Develop and Edit Mode Keyboard Shortcuts

Closes ACDSee in all modes.

Minimizes ACDSee in View, Develop, and Edit mode.

Opens the Customize Shortcuts dialog box, in which you can customize keyboard shortcuts.

Opens the Options dialog box.

Opens the Help file.

Toggles the display of the full file path in the Status bar.

File Menu

Opens the next image.

Opens the previous image.

Saves the image.

Saves a copy.

Opens the Export dialog.

Switches to Develop mode.

Switches to the last image in the Filmstrip.

Switches to the first image in the Filmstrip.

Switches to the previous mode.

Edit Menu

Redo.

Undo.

Undo all.

Copy.

Paste.

Delete.

Managing

Clears the color label.

Assigns a red color label.

Assigns a yellow color label.

Assigns a green color label.

Assigns a blue color label.

Assigns a purple color label.

Clears the rating.

Assigns a rating of 1.

Assigns a rating of 2.

Assigns a rating of 3.

Assigns a rating of 4.

Assigns a rating of 5.

Opens the Keywords section of the Properties pane.

Opens the Metadata tab of the Properties pane.

Tags the photo.

Opens the Manage Metadata Presets dialog box.

Opens the Edit Caption dialog box.

Viewing

Toggles the right pane open and closed.

Toggles the left pane open and closed.

Toggles the bottom pane open and closed.

Zooms the image to its actual size.

Fits the image to the viewing area.

Zooms in.

Zoomed out.

Displays the image full screen.

Toggles Navigator open and closed when zoomed into the image.

Enables soft proofing.

Hold to display selected layer's Mask Preview

Displays saved version of the image.

Pans right when zoomed into the image.

Pans left when zoomed into the image.

Pans down when zoomed into the image.

Pans up when zoomed into the image.

Customizing the Interface

Toggles the Filter Menu open and closed.

Toggles the Actions pane open and closed.

Toggles the Properties pane open and closed.

Toggles the Filmstrip open and closed.

Toggles the Info palette open and closed.

Toggles the Histogram open and closed.

Toggles the Layers pane open and closed.

Toggles the Undo History pane open and closed.

Toggles the Colors pane open and closed.

Toggles the AI Actions pane open and closed.

Toggles the Toolbar open and closed.

Toggles the Filters toolbar open and closed.

Toggles the Actions toolbar open and closed.

Toggles a full screen display of the image on your second screen open and closed.

Toggles a full screen display of the file list on your second screen open and closed.

Toggles rulers on and off.

Enables/disables snapping to guidelines.

Clears all guidelines.

Locks guidelines in place.

Toggles guidelines on and off.

Selecting

Selects all.

Deselects.

Inverts selection.

Deletes selected pixels.

Applies Smart Erase to a selection.

Opens the Pixel Targeting panel for targeting the selection to specific colors and/or tones.

Saves the selection.

Creates a selection based on brightness in the image.

Opens the Load Selection dialog box.

Opens the Manage Selections dialog box

Opens the Overlay Options dialog box.

Filters

Opens the AI Face Edit tool.

Opens the Red Eye Reduction tool.

Opens the Repair tool.

Opens the Skin Tune tool.

Opens the Watermark tool.

Opens the Border tool.

Opens the Vignette tool.

Opens the Special Effects panel.

Opens the Tilt-Shift tool.

Opens the Grain tool.

Opens the Rotate tool.

Opens the Flip tool.

Opens the Crop tool.

Opens the Perspective Correction tool.

Opens the Distortion Correction tool.

Opens the Lens Correction tool.

Opens the Resize tool.

Opens the Liquify tool.

Opens the Exposure tool.

Opens the Levels tool.

Opens the Auto Levels tool.

Opens the Tones Curves tool.

Opens the Light EQ™ tool.

Opens the Dehaze tool.

Opens the Dodge and Burn tool.

Opens the White Balance tool.

Opens the Color EQ tool.

Opens the Convert to Black & White tool.

Opens the Split Tone tool.

Opens the Color LUTs tool.

Opens the Sharpen tool.

Opens the Blur tool.

Opens the Noise Reduction tool.

Opens the Clarity tool.

Opens the Detail Brush tool.

Opens the Chromatic Aberration tool.

Working Inside Filters

Toggles Brush controls open and closed.

Toggles the brush stroke display when working inside a filter.

Toggles Gradient controls open and closed.

Toggles Radial Gradient controls open and closed.

Switches to the Hand tool when working with the Brush or Gradients inside a filter.

Toggles the exposure warning on and off in the Exposure tool.

Layered Editor

Opens the Import image as layer dialog box.

Adds a new blank layer.

Duplicates the selected layer.

Deletes the selected layer.

Opens the Rename Layer dialog box.

Toggles the Show/Hide Layer button on and off.

Toggles the Clipping button on and off.

Merges the selected layer with the layer below it.

Merges all layers into a single image.

Shows all layers.

Hides all layers.

Applies Frequency Separation.

Rasterizes the selected text layer.

Opens the HDR dialog.

Opens the Focus Stack dialog.

Auto-aligns the selected images.

Opens the Auto-Blend dialog.

Layer Masks

Adds a white layer mask.

Adds a black layer mask.

Adds the mask to a selection.

Subtracts the mask from a selection.

Selects the area common to the mask and the selection.

Creates a mask from the selection.

Inverts the mask.

