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Introduction to Multimedia & Photoshop (CSP-47)

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Essential ToolsBlock04

UNIT-01Image manipulation Tools-I

UNIT-02 Image manipulation Tools-II

UNIT-03Text and Image manipulation

1.1 Content Aware Move Tool 01

1.2 Red Eye Tool 08

1.3 Brush Tool 09

1.4 Pencil Tool 11

1.5 Color Replacement Tool 11

1.6 Color Mixer Tool 14

1.7 Clone Stamp Tool 19

1.8 Pattern Stamp Tool 25

2.9 History Brush Tool 30

2.10 Art History Tool 31

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Image manipulation Tools-I) 1.1 Content Aware Move Tool

This tool is a wonderful tool to move images from one point to the other without

disturbing the background. The symbol is as shown below

Step-1

Open the picture where you want to move an image from one point to the other.

Click on the Content Aware Move Tool from the tool bar

The content aware tool comes 4th in the spot healing brush tool.

Step-2

Duplicate the background image if you want to keep a copy of the original image and give it a name

duplicate_background

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Step-3

Make a new layer

Step-4

Click on the new layer

Step-5

a) Select Mode = move

b) Select adaptation =very strict

c) Have select all layers checked

Step-6

Make a rough selection around the image as shown below

You can find the image with the dotted line around as a selected image

Step-7

Now with the tool move the image to a new place say up the mountain with left mouse button

selected up the mountain

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Now to remove the dotted lines around the man press ctrl+d

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Now you can see that image of the person has moved up the hill

Content aware move tool with mode set to extend

This option is used to create duplicate a person as though more than 2 persons are climbing up the

hill.

Follow all the steps exactly as the previous example was done except

Mode :- Extend

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Press Ctrl +d to deselect the moved image .

Now you find 2 climbers are climbing the hill.

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Now using the eraser tool I erase the extra snow from the new layer created as shown below

The final image

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1.2 Red Eye Tool The Red Eye Tool is used to remove the Red Eye from the image which happens when you take a

snap with your camera and Retina of the eye gives a red tinge.

Step-1

Open the face with Red Eyes in your Adobe Photoshop CS6

Step-2

Select the red eye tool which comes 4th from the spot healing brush tool as shown below

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Step-3

Using the Red eye tool drag it across the eyes of the child and they will turn black

1.3 Brush Tool

The Brush Tool is used to paint the canvas with a brush.The brush tool is identified by

symbol. Using the brush tool I draw 2 hills on the canvas.

Points to remember while using the brush tool

Foreground color :- The color that is used to paint on the canvas

Background color:- The background color.

Both fore ground color and the background color are as shown below

Above the

Foreground color is brown

Background color is orange

Both foreground color and the background color can be switched by pressing this button as shown

below

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Others include

1. Mode :- The different modes of painting such as normal,dissolve,darken,color burn,Leniar

burn,

2. Opacity:-opacity of the brush

3. Flow :- the flow of paint from the brush tool

4. Type of brush :-Which type of brush you prefer to use

5. Size of the brush :-It sis the size of the brush that you are using.Here I have defined it as 45.

6. Flip X :- How you rotate the brush across X axis

7. Flip Y :- How you rotate the brush across Y axis.

8. Angle :- Angle of the brush.

9. Roundness:- Roundness of the brush.

10. Hardness :- Hardness of the brush

11. Spacing :- Spacing between every point of the brush stroke.

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1.4 Pencil Tool This tool is used for pencil drawing purpose.

You can change the color of the pencil drawing as well as the size and opacity.

1.5 Color Replacement Tool The color replacement tool is used to replace the color of an image

It is done in 3 ways

a) Sampling Continuous

b) Sampling Once

c) Sampling Background Swatches

Limits

a) Contiguous :- Within a certain area

b) Discontiguous :-Wherever you find a color

c) Find Edge :- Where you find that edge

a) Sampling Continuous

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Step -1

Open an image in Adobe Photoshop CS6

Step- 2

Duplicate the image to preserve the previous image

Hide the locked image.

Step-3

Now select the color from the swatches as yellow as shown below

Step-4

Select sampling Continuous as shown below

Step-5

Increase the brush size and start painting

b) Sampling Once :- In this kind of painting only a sample of the color is taken from berries and

only that part of the berries are colored which match with the sample selected.

Step- 1

Step-2

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Select a color from the swatches.

