Tools

Zoom Tool

Zooms in or out of the image.

Hand Tool

Moves your image around within the workspace.

Move Tool

Moves selections or layers.

Rectangular Marquee Tool

Selects a rectangular area in your image. Hold Shift to make a square.

Eye Tool

Removes red eye, pet eye effect, and corrects closed eyes.

Elliptical Marquee Tool

Selects an elliptical area in your image. Hold Shift to make a circle.

Auto Selection Tool

Automatically selects an object when you draw a shape around it.

Lasso Tool

Selects a free-form area in your image.

Refine Selection Brush Tool

Adds or removes areas to/from a selection by detecting edges.

Magnetic Lasso Tool

Selects high-contrast edges around a shape.

Magic Wand Too

Selects pixels with similar colors in a single click.

Polygonal Lasso Tool

Draws straight-edged segments of a selection.

Selection Brush Tool

Selects areas by painting with a brush.

Quick Selection Tool

Makes selections based on color and texture similarity.

Spot Healing Brush Tool

Removes spots or imperfections from your photo.

Healing Brush Tool

Removes spots by sampling part of the image as a reference.

Smart Brush Tool

Applies tonal and color adjustments to specific areas.

Detail Smart Brush Tool

Applies adjustments to areas as if painting

Pattern Stamp Tool

Paints with a defined pattern from your image or a preset.

Dodge Tool

Lightens areas of an image to bring out details in shadows.

Clone Stamp Tool

Paints with an image sample, used for duplicating objects or removing imperfections.

Sponge Tool

Changes the color saturation in an area.

Blur Tool

Softens edges or reduces details in an image.

Smudge Tool

Simulates dragging a finger through wet paint, blending colors in the image.

Sharpen Tool

Increases clarity or focus by sharpening soft edges.

Color Picker/Eye Dropper Tool

Samples colors in the image to set the foreground or background color.

Custom Shape Tool

Allows the drawing of different shapes.

Burn Tool

Darkens areas of an image to bring out details in highlights.

Brush Tool

Creates strokes of color, simulating airbrush techniques.

Pattern Tool

Applies a fill or pattern to an image.

Gradient Tool

Fills areas with a gradient.

Impressionist Brush

Applies stylized brush strokes to make the image look like a painting.

Color Replacement

Replaces specific colors in the image.

Magic Eraser Tool

Erases pixels of similar color in an image with a single click.

Paint Bucket Tool

Fills areas with color or a pattern based on the selected pixel.

Eraser Tool

Erases pixels from an image.

Background Eraser tool

Removes a background by making pixels transparent.