| A | B |
| Anti-aliasing | Smooths the jagged edges of a selection by softening the color transition between edge pixels and background pixels |
| Canvas size | Add or remove work space around an existing image |
| Feathering | Blurs edges by building a transition boundary between the selection and its surrounding pixels |
| Image size | Number of pixels along the height and width of a bitmap image |
| Lasso & Polygonal lasso | Lets you draw both straight-edges and freehand segments of a selection border. |
| Magic wand | Lets you select a consistently colored area without having to trace its outline |
| Magnetic lasso | Useful for quickly selecting objects with complex edges set against high-contrast backgrounds |
| Marquee | Lets you select rectangles, ellipses, or rounded rectangles |
| Move | Lets you drag a selection or layer to a new location in the image |