Acorn Acorn 7


Acorn’s Menu Options



Below is a list of all of Acorn’s menu options. Many options come with preset keyboard shortcuts shown to their right. For an abbreviated list of common keyboard shortcuts, click here.


When an option is followed by an arrow (), a drop down menu is available with further options.  When you click on an option that is followed by three dots (i.e. File Info…), a window will pop up with further choices.  Menu items shown in red below are only present when you hold down the option key.  


Legend

Command ⌘

Control ^

Option ⌥

Shift ⇧

Tab   



File


New ⌘N

New from clipboard ⌥⌘N

New from Selection

Duplicate

Open… ⌘O

Open Recent


Close ⌘W

Close All ⌥⌘W

Save ⌘S

Save As ⇧⌘S

Save All

Revert


Add Images…


Export

Export (web & other)… ⌥⌘S

Layer Export…

Smart Layer Export…

Export All Layers…


Share

Mail

Airdrop

Messages

Add to Photos

Twitter

Facebook

Flickr

Actions


File Info…⌥⇧⌘I


Page Setup…⇧⌘P

Print…⌘P



Edit


Undo ⌘Z

Redo ⇧⌘Z

Cut ⌘X

Copy ⌘C

Copy Merged ^⌘C

Paste ⌘V

Paste Into ⇧⌘V

Clear ⌫

Fill…

Tool

Move  V

Zoom  Z

Pan  H

Crop C

Paint  B

Pencil  N

Eraser  E

Instant Alpha E

Rectangle Select  M

Elliptical Select ⇧M

Free Select ⇧M

Polygonal Select ⇧M

Flood Fill  K

Gradient  G

Magic Wand  W

Smudge ⇧O

Dodge ⇧O

Burn ⇧O

Clone ⇧O

Blur Brush

Sharpen Brush

Perspective Fix & Crop

Text  T

Path Text TTT

Circle Text TT

Bézier Curve  P

Bézier Anchor Select  A

Bézier Convert Anchor ⇧C

Bézier Freehand

Rectangle  R

Oval  O

Line  ;

Star

Arrow


Pick Color ^C


Font

Show Fonts

Bold ⌘B

Italic ⌘I

Underline ⌘U

Bigger ⌘>

Smaller ⌘<

Kern

Use Default

Use None

Tighten ⌥⌘←

Tighten 10x ⌥⇧⌘←

Loosen ⌥⌘→

Loosen 10x ⌥⇧⌘→

Ligature

Use Default

Use None

Use All


Baseline

Use Default

Superscript

Subscript

Raise

Lower

Show Colors  ⇧⌘C

Copy Style

Paste Style 


Text

Align Left

Center  ⌘|

Justify

Align Right


Text Style

Impact Outlined 48

Outlined

Shadowed

Strike Through

White with Shadow


Spelling

Spelling….⌘:

Check Spelling ⌘;

Check Spelling as You Type


Emoji & Symbols ^⌘ Spacebar



View


Show Tab Bar

Show All Tabs


Zoom In ⌘+

Zoom Out ⌘-

Zoom To

Fit in Window ⌘0

Actual Size ⌘1

200% ⌘2

400% ⌘3

800% ⌘4

25% & 50% ⌘5


Draw Shape Vectors/View Shape Outlines ⌘Y


Inspector

Tool

Layer Filters

Shape Processors

Toggle All


Guides and Grids

New Guide….

Lock Guides

Clear Guides

Toggle Guides ⌥⌘;


Toggle Grid ⌘’

Grid Settings…


Snap to Guides

Snap to Canvas

Snap to Layers

Snap to Shapes

Snap to Grid

Snap to Selection


Snap and Guide Preferences…


Show Ruler ⌘R


Enter Full Screen ^⌘F or F


Increase Brush Size ]

Decrease Brush Size  [

Reset Colors D

Swap Colors X



Image


Resize Image… ⌥⌘I

Resize Canvas… ⌥⌘C

Image Depth

8 Bits Per Channel (True Color)

16 Bits Per Channel (Deep Color)

32 Bits Per Channel (Really Deep Color)


Rotate Canvas

90° Clockwise ⌘]

