This document describes the tools available in Photoshop and their uses. It discusses 21 different tools including the move, marquee, lasso, quick selection, crop, eye dropper, brush, stamp, eraser, gradient, smudge, dodge, pen, horizontal type, direct selection, custom shape, hand, and zoom tools. For each tool, it provides a brief description of its function and lists any related sub-tools.

1. Tools of Photoshop &
It’s uses

2. Move tool
Move tool allow you to shift or
move your object with the use of
mouse or keyboard key. The move
tool is located at the top of the
photoshop tool bar. We can use
move tool with shift key to move in
larger increments.

3. Marquee tool
Marquee tool is very important tool in
photoshop, this tool is used for making
shape (rectangle, circle, ellipse,
square, single row & single column).
This tool is also use for draw selection;
this tool is also used for content aware.
This tool is located 2nd position in the
photoshop tool bar.

4. lasso tool
Lasso tool is used for use purpose,
we can draw an object or shape
with the use of lasso tool & we can
also use lasso tool to select some
part of image. This tool is located
3rd position in the photoshop tool
bar.

5. Types of Lasso Tool
 Free hand lasso
tool
 Polygon lasso tool
 Magnetic lasso tool

6. Quick selection tool
Quick selection tool is use
for draw and quick selection
the image which can help in
colour, copy, cut and many
more. This tool is located 4th
position in the photoshop

7. Types Of Quick Selection Tool
Quick selection tool
Magic wand tool

8. Crop tool
Crop tool use for selecting an
area and discard other area
outside the selection. This tool
is located 5th position in the
photoshop tool bar.

9. Types Of Crop Tool
Crop tool
Perspective crop tool
Slice tool
Slice selection tool

10. Eye drop tool
Eyedropper tool allows you to change
foreground or background colours by
lifting them from the image. Using the
Eyedropper tool can be found in handy
when you wish to sample an existing
colour in an image for use in an
additional aspect. This tool is located
6th position in the photoshop tool bar.

11. Types Of Eye drop Tool
Eye dropper tool
3D material eyedropper tool
Colour sampler tool
Ruler tool
Note tool
Count tool

12. Brush tool
Brush tool is basically a paint
tool, it work like paint tool like
to apply colour on object to
change the colour, replace and
mix the colour. This tool is
located 7th position in the

13. Types Of Brush tool
Brush tool
Pencil tool
Colour replacement
tool
Mixer brush tool

14. Stamp tool
Stamp tool selects and samples an
area of your picture and then uses
these pixels to paint over any
marks. The Stamp tool acts like
a brush so you can change the size,
allowing cloning from just one pixel
wide to hundreds. This tool is located
8th position in the photoshop tool bar.

15. Types Of Stamp tool
Clone stamp tool
Pattern stamp tool

16. Eraser tool
Eraser tool allow you to Eraser
Background and
Magic Eraser. The eraser is
basically a brush which erases
pixels as you drag it
across the image. Pixels are
erased to transparency

17. Types Of eraser tool
Eraser tool
Background eraser
tool
Magic eraser tool

18. Gradient tool
Gradient tool and Gradient Editor
Use for create a custom mix of
colours in your photos. You can
choose any
of the following gradient
types in the Tool Options bar.
Shades from the starting point

19. Types Of gradient tool
Gradient tool
Paint bucket tool
3D material drop tool

20. Smudge tool
Smudge tool is a feature that allows
you to mix or blend the content in an
area of your image. It is included
among the program’s Focus tools and
works a lot like painting in real life.
Used correctly, this tool can help you
create a variety of unique artistic
effects.

21. Types Of smudge tool
Smudge tool
Blur tool
Sharpen tool

22. Dodge tool
Dodge tool and the Burn tool lighten or
darken areas of the image. These tools are
based on a traditional darkroom technique
for regulating exposure on specific areas of
a print. Photographers hold back light to
lighten an area on the print (dodging) or
increase the exposure to darken areas on a
print (burning). The more you paint over an
area with the Dodge or Burn tool, the lighter
or darker it becomes.

23. Types Of dodge tool
Dodge tool
Burn tool
Sponge tool

24. Pen tool
Pen Tool creates paths and shapes
which can be duplicated and
manipulated to create complex
selections, masks and objects.
Unlike the Brush Tool and Pencil Tools,
which “draw” pixels onto your
image, the Pen Tool always creates a
vector path.

25. Types Of pen tool
Pen tool
Freeform pen tool
Curvature pen tool
Add anchor point tool
Delete anchor point tool
Convert point tool

26. Horizontal type tool
Horizontal Type Tool . The
Horizontal Type Tool creates and
edits vector-based text in a
separate layer. In the Toolbox,
select the Horizontal Type Tool.
On the Options bar, set the
font options: family (style), size, and
colour and anti-aliasing method.

27. Types Of horizontal type tool
Horizontal type tool
Vertical type tool
Vertical type mask tool
Horizontal type mask tool

28. Direct selection tool
Direct Selection Tool selects and
moves existing path's / vector
shape mask's segments / anchor
points: In the Toolbox, select the
Direct Selection Tool. Drag
on the image to select a path or
shape segment or click directly on
an anchor point to select it.

29. Types Of direct selection tool
Path selection tool
Direct selection tool

30. Custom shape tool
Custom shape tool is use for
drawing and a custom shape
with is set default in
photoshop. It will be made in
the form of object. For make
a layer we want to rasterize
the object.

31. Types Of custom shapetool
Rectangle tool
Round Rectangle tool
Ellipse tool
Polygon tool
Line tool
Custom shape tool

32. Hand tool
Photoshop Elements provides
you a toolbox in Quick and
Expert modes to help you work
on your photos. You can use
the tools in the toolbox to select,
enhance, draw, and view

33. Types Of hand tool
Hand tool
Rotate view tool

34. Zoom tool
Zoom tool is used to zoom in and
out of the Image window
in Photoshop Elements. You first
click to select the Zoom tool in the
Tools panel and then click the photo
to zoom in. (To zoom out,
press the Alt [Option] key when
clicking the Zoom