Develop and Edit Mode Keyboard Shortcuts
Use the following keyboard shortcuts in Develop and Edit mode.
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Edit Mode Keyboard Shortcuts
Shortcut |
Resulting Action |
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Alt + F4 |
Closes ACDSee in all modes. |
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Shift + Esc |
Minimizes ACDSee in View |
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Ctrl + Shift + Alt + S |
Opens the Customize Shortcuts dialog box, in which you can customize keyboard shortcuts. |
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Alt + O |
Opens the Options dialog box. |
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F1 |
Opens the Help file. |
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` (grave accent) |
Toggles the display of the full file path in the Status bar. |
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File Menu |
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Page Arrow Right Page Down 3 (numeric keypad) |
Opens the next image. |
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Page Arrow Left Page Up 9 (numeric keypad) |
Opens the previous image. |
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Ctrl + S |
Saves the image. |
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Ctrl + Alt + S |
Saves a copy. |
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Ctrl + Alt + E |
Opens the Export dialog. |
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Ctrl + D |
Switches to Develop mode. |
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End |
Switches to the last image in the Filmstrip. |
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Home |
Switches to the first image in the Filmstrip. |
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Esc Enter |
Switches to the previous mode. |
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Edit Menu |
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Ctrl + Y |
Redo. |
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Ctrl + Z |
Undo. |
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Ctrl + Shift + Z |
Undo all. |
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Ctrl + C |
Copy. |
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Ctrl + V |
Paste. |
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Delete |
Delete. |
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Managing |
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Alt + 0 |
Clears the color label. |
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Alt + 1 |
Assigns a red color label. |
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Alt + 2 |
Assigns a yellow color label. |
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Alt + 3 |
Assigns a green color label. |
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Alt + 4 |
Assigns a blue color label. |
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Alt + 5 |
Assigns a purple color label. |
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Ctrl + 0 |
Clears the rating. |
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Ctrl + 1 |
Assigns a rating of 1. |
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Ctrl + 2 |
Assigns a rating of 2. |
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Ctrl + 3 |
Assigns a rating of 3. |
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Ctrl + 4 |
Assigns a rating of 4. |
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Ctrl + 5 |
Assigns a rating of 5. |
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Ctrl + K |
Opens the Keywords section of the Properties pane. |
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Alt + K |
Opens the Metadata tab of the Properties pane. |
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\ (back slash) |
Tags the photo. |
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Ctrl + M |
Opens the Manage Metadata Presets dialog box. |
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Ctrl + Alt + D |
Opens the Edit Caption dialog box. |
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Viewing |
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Ctrl + Page Arrow Right |
Toggles the right pane open and closed. |
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Ctrl + Page Arrow Left |
Toggles the left pane open and closed. |
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Ctrl + Page Arrow Down |
Toggles the bottom pane open and closed. |
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/ (forward slash) |
Zooms the image to its actual size. |
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Shift + 8 * (numeric keypad asterisk) |
Fits the image to the viewing area. |
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+ (plus) |
Zooms in. |
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- (minus) |
Zoomed out. |
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F |
Displays the image full screen. |
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' |
Toggles Navigator open and closed when zoomed into the image. |
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[ |
Enables soft proofing. |
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Z |
Displays saved version of the image. |
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Page Arrow Right |
Pans right when zoomed into the image. |
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Page Arrow Left |
Pans left when zoomed into the image. |
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Down Arrow |
Pans down when zoomed into the image. |
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Up Arrow |
Pans up when zoomed into the image. |
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Customizing the Interface |
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F2 |
Toggles the Filter Menu open and closed. |
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F3 |
Toggles the Actions pane open and closed. |
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F4 Alt + Enter |
Toggles the Properties pane open and closed. |
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F5 |
Toggles the Filmstrip open and closed. |
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F6 |
Toggles the Info palette open and closed. |
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F7 Ctrl + Shift + H |
Toggles the Histogram open and closed. |
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F9 |
Toggles the Undo History pane open and closed. |
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F10 |
