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Photoshop

Tools
Introduction
Tool bar
organisation
Photoshop's toolbar is organised. While it may seem like the
tools are listed randomly, there's actually a logical order to it,
with related tools grouped together

At the top, we have Photoshop's Move and Selection tools.


And directly below them are the Crop and Slice tools. Below
that are the Measurement tools, followed by Photoshop's
many Retouching and Painting tools.
Next are the Drawing and Type tools. And finally, we have the
Navigation tools at the bottom:
Hidden Tools
find additional options by hovering over the
icon
Each tool in the toolbar is represented by an icon, and
there are many more tools available than what we
see.
A small arrow in the bottom right corner of a tool icon
means that there are more tools hiding behind it in
that same spot:
Move and selection tools

Task One
Crop and slice tools

Measurement Tools

Identify and explain the main purpose of


ALL the Tools in the tool bar Retouching and painting tools

Everyone has their own way of working and there are


multiple ways of doing every job. Drawing and type tools
Lets look at the basic functions of each tool and
describe how and when you might want to use them?
Navigation tools
Task Two
Short cuts
In any professional practice, efficiency is key and
time is money, knowing the shortcuts for photoshop
dramatically reduces the time spent on any job.

Research to find a keyboard overlay image for Mac


and add the keyboard shortcuts next to each tool
you have described.
Demonstration
If you missed my demo, click any of the Ps icons on
this page for a YouTube demo
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