Graphics Programs Reference
In-Depth Information
NOTE
If you don't like Ctrl+Z/
⌘
-Z and Ctrl+Y/
⌘
-Y, you have a bit of control over the key com-
binations you use for Undo and Redo. Go to Edit→Preferences→General/Photoshop Ele-
ments Editor→Preferences→General. In the Preferences dialog box, the Step Back/Fwd
menu gives you two other choices, both of which involve pressing the Z key in combina-
tion with the Ctrl, Alt, and Shift keys in Windows, and with the
⌘
, Option, and Shift keys
on a Mac.
If you prefer buttons to keystrokes, you can click the Undo and Redo buttons in the bottom
left of the Elements window instead. And if you want to use the keystrokes but forget what
they are, they're listed at the top of the Edit menu.
The History Panel
In the Editor's Expert mode, you get even more control over the actions you can undo,
thanks to the History panel (
Figure 1-17
), which you open by choosing Window→History.
(In some previous versions of Elements, this feature was called the
Undo
History panel.)
Figure 1-17. For a little time travel, just click the step you want to go back to and watch your
changes disappear. Keep in mind that you can only go back sequentially. Here, for instance, you
can't go back to the Levels adjustment without first undoing using the Paint Bucket and creating a
new layer via copy. Click a step further down in the list to redo your work.
This panel holds a list of the changes you've made since you opened your image. Just drag
the slider up and watch your changes disappear one by one. Like the Undo command, this
