EntranceName of tools in Photoshop. Photoshop tools
Hello comrades! In this article I will tell you about the main ADOBE Photoshop Tools, in this lesson we will use the CS6 version of the program. Each of the tools will then be given a separate article with a detailed description of it, but here we touch on it only in passing and omit a lot, this is a navigation article. Thanks for understanding.
We will analyze them all and possible operating modes each of tools, of course, telling fully enough about each tool in one article is an impossible task. Most likely, later, there will be a continuation of this article, or rather, several parts. This is where we will give free rein to our imagination and reveal the dirty secrets of each instrument.
In this article, everything is structured and very clearly stated; its main task is to convey brief information about what a particular tool does. Our goal is not to teach you how to use it; there will be other calculations for that. Now let me finish the introductory part and begin. Do you allow me? Great, I'm starting!
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A brief description of all Photoshop tools. Section guide.
1 - Move
The hotkey for calling this tool is . The names are actually all clear, this tool is used to move individual objects, groups of objects, selections, etc. VIDEO LESSON: “Moving”2 - Selection
Selection tool The hotkey for calling this tool is . It serves for highlighting, which again follows from its name. In turn, this tool has, so to speak, a group of modifications:
3 - Free selection or Lasso of different types
The tools of this group are similar in function to the tools of group (2), but they have one important feature, they select an arbitrary area, it all depends on which tool you chose:
4 – Photoshop Quick Selection Tools
5 – Crop and Markup Tools
6 - Auxiliary tools: pipette, ruler, commentary
7 – Retouching tools: healing brush, patch
9 - Drawing: brush, pencil, etc.
9 – Stamp and Pattern Stamp
10 – History Brush and History Art Brush
11 – Leaf, Background Eraser, Magic Eraser
12 – Fill and Gradient
13 – Blur, Sharpness and Finger (O_o)
14 – Brightener, Darkener, Sponge (Bob)
15 — Pen and its modifications. Outlines
16 - Text
17 — Outline selection and Arrow (not the one that flew into space)
18 - Figures
19 - Hand
Hand— used to move around the canvas, you can call it while in any tool mode by holding down the spacebar.Good to know! Every instrument in the program Adobe Photoshop has a hotkey, for example for brush, key, for Pen. Did you know that you can switch between modifications of a particular tool using the keyboard shortcut + TOOL KEY. For example, + will toggle the brush tool, pressing once = Pencil, etc.
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Tools in Photoshop allow you to do any work on images. There are a huge number of tools in the editor, and for a beginner, the purpose of many of them is a mystery.
Today we will try to familiarize ourselves with all the tools located on the toolbar (who would have thought...). There will be no practice in this lesson; you will have to check all the information for functionality yourself in the form of an experiment.
All tools can be divided into sections according to their purpose.
- Section for highlighting sections or fragments;
- Section for cropping (cropping) images;
- Section for retouching;
- Drawing section;
- Vector tools (shapes and text);
- Auxiliary tools.
The instrument stands apart "Move", let's start with it.
Moving
The main function of the tool is to drag objects around the canvas. In addition, if you hold down the key CTRL and click on an object, the layer on which it is located is activated.
Another feature "Movements"— alignment of objects (centers or edges) relative to each other, the canvas, or a selected area.
Selection
The selection section includes "Rectangular area", "Oval area", "Region (horizontal line)", "Area (vertical line)".
This also includes tools "Lasso",
and smart tools "Magic wand" And "Quick Selection".
The most precise of the selection tools is "Feather".
- Rectangular area.
Using this tool, rectangular selections are created. Pressed key SHIFT allows you to maintain proportions (square).
- Oval area.
Tool "Oval area" creates selections in the form of an ellipse. Key SHIFT helps to draw correct circles.
- Region (horizontal line) and Region (vertical line).
These tools draw a 1 pixel thick line across the entire canvas horizontally and vertically, respectively. - Lasso.
- Magic wand.
This tool is used to select a certain color in the image. It is used in particular when removing solid-colored objects or backgrounds.
- Quick selection.
