Elements 3 Toolbar
1) Rectangular marquee
1a) Elliptical marquee
2) Lasso
2a) Polygonal lasso
2b) Magnetic lasso
3) Selection Brush
4) Custom Shape
4a) Rectangle
4b) Rounded Rectangle
4c) Ellipse
4d) Polygon
4e) Line
4f) Shape Selection
5) Paint bucket
6) Brush
7) Eraser
7a) Background Eraser
7b) Magic
Eraser
8) Blur
9) Sponge
10) Dodge
11) Clone stamp
11a) Pattern stamp
12) Hand
13) Foreground color
14) Default colors
15) Move
16) Magic wand
17) Crop
18) Type
19) Gradient
20) Pencil
21) Red eye brush
22) Sharpen
23) Smudge
24) Burn
25) Eyedropper
26) Zoom
27) Switch colors
28) Background color
In the Palettes section, find detailed information about all of the Photoshop Elements 2 palettes.
Please note - The links from this page go to the tools pages for Elements 2. In most cases, the tools are identical to those in Elements 3. However, in some cases, they are not; most notably the Red Eye tool which is greatly improved in version3.
You can click on the healing brush icon in the illustration above left to be taken to that tool’s page in the Photoshop section of this Web site.
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.
Elements Tips | Photoshop Tips
FreePhotos | Advanced Elements
PS Books | The Belief Game
Animal Rights | Table of Contents
jay@arraich.com | Unreal Nature