Tuesday Tip!

I don’t know how many of you are like me- but when I scrapbook, I like to be able to do things quickly. I mean most people do right?? So I have come to love the quick keys in Photoshop Elements. I have found that things can be done much more efficiently if I don’t have to use the mouse to make every step. So today I have a small list of shortcut keys I use all the time.

First learn and get familiar with each of the tools and the shortcut keys assigned to each- here a a small few that I use all the time:
Crop Tool: C
Eraser Tool: E
Hand Tool: H
Eyedropper Tool: I
Quick Mask- or Cookie Cutter Tool: Q
Type Tool: T
Shape Tool: U
Move Tool: V
Zoom Tool: Z

Now here are a few others that are very useful-
New Layer: shift + ctrl + N
Duplicate Layer: ctrl + J
Group Layer: ctrl + G
Ungroup Layer: shift + ctrl + G
Merge Layer: ctrl +E
At any time if you need to see the keyboard commands: ctrl + alt + shift + K

The alpha keys do not have to be capitalized when using them- I just capitalized so that you could see the letter well. Now if you are interested in a full list, I found an amazing website that has a file you can download or print with any possible quick key you could ever want. A very useful list!! You can find lists for Photoshop Elements and Photoshop CS.

Photoshop Keyboard Shortcuts

Hopefully you found something useful, and maybe learned a thing or two. Have a wonderful day!!