The marquee tools make rectangular, elliptical, single row, and single column selections.

The Move tool moves selections, layers, and guides.

The lasso tools make freehand, polygonal (straight-edged), and magnetic (snap-to) selections.

The Quick Selection tool lets you quickly “paint” a selection using an adjustable round brush tip

The Magic Wand tool selects similarly colored areas.

The path selection tools make shape or segment selections showing anchor points, direction lines, and direction points.

The type tools create type on an image.

The type mask tools create a selection in the shape of type.

The pen tools let you draw smooth-edged paths.

The shape tools and Line tool draw shapes and lines in a normal layer or a shape layer.