Figure 1 Tools, definition, function, skill, and activity.
Tool |
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Function |
Skill |
Activity |
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Move tool (V) |
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Click and drag to move layer or selection outline. Use Shift and Alt and for additional options. |
Click, drag, and move. |
Click, drag, and move. |
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Rectangular marquee tool (M) |
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Draw rectangular selection or move selection outline. Use Shift, Alt, and Ctrl for additional options. |
Draw and move. |
Draw and move. |
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Lasso tool |
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Click to set a selection segment point. Use Shift, Alt and Ctrl for additional options. |
Draw and move. |
Draw and move |
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Airbrush tool (J) |
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Click and drag to airbrush using foreground color. Use Shift, Alt, and Ctrl for additional options. |
Click, drag, and paint. |
Click, drag, and paint. |
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Clone stamp tool (S) |
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Click and drag to create duplicate. duplicate. Use Shift, Alt, and Ctrl for additional options. |
Click and drag. |
Click and drag. |
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Erase tool (E) |
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Click and drag to erase to background color. Use Shift, Alt, and Ctrl for additional options. |
Click and drag. |
Click and drag. |
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Blur tool (R) |
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Click and drag to blur desired area. Use Shift, Alt, and Ctrl for additional options. |
Click and drag. |
Click and drag. |
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Path component selection tool (A) |
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Click to select and / or drag a subpath. Use Shift, Alt, and Ctrl for addition options. |
Click, drag, and select |
Click, drag, and select |
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Pen tool (P) |
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Click to add points to the path. Click on start point to close path. Use Shift, Alt and Ctrl for additional options. |
Click. |
Click. |
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Notes tool (N) |
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Click and drag on images to create a text note. Use Ctrl for additional options. |
Click, drag, and create text. |
Click, drag, and create text. |
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Hand tool (H) |
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Click and drag to scroll image in desired direction. Use Alt and Ctrl for additional options. |
Click and drag. |
Click and drag. |
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Crop tool (C) |
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Click and drag to define cropping frame. Use Shift, Alt and Ctrl for additional options. |
Click and drag |
Click and drag |
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Magic wand tool (W) |
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Click to select adjacent pixels of similar color or move selection outline. Use, Shift, Alt, and Ctrl for additional options. |
Click. |
Click. |
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Silence tool (K) |
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Click and drag to create a slice. Use Shift and Alt for additional options. |
Click and drag |
Click and drag |
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Paintbrush tool (B) |
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Click and drag to paint using foreground color. Use Shift, Alt, and Ctrl for additional options. |
Click and drag. |
Click and drag |
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Paint pucket tool (K) |
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Click on desired images are to fill with foreground color. |
Click |
Click |
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Gradient tool (G) |
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Click and drag to fill with gradient. Use Shift, Alt, and Ctrl for additional options. |
Click and drag |
Click and drag |
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Dodge tool (O) |
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Click and drag to tighten. Use Shift, Alt, and Ctrl for additional options. |
Click and drag |
Click and drag |
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Type tool (T) |
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Click to set base of text and bring up Text dialogue. Use Alt and Ctrl for additional options. |
Click. Typing by keyboard. |
Click. Typing by keyboard |
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Rectangle tool (U) |
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Click and drag to draw a rectangle. Use Shift, Alt and Ctrl for additional options. |
Click and drag |
Click and drag |
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Eyedropper tool (I) |
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Click image to choose new FOREGROUND color. Use Shift, Alt, and Ctrl for additional options. |
Click. |
Click |
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Zoom tool (Z) |
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Click or drag over the area you want enlarge. Press Alt to zoom out. |
Click. |
Click |
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Set background and foreground |
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Click image to choose new color. |
Click. |
Click |