quick keys in elements
QUICK KEYS IN ELEMENTS MASTERING PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS WITH KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS
KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS Keyboard shortcuts are key commands assigned to tools and tasks. Summon a tool or task with a single keystroke instead of hunting and pecking through menus. •
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Why? •
Save time: Using keyboard shortcuts allows quick work.
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Memorizing shortcuts makes Photoshop more accessible. Even if you only memorize the most commonly used tools, you can increase your productivity significantly.
TIP •
Press the same key command again to toggle through related tools.
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Hover your mouse over a menu to learn its shortcut. Look for shortcuts in the menu bars as well.
THE TOOLBAR SHORTCUTS
z Zoom In ALT+z/OPT+z Zoom Out v Move l Lasso Magnetic Lasso Polygonal Lasso y Red Eye f Smart Brush Detail Smart Brush r Blur Sharpen Smudge
h Hand m Marquis a Magic Wand Quick Selection Selection From Brush Refine Selection j Spot Healing Healing s Clone Stamp Pattern Stamp o Sponge Dodge Burn
b Brush Impressionist Brush Color Replacement Brush k Foreground Fill Pattern Fill l Lasso Magnetic Lasso Polygonal Lasso i Color Picker t Horizontal Type Vertical Type Horizontal Type Mask Vertical Type Mask Text On Selection Text On Shape Text on Custom Path
e Eraser Background Eraser Magic Eraser g Gradient Tool u Custom Shape Rectangle Rounded Rectangle Ellipse Polygon Star Line Shape Selection n Pencil
c Crop Cookie Cutter Perspective Crop q Content Aware Move x Swtich Foreground/ Background Colors
w Recompose p Straighten d Reset Foreground/ Background to Black/White
THE MENU SHORTCUTS
PC MENUS
PC users have it easy! PSE spells out the key commands in the menus.
MAC MENUS
MAC users need to memorize the symbols PSE uses. Here’s a handy chart, along with the PC conversions. MAC: Command (CMD) PC: Control (CTRL) MAC: Command+Option (CMD+OPT) PC: Control+Alt (CTRL+ALT) MAC: Command+Shift (CMD+SHFT) PC: Control+Shift (CTRL+SHFT) MAC: Command+Option+Shift (CMD+OPT+SHFT) PC: Control+Alt+Shift (CTRL+ALT+SHFT)
CTRL+n/CMD+n New Document CTRL+o/CMD+o Open CTRL+ALT+o/CMD+OPT+o Open in Camera Raw CTRL+w/CMD+w Close CTRL+ALT+w/ CMD+OPT+w Close All CTRL+s/CMD+s Save CTRL+ALT+s/CMD+OPT+s Save As CTRL+ALT+SHFT+s/ CMD+OPT+SHFT+s Save For Web CTRL+p/CMD+p Close CTRL+ALT+p/ CMD+OPT+p Contact Sheet
CTRL+t/CMD+t Transform CTRL+ALT+i/ CMD+OPT+i Image Size CTRL+ALT+c/ CMD+OPT+c Canvas Size F1 Photoshop Help
CTRL+z/CMD+z Undo CTRL+y/CMD+y Redo SHFT+ALT+a/ CMD+OPT+a Revert File CTRL+x/CMD+x Cut CTRL+c/CMD+c Copy CTRL+ALT+c/ CMD+OPT+c Copy Merged CTRL+v/CMD+v Paste CTRL+ALT+v/ CMD+OPT+v Paste Into Selection CTRL+ALT+k/ CMD+OPT+k Color Settings
CTRL+ALT+m/ CMD+OPT+m Smart Fix CTRL+SHFT+m/ CMD+SHFT+m Adjust Smart Fix CTRL+ALT+t/ CMD+OPT+t Auto Smart Tone CTRL+ALT+a/ CMD+OPT+a Haze CTRL+ALT+z/ CMD+OPT+z Haze Removal CTRL+ALT+b/ CMD+OPT+b Auto Color Correction CTRL+u/CMD+u Hue/Saturation CTRL+ALT+u/ CMD+OPT+u Remove Color
