Tools Panel Overview

Moves selections, layers, and guides.

• The Artboard tool

• The Move tool

• The marquee tools

• The lasso tools

Moves, resizes, and adds artboards.

• The Move tool

• The marquee tools

• The Artboard tool

• The lasso tools

Make rectangular, elliptical, single row, and single column selections.

• The Move tool

• The marquee tools

• The Artboard tool

• The lasso tools

Make freehand, polygonal (straight-edged), and magnetic (snap-to) selections.

• The Move tool

• The marquee tools

• The Artboard tool

• The lasso tools

Lets you quickly “paint” a selection using an adjustable round brush tip.

• The Slice tool

• The Magic Wand tool

• The crop tools

• The Quick Selection tool

Selects similarly colored areas.

• The Slice tool

• The Magic Wand tool

• The crop tools

• The Quick Selection tool

Trim, straighten, and change the perspective of images.

• The Slice tool

• The Magic Wand tool

• The crop tools

• The Quick Selection tool

Creates slices.

• The Slice tool

• The Magic Wand tool

• The crop tools

• The Quick Selection tool

Selects slices.

• The Slice tool

• The Eyedropper tool

• The Slice Select tool

• The 3D Material Eyedropper tool

Samples colors in an image.

• The Color Sampler tool

• The Eyedropper tool

• The Slice Select tool

• The 3D Material Eyedropper tool