PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS 6

Shortcuts for the Organizer

Navigating

Move selection up/down/left/right

Up Arrow/Down Arrow/Left Arrow/Right Arrow

Move up without changing selection

Page Up

Move down without changing selection

Page Down

Select first item and scroll view to it. (In Date view, selects first item in Year, Month, or Day view

Home

Select last item and scroll view to it. (In Date view, selects last item in Year, Month, or Day view.

End

Select multiple contiguous items

Shift + Up Arrow/Down Arrow/Left Arrow/Right Arrow

Show full-sized thumbnail of selected photo

Enter

Move through controls

Tab

Select control

Spacebar

Viewing Photos (Photo Browser)

Full Screen view

F11

Side by side view

F12

Exit Full Screen or Side by Side view

Esc

View/hide details

Ctrl + D

View/hide Timeline

Ctrl + L

Collapse all tags

Ctrl + Alt +T

Expand all tags

Ctrl + Alt + X

Expand photos in stack

Ctrl + Alt + R

Viewing The Calendar (Date View)

Go to subset View (year > month > day)

+ or =

Go to Superset view (day > month > year)

- or _

Move to previous photo on a selected day

,

Move to next photo on a selected day

.

Start automatic sequencing in Day view

Enter

Go to Day view when in Month/year view

Enter

Move to next day/month/year in calendar

]

Move to previous day/month/year in calendar

[

Editing Photos (Photo Browser)

Undo last operation

Ctrl = Z

Redo last operation

Ctrl + Y

Copy

Ctrl + C

Select all

Ctrl + A

Deselect

Ctrl + Shift + A

Rotate 90 degrees left

Ctrl + Left Arrow

Rotate 90 degrees right

Ctrl + right Arrow

Edit in the Editor (Full Edit)

Ctrl + I

Display Properties palette

Alt + Enter

Adjust date and time of photo

Ctrl + J

Add caption

Ctrl + Shift + T

Update thumbnails

Ctrl + Shift + U

Set photo as desktop wallpaper

Ctrl + Shift + W

Open Color Settings dialog box

Ctrl + Alt + G

Zoom in

Ctrl + + (plus sign)

Zoom out

Ctrl + - (minus sign)

OK

Enter

Cancel

Esc

Finding Photos

Set data range

Ctrl + Alt + F

Clear date range

Ctrl + Shift + F

Find by caption or note

Ctrl + Shift + J

Find by filename

Ctrl + Shift + K

Find photos with unknown

Ctrl + Shift + X

Find untagged items

Ctrl + Shift + Q

Shortcuts for the Editor

Viewing Images (Full Edit)

Cycle forward through open documents

Ctrl + Tab

Cycle backward through open documents

Ctrl + Shift + Tab

Fit image in window

Ctrl + O (or double-click hand tool)

Magnify 100%

Ctrl + Alt + O (or double-click the zoom tool)

Switch to Hand tool (when not in text-edit mode)

Spacebar

Switch to Zoom In tool

Ctrl + Spacebar

Switch to Zoom Out tool

Spacebar + Alt

Response zoom marquee while dragging

Spacebar-drag

Zoom in on specified area of an image

Ctrl-drag over preview in Navigator palette

Scroll up or down 1 screen

Page Up or Page Down

Scroll up or down 10 units

Shift + Page Up or Page Down

Scroll left or right 1 screen

Ctrl + Page Up or Page Down

Scroll left or right 10 units

Ctrl+Shift + Page Up or Page Down

Move view to upper-left corner or lower-right corner

Home or End

Selecting Tools

Cycle through tools that have the same keyboard shortcut

Shift-press keyboard shortcut (preference setting, Use Shift Key for Tool Switch, must be enabled)

Cycle through nested tools

Alt-click tool

Move tool

V

Zoom tool

Z

Hand tool

H

Eyedropper tool

I

Rectangular Marquee tool

M

Elliptical Marquee tool

Lasso tool

L

Magnetic Lasso tool

Polygonal Lasso tool

Magic wand tool

W

Selection Brush tool (or Quick Selection tool)

A

Horizontal Type tool

T

Vertical Type tool

Horizontal Type Mask tool

Vertical Type Mask tool

Crop tool

C

Cookie Cutter tool

Q

Straighten tool

P

Red Eye Removal tool

Y

Spot Healing Brush tool

J

Healing Brush tool

Clone Stamp tool

S

Pattern Stamp tool

Pencil tool

N

Eraser tool

E

Background Eraser tool

Magic tool

Brush tool

B

Impressionist Brush

Color Replacement tool

Paint Bucket tool

K

Gradient tool

G

Rectangle tool

U

Rounded Rectangle tool

Ellipse tool

Polygon tool

Line tool

Custom Shape tool

Shape Selection tool

Blur tool

O

Dodge tool

Burn tool

Show/hide all palettes (not including Artwork and affects, and Layers palette)

