Use Picasa Keyboard Shortcuts in Windows
Article by George Norman
On 09 Oct 2009
Picasa is a piece of software that allows you to organize and edit photos as well as movies on your Windows-powered machine. With it you can perform task such as: crop specific sections of an image, fix red-eye, create slideshows, create collages, fix blemishes, and so on. Then you can use Picasa to share your images or videos with your friends via Picasa Web Albums.

If you are interested in finding out more about this piece of software, see our Picasa review here. If you would like to find out what keyboard shorcuts are available in Picasa, see below.

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You can use these keyboard shortcuts in Picasa, on your Windows-powered computer. The keyboard shortcuts are grouped by category:

Select Photos

Select all photos in folder/album - Ctrl+A
Deselect photos - Ctrl+D
Invert photo selection - Ctrl+I
Select first photo in folder/album - Home
Select last photo in folder/album - End
Hold selected photos in Photo Tray - Ctrl+H
Choose file on computer to display in Picasa - Ctrl+O

View Photos

View photos as small thumbnails - Ctrl+1
View your photos as large thumbnails - Ctrl+2
Full-screen mode - F11
Start slideshow - Ctrl+4
View your timeline - Ctrl+5
Locate photo file in Windows Explorer - Ctrl+Enter
Full-screen photo preview - Hover over photo then use Ctrl+Alt

Edit Photos

Open image in Edit Mode - Ctrl+3
Rotate image clockwise - Ctrl+R
Rotate image counter-clockwise - Ctrl+Shift+R
Flip image horizontally - Ctrl+Shift+H
Flip image vertically - Ctrl+Shift+V
Add black and white effect - Ctrl+Shift+B
Add a star - Ctrl+8

Watch Videos

Pause/play video - / (slash)
Rewind video - , (comma)
Fast forward video - . (period)

Miscellaneous

Email selected photos - Ctrl+E
Print selected images - Ctrl+P
Print album contact sheet - Ctrl+Shift+P
Add tags to your photos - Ctrl+T
Create new album - Ctrl+N
Help - F1
Exclude a photo when importing - X
Open the import room - Ctrl+M

Picasa Photo Viewer

Single image upload - Ctrl+U
Rotate image clockwise - Ctrl+R
Rotate image counter-clockwise - Ctrl+Shift+R
Add a star - Ctrl+8
Scroll through images – Left/right arrow keys



Tags: Google, Picasa, Keyboard Shortcuts, Microsoft, Windows
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