90° Counter-Clockwise ⌘[

Free Rotate…


Crop ⌥⌘K

Perspective Fix & Crop

Trim to Edges ^⌘T

Trim Out Selection ^⌥⌘T

Expand Canvas to Fit Layers


Flip Canvas Horizontal

Flip Canvas Vertical


Levels… ⌘L

Auto Levels  ⇧⌘L

Curves… ⇧⌘M


Color Profile… ⇧⌘K


New Image from Camera…

New Image from Layered Screenshot ⇧⌘7



Layer


New Layer ⇧⌘N

New Layer with Selection ⌘J

New Layer with Cut Selection ⇧⌘J

New Layer from Camera…

New Shape Layer ⌥⇧⌘N

New Group Layer ⌘G

Ungroup Layer ⇧⌘G


Duplicate Layer ⇧⌘D

Delete Layer ^⌘-

Hide Layer ^⇧⌘H

Lock Layer ⌥⌘L


Add Layer Mask

Apply Layer Mask 

Enable Layer Mask/Disable Layer Mask


Rasterize Shape Layer


Layer Filters ⇧⌘F

Enable Layer Filters/Disable Layer Filters

Flatten Layer Filters   

Flatten All Layer Filters


Rotate and Transform

Align

Align Left Edges/Align Left Edges to Canvas

Align Right Edges/Align Right Edges to Canvas

Align Top Edges/Align Top Edges to Canvas

Align Bottom Edges/Align Bottom Edges to Canvas

Horizontal Align Center

Vertical Align Center

Horizontal Distribute Center

Vertical Distribute Center

Scale and Rotate ⇧⌘T

Perspective Transform

Offset and Wrap Layer

Rotate Layer 90 Clockwise

Rotate Layer 90 Counter-Clockwise

Flip Layer Horizontal

Flip Layer Vertical


Bring to Front ⇧⌘]

Bring Forward ⌥⌘]