Step-3

Click Sampling Once

Step-4

Go to swatches .Select the Orange color

Step-4

Left mouse click at that point which you want to select and start painting the berries.

You find that only certain parts of the berries got colored by the Orange color while the rest

remain Red as those parts do not match the color with those colored.

c) Sampling Background Swatches

Step-1

Open an image in Adobe Photoshop CS6

Step-2

Using the eye dropper tool select the foreground from the swatches as shown below

Using the eye dropper tool

Press the Alt key and then left clicking with the eye dropper tool

Click the maximum red from the bird by striking the chest portion shown with a blue circle.

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The foreground selected is shown below and the background color is as shown below

Step-3

Keeping the limits at Discontigous state and Tolerance at 33% start colouring the bird. You

find only certain parts of the bird are coloured and the rest are untouched since the colour

,hue and saturation do not match with the point selected.

1.6 Color Mixer Tool The Colour Mixer Tool is used to mix 2 or more colours to get a new colour.

You can find the Color Mixer tool as shown below.It comes 4th in the brush tool menu

We shall be discussing the panel in detail

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Brush Size :- This defines the size of the brush used

Toggle Brush Panel :- User to hide and show the brush panel

Color Well :- Used to store color selected from swatches panel

Options available for the color well

Load Brush :- this option is used to mix multiple colours

Clean Brush :- this option is used to clean up whatever color was added.

Load solid colors Only :- This option is used to work with single color in one stroke.

Load Brush After Each Stroke :- This option means load a brush each and every time you click the left

mouse button and start using the color mixer brush

Clean Brush After Each Stroke :- This option means clean the brush each and every time you click the

left mouse button and start using the color mixer brush

Wet :- How wet is the brush. 0 means dry brush ,100 means very wet brush

Load :- How much color the brush is going to take.

Mix :- How much color is going to come from canvas. If I state 90 it means 90 % from canvas and 10%

from Brush

Flow :- How fast the color is flowing in Each stroke.

Mixing 2 colours using color mixer tool. :- In this case we shall take 2 colours

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Red + Blue = Purple

Step-1

Create a new file named color_mixer with Preset as Default Photo Size.

Step-2

Click on color mixer Brush tool with the following setting

If any colour appears in the color well clean it by clicking the clean brush

Step-2

Select the red color from the swatches

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Now you see the color well is red in colour

Step-3

Select the option load color in color well drop down as shown. This helps in mixing 2 colours.

wet =100% { The brush should be wet to spread more color }

Load=100%{How much colour to load in one stroke}

Mix = 0% {This is the first colour we are adding and so mixing is 0}

Flow = 100% {how much colour is going to flow in each stroke}

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Now I clean my brush

Now the color well is clean

Step-5

Now I am going to add blue to the color well

Step-6

wet =100% { The brush should be wet to spread more color }

Load=100%{How much colour to load in one stroke}

Mix = 100% {Blue +Red = Purple }

Flow = 100% {how much colour is going to flow in each stroke}

Step-7

The purple is prepared

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1.7 Clone stamp tool

Figure -1 :- Before using Clone Stamp Tool

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Figure -2 :-After using Clone Stamp tool

How To Use Clone Stamp Tool

Step -1

Open the image in Adobe Photoshop CS6

Step-2

Click on the Clone Stamp Tool

Step-3

Click on the Alt + left mouse button key to select the part of the image that I selected in Red color

which is shown below

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Having the left mouse clicked run it over the couple and the child from left to right or right to left

You can click alt key + left mouse button to tell the computer the new positions from where cloning

should start when you start changing positions from head to toe.

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What actually happens is that the point where you selected with the alt and left mouse key button a

duplicate image gets copied from that point and layers over the couple and the child.

The best way to go for a clone stamp tool are

First erase the husband and child till it is all cleaned up as shown below

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Now erase the wife

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Why do we use clone stamp tool :- when we want to preserve the background and use it for other

purpose such as web designing or photography. Now having a clean beach you can place your image

In the place where the couple were walking with their child.

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Creating A Pattern Is The First Step

Step-1

Create a new document

Height =2 inches

Width = 1.5 inches

Resolution = 300

Color mode = RGB

Click ok button

Step-2

Insert an image into the canvas by copy and paste

Step-3

Go to edit

Click on stroke

Set stroke color =5 px

Location =Center

Opacity =100 %

Step -4

Select the pattern stamp tool.

