Are you finding the Keyboard Shortcuts for GIMP? GIMP provides shortcuts to help you quickly work on documents. Here is the list of all shortcuts that you can use. This post will help you to check and make your work faster with the most used.
Table of Contents
Edit Shortcuts
Keyboard Shortcuts (Windows)
Menu Description
Ctrl+Z
Undo
Ctrl+Y
Redo
Ctrl+X
Cut
Ctrl+C
Copy
Shift+Ctrl+C
Copy Visible
Ctrl+V
Paste
Shift+Ctrl+V
Past as New Image
Delete
Clear
Ctrl+,
Fill with FG Color
Ctrl+.
Fill with BG Color
Ctrl+;
Fill with Pattern
View Shortcuts
Keyboard Shortcuts (Windows)
Menu Description
Ctrl+E
Shrink Wrap – Reduce image window to size of image
F11
Toggle Fullscreen View
Ctrl+T
Show Selection
Shift+Ctrl+T
Show Guides
Shift+Ctrl+R
Show Rulers
File operations
Keyboard Shortcuts (Windows)
Menu Description
Ctrl+N
New Image
Shift+Ctrl+V
Create a new Image from Clipboard
Ctrl+O
Open Image
Ctrl+Alt+O
Open as Layers
Ctrl+S
Save Image
Shift+Ctrl+S
Save As
Ctrl+P
Print
Ctrl+W
Close
Shift+Ctrl+W
Close All
Ctrl+Q
Quit
Layer Shortcuts
Keyboard Shortcuts (Windows)
Menu Description
Shift+Ctrl+N
New Layer
Shift+Ctrl+D
Duplicate Layer
Ctrl+H
Anchor Layer
Page Up/Page Down
Select Previous/Next Layer
Home/End
Select Top/Bottom Layer
Select Shortcuts
Keyboard Shortcuts (Windows)
Menu Description
Ctrl+A
Select All
Shift+Ctrl+A
Select None
Ctrl+I
Invert Selection
Shift+Ctrl+L
Create a Floating Selection
Shift+O
Select by Color
Shift+V
Select from Path
Shift+Q
Toggle Quick Mask
Image Operations
Keyboard Shortcuts (Windows)
Menu Description
Ctrl+D
Duplicate Image
Ctrl+M
Merge Visible Layers
Alt+Return
Display Image Properties
Selection Tools
Keyboard Shortcuts (Windows)
Menu Description
R
Rectangle Select
E
Ellipse Select
F
Free Select
U
Fuzzy Select
Shift+O
Select by Color
I
Intelligent Scissors
Paint Tools
Keyboard Shortcuts (Windows)
Menu Description
Shift+B
Bucket Fill
L
Blend
N
Pencil
P
Paintbrush
Shift+E
Eraser
A
Airbrush
K
Ink
C
Clone
H
Heal
Shift+U
Blur / Sharpen
S
Smudge
Shift+D
Dodge / Burn
Transfrom Tools
Keyboard Shortcuts (Windows)
Menu Description
Q
Align
M
Move
Shift+C
Crop
Shift+R
Rotate
Shift+T
Scale
Shift+S
Shear
Shift+P
Perspective
Shift+F
Flip
General
Keyboard Shortcuts (Windows)
Menu Description
B
Paths
O
Color Picker
Z
Zoom
Shift+M
Measure
T
Text
Ctrl+B
Toolbox
D
Default Colors (Sets foreground to black and background to white)
Well, there you have it, GIMP shortcuts list. You might not have known about these shortcuts. If I’ve left important something out in this list, feedback is appreciated and welcome on the Make A Public List.
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