Lightroom, Photoshop & Capture One Shortcuts

Lightroom, Photoshop & Capture One Shortcuts: how it works

The Shortcut Guide pulls together all keyboard shortcuts for Lightroom, Photoshop and Capture One in one place. Use it when you are switching to a new application, picking up a workflow after a break, or just trying to stop reaching for the mouse every few seconds. It is a reference, not a course.

How shortcuts differ across Lightroom, Photoshop and Capture One

Each application has its own shortcut logic, and they do not always overlap. Lightroom uses G to jump to the grid and D to open the Develop module. Capture One puts those same actions on different keys entirely. If you shoot tethered in Capture One but do most retouching in Photoshop, you are constantly switching between two different sets of muscle memory.

This guide lists shortcuts per application, side by side where relevant, so you can compare without digging through official documentation. That saves time when you are mid-session and just need a quick answer.

Cutting editing time by keeping your hands on the keyboard

Every click you replace with a keystroke adds up. Rating and culling a set of 400 frames goes significantly faster when you use P to flag a keeper, X to reject and the arrow keys to move through images, rather than clicking through menus.

The same applies to retouching in Photoshop. Toggling layer visibility, cycling through blend modes, adjusting brush size without opening a panel: these are the shortcuts that actually change how fast you can finish a job. The learning curve is short once you focus on the ten or fifteen shortcuts you use most.