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Affinity Pixel Studio Keyboard Shortcuts for Windows

Keyboard shortcuts for Affinity Pixel Studio on Windows. Covers tool switching, layer controls, tone adjustments, and mask editing on Windows.
Key label style

Pixel Studio tools

Clone Brush Tool
S
Color Picker Tool
I
Color Replacement Brush Tool
R
Crop Tool
C
Erase Tools cycle (Erase Brush, Background Erase Brush, Flood Erase)
E
Fill Tools cycle (Fill, Flood Fill)
G
Freehand Selection Tool
L
Healing Tools cycle (Inpainting Brush, Healing Brush, Blemish Removal, Patch, Red Eye Removal)
J
Marquee Selection Tools cycle (Rectangular, Elliptical, Column, Row)
M
Move Tool
V
Node Tool
A
Paint Brush Tool
B
Pen Tool
P
Pixel Tool
Y
Pixel Selection Tools cycle (Selection Brush, Flood Select)
W
Shape tools cycle (Rectangle, Ellipse, and Rounded Rectangle)
U
Text tools cycle (Artistic, Frame Text)
T
Tonal Adjustment Brush Tools cycle (Burn Brush, Dodge Brush, Sponge Brush)
O
View Tool
H
Zoom Tool
Z

Pixel selection

Invert Pixel Selection
Ctrl+Shift+I
Pixel selection from layer
Ctrl+ClickLayers panel thumbnail
Pixel selection from layer intensity
Ctrl+Shift+ClickLayers panel thumbnail
Add to pixel selection
Ctrl+Alt+Drag
with the Marquee or Freehand Selection tool
Remove from pixel selection
Alt+Drag
with the Marquee or Freehand Selection tool
Feather pixel selection
Shift+F6
Refine Edges of pixel selection
Ctrl+Alt+R
Polygon selection (Freehand Selection Tool only)
Ctrl+Shift+Clickon page
Quick Mask
Q

Pixel layer operations

Fade (operation name)
Ctrl+Shift+F

Painting

Paint a brush stroke along a straight line
Click,Shift+Click
Pick up a new brush color
Alt+Drag
Toggle between standard brush cursor and crosshair cursor
CapsLock
Ignore brush size and associated tool on the Brushes panel
Alt+Click
Ignore the associated tool on the Brushes panel
Alt+Shift+Click
Temporarily switch to the Move Tool
Ctrl+Drag
Set selected brush tool's opacity
<0-9>
Set brush width (decrease/increase)
[]
Set brush hardness (decrease/increase in 10% steps)
Shift+[]
Set brush flow
Shift+<0-9>
Set brush strength
<0-9>
with the Smudge Brush tool
Rotate brush nozzle counter-clockwise/clockwise
LeftRight
Cycle brush properties (width/hardness, shape/spacing, and rotation)
Ctrl+Alt+Click
Set nozzle width, shape, or rotation
Ctrl+Alt+Dragleft or right
Set nozzle hardness or spacing
Ctrl+Alt+Dragup or down

Masking in Liquify Studio

Mask All
Ctrl+A
Clear Mask
Ctrl+D
Invert Mask
Ctrl+I

Other

Live Stack
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+O

Slice Studio tools

Slice Tool
S
Slice Selection Tool
L

Liquify tools

Liquify Freeze Tool
F
Liquify Hand Tool
H
Liquify Mesh Clone Tool
C
Liquify Pinch Tool
U
Liquify Punch Tool
N
Liquify Push Forward Tool
P
Liquify Push Left Tool
L
Liquify Reconstruct Tool
R
Liquify Thaw Tool
W
Liquify Turbulence Tool
B
Liquify Twirl Tool
T
Liquify Zoom Tool
Z

Develop tools

Blemish Removal Tool
L
Crop Tool
C
Mask Erase Tool
E
Mask Gradient Tool
G
Mask Paint Tool
B
Red Eye Removal Tool
R
White Balance Tool
W

Tone Mapping tools

Mask Erase Tool
E
Mask Gradient Tool
G
Mask Paint Tool
B

Panorama tools

Add To Source Image Mask Tool
L
Crop Tool
C
Erase From Source Image Mask Tool
U
Hand Tool
H
Transform Source Image Tool
A

Intro

On Windows, the Pixel studio uses Ctrl as its primary modifier. Single-key tools are identical to Mac, and only the modifier for command operations changes. The Pixel studio is one of three studios (Pixel, Vector, Layout) inside the single free Affinity app.

Windows-specific shortcut notes

One app, three studios. Switch to the Pixel studio inside Affinity for image editing. There is no separate Photo app to install.

Single-key tools. Same bare-key activation as Mac: move, selection, brush, eraser, crop, text, and other tools activate on a single keypress.

Layer operations. Ctrl+J duplicates, Ctrl+E merges down, Ctrl+G groups, and Ctrl+Shift+G ungroups.

Transform. Ctrl+T for free transform, the same concept as Photoshop on Windows.

Selections. Ctrl+D deselects, Ctrl+Shift+I inverts, and Ctrl+A selects all.

Printable PDF

The Pixel studio shortcut list for Windows is available as a printable PDF.

FAQ

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Visit the Affinity Pixel Studio app page for an overview and helpful links.

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