Photoshop 101 Basic Tools

Symbol Picture Tool Shortcut Key

Explanation

Move V Allows you to move the selected layer to

any position you desire.

Marquee M Allows you to select an area to delete, cut

and copy. By click and holding, you are able to select more marquee tools.

Lasso Tools L Same as the marquee tool except it

allows you to select a more specific area. Click and holding will allow more to

appear.

Magic wand W Like marquee, however, it lets you select

small spaces with ease. Be careful it does not over select. Adjust this by changing

the tolerance number at the top

Crop C Allows you to cut the sides off an image.

If you need it as a circle, use the circle marquee tool and paste as a new layer.

Brush B Think of this like a paintbrush. It can be

fun, yet quite dangerous if you don’t pay attention

These are the basic tools in Photoshop. I use these quite often. I encourage everyone to play around

with the other tools to get used to the program. A tutorial is useless if you do not have free reign. In

addition, don’t forget to use layers. That is what makes Photoshop amazing. Last tip, I promise. If you

are in need of putting a stroke, drop shadow or anything like that behind your layer, right click the layer

and hit blending options.