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.
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+Click Layers panel thumbnail
- Pixel selection from layer intensity
- Ctrl+Shift+Click Layers panel thumbnail
- Add to pixel selection
- Ctrl+Alt+Drag (Marquee and Freehand Selection tools)
- Remove from pixel selection
- Alt+Drag (Marquee and Freehand Selection tools)
- Feather pixel selection
- Shift+F6
- Refine Edges of pixel selection
- Ctrl+Alt+R
- Polygon selection (Freehand Selection Tool only)
- Ctrl+Shift+Click on 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
- Set selected brush tool's opacity
- [numeric keys]
- Set brush width (decrease/increase)
- []
- Set brush hardness (decrease/increase in 10% steps)
- Shift+[]
- Set brush flow
- Shift+[numeric keys]
- Set brush strength (Smudge Brush Tool)
- [numeric keys]
- 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+Click+drag (left/right)
- Set nozzle hardness or spacing
- Ctrl+Alt+Click+drag (up/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
Need more than shortcuts?
Visit the Affinity Pixel Studio app page for an overview and helpful links.
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