
Adobe Photoshop CS4 p. 11
Selects an object by drawing a rectangle or an ellipse around it.
Click the tool button, choose a rectangular or an elliptical marquee. Drag the marquee
over the area of the image you wish to select.
Used to select and move objects on the page.
Click the tool button, then click on any object on the page you wish to move.
Selects an object by drawing a freehand border around it.
Click the tool button, drag to draw a freehand border around the are of the image you
wish to select.
Selects an object by drawing a straight-edge border around it.
Click the tool button, click on the starting point on the image, drag to draw a straight-edge
border, click and drag again to select the are of the image you wish to select. Double-
click to finish.
Selects an object by drawing a border that snaps to the edges of the defined area of the
object.
Click on the starting point on the image, drag around the are of the image. The tool will
make fastening points at the edges. To finish selecting, drag the border to the starting
point and click precisely in the point.
Selects all objects in a document with the same or similar fill color, stroke weight, stroke
color, opacity, or blending mode. By specifying the color range, or tolerance, you can
control what the Magic Wand tool selects.
Click the tool button, then click on the area of the image you wish to select.
Selects and cuts parts of an image.
Click the tool button, then click and drag the tool over the part of the image that you want
to keep. Resize the selected area dragging the squares at the sides and corners. Click
the RETURN key when your crop box is sized correctly.
Used to cut images into slices, which can be exported to a web page.
Marquee
Move
Lasso
Polygonal
Lasso
Magnetic Lasso
Magic Wand
Crop Tool
Slice Tool