Affinity Photo 2 keyboard shortcuts cheat sheet

Printable cheat sheet covering all 160 Affinity Photo 2 2025 keyboard shortcuts and hotkeys, organized by category. Export as PDF or print directly.

All shortcuts

Ctrl+Alt+I — Resize document
Ctrl+Alt+C — Resize canvas
Period — Reset selection box
Semicolon — Toggle snapping
X — Switch between Stroke/Fill color selectors
Shift+X — Swap Stroke/Fill colour selectors
Slash — Set no fill on Stroke/Fill color selectors
O — Toggle between crop tool overlays
Shift+O — Flip golden spiral overlay (crop tool enabled)
Escape — Cancel a sizing, moving, or creating operation
Ctrl+Enter — Convert to curves
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
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
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
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
S — Slice tool
L — Layer select tool
A — Transform source image tool
L — Add to source image mask tool
U — Erase from source image mask tool
H — View tool
Z — Zoom tool
B — Overlay paint tool
E — Overlay erase tool
G — Overlay gradient tool
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
Ctrl+Alt+A — Select all layers
Ctrl+G — Group
Ctrl+Shift+G — Ungroup
Ctrl+J — Duplicate
Ctrl+I — Invert
Ctrl+Shift+BracketRight — Move to front
Ctrl+BracketRight — Move forward one
Ctrl+Shift+BracketLeft — Move to back
Ctrl+BracketLeft — 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
Alt+ArrowLeft — Tighten
Alt+ArrowRight — Loosen
Shift+Alt+ArrowLeft — Tighten more
Shift+Alt+ArrowRight — Loosen more
Ctrl+B — Bold
Ctrl+I — Italic
Ctrl+U — Underline
Ctrl+T — Show character
Ctrl+Shift+T — Show typography
Ctrl+Alt+Minus — Subscript
Ctrl+Alt+L — Align left
Ctrl+Alt+R — Align right
Ctrl+Alt+C — Align center
Ctrl+Shift+Alt+Backslash — Justify left
Alt+ArrowDown — Increase paragraph leading
Alt+ArrowUp — Decrease paragraph leading
Ctrl+Shift+ArrowUp — Precise paragraph increase leading
Ctrl+Shift+ArrowDown — Precise paragraph decrease leading
Shift+Alt+ArrowUp — Raise baseline
Shift+Alt+ArrowDown — Lower baseline
Ctrl+Shift+Alt+ArrowUp — Precise raise baseline
Ctrl+Shift+Alt+ArrowDown — Precise lower baseline
Ctrl+Alt+Space — Special characters
Ctrl+Enter — Line break
Alt+Space — Non-breaking space
Alt+Minus — En dash
Shift+Alt+Minus — Em dash
Ctrl+Shift+Semicolon — Spelling options
Ctrl+Minus — 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+Semicolon — Show guides
Ctrl+Quote — Show grid
Ctrl+A — Select all
Ctrl+D — Deselect
Ctrl+Shift+I — Invert pixel selection
Ctrl+B — Grow or shrink
Shift+F6 — Feather
Ctrl+Alt+R — Refine edges
Q — Quick mask
Ctrl+I — Invert mask
Ctrl+Shift+H — Show or hide studio panels
Ctrl+Alt+T — Show or hide toolbar
Tab — Toggle UI
Ctrl+H — Hide workspace
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
Ctrl+D — Mask all
Ctrl+I — Invert mask
Ctrl+A — Clear mask
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
MouseMiddle — Pan Canvas
Ctrl+WheelUp — Zoom In
Ctrl+WheelDown — Zoom Out
MouseLeft — Paint Brush Stroke
Shift+MouseLeft — Paint Straight Line
Alt+WheelUp — Increase Brush Size
Alt+WheelDown — Decrease Brush Size
Alt+MouseLeft — Sample Color (Eyedropper)
MouseLeft — Select / Use Active Tool
MouseRight — Context Menu
WheelUp — Scroll Canvas Vertically
Space — Hand/Pan Tool (Temporary)
ShiftLeft — Constrain/Straight Line
MouseLeft — Edit/Open Item

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Affinity Photo 2 keyboard shortcuts cheat sheet

Printable cheat sheet covering all 160 Affinity Photo 2 2025 keyboard shortcuts and hotkeys, organized by category. Export as PDF or print directly.

