Photoshop Reference

Move Tool (V) → Moves layers and selections.

Marquee Tool (M) → Creates rectangular or elliptical selections.

Lasso Tool (L) → Freehand selection.

Polygonal Lasso → Straight-edge selection.

Magic Wand (W) → Selects similar colors.

Quick Selection (W) → Paint to select objects.

Crop Tool (C) → Crops or resizes canvas.

Eyedropper (I) → Samples color from image.

Brush Tool (B) → Paints strokes.

Pencil Tool (B) → Hard-edged drawing.

Eraser Tool (E) → Removes pixels.

Clone Stamp (S) → Copies pixels from another area.

Healing Brush (J) → Removes blemishes smoothly.

Spot Healing (J) → Auto-removes small defects.

Patch Tool (J) → Replaces selected area with another.

Gradient Tool (G) → Creates color gradients.

Paint Bucket (G) → Fills area with color.

Blur Tool → Blurs pixels.

Sharpen Tool → Sharpens edges.

Smudge Tool → Smears pixels.

Dodge Tool → Lightens areas.

Burn Tool → Darkens areas.

Sponge Tool → Adjusts saturation.

Type Tool (T) → Adds text.

Pen Tool (P) → Creates vector paths.

Path Selection (A) → Selects vector paths.

Shape Tools (U) → Draws vector shapes.

Hand Tool (H) → Moves canvas view.

Zoom Tool (Z) → Zooms in/out.

Layer → Basic image element.

New Layer → Creates empty layer.

Duplicate Layer → Copies layer.

Delete Layer → Removes layer.

Layer Opacity → Transparency level.

Blend Mode → How layers interact.

Layer Mask → Hides/reveals parts non-destructively.

Clipping Mask → Limits layer to shape below.

Adjustment Layer → Non-destructive color/tonal change.

Smart Object → Scalable non-destructive layer.

Select All (Ctrl+A) → Select entire canvas.

Deselect (Ctrl+D) → Remove selection.

Inverse (Shift+Ctrl+I) → Invert selection.

Feather → Softens selection edge.

Refine Edge → Improves selection quality.

Free Transform (Ctrl+T) → Scale/rotate/warp.

Scale → Resize layer.

Rotate → Rotate layer.

Warp → Distort shape.

Flip Horizontal/Vertical → Mirror layer.

Brightness/Contrast → Adjust light/dark.

Levels → Adjust shadows/midtones/highlights.

Curves → Advanced tonal control.

Hue/Saturation → Adjust colors.

Color Balance → Shift color tones.

Black & White → Convert to grayscale.

Gradient Map → Map tones to colors.

Selective Color → Adjust specific colors.

Gaussian Blur → Soft blur.

Motion Blur → Directional blur.

Sharpen → Enhance edges.

Noise → Add grain.

Liquify → Push/pull pixels.

Camera Raw → Photo adjustments.

New → Create document.

Open → Open file.

Save → Save PSD.

Save As → Save new copy.

Export → Save for web/image.

Place → Insert image.