What you'll learn: Where the canonical cheat sheet lives, plus a one-page summary of the most-used keyboard shortcuts, the 56 bundled palettes, and all 19 blend modes.

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The complete, always-up-to-date list of keyboard and mouse shortcuts lives in SHORTCUTS.md at the repository root — generated directly from the input registry. The summary below is curated for quick visual scanning — when in doubt, the canonical file wins. All of these are rebindable via Edit → Customize Controls (see Chapter 16).

Key	Tool	Key	Tool
B	Brush	M	Marquee
D	Dot	W	Magic Wand
L	Line	V	Move
R	Rect (Shift+R filled)	Z	Zoom
C	Ellipse (Shift+C filled)	T	Text
P	Polygon (Shift+P filled)	I	Picker
F	Fill	E	Eraser
K	Spray

Modifier	Default meaning
Shift	Constrain / add to selection / draw from center / fast-scroll / Smart Erase.
Ctrl	Perfect aspect (square / circle) / command keystrokes.
Alt	Subtract from selection / temporary picker / clone (with Move).
Ctrl+Shift	Angle snap / bypass grid snap.

Key	Panel
Tab	Toolbar
F4	Preview Window
F5	Edit Bar
Shift+F5	Advanced Bar
Ctrl+L	Layer Panel
Ctrl+M	Character Map
F10	Status Bar
F11	All UI
Ctrl+F11	Menu Bar only

Action	Shortcut
Zoom in / out	Ctrl+= / Ctrl+-, Mouse Wheel (Zoom tool: right-click zooms out)
Brush size − / +	[ / ], Ctrl+Wheel, wheel tilt left/right
Reset zoom	Ctrl+0
Reset pan + zoom	Double-middle-click
Pan	Middle-drag, Space+drag (or bind the wheel/tilt to Pan in Customize Controls)
Pattern tile	View menu / Advanced Bar
Grayscale preview	Ctrl+Alt+Shift+G
Reference image	Ctrl+R
Canvas border	#

Action	Shortcut
Swap FG / BG	X
Reset FG / BG	Palette menu → Default Colors
BG = transparent	Shift+Delete
Paint opacity	0–9
Temp picker FG / BG	Alt+L-click / R-click

Action	Shortcut
Size − / +	[ / ]
Shape	\
Preview footprint	hold `
Pixel Perfect	F6
Recolor mode	F9
Outline mode	Shift+O

Action	Shortcut
Select All / Deselect	Ctrl+A / Ctrl+D
Invert	Ctrl+Shift+I
Copy / Cut / Paste	Ctrl+C / X / V
Paste in Place	Edit menu
Copy Merged	Ctrl+Shift+C
Copy / Cut to New Layer	Ctrl+Alt+C / X

Action	Shortcut
New / Duplicate / Delete	Ctrl+Shift+N / D / Delete
Group / Ungroup	Ctrl+G / Ctrl+Shift+U
Group selected	Ctrl+Shift+G
Move up / down	Ctrl+PgUp / Ctrl+PgDn
Move to top / bottom	Ctrl+Shift+] / Ctrl+Shift+[
Merge Down / Visible	Ctrl+Alt+E / Ctrl+Alt+Shift+E

Action	Shortcut
Undo / Redo	Ctrl+Z / Ctrl+Y
Clear (selection or layer)	Delete or Ctrl+E
Fill FG / BG	Backspace / Shift+Backspace

Action	Shortcut
Toggle grid	'
Pixel grid	Shift+'
Snap to grid	;
Grid size − / +	, / .
Cycle geometry	Ctrl+'
Cycle symmetry	F7

Action	Shortcut
Cancel AI generation / batch	Ctrl+Alt+K

See Ch. 21 — AI Image Generation.

Action	Shortcut
Workspace switcher	Ctrl+Shift+W
Show what a workspace hid / hide it again	F11 (inside a workspace)
Move a panel (new column / stack / tab / float)	Drag its handle (title strip, layers header, top-edge grip)
Panel menu: Move to Left/Right, Collapse, Float / Dock Back, Reset Arrangement	Right-click a handle
Collapse / expand a slot	Click its chevron, or double-click its title; click a collapsed title to open it
Dock a floating window	Drag its title bar onto a dock target
Capture Screen	Ctrl+Shift+P (or DRAW --capture)
Annotate: rect / filled / ellipse / line / arrow / text	R / Shift+R / O / L / A / T
Annotate: highlighter / redact / numbered callout / restart numbers	H / X / N / Shift+N
Annotate: copy picture / quick save / done	Ctrl+C / Ctrl+S / Ctrl+Enter

The Annotate keys work only in the Annotate workspace. See Ch. 22 — Workspaces & Screenshot Annotation.

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Located in ASSETS/PALETTES/. The full set includes:

• Console classics — NES, PICO-8, Commodore 64, Game Boy (DMG and Pocket), MSX, Amiga, Atari.
• Arcade / DOS — CGA, EGA, VGA.
• Modern curated — Endesga 32 / 64, DawnBringer 16 / 32, AAP-64, Sweetie 16, Resurrect 64.
• Lospec greatest hits — and 40+ more available via DRAW's Lospec integration.

Family	Modes
Basic	Normal · Multiply · Screen · Overlay
Math	Add (Linear Dodge) · Subtract · Difference
Comparison	Darken · Lighten
Dodge / Burn	Color Dodge · Color Burn
Light	Hard Light · Soft Light · Vivid Light · Linear Light · Pin Light
Color	Exclusion · Color · Luminosity
Group only	Pass Through

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