Extra Photopea Tools Worksheet Flashcards
Zoom Tool
Like the name suggests, it allows you to zoom in.
When wanting to work on minute details or simply zoom in on a photo
Hand Tool
Allows you to click and drag a image around
Whenever you want to move around an image or images.
Rotate View Tool
Allows you to click and rotate a image around
Whenever you want to rotate a image or images
Free Transform
Allows you to manipulate and freely transform the image
Whenever you want to stretch, lengthen or make an image smaller or bigger.
Magic Wand
Allows you to automatically select an area using machine learning, catered toward specific areas (same colour)
Whenever you want to quickly and accurately select a specific area.
Brush
Basic tool, lets us draw strokes
Whenever you want to draw broad strokes, it can be used for blending
Pencil
Like the brush tool, but it creates sharp edges
Whenever you want to draw sharp lines.
Clone Stamp
Allows you to select and clone part of a layer.
Is useful when you want to clone specific parts of a layer. For example, an eyeball.
Blur and Sharpen
Simply allow you to blur and sharpen the content of the layer
When you want to blur or sharpen the content of the layer.
Dodge and Burn
Dodge makes colours lighter, burn makes colours darker.
Is used for a variety of shading, shadows, highlights, midtones, etc.
Smudge
Creates an effect like moving a finger across wet paint on a painting.
When you want to create a wet painting effect for your layer.
Sponge
Saturate or desaturate parts of a layer
Can be used when you want pixels to be more or less alive
Spot Healing Brush
Allows you to remove objects (using machine learning), but with brush strokes.
When you quickly want to “heal” a part of your layer, it is a faster alternative to clone stamps.
Healing Brush
The same as Clone Stamp, but the content is adapted to the surrounding environment
Used as an alternative to Clone Stamp.
Patch
Similar to Clone Stamp, choose an area you want to be healed then drag it to the source you want to be cloned
Used as a more specific spot healing brush, allowing you to choose the area you want to be copied from.