Adobe Camera Raw Keyboard Shortcuts

Every Camera Raw shortcut, sorted by the job in hand

Camera Raw opens from Photoshop, from Bridge and as the Camera Raw Filter, and the keys work the same way in all three. Learn them once and they follow you around.

Adobe Camera Raw Keyboard Shortcuts is a free 8-page PDF quick reference with 126 shortcuts in 8 sections, with the Mac and Windows keys side by side.

The shortcuts come from Adobe's Camera Raw keyboard shortcuts page, last updated on 20 August 2025. Camera Raw updates every few months, so a new tool can arrive before Adobe adds its key to the list.

What the reference covers

• Opening, saving, presets, snapshots and copying settings

• Viewing, before and after, and the clipping warnings

• The filmstrip, selecting, syncing and rating

• Single keys for the tools, masking and brushes

• Jumping to an edit panel and working the point curve

• Crop, the Targeted Adjustment tool, and panorama and HDR merges

Who it is for

These Camera Raw keyboard shortcuts are for photographers who process raw files in Photoshop or Bridge rather than in Lightroom. Camera Raw shares its processing engine with Lightroom Classic but not all of its keys, so a Lightroom habit does not always carry across. The keys that pay off fastest are the tool letters, the panel jumps and the before and after view, because they keep your hands on the keyboard while your eyes stay on the photograph.

The PDF is searchable, so Cmd+F on a Mac or Ctrl+F on Windows finds a shortcut by name. Print it and keep it beside the keyboard, or keep it open on a second screen while you work. Each section starts from the job rather than the menu, so the keys you use together sit together on the page.

The contents page and the opening section of the Camera Raw reference

Find out more on Adobe's introduction to Camera Raw.

Download it free, print it on A4, and keep it beside the keyboard.