Send Backward ⌥⌘[

Send to Back ⇧⌘[


Merge Down ⌘E

Merge Visible ⇧⌘E   

Merge Visible to New Layer ⌥⇧⌘E

Flatten Image


Adjust Color…

Smart Export Settings…



Shape


Align

Align Left Edges

Align Right Edges

Align Top Edges

Align Bottom Edges

Horizontal Align Center

Vertical Align Center

Horizontal Distribute Center

Vertical Distribute Center


Arrange

Bring to Front ⇧⌘ ↑

Bring Forward ⌘ ↑

Send Backward ⌘

Send to Back ⇧⌘


Process

Generate Shapes

Duplicate Shapes

Arrange Shapes in a Circle

Push Shapes from a Circle

Pull Shapes into a Circle

Randomize Location

Scatter Shapes

Arrange Shapes by Size

Arrange Shapes on a Spiral

Smooth and Tweak Shapes

Randomize Anchor Locations

Translate Location

Scale Shapes

Randomize Colors

Cycle Colors

Hue Shift

Text Splitter

Graduated Font Scale

Rotate

Blend Mode

Fill

Stroke

Flip

Show/Hide Process Window


Flip Vertically 

Flip Horizontally


Duplicate Shape


Make Same Width

Make Same Height

Make Natural Size ^⌘=


Bézier Stuff

Convert to Bézier Shape

Add Points

Close Path

Outline Path

Simplify Path

Smooth Path

Reverse Path

Delete Selected Segments

Reset All Anchors

Align All Anchors to Pixels

Extend Path


Union Paths

Intersect Paths

Difference Paths

Exclude Paths

Divide Paths


Convert to Circle Text

Convert to Path Text



Filter


Last Filter ⌘F

Show Layer Filters

Presets


Blur

Background Blur…

Bokeh Blur…

Box Blur…

Disc Blur…

Gaussian Blur…

Linear Gradient Blur…

Masked Blur…

Median…

Motion Blur…

Noise Reduction…

Radial Gradient Blur…

Zoom Blur…


Color Adjustment

1bit

Alpha Multiply…

Color Controls…

Curves…

Dither…

Exposure Adjust…

Gamma Adjust…

Grayscale…

Hue Adjust…

Levels…

Mask to Alpha…

Remove Color Cast…

Replace Color…

Transparentomatic…

Vibrance…

White Point Adjust…


Color Effect

Color Invert…

Color Monochrome…

Color Posterize…

Document Enhancer…

False Color…

Glowhoo…

Maximum Component…

Minimum Component…

Monotone…

Photo Effect Chrome

Photo Effect Fade

Photo Effect Instant

Photo Effect Mono

Photo Effect Noir

Photo Effect Process

Photo Effect Tonal

Photo Effect Transfer

Sepia Tone…

Thermal…

Vignette Effect…

X-ray…


Distortion Effect

Bump Distortion Linear…

Bump Distortion…

Circle Splash Distortion…

Circular Wrap Distortion…

Glass Distortion…

Glass Lozenge…

Hole Distortion…

Light Tunnel Distortion…

Nine Part Tiled…

Pinch Distortion…

Torus Lens Distortion…

Twirl Distortion…

Vortex Distortion…


Generator

Checkerboard…

Circles…

Constant Color…

Grid…

Lenticular Halo…

Random Generator…

Random Noise…

Render Clouds…

Star Shine…

Stripes…

Sunbeams…

Sunburst…


Gradient

Linear Gradient…

Radial Gradient…

Smooth Linear Gradient…


Halftone Effect

Circular Screen…

CMYK Halftone…

Dot Screen…

Hatched Screen…

Line Screen…


Misc

Clamp…

Histogram…

Offset…

Redraw Layer…

Rotate…


Sharpen

Sharpen Luminance…

Unsharp Mask…


Stylize

Bevel…

Bloom…

Comic Effect…

Crystallize…

Depth of Field…

Drop Shadow…

Edge Work…

Edges…

Fuzz Stroke…

Gabor Gradients…

Gloom…

Gus’s Color Wheel…

Height Field From Mask…

Hexagonal Pixellate…

Highlight and Shadow Adjust…

Inner Shadow…

Line Overlay…

Opacity…

Pixelate…

Pointillize…

Shaded Material…

Spot Light…

Tilt Shift…


Tile Effect

Eightfold Reflected Tile…

Fourfold Reflected Tile…

Fourfold Rotated Tile…

Fourfold Translated Tile…

Glide Reflected Tile…

Kaleidoscope…

Mirror…

Op Tile…

Parallelogram Tile…

Perspective Tile…

Reflection…

Sixfold Reflected Tile…

Sixfold Rotated Tile…

Triangle Kaleidoscope…

Triangle Tile…

Twelvefold Reflected Tile…


Add Border to Layer

New Image with Curved Drop Shadow



Select


Select All ⌘A

Make Selection from Layer

Make Shape from Selection

Clear Selection ⌘D

Hide Selection ^⌘H

Reselect

Quick Mask  Q


Inverse ⇧⌘I

View Selection as Marching Ants/Clipped Out ⌘\


Select Next Shape ^⌘]

Select Previous Shape ^⌘[


Preset Selection

2x3

3x5

4x3

4x6

5x7

8x10

16x9

16x20

20x30

Square



Window


Minimize ⌘M

Minimize All ⌥⌘M

Zoom Window ⌘/

Tile Window to Left of Screen

Tile Window to Right of Screen


Show Previous Tab ^⇧⇥  

Show Next Tab  ^⇥

Move Tab to New Window

Merge All Windows


Welcome to Acorn


Colors ⇧⌘C

Fonts

Brush Designer

Gather Palettes


New View

Bring All to Front

Arrange in Front


List of Currently Open Images



Help


Search

Acorn Help

Tutorials Online


Keyboard Shortcuts

Release Notes

Report Bugs or Feature Requests


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