Photoshop Ninja

It is so much quicker to navigate around you image using Photoshop keyboard shortcuts, plus it looks cool when people are looking over your shoulder!

Seriously though, these are useful for any user and should be amongst the first shortcuts you learn. You will never need to reach for that zoom tool again once you have these in your shortcut arsenal!

Apple+0
Fits image to screen

Double click zoom tool in main tool palette
Sets zoom level to 100%

Apple and +/-
Changes zoom in increments

Hold down Space
Temporarily swap active tool to hand tool

Hold down Space+Apple
Swaps active tool to zoom tool (zoom in)

Hold down Space+Apple+Option
Swaps active tool to zoom tool (zoom out)

Page Up or Page Down
Scroll up or down 1 screen height

Apple+Page Up/Page Down
Scroll left or right 1 screen width

Shift+Page Up/Page Down
Scroll up or down 10 units of current measurement

Apple+Shift+Page Up/Page Down
Scroll left or right 10 units of current measurement

Home
Move to top left of image

End
Move to bottom right of image

There are also some other ways to move around your image. The Navigator palette gives you a thumbnail of your image with various controls for moving around and zooming in on your image. It does steal some processing power though slowing things down a little and can steal valuable screen space (although it is resizable), so not so great for single monitor users. It is useful for more precise work in Photoshop, if you want to stay at a specific zoom level and get to certain areas of your image, rather than zooming out then zooming in on the new area.

You can also just type in a number in the zoom level field at the bottom left of your image if you want a precise zoom level quickly.

• Karma Kula

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