CTRL+l/CMD+l Levels CTRL+SHFT+l/ CMD+SHFT+l Auto Levels CTRL+ALT+SHFT+l/ CMD+ALT+SHFT+l Auto Contrast CTRL+ALT+r/ CMD+OPT+r Red Eye Fix CTRL+ALT+b/ CMD+OPT+b Convert to B&W
CTRL+SHFT+n/CMD+SHFT+n New Layer CTRL+SHFT+j/CMD+SHFT+j New Layer via Copy CTRL+SHFT+j/CMD+SHFT+j New Layer via Cut CTRL+g/CMD+g Group Layers CTRL+ALT+g/CMD+OPT+g Ungroup Layers CTRL+,/CMD+, Hide Layers CTRL+]/CMD+] Bring Forward CTRL+SHFT+]/CMD+SHFT+] Bring to Front CTRL+[]/CMD+[ Send Backward CTRL+SHFT+[/CMD+SHFT+[ Send to Back CTRL+]/CMD+e Merge Down CTRL+SHFT+e/CMD+SHFT+e Merge Visible
CTRL+a/CMD+a Select All CTRL+d/CMD+d Deselect CTRL+SHFT+i/ CMD+SHFT+i Select Inverse CTRL+,/CMD+, Hide Layers CTRL+ALT+d/ CMD+OPT+d Feather CTRL+f/CMD+f Repeat Last Filter
CTRL+=/CMD+= Zoom In CTRL+-/CMD+- Zoom Out CTRL+0/CMD+0 Fit on Screen CTRL+1/CMD+1 View @ 100% CTRL+h/CMD+h Selection CTRL+SHFT+r/ CMD+SHFT+r View Rulers CTRL+’/CMD+’ View Grid CTRL+;/CMD+; View Guides CTRL+SHFT+;/ CMD+SHFT+; Lock Guides
CTRL+m/CMD+m Minimize (Hide App) F2: Effects F3: Filters F4: Show/Hide Tools F5: Show/Hide Photo Bin F6: Styles F7: Graphics F8: Info F9: Show/Hide Histogram F10: Show/Hide History Panel F11: Show/Hide Layers Panel F12: Show/Hide Navigator Panel
A NOTE ON F-KEYS FOR MAC If you press an F-Key and it invokes your computer commands instead of Photoshop Elements commands, you may need to adjust your system settings to allow PSE to use the F-Keys. For example, if you press F6 and it adjusts your monitor brightness instead of bringing up the Styles menu, then PSE needs permission to override the system F-key settings. Here is a tutorial on how to do that. Some users find that holding in the FN key when pressing the F-Key can also work. MAC: Function Keys Don’t Work in Adobe Applications | Mac OS
EVEN MORE SHORTCUTS
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LAYERS PANEL •
Move a layer up and down the stack with CTRL/CMD+ [ or ].
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Move a layer to the very top or very bottom of a stack with CTRL+SHFT+[ or ] (CMD+SHFT+[ or ]).
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Select the previous or next layer in the stack with ALT/ OPT+[ or ].
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Duplicate a layer in the stack by holding the ALT/OPT key and drag up or down.
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Fill selection/layer with foreground/background color: ALT+Backspace/CTRL+Backspace (OPT+Delete/ CMD+Delete)
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Pressing DELETE with a layer selected deletes the layer.
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While renaming a layer, hit the TAB key to go to the next layer.
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Clip a layer to the one beneath by holding in the ALT/ OPT key and hovering your mouse between the layers. Then click when the cursor changes.
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Cycle through blending modes with SHIFT+plus or SHIFT+minus.
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Merge visible layers with CTRL+SHFT+e (CMD+SHFT+e). Merge down with CTRL+e (CMD+e).
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Copy masks or layer effects from one layer to another by holding in the ALT/OPT key and dragging the mask/fx icon to another layer.
