Toolbox

The left tool strip lists all tools. They are grouped below by purpose (the English name in parentheses helps you match the icon).

Select & transform

Tool	Purpose
Select / Move	Select a layer and drag it
Transform (Ctrl+T)	Scale, rotate, skew a layer, with snap grid
Crop	Frame the area to keep; extra canvas is cropped after applying

Selection tools

Tool	Purpose
Marquee	Drag a rectangular selection
Ellipse select	Drag an elliptical selection
Lasso	Free-hand shape selection
Fuzzy select	Select by color similarity; adjustable threshold, contiguous, anti-alias, white-edge removal

The selection tool properties bar offers: Feather, Grow, Shrink, Border, plus Fill selection and Stroke selection. Between selections use Shift to add, Ctrl to subtract, Ctrl+Shift to intersect (see Chapter 7).

Painting tools

Tool	Purpose
Brush	Basic painting; adjustable size (2–400), hardness, opacity, color
Eraser	Erase pixels (on a mask it erases the mask)
Airbrush	Spray with accumulating density
Smudge	Push pixels around like a finger
Clone	Alt+click to set the sample source, then paint to copy from it
Dodge	Lighten
Burn	Darken

Painting target switch: the brush/eraser properties bar lets you switch between painting on the Layer or the Mask.

Symmetrical drawing: brush/eraser/airbrush support symmetry modes — off / horizontal mirror / vertical mirror / quad mirror / mandala (2–16 sectors). Great for symmetric patterns and totems.

Gradient & fill

Tool	Purpose
Gradient	Linear/radial gradient; "gradient to transparent", reverse, background color
Bucket fill	Fill a contiguous area with the foreground color

Shape & vector

Tool	Purpose
Shape	Rectangle, ellipse, line, polygon, star, arc, spiral
Pen	Precise path with Bézier anchors

Shape properties: sides (3–24), star inner ratio (0.1–0.9), spiral turns (1–8), fill/stroke on/off, line width (1–100), and choose "new layer" or "merge to current layer".

Text, eyedropper & warp

Tool	Purpose
Text	Place a text layer on the canvas; double-click or use the dialog to edit
Color picker	Pick any color on the canvas as the foreground color
Warp	Pull the layer into a deformation with a grid (3×3 / 4×4 / 5×5)
Edge anti-alias	Anti-alias or blur the current layer's edges

Foreground & background color

Two overlapping swatches sit at the bottom of the tool strip:

• Top is the foreground color (used by brush, fill); bottom is the background color.
• Press X to swap foreground/background; press D to restore default (black foreground, white background).

Expanded left tool strip with each icon labeled; plus brush properties bar + symmetry mode + layer/mask switch.