Image Editing Vocab

Move Tool

moves a selection or layers

Rectangular Marquee Tool

creates, moves, or resizes multiple canvases

Rectangular Marquee Tool

makes a selection in a shape of a rectangle

Elliptical Marquee Tool

makes a selection in a shape of a elliptical

Single Row Marquee Tool

makes a horizontal selection that is a single pixel high

Single Column Marquee Tool

makes a vertical selection that is a single pixel long

lasso tool

makes free hand selection

polygonal lasso tool

creates a straight edge selection

magnetic lasso tool

makes a selection by snapping to image edges

quick selection tool

makes a selection by finding and following the edges in an image

magic wand tool

selects similarly colored image areas

crop tool

trims or expands the edges of an image

perspective crop tool

crops an image to correct distortion caused by perspective

slice tool

cuts an image into a smaller sections

slice select tool

selects, moves, and resizes slices of an image

eyedropper tool

samples colors from an image

3D material eyedropper tool

loads the selected material from a 3D objects

color sampler tool

displays values for colors in an image

ruler tool

measures distances and angles in an image

spot healing brush tool

removes marks and blemishes

healing brush tool

repairs imperfections

patch tool

replaces a selected area

content-aware move tool

selects and moves parts of images

red eye tool

fixes red eye effect caused by a camera

brush tool

paints costume brush strokes

pencil tool

paints hard edge brush strokes

color replacement tool

paints the selected color over and existing color

mixer brush tool

simulates real painting techniques

clone stamp tool

paints with pixels from another part of the image

pattern stamp tool

paints using a chosen pattern

history brush tool

restores part of an image to an earlier state

eraser tool

changes pixels to background color or transparent

background eraser tool

erases pixels of sampled color

magic eraser tool

erases similarly colored areas with foreground color

gradient tool

creates gradual blend between colors

paint bucket tool

fills similarly colored areas with foreground color

3D material drop tool

drops material loaded in tool onto target area of a 3D object

blur tool

blurs areas in an image

sharpen tool

sharpens soft edges in an image

smudge tool

smudges of softens colors in an image

dodge tool

lightens areas in an image

burn tool

darken areas in an image

sponge tool

changes color saturation of areas in an image

pen tool

makes and changes paths with anchor points and handles

freeform pen tool

adds anchor points

add anchor point tool

add anchor points to paths or shape

delete anchor point tool

deletes anchor point and reshapes path

horizontal type tool

adds horizontal type

vertical type tool

adds vertical text

vertical type mask tool

creates a selection in the shape of horizontal type

horizontal type mask tool

creates a selection in the shape of horizontal type

path selection tool

selects whole path

direct selection tool

selects the individual segment and points of a path

rectangle tool

draws rectangles

rounded rectangle tool

draws rectangles with rounded corners

ellipse tool

draws ellipses

polygon tool

draws polygons

line tool

draws lines

custom shape tool

draws shapes from a custom shape list

hand tool

pans over different parts of an image

rotate view tool

rotates the view of an image

zoom tool

magnifies or reduces the view of an image