SCIENCE HIGH SCHOOL DEPARTMENT

General Luna Road, Baguio City Philippines 2600

Telefax No.: (074) 442-3071 Website: www.ubaguio.edu E-mail Address: ub@ubaguio.edu

ICON NAME SHORTCUT DESCRIPTION

KEY or USE
RECTANGLE TOOL R SELECT A
RECTANGULSR
REGION
ELLIPSE TOOL E SELECT AND
ELIPTICAL REGION
FREE SELECT TOOL F SELECT A HAND-
DRAWN REGION
WITH FREE AND
POLYGONAL
SEGMENTS
FUZZY SELECT U SELACT A
CONTIGUOS REGION
ON THE BASIS OF
COLOR
SELECT BY COLOR SHIFT+O SELECT REGIONS
TOOL WITH SIMILAR
COLORS
SCISSORS SELECT I SELECT SHAPES
TOOL USING INTELLIGENT
EDGE-FITTING
FOREGROUND SELECT A REGION
SELECT TOOL CONTAINING
FOREGROUND
OBJECTS
PATHS TOOL B CREATE AND EDIT
PATHS
COLOR PICKER TOOL O SET COLORS FROM
IMAGE PIXEL
ZOOM TOOL Z ADJUST THE ZOOM
LEVEL
MEASURE TOOL SHIFT+M MEASURE DISTANCES
AND ANGLE
MOVE TOOL M MOVE LAYERS,
SELECTIONS, AND
OTHER OBJECTS
 SCIENCE HIGH SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
General Luna Road, Baguio City Philippines 2600
Telefax No.: (074) 442-3071 Website: www.ubaguio.edu E-mail Address: ub@ubaguio.edu

ALIGNMENT TOOL Q ALIGN OR ARRANGE

LAYERS AND OTHER
OBJECTS
CROP TOOL SHIFT+C REMOVE EDGES
AREAS FROM IMAGE
OR LAYER
UNIFIED TRANSFROM SHIFT+T TRANSFORM THE
TOOL LAYER, SELECTION OR
PATH
ROTATE TOOL SHIFT+R ROTATE THE LAYER,
SELECTION OR PATH
SCALE TOOL SHIFT+S SCALE LAYER,
SELECION OR PATH
SHEAR TOOL SHIFT+H SHEAR LAYER,
SELECTION OR PATH
HANDLE TRANSFORM SHIFT+L DEFORM THE LAYER,
TOOL SELECTION OR PATH
WIT HANDLES
PERSPECTIVE TOOL SHIFT+P CHANGE
PERSPECTIVE OF THE
LAYER
FLIP TOOL SHIFT_F REVERSE THE LAYER,
SELECTION OR PATH
HORIZONTALLY OR
VERTICALLY
CAGE TRANSFORM SHIFT+G DEFORM A
SELECTION WITH A
CAGE
WRAP TRANSFORM W DEFORM WITH
DIFFERENT TOOLS
TEXT TOOL T CREATE OR EDIT TEXT
LAYERS
BUCKET FILL TOOL SHIFT+B FILL SELECTED AREA
WITH A COLOR OR
PATTERN
GRADIENT TOOL G FILL SELECTED AREA
WITH A COLOR
GRADIENT
 SCIENCE HIGH SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
General Luna Road, Baguio City Philippines 2600
Telefax No.: (074) 442-3071 Website: www.ubaguio.edu E-mail Address: ub@ubaguio.edu

PENCIL TOOL N HARD EDGE

PAINTING USING A
BRUSH
PAINTBRUSH TOOL P PAINT SMOOTH
STROKES USING A
BRUSH
ERASER TOOL SHIFT+E ERASE TO
BACKGROUND OR
TRANSPARENCY
USING A BRUSH
AIRBRUSH TOOL A PAINT USING A
BRUSH WITH
VARIABLE PRESSURE
INK TOOL K CALLIGRAPHY STYLE
PAINTING
MAY PAINT BRUSH Y USE MY PAINT
TOOL BRUSHES IN GIMP
CLONE TOOL C SELECTIVELY COPY
FROM AN IMAGE OR
PATTERN USING
ABRUSH
HEALING TOOL H HEAL IMAGE
IRREGULARITIES
PERSPECTIVE CLONE CLONE FROM AN
TOOL IMAGE SOURCE
AFTER APPLYING A
PERSPECTIVE
TRANSFORMATION
BLUR/ SHARPEN SHIFT+U SELECTIVE BLURRING
TOOL OR UNBLURRING
USING ABRUSH
SMUDGE TOOL S SMUDGE SELECTIVELY
USING A BRUSH
DODGE/ BURN TOOL SHIFT+D SELECTIVELY LIGHTEN
OR DARKEN USING A
BRUSH
 SCIENCE HIGH SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
General Luna Road, Baguio City Philippines 2600
Telefax No.: (074) 442-3071 Website: www.ubaguio.edu E-mail Address: ub@ubaguio.edu

ICON NAME SHORTCUT DESCRIPTION

or USE
NEW LAYER SHIFT+CTRL+N CREATE A NEW LAYER
NEW FROM VISIBLE AND ADD IT TO THE
IMAGE
NEW LAYER GROUP CREATE A NEW LAYER
GROUP
DUPLICATE LAYER SHIFT+CTRL+D CREATE A DUPLICATE
LAYER
ANCHOR LAYER CTRL+H ANCHOR THE
FLOATING LAYER
MERGE DOWN MERGE THIS LAYER
WITH FIRST VISIBLE
LAYER BELOW IT
DELETE LAYER CELETE THIS LAYER
LAYER BOUNDARY ADJUST THE LAYER
SIZE DIMENSIONS
LAYER IMAGE SIZE RESIZE THE LAYER TO
THE SIZE OF THE
IMAGE
SCALE LAYER CHANGE THE SIZE OF
THE LAYER CONTENT
CROP TO SELECTION CROP THE LAYER TO
THE EXTENTS OF THE
SELECTOR
CROP TO CONTENT CROP THE LAYER TO
THE EXTENTS OF
CONTENT