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This section of the site is a comprehensive Toolbox reference. Click on a tool's icon to view its video manual*.

Icon	Tool	Key	Purpose	Icon	Tool	Key	Purpose
	Elliptical Marquee	M	selecting		Single Row Marquee	-	selecting
	Rectangular Marquee	M	selecting		Single Column Marquee	-	selecting
	Lasso	L	selecting		Move	V	transforming
	Polygonal Lasso	L	selecting		Magic Wand	W	selecting
	Magnetic Lasso	L	selecting		Crop	C	transforming
	Slice	K	web design		Slice Select	K	web design
	Healing Brush (Photoshop7)	J	retouching		Patch (Photoshop7)	J	retouching
	Brush (Paintbrush)	B	painting		Pencil	B	painting
	Clone Stamp	S	painting		Pattern Stamp	S	painting
	History Brush	Y	restores to selected history state		Art History Brush	Y	painting
	Airbrush	J	painting		Eraser	E	erasing
	Background Eraser	E	erasing		Magic Eraser	E	erasing
	Paint Bucket	G	painting		Gradient	G	painting
	Blur	R	unfocusing		Sharpen	R	focusing
	Smudge	R	painting		Sponge	O	color adjustment
	Dodge	O	tonal adjustment		Burn	O	tonal adjustment
	Horizontal Type	T	typing		Vertical Type	T	typing
	Horizontal Type Mask	T	typing		Vertical Type Mask	T	typing
	Direct Selection	A	drawing		Path (Component) Selection	A	drawing
	Pen	P	drawing		Freeform Pen	P	drawing
	Add Anchor Point	-	drawing		Delete Anchor Point	-	drawing
	Convert Point	-	drawing		Rectangle	U	drawing
	Rounded Rectangle	U	drawing		Ellipse	U	drawing
	Polygon	U	drawing		LIne	U	drawing
	Custom Shape	U	drawing		Eyedropper	I	choosing color
	Color Sampler	I	color information		Measure	I	geometrical measurements
	Notes	N	non-printable data		Audio Annotation	N	non-printable data
	Hand	H	navigating		Zoom	Z	image viewing
	Color Selecting box	-	displays current color		Color Replacement	J	retouching
	Mode Selector	Q	selecting		Jump to Image Ready	Shift+ Ctrl+ M	web design

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