7 Toolbar
1) Rectangular marquee
1a) Elliptical marquee
1b) Single row marquee
1c) Single column marquee
2) Lasso
2a) Polygon lasso
2b) Magnetic lasso
3) Crop tool
4) Healing brush
4a) Patch
5) Clone stamp
5a) Pattern stamp
6) Eraser
6a) Background eraser
6b) Magic eraser
7) Blur
7a) Sharpen
7b) Smudge
8) Path selection
8a) Direct selection
9) Pen
9a) Freeform pen
9b) Add anchor point
9c) Delete anchor point
9d) Convert point
9e) Magnetic pen
10) Notes
10a) Audio annotation
11) Hand
12) Foreground color
13) Default colors
14)Standard mode
15) Screen mode
16) Jump to
17) Move
18) Magic wand
19) Slice
19a) Slice select
20) Brush
20a) Pencil
21) History brush
21a) Art history
22) Gradient
22a) Paint bucket
23) Dodge
23a) Burn
23b) Sponge
24) Type tool
24a) Vertical type
24b) Horizontal type mask
24c) Vertical type mask
25) Rectangle
25a) Rounded rectangle
25b) Ellipse
25c) Polygon
25d) Line
25e) Custom shape
26) Eyedropper
26a) Color sampler
26b) Measure
27) Zoom
28) Switch colors
29) Background color
30) Quick mask mode
Use the links above, or click on the icon’s in the toolbar image, above left, to go to individual tool’s pages. To navigate through this section, once you get to individual tool’s pages, please use the Jump menu that appears on the left side of each page.
Please note that this entire tools section has been updated from a Photoshop 6 version (which was updated from a 5.5 version). Wherever the tool is essentially the same as it was in 6, I have continued to use the screen capture illustrations made using that version. So if you notice cosmetic discrepancies in the options bar, menus or palettes, that’s why. In all instances where features were added or changed, I have made new screen captures.
If you double-click on the little blue band at the very top of the toolbar (in the application, not here on the Web page), it will collapse to show only that blue band and the Adobe eye icon. To reopen the toolbar, double click again on the blue band (not the Adobe icon).
The letter in parenthesis next to each reference number in the illustration is the keyboard shortcut for that tool.
If you have doodled with a tool’s options and want to get back to the default settings, right-click that tool’s icon at the far left end of its options bar (Photoshop 6 users, left-click). Choose either Reset Tool to reset only the current tool, or Reset All Tools to restore default settings to every tool.
Please note that all descriptions, and illustrations featured refer to files which are in Photoshop’s .psd format, and which are in RGB color mode. Other file formats, and color modes may generate different options. Some Photoshop features are not available for images not in .psd format, or RGB color mode. To find what color mode your image is in, choose Image > Mode.
I have an entire section devoted to the Blend Modes, with many large illustrations showing each mode’s effects. There are also separate pages on Image Resolution, Anti-aliasing, Styles, Brushes, and Feathering.
For extensive information about each of the different layer effects, and advanced blending modes, please see the Reference: Effects section.
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