Tools
Last updated on
Oct 27, 2025
Learn about the different navigation and measuring tools you can access from the toolbar in Adobe Photoshop.
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Brush tool |
Paints brush strokes. |
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Pencil tool |
Paints hard-edged strokes. |
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Color Replacement tool |
Replaces a selected color with a new color. |
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Mixer Brush tool |
Simulates realistic painting techniques such as blending canvas colors and varying paint wetness. |
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History Brush tool |
Paints a copy of the selected state or snapshot into the current image window. |
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Art History Brush tool |
Paints with stylized strokes that simulate the look of different paint styles, using a selected state or snapshot. |
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Gradient tools |
Create straight-line, radial, angle, reflected, and diamond blends between colors. |
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Paint Bucket tool |
Fills similarly colored areas with the foreground color. |
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Eyedropper tool |
Samples colors in an image. |
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Color Sampler tool |
Displays color values for up to four areas. |
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Clone Stamp tool |
Paints with a sample of an image. |
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Pattern Stamp tool |
Paints with part of an image as a pattern. |
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