IntroIntroduction:

Adobe Photoshop is comprehensive set of retouching, painting, drawing, and Web tools; Photoshop helps us complete any image-editing task efficiently. And with features like the History palette and editable layer effects, you can experiment freely without sacrificing efficiency.

Using the toolbox:

The first time you start the application, the toolbox appears on the left side of the screen. Some tools in the toolbox have options that appear in the contextsensitive tool options bar. These include the tools that let you use type, select, paint, draw, sample, edit, move, annotate, and view images. Other tools in the toolbox allow you to change foreground/background colors, go to Adobe Online, work in different modes, and jump between Photoshop and Image Ready applications.

Toolbox Overview:

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 magic wand tool selects similarly colored areas.

The crop tool trims images.

The slice tool creates slices.

The slice selection tool selects slices.

The healing brush tool * paints with a sample or pattern to repairs imperfections in a image

The patch tool * repairs The brush tool paints imperfections in a brush strokes. selected area of an image using a sample or pattern.

The pencil tool paints hard- The clone stamp tool edged strokes. paints with a sample of an image.

The pattern stamp The history brush tool * The art history brush tool * tool * paints with part paints a copy of the paints with stylized strokes of an image as a selected state or that simulate the look of pattern. snapshot into the current different paint styles, using image window. a selected state or snapshot.

The magic eraser tool erases solid-colored areas to transparency with a single click.

The eyedropper tool The measure tool * The eraser tool erases background eraser samples colors in an The measures distances, pixels and restores parts tool * erases areas to image. locations, and angles. of an image to a transparency by previously saved state. dragging.

The hand tool moves an The zoom tool magnifies The gradient tools The paint bucket toolof fills image within its create and reduces the view straight-line, radial *, similarly colored areas window. an image. angle *, reflected *, and with the foreground color. diamond *, blends between colors.

The blur tool blurs hard edges in an image.

The sharpen tool sharpens soft edges in an image.

The smudge tool smudges data in an image.

The dodge tool lightens areas in an image.

The burn tool darkens areas in an image.

The sponge tool changes the color saturation of an area.

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 * The pen tools * let you create a selection in the draw smooth-edged shape of type. paths.

The custom shape tool * makes customized shapes selected from a custom shape list.

The annotation tools * makes notes and audio annotations that can be attached to an image.

About the work area

The work area consists of the following components: Menu bar The menu bar contains menus for performing tasks. The menus are organized by topic. For example, the Layers menu contains commands for working with layers. Options bar The options bar provides options for using a tool. Toolbox The toolbox holds tools for creating and editing images. Palette well (Photoshop) The palette well helps you organize the palettes in your work area. Palettes Palettes help you monitor and modify images.