Function and usage of PS tool

The move tool can move layers in PhotoShop.

2. Box selection tool. Shortcut key: m

There are four box selection tools * * *, including rectangle box selection tool, ellipse box selection tool, single line box selection tool and single line box selection tool.

Rectangular box selection tool: You can easily select rectangles of any length and width in the image.

Ellipse box selection tool: You can select an ellipse with any radius in the image.

Single wireframe selection tool: You can select a single line with 1 pixel in the image.

Single Column Box Selection Tool: You can select a single column with a width of 1 pixel in the image.

3, lasso tools. Shortcut key: l

There are three lasso tools, including lasso tools, polygonal lasso tools and magnetic lasso tools.

Lasso tool: You can use the mouse to draw in the image by hand, and select the area with any contour. Usually used to outline some irregular image edges.

Polygon Lasso Tool: It can help us to select polygons with polyline contours in images. When using, you can use the mouse to fix a point on the image, and then select the range to be selected through multiple lines. You can use this tool for images without arcs, but you can't check arcs. The selected area consists of multiple lines.

Magnetic lasso tool: This tool seems to have the same magnetic force. You don't need to press the left mouse button to move the mouse directly. There will be an automatic tracking line at the tool head. This line always reaches the boundary between color and color. The more obvious the boundary, the stronger the magnetic force. After connecting the head and tail, you can complete the selection. Generally used for image selection with large chromatic aberration.

4. Magic wand tool. Shortcut key: w

The wand tool is very simple to use. Click the color in the image with the mouse to select the image color. The selected color range requires the same color. You can double-click the magic wand tool for the same degree and adjust the tolerance at the tolerance value in the upper right corner of the screen. The greater the value, the greater the color difference of the magic wand, and vice versa.

5. Cutting tools. Shortcut key: c

You can cut and resize the image at will. When cutting, small squares appear around the cutting area, which are called control points. By dragging these control points with the mouse, you can change the size of the cutting area. Finally, press Enter or double-click the mouse in the cutting area to end the cutting editing state.

6. Brush tool. Shortcut key: b

Mainly used to draw images, color images, directly by hand; You can set the opacity, paint in a translucent way, and adjust its opacity setting to change the depth of the painting color.

7. pencil tools. Shortcut key: n

This tool has no feathering value. After selecting this tool, you can draw lines by holding down the left mouse button and dragging it in the image. The usage is basically the same as that of a brush. The nib can be selected from the brushes on the right.

8. Imitation stamp tools and pattern stamp tools. Shortcut key: s

Stamp imitation tool: it can be understood as partial copying. Hold down the Alt key to absorb the color, and then cover the area you want to cover. This tool can copy the whole image.

Pattern Stamp Tool: Its usage is similar to that of Imitation Stamp Tool, provided that you select a range with a rectangle, then click Define Pattern in the edit menu, then select the appropriate pen tip, and then copy the pattern in the image by lines and lines.

9. Historical brush. Shortcut key: y

It's to restore the image. The most recently saved image or the original appearance of the image should be used in combination with the history. When it has been drawn many times, open the history panel, click in the box on the left of the history you want to restore, and you can use it.

10, gradient tool. Shortcut key: g

Gradient is to fill a certain area of the image with mixed colors of multiple transition colors, and fill the image with gradient. Double-click the gradient tool, and the type of gradient will appear in the upper right corner. Hold down the mouse in the gradient direction of the image and drag it to another place to release the mouse. If you want a local gradient of an image, you must first select a range. When using a gradient, you can change the opacity of the gradient by clicking the number keys directly, which is consistent with using a brush.

1 1, paint bucket tool. Shortcut key: k

It is mainly used to fill colors, similar to the magic wand tool. It fills the foreground color with only one color, and its filling degree is determined by the Tolerance value of the option in the upper right corner. The larger the value, the larger the filling range.

12, rubber tool. Shortcut key: e

The main function is to erase unnecessary pixels. When selecting a brush, it has the same options as the brush. Right-click the mouse to select the shape of the rubber, set the feathering value, opacity, etc.

13, blur tool, sharpen tool, smear tool. Shortcut key: r

Blur tool: Blur the image locally, and mix the colors with similar color values to make the colors look smooth and soft. Hold down the left mouse button and drag continuously to operate. Generally used to soften the stiff places between colors. The shape and strength of the tool can be changed.

Sharpening tool: It is to add RGB pixel values to areas with close colors to make the image look not very soft. Contrary to the blur tool, it is to make the image clear.

