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General

Reset palettes to their default location ⇧ ⌘ R

Show or hide Tools palette ⌘ 1

Show or hide Layers palette ⌘ 2

Show or hide Effects Browser ⌘ 3

Show or hide Brushes palette ⌘ 4

Show or hide Gradients palette ⌘ 5

Show or hide Photo Browser ⌘ 6

Show or hide Colors palette ⇧ ⌘ C

Show or hide Fonts palette ⌘ T

Move V

Zoom Z

Eyedropper I

Hand H

Type T

Crop C

Slice K

Elliptical Marquee Y

Rectangular Marquee M

Lasso L

Magic Wand W

Brush B

Pixel P

Eraser E

Paint Bucket N

Gradient G

Clone Stamp S

Sharpen O

Red Eye R

Create new file ⌘ N

Open existing file ⌘ O

Close window ⌘ W

Save ⌘ S

Export for web ⇧ ⌘ E

Zoom in ⌘ +

Zoom out ⌘ -

Zoom in or out ⌥ scroll

Horizontal scrolling ⇧ scroll

Fit image in window ⌘ 0

Magnify 100% ⌥ ⌘ 0

Show or hide Rulers ⌘ R

Show or hide Guides ⌥ ⌘ ;

Show or hide Grid ⌥ ⌘ '

Snap guide to the ruler mark ⇧ drag

Enter or leave full-screen view ⌘ ⌃ F

Enter or leave Quick Mask mode Q

Undo last action ⌘ Z

Redo last action ⇧ ⌘ Z

Fill with color ⌥ ⌘ F

Stroke ⇧ ⌘ O

Invert color ⌘ I

Levels ⌘ L

Curves ⌘ K

Color Balance ⌘ B

Hue and Saturation ⌘ U

Desaturate ⌥ ⌘ U

Canvas Size ⌥ ⌘ C

Image Size ⌥ ⌘ I

Color Management ⇧ ⌘ K

Soft Proof ⇧ ⌥ P

Last Filter ⇧ ⌘ F

Select All ⌘ A

Deselect ⌘ D

Load layer transparency as a selection ⌥ ⌘ L

Refine Selection ⌥ ⌘ R

Copy ⌘ C

Cut ⌘ X

Paste ⌘ V

Duplicate ⇧ ⌘ D

Transform ⌘ F

Preserve layer transparency /

Cycle blending modes ⇧ + / -

Select all layers ⌥ ⌘ A

Link layers ⇧ ⌘ L

Merge selected layers ⌘ E

Group layers ⌘ G

Ungroup layers ⇧ ⌘ G

Create new layer ⇧ ⌘ N

Duplicate layer ⌥ drag

Select top layer ⌥ .

Select next layer ⌥ ]

Select previous layer ⌥ [

Select bottom layer ⌥ ,

Bring to front ⌥ ⌘ ]

Send to back ⌥ ⌘ [

Bring forward ⌘ ]

Send backward ⌘ [

Move layer or selection content with border layer by 1 pixel ⌘ ←→ ↑↓

Move layer or selection content with border layer by 10 pixels ⇧ ⌘ ←→ ↑↓

Move selection border by 1 pixel ←→ ↑↓

Move selection border by 10 pixels ⇧ ←→ ↑↓

Switch between primary and secondary colors X

Paint straight lines ⇧

Paint vertical or horizontal lines ⇧ drag

Navigate through brushes , / .

Increase or decrease brush size [ / ]

Change brush hardness ⇧ [ / ]

Navigate through gradients , / .

Cycle gradient modes [ / ]

Sample background color ⌥

Show Pixelmator preferences ⌘ ,

Check Spelling ⌘ ;

File Info ⇧ ⌥ ⌘ I

Close window ⌘ W

Close all windows ⌥ ⌘ W

Cycle through windows ⌘ `

Minimize window ⌘ M

Minimize all windows ⌥ ⌘ M

Hide Pixelmator ⌘ H

Hide others ⌥ ⌘ H

Quit Pixelmator ⌘ Q