Tab

Default foreground and background colors

D

Switch foreground and background colors

X

Selecting and Moving Objects

Deselect a selection

Ctrl + D

Reposition marquee while selecting

Spacebar-drag

Add to or subtract from a selection

Any selection tool + Shift or Alt-drag

Intersect a selection

Any selection tool + Shift or Alt-drag

Constrain marquee to square or circle (if no other selections are active)

Shift-drag

Draw marquee from center (if no other selections are active)

Alt-drag

Constrain shape and draw marquee from center

Shift + Alt-drag

Switch to move tool

Ctrl (except when Hand or any shape tool is selected)

Switch from magnetic Lasso to Polygonal Lasso tool

Alt-click and drag

Delete last anchor point for Magnetic or Polygonal Lasso tool

Delete

Apply/cancel an operation of the Magnetic Lasso tool

Enter/Esc

Move copy of selection

Move tool + Alt-drag selection

Move selection area 1 pixel

Any selection + Right Arrow, Left Arrow, Up Arrow, or Down Arrow

Move selection 1 pixel

Move selection + Right Arrow, Left Arrow, Up arrow, or Down Arrow

Move layer 1 pixel when nothing selected on layer

Ctrl = Right Arrow, Left Arrow, Up Arrow, or Down Arrow

Increase/decrease detection width

Magnet Lasso tool + [ or ]

Accept cropping or exit cropping

Crop tool + Enter or Esc

Toggle crop shield off and on

/ (forward slash)

Magic Extractor dialog box

Foreground brush

B

Straighten tool

P

Point Eraser

E

Add To Selection tool

A

Remove From Selection tool

D

Healing brush tool

J

Zoom tool

Z

Hand tool

H

Transforming Selections

Transforming from center of reflect

Alt

Constrain

Shift

Distort

Ctrl

Skew

Ctrl + Shift

Changing perspective

Ctrl + Shift + Alt

Apply

Enter

Cancel

Esc or Ctrl + . (period)

Painting and Brushes

Switch to eyedropper tool

Any painting or editing tool + Alt (except Impressionist Brush)

Select background color

Eyedropper tool + Alt-click

Set opacity, tolerance, or exposure for painting

Any painting or editing tool + number keys (for example 0 = 100%, 1 = 10%, 4 & 5 in succession = 45%

Cycle through blends modes

Shift + + (plus) or - (minus)

Fill selection/layer with foreground or background color

Alt + Backspace, or Ctrl + Backspace

Display Fill dialog box

Shift + Backspace

Lock transparent pixels on/off

/ (forward)

Connect points with a straight line (draw a straight line)

Any painting tool + Shift-click

Delete brush

Alt-click brush

Decrease/increase brush size

[ or ]

Decrease/increase brush softness/hardness in 25% increments

Shift + [ or ]

Select previous/next brush size

, (comma) or . (period)

Select first/last brush

Shift + , (comma) or . (period)

Display precise cross hair for brushes

CAPS LOCK

Using Text

Move type in image

Ctrl-drag type when Type layer is selected

Select 1 character left/right or 1 line down/up, or 1 word left/right

Shift + Left Arrow/Right Arrow or Down Arrow/Up Arrow, or Ctrl + Shift + Left Arrow/Right Arrow

Select character from insertion point to mouse click point

Shift-click

Move 1 character left/right, 1 line down/up, or 1 word left/right

Left Arrow/Right Arrow, Down Arrow/Up Arrow, or Ctrl +Left Arrow/Right Arrow

Select word, line, or paragraph

Double-click, triple-click, or quadruple-click

Scale and skew text within a bounding box when resizing

Ctrl-drag a bounding box handle

Align left, center, or right

Horizontal Type tool or Horizontal Type Mask tool + Ctrl + Shift + L, C, or R

Align top, center, or bottom

Vertical Type tool or Vertical Type Mask tool + Ctrl + Shift + L, C, or R

Return to default font style

Ctrl + Shift + Y

Turn Underlining on/off

Ctrl + Shift + U

Turn Strikethrough on/off

Ctrl + Shift + / (forward slash)

