (option) + ⇧ (shift) + ↓ Add to Pie Menu |
| Precise Raise Baseline | ⌥ (option) + ⇧ (shift) + ⌘ (command) + ↑ Add to Pie Menu |
| Precise Lower Baseline | ⌥ (option) + ⇧ (shift) + ⌘ (command) + ↓ Add to Pie Menu |
| Special Characters | ⌃ (control) + ⌘ (command) + Spacebar Add to Pie Menu |
| Spelling Options | ⇧ (shift) + ⌘ (command) + ; Add to Pie Menu |
| Line Break | ⌃ (control) + ↵ Add to Pie Menu |
| Non Breaking Space | ⌥ (option) + Spacebar Add to Pie Menu |
| En Dash | ⌥ (option) + – Add to Pie Menu |
| Em Dash | ⌥ (option) + ⇧ (shift) + – Add to Pie Menu |
View | |
| Zoom In | ⌘ (command) + + Add to Pie Menu |
| Zoom Out | ⌘ (command) + – Add to Pie Menu |
| Zoom to Fit | ⌘ (command) + 0 Add to Pie Menu |
| (Zoom to) 100% | ⌘ (command) + 1 Add to Pie Menu |
| (Zoom to) 200% | ⌘ (command) + 2 Add to Pie Menu |
| (Zoom to) 400% | ⌘ (command) + 3 Add to Pie Menu |
| (Zoom to) 800% | ⌘ (command) + 4 Add to Pie Menu |
| (Zoom to) Actual Size | ⌘ (command) + 8 Add to Pie Menu |
| (Zoom to) Pixel Size | ⌘ (command) + 9 Add to Pie Menu |
| Hot key panning | Spacebar Add to Pie Menu |
| Hot key zoom in | Spacebar + ⌘ (command) + Click |
| Hot key zoom out | Spacebar + ⌥ (option) + Click |
| View Tool | H Add to Pie Menu |
| Scroll vertically up/down | + Mouse scroll wheel |
| Scroll horizontally left/right | ⇧ (shift) + Mouse wheel |
| Toggle Full Screen | ⌃ (control) + ⌘ (command) + F Add to Pie Menu |
| Switch between views | ⌘ (command) + ` Add to Pie Menu |
| Show Rulers | ⌘ (command) + R Add to Pie Menu |
| Show Guides | ⌘ (command) + ; Add to Pie Menu |
| Show Grid | ⌘ (command) + ‘ Add to Pie Menu |
| Grid Plane cycle | ‘ Add to Pie Menu |
| Split View cycle (Liquify/Develop Persona) | , Add to Pie Menu |
Pixel selection/Mask | |
| Select All | ⌘ + A Add to Pie Menu |
| Deselect | ⌘ + D Add to Pie Menu |
| Invert Pixel Selection | ⇧ + ⌘ + I Add to Pie Menu |
| Add to selection (Marquee/Free hand selection tools only) | Ctrl Add to Pie Menu |
| Remove from selection | ⌥ Add to Pie Menu |
| Grow/Shrink | ⌘ + B Add to Pie Menu |
| Feather | ⇧ + F6 Add to Pie Menu |
| Refine Edges | ⌥ + ⌘ + R Add to Pie Menu |
| Move selection in 1-pixel increments | + arrow key |
| Move selection in 10-pixel increments | ⇧ + arrow key |
| Selection from layer | ⌘ + O Add to Pie Menu |
| Selection from layer luminosity | ⇧ + ⌘ Add to Pie Menu |
| Polygon selection (Freehand Selection Tool only) | ⇧ + ⌘ Add to Pie Menu |
| Quick Mask | Q Add to Pie Menu |
| Invert Mask | ⌘ + I Add to Pie Menu |
Workspace | |
| Show/Hide Studio (panels) | ⇧ + ⌘ + H Add to Pie Menu |
| Show/Hide Toolbar | ⌥ + ⌘ + T Add to Pie Menu |
| Toggle UI | ⇥ Add to Pie Menu |
| Hide Workspace | ⌘ + H Add to Pie Menu |
Pixel selection/Mask | |
| Select All | ⌘ + A Add to Pie Menu |
| Deselect | ⌘ + D Add to Pie Menu |
| Invert Pixel Selection | ⇧ + ⌘ + I Add to Pie Menu |
| Add to selection (Marquee/Free hand selection tools only) | Ctrl Add to Pie Menu |
| Remove from selection | ⌥ Add to Pie Menu |
| Grow/Shrink | ⌘ + B Add to Pie Menu |
| Feather | ⇧ + F6 Add to Pie Menu |
| Refine Edges | ⌥ + ⌘ + R Add to Pie Menu |
| Move selection in 1-pixel increments | + arrow key |
| Move selection in 10-pixel increments | ⇧ + arrow key |
| Selection from layer | ⌘ + O Add to Pie Menu |
| Selection from layer luminosity | ⇧ + ⌘ Add to Pie Menu |
| Polygon selection (Freehand Selection Tool only) | ⇧ + ⌘ Add to Pie Menu |
| Quick Mask | Q Add to Pie Menu |
| Invert Mask | ⌘ + I Add to Pie Menu |
Workspace | |
| Show/Hide Studio (panels) | ⇧ + ⌘ + H Add to Pie Menu |
| Show/Hide Toolbar | ⌥ + ⌘ + T Add to Pie Menu |
| Toggle UI | ⇥ Add to Pie Menu |
| Hide Workspace | ⌘ + H Add to Pie Menu |
Adjustment and filter | |
| Levels (Adjustment) | ⌘ + L Add to Pie Menu |
| HSL (Adjustment) | ⌘ + U Add to Pie Menu |
| Invert (Adjustment) | ⌘ + I Add to Pie Menu |
| Curves (Adjustment) | ⌘ + M Add to Pie Menu |
| Black and White (Adjustment) | ⌥ + ⇧ + ⌘ Add to Pie Menu |
| Repeat Filter | ⌘ + F Add to Pie Menu |
Liquify | |
| Mask All | ⌘ + D Add to Pie Menu |
| Invert Mask | ⌘ + I Add to Pie Menu |
| Clear Mask | ⌘ + A Add to Pie Menu |
Miscellaneous | |
| Preferences | ⌘ + , Add to Pie Menu |
| Liquify Persona | ⌥ + ⌘ + L Add to Pie Menu |
| Export Persona | ⌥ + ⌘ + E Add to Pie Menu |
| Develop Persona | ⌥ + ⌘ + R Add to Pie Menu |
| Hide Others (applications) | ⌥ + ⌘ + H Add to Pie Menu |
| Media Browser | ⇧ + ⌘ + M Add to Pie Menu |
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