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PhotoshopCS4 Tools
The tools of photoshopCS4 seem like this at right corner of your computer
screen.
This move tool is used to drag the pictures. You can move the selected
portion of particular image within that picture. Also you can drag the
picture from one opened picture to next picture.
2. Marquee tool
It is used for selecting the certain part of image. This tool has four sub
tools. You can view these sub tools by right clicking the marquee tool.
The red highlight has square dot
which shows that the particular
sub tool has been currently
selected.
This tool is used to select the
picture in rectangular shape. You
can adjust the corner also if you
want by going to :
3. Lasso tool
It is used to make the selection according to users choice. It has three sub
tools.
4. Wand tool
This tool is also made for selection but with different approach. This
has two sub tools.
This tool is used to make the
selection according to color
match. E.g. if you click on your
black dress it makes whole dress selection. Now if you want to add the
dark brown glove to selection then again click in brown glove. This will
make your dress and glove be selected. It goes on adding the clicked
color.
This tool selects the image
according to matched color. If you
click yellow color it selects all
yellow color of image which
matches the intensity of clicked yellow color. But it doesnt go on
adding selection as previous.
While making the selection, if you need to add certain part again press
Shift key and start the selection it adds. And you need to delete certain
selected part, press Alt key and start selection. The selected part will
get deleted from your previous selection.
5. Crop tool
7. Healing tool
This tool is used to make certain edit in image by making art over it. It
has three sub tools.
This tool is used to make art over picture. Select this tool and over
status bar click in drop down button next to brush and select the
pattern.
Now move the mouse over image by clicking, you will see the
particular brush being applied in image. E.g. if you want the grass over
the bottom edge of picture, just select the brush pattern to be of grass
shape, then select its color , let it be green, now move over the edge of
image, the grass picture will be created.
This tool is used to draw the
shapes of any objects you like.
Just click mouse button and
start dragging according to
imagined shape and finally
leave the mouse button. You can adjust the thickness of pencil by
pressing [ and ] button in keyboard. This can be done for any tool
where size can be adjusted and need to be adjusted.
This tool is used to make
change in color of image easily.
If you have picture of wearing
white shirt then you want it to
be blue. So, what you need to
do is go to select blue color (how is described below) and drag over the
shirt. See you got your shirt to be blue. For perfect replacement of
color only over shirt you can make the selection at first using wand or
any of lasso tool and then use color replacement tool.
9. Clone tool
This tool is used to make the copy of image. It has two sub tools.
History tool
This tool is used to make the image as it was previously before saving.
It has two sub tools.
This is tool that makes the
image as it was previously before
saving it. Suppose you made
many edit and didnt liked the
result. While doing ctrl+alt+z also you can make undo only up to 20
steps but you have done already 50 steps of edit. So, what to do? Then
the option is go to history brush tool and click and drag over the
image, the original image will be in front of you. But if you have
pressed ctrl+s or had clicked on save then image will be restored only
up to that point where you have saved.
Eraser tool
This tool is used to remove things from image. This has three sub tools.
This tool helps you to erase the
part of image you dont want.
Click over the unwanted area
and press, the part gets deleted.
This tool erase the part
according to start of click of
color. Suppose you clicked white
area and moved the mouse over
image without leaving button
then all the white part of image gets deleted.
This tool erases the image by
matching the color. Suppose you
clicked over yellow part of image
once, then part of image where
yellow color matches the all
values of clicked yellow part gets erased.
12.
Fill tool
This tool is used to paint the color. It has two sub tools.
This tool makes the graded fill of color over image or selected part. If
you want darker to lighter color of same color this tool is used. You can
select the shape of gradient too by going to status bar like radial,
Blur tool
Dodge tool
This tool is used to increase or decrease the light and contrast. It has
three sub tools.
This tool is used to make the color light.
It increases the brightness of image. To
make the face white you can use it too.
Pen tool
This tool is used to make selection, shapes, etc. It has five sub tools.
This tool is useful to make
selection. It helps in making
curvy selection too. Just go on
clicking and when finished go
to start point and click there or
also you can terminate
anyplace by double clicking mouse. And right click and select the
option like whether you want to make shape or select the path.
This tool is like above. But here you go on dragging after clicking and
leave after you reach your end point.
16.
Text tool
This tool is useful to insert text and design them. It has four sub tools.
This tool is used normally.
This writes the text in
horizontal line. We can edit
them by selecting the option
in status bar too. To convert
the these text in image form
the layer which contains text is right clicked and select rasterize layer.
But after rasterization if we want to edit the text then we cant do it.
17.
Path tool
This tool is used to define the selection way. It has two sub tools.
This tool is used to redefine the
path created for selection using
pen tool.
This tool is used to redefine the
position of each anchor point.
18.
This tool helps in drawing various shapes. It has six sub tools.
This tools helps you to draw
rectangle. It is also used to
draw,select, make outline by
selecting different option in
status bar.
19.
Hand tool
This tool is used to view the area. It has two sub tools.
This tool helps you to navigate
through the image when it is zoomed
highly. You need to press space to
use this without wholly changing to
this using H. And by moving mouse you can navigate through
remaining part.
This tool helps you to rotate your
picture in three dimensional space so
that you can view your picture in
different angle.
20.
Zoom tool
This tool helps you to magnify the picture so that you can see the
detail of image clearly. To shortly use it press ctrl+ space to zoom in
and ctrl+alt+space to zoom out with mouse click.
21.
This tool helps you to see which color is currently selected. The above
big square resembles foreground color. The color corresponding to it
will be used in fill, brush, gradient, pencil tools. By clicking on it you
can select the color of your choice after new window opens for color
selection. The lower big square resembles background color. This color
is displayed in erased part when using the eraser tool. To alternate the
foreground and background color you can use the arrow.
22.
Mask tool
This tool helps you to make the change in image opacity and overlay
other color by masking the original content from changing its
characteristics.
This is the brief description about how to use the tools available in
photoshopCS4.