Decrease or increase type size of selected text pts/px

Ctrl + Shift + < or >

Layers Palette

Set layer options

Alt-click New button

Delete without confirmation

Alt-click Trash button

Apply value and keep text box active

Shift + Enter

Load layer transparency as a selection

Ctrl-click layer thumbnail

Add to current selection

Ctrl + Shift-click layer

Subtract from current selection

Ctrl + Alt-click layer thumbnail

Intersect with current selection

Ctrl + Shift + Alt-click layer thumbnail

Merge visible layers

Ctrl + Shift + E

Create new empty layer with dialog

Alt-click New Layer button

Create new layer below target layer

Ctrl-click New Layer button

Activate bottom/top layer

Shift + Alt + [ or ]

Select next layer down/up

Alt + [ or ]

Move target layer down/up

Ctrl + [ or ]

Merge a copy of all visible layers into target layer

Ctrl + Shift + Alt + E

Merge down

Ctrl + E

Copy current layer to layer below

Alt + Merge Down command from the palette pop-up menu

Copy all visible layers to active layer

Alt + Merge Visible command from the palette pop-up menu

Copy visible linked layers to active layer

Alt + Merge Linked command from the palette pop-up menu

Show/hide all other currently visible layers

Alt-click the eye icon

Toggle lock transparency for target layer, or last applied lock

/ (forward slash)

Edit layer properties

Double-click layer thumbnail

Select all text; temporarily select Type tool

Double-click text layer thumbnail

Create a clipping mask

Alt-click the line dividing two layers

Rename layer

Double-click the layer name

Blending Modes

Cycle through blending modes

Shift + + (plus) or - (minus)

Normal

Shift + Alt + N

Dissolve

Shift + Alt + I

Behind

Shift + Alt + Q

Clear

Shift + Alt + R

Darken

Shift + Alt + K

Multiply

Shift + Alt + M

Color Burn

Shift + Alt + B

Linear Burn

Shift + Alt + A

Lighten

Shift + Alt + G

Screen

Shift + Alt + S

Color Dodge

Shift + Alt + D

Linear Dodge

Shift + Alt + W

Overlay

Shift + Alt + O

Soft Light

Shift + Alt + F

Hard Light

Shift + Alt + H

Vivid Light

Shift + Alt + V

Linear Light

Shift + Alt + J

Pin Light

Shift + Alt + Z

Hard Mix

Shift + Alt + L

Difference

Shift + Alt + E

Exclusion

Shift + Alt + X

Hue

Shift + Alt + U

Saturation

Shift + Alt + T

Color

Shift + Alt + C

Luminosity

Shift + Alt + Y

Info Palette

Change color readout modes

Click eyedropper icon

Change measurement

Click cross-hair icon

Color Swatches Palette

Create new swatch from foreground color

Click in empty area of palette

Select background color

Control-click swatch

Delete color

Alt-click swatch

Showing or Hiding Palettes (Full Edit)

Open Help

F1

Show/Hide Content palette

F7

Show/Hide Info palette

F8

Show/Hide Histogram palette

F9

Show/Hide Undo History palette

F10

Show/Hide Layers palette

F11

Show/Hide Navigator palette

F12

Filter Gallery

Apply a new filter on top of selected

Alt-click on a filter

Open/close all disclosure triangles

Alt-click on a disclosure triangle

Change Cancel button to Default

Ctrl

Change Cancel button to Reset

Alt

Undo/redo

Ctrl + Z

Step forward

Ctrl + Shift + Z

Step backward

Ctrl + Alt + Z

Liquify

Warp tool

W

Turbulence tool

A

Twirl Clockwise tool

R

Twirl Counter Clockwise tool

L

Pucker tool

P

Bloat tool

B

Shift Pixels tool

S

Reflection tool

M

Reconstruct tool

E

Zoom tool

Z

Hand tool

H

Photomerge Panorama

Select Image tool

A

Rotate Image tool

R

Set Vanishing Point tool (Perspective option selected)

V

Zoom tool

Z

Switch to Hand tool

Spacebar

Step backward

Ctrl + Z

Step forward

Ctrl + Shift + Z

Move selected image 1 pixel

Right Arrow, Left Arrow, Up Arrow, or Down Arrow

Change Cancel button to Reset

Alt

Show individual image border

Alt-move pointer over image

Camera Raw Dialog Box

Display highlights that will be clipped in Preview

Alt-drag Exposure or Blacks sliders

Enable Open Copy button in the Camera Raw dialog box

Alt