I made a quick overview of the most essential Gimp keyboard shortcuts. It is part of my series of creativity enhancement keyboard shortcuts for creative software.

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General Commands
New Image: Ctrl + N (Windows) / Cmd + N (Mac)
Open Image: Ctrl + O (Windows) / Cmd + O (Mac)
Save Image: Ctrl + S (Windows) / Cmd + S (Mac)
Save As: Ctrl + Shift + S (Windows) / Cmd + Shift + S (Mac)
Close Image: Ctrl + W (Windows) / Cmd + W (Mac)
Undo: Ctrl + Z (Windows) / Cmd + Z (Mac)
Redo: Ctrl + Y (Windows) / Cmd + Shift + Z (Mac)
Cut: Ctrl + X (Windows & Mac)
Copy: Ctrl + C (Windows & Mac)
Paste: Ctrl + V (Windows & Mac)
Select All: Ctrl + A (Windows & Mac)
Deselect: Shift + Ctrl + A (Windows) / Shift + Cmd + A (Mac)
Open Preferences: Ctrl + K (Windows) / Cmd + K (Mac)
Tool Selection
Move Tool: M (Windows & Mac)
Crop Tool: Shift + C (Windows & Mac)
Rotate Tool: Shift + R (Windows & Mac)
Scale Tool: Shift + S (Windows & Mac)
Shear Tool: Shift + H (Windows & Mac)
Perspective Tool: Shift + P (Windows & Mac)
Text Tool: T (Windows & Mac)
Bucket Fill: Shift + B (Windows & Mac)
Gradient Tool: G (Windows & Mac)
Eraser Tool: Shift + E (Windows & Mac)
Paintbrush Tool: P (Windows & Mac)
Pencil Tool: N (Windows & Mac)
Clone Tool: C (Windows & Mac)
Healing Tool: H (Windows & Mac)
Path Tool: B (Windows & Mac)
Selection Tool: R (Rectangular) / E (Ellipse) / F (Free Select)
Layer Management
New Layer: Shift + Ctrl + N (Windows) / Shift + Cmd + N (Mac)
Duplicate Layer: Ctrl + Shift + D (Windows) / Cmd + Shift + D (Mac)
Merge Down: Ctrl + M (Windows) / Cmd + M (Mac)
Layer to Image Size: Shift + Ctrl + I (Windows) / Shift + Cmd + I (Mac)
Scale Layer: Shift + Ctrl + S (Windows) / Shift + Cmd + S (Mac)
Move Layer Up: Page Up (Windows & Mac)
Move Layer Down: Page Down (Windows & Mac)
Selection Commands
Select by Color: Shift + O (Windows & Mac)
Grow Selection: Ctrl + Shift + G (Windows) / Cmd + Shift + G (Mac)
Shrink Selection: Ctrl + Shift + S (Windows) / Cmd + Shift + S (Mac)
Feather Selection: Ctrl + Shift + F (Windows) / Cmd + Shift + F (Mac)
Invert Selection: Ctrl + I (Windows) / Cmd + I (Mac)
Border Selection: Ctrl + B (Windows) / Cmd + B (Mac)
Color and Adjustments
Color Balance: Shift + Ctrl + B (Windows) / Shift + Cmd + B (Mac)
Hue-Saturation: Shift + Ctrl + U (Windows) / Shift + Cmd + U (Mac)
Brightness-Contrast: Shift + Ctrl + C (Windows) / Shift + Cmd + C (Mac)
Levels: Ctrl + L (Windows) / Cmd + L (Mac)
Curves: Ctrl + M (Windows) / Cmd + M (Mac)
Invert Colors: Ctrl + I (Windows) / Cmd + I (Mac)
Desaturate: Shift + Ctrl + U (Windows) / Shift + Cmd + U (Mac)
View and Zoom
Zoom In: + (Windows & Mac)
Zoom Out: - (Windows & Mac)
Fit Image in Window: Shift + Ctrl + J (Windows) / Shift + Cmd + J (Mac)
Show/Hide Rulers: Ctrl + R (Windows) / Cmd + R (Mac)
Show/Hide Grid: Ctrl + Shift + G (Windows) / Cmd + Shift + G (Mac)
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