"Quick Selection" in his work he is also guided by the shades of the image, but involves manual actions.
- Feather.
"Feather" creates a path consisting of anchor points. The contour can be of any shape and configuration. The tool allows you to select objects with the highest accuracy.
Cropping
Cropping– cropping images for specific size. Crop crops all existing layers in the document and resizes the canvas.
This section includes following tools: "Frame", “Perspective Crop”, “Cutting” and “Selecting a Fragment”.
Retouch
Retouching tools include Spot Healing Brush, Healing Brush, Patch, Red Eye.
This also includes Stamps.
Drawing
This is one of the most extensive sections. This includes “Brush”, “Pencil”, “Mix Brush”,
"Gradient", "Fill",
and erasers.
Vector tools
Vector elements in Photoshop differ from raster ones in that they can be scaled without distortion or loss of quality, since they consist of primitives (dots and lines) and fill.
The vector tools section contains Rectangle, Rounded Rectangle, Ellipse, Polygon, Line, Free Shape.
We will also place tools for creating text in the same group.
- Rectangle.
Using this tool, rectangles and squares are created (with the key pressed SHIFT).
- Rectangle with rounded corners.
Works exactly the same as the previous tool, but the rectangle gets rounded corners of the given radius.
The radius is adjusted on the top panel.
- Ellipse.
Tool "Ellipse" creates ellipsoidal vector shapes. Key SHIFT allows you to draw circles.
- Polygon.
"Polygon" helps the user to draw geometric figures with a given number of angles.
The number of corners is also set in the top settings panel.
- Line.
This tool allows you to draw straight lines.
The thickness is set in the settings.
- Any figure.
Using a tool "Free figure" You can create shapes of any shape.
Photoshop has default shape sets. In addition, the network contains a large number of custom shapes.
- Text.
Using these tools, inscriptions of horizontal or vertical orientation are created.
Auxiliary Tools
Auxiliary tools include “Pipette”, “Ruler”, “Comment”, “Counter”.
“Outline Selection”, “Arrow”.
"Hand".
"Scale".
We looked at the basic Photoshop tools that can be useful in your work. It should be understood that the choice of a set of tools depends on the area of activity. For example, retouching tools are suitable for a photographer, and drawing tools are suitable for an artist. All sets are perfectly combined with each other.
After studying this lesson, be sure to practice using the tools to fully understand the principles of Photoshop. Learn, improve your skills and good luck in your creativity!
In order to activate a tool in Photoshop whose icon is in this moment visible on the screen, click on it. Next to some icons there is a small arrow. If you click on it, a pop-up palette will open where you can select a tool that is part of the same group.
In Photoshop, it is more convenient to call tools using the keyboard (remember the letters indicated on the following pages for each tool).
If you have forgotten a key combination, hover over the instrument icon, hold for a few seconds, and a tooltip will remind you of it (Fig. 1.1). To alternately call up the instruments included in a group, the icons of which are hidden, press the key Shift and the corresponding hotkey. You can also press the key Alt, Click on the icon of the visible tool.Rice. 1.1. Tooltip tooltip
Each tool has its own parameters (for example, blending mode, opacity value) in the options bar located at the top of the screen (more about the options bar is described in the “Options Bar” section of this chapter) - see Fig. 1.2. The options in the options bar change depending on which tool is selected.
Rice. 1.2. Tooltip in the Options Bar
On the Photoshop options panel on the right side there is an icon for the active tool. If you click on the arrow next to the icon, a drop-down menu will open where you can select another tool. This list can be edited, you can remove rarely used tools and add frequently used tools. The options bar settings are retained for each instrument unless changed or restored to default. You can load, add and save various combinations of buttons, as well as restore the default characteristics of the tool using the menu commands of the drop-down panel (Fig. 1.3). To restore the default options for all tools, select the command there. Reset All Tools(Restore all tools) or click the button Reset All Tools in the window Edit > Preferences > General(Edit > Preferences > General).
In the window Edit > Preferences > Display&Cursors(Edit > Preferences > Display & Cursors) choose whether the cursor will look like the same as the tool icon in the toolbar, or as a crosshair.