Smudge Tool: Drag the color on the image to make it move on the image. The feeling is the effect of smearing, and the color can be erased. Generally used when the boundaries between colors are stiff or the connection between colors is not good. You can use this tool to soften the transition color.

14, deepen, lighten, sponge tool. Shortcut key: o

Darkening tool: it can also be called darkening tool. On the basis of the original color of the image, it darkens the color and produces a darkening effect. The range of brightening can be the size of the nib in the right brush.

Brightening tool: it can also be called brightening tool. On the basis of the original color of the image, it makes the color lighter, thus producing a lighter effect. You can choose the range of brightening from the brush on the right.

Sponge Tool: It can increase or decrease the color of the image, in fact, it can enhance or decrease the contrast of the color. The intensity of color addition and subtraction can be selected from the options in the upper right corner, and its scope of action can be selected from the brush on the right.

15, pen tool. Shortcut key: p

The pen tool, also known as the edge drawing tool, is used to sketch the path. This is a vector diagram. First of all, it should be noted that the pen must be placed under the pixel tooth, that is, click the fixed point below the pixel tooth, move the mouse to another landing point, and click the left mouse button. If you want to hook the arc, you must hold down the left mouse button when landing, and then drag the mouse to hook the arc.

Each fixed point will be controlled by a node for later modification. After dragging an arc with the mouse, handles will appear on both sides of the node. You can also hold down the Ctrl key to adjust the radian of each handle. Holding down the Alt key can eliminate the handle behind the node and avoid affecting the work behind the hook.

16, pipette tool, color sampling tool, measuring tool. Shortcut key: I

Eyedropper tool: Absorb a certain color in the image as the foreground color, and click the color with the mouse to absorb it.

Color sampling tool: take color values from images as sampling points and compare the color composition of images. The color composition of each sampling point, such as RGB or CMYK, is displayed on the options bar in the upper right corner.

Measuring tool: You can measure the length and angle of the graphic in the image and display it in the information panel.

17, text tool. Shortcut key: t

The text tool can enter text in an image. After selecting this tool, click it in the image and a dialog box will appear to enter text.

Vertical text tool: the input text is arranged horizontally;

Vertical text tool: the input text is arranged vertically;

Line text masking tool: enter text as a choice to arrange horizontally;

Vertical Text Masking Tool: Enter text as a selection and arrange it vertically.

18, clamping tool. Shortcut key: h

Mainly used to flip images, but only if the images are not all displayed in the PhotoShop file window. But it moves the view instead of the image and does not change the position of the image in the canvas. Double-click the gripper tool to display all the images on the screen.

19, zoom tool. Shortcut key: z

Mainly used to enlarge and reduce the display multiple of the image. Double-click the magnifying glass tool to display the image at the scale of 100%. When using other tools, hold down Ctrl+ SPACEBAR to temporarily switch to the magnifying glass. Fast mode: Ctrl+"- "means zoom out, and Ctrl+"+" means zoom in.

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1, professional evaluation

Photoshop's specialty lies in image processing, not graphic creation. Image processing is the editing and processing of existing bitmap images and the application of some special effects, with emphasis on image processing; Graphic creation software uses vector graphics to design graphics according to its own ideas.

2. The art of binding and design

Graphic design is the most widely used field of Photoshop. Whether it is a book cover, a poster or a poster, these graphic prints usually need Photoshop software to process the images.

3. Advertising photography

Advertising photography is a kind of work with very strict visual requirements, and its final product often needs to be modified by Photoshop to get satisfactory results.

4. Image creativity

Image creativity is Photoshop's specialty. Through Photoshop, different objects can be combined to change the image.

5. Web page making

The popularity of the Internet has prompted more people to master Photoshop, because Photoshop is an indispensable webpage image processing software when making webpages.

6. Post-modification

When making architectural renderings including three-dimensional scenes, it is often necessary to add and adjust the colors of people and scenes including scenes in Photoshop.

7. Visual creativity

Visual creativity and design is a branch of design art, which usually has no obvious commercial purpose, but because it provides a broad design space for design lovers, more and more design lovers begin to learn Photoshop and carry out visual creativity with personal characteristics and styles.

8. Interface design

Interface design is a new field, which is paid more and more attention by software enterprises and developers. There is no professional interface design software at present, so most designers use this software.

References:

Baidu encyclopedia -Adobe Photoshop