## Tools

Tools — Key reference for the Tools menu

## Tools

Selection Tools

R

  Rectangle Select

E

  Ellipse Select

F

  Free Select

U

  Fuzzy Select

Shift + O

  Select By Color

I

  Scissors Select

Paint Tools

Shift + B

  Bucket Fill

G

  Gradient

N

  Pencil

P

  Paintbrush

Shift + E

  Eraser

A

  Airbrush

K

  Ink

Y

  MyPaint Brush

C

  Clone

H

  Heal

Shift + U

  Blur/Sharpen

S

  Smudge

Shift + D

  Dodge/Burn

Transform Tools

Q

  Align and Distribute

M

  Move

Shift + C

  Crop

Shift + R

  Rotate

Shift + S

  Scale

Shift + H

  Shear

Shift + P

  Perspective

Shift + W

  3D Transform

Shift + T

  Unified Transform

Shift + L

  Handle Transform

Shift + F

  Flip

Shift + G

  Cage Transform

W

  Warp Transform

Other Tools

B

  Paths

T

  Text

O

  Color Picker

Shift + M

  Measure

Z

  Zoom

  The Zoom tool has some specific reference keys: see Zoom tool.

| Note
Click on a tool icon to open its Tool Options dialog.

Context

Ctrl + B

  Toolbox

D

  Default Colors

X

  Swap Colors

| Note
Click on the colors to change the colors.

Layers |  | Filters

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