Even if you are used to using menus rather
than keyboard shortcuts in other programs, it is worth
getting into the habit of using keyboard shortcuts for
common operations in the GIMP, for they can save you a lot
of time. Here are the shortcuts that I recommend you learn
NOW - try to use them systematically rather than using
menus. The shortcuts for zooming in and out are particularly
useful - it's important to realize that zooming doesn't
actually change the size of the picture, any more than
looking at a bird through binoculars makes the bird bigger -
it just seems bigger.
| Ctrl-S |
Save Image |
| Ctrl-N |
New Image |
| Ctrl-O |
Open Image |
| Ctrl-E |
Shrink Wrap |
| Ctrl-W |
Close Window |
| Ctrl-X |
Close Program |
| 1 |
Set View to 1:1 |
| Ctrl-Z |
Undo last action |
| Ctrl-Y |
Redo |
| + (on main keypad, not numeric keypad) |
Zoom in |
| - (on main keypad, not numeric keypad) |
Zoom out |
| F1 |
Help |
| Shift-F1 |
Context-sensitive Help |
There are easy shortcuts also for most
of the selection, paint and transform tools - see the
Tools menu to identify them. It's not worth trying to
remember all those tool shortcuts but it might be worth
memorizing those that you use very often.
It's fairly easy (in
File>Preferences>Interface>Configure Keyboard Shortcuts)
to set up your own keyboard shortcuts for any command
that you use often.
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