Deletes the mask.

Opens the Pixel Targeting panel, allowing you to mask specific colors and/or tones.

Pastes the image layer as a luminance mask.

Disables/enables the selected mask.

Adjustment Layers

Adds an Exposure Adjustment Layer.

Adds a Blur Adjustment Layer.

Adds a Posterize Adjustment Layer.

Adds a Curves Adjustment Layer.

Adds a Negative Adjustment Layer.

Adds a Color Adjustment Layer.

Adds a Black and White Adjustment Layer.

Adds a Threshold Adjustment Layer.

Adds a RGB Adjustment Layer.

Adds a Clarity Adjustment Layer.

Adds a Levels Adjustment Layer.

Adds a Vibrance Adjustment Layer.

Adds a Vignette Adjustment Layer.

Adds a Sharpen Adjustment Layer.

Adds a Color EQ Adjustment Layer.

Adds a Light EQ Adjustment Layer.

Adds a Gradient Map Adjustment Layer.

Adds a Skin Tune Adjustment Layer.

Adds a Photo Effect Adjustment Layer.

Adds a White Balance Adjustment Layer.

Adds a Dehaze Adjustment Layer.

Adds a Split Tone Adjustment Layer.

Adds a Noise Reduction Adjustment Layer.

Adds a Color LUT Adjustment Layer.

Tools

Activates the Hand tool.

Activates the Move tool.

Activates the Resize Canvas tool.

Activates the AI Object Selection tool.

Activates the Text tool.

Activates the Rectangle tool.

Activates the Elliptical tool.

Activates the Line tool.

Activates the Arrow tool.

Activates the Polygon tool.

Activates the Curve tool.

Activates the Brush tool.

Activates the Fill tool.

Activates the Gradient tool.

Activates the Eraser tool.

Activates the Smart Erase tool.

Activates the Eyedropper tool.

Color Tools

Opens the Foreground Color dialog box.

Opens the Background Color dialog box.

Switches the foreground and background color.

Selection Tools

Activates the Rectangle Selection tool.

Activates the Ellipse Selection tool.

Activates the Lasso Selection tool.

Activates the Magic Wand Selection tool.

Activates the Brush Selection tool.

Actions

Stops recording.

Starts recording.

Mode Switching

Switches to Manage mode.

Switches to Media mode.

Opens the image in View mode.

Opens the image in Develop mode.

Switches to People mode.

Closes ACDSee in all modes.

Minimizes ACDSee in all modes.

Opens the Customize Shortcuts dialog box, in which you can customize keyboard shortcuts.

Opens the Options dialog box.

Opens the Help file.

Toggles the display of the full file path in the Status bar.

File Menu

Displays the next image.

Displays the previous image.

Saves the image.

Saves a copy.

Opens the Export dialog box.

Switches to Edit mode.

Switches to the last image in the Filmstrip.

Switches to the first image in the Filmstrip.

Switches to the previous mode.

Edit Menu

Redo.

Undo.

Opens the Copy settings dialog box.

Pastes the copied settings.

Delete.

Managing

Adds the selected image to the Image Basket.

Removes the image from the Image Basket.

Clears the color label.

Assigns a red color label.

Assigns a yellow color label.

Assigns a green color label.

Assigns a blue color label.

Assigns a purple color label.

Clears the rating.

Assigns a rating of 1.

Assigns a rating of 2.

Assigns a rating of 3.

Assigns a rating of 4.

Assigns a rating of 5.

Opens the Keywords section of the Properties pane.

Opens the Metadata tab of the Properties pane.

Tags or untags the photo.

Opens the Manage Metadata Presets dialog box.

Opens the Edit Caption dialog box.

Viewing

Enables soft proofing.

Toggles the left pane open and closed.

Toggles the bottom pane open and closed.

Zooms the image to its actual size.

Scrolls up when zoomed into the image.

Fits the image to the viewing area.

Fits image width to the display area.

Fits image height to the display area.

Zooms in.

Zoomed out.

Toggles full screen mode.

Toggles Navigator open and closed when zoomed into the image.

Displays saved version of the image.

Pans right when zoomed into the image.

Pans left when zoomed into the image.

Pans down when zoomed into the image.

Pans up when zoomed into the image.

Expands all tool groups.

Collapses all tool groups.

Toggles a setting wherein tool groups will close when others are opened to prevent the use of a scroll bar.

Toggles the Preview open and closed.

Toggles the Histogram open and closed.

Toggles the Properties pane open and closed.

Toggles the Filmstrip open and closed.

Toggles the Info palette open and closed.

Toggles the Develop tools open and closed.

Toggles the Snapshots pane open and closed.

Toggles a full screen display of the image on your second screen open and closed.

Toggles a full screen display of the file list on your second screen open and closed.

Opens the Develop Presets pane.

Opens the History pane.

Opens the Histogram pane.

Mode Switching

Opens the image in View mode.

Opens the image in Edit mode.

Switches to Manage mode.

Switches to Media mode.

Switches to People mode.

Switches to Dashboard mode.

Using Develop Mode

Inverts brush strokes.

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.

Toggles the exposure warning on and off when using the Exposure tool.

Toggles the grid on and off when using the Crop tool.

Toggles the cropped image preview when using the Crop tool.

Switches to the Tune tab.

Switches to the Detail tab.

Switches to the Geometry tab.

Switches to the Repair tab.