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BLENDING MODES •
Normal: SHFT+ALT+N | SHFT+OPT+N
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Dissolve SHFT+ALT+ I | SHFT+OPT+I
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Hard Light SHFT+ALT+H | SHFT+OPT+H
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Vivid Light Shift + Alt + V | Shift + Option +V
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Linear Light Shift + Alt + J | Shift + Option + J
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Darken SHFT+ALT+ K | SHFT+OPT+K
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Multiply SHFT+ALT+M | SHFT+OPT+M
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Color Burn SHFT+ALT+B | SHFT+OPT+B
Pin Light Shift + Alt + Z | Shift + Option + Z
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Linear Burn SHFT+ALT+A | SHFT+OPT+A
Hard Mix Shift + Alt + L | Shift + Option +L
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Difference Shift + Alt + E | Shift + Option +E
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Exclusion Shift + Alt + X | Shift + Option +X
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Hue Shift + Alt + U | Shift + Option + U
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Lighten SHFT+ALT+G | SHFT+OPT+G
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Screen SHFT+ALT+S | SHFT+OPT+S
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Color Dodge SHFT+ALT+D | SHFT+OPT+D
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Linear Dodge SHFT+ALT+W | SHFT+OPT+W
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Saturation Shift + Alt + T | Shift + Option +T
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Overlay SHFT+ALT+O | SHFT+OPT+O
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Color Shift + Alt + C | Shift + Option + C
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Soft Light SHFT+ALT+F | SHFT+OPT+F
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Luminosity Shift + Alt + Y | Shift + Option + Y
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BRUSHES •
Lock transparent pixels on/off: / (forward slash)
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Decrease/increase brush size: [ or ]
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Decrease/increase brush softness/hardness in 25% increments: Shift + [ or ]
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Select previous/next brush size: , (comma) or . (period)
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Display precise cross hair for brushes: Caps Lock
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TEXT •
Align text left/centerright or top/center/bottom: CTRL+SHFT+ L, C, or R | CMD+SHFT+ L, C, or R
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Decrease or increase type size of selected text by 1 pt: CTRL+SHFT+< or > | CMD+SHFT+< or >
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Decrease or increase type size of selected text by 5 pt: CTRL+ALT+SHFT+< or > | CMD+OPT+SHFT+< or >
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SELECTING/MOVING OBJECTS •
Hold in the spacebar when drawing with a selection tool to reposition the selection
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Hold in the SHIFT key to make a perfect square/ circle.
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Move 1 pixel with the move tool by using the up/ down/left/right arrow keys.
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Make a copy of your layer by holding in the ALT/ OPT key and pressing the up/down arrow keys.
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INTERFACE •
TAB will hide the panels and menus. TAB again to reveal them.
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Cycle through open documents with CTRL+TAB/ CMD+~ or CTRL+SHFT+TAB/CMD+SHFT+~.
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RIGHT+CLICK on selections, transform, layers, etc., for quick access to relevant options.
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Step forward with CTRL+SHFT+z (CMD+SHFT+z) or backward with CTRL+ALT+z (CMD+OPT+z).
FAQS •
Can I create my own hotkeys or remap keystrokes in Photoshop Elements? •
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Unfortunately, no. The full version of Photoshop allows that feature, but Elements does not.
This is so overwhelming? How should I start? •
Read through the key commands and pick out about 5 things you do all the time. Write them down and practice using them. Once they make their way into your muscle memory, pick 5 more. Key commands are tools; use them only if they work for you!
PRODUCTS USED •
Key To My Heart Kit by Wendyzine & Rosey Posey
ADDITIONAL REFERENCE See Chapter 15 in this document from Adobe.
FEATURED PRODUCTS Key To My Heart Bundle by Wendyzine & Rosey Posey
EXCLUSIVE CLASS COUPON Save an extra 10% off your first purchase @ Wendyzine Scraps. Enter WZ_NAODS2018 on the VIEW CART screen before checkout.
Q&A What questions do you have?
