………Tools Used in Photoshop

Photoshop has many tool by which we can make our images look beautiful and interesting.Let us learn about some more tools in this chapter. 1.Retouching Tools
2.Type Tool
3.Viewing Tools
4.Working with Layers
5.Using Filters
Color Correction
Color correction is a lot easier than you think. You just need to know which colors are complimentary and you can use those to cancel out too much of another color.You also need to be able to spot where .colors are the most prominent. This means being able to tell, for example, when red is dominating the light areas of the photo and blue is dominating the dark areas. If you simple applied a blue filter to the entire photo, you'd end up with more neutral highlights—which you want—but a photo that looks too cool because the shadows are overly saturated with blue color. To recap, you need to pay attention to two major things when color correcting: which colors are dominating the photograph and which colors aren't, and also where, tonally, those dominating colors exist.

Adobe photoshop is basically used for retouching and editing ,to make changes in photographs to make them look more beautiful and appealing.Retouching tools repair damaged images,apply repeated patterns or replace colors in an image.These tools can be used over a selected portion of a image or o an entire image.
Some of the tools available for editng in this section are –Spot healing Brush tool,patch tool,Red Eye tool,Clone Stamp tool,Eraser tool,Blur tool,Smudge tool,Dodge,Burn and Sponge tools,Spot Healing.

Spot Healing Brush Tool
The spot Healing Brush Tool is used to remove blemishes,imperfections scars,spots,and other unwanted elements on an image.You simply have to click/drag across the flaw you want to remove and it disappears.The spot healing Brush Tool wil automatically try to repair the mperfection by sampling the surrounding area.Follow the steps given below to start using the stop Healing Brush Tool:
1.Open the image.
2.Select the Spot Healing Brush tool from the toolbar.
3.Select the Brush size in the options bar.

Opening the image with flaws

4.Choose a Type option-Proximity Match or Creative Texture-in the Options bar.
5.Click the check box of Sample All Layers to sample data from all visible layers.
6.Click the area you want to fix,or click and drag to remove the flaws.
Healing Brush Tool
The Healing Brush Tool performs a similar function like the Spot Healing Brush Tool mentioned above.Instead of automatically trying to determine the lighting,shading and texture from the surrounding area,the healing brush tool lets you manually select a source,and then point over an imperfection.Follow the steps to use this tool:

Image with some of the flaws removed
1.Open the image.
2.Choose the Healing Brush Tool from the toolbox.
3.From the Options bar,select the following :

>Brush size
>Brush mode
>Select the type of source.Select Sampled to use pixels from the current image.Choose Pattern to use pixels from a pattern you have selected from the pattern picker drop-down palette.
>Select Aligned to sample pixels continuously without losing the current sampling point,even if you release the mouse button.Deselect this option if you want to continue using the sampled pixels from the initial sampling point each time you stop and resume.
>Select Sample All Layers to sample data from all visible layers.
>Place the pointer on the image area to select the sample color.Press Alt key and click the mouse to select the sample.
>Click and drag in the image
Clone Stamp Tool
The Clone Stamp Tool allows you to paint the sample of an image.It is used for cloning or to duplicate selected areas of an image.Follow the steps given below to use this tool.
1.Open the image.
2.Click on the Clone Stamp Tool in the toolbox.
3.Hold down the Alt key and click on the part of the image to be cloned.Then,release the Alt key.
4.Click and drag the mouse over the area of the image to be replaced with the cloned pixels.

Original Image Using Clone Stamp tool

Eraser Tool
Photoshop’s eraser tool has three variations-Eraser,Background Eraser and Magic Eraser.
The eraser is a brush which erases pixels as you drag it across the image.Pixels are erased to transparency,or the background colour if the layer is locked.
When you selsct the eraser tool,you have various options availablein the toolbar.
Brush:Optins include the size of the eraser,hardness of edges and various styles.Brush options are not available in block mode.
Mode:There are three options:brush(soft edges),pencil(hard edges)and block(square brush size)
Opacity:100% opacity erases pixels completely,o% does not erase at all.50% is semitransparent(or coloured).Opacity is not available in block mode.
Flow:If determines how quickly the eraser is applied by the brush.Lower setting produce a more subtle effect only available in brush mode.
Airbrush:Use the eraser as an airbrush.Which is only available in brush mode.
The background eraser tool allows you remove the background colour from an image or layer.
The magic eraser tool erases all colours within a set tolerance.
Follow the steps to use the Eraser tools.
1.Open the image.
2.Choose the Eraser tool in the toolbox.
3.In the Options bar,select the eraser mode. a.Brush b.Pencil c.Block
4.In the Options bar,set the value of Opacity.
5.Click and drag on the area of the image to be erased.
B g Eraser tool
Blur Tool
The Blur tool unfocuses image area and make a part of an image blurred or softened.Follow the steps given below to use tool.
1.Open the image
2.In the toolbox,select the Blur tool.
3.In the Options bar,select the appropriate brush from the palette
4.Click and drag on the image to blur the pixels
Original Image
After use of the Blur ToolS
Type Tool
Type is the photoshop tool to create vector outlines and mathematical shapes to define the symbols of a typeface.Type tool has four options-Horizontal type,vertical type,Horizontal Type Mask and Vertical Type Mask.
Horizontal Type Tool enables the tool to create horizontal standard text (left to right and top to bottom).
Vertical Type Tool enables the tool to create vertical text(top to bottom and right to left),useful to write in oriental languages like Japanese or Chinese,or if you want to experiment with typographic design.
Horizontal Type Mask Tool,Vertical Type Mask Tool creates a quick mask using the Type shape as a selection.

Use of Horizontal and Vertical Type Tools
Layers Palette
The Layers palette lists all the layers in an image,starting with the topmost layer.You can use the layers palette to show and hide layers,create new layers,delete layers,etc.To display the Layers palette,select Window>Layers

Applying a Filter.
To apply a filter,follow the steps given below.
1.To apply a filter to an entire layer,make sure that the layer is active.
2.Choose a filter from the submenus in the Filter menu.
3.If no dialog box appears,the filter effect is applied.If a dialog box appears,enter values or select Options and then click OK.The selected filter effect will be applied.

Filter Gallery
Photoshop’s Filter Gallery is basically a one-stop place for working with filters in your documents.In the Filter Gallery,you can browse through many different types of filters,apply them individually to your image,or even stack them on top of one another like you would with layers.You can get to the filter Gallery by going to Filter>Filter Gallery.

Assignments

A.
1.Name any three retouching tools available in photoshop. 2.What is the difference between spot healing brush and healing brush tool? 3.What is the difference between the Dodge tool and the Burn tool? 4.What is the use of layers? 5.Discuss about viewing tools. 6.What does the filter gallery help you do?

B.Make a collage of different flowers in photoshop.

C.Design a poster using photoshop tools.