The Tools Panel in Photoshop CS5

What is Photoshop CS5?

The Photoshop has evolved as the most popular program and the foremost choice among Graphic Designers, Web Designers and Multimedia Designers and the Photographers since its first release. Photoshop CS5, the new release of Photoshop. Photoshop CS5 is the leading digital Image editing Program. It comes in two different programs- Photoshop CS5 and Photoshop CS5 Extended.

What is Tools Panel?

The Tools panel displays various icons that represent various tools in Photoshop CS5 or Photoshop CS5 Extended. These icons are grouped according to their functionalities and used to edit the Image in Photoshop.

Tools Present in the Selection, Cropping and Measuring tools group of the Tools Panel:

Tool Name	Purpose
Move Tool	Moves selection, layer and guides
Rectangular Marquee Tool	Makes rectangular or square selection
Elliptical Marquee Tool	Makes circular or elliptical selections
Single Row Marquee Tool	Makes single row selection
Lasso Tool	Makes free-from selections
Polygon Lasso Tool	Make straight-edged (polygonal) selections
Magnetic Lasso Tool	Makes magnetic selection by snapping to edges
Quick Selection Tool	Enables to quickly paint selection with a brush
Magic Wand Tool	Selects similar color areas in an Image
Crop Tool	Crops or Trims an Image
Slice Tool	Creates slices in an Image
Slice Select Tool	Selects slices in an Image
Eye Dropper Tool	Selects a sample color from an image
Color Sampler Tool	Displays color values up to four areas
Ruler Tool	Measures distances, locations and angles
Notes Tool	Adds text note in an Image
Count Tool	Counts objects in an image (Photoshop Extended only)

Tools present in the Painting and Retouching tools group of the Tools Panel:

Tool Name	Purpose
Spot Healing Brush tool	Removes Blemishes and Objects
Healing Brush Tool	Repairs Imperfection by blending them seamlessly
Patch Tool	Repairs the selected area using samples or patterns
Red Eye Tool	Removes red eye effect (reflection caused by flashlight)
Brush Tool	Paints an image with Brush Strokes
Pencil Tool	Paints hard-edged strokes
Color Replacement Tool	Replaces the selected color with a new color
Mixer Brush Tool	Stimulates realistic painting by blending colors
Clone Stamp Tool	Paints with a sample of an image
Pattern Stamp Tool	Paints an Image with Desired pattern
History Brush Tool	Paints a duplicate of the selected state or snapshot
Art History Tool	Paints with stylized strokes using a selected state
Eraser Tool	Erases pixels or reverts to a saved History
Background Eraser Tool	Erase areas of Transparency
Magic Eraser Tool	Erases solid-color areas to transparency with a single lick
Gradient Tool	Creates Straight, radial color blends and fills the selection
Paint Bucket Tool	Fill areas with Foreground Color
Blur Tool	Blurs hard edges of an Image
Sharpen Tool	Sharpens Soft edges of an image
Smudge Tool	Smudges an Image as if it is retouched by a finger
Dodge Tool	Lightens pixels in an Image
Burn Tool	Darkens pixels in an Image
Sponge Tool	Changes the saturation of Color in a selected area.

Tools Present in the Drawing and Type Tools Group of the Tools Panel:

Pen Tool	Draws smooth-edged vector path
Freeform Pen Toll	Draws freehand path with automatic anchor points
Add Anchor Point Tool	Adds anchor points in a path
Deletes Anchor Point Tool	Deletes Anchor Points from a path
Convert Point Tool	Reshapes a curve at the anchor point
Horizontal Tpe Tool	Enables typehorizontally
Vertical Type Tool	Enables type Vertically
Horizontal type Mask Tool	Creates a horizontal selection in the shape of type
Vertical type Mask Tool	Creates a vertical selection in the shape of type
Path Selection Tool	Selects path showing anchor points, directional lines
Direct Selection Tool	Selects and changes the placement of anchor in a path
Rectangle Tool	Draws rectangle or square vector shapes
Rounded Rectangular Tool	Draws round-edged rectangle or square vector shape
Ellipse Tool	Draws round or elliptical vector shape
Polygon Tool	Draws polygon vector shape
Line Tool	Draws Straight Lines
Custom Shape Tool	Draws custom shapes selected from the custom shape list

Tools present in the 3D and Navigation Tools group of the Tools Panel:

Tool Name	Purpose
3D Object Rotate Tool	Rotate a 3D Object around its X-axis
3D Object Roll Tool	Rotates a 3D Object around its Z-axis
3D Object Pan Tool	Moves the object in the X and Y direction
3D Object Slide Tool	Moves the Object up and down when dragged Horizontally, forward or back when dragged vertically
3D Object Scale Tool	Increases and decreases the size of the 3D object
3D Rotate Camera Tool	Orbits the view of an object in X or Y direction
3D Roll Camera Tool	Rotates the view of an object in Z axis
3D Pan Camera Tool	Pans the view of an object in X and Y direction
3D Walk Camera Tool	Moves forward and when moved vertically
3D Zoom Camera Tool	Allows you to zoom in or zoom out the Object
Hand Tool	Navigates the Image in the Document Window
Rotate View Tool	Rotates the Canvas in any direction
Zoom Tool	Increases or Decreases the relative size of the View
Set Foreground and Background Colors	Enables to select and toggle between Foreground and Background Color
Edit in Standard Mode	Enables to edit an Image in Standard Mode
Edit in quick Mask Mode	Enables to edit a selection by hiding unselected area in quick mask mode