CONTACT WENDY Email: [email protected] Website: https://wendyzinescraps.com/ Store: Oscraps Newsletter: http://eepurl.com/bifcLX
KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS Keyboard shortcuts are key commands assigned to tools and tasks. Summon a tool or task with a single keystroke instead of hunting and pecking through menus. •
•
Why? •
Save time: Using keyboard shortcuts allows quick work.
•
Memorizing shortcuts makes Photoshop more accessible. Even if you only memorize the most commonly used tools, you can increase your productivity significantly.
TIP •
Press the same key command again to toggle through related tools.
•
Hover your mouse over a menu to learn its shortcut. Look for shortcuts in the menu bars as well.
THE TOOLBAR SHORTCUTS
z Zoom In ALT+z/OPT+z Zoom Out v Move l Lasso Magnetic Lasso Polygonal Lasso y Red Eye f Smart Brush Detail Smart Brush r Blur Sharpen Smudge
h Hand m Marquis a Magic Wand Quick Selection Selection From Brush Refine Selection j Spot Healing Healing s Clone Stamp Pattern Stamp o Sponge Dodge Burn
b Brush Impressionist Brush Color Replacement Brush k Foreground Fill Pattern Fill l Lasso Magnetic Lasso Polygonal Lasso i Color Picker t Horizontal Type Vertical Type Horizontal Type Mask Vertical Type Mask Text On Selection Text On Shape Text on Custom Path
e Eraser Background Eraser Magic Eraser g Gradient Tool u Custom Shape Rectangle Rounded Rectangle Ellipse Polygon Star Line Shape Selection n Pencil
c Crop Cookie Cutter Perspective Crop q Content Aware Move x Swtich Foreground/ Background Colors
w Recompose p Straighten d Reset Foreground/ Background to Black/White
THE MENU SHORTCUTS
PC MENUS
PC users have it easy! PSE spells out the key commands in the menus.
MAC MENUS
MAC users need to memorize the symbols PSE uses. Here’s a handy chart, along with the PC conversions. MAC: Command (CMD) PC: Control (CTRL) MAC: Command+Option (CMD+OPT) PC: Control+Alt (CTRL+ALT) MAC: Command+Shift (CMD+SHFT) PC: Control+Shift (CTRL+SHFT) MAC: Command+Option+Shift (CMD+OPT+SHFT) PC: Control+Alt+Shift (CTRL+ALT+SHFT)
CTRL+n/CMD+n New Document CTRL+o/CMD+o Open CTRL+ALT+o/CMD+OPT+o Open in Camera Raw CTRL+w/CMD+w Close CTRL+ALT+w/ CMD+OPT+w Close All CTRL+s/CMD+s Save CTRL+ALT+s/CMD+OPT+s Save As CTRL+ALT+SHFT+s/ CMD+OPT+SHFT+s Save For Web CTRL+p/CMD+p Close CTRL+ALT+p/ CMD+OPT+p Contact Sheet
CTRL+t/CMD+t Transform CTRL+ALT+i/ CMD+OPT+i Image Size CTRL+ALT+c/ CMD+OPT+c Canvas Size F1 Photoshop Help
CTRL+z/CMD+z Undo CTRL+y/CMD+y Redo SHFT+ALT+a/ CMD+OPT+a Revert File CTRL+x/CMD+x Cut CTRL+c/CMD+c Copy CTRL+ALT+c/ CMD+OPT+c Copy Merged CTRL+v/CMD+v Paste CTRL+ALT+v/ CMD+OPT+v Paste Into Selection CTRL+ALT+k/ CMD+OPT+k Color Settings
CTRL+ALT+m/ CMD+OPT+m Smart Fix CTRL+SHFT+m/ CMD+SHFT+m Adjust Smart Fix CTRL+ALT+t/ CMD+OPT+t Auto Smart Tone CTRL+ALT+a/ CMD+OPT+a Haze CTRL+ALT+z/ CMD+OPT+z Haze Removal CTRL+ALT+b/ CMD+OPT+b Auto Color Correction CTRL+u/CMD+u Hue/Saturation CTRL+ALT+u/ CMD+OPT+u Remove Color