If you try to use the tool incorrectly, a prohibition icon 0 will appear. Click in the window containing the image you are working on to learn why the tool should not be used in that situation.
Rice. 1.3. Photoshop Tool Selection Panel
In Fig. Figure 1.4 shows the Photoshop toolbar. Near With The name of the tool groups indicates a “hot key” for calling tools, in xo members of this group.
Press the key Shift and the corresponding “hot” key to call up tools in turn, located on the same pop-up palette (see Fig. 1.5-1.21) and interconnected.
Rice. 1.4. Toolbar
Rice. 1.5. Tool palette for selecting an area of geometric shape
Rice. 1.6. Free-form selection tool palette
Rice. 1.7. Palette of tools for eliminating image defects
Rice. 1.8. Clone Tool Palette
Rice. 1.9. Erase tool palette
Rice. 1.10. A palette of tools that control the clarity of image boundaries
Rice. 1.11. Direct Selection Tool Palette
Rice. 1.12. Tool palette for working with paths
Rice. 1.13. Annotation tool palette
Rice. 1.14. Palette of tools for working with slices
Rice. 1.15. Drawing Tool Palette
Fig.1.16. Palette of tools for working with the history of image creation
Rice. 1.17. Fill tool palette
Rice. 1.18. Toolbar for brightening and darkening images
Rice. 1.19. Toolbar for working with text
Rice. 1.20. Vector Drawing Toolbar
Rice. 1.21. Toolbar for working with color, angles and distances
Rice. 1.22. Note created using the tool Notes
Notes
Photoshop allows you to use the tool Notes(Notes), the panel of which is shown in Fig. 1.13, create text notes in a format compatible with the Acrobat program format. These notes are not printed. They can be used to convey any information to the client, printing house, etc. By clicking on the note icon, you can see the message in the window that appears (Fig. 1.22). Audio notes are created using the tool Audio Annotation(Sound note) - see fig. 1.13.
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We will devote the next lessons on working with Adobe Photoshop to tools.
Toolbar plays important role to work with Photoshop. Some commands can only be performed from the toolbar, for example, working with text, or with drawing tools.
Let's look at the tools. The first group, selection tools.
1.Rectangles Marquee Tool– (Rectangular selection). Selection is made by moving the cursor while holding down the mouse button. If we select an area and then try to select another area, the old selection will disappear. In order to add a new selection to the old one, before starting the selection, you need to press and hold the key Shift. To subtract a new selection from the old one, press and hold the key Alt. If you hold down a key together Shift and Alt,this will lead to the fact that the selected area will be the area combining the old and new selection.
Elliptical Marquee Tool(Elliptical selection) – allows you to select an elliptical area. Keys Alt and Shift, are used similarly to rectangular selection.
Single Column Marquee– selecting a column of pixels.
Single Rou Marquee- selecting a line of pixels.
2.Lasso Tool (Lasso)– allows you to make a selection of any shape. Selection is made by dragging the cursor while holding down the left mouse button. Once the area is defined, you can subtract a specific area from it. If you hold the button Alt pressed, you can select another selection area within the first block. Key combination Shift+Alt– to set the selection area.
Polygonal Lasso Tool(Polygonal lasso). Let's say we need to select a triangle. Press the left mouse button and move the cursor to the base, then release the mouse button again, click again and select the base of the triangle, release it again and press the button, select the second side until the selection reaches the first side. Double-click with the left button to activate the selection.
Magnetic Lasso too l – (Magnetic lasso). Allows you to make a selection along the contrast boundaries. Let's say we need to highlight light on dark. Choose a tool magnetic lasso and move the cursor to the desired place in your image and, with the left mouse button pressed, begin selection. Photoshop It will look for areas with maximum contrast and will draw a selection outline along them. During the selection process, the program automatically sets anchor points. By pressing a key Backspace, you can delete the last anchor point and continue the selection. Pressing this key multiple times will remove anchor points step by step.
