Selection & Cropping Tools
• Rectangular Marquee ( M )
– Used to select rect. shapes within an image; areas can be copied or cut & pasted into new layers. Tool can be used to create bounding box for further work within it’s confines. Elliptical & single column and row tools also available.
• Move Tool ( V )
– Used to move selected layers around. Click and drag to adjust layer elements.
Tool also used to set and move guides.
• Lasso Tool ( L )
– Used to select parts of a layer for editing. Also Magnetic & Polygonal Lassoes
available.
• Magic Wand ( W )
– Used to select portions of image based on colour.
• Crop Tool ( C )
– Used to adjust the size of the whole image. MUST BE USED CAREFULLY

Retouching Tools
• Healing Tool ( J )
– Used to remove dust marks, scratches and blemishes from images. The patch tool is used to repair areas of an image that are larger than a typical scratch. A red-eye reduction tool is also available.
• Clone Tool ( S )
– Used to copy portions of a layer from one area to another for repair work.
• Eraser ( E )
– Used to remove portions of a layer. Can only be used in a destructive manner.
• Blur ( R )
– Used to selectively blur areas of a layer; useful for blending colours or objects.
• Dodge / Burn ( O )
– Used to lighten or darken areas of an image and are based on darkroom techniques.

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