CTRL+l/CMD+l Levels CTRL+SHFT+l/ CMD+SHFT+l Auto Levels CTRL+ALT+SHFT+l/ CMD+ALT+SHFT+l Auto Contrast CTRL+ALT+r/ CMD+OPT+r Red Eye Fix CTRL+ALT+b/ CMD+OPT+b Convert to B&W
CTRL+SHFT+n/CMD+SHFT+n New Layer CTRL+SHFT+j/CMD+SHFT+j New Layer via Copy CTRL+SHFT+j/CMD+SHFT+j New Layer via Cut CTRL+g/CMD+g Group Layers CTRL+ALT+g/CMD+OPT+g Ungroup Layers CTRL+,/CMD+, Hide Layers CTRL+]/CMD+] Bring Forward CTRL+SHFT+]/CMD+SHFT+] Bring to Front CTRL+[]/CMD+[ Send Backward CTRL+SHFT+[/CMD+SHFT+[ Send to Back CTRL+]/CMD+e Merge Down CTRL+SHFT+e/CMD+SHFT+e Merge Visible
CTRL+a/CMD+a Select All CTRL+d/CMD+d Deselect CTRL+SHFT+i/ CMD+SHFT+i Select Inverse CTRL+,/CMD+, Hide Layers CTRL+ALT+d/ CMD+OPT+d Feather CTRL+f/CMD+f Repeat Last Filter
CTRL+=/CMD+= Zoom In CTRL+-/CMD+- Zoom Out CTRL+0/CMD+0 Fit on Screen CTRL+1/CMD+1 View @ 100% CTRL+h/CMD+h Selection CTRL+SHFT+r/ CMD+SHFT+r View Rulers CTRL+’/CMD+’ View Grid CTRL+;/CMD+; View Guides CTRL+SHFT+;/ CMD+SHFT+; Lock Guides
CTRL+m/CMD+m Minimize (Hide App) F2: Effects F3: Filters F4: Show/Hide Tools F5: Show/Hide Photo Bin F6: Styles F7: Graphics F8: Info F9: Show/Hide Histogram F10: Show/Hide History Panel F11: Show/Hide Layers Panel F12: Show/Hide Navigator Panel
A NOTE ON F-KEYS FOR MAC If you press an F-Key and it invokes your computer commands instead of Photoshop Elements commands, you may need to adjust your system settings to allow PSE to use the F-Keys. For example, if you press F6 and it adjusts your monitor brightness instead of bringing up the Styles menu, then PSE needs permission to override the system F-key settings. Here is a tutorial on how to do that. Some users find that holding in the FN key when pressing the F-Key can also work. MAC: Function Keys Don’t Work in Adobe Applications | Mac OS
EVEN MORE SHORTCUTS
•
LAYERS PANEL •
Move a layer up and down the stack with CTRL/CMD+ [ or ].
•
Move a layer to the very top or very bottom of a stack with CTRL+SHFT+[ or ] (CMD+SHFT+[ or ]).
•
Select the previous or next layer in the stack with ALT/ OPT+[ or ].
•
Duplicate a layer in the stack by holding the ALT/OPT key and drag up or down.
•
Fill selection/layer with foreground/background color: ALT+Backspace/CTRL+Backspace (OPT+Delete/ CMD+Delete)
•
Pressing DELETE with a layer selected deletes the layer.
•
While renaming a layer, hit the TAB key to go to the next layer.
•
Clip a layer to the one beneath by holding in the ALT/ OPT key and hovering your mouse between the layers. Then click when the cursor changes.
•
Cycle through blending modes with SHIFT+plus or SHIFT+minus.
•
Merge visible layers with CTRL+SHFT+e (CMD+SHFT+e). Merge down with CTRL+e (CMD+e).
•
Copy masks or layer effects from one layer to another by holding in the ALT/OPT key and dragging the mask/fx icon to another layer.
