Use the following keyboard shortcuts to save time when viewing and editing in Picasa.
Shortcuts for selecting photos
- Ctrl-A: Select all photos in a folder/album
- Ctrl-D: Deselect photos
- Ctrl-I: Invert photo selection
- Home: Select the first photo in your folder/album
- End: Select the last photo in your folder/album
- Ctrl-H: Hold selected photos in Photo Tray
- Ctrl-O: Choose a file on your computer to display in Picasa.
Shortcuts for viewing photos
- Ctrl-1: View your photos as small thumbnails
- Ctrl-2: View your photos as large thumbnails
- F11: Use Picasa in full-screen mode
- Ctrl-4: Start a slideshow
- Ctrl-5: View your timeline
- Ctrl-Enter: Locate the photo file in Windows Explorer
- Hover over a photo and use Ctrl-Alt: Full-screen photo preview
Shortcuts for editing photos
- Ctrl-3: Open an image in 'Edit Mode'
- Ctrl-R: Rotate the image clockwise
- Ctrl-Shift-R: Rotate the image counter-clockwise
- Ctrl-Shift-H: Flip image horizontally
- Ctrl-Shift-V: Flip image vertically
- Ctrl-Shift-B: Add black and white effect
- Ctrl-8: Add a star
Shortcuts for watching videos
- / [slash]: Pause or play video
- , [comma]: Rewind video
- . [period]: Fast forward video
Miscellaneous shortcuts
- Ctrl-E: Email selected photos
- Ctrl-P: Print selected images
- Ctrl-Shift-P: Print album contact sheet
- Ctrl-T: Add tags to your photos
- Ctrl-N: Create a new album
- F1: View help content
- X: Exclude a photo when importing
- Ctrl-M Open the import room
Shortcuts in the Picasa Photo Viewer
- Ctrl-U: Single image upload
- Ctrl-R: Rotate the image clockwise
- Ctrl-Shift-R: Rotate the image counter-clockwise
- Ctrl-8: Add a star
- Left and right arrow keys: Scroll through images
- Mousewheel: You can both zoom and scroll through photos. Adjust mousewheel behavior by clicking the down arrow menu > Configuration. You have two options:
- Zoom with mousewheel (hold Ctrl to navigate)
- Move filmstrip with mousewheel (hold Ctrl to zoom)
Shortcuts for selecting photos
- Command-A: Select all photos in a folder/album
- Command-D: Deselect photos
- Control-I: Invert photo selection
- fn-left arrow: Select the first photo in your folder/album
- fn-right arrow: Select the last photo in your folder/album
- Control-H: Hold selected photos in Photo Tray
- Control-O: Choose a file on your computer to display in Picasa.
Shortcuts for viewing photos
- Command-1: View your photos as small thumbnails
- Command-2: View your photos as large thumbnails
- Command-4: Start a slideshow
- Command-I: View image properties
- Control-Enter: Locate the photo file in Finder
Shortcuts for editing photos
- Command-3: Open an image in 'Edit Mode'
- Control-R: Rotate the image clockwise
- Control-Shift-R: Rotate the image counter-clockwise
- Control-Shift-H: Flip image horizontally
- Control-Shift-V: Flip image vertically
- Control-Shift-B: Add black and white effect
- Space bar: Add or remove star
- fn-F3: Rename file
Shortcuts for watching videos
- / [slash]: Pause or play video
- , [comma]: Rewind video
- . [period]: Fast forward video
Miscellaneous shortcuts
- Command-E: Email selected photos
- Command-P: Print selected images
- Command-Shift-P: Print album contact sheet
- Command-T: Add tags to your photos
- Command-N: Create a new album
- fn-F1: View help content
- Command-M: Open the import room
- X: Exclude a photo when importing