| A | B |
| Selections | Can be based on size, shape, or color. |
| Rectangular Marquee Tool | Selects a rectangular area. |
| Elliptical Marquee Tool | Selects an oval or circular area. |
| Lasso Tool | Traces a freehand selection. |
| Polygonal Lasso Tool | Sets anchor points. |
| Magnetic Lasso Tool | Needs good contrast. |
| Quick Selection Tool | Quickly "paints" a selection. |
| Magic Wand Tool | Selects part of an image. |
| Mouse + Spacebar | Combination used to move the selection. |
| Ctrl + Move pointer within selection | Combination to to temporarily make active tool the Move tool. |
| Shift Key + Arrow | Moves the selection 10 pixels at a time. |
| Alt + Drag Selection | Moves and duplicates a selection at the same time. |
| 32 | Magic Wand Tool default tolerance value. |
| Feathering | This process blurs edges. |
| File>Automate>Crop and Straighten Photos | Automatically crops each image in a scan and creates individual files. |