Step-5

Set

brush size,

mode = normal,

opacity =100%,

Flow =100%

Step -6

Click on edit button and select define pattern

Step -7

Give it a name and press the ok button

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Inserting The Pattern Into A New Document

Step -1

Create an new document

Height = 12 inches

Width = 8 inches

Background = white

Click the OK Button

Step-2

Click on pattern stamp tool

Select the pattern from the pattern picker

Increase the width of the brush

Set Mode = Normal

Opacity = 100%

Flow = 100%

Check the aligned check box

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1.9 History Brush Tool The history brush tool is used to clean up any errors done while working with the Adobe Photoshop CS6

document.

In the above document there is a pink cross on the photograph which by mistake the editor did it and

saved the document. In such cases removing the pink cross could damage the document. In such cases

the history brush tool is used to clean the pink cross.

Click the history brush tool and run it over the pink cross.

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1.10 Art History Tool The Art History tool is used to create an artistic design. It is under the history brush tool as

Step -1

Take the image as shown below

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Step-2 :- Click On The Art History Brush tool.

Change the brush size to be a bit bigger as shown below

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Step-3

Click on the style and change the style to loose long and run over the photograph.

Step-4

Now click on the history brush tool as shown below

And run on the above image.

Step-5

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Image manipulation Tools-II

Unit Structure:

2.1 Eraser Tool 01

2.2 Background Eraser Tool 03

2.2.1 Sampling Continuous 04

2.2.2 Sampling Once 05

2.2.3 Sampling Background Swatch 06

2.3 Magic Eraser Tool 09

2.4 The paint Bucket Tool 10

2.5 The Gradient Tool 11

2.6 Blur Tool 16

2.7 Sharpen Tool 17

2.8 Smudge Tool 17

2.9 Dodge Tool 18

2.10 The Burn Tool 19

2.11 Sponge Tool 20

2.12 Pen Tool 21

2.13 Free Form Pen Tool 24

2.14 Add an Anchor Point Tool 25

2.15 Delete an Anchor Point Tool 26

2.16 Convert Point Tool 27

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2.1 Eraser Tool The Eraser Tool is used to erase a part o the image or the total image. Let us consider the image as

shown below. The shortcut of the eraser tool is E.

Step-2

Click on the eraser tool as shown below.

Step-3

Increase the brush size as shown below

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Step-4

Now run the eraser tool as shown below

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2.2 Background Eraser Tool

The Background eraser tool is used to erase the background an image.

This is identified by the symbol

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Types of erasing background

1. Sampling Continuous

2. Sampling once

3. Sampling Background swatch

4. Limits

a. Contigious

b. Discontigious

c. Find Edges

5. Tolerance

6. Protect Foreground color

2.2.1 Sampling Continuous :- This option continuously samples the colors as the background eraser

tool moves across the image.

Step-1:- Consider the image as shown below

Step-2

Continuous sampling erases the background sampling the hue,contrast and saturation of the color.

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2.2.2 Sampling Once :- This option is used to take a color sample from the background and clear that

part of the image where the color matches the sample


Step-2 :- Sampling once clears that part of the image which matches with the color sample.The rest of

the image is uneffected.

At tolerance of 1 %

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2.2.3 Sampling Background Swatch


Step-2

Set the foreground and the background color to white as shown below

Now using the color picker tool set the foreground color to the one selected by the color picker tool.

as shown below.

Switch foreground and background colors pressing x

At tolerance of 1 %

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2.2.3.1 Limits using Sampling Once

2.2.3.1.1 Contigious

This option is used to remove continuous sky background between the branches of a tree.

Step-1

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2.2.3.1.2 Discontigious

This is just the opposite of it. It removes the sky background between the branches of the tree basing on

the brush size.

Step-1 :- Let us consider the image as shown below

Step-2 :-

Discontigious clears up the blue background irrespective of the tree branches blocking the blue sky.

2.2.3.1.3 Find Edges

This option is used to remove the background at the fine edges of the branches.


Step-2:-

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Use of fine edges with tolerance 57% and Protect Foreground color with sampling once.

2.3 Magic Eraser Tool

This tool is used to erase the background in a single click of the magic eraser tool.

Step-1 :- Let us consider this image. There is an yellow background behind.

Step-2 :- Using the magic eraser tool as shown below with one click the blue background is erased.