•
BLENDING MODES •
Normal: SHFT+ALT+N | SHFT+OPT+N
•
Dissolve SHFT+ALT+ I | SHFT+OPT+I
•
Hard Light SHFT+ALT+H | SHFT+OPT+H
•
Vivid Light Shift + Alt + V | Shift + Option +V
•
Linear Light Shift + Alt + J | Shift + Option + J
•
Darken SHFT+ALT+ K | SHFT+OPT+K
•
Multiply SHFT+ALT+M | SHFT+OPT+M
•
•
Color Burn SHFT+ALT+B | SHFT+OPT+B
Pin Light Shift + Alt + Z | Shift + Option + Z
•
Linear Burn SHFT+ALT+A | SHFT+OPT+A
Hard Mix Shift + Alt + L | Shift + Option +L
•
Difference Shift + Alt + E | Shift + Option +E
•
Exclusion Shift + Alt + X | Shift + Option +X
•
Hue Shift + Alt + U | Shift + Option + U
•
•
Lighten SHFT+ALT+G | SHFT+OPT+G
•
Screen SHFT+ALT+S | SHFT+OPT+S
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Color Dodge SHFT+ALT+D | SHFT+OPT+D
•
Linear Dodge SHFT+ALT+W | SHFT+OPT+W
•
Saturation Shift + Alt + T | Shift + Option +T
•
Overlay SHFT+ALT+O | SHFT+OPT+O
•
Color Shift + Alt + C | Shift + Option + C
•
Soft Light SHFT+ALT+F | SHFT+OPT+F
•
Luminosity Shift + Alt + Y | Shift + Option + Y
•
BRUSHES •
Lock transparent pixels on/off: / (forward slash)
•
Decrease/increase brush size: [ or ]
•
Decrease/increase brush softness/hardness in 25% increments: Shift + [ or ]
•
Select previous/next brush size: , (comma) or . (period)
•
Display precise cross hair for brushes: Caps Lock
•
TEXT •
Align text left/centerright or top/center/bottom: CTRL+SHFT+ L, C, or R | CMD+SHFT+ L, C, or R
•
Decrease or increase type size of selected text by 1 pt: CTRL+SHFT+< or > | CMD+SHFT+< or >
•
Decrease or increase type size of selected text by 5 pt: CTRL+ALT+SHFT+< or > | CMD+OPT+SHFT+< or >
•
SELECTING/MOVING OBJECTS •
Hold in the spacebar when drawing with a selection tool to reposition the selection
•
Hold in the SHIFT key to make a perfect square/ circle.
•
Move 1 pixel with the move tool by using the up/ down/left/right arrow keys.
•
Make a copy of your layer by holding in the ALT/ OPT key and pressing the up/down arrow keys.
•
INTERFACE •
TAB will hide the panels and menus. TAB again to reveal them.
•
Cycle through open documents with CTRL+TAB/ CMD+~ or CTRL+SHFT+TAB/CMD+SHFT+~.
•
RIGHT+CLICK on selections, transform, layers, etc., for quick access to relevant options.
•
Step forward with CTRL+SHFT+z (CMD+SHFT+z) or backward with CTRL+ALT+z (CMD+OPT+z).
FAQS •
Can I create my own hotkeys or remap keystrokes in Photoshop Elements? •
•
Unfortunately, no. The full version of Photoshop allows that feature, but Elements does not.
This is so overwhelming? How should I start? •
Read through the key commands and pick out about 5 things you do all the time. Write them down and practice using them. Once they make their way into your muscle memory, pick 5 more. Key commands are tools; use them only if they work for you!
PRODUCTS USED •
Key To My Heart Kit by Wendyzine & Rosey Posey
ADDITIONAL REFERENCE See Chapter 15 in this document from Adobe.
FEATURED PRODUCTS Key To My Heart Bundle by Wendyzine & Rosey Posey
EXCLUSIVE CLASS COUPON Save an extra 10% off your first purchase @ Wendyzine Scraps. Enter WZ_NAODS2018 on the VIEW CART screen before checkout.
Q&A What questions do you have?
CONTACT WENDY Email: [email protected] Website: https://wendyzinescraps.com/ Store: Oscraps Newsletter: http://eepurl.com/bifcLX