Toggles the Colors pane open and closed. |
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Alt + F1 |
Toggles the Toolbar open and closed. |
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Alt + F2 |
Toggles the Filters toolbar open and closed. |
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Alt + F3 |
Toggles the Actions toolbar open and closed. |
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Alt + F5 |
Toggles a full screen display of the image on your second screen open and closed. |
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Alt + F6 |
Toggles a full screen display of the file list on your second screen open and closed. |
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Selecting |
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Alt + A |
Selects all. |
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Alt + D |
Deselects. |
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Alt + I |
Inverts selection. |
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Alt + Shift + S |
Saves the selection. |
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Ctrl + Alt + L |
Creates a selection based on brightness in the image. |
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Alt + Shift + L |
Opens the Load Selection dialog box. |
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Alt + Shift + M |
Opens the Manage Selections dialog box |
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Filters |
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Y |
Opens the Red Eye Reduction tool. |
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Alt + P |
Opens the Repair tool. |
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K |
Opens the Skin Tune tool. |
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X |
Opens the Text tool. |
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Alt + W |
Opens the Watermark tool. |
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Alt + B |
Opens the Border tool. |
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V |
Opens the Vignette tool. |
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Alt + S |
Opens the Special Effects panel. |
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T |
Opens the Tilt-Shift tool. |
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Alt + G |
Opens the Grain tool. |
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Alt + R |
Opens the Rotate tool. |
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Alt + F |
Opens the Flip tool. |
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C |
Opens the Crop tool. |
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P |
Opens the Perspective Correction tool. |
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Alt + Z |
Opens the Distortion Correction tool. |
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Alt + V |
Opens the Lens Correction tool. |
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J |
Opens the Resize tool. |
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Alt + L |
Opens the Liquify tool. |
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Alt + X |
Opens the Exposure tool. |
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L |
Opens the Levels tool. |
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Alt + J |
Opens the Auto Levels tool. |
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U |
Opens the Tones Curves tool. |
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Q |
Opens the Light EQâ„¢ tool. |
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H |
Opens the Dehaze tool. |
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D |
Opens the Dodge and Burn tool. |
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A |
Opens the White Balance tool. |
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O |
Opens the Color EQ tool. |
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W |
Opens the Convert to Black & White tool. |
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Alt + T |
Opens the Split Tone tool. |
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Alt + M |
Opens the Color LUTs tool. |
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Alt + N |
Opens the Sharpen tool. |
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Alt + U |
Opens the Blur tool. |
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N |
Opens the Noise Reduction tool. |
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Alt + C |
Opens the Clarity tool. |
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I |
Opens the Detail Brush tool. |
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Alt + Y |
Opens the Chromatic Aberration tool. |
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Working Inside Filters |
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B |
Toggles Brush controls open and closed. |
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S |
Toggles the brush stroke display when working inside a filter. |
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G |
Toggles Gradient controls open and closed. |
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R |
Toggles Radial Gradient controls open and closed. |
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Spacebar |
Switches to the Hand tool when working with the Brush or Gradients inside a filter. |
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E |
Toggles the exposure warning on and off in the Exposure tool. |
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Tools |
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Ctrl + Q |
Activates the Hand tool. |
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Ctrl + Shift + R |
Activates the Rectangle tool. |
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Ctrl + Shift + E |
Activates the Elliptical tool. |
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Ctrl + Shift + L |
Activates the Line tool. |
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Ctrl + A |
Activates the Arrow tool. |
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Ctrl + Shift + P |
Activates the Polygon tool. |
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Ctrl + Shift + B |
Activates the Curve tool. |
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B |
Activates the Brush tool. |
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Ctrl + F |
Activates the Fill tool. |
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Ctrl + G |
Activates the Gradient tool. |
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Ctrl + E |
Activates the Smart Erase tool. |
