Digital Scrapbooking Tips

Each tool in Photoshop and Photoshop Elements has a keyboard shortcut.  To learn the shortcut for each tool, hover the cursor over the tool in the toolbar.  The tool shortcut is displayed in brackets.  Pressing E on your keyboard, for example, changes the tool you are using to the Eraser tool.

You’ll notice that some tools have a small arrow in the bottom right corner which means that there are other tools hiding beneath it.  Click and hold these tools to reveal and select the hidden tools.

Now here’s the automagic shortcut to revealing the hidden tools.  When you are working on a project, you can navigate your way through these tools by pressing Shift + Tool Shortcut.  For example, if you press E, you’ll pick up the Eraser Tool.  If you press Shift + E, you’ll switch to the Background Eraser Tool and Shift + E again will take you to the Magic Eraser Tool.  Works like magic, but faster!