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Elements 2024, Mac edit keyboard shortcuts - where is it?

Community Beginner ,
Mar 29, 2024 Mar 29, 2024

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Bent from Norway here. I am a keen user of Photoshop Elements 2024, and follow a lot of training videos on Youtube. In these they use the left or right bracket to increase or decrease the brush size. I have a Norwgian keyboard layout, and the bracket keys don't exist on my keyboard. Do you know whether there is a possibility to assign other keys as shortcuts on my keyboard, for this very useful feature? On my keyboard I can use Optio + 8 or 9 to create the brackets, but they won't work as keys to increase or decrease the brush size.

 

I have been advised by an AI to look for the keyboard editor under the Edit-menu, but no such item is present there. The AI also asked me to look for a "Workspaces" item under the window menu, but nope ... it doesn't exist.

 

Is there something I need to download, or doesn't it exist?

 

Best regards,

 

Bent
Norway

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Community Expert , Mar 29, 2024 Mar 29, 2024

Bent,

The bracket keys are next to the letter P on my keyboard.

Google "How to set up computer keyboard shortcuts." You will get several hits, but I don't know if they will work on your Norwegian keyboard.

In PSEv.2024, open a picture file, and activate the brush tool. On the tool's option bar at the bottom, click on "Tool Options". This will provide access to sliders for size & opacity.

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Community Expert , Mar 30, 2024 Mar 30, 2024

Another way to adjust the Brush Size is to press control+option, left click and drag left or right.

To change hardness, drag up or down.

 

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Mar 29, 2024 Mar 29, 2024

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Bent,

The bracket keys are next to the letter P on my keyboard.

Google "How to set up computer keyboard shortcuts." You will get several hits, but I don't know if they will work on your Norwegian keyboard.

In PSEv.2024, open a picture file, and activate the brush tool. On the tool's option bar at the bottom, click on "Tool Options". This will provide access to sliders for size & opacity.

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Mar 31, 2024 Mar 31, 2024

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Yes, a workaround I have is to temporarily swap to a US keyboard layout, and use the corresponding keys on my norw layout, and when I have finished brushing I swap back to norw layout. But it is not a solution, it is a workaround.

 

I know of course where to finde the tool options and the sliders, it is just so awkward in my opinion.

 

Another guy, Jeff, taught me another solution Ctrl+Option+drag left/right to increase/decrease size, and drag up/down for softness. Now that is a powerful tool and it works wonders!

 

... and yet ... I cannot find the keyboard shortcut editor in the mac version of PSE 2024.

 

Thanks for your reply.

 

Best regards,

 

Bent
Norway

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Another way to adjust the Brush Size is to press control+option, left click and drag left or right.

To change hardness, drag up or down.

 

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Thanks Jeff. This is a really good one. Excellent and thank you!

 

I am still wondering though, where the on earth I can find the keyboard shortcut editor in the mac version of PSE 2024.

 

Regards,

Bent

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There is no keyboard shortcut editor in Photoshop Elements 2024.

That's in Photoshop CC that can be had with a creative cloud subscription.

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Apr 02, 2024 Apr 02, 2024

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I know it is in Photoshop CC, bc at work I have the CC sub. But I way prefer to use PSE 2024 at home, as it serves my needs way better. And you provided me with great help. Ctrl+Option+mouse movement (while held down left mouse btn) works for a number of tools it turns out.

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