All shortcuts

Ctrl+Alt+I — Resize document
Ctrl+Alt+C — Resize canvas
Period — Reset selection box
Semicolon — Toggle snapping
X — Switch between Stroke/Fill color selectors
Shift+X — Swap Stroke/Fill colour selectors
Slash — Set no fill on Stroke/Fill color selectors
O — Toggle between crop tool overlays
Shift+O — Flip golden spiral overlay (crop tool enabled)
Escape — Cancel a sizing, moving, or creating operation
Ctrl+Enter — Convert to curves
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
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
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
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
S — Slice tool
L — Layer select tool
A — Transform source image tool
L — Add to source image mask tool
U — Erase from source image mask tool
H — View tool
Z — Zoom tool
B — Overlay paint tool
E — Overlay erase tool
G — Overlay gradient tool
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
Ctrl+Alt+A — Select all layers
Ctrl+G — Group
Ctrl+Shift+G — Ungroup
Ctrl+J — Duplicate
Ctrl+I — Invert
Ctrl+Shift+BracketRight — Move to front
Ctrl+BracketRight — Move forward one
Ctrl+Shift+BracketLeft — Move to back
Ctrl+BracketLeft — 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
Alt+ArrowLeft — Tighten
Alt+ArrowRight — Loosen
Shift+Alt+ArrowLeft — Tighten more
Shift+Alt+ArrowRight — Loosen more
Ctrl+B — Bold
Ctrl+I — Italic
Ctrl+U — Underline
Ctrl+T — Show character
Ctrl+Shift+T — Show typography
Ctrl+Alt+Minus — Subscript
Ctrl+Alt+L — Align left
Ctrl+Alt+R — Align right
Ctrl+Alt+C — Align center
Ctrl+Shift+Alt+Backslash — Justify left
Alt+ArrowDown — Increase paragraph leading
Alt+ArrowUp — Decrease paragraph leading
Ctrl+Shift+ArrowUp — Precise paragraph increase leading
Ctrl+Shift+ArrowDown — Precise paragraph decrease leading
Shift+Alt+ArrowUp — Raise baseline
Shift+Alt+ArrowDown — Lower baseline
Ctrl+Shift+Alt+ArrowUp — Precise raise baseline
Ctrl+Shift+Alt+ArrowDown — Precise lower baseline
Ctrl+Alt+Space — Special characters
Ctrl+Enter — Line break
Alt+Space — Non-breaking space
Alt+Minus — En dash
Shift+Alt+Minus — Em dash
Ctrl+Shift+Semicolon — Spelling options
Ctrl+Minus — 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+Semicolon — Show guides
Ctrl+Quote — Show grid
Ctrl+A — Select all
Ctrl+D — Deselect
Ctrl+Shift+I — Invert pixel selection
Ctrl+B — Grow or shrink
Shift+F6 — Feather
Ctrl+Alt+R — Refine edges
Q — Quick mask
Ctrl+I — Invert mask
Ctrl+Shift+H — Show or hide studio panels
Ctrl+Alt+T — Show or hide toolbar
Tab — Toggle UI
Ctrl+H — Hide workspace
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
Ctrl+D — Mask all
Ctrl+I — Invert mask
Ctrl+A — Clear mask
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
MouseMiddle — Pan Canvas
Ctrl+WheelUp — Zoom In
Ctrl+WheelDown — Zoom Out
MouseLeft — Paint Brush Stroke
Shift+MouseLeft — Paint Straight Line
Alt+WheelUp — Increase Brush Size
Alt+WheelDown — Decrease Brush Size
Alt+MouseLeft — Sample Color (Eyedropper)
MouseLeft — Select / Use Active Tool
MouseRight — Context Menu
WheelUp — Scroll Canvas Vertically
Space — Hand/Pan Tool (Temporary)
ShiftLeft — Constrain/Straight Line
MouseLeft — Edit/Open Item