Marquee (M) – Use to select basicgeometric areasQuick Selection (W) – quickly paint aselection using an adjustable round brushtipMagic Wand (W) – Use to select areasbased on pixel color (use tolerance toincrease/decrease sensitivity)Heal (J) – Samples from the image anduses data to merge existing imageinformationStamp (S) – Used to sample the imageand paint using sampled information (tosample: option+click)Eraser (E) – Erases based on brush size andopacityBlur, Smudge, Sharpen (R) – Pushesaround and distorts pixels; Sharpen:“sharpens” affected pixelsType (T) – Make adjustments viaCharacter paletteEyedropper (I) – Use to sample color, itsvalue, and X, Y coordinates
Adobe Photoshop CS3Tool Box
Lasso (L) – Used to select straight-edgedand freehand segments, Magnetic Lassosnaps to the edges of a defined areaSlice (K) – Use to partition image for useon webPaint Brush (B) – Used to “paint” withselected brush style, size, and colorHistory Brush (Y) – Uses history paletteinformation to paint from previous statesGradient (G) – Creates color gradientsbased on foreground/background colorsor customized via gradient options palettePaint Bucket (under gradient) – Used to fillselected area with color in foregroundDodge/Burn (O) – Decrease/Increasedensity of tonal values variably via brushsize and exposure palettesSponge (O) – Saturate or Desaturate colorsvia brush size and exposure palettesPen (P) – Use to create complex vectorshapes and pathsPath Selection (A) – Select a path madewith a pen toolShape (U) – Create vector-based shapesNotes (N) – Create notations within yourimage
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