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Activate a tool
The Tools panel can be displayed as a toolbar (as shown
here) or as a normal panel.  Tools panel - A.
- Selection
- B.
- Hand
- C.
- Zoom
- D.
- Rotation
- E.
- Camera
tools
- F.
- Pan Behind
- G.
- Mask and
shape tools
- H.
- Pen tools
- I.
- Type tools
- J.
- Brush
- K.
- Clone
Stamp
- L.
- Eraser
- M.
- Puppet
tools
- N.
- Controls related to
active tool
Note: Controls
related to some tools appear only when the tool is selected in the Tools
panel.
Click the button
for the tool. If the button has a small triangle at its lower-right corner,
hold down the mouse button to view the hidden tools. Then, click
the tool you want to activate.
Press the keyboard shortcut for the tool. (Placing the pointer
over a tool button displays a tool tip with the name and keyboard
shortcut for the tool.)
To cycle through hidden tools within a tool category, repeatedly
press the keyboard shortcut for the tool category. (For example,
press G repeatedly to cycle through the pen tools.)
To momentarily activate a tool, hold down the key for the
desired tool; release the key to return to the previously active
tool. (This technique does not work with all tools.)
To momentarily activate the Hand tool, hold down the spacebar,
the H key, or the middle mouse button. (The middle mouse button
does not activate the Hand tool under a few circumstances, including
when the Unified Camera tool is active.)
 To pan around in the Composition, Layer, or Footage
panel, drag with the Hand tool. Hold Shift, too, to pan faster. To show or hide panels most relevant to the active tool, click
the panel button  if
available. For example, clicking this button when a paint tool is
active opens or closes the Paint and Brushes panels. Select the
Auto-Open Panels option in the Tools panel to automatically open
the relevant panels when certain tools are activated.
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