1.Rectangular Marquee ToolRectangle MarqueeMake a rectangular
selection. Hold the shift key down to constrain the selection to a
square.Note: ImageReady also allows rounded corners in
rectangles.When you select any marquee tool, related options appear
in the Tool Options bar (just below the main menu). This allows you
to set the type of selection, feathering, etc. Options are slightly
different for each marquee tool.
2.Elliptical Marquee ToolMake an elliptical selection. Hold the
shift key down to constrain the selection to a circle.
3.Lasso ToolPhotoshop actually gives us three variations of
lasso to work with. The one we'll be looking at in this tutorial is
the standard Lasso Tool, which you can access by clicking on its
icon in the Tools panel. It's the tool that looks like the sort of
lasso you'd find a cowboy swinging at a rodeo:
Drawing Freehand Selections
4.Polygonal Lasso ToolDrawing selections with the Polygonal
Lasso Tool is a lot like drawing straight-sided paths with thePen
Tool. Begin by clicking somewhere along the edge of the object or
area you need to select, then release your mouse button. This adds
a point, commonly called an anchor or fastening point, to the
document. As you move the Polygonal Lasso Tool away from the point,
you'll see a thin straight line extending out from your mouse
cursor, looking a bit like a spider weaving a web, with the other
end of the line attached to the anchor point. Click again to add a
second point, then release your mouse button. The line will become
"fastened" to the new point, with both points now joined together
by the straight line.
5.Magnettic Lasso ToolThe Magnetic Lasso Tool is one of three
lasso tools in Photoshop. We've already looked at the first two -
the standardLasso Tooland thePolygonal Lasso Tool- in previous
tutorials. Like the Polygonal Lasso Tool, the Magnetic Lasso Tool
can be found nested behind the standard Lasso Tool in the Tools
panel. To access it, click and hold your mouse button down on the
Lasso Tool until a fly-out menu appears, then select the Magnetic
Lasso Tool from the list:
6.Mealing Healing Brush ToolHere's a photo I have open in
Photoshop of a Chinese sculpture. The edges of the sculpture are
well defined, so I could try to select it by tracing around it with
the standard Lasso Tool. At least, Icoulddo that if I was looking
for an excuse to pull my hair out in frustration. A much better
choice here would be the Magnetic Lasso Tool since it will end up
doing most of the work for me:
7.Crop ToolThe Crop tool allows you to select an area of an
image and discard everything outside this area. The tool is located
third from the top in the Photoshop Toolbox, on the left
side.Although cropping reduces the dimensions of an image, it is
not the same as resizing. Whereas resizing reduces or enlarges the
entire image and everything in it, cropping does not alter the size
of the image content at all.
8.Healing Brush ToolTheHealing Brushtool allows you to fix image
imperfections such as scratches, blemishes, etc. By sampling the
surrounding area or using a predefined pattern you can blend the
imperfections into the rest of the image.The healing brush tool is
located in thePhotoshop Toolbox, on the left side.
9.Spot Healing Brush ToolTheHealing Brushtool allows you to fix
image imperfections such as scratches, blemishes, etc. By sampling
the surrounding area or using a predefined pattern you can blend
the imperfections into the rest of the image.The healing brush tool
is located in thePhotoshop Toolbox, on the left side.
10.Patch ToolUse the Content-Aware Patch tool to heal away
undesirable portions of an image. Select a specific region, and
Photoshop automatically defines a randomized fill pattern.n the
toolbar, hold down the Spot Healing Brush and select the Patch tool
.
1. In the toolbar, hold down theSpot Healing Brushand select
thePatchtool2.In the options bar, do the following:
3.Select an area to replace on the image. You can use the Patch
tool to draw a selection, or use any of the other Selection tools
as well.4.Drag the selection over the area you want to generate a
fill from.11.Red Eye ToolSimply select the Red Eye Tool, then
click-drag on the image to draw a box around the red eye... you may
need to click-drag a couple times to get the entire eye.
12. Clone Stamp ToolThe process involves setting a sampling
point in the image which will be used as a reference to create a
new cloned area.Select the Clone Stamp tool, then check the
settings in the options bar. Make sure you have a brush size
appropriate for the job. The following settings are fairly
typical:
13.Background Eraser ToolBy default, the Background Eraser is
hiding behind Photoshop's regular Eraser Tool in the Tools palette.
To select it, click and hold your mouse button down on the Eraser
Tool until a small fly-out menu appears, then select theBackground
Eraser Toolfrom the menu:
14.Magci Eraser ToolIn the same menu as the Erase and Background
Erase tool you'll find a third eraser and this one's called the
Magic Eraser tool.
15.Color Replacement ToolThe Color Replacement Tool was first
introduced in Photoshop CS, and if you're using Photoshop CS or
CS2, you'll find the Color Replacement Tool nested under the
Healing Brush in the Tools palette. To access it, click and hold
your mouse button down on the Healing Brush until a fly-out menu
appears, then select theColor Replacement Toolfrom the menu.
16.Blur ToolThe BlurTool unfocuses image areas:
In the Toolbox, select the BlurTool. Choose brush size and
style. Set the tool's strength. Drag on the image. In the Options
bar, you can also specify the effect's "Mode".19. Shonge Tool1.Open
photoshop and the photo that you would like to edit.2.Go to the
burn or dodge tool on the toolbar.3.Right click and select the
sponge tool.4.Choose your brush in on the toolbar were you usually
change brushes.5.Select saturate or desaturate and adjust the
exposure.6.Draw over any of the areas that you want to be adjusted.
Draw over any of the .areas that you want to be adjusted.7You're
done!Nowgo and add more coloror take away color to your hearts
desire!
18.Burn ToolApplying the Dodge tool or Burn tool to the
background layer permanently alters the image information. To edit
your images nondestructively, work on a duplicate layer. For
information on duplicating layers, seeLayer Basics.1. Select the
Dodge toolor the Burn tool.2. Choose a brush tip and set brush
options in the options bar.3. In the options bar, select one of the
following from the Range menu:MidtonesChanges the middle range of
graysShadowsChanges the dark areasHighlightsChanges the light
areas4. Specify the exposure for the Dodge tool or the Burn tool.5.
Click the airbrush buttonto use the brush as an airbrush.
Alternatively, select the Airbrush option in the Brush panel.6.
Select the Protect Tones option to minimize clipping in the shadows
and highlights. This option also tries to keep colors from shifting
hue.7. Drag over the part of the image you want to lighten or
darken.
19.Sponge Tool
20.Pen ToolBefore we start talking about what the Pen Tool is or
how to use it, we should look at where to find it in Photoshop
first. You'll find the Pen Tool in the Tools palette, grouped in
with the Shape Tools, the Type Tool, and the Path Selection (the
white arrow) and Direct Selection (the black arrow) Tools (see the
image on the left).