Elements Toolbar
1) Rectangular marquee
1a) Elliptical marquee
2) Lasso
2a) Polygonal lasso
2b) Magnetic lasso
3) Crop tool
4) Custom Shape
4a) Rectangle
4b) Rounded Rectangle
4c) Ellipse
4d) Polygon
4e) Line
4f) Shape Selection
5) Airbrush
6) Paint bucket
7) Eraser
7a) Background Eraser
7b) Magic Eraser
8) Blur
9) Sponge
10) Red eye brush
11) Clone stamp
11a) Pattern stamp
12) Hand
13) Foreground color
14)Default colors
15) Move
16) Magic wand
17) Type
18) Gradient
19) Paintbrush
20) Pencil
21) Impressionist brush
22) Sharpen
23) Smudge
24) Dodge
24a) Burn
25) Eyedropper
26) Zoom
27) Switch colors
28) Background color
Please note that this main index page is the only one that will show the old Elements 1 toolbox. All of the individual tools pages to which it links have been updated to show Elements 2 tool versions. If you are using Elements 2, go to the Elements 2 tools page to find the Elements 2 toolbar.
In the Palettes section, find detailed information about all of the Photoshop Elements 1 palettes.
If you double click on the little blue band at the very top of the toolbar, it will collapse to show only that blue band and the Adobe eye icon. To reopen the toolbar, double click again on the blue band (not the Adobe icon). Some Elements users have had difficulty figuring out what happened to their toolbar.
To navigate through this Tools section, start by clicking either on a text link, above, or on the tool you want in the toolbar illustration, above-left. Once on a tool’s page, jump to other tools by using the Jump menu on the left side of every page.
The letter in parenthesis next to each reference number in the illustration is the keyboard shortcut for that tool.
If you have doodled with a tool’s options and want to get back to the default settings, click that tool’s icon at the far left end of its options bar. Choose either Reset Tool to reset only the current tool, or Reset All Tools to restore default settings to every tool.
Please note that all descriptions, and illustrations featured refer to files which are in Photoshop’s .psd format, and which are in RGB color mode. Other file formats, and color modes may generate different options. Some Photoshop features are not available for images not in .psd format, or RGB color mode. To find what color mode your image is in, choose Image > Mode.
In the Photoshop Tips section there is an entire section devoted to the Blend Modes, with many large illustrations showing each modes effects. There are also separate pages on Image Resolution, Anti-aliasing, Brushes, and Feathering.
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