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Most Used keyboard shortcut keys in GIMP for Mac OS

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What Is GIMP?

Per Wiki: GIMP is a free and open-source raster graphics editor used for image manipulation (retouching) and image editing, free-form drawing, transcoding between different image file formats, and more specialized tasks. GIMP is released under GPLv3+ license and is available for Linux, macOS, and Microsoft Windows.

More About GIMP

Original author(s): Spencer Kimball, Peter Mattis
Developer(s): GIMP Team
Initial release: 15 February 1996
Stable release 2.10.24: (29 March 2021)
Preview release 2.99.6: (8 May 2021)
Repository: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gimp
Written in: C with GTK version 2 for user interface
Operating system: Linux, macOS, Microsoft Windows
Type: Raster graphics editor
License: GPLv3+
Website: GIMP.org

Keyboard shortcut keys in GIMP [for Mac OS]

Help
Help	F1
Context help	Shift+F1
Toolbox
Rectangle select	R
Ellipse select	E
Free select	F
Fuzzy select	U
Select by color	Shift+O
Scissors	I
Paths	B
Color picker	O
Move	M
Crop and resize	Shift+C
Rotate	Shift+R
Scale	Shift+T
Shear	Shift+S
Perspective	Shift+P
Flip	Shift+F
Text	T
Bucket fill	Shift+B
Blend	L
Pencil	N
Paintbrush	P
Eraser	Shift+E
Airbrush	A
Ink	K
Clone	C
Convolve	V
Smudge	S
Dodge or burn	Shift+D
Swap colors	X
Default colors	D
File
New image	Cmd+N
Open image	Cmd+O
Open image as new layer	Cmd+Alt+N
Duplicate image	Cmd+D
Open recent image 1-10	Cmd+(1-0)
Save image	Cmd+S
Save image under a new name	Cmd+S
Quit	Cmd+Q
Dialogs
Layers	Cmd+L
Brushes	Cmd+Shift+B
Patterns	Cmd+Shift+P
Gradients	Cmd+G
Tool options	Cmd+Shift+T
Palettes	Cmd+P
Info window	Cmd+Shift+I
Navigation window	Cmd+Shift+N
Jump to next widget	Tab
Jump to the previous widget	Shift+Tab
Set the new value	Enter
Activate the current button or list	Space
In a multi-tab dialog, switch tabs	Cmd+Alt+PgUp
Open location	Shift+L
Up folder	Alt+Up
Down folder	Alt+Down
Home folder	Alt+Home
Close dialog	Esc
View
Main menu	F10
Drop-down menu	Shift+F10
Toggle fullscreen	F11
Toggle quickmask	Shift+Q
Close document window	Cmd+W
Zoom in	+
Zoom out	-
Zoom 1:1	1
Shrink wrap	Cmd+E
Fit image in window	Cmd+Shift+E
Toggle rulers	Cmd+Shift+R
Toggle guides	Cmd+Shift+T
Edit
Undo	Cmd+Z
Redo	Cmd+Y
Copy selection	Cmd+C
Cut selection	Cmd+X
Copy visible	Cmd+Shift+C
Paste as new image	Cmd+Shift+V
Paste clipboard	Cmd+V
Clears selection	Cmd+K
Named copy selection	Cmd+Shift+C
Named cut selection	Cmd+Shift+X
Named paste clipboard	Cmd+Shift+V
Fill with foreground color	Cmd+ ,
Fill with background color	Cmd+ .
Fill with pattern	Cmd+ ;
Layers
Select the layer above	PgUp
Select the layer below	PgDn
Select the first layer	Home
Select the last layer	End
Merge visible layers	Cmd+M
Anchor layer	Cmd+H
Selections
Toggle selections	Cmd+T
Select all	Cmd+A
Select none	Cmd+Shift+A
Invert selection	Cmd+I
Float selection	Cmd+Shift+L
Path to selection	Cmd+V
Plug-Ins
Repeat the last plug-in	Cmd+F
Reshow last plug-in	Cmd+Shift+F