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Step-2 :-

Let us create a layer of clouds behind this image as shown below. Clicking the magic eraser tool on the

blue background erases the blue background and the image turns out to be as below

2.4 The Paint Bucket Tool

The paint bucket tool is used to fill the background with paint. The symbol o paint bucket tool is as

shown below

Step-1 :- Create a new file with a new layer. Unlock the layer and fill it with Yellow colour using the

paint bucket tool.

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2.5 The Gradient Tool

The gradient tool is used to create various kinds of designs on the background. It is defined by the

symbol as shown below.

Working with Linear Gradient

Step -1 :- Consider the layer as shown below

Step-2:- Using Linear Gradient

Working with Radial Gradient

Step -1 :- Consider the layer as shown below

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Step-2

Working with Angle Gradient

Step-1

Step-2

Working with Reflected Gradient

Step-1

Step-2

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Working with Diamond Gradient

Step-1

Step-2

Working with Gradient Editor

Step-1

Step-2

Click the middle of gradient editor shown in the red circle.

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You can select any of the designs and click the ok button or create a customized design as per

requirement

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Step-3

Customized design

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2.6 Blur Tool The blur tool is as shown below

The blur tool is used to effectively remove the wrinkles on the face.

Step-1:- This shows a wrinkled face

Step-2 :-After using the smudge tool

Brush size :- 31

Strength :-91

The image turns out to be as shown below

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Step-2 :- Using the smudge tool

2.9 Dodge Tool The dodge tool is used to turn dark skin to white as shown below. The symbol of the dodge tool is

There are 3 options here

a) Shadows :- Effects the darker shades

b) Midtones :- Effects the light dark shades

c) Highlights :- Effects the light shades.

Step-1

Before the Dodge Tool

After The Dodge Tool

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2.10 The Burn Tool The burn tool is used to turn the white skin to darker tone as shown below

The symbol of burn tool is

Step-1

Step-2

With brush size as 65 and hardness at 0 with every click of the mouse the Burn tool takes effect.

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There are 3 options here

d) Shadows :- Effects the darker shades

e) Midtones :- Effects the light dark shades

f) Highlights :- Effects the light shades.

Protect Tones :- Used To protect the image.

2.11 Sponge Tool

The sponge tool is used to increase or decrease the saturation of the image. It is identified by the

symbol

Vibrance :- Minimizes clipping for fully saturated and desaturated colors.

Let us consider the image as shown below

Using the desaturate option

Using the Saturate option

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2.12 Pen Tool

The Pen Tool is used to draw images and crop images from a image file. It is defined by the symbol

to draw images as shown below

How To Use Pen Tool :-

Step-1Click on the Pen Tool and draw the shape as below.

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Step-2

Step-3

Using the fill tool fill the shape as shown below

Using Pen Tool In Cropping An Image

Step-1

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Step-2

Select the pen tool and select around the object that has to be selected

Step-3

See that the path is selected and make selection is selected

1. Click on Copy

2. Create a new layer

3. Select the new layer and click paste

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2.13 Free Form Pen Tool Used to copy a selected part of the image to a new layer or create a new shape.

Creating A New Shape

The free form pen tool is used to create new shapes which the user wants to prepare. They can be

anything starting from cups, bottles to very complex diagrams. The symbol used is

Step-1

Using the free form pen tool we design a shape as shown below.

Step-2

Select all the layers and right click and click Convert to a smart object..

Step-3

Now in the bottle let us add some water . Create a new layer .

Using the brush tool using blue color start painting inside the bottle

Step-4

Explanation of what was done. Here 2 layers are created.

1st Layer

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2nd Layer

The water inside it as shown below

2.14 Add An Anchor Point Tool

Add an anchor point tool is used to add anchor point on the shape drawn by the pen tool.

Step-1 :-Let us consider the image drawn by two clicks of the pen tool.

Step-2 :- Now using add an anchor point tool

Step-3

Now using the Direct Selection Tool change the shape of the

Line as shown below

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2.15 Delete An Anchor Point Tool This option is used to delete an anchor point in a shape as shown below

Doing So Changes the shape of the image as shown below

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2.16 Convert Point Tool Symbol as shown below

Step-1

Using the pen tool design a structure with tree points by pen tool

Step-2

Using the convert point tool in the tip of the triangle

Step-3

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Step-4

Now to fill the picture designed above

Step-5

Click on the ok button and use the fill .

