Description of Toolbox
The toolbox in Photoshop is cut into 4 unique categories to find the right tool, it is very clear for you to see without confusion. These are:
- Selection, Crop & Slice Tools
- Retouch & Paint Tools
- Drawing & Type Tools (Vector Tools)
- Annotations & Measurement Tools
- Selection, Crop & Slice Tools
- Retouch & Paint Tools
- Drawing & Type Tools (Vector Tools)
- Annotations & Measurement Tools
In addition to the 4 sections, several other components make up toolboxes, most notably, Foreground and Background colors .
Now that you see the tools organized closely, we will introduce some of the most important tools that Photoshop has to offer. This is really just a quick look at the toolbox, if you want to know through some single tools used in Photoshop , this Photoshop lesson will provide you. The next article will introduce more tools.
1. Selection tools - Selection Tools
- Marquee Tools
Tools Marquee used for selecting objects such as rectangles, squares, and ellipses.
Tools Marquee used for selecting objects such as rectangles, squares, and ellipses.
Move Tool is used to move selections, objects, and classes.
There are several lasso tools used to make unusual selections. There is a polygonal lasso tool for polygonoptions, and a Magnetic Lasso tool that automatically follows the edges of the object.
The Magic Wand Tool selects a similar color area in a single click (such as white in the cloud logo).
- Crop Tool
Crop tool allows user to redefine their active image area, but does not resize the whole image. It's kind of like cutting out a smaller image from a bigger photo with a scissors.
2. Retouch Tools - Painting Tools
a. Retouch Tools - Retouch Tools
- Healing tools: There are several healing tools in Photoshop that are used to correct image defects, or handle stains and red eyes.
- Clone Tools: With the Clone Stamp Tool, users can select a source starting point somewhere on an image, and then paint elsewhere using that starting point as a reference, multiply effective copy of sources.
- Eraser Tool: can be used to delete parts of an image, selection, or layer.
- Sharpen, Blur and Smudge Tool: Sharpen Tool is used to sharpen edges in an image, while Blur tools burs edges. Smudge tool smudges images, similar to using fingerpaint.
- Dodge Tool: Dodge Tool brightens parts of an image while Burn Tool darkens. The Sponge tool is used to wet, or desaturate the parts of an image.
b. Painting tools - Painting Tools
- Brush - Pencil: Brush Pencil and tools used to draw strokes in graphics. These tools can be highly customized for very effective painting.
- The Fill Tool is used to fill all layers, select and area with one color, or gradient.
3. Vector Drawing & Type Tools
- Type Tools: used to create and set in an image. Both vertical and horizontal types can be created.
- Pen Tools: used to create clear shapes and paths that can be used as vector objects can be scaled to any size.
- Cutom Shapes: are vector objects that can be created on the fly from an existing list (including user created shapes).
4. Foreground / Background Color
A foreground color and color background can be set to be used to draw, color text, and fill objects among other things. This view provides an easy way to see what colors are currently being selected, and allows easy switching between two different colors.
- Use Tools
To really use a case-changing tool (again, we will cover almost everything you want to know in future lessons). To select a tool from the toolbox - Select a Tool , just click it once. If the display tool has a black arrow in the bottom right corner, that means there are more tools of the type hidden under it. To select one of the hidden tools, hold down the mouse button while on it, and then release once you are on the tool you want to select.
