Modifiers and Layer Control

Shortcut Action
Alt Drawing and painting - temporarily switches to the color picker tool
Shift Freehand selection tools - connects clicked points with straight lines
Shift Reverses aspect ratio constraint on scaling
Ctrl Scales from the center of selection
Alt Ignores snapping during an operation
Ctrl Geometric shapes - moves red handles symmetrically
Shift Path text - maintains distance between red handles
Ctrl Path text - moves red handles symmetrically
Shift Pixel brush painting - draws straight line connecting two strokes
Shift Pixel selections - constrains marquee to square or circle
Ctrl Pixel selection - moves underlying layer rather than selection
Alt Pixel selection - removes from selection
Ctrl Pixel tool - erases from current layer or projects
Shift Rotating - constrains rotations to 15 degree intervals
Shift Selecting - scales multiple objects and layers
Alt Selecting - selects object or layer behind current selection
Ctrl Shearing - mirrors shear around center of object
Shift Vector drawing tools - constrains handle angles to 15 degrees
Alt Vector drawing tools - sets node to sharp for creating cusps
Ctrl Vector drawing tools - temporarily switches to node editing from pen
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