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December 5, 2007

Useful Shortcuts in Adobe Photoshop Elements 5

As a computer power user, I like to make my computer experience as fast as I can. One of the ways that I do that is to maximize my use of program shortcuts. Today I provide a list of common shortcuts for Adobe Photoshop Elements 5, many of which can be used in other versions of Photoshop programs.

Tools (Pressing the shortcut key multiple times rotates between tool variations):

V - Move
Z - Zoom
M - Marquee
L - Lasso
T - Type
C - Crop
J - Spot Healing Brush
B - Brush
K - Paint Bucket
O - Sponge Tool

Palette and other shortcuts:

D - Default foreground and background colours
X - Switch foreground with background colour
[ - Smaller brush size
] - Larger brush size
Shift [ - softer brush
Shift } - harder brush
F11 - Show/Hide Layers palette (F7 in Photoshop)
CTRL + - Zoom in
CTRL - - Zoom out
CTRL D - Deselect
CTRL Shift I - Invert selection
CTRL H - Hide/show elements including grid lines, guides and selection outlines

These are the shortcuts I use most of the time in my workflow. You may find other shortcuts (there are many) that you find useful.

Until next time, happy shooting.

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