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Ctrl + Shift + I |
Activates the Eyedropper tool. |
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Color Tools |
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Ctrl + [ |
Opens the Foreground Color dialog box. |
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Ctrl + ] |
Opens the Background Color dialog box. |
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Ctrl + X |
Switches the foreground and background color. |
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Selection Tools |
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Ctrl + R |
Activates the Rectangle Selection tool. |
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Ctrl + I |
Activates the Ellipse Selection tool. |
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Ctrl + L |
Activates the Lasso Selection tool. |
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Ctrl + W |
Activates the Magic Wand Selection tool. |
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Ctrl + B |
Activates the Brush Selection tool. |
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Actions |
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Ctrl + Shift + S |
Stops recording. |
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Alt + Shift + R |
Starts recording. |
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Mode Switching |
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Ctrl + F1 |
Switches to Manage mode. |
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Ctrl + F2 |
Switches to Media mode. |
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Ctrl + F3 |
Opens the image in View mode. |
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Ctrl + F4 |
Opens the image in Develop mode. |
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Ctrl + F6 |
Switches to People mode. |
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Ctrl + F7 |
Switches to 365 mode. |
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Ctrl + F8 |
Switches to Dashboard mode. |
Develop Mode Keyboard Shortcuts
Shortcut |
Resulting Action |
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Alt + F4 |
Closes ACDSee in all modes. |
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Shift + Esc |
Minimizes ACDSee in all modes. |
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Ctrl + Shift + Alt + S |
Opens the Customize Shortcuts dialog box, in which you can customize keyboard shortcuts. |
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Alt + O |
Opens the Options dialog box. |
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F1 |
Opens the Help file. |
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`(grave accent) |
Toggles the display of the full file path in the Status bar. |
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File Menu |
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Page Arrow Right Page Down 3 (numeric keypad) |
Displays the next image. |
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Page Arrow Left Page Up 9 (numeric keypad) |
Displays the previous image. |
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Ctrl + S |
Saves the image. |
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Ctrl + Alt + S |
Saves a copy. |
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Ctrl + Alt + E |
Opens the Export dialog box. |
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Ctrl + E |
Switches to Edit mode. |
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End |
Switches to the last image in the Filmstrip. |
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Home |
Switches to the first image in the Filmstrip. |
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Esc Enter |
Switches to the previous mode. |
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Edit Menu |
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Ctrl + Y |
Redo. |
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Ctrl + Z |
Undo. |
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Ctrl + Alt + C |
Opens the Copy settings dialog box. |
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Ctrl + Alt + V |
Pastes the copied settings. |
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Delete |
Delete. |
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Managing |
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Ctrl + B |
Adds the selected image to the Image Basket. |
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Alt + X |
Removes the image from the Image Basket. |
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Alt + 0 |
Clears the color label. |
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Alt + 1 |
Assigns a red color label. |
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Alt + 2 |
Assigns a yellow color label. |
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Alt + 3 |
Assigns a green color label. |
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Alt + 4 |
Assigns a blue color label. |
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Alt + 5 |
Assigns a purple color label. |
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Ctrl + 0 |
Clears the rating. |
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Ctrl + 1 |
Assigns a rating of 1. |
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Ctrl + 2 |
Assigns a rating of 2. |
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Ctrl + 3 |
Assigns a rating of 3. |
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Ctrl + 4 |
Assigns a rating of 4. |
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Ctrl + 5 |
Assigns a rating of 5. |
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Ctrl + K |
Opens the Keywords section of the Properties pane. |
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Alt + K |
Opens the Metadata tab of the Properties pane. |
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\ (back slash) |
Tags or untags the photo. |
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Ctrl + M |
Opens the Manage Metadata Presets dialog box. |
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Ctrl + Alt + D |
Opens the Edit Caption dialog box. |
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Viewing |
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[ |
Enables soft proofing. |
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Ctrl + Page Arrow Left |
Toggles the left pane open and closed. |
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Ctrl + Page Arrow Down |
Toggles the bottom pane open and closed. |
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/ (forward slash) |
