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Pencil Tool
-re Pencil Tool is used for drawing solid lines and strokes.
-^ s tool has the exact function as the pencil being used
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-^e shortcut is [SHIFT + B].

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= Brush Tool is used for painting strokes using patterns
='. are available in the options bar menu. The shortcut is lsHlFT + BI

story Brush Tool


:^e History Brush Tool to paint with the selected state or snapshot to return
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- -. :revious look. The shortcut is [SHIFT + Y]. The History Brush Tool allows
-. -J a copy of one state or a snapshot of an image into the current image
- : ,', This tool makes a copy, or sample, of the image and then paints with it.
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-lple, make a snapshot of a change made with a painting tool or filter.
' --:oing the change in the image, use the history brush tool to apply
-- j^Je selectively to areas of the image. Unless a merged snapshot is
-'=: :he History Brush Tool paints from a layer in the selected state to the
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-': - . --., Brush Tool works similarly to the clone stamp tool. But unlike the
-: :-.-: tool, it can work on any state or snapshot of the image and not
., -= --"ent one. ln Adobe Photoshop, it is also possible to paint with the
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strokes that simulate the look
' :'= :- :e nt styles using a selected state or snapshot. The shortcut is
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- '- -l story palette, click the left column of the state or snapshot to be
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-::: ;s the source for theArt History Brush Tool. A brush icon appears
-:, .r :ne source historY state.

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2. Select the ffiArt History Brush Tool .


3. Choose a brush size from the pop-up palette in the options bar. lf a brush is too large to fit in
the palette, it appears as a smaller brush with a number indicating the actual diameter in pixels.
4. Specify a blending mode and opacity for the paint.
The blending mode specifies how pixels in the image are affected by a painting or editing
tool. The following colors are applied to the blending mode's effect:
. The base color is the original color in the image.
. The blend color is the color being applied with the painting or editing tool.
. The result color is the color resulting from the blend.

5. Choose an option from the Style menu to control the shape of the paint stroke.
6. ForArea, enter a value to specify the area covered by the paint strokes. The greaterthe size,
the largerthe covered area and the more numerous the strokes.
7. For Spacing, enter a value or drag the slider to limit the regions where paint strokes can be
applied. A low spacing tolerance allows unlimited painting of strokes anywhere in the image.
A high spacing tolerance limits paint strokes to areas that differ considerably from the color
in the source state or snapshot.
8. When using a pressure-sensitive tablet, set any of the following brush dynamics options in
the options bar to Stylus.
. Select size to have increased pressure resulting into a larger area covered by the paint.
(Size refers to the area of coverage, not the brush size.)
. Select opacity to have increased pressure resulting to a more opaque paint. (Opacity
refers to the lightness and darkness of the paint). lf one do not have a stylus, set these
options to Fade.
9. Drag onto the image to paint.

Paintbucket Tool
The Paintbucket Tool fills similarly colored areas with the foreground color.
Click the Paintbucket Tool from the toolbox, select the color to apply and click
on the part of the image to fill. The shortcut is [SHIFT + G].

Gradient Tool
The Gradient Tool creates and fills color to an area. lt fills a gradient or a set
of the color spectrum over an image. This can be done by drawing a line over
the image. The shortcut is [SHIFT + G].

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Eraser Tool
The EraserToolerases pixels and restores parts of an image
D a previously saved state. The shortcut is [SHIFT + E].

lackground Eraser Tool


The Background EraserTool erases areas into transparency
Ey dicking on a specific part of the image. The shortcut is
ISHIFT + EI.

fric Eraser Tool


The Magic Eraser Tool erases solidly colored areas into transparency with a
*Ule click. The shortcut is [SHIFT + E].

Eliting Tools
The Editing Tools in Adobe Photoshop are used to make corrections on the
imge. The most common uses of these tools are for removing face blemishes
r pimples, adjusting the darkness and brightness of light, and even, making a
dplicate of a certain part of the image.

Glone Stamp Tool


Tle Clone Stamp Tool paints with a sample of an image then clones that
portbn to another place. The shortcut is [SHIFT + S].

h Use the Clone Stamp Tool


1. Select the ffi;Clone Stamp Tool.
2. Choose a brush size from the options bar. lf a brush is too large to fit in the palette, it appears
as a smaller brush with a number indicating the actual diameter in pixels.
3. Specify a blending mode and opacity.
1- Select Aligned Sample to apply the entire sampled area once. This option is useful when
using a different sized brush to paint an image. The Aligned Sample Option can also be
used to duplicate two halves of a single image and place them at different locations.

lf Aligned Sample is deselected, the sampled area is applied from the initial sampling
point each time printing is stopped and resumed.
It is because the clone stamp tool samples the entire image, this option is useful for
applying multiple copies of the same part of an image to different images.

t Select Use All Layers to sample data from all visible layers. lf this is deselected, the tool
samples only from the active layer.
& When using a pressure-sensitive drawing tablet, specify the effects of stylus pressure.
7- Position the pointer on the part of any open image as sample, and hold the [ALT] key then
dkJ<. This sample point is the location from which the image is duplicated when painting.

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