Tools Panel Flashcards
Move tool
Moves selections, layers, and guides
Artboard tool
Moves, resizes, and adds artboards
Marquee tools
Make rectangular, elliptical, single-row, and single-column selections
Lasso tools
Make freehand, polygonal, and magnetic selections
Object Selection tool
Creates a tight selection when you click it over a subject it identifies or after you drag it around a subject
Quick Selection tool
Lets you quickly “paint” a selection defined by edges and contrast
Magic Wand tool
Selects similarly colored areas
Crop tools
Trim, straighten, and change the perspective of images
Frame tool
Creates placeholder rectangles so you can design now and drop in final artwork later
Slice tool
Divides an images into regions that can be exported as separate images
Slice Select tool
Selects slices for editing
Eyedropper tool
Samples colors in an image
Color Sampler tool
Samples up to 4 areas of an image
Ruler tool
Measures distances, locations, and angles
Note tool
Makes text notes that can be included with a document
Count tool
Counts objects in an image, for statistical image analysis
Spot Healing Brush tool
Quickly removes blemishes and imperfections from photographs that have a uniform background; works well when there’s a uniform appearance near the areas you want to retouch
Healing Brush tool
Paints with a sample or pattern to repair imperfections in an image
Patch tool
Repairs imperfections in a selected area of an image, using a sample or pattern; good for removing larger unwanted elements
Content-Aware Move tool
Recomposes and blends pixels to accommodate a moved object
Red Eye tool
Removes red eye in flash photos with one click
Brush tool
Paints strokes using current Brush Settings
Pencil tool
Paints hard-edged strokes
Color Replacement tool
Paints the current foreground color while preserving existing texture and details
Mixer Brush tool
Blends the brush’s loaded color with an existing color
Clone Stamp tool
Paints with a sample of an image; can remove unwanted objects and fill in missing areas in damaged scanned photos
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 document window
Art History Brush tool
Paints stylized strokes that simulate look of diff paint styles
Eraser tool
Replaces pixels with current background color
Background Eraser tool
Replaces pixels with transparency
Magic Eraser tool
Replaces solid-colored areas with transparency in one click
Gradient tool
Creates linear, radial, angle, reflected, and diamond blends between colors
Paint Bucket tool
Fills similarly colored areas with the foreground color
Blur tool
Softens edges and details
Sharpen tool
Increases local contrast
Smudge tool
Shifts pixels in the direction you drag, resulting in a directional blur
Dodge tool
Lightens areas in an image
Burn tool
Darkens areas in an image
Sponge tool
Changes color saturation of an area
Pen tools
Draw and modify precise vector paths
Type tools
Create text 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 & Line tool
Draw vector graphics as paths or as a shape layer
Custom Shape tool
Adds a vector graphic selected from customizable Shape presets
Hand tool
Repositions the view of an image within its window
Rotate View tool
Turns the canvas for easier stylus painting and drawing
Zoom tool
Magnifies and reduces view of an image
