Are you new to photoshop and want to find out the 5 essential tools you should know? Look no further in this blog post I will show you the tools to begin your creative design.
#1 Move Tool – Keyboard Shortcut (V)
The move tool allows you to move a selection or entire layer by dragging it with your mouse or using your keyboard arrows keys. The move tool is located at the top right of the Photoshop Toolbox. When the move tool is selected, click and drag anywhere in the image.
#2 Horizontal Type Tool – Keyboard Shortcut (T)
The Horizontal Type Tool creates and edits vector-based text in a separate layer. In the Toolbox, select the Horizontal Type Tool. To edit the font, size and other properties click on these options at the top of the software:
#3 Rectangle Tool – Keyboard Shortcut (U)
The Rectangle tool is one of the six Shape tools that are included in Photoshop. It is useful for creating shapes with rectangular dimensions.
The Rectangle Tool is the one that’s visible by default but if we click and hold on to the tool’s icon, a fly-out menu appears showing us the other tools we can choose from. We have something called the Rectangle tool which is also known as a shape tool, a drawing tool and a type tool to alter or change objects.
#4 Eyedropper Tool – Keyboard Shortcut (I)
The Eyedropper tool is used to sample a colour from an image to use this colour further. It’s practical as it facilitates colour selection, for example, an appropriate colour for the skin or the sky.
#5 Eraser Tool – Keyboard Shortcut (E)
The Eraser tool is essentially a brush. You can change the size, hardness and spacing, just like any other brush. It’s also possible for you to change the mode from Brush to Pencil or Block. Instead of painting on the pixels of your image, however, the Eraser deletes the unwanted pixels.
Nathan Roweth 
