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Elliptical Marquee Tool creates elliptical selections:

• To create a selection In the Toolbox, select the Elliptical Marquee Tool; click on the image and drag (holding mouse's left button pressed)
• While New selection option choosen on the Options bar by creating new selection you delete existing selection.
• To add an ellipse to existing selection you have either to choose Add to selection option on the Options bar or to press (and hold) [Shift] key while selecting.
• To subtract an ellipse from existing selection you have either to choose Subtract from selection option on the Options bar or to press [Alt] key while selecting.
• To intersect an ellipse with existing selection you have either to choose Intersect with selection option on the Options bar or to press [Shift+Alt] keys while selecting.
• To create an elliptical selection with predefined proportions choose Fixed Aspect Ratio style on the Options bar and set Width and Height values.
• While creating new selection you can constrain proportions to 1:1 (ie. create round selection) by pressing [Shift] key while selecting.
• To create an elliptical selection with predefined size choose Fixed Size style on the Options bar and set Width and Height values.
• While New selection option is chosen and the point of cursor is within selected area the tool looks like this and can move selection (ie. borders of selected area and not image content).
• While New selection option is chosen you can also move selection using keyboard cursor keys.

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Rectangular Marquee Tool creates rectangular selections:

• To create a selection In the Toolbox, select the Rectangular Marquee Tool; click on the image and drag (holding mouse's left button pressed)
• While New selection option choosen on the Options bar by creating new selection you delete existing selection.
• To add an ellipse to existing selection you have either to choose Add to selection option on the Options bar or to press (and hold) [Shift] key while selecting.
• To subtract an ellipse from existing selection you have either to choose Subtract from selection option on the Options bar or to press [Alt] key while selecting.
• To intersect an ellipse with existing selection you have either to choose Intersect with selection option on the Options bar or to press [Shift+Alt] keys while selecting.
• To create an rectangular selection with predefined proportions choose Fixed Aspect Ratio style on the Options bar and set WidthHeight values. and
• While creating new selection you can constrain proportions to 1:1square selection) by pressing [Shift] key while selecting. (ie. create
• To create an rectangular selection with predefined size choose Fixed Size style on the Options bar and set Width and Height values.
• While New selection option is chosen and the point of cursor is within selected area the tool looks like this and can move selection (ie. borders of selected area and not image content).
• While New selection option is chosen you can also move selection using keyboard cursor keys.

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The Lasso Tool creates freehand selections:

• To select an area In the Toolbox, select the Lasso Tool, click on the image and draw a contour holding mouse's button pressed* (or simply draw if you use sylus).
• To close the contour just release button if you draw with mouse or uplift stylus.
• While New selection option choosen on the Options bar by creating new selection you delete existing one.
• To add an area to existing selection you have either to choose Add to selection option on the Options bar or to press (and hold) [Shift] key while selecting.
• To subtract an area from existing selection you have either to choose Subtract from selection option on the Options bar or to press [Alt] key while selecting.
• To intersect new selection with existing one either choose Intersect with selection option on the Options bar or press [Shift+Alt] keys while selecting.
• While New selection option is chosen and the point of cursor is within selected area the tool looks like this and can move selection (ie. borders of selected area and not image content).
• While New selection option is chosen you can also move selection using keyboard cursor keys.

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The Smudge Tool spreads and mixes content of image areas:

• In the Toolbox, select the Smudge Tool.
• Choose brush size and style*.
• Set the tool's strength.
• Drag on the image.
• on the Options bar you can choose also effect mode.

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Gradient Tool:

• In the Toolbox, select the Gradient Tool.
• On the Options bar, choose gradient sample and style.
• Click on the image to define starting point, drag and release on ending point.
• On the Options bar you can define also blending mode and opacity.
• Dither option (selected by default) creates smoother gradients.

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The Sponge Tool saturates / desaturates image areas:

• In the Toolbox, select the Sponge Tool.
• Choose brush size and style*.
• Select mode (what do you want - saturate or desaturate).
• Set the tool's Flow (tools strength).
• Drag on the image.

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Audio Annotation Tool allows you to attach to image your audio annotations:

• Make sure that your microphone is plugged in.
• In the Toolbox, select the Audio Annotation Tool.
• Click on the image. Audio Annotation dialog box appears.
• Click Start to begin recording.
• Speak into the microphone.
• Click Stop to finish recording.
• on the Options bar you can change author's name and set annotation icon color
• You can drag your annotations anywhere at any time; even while some other tool being active.
• To hide / show annotations, use either [Ctrl+H] shortcut or pull-down menu: View > Show > Annotations.
• To delete a note, either select it (clik on it) and ress [Delete] key or right-click on it and use context menu (animation)
• To delete all annotation click Clear All button on the Options bar.

* Image has to be saved in PSD or TIF format.

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The Line Tool creates line shapes and paths (shape outlines):

• In the Toolbox, select the Line Tool.
• Choose on the Options bar drawing mode: to create vector shape layers click Shape layers button ; to draw paths (shape outlines) click Paths button; to create rasterized shapes in current layer click Fill pixels .
• Set width of line in Weight field.
• Click on next to button on the Options bar to set geometry options.
• Choose shape color*.
• Drag on the image.
• When creating multiple shapes, use selector on the Options bar:
  • Create new shape layer - to create every new shape in a separate layer
  • Add to shape area - to create mutiple shapes in the same vector shape layer.
  • Subtract from shape area - to subtract shapes from the current shape layer.
  • Intersect with shape area - to intersect new shapes with existing one(s) in the same layer.
  • Exclude overlapping shape areas - to create new shapes in the current shape layer subtracting overlapping areas.
• To apply some special effects to created shape layers, choose a style in Style picker (Options bar).
• When creating paths, you can select add, subtract, intersect and exclude overlapping modes.
• Working in Fill pixels mode you can also choose on the Options bar opacity and blending mode.

* To change color while creating shape layers, switch off gadget on the Options bar first.

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The Sharpen Tool focuses image areas:

• In the Toolbox, select the Sharpen Tool.
• Choose brush size and style*.
• Set the tool's strength.
• Drag on the image.
• on the Options bar you can choose also effect mode.

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The Magic Wand Tool selects similarly colored areas:

• In the Toolbox, select the Magic Wand Tool.
• Choose the tool's options:
  • Tolerance defines the tools sensitivity. The higher value you set, the broader areas are selected.
  • Contiguous forces selecting similar colors only in adjacent areas.
  • Anti-alised softens selection edges. It selected by default.
  • Use All Layers makes the Magic Wand to select similarly colored areas in all visible layers*.
• Click on the image with Magic Wand Tool to select