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Text and Image manipulation

Unit Structure: 3.1 Text Tools 01

3.1.1 Horizontal type Text tool 01

3.1.2 Vertical Type text Tool 02

3.1.3 Horizontal Type Mask Tool 02

3.1.4 Vertical Type Mask Tool 04

3.2 Path Selection Tool 07

3.3 Direct Selection Tool 10

3.3.1 Modify a vector Image by changing anchor point location if the vector image 11

3.3.2 Modify a vector image by changing multiple anchor points of a vector image 12

3.3.3 Modify a vector image by changing line joining 2 anchor points of the vector image 13

3.3.4 Modify a vector image by changing the line position joining multiple anchor points 15

3.3.5 Delete an anchor of a vector image point 15

3.3.6 Delete multiple anchor points of a vector image 17

3.3.7 Delete a line joining two anchor points of a vector image 18

3.3.8 Delete multiple lines joining multiple anchor points of a vector image 19

3.3.9 Move Direction Lines of a Vector Image In Addition of an Anchor Point Added 21

3.4 Working with Shapes 23

3.4.1 Create a rectangle path selection 24

3.4.2 Create a Vector Mask 26

3.4.3 Create a shape layer 29

3.4.4 Working with Pixels 31

3.5 Hand Tool 32

3.6 Rotate View 32

3.7 Zoom Tool 33

3.8 Switch Foreground and Background color 33

3.9 Quick Mask Mode 33

3.10 Screen Modes 35

3.11 Questions 35

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3.1 TEXT TOOLS

4 TYPES

1. Horizontal Type Text Tool

2. Vertical Type Text Tool

3. Horizontal Type Mask Tool

4. Vertical Type Mask Tool

3.1.1 Horizontal Type Text Tool

The Horizontal Type Text Tool is used to type a horizontal text.

It is defined by the symbol . Click it and type the text as shown below.

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3.1.2 Vertical Type Text Tool

The vertical type text tool is used to type a text vertically.

It is defined by the symbol as shown below

3.1.3 Horizontal Type Mask Tool

The horizontal type tool uses a mask to show the typed matter .It is defined by the symbol as

shown below

How to Create A Horizontal Mask Tool

Step-1

Create a new document. Place an image on the layer as shown below

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Step-2

The screen shown above is called Ruby Lit which means the screen is ready to accept the text that user

enters

Step-3

Now press the move tool

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Step-4

Now press Ctrl + j

You find a new layer is created as shown below

Step-5

Click any of the controls to deselect

3.1.4 Vertical Type Mask Tool

Identified by the symbol

Step -1

Create a new layer with an image in it as shown below

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Step-2

Click on symbol and drag it over the layer 1

Step-3

Step-4

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Click on the symbol

Step-5

Press Ctrl +j

Click on symbol

Step-6

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3.2 Path Selection ToolThe path selection tool is defined by the symbol as shown below.

Let us learn how to use the path tool

The path tool is used to

duplicate a vector shape created by a pen tool.

change the vector shape created by the pen tool.

Duplicate the vector shape created by a pen tool

Step-1

Using the pen tool let us create a triangle as shown below

Step-2

Press Alt + to duplicate a vector shape created by the pen tool.

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Change the Vector Shape Created By The pen tool

Step-1

Click add a anchor point tool defined by symbol

Step-2

Step-3

Press Ctrl + Path Selection Tool as shown below

Step-4

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Once again click on path selection tool as shown in the figure below

Step-5

Click on the white background of the image with the path selection tool as shown

below

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3.3 Direct selection tool The Direct Selection Tool is defined by the symbol

Used to change the shape and size of the vector image as shown below

Step-1 :- Click on the direct selection tool

Step-2 :- Click on the points of the triangle to change the shape of the triangle.

Step-3:-

Step-4

Click on the white background to disable the points.

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Direct Selection Tool

The Direct Selection Tool is used to

Modify a vector Image by changing anchor point location if the vector image

Modify a vector image by changing multiple anchor points of a vector image

Modify a vector image by changing line joining 2 anchor points of the vector image

Modify a vector image by changing the line position joining multiple anchor points

Delete an anchor point of a vector image

Delete multiple anchor points of a vector image

Delete a line joining two anchor points of a vector image

Delete multiple lines joining multiple anchor points of a vector image

Move direction lines of a vector image in addition of an anchor point added

3.3.1 Modify a vector Image by changing anchor point location if the vector image

Step-1

Create a vector image using the pen tool as shown below

Step-2

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Clicking on the direct selection

