Photoshop Tools

Move Tool - Allows the user to select elements of an image/compostion and move it

Explanations of all the tools are on the following pages. To access the tool menu, click and hold on that tool and the menu will appear beside the toolbar.

Zoom Tool - Magnifies an area of an image or decrease an area of an image in size Switch the colours of the background and foreground around Foreground Colour Background Colour Changes the Viewing Mode of Photoshop

Selection tools - Allows the user to make a selection using a specific shape

Lasso Tool - Make a freehand selection Polygonal Lasso - Make a straight edged selection Magnetic Lasso - Make a selection that snaps to the nearest edge Quick Selection - Paint an area you want to select Magic Wand - Selects similarly coloured areas Crop Tool - Trims an image Perspective Crop - Trim an image with perspective Slice Tool - Create slices out of an image (mainly used for web) Slice Selection - Select a slice and be able to move, scale, rotate etc Eyedropper Tool - Takes the colour of a particular spot 3D Material Eyedropper - Takes colour off a 3D material Colour Sampler - Displays colour values for up to 4 areas Ruler - Measures distances, angles and locations Note - Add notes to an image Count - Adds numbers to areas to allow the user to count selections Spot Healing Brush Tool - Removes small spots and/or marks Healing Brush - Replaces spots and/or marks using a defined spot Patch Tool - Retouch and area of an image by using another patch from the same image Content-Aware Move Tool - Allows the user to move part of the image and the background automatically fills in the gaps Red Eye - Removes the red blemish caused by a flash

Brush Tool - Paint using solid colours Pencil Tool - Draw/paint a hard edged stroke Colour Replacement - Select a colour in the image that is replaced by another colour Mixer Brush - Replicates a real paint brush in that you can blend colours Clone Stamp Tool - Copy colour/pattern from a defined point Pattern Stamp Tool - Paint a pattern onto the image History Brush Tool - Allows the user to paint on a previous state of the image Art History Brush - Paint a previous state using a stylised brush Eraser - Rubs out sections of an image Background Eraser - Allows the user to set different elements to rub out Magic Eraser - Erases selected colour with a single click Gradient - Creates a fill blending from the foreground colour to the background colour Paint Bucket - Fill areas with a solid colour 3D material Drop - Load a material and drop it onto another area of a 3D mesh Blur Tool - Blurs selected areas Sharpen Tool - Hardens soft areas Smudge Tool - Smudges selected edges

Dodge Tool - Lightens/highlights areas Burn Tool - Darkens areas Sponge Tool - Saturates/reduces the saturation on selected areas

Pen Tool - Draws paths using curves and/or straight lines Freeform Pen - Draws paths freehand Add Anchor Point - Add an anchor point to an existing path Delete Anchor Point - Delete an anchor point form existing path Convert Point - Converts point to a curve or straight line Horizontal Type Tool - Create horizontal text Veritcal Type Tool - Create vertical text Horizontal Type Mask Tool - Create selction on the shape of horzontal text Vertical Type Mask Tool - Create selection in the shape of vertical text Path Selection Tool - Select existing path Direct Selection Tool - Select specific points on an existing path

Shape Tools - Create different shapes with a fill and stroke colour

Hand Tool - Moves an image within a window Rotate View Tool - Rotates the image view without perminately rotating the image