Adobe Photoshop Elements (MacOS)

Layers Panel

Subtract from current selection

Command + Option-click layer thumbnail

All hotkeys for Adobe Photoshop Elements (MacOS)

Tools
Cycle through nested tools

Option + Click tool

Tools
Move

V

Tools
Zoom

Z

Tools
Hand

H

Tools
Eyedropper

I

Tools
Rectangular Marquee

M

Tools
Elliptical Marquee

M

Tools
Lasso

L

Tools
Polygon Lasso

L

Tools
Magnetic Lasso

L

Tools
Quick Selection

A

Tools
Selection Brush

A

Tools
Magic Wand

A

Tools
Refined Selection

A

Tools
Auto Selection

A

Tools
Horizontal Type

T

Tools
Vertical Type

T

Tools
Horizontal Type Mask

T

Tools
Vertical Type Mask

T

Tools
Text on Selection

T

Tools
Text on Shape

T

Tools
Text on Path

T

Tools
Crop

C

Tools
Perspective Crop

C

Tools
Recompose

W

Tools
Cookie Cutter

C

Tools
Straighten

P

Tools
Eye

Y

Tools
Spot Healing Brush

J

Tools
Healing Brush

J

Tools
Clone Stamp

S

Tools
Pattern Stamp

S

Tools
Eraser

E

Tools
Magic Eraser

E

Tools
Background Eraser

E

Tools
Pencil

N

Tools
Brush

B

Tools
Impressionist Brush

B

Tools
Color Replacement Brush

B

Tools
Smart Brush

F

Tools
Detailed Smart Brush

F

Tools
Paint Bucket

K

Tools
Gradient

G

Tools
Custom Shape

U

Tools
Rectangle Shape

U

Tools
Rounded Rectangle Shape

U

Tools
Ellipse Shape

U

Tools
Polygon Shape

U

Tools
Star Shape

U

Tools
Line Shape

U

Tools
Shape Select

U

Tools
Blur

R

Tools
Sharpen

R

Tools
Smudge

R

Tools
Sponge

O

Tools
Dodge

O

Tools
Burn

O

Tools
Show/Hide all panels

Tab

Tools
Default forground and background colors

D

Tools
Switch forgorund and background colors

X

Text
Select characters from insertion point to mouse click point

Shift and Click

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

Arrow Keys / Command + Left Arrow/Right Arrow

Text
Select word, line, or paragraph

Double-click / Triple-click / Quadruple-click

Text
Scale and skew text within a bounding box when resizing the bounding box

Command and Drag a bounding box handle

Text
Return to default font style

Command + Shift + Y

Text
Turn Underlining on/off

Command + Shift + U

Text
Turn Strikethrough on/off

Command + Shift + /

Text
Decrease or increase type size of selected text 1 pt/px

Command + Shift + < / >

Selecting and Moving Object
Deselect a selection

Command + D

Selecting and Moving Object
Reposition marquee while selecting

Spacebar and drag

Selecting and Moving Object
Add to or subtract from a selection

Any selection tool + Shift / Option and drag

Selecting and Moving Object
Constrain marquee to square or circle (if no other selections are active)

Shift and drag

Selecting and Moving Object
Draw marquee from center (if no other selections are active)

Option and drag

Selecting and Moving Object
Constrain shape and draw marquee from center

Shift + Option and drag

Selecting and Moving Object
Switch from Magnetic Lasso tool to Polygonal Lasso tool

Option-click and drag

Selecting and Moving Object
Delete last anchor point for Magnetic or Polygonal Lasso tool

Delete

Selecting and Moving Object
Apply/cancel an operation of the Magnetic Lasso tool

Enter/Esc

Selecting and Moving Object
Move copy of selection

Move tool+ Option-drag selection

Selecting and Moving Object
Move selection area 1 pixel

Any selection + Arrow Keys

Selecting and Moving Object
Move selection 1 pixel

Move tool + Arrow Keys

Selecting and Moving Object
Move layer 1 pixel when nothing selected on layer

Command + Arrow Keys

Selecting and Moving Object
Increase/decrease detection width

Magnetic Lasso tool + [ / ]

Selecting and Moving Object
Accept cropping or exit cropping

Crop tool + Enter /Esc

Selecting and Moving Object
Toggle crop shield off and on

/

Layers Panel
Set layer options

Option-click New button

Layers Panel
Delete without confirmation

Option-click Trash button

Layers Panel
Apply value and keep text box active

Shift + Enter

Layers Panel
Load layer transparency as a selection

Command-click layer thumbnail

Layers Panel
Add to current selection

Command + Shift-click layer

Layers Panel
Subtract from current selection

Command + Option-click layer thumbnail

Layers Panel
Intersect with current selection

Command + Shift + Option-click layer thumbnail

Layers Panel
Merge visible layers

Command + Shift + E

Layers Panel
Create new empty layer with dialog

Option-click New Layer button

Layers Panel
Create new layer below target layer

Command-click New Layer button

Layers Panel
Activate bottom/top layer

Option + . / ,

Layers Panel
Select next layer down/up

Option + [ / ]

Layers Panel
Move target layer down/up

Command + [ / ]

Layers Panel
Merge a copy of all visible layers into target layer

Command + Shift + Option + E

Layers Panel
Merge down

Command + E

Layers Panel
Show/hide all other currently visible layers

Option-click the eye icon

Layers Panel
Toggle lock transparency for target layer, or last applied lock

/

Layers Panel
Select all text; temporarily select Type tool

Double-click text layer thumbnail

Layers Panel
Create a clipping mask

Option-click the line dividing two layers

Layers Panel
Rename layer

Double-click the layer name

Layers Panel
Add to layer selection in Layers panel

Shift + Option + [ / ]

Layers Panel
Copy the mask from one layer to another, and ask to replace if the mask is already present

Option + drag layer mask

Painting and Brushes
Switch to Eyedropper tool

Any painting tool or shape tool + Option

Painting and Brushes
Select background color

Eyedropper tool + Option-click

Painting and Brushes
Cycle through blending modes

Shift + + / -

Painting and Brushes
Fill selection/layer with foreground or background color

Option + Backspace / Command + Backspace

Painting and Brushes
Display Fill dialog box

Shift + Backspace

Painting and Brushes
Lock transparent pixels on/off

/

Painting and Brushes
Connect points with a straight line (draw a straight line)

Any painting tool + Shift-click

Painting and Brushes
Delete brush

Option-click brush

Painting and Brushes
Decrease/increase brush size

[ / ]

Painting and Brushes
Decrease/increase brush softness/hardness in 25% increments

Shift+ [ / ]

Painting and Brushes
Select previous/next brush size

, / .

Painting and Brushes
Select first/last brush

Shift + , / .

Painting and Brushes
Display precise cross hair for brushes

Caps Lock

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