photoshop tools

selection tool

select necessary part of an active layer

move tool

select layers, selections and guides

rectangular marquee

outlining rectangular selections

elliptical marquee

outlining elliptical selections

lasso

free outlining

polygonal lasso

polygonal outlining with straight line

magnetic lasso

outline the bounds while moving the curser

quick selection

select and deselect quickly and hassle-free

magic wand

finds the same color selected

crop and slice tool

separating and extracting

crop

crop and delete unnecessary part

perspective crop

cropping the canvas and fixing distortion and perspective trouble

measuring tool

• select a color and save certain number of color value

• measuring objects, straightening an image, and adding notes

eyedropper

color sampling

type tool

adding text

horizontal type

horizontal text

vertical type

vertical text

navigation tool

navigate across the working space

hand

clicking and dragging

rotate view

rotating and viewing from any angle

zoom

maximizing and minimazing

retouching tool

smoothen the skin

spot healing brush

removing imperfections and defective part

red eye tool

removing widespread red eye problem caused by camera flash

blur

burring and softening

painting tool

strokes and coloring

brush

one of the fundamental drawing tools

pencil

basic drawing tool for hard edges

gradient

make a gradient transition between different color

drawing

creating and altering vector object

pen

drawing the clearest vector paths, shapes, and selections

rectangle

rectangular paths, shapes or pixel shapes

custom

selecting and drawing custom shape