Zooms the image to its actual size. |
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Shift + NUM 8 |
Scrolls up when zoomed into the image. |
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Shift + 8 |
Fits the image to the viewing area. |
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Alt + Page Arrow Right |
Fits image width to the display area. |
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Alt + Page Down |
Fits image height to the display area. |
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+ (plus) |
Zooms in. |
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- (minus) |
Zoomed out. |
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F |
Toggles full screen mode. |
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' |
Toggles Navigator open and closed when zoomed into the image. |
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Z |
Displays saved version of the image. |
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Page Arrow Right |
Pans right when zoomed into the image. |
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Page Arrow Left |
Pans left when zoomed into the image. |
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Down Arrow |
Pans down when zoomed into the image. |
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Up Arrow |
Pans up when zoomed into the image. |
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Alt + E |
Expands all tool groups. |
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Alt + C |
Collapses all tool groups. |
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Alt + A |
Toggles a setting wherein tool groups will close when others are opened to prevent the use of a scroll bar. |
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V |
Toggles the Preview open and closed. |
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H |
Toggles the Histogram open and closed. |
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Alt + Enter |
Toggles the Properties pane open and closed. |
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Ctrl + Shift + F |
Toggles the Filmstrip open and closed. |
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Ctrl + Shift + I |
Toggles the Info palette open and closed. |
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Ctrl + Shift + T |
Toggles the Develop tools open and closed. |
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P |
Toggles the Snapshots pane open and closed. |
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Alt + F5 |
Toggles a full screen display of the image on your second screen open and closed. |
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Alt + F6 |
Toggles a full screen display of the file list on your second screen open and closed. |
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Ctrl + Shift + P |
Opens the Develop Presets pane. |
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Ctrl + Shift + U F9 |
Opens the History pane. |
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Ctrl + Shift + H F7 H |
Opens the Histogram pane. |
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Mode Switching |
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Ctrl + F3 |
Opens the image in View mode. |
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Ctrl + E Shift + E Ctrl + F5 |
Opens the image in Edit mode. |
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Ctrl + F1 |
Switches to Manage mode. |
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Ctrl + F2 |
Switches to Media mode. |
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Ctrl + F6 |
Switches to People mode. |
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Ctrl + F7 |
Switches to 365 mode. |
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Ctrl + F8 |
Switches to Dashboard mode. |
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Using Develop Mode |
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B |
Toggles Brush controls open and closed. |
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I |
Inverts brush strokes. |
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1 |
Selects the first brush |
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2 |
Selects the second brush. |
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3 |
Selects the third brush. |
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4 |
Selects the fourth brush. |
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5 |
Selects the fifth brush. |
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6 |
Selects the sixth brush. |
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7 |
Selects the seventh brush. |
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Shift + 1 |
Enables the first brush. |
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Shift + 2 |
Enables the second brush. |
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Shift + 3 |
Enables the third brush. |
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Shift + 4 |
Enables the fourth brush. |
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Shift + 5 |
Enables the fifth brush. |
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Shift + 6 |
Enables the sixth brush. |
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Shift + 7 |
Enables the seventh brush. |
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G |
Toggles Gradient controls open and closed. |
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R |
Toggles Radial Gradient controls open and closed. |
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Spacebar |
Switches to the Hand tool when working with the Brush or Gradients while zoomed in. You can then use the Hand tool to pan the image. |
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E |
Toggles the exposure warning on and off when using the Exposure tool. |
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Alt + I |
Toggles the grid on and off when using the Crop tool. |
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C |
Toggles the cropped image preview when using the Crop tool. |
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Ctrl + T |
Switches to the Tune tab. |
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Ctrl + D |
Switches to the Detail tab. |
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Ctrl + G |
Switches to the Geometry tab. |
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Ctrl + R |
Switches to the Repair tab. |
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Ctrl + P |
Opens the New Snapshot dialog box. |