GIMP

• It has a "toolbox" to quickly perform basic tasks.

• Toolbox is customizable, this means that you can add / remove any tool you want.
• To select tools for doing something, go to the "Tools" menu, and select any tool you
want. To put the tool on the panel go to
"Edit > Preferences > Toolbox”.
• But it can only be edited in a linear way, that is, while sorting it in the "options" there's
no way to see where tools will finally appear on the grid. Even though the program's
layout updates instantly.
• More sophisticated tools are not in the toolbox, but next to the Tools, in the Filters
menu.
• Tools Edit - These tools are available by default in toolbox.
ICON NAME SHORTCUT SELECTION DESCRIPTION
TOOL

Rectangle R Tools – Selection Used to select a part of the

Tools – Rectangle image in a rectangular
Select Tool Select shape.

Ellipse E Tools – Selection Used to select a part of the

image in ellipse or circular
Tools – Ellipse
Select Tool shape.

Free F Tools – Selection Used to select a part of the

image in a rectangular
Tools –Free
Select Tool Select shape.

Fuzzy U Tools – Selection Used to select an area

intelligently by the
Tools – Fuzzy
Select Tool Select computer.
Select by Shift + O Tools – Selection Used to select a
certain color. All the
Tools – By Color
Color Tool Select areas in the
workspace with the
same color will be
selected.

Scissors I Tools – Selection Used to select a

shape determined by
Tools – Scissors
Select Tool Select the edges defined in
the image.

Foreground None Tools – Selection Used to select and

separate the subject
Tools – Foreground
Select Tool Select in the image against
the background of
the image.

Path B Tools - Paths Used to create a

customized path for
Tool editing.
 Color O Tools – Color Used to select a
specified color from
Picker Tool Picker
the image.

Zoom Z Tools – Zoom Used to adjust the

scale and size of the
Tool image relative to
the viewer.

Measure Shift + M Tools – Measure Used to measure

the distance
Tool between two points.
It can also measure
the angles of
separation of two
points.

Move M Tools – Transform Used to select a

part of the image
Tools – Move
Tool and transfer it to
another area
Alignment Q Tools – Used to align all
the layers of the
Tool Transform Tools
image.
– Align

Crop Shift + C Tools – Transform Used to remove or

cut a certain part
Tools – Crop
Tool of the image.

Rotate Shift + R Tools – Transform Used to rotate the

image, either
Tools – Rotate
Tool clockwise or
counterclockwise.

Scale Shift + T Tools – Transform Used to scale

large or scale
Tools – Scale
Tool small the image in
the workspace.
 Shear Shift + S Tools – Used to make the
image look slanted
Tool Transform Tools
or inclined on one
– Shear side.

Perspective Shift + P Tools – Transform Used to make the

image look as if
Tools –
Tool Perspective viewed from a
certain angle.

Flip Shift + F Tools – Transform Used to flip or invert

the view of the
Tools – Flip
Tool image horizontally.

Cage Shift + G Tools – Transform Used to transform

the size of a certain
Tools – Cage
Transform portion of the image.
Tool
 Text T Tools – Text Used to insert a
textbox for insertion
Tool of characters or
words.

Bucket Fill Shift + B Tools – Paint Tools Used to

automatically, fill the
– Bucket Fill
Tool entire selection with
your chosen color.

Gradient L Tools – Paint Tools Used to fill the

selected area with a
– Blend
Tool color gradient.

Pencil N Tools – Paint Tools Used to draw on a

selected image
– Pencil
Tool similar to a pencil
stroke.
Paintbrush P Tools – Paint Tools Used to influence the
selected image with
Tool – Paintbrush
brush type strokes with
the chosen color and
thickness.

Erase Shift + E Tools – Paint Tools – Used to delete an

unwanted area in the
Eraser
Tool image.

Airbrush A Tools – Paint Tools – Used to apply airbrush

strokes with varying
Airbrush
Tool pressure.

Ink K Tools – Paint Tools – Used to do calligraphy-

style paintings.
Ink
Tool
 Clone C Tools – Paint Used to copy certain
pattern from an image
Tool Tools – Clone
to be used to the
selected portion.

Healing H Tools – Paint Used to correct

irregularities in a
Tools – Heal
Tool selected portion of the
image.

Perspective None Tools – Paint Used to apply a cloned

patter from a selected
Tools –
Clone Tool Perspective image after applying a
perspective
transformation.

Blur/Sharpen Shift + U Tools – Paint Used to blur a selection

by using a paintbrush.
Tools –
Tool Blur/Sharpen
 Smudge S Tools – Paint Tools – Used to smudge a
selection using a
Smudge
Tool brush.

Dodge/Burn Shift + D Tools – Paint Tools – Used to lighten or

darken a selection
Dodge/Burn
Tool using a brush