17.Magic Wand– (Magic Wand) – a tool for selecting solid areas filled with one color. Select the magic wand tool and move it to the desired area of the image. Click with the left mouse button and you will have a section of one color selected. The Alt and Shift key combinations work the same as with rectangular selections.
16 .Move(Move). Once an area is selected, it can be moved. Select a tool move and move the cursor to the selected area. With the left mouse button pressed, drag your area where you want it. If you hold down the key Alt, a copy of the moved area will be created. If you need to move the selected area strictly horizontally or vertically, then hold down the key Shift. Also, if you need to precisely place the selection at a certain point, you can use the arrow keys on the keyboard; when you press the key, the selection moves by 1 pixel, and if you hold down the key Shift, then the movement will occur in increments of 10 pixels.
3.Crop(Cropping), is intended for cropping the raster area of documents, followed by cropping those parts of it that are not included in this rectangular area. Select a tool Crop and move it to the desired part of the image, and while holding down the left mouse button, select the desired area. You'll see that the selected area is lighter in color than the rest of the image, and that's the area that will remain. Once you have set the desired selection, press Enter and the conversion will be done.
18.Slice Tool(Cutting), designed to form a rectangular cut of a certain shape. Used on the Web to reduce file size, i.e. you can cut the image into three, four, etc. parts, and apply a different format to each part.
19.Brush Toll(Brush), is the main drawing tool, draws lines with soft edges. We draw by moving the mouse with the left button pressed over the image. Before you draw, you need to set the tool parameters. You can select the brush diameter, color, transparency, and pixel blending mode.
Pencil Tool(Pencil), produces lines with sharp, jagged edges. Has the same settings as the brush tool.
20.History Brush Tool(History Brush) - allows you to return to any previous state of the image, undoing one or more editing operations. Before use, in the history palette you need to check the box in front of the item you want to return to. Using a brush will erase all history items that are below the checkbox.
7.Blur Tool– (Blur). To blur local areas of the image. Place the cursor at the desired location in the image and activate the blur tool. Select the desired size in the options bar, and while holding the left mouse button, blur it in a circular motion. required area.
Sharpen(Sharpness), for local image correction. Increases the sharpness of processed image areas. Works the same as the blur tool.
Smudge Tool(Finger). The operating principle is the same as the first two tools.
22.Dodge Tool(Brightener) is designed to locally brighten the image. The work occurs when the tool is moved around the image with the left mouse button pressed.
Sponge Tool(Sponge) - designed to reduce or increase the color saturation of image areas processed by tools. In the attribute bar you can select parameters for this tool - brush diameter, Flow– impact force, Mode-Saturate– increase in saturation, Desiderate– decrease in saturation. All the same, with the left mouse button pressed, we move over the desired areas of the image.
5.Clone Stamp Tool(Clone Stamp), allows you to copy one part of an image to another. It is necessary to determine the area of the image that will be copied. To do this, press the key Alt and while holding it, click the mouse in the right place, after which you can release the key and start drawing as if with a brush in the right place, only the drawing will be carried out with an image taken from the copied area.
Pattern Stamp(Pattern stamp), the stamp works similar to the cloning stamp. Just first you need to determine the pattern. This is done in the attribute line, in the column Pattern.
6.Eraser(eraser), designed to remove part of an image, regardless of color.
Magic Eraser– allows you to erase an area filled with one color with one click. The color on which the mouse was clicked will be erased. The actions of this tool are similar to those of magic wand, only the eraser does not select, but erases the image.
Background Eraser(background eraser), removes everything but leaves the background if the option is enabled Protect Foreground Color.
21.Paint Bucket–(Fill) paints an area of the image with the color you specify. The foreground color is used. Select a tool, select a color. Then move the cursor to the place that needs to be filled, the cursor will take the shape of a bucket, and click the left mouse button. If there are no selections, the entire document will be flooded. To fill with texture, select Pattern(Texture).
