Adobe Photoshop Elements

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Elliptical marquee
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Click and hold to access hidden tools
(M) Marquee Move (V) Lasso
Polygonal lasso
(L) Lasso Magic wand (W) Magnetic lasso
(C) Crop Type (T)
Horizontal type
(U) Custom shape Gradient (G) Vertical type

(J) Airbrush Paintbrush (B) Create a text mask or selection*

Create a text layer*
(K) Paint bucket Pencil (N)
Rectangle
(E) Eraser Impressionist brush (A) Rounded rectangle
Ellipse
(R) Blur Sharpen (P) Polygon
Line
(Q) Sponge Smudge (F)
Custom shape
(Y) Red eye brush Dodge (O) Shape selection

(S) Clone stamp Eyedropper (I) Eraser

Background eraser
(H) Hand Zoom (Z)
Magic eraser
Switch colors (X)
Foreground color Dodge
Background color Burn
(D) Default colors

Clone stamp
Pattern stamp
Linear gradient*
Radial gradient*
Diamond gradient*
Reflected gradient*
Angle gradient*

Toolbar shortcuts * Tools appear in options bar only.

• Press shortcut key (in parentheses) to select tool.
• Alt + click tool or + press shortcut key to cycle through hidden tools.
• Ctrl + Tab to cycle through open documents.
• Right-click on image to display context-sensitive menu.
• Press Caps Lock to use precise cross hair for brushes.
• Press Enter to close a magnetic lasso selection, or press Esc to cancel the operation.
• Press to constrain dragging or drawing to straight line or multiples of 45º.

The Quick Reference in online Help contains all shortcuts not shown on menus, including shortcuts
for the 3D Transform and Hue/Saturation dialog boxes.

Shift
Key
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Viewing
R ES U L T AC TION RESUL T AC TIO N
Fits image on screen Double-click , or Ctrl + Ø (zero) Shows/Hides selection of pixels, shapes, Ctrl + H
or type
100% magnification Double-click , or Alt + Ctrl + Ø (zero)
Scrolls image with hand tool Spacebar + drag, or drag view area box in
Zooms in or out Ctrl + or Navigator palette
or Ctrl + spacebar, or Alt + spacebar Scrolls up or down 1 screen Page Up or Page Down*
Keeps zoom percentage box active + Enter in Navigator palette Scrolls up or down 10 units + Page Up or Page Down*
Zooms in on specified area of an image Ctrl + drag over preview in Navigator Moves view to upper left corner or lower Home or End
palette right corner
*
Hold down Ctrl to scroll left (Page Up) or right (Page Down).

Selecting and moving objects

R ES U L T AC TION RESUL T AC TIO N
Repositions marquee or shape while select- Any marquee tool + spacebar + drag Switches from to Alt + drag
ing or drawing
Switches from to Alt + click
Adds to or subtracts from selection Any selection tool + or Alt + drag
Moves copy of selection or shape + Alt + drag selection
Intersects a selection Any selection tool + + Alt + drag *
Moves selection area or shape 1 pixel Any selection +
Constrains marquee or shape to square + drag *
or circle Moves selection, shape, or layer 1 pixel +
*
Draws marquee or shape from center Alt + drag Moves layer 1 pixel when nothing selected Ctrl +
on layer
Constrains shape and draws marquee from + Alt + drag
center Increases or decreases detection width + [ or ]
Ctrl (except when or any shape tool is Accepts cropping or exits cropping + Enter or Esc
selected) *
Hold down to move 10 pixels.

Painting
R ES U L T AC TION RESUL T AC TIO N
Any painting tool or shape tool + Alt Fills selection/layer with foreground or Alt + (Backspace or Delete), or Ctrl +
(except impressionist brush) background color (Backspace or Delete)
Selects background color + Alt + click Displays Fill dialog box + Backspace
Sets opacity, pressure, or exposure for Any painting or editing tool + number keys Locks transparent pixels on/off /
painting mode (e.g., 0 = 100%, 1 = 10%, 4 then 5 in quick
succession = 45%) Connects points with a straight line Any painting tool + + click
Cycles through blending modes +
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Type Editing
R ES U L T AC TION RESUL T AC TIO N
Moves type in image Ctrl + drag type when Type is selected Designates new origin over existing type + click
Aligns left, center, or right + + Ctrl + L, C, or R Selects word or line Double-click or triple-click
Aligns top, center, or bottom + + Ctrl + L, C, or R Shows/Hides selection on selected type Ctrl + H
Selects 1 character left/right or 1 line + , Toggles Underlining on/off + Ctrl + U
down/up, or 1 word left/right or + Ctrl +
Toggles Strikethrough on/off + Ctrl + /
Selects characters from insertion point to + click
mouse click point Decreases/increases type size of selected + Ctrl + < >*
text 2 pts./px.
Moves 1 character left/right, 1 line , , or Ctrl +
*Hold down Alt to decrease/increase 10x.
down/up, or 1 word left/right