You find 6 anchor points

Step-3

Clicking on the anchor point and modifying the vector image as shown below

3.3.2 Modify a vector image by changing multiple anchor points of a vector image

Step-1

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Step-2

Having the tool enabled

select multiple vector points by using shift + left mouse button

With left mouse button clicked change the shape as below

3.3.3 Modify a vector image by changing line joining 2 anchor points of the vector image

Step-1

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Step-2

Step-3

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3.3.4 Modify a vector image by changing the line position joining multiple anchor points

Step-1

Step-2

select multiple lines joining vector points by using shift + left mouse button

With left mouse button clicked change the shape as below

3.3.5 Delete an anchor of a vector image point

Step-1

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Step-2

Select the anchor point by left mouse click with direct selection tool clicked

Step-3

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Now clicking the del key

Step-4

Now clicking any where on the layer

3.3.6 Delete multiple anchor points of a vector image

Step-1

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Step-2

Now Pressing the del key

Step-3

Now clicking anywhere in the screen

3.3.7 Delete a line joining two anchor points of a vector image

Step-1

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Step-2

Select the line with direct selection tool and click the del key

3.3.8 Delete multiple lines joining multiple anchor points of a vector image

Step-1

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Step-2

Shift + left mouse click using the Direct Selection Tool

I have selected 3 lines

Step-3

Pressing the Del key

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Step-4

Now clicking anywhere in the screen

3.3.9 Move Direction Lines Of A Vector Image In Addition Of An Anchor Point Added

Step-1

Select the Direct Selection Tool as shown below

Step-2

Using eleptical tool as shown below

Draw an ellipse

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Here the elipse has anchor points with direction points

Step-3

Step-4

Now by clicking anywhere on the layer anchor points deminish

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3.4 Working with Shapes

Working With Shapes In Adobe Photoshop CS6

Shapes are of 6 types

1. Rectangle

2. Rounded Rectangle

3. Ellipse

4. Polygon

5. Line

6. Custom Shape

Rectangle tool :- The rectangle tool is used to

create a rectangular shape

Create a rectangular path selection

Create a rectangular fill with pixels

Create A Rectangle Shape

This option is used to create a rectangular shape on a layer

Step-1

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Step-4

Now double clicking on the vector mask

Step-5

Increasing the feather as shown below

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Rest of the controls defined below follow the same principles which we discussed with the

rectangle tool.

Rounded Rectangle

Ellipse

Polygon

Line

Custom Shape

3.5 Hand Tool The hand tool is used move around the image if it is not in a full screen mode

Identified by the symbol

Some of the other features include

Scroll all Windows :- This means scroll all windows that are not in full screen mode

Actual Pixels :- Zoom Current Window

Fit Screen :- Fits the entire image to a screen

Full Screen :- View the entire image in full screen

Print Size :- Zoom Current window to print resolution

3.6 Rotate View This tool is used to rotate an image. It is identified by the symbol as shown

Step-1

Step-2 :- After using the rotate view tool.

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3.7 Zoom ToolThe zoom tool is used to zoom in an image and zoom out an image. It is defined by the symbol as shown

below

It is the important tool for editing small images which involve colouring , cropping etc.

Here means increase magnification

Increase magnification

Decrease magnification

Resize all windows so that they fit to the screen

This takes effectwhn multiple windows are opened and if one window is zoomed in all windows also zoom in to that extent.

Used when one wants to zoom a particular location. Another way to do it is click

and drag around the region which you want to magnify. Zoom current window to 1:1

Zoom screen to current fit size

Zoom current window to printing resolution

3.8 Switch Foreground and Background color

3.9 Quick Mask Mode

This option is used to edit images under quick mask mode

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Step-1

Step-2

After clicking quick selection tool

Step-3

Click the brush tool to select the brush

Select black to make the cherries red

Switch to white to remove extra red on the floor of the image

Adobe Photoshop CS6


3.10 Screen ModesIts how we see the screen. It is defined by the symbol

There are 3 modes

Standard screen mode

Full Screen mode with menu bar

Full screen mode :- To come out of full screen mode press esc key.

3.11 Questions1. What is Adobe Photoshop and why do we use it?

2. Describe Adobe Photoshop Interface ?

3. What is a layer? Discuss in depth?

4. What is a layer mask ?Describe?

5. Discuss the various tools in Adobe Photoshop ?

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