Gradient Tool(Gradient) – this tool produces a fill with a smooth transition of colors. Maybe two basic colors or more. First, select the gradient type in the attributes panel by clicking the right type left mouse button. Then select the gradient fill method, these are the five buttons next to the gradient type list. To fill, place the mouse cursor in the desired location and, while holding down the left mouse button, move the cursor to the desired distance; when you release the mouse button, the image area will be filled with the selected gradient.
4.Spot Healing Brush(Spot Healing Brush), works the same as the clone tools. But unlike a stamp, the Healing Brush tool takes into account the structure, lighting and shadows of the image area being processed. Select the Healing Brush tool, click Alt, holding the left mouse button at the location you specify in the image. Drag the tool over the areas of the image that require restoration. For example, this tool is good for removing shine from some parts of the image.
Patch(Patch) – allows you to restore a selected area by cloning pixels taken from another area or sample. To get high-quality results, choose small areas for correction.
9.Pan Tool(Pen) - allows you to draw paths, i.e., anchor points are created, which Photoshop automatically connects with segments.
Freeform Pan Tool- (Free pen).
Add Anchor Point Tool–(Add anchor point).
Delete Anchor Point Tool– (Delete anchor point).
Convert Point Tool- (Corner).
24.Tools for constructing figures:
Rectangle Tool- rectangle.
Rounded Rectangle Tool– a rectangle with rounded corners.
Ellipse– ellipse.
Polygon Tool– polygon.
Line Tool– line.
Custom Shape Tool– arbitrary figure. Allows you to create a variety of shapes that are immediately filled with the foreground color. To create all shapes except an arbitrary shape, you need to select a shape, place the cursor in the desired area of the image, and while holding the left mouse button, create the shape by moving the cursor. If, after the shape is created, you press the spacebar, the shape can be moved to any point in the image. If you hold down the key Alt When creating a figure, the figure will be created from the center. To create a custom shape, you need to select it in the tool settings line in the item Shape. To change the radius of the curves of a rectangle shape with rounded edges, in the same settings line, set the desired value in the Radius item.
8.Path Selection Tool–(Outline selection).
Direct Selection Tool– (Direct selection).
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Horizontal Type Tool– (Horizontal text). To enter text, select a tool. Place the cursor at the desired location in the document. Click the left mouse button, a flickering cursor will appear. Enter text using the keyboard.
Vertical Type Tool–(Vertical text) is the same, only the text will be entered vertically. In the options bar you can set the font typeface, text size and paragraph formation mode, text color and format.
25 .Eyedropper ( Pipette ) transfers the color of the image area where we clicked the mouse to the color fields of the toolbar, or displays digital color values in the palette Info.
Color Sampler(Color comparison), allows you to set up to four points from which color values will be read. These values are displayed in the Information palette Info, For each new point, a new field opens in this palette into which the values for this point are entered. In order to delete all points, you need to click the Clear button in the settings line.
Measure Tool(Ruler) – designed to measure distances and angles in an image. Click on the starting point of measurements, drag the cursor to the end point of measurements, on the palette Info The distance between the start and end points will be displayed.
10.Notes Tool-(Notes).
Audio Annotation Tool–(Sound annotation).
11.Hand( Hand ) – if the image does not fit into the screen frame, we can drag it.
26.Zoom Tool(Scale), if you hover the cursor over the image, it takes the form of a cross in a circle, and with each left click the image will be enlarged. If you press the key Alt, then with each click, the image will become smaller.
13.Quick Mask–(Quick mask mode).
12.Color squares- main and background colors
14 Document viewing modes. The first, standard mode, is set by default, the second is full screen with a menu bar, the third is full screen. You can also switch between modes by pressing the key F.
15. Transferring images to Image Ready and back.
In the next article on Adobe Photoshop, we will look at the settings and tools line.
Adobe has released a beta version of the graphics editor Photoshop CS6. While beta testing is underway, the new Photoshop can be used for free. Versions of Photoshop CS6 for Windows and Mac OS X are available for download on the Adobe Labs website.
The computer on which the new Photoshop will be installed is required to have a processor with a frequency of at least 2 GHz, a gigabyte of RAM and a gigabyte of hard drive space for the program itself.