Brushes pop-up palette Swatches palette Free Transform Info palette

• Click in empty area of palette creates new • Alt transforms from center. • Click eyedropper icon changes color
• Alt + click brush deletes brush.
swatch from foreground color. • constrains to original aspect ratio. readout modes.
• Double-click brush renames brush.
• Ctrl + click swatch deletes swatch. • Ctrl distorts. • Click cross-hair icon changes
• [ or ] decreases/increases brush size.
• Alt + click swatch selects background color. • + Ctrl skews. measurement units.
• + [ or ] decreases/increases brush soft-
• + click swatch replaces color with • + Ctrl + Alt changes perspective.
ness/hardness in 25% increments.
foreground color. • Enter applies. Common palette shortcuts
• Ctrl + or Esc cancels. • Tab shows/hides all palettes, toolbox,
shortcuts, and options bar.
• + Tab shows/hides all palettes except
the toolbox, shortcuts, and options bar.

History palette Tool options bar

A. States of the image, from first to most Create new shape layer
recent; Add to selection/shape area ( + drag)
Ctrl + Y steps forward; Exclude overlapping shape areas (Shape tools only)
Ctrl + Z steps backward; A Intersect selection/shape area ( + Alt)
Ctrl + Alt + Z toggles current and last. Subtract from selection/shape area (Alt + drag)
B. Drag slider moves selection Boolean features work with all selection and shape tools.
between states.
Commit Cancel
B
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Liquify Image Other Liquify Image shortcuts

toolbox shortcuts • Alt + tool reverses direction for shift pixels and
reflect tools. A
Warp tool (W) • in Brush Size and Pressure text box
Twirl clockwise tool (R) decreases/increases brush pressure by 1;
Twirl counterclockwise tool (L)
with Brush Size and Pressure Slider B J
Pucker tool (P)
showing decreases/increases brush pressure
K
by 1; C
Bloat tool (B) L
Hold down decreases / increases 10x.
Shift pixels tool (S) • [ or ] decreases or increases brush size. D
Reflection tool (M)
E M
Reconstruct tool (E)
N
F
O
G P

H I

Blending Mode N Layers palette N. + click toggles layer mask on/off;

All the shortcuts are + Alt +the letter. I \ (backslash), or + Alt + click toggles
A. Layer lock options (from left to right);
M rubylith mode for layer mask on/off;
S Transparency, All;
Blending mode tool shortcuts O / (forward slash) toggles lock transparency for Alt + click toggles layer mask and composite
F image.
• + + Alt + D to desaturate. H target layer, or last applied lock.
• + + Alt + S to saturate. B. Links/unlinks to/from target layer. O. Alt + click groups/ungroups with/from
D
B previous layer.
• + + Alt + S to dodge/burn C. Indicates active paint layer.
shadows. K P. Double-click for Layer Properties dialog box.
G D. Shows/Hides layer;
• + + Alt + M to dodge/burn E Alt + click shows this layer only/shows all layers .
midtones. X Layers menu shortcuts
E. Double-click selects all type and temporarily
U • Alt + Merge Down copies current layer to
• + + Alt + H to dodge/burn T selects type tool.
highlights. C layer below.
F. Indentation indicates a grouped layer; icon
Y • Alt + Merge Visible copies all visible layers to
• + Alt + R to clear (Paint bucket tool only) points to the clipping layer.
active layer.
• + Alt + Q to paint behind (Paintbrush G. Ctrl + click thumbnail loads as selection;
tool only) • Alt + Merge Linked copies visible linked layers
+ Ctrl + click thumbnail adds to current
to active layer.
selection;
Alt + Ctrl + click thumbnail subtracts from
current selection; Other layer shortcuts
+ Alt + Ctrl + click intersects with current • + Alt + [ or ] activates bottom/top layer.
selection. • Alt + [ or ] selects next layer down/up.
H. Creates new fill/adjustment layer. • Ctrl + [ or ] moves target layer down/up.
I. Creates new empty layer; • + Alt + Ctrl + E merges a copy of all visible
Alt + click creates new empty layer with dialog; layers into target layer.
Ctrl + click creates new layer below target layer. • Ctrl + E merges down.
J. Links/unlinks layer to/from layer mask/layer • + Ctrl + E merges visible.
shape. • + Ctrl + [ or ] brings target layer to top or
K. Double-click to edit style settings options. bottom of palette.
L. + click disables/enables layer clipping path.
M. Indicates New Fill or Adjustment layer.

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