Photoshop Tools Flashcards
The Move Tool
Moves selections, layers and guides.
The Marquee Tools
Make rectangular, elliptical, single row, and single column selections
The Lasso Tools
Make free-hand, polygonal (straight-edged), and magnetic (snap-to) selections.
The quick selection tool
Lets you quickly “paint” a selection using an adjustable round brush tip
The magic wand tool
Selects similarly colored areas
The crop tools
trim, straighten, and change the perspective of images
The eyedropper tool
samples colors in an image
The 3D material eyedropper tool
loads selected material from a 3d object
the color sampler tool
samples up to four areas of the image
The ruler tool
measures distances, locations, and angles
The note tool
makes notes that can be attached to an image
the count tool
counts objects in an image
The slice tool
Creates slices
The slice selection tool
selects slices
the spot healing brush tool
quickly removes blemishes and imperfections from photographs with a uniform background
The healing brush tool
paints with a sample or pattern to repair imperfections in an image
The patch tool
repairs imperfections in a selected are of an image using a sample or patter
the content-aware move tool
recomposes and blends pixels to accommodate a moved object
the red eye tool
removes red eye in flash photos with one click
the brush tool
paints brush strokes
the pencil tool
paints hard-edged strokes
color replacement tool
substitutes one color for another
mixer brush tool
blends sampled color with an existing color
the clone stamp tool
paints with a sample of an image
pattern stamp tool
paints with a part of an image as a pattern
history brush tool
paints a copy of the selected state or snapshot into the current image window
art history brush tool
paints stylized strokes that simulate the look of different paint styles, using a selected state or snapshot
eraser tool
erases pixels and restores parts of an image to a previously saved state
background eraser tool
erases areas to transparency by dragging
magic eraser tool
erases solid-colored areas to transparency with a single click
gradient tool
creates straight-line, radial, angle, reflected, and diamond blends between colors.
paint bucket tool
fills similarly colored areas with the foreground color
3d material drop tool
drops the material loaded in the 3d material eyedropper tool onto the targeted area of a 3d object
blur tool
blurs hard edges in an image
sharpen tool
sharpens soft edges in an image
smudge tool
smudges data in an image
dodge tool
lightens areas in an image
burn tool
darkens areas in an image
sponge tool
changes the color saturation of an area
pen tool
draw smooth-edges paths
type tools
create type on an image
type mask tools
create a selection in the shape of type
path selection tools
make shape or segment selections showing anchor points, direction lines, and direction points
shape tools and line tools
draw shapes and lines in a normal layer or shape layer
custom shape tool
makes customized shapes selected from a custom shape list
hand tool
moves an image within its window
rotate view tool
nondestructively rotates the canvas
zoom tool
magnifies and reduces the view of an image