The first thing that catches your attention in Photoshop CS6 is the interface. Now it is designed in a stylish dark gray color scheme, however, the user can change it if desired. color design to the more familiar light gray tones characteristic of Photoshop CS5.
Early versions of Photoshop did not have an original interface and users were often confused by the many bright panels and buttons. To get rid of this misunderstanding, Adobe turned to interface development specialists, after which Photoshop finally acquired its “face”. Panels began to be located in convenient places, access to tools became easier, and the color design of the editing window acquired a strict gray color and no longer distracted the user’s attention.
By the way, in the new Photoshop you can change color scheme interface “on the fly” - using the context menu, choosing one of the four available shades of gray.
In addition to changes in external design, Photoshop CS6 has many new tools and features.
Engine
Photoshop CS6 uses the Mercury Graphics Engine, which significantly improves program performance. Now complex image editing operations occur almost in real time. If earlier, when using a brush with a size of more than 1500 pixels, the program began to slow down, now you can safely set the brush diameter to 15000 pixels - there will be no lags.
Trimming
The Crop tool has become more intelligent. During cropping, the image can now be scaled, rotated and aligned to the horizon. In addition, when cropping, you can now use the golden ratio rule, and the crop area can be automatically centered.
Working with RAW
The Adobe Camera Raw 7 plugin, built into the new Photoshop, allows you to work with digital images in RAW format and achieve incredible results in tone correction, adjusting the shadow and highlight areas of images, as well as carrying out local correction of shades, noise and color temperature using brushes.
Text
You can now use styles in the design of paragraphs and individual characters. To do this, use the new Character Styles and Paragraph Styles panels. A nice bonus for users is the Lorem Ipsum generator, which allows you to quickly create texts that do not carry any semantic load, being used in layouts only for clarity.
Depth of field
The new group of Blur Gallery filters is designed to simulate defocus of part of the image. It includes Field Blur, Iris Blur and Tilt-Shift filters that allow you to quickly and easily extra effort change the depth of field in photos interactively.
Black magic Content-aware
The new Content Aware Patch and Content Aware Move tools use black magic. There is no other way to call it. Using Content Aware Patch, you can replace some image fragments with others, and Content Aware Move allows you to move selected objects - for example, you can select a human figure in a photo and move it to a new location. And no one will suspect that a photoshopper worked on the photo.
Adaptive Wide Angle
The Adaptive Wide Angle filter can “straighten” pictures taken using wide angle lenses. Photoshop analyzes the metadata of the image, finds in it the type of lens with which the photo was taken and allows you to remove distortions in the image, eliminating the fish-eye effect.
Video
Photoshop CS6 has acquired video editor functions. Now you can edit video in it, providing this video with sound, text and transition effects. Many video formats are supported - WMV, MOV, MP4, MPEG, FLV, AVI, etc. The position, transparency and effects of animated layers can be changed on the timeline using keyframes. Ready project You can save as a PSD file or export the video to QuickTime, DPX or H.264 formats.
Auto-correction
The new Photoshop has significantly improved automatic image correction functions. To do this, Adobe used the work of hundreds of specialists who manually corrected thousands of photographs. The company collected their work, analyzed it and created software algorithms for automatic color and tone correction.
Autosave
Edited files are now automatically saved every 5, 10, 15, 30 or 60 minutes. Many users who work with Photoshop have more than once found themselves in a situation where hours of work on a project went down the drain because the program crashed. In such cases, Photoshop CS6 allows you to restore automatically saved work in a few seconds. Autosave does not load your computer's system resources - if you save a multi-layered file in earlier versions of Photoshop high resolution led to temporary blocking of the program, now automatic saving processes do not in any way prevent the user from continuing to work on the project.
Other useful things
Photoshop CS6 has improved working with layers - you can now filter them by name, effects, color and other parameters.
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The Liquify filter and tools for working with 3D have also been significantly improved, the Properties and Adjustments panels have become more convenient, and the brush settings panel can now be called up by simply clicking on the image while holding down the Ctrl button.