Adobe Photoshop Elements: The most important shortkeys
If you want to save yourself the long search in the Photoshop Elements menus, you are well advised with shortkeys. We give you an overview of the most useful key combinations.
Shortkeys for Photoshop Elements: File menu
- Open: Ctrl + O
- New: Ctrl + N
- Save: Ctrl + S
- Close: Ctrl + W
- Print: Ctrl + P
- Exit: Ctrl + Q
Shortkeys for Photoshop Elements: edit
- Undo: Ctrl + Z
- Repeat: Ctrl + Y
- Copy: Ctrl + C
- Cut: Ctrl + X
- Paste: Ctrl + V
- Transform freely: Ctrl + T
Shortkeys for Photoshop Elements: practical tricks
- Loupe function: Ctrl + Plus zooms in, Ctrl + Minus zooms out
- View full picture: Ctrl + 0 [zero]
- Activate the hand function: Hold down the space bar and move the image using the mouse button
- Select all: Ctrl + A
- Clear selection: Ctrl + D
Shortkeys for Photoshop Elements: image editing
- Levels: Ctrl + L
- Color balance: Ctrl + B
- Contrast: Ctrl + U
- Invert: Ctrl + I
- Remove red eyes: Ctrl + R
- Intelligent auto correction: Ctrl + Alt + M
Shortkeys for Photoshop Elements: tools
- Move: V
- Lasso: L
- Magic wand: W
- Airbrush: J
- Brush: B
- Eraser: E
- Soft focus: R
- Text: T
- Hand: H
- Zoom: Z
Shortkeys for Photoshop Elements: layers
- New layer: Ctrl + Shift + N
- Layer by copy: Ctrl + J
- Layer by cutting: Ctrl + Shift + J
- Group with the one below: Ctrl + G
- Bring Forward: Ctrl + Shift +]
- Put back: Ctrl + Shift + [
The commands mentioned work with both Windows and Mac. Please note that on Mac you have to use the Cmd instead of the Ctrl key. This practical tip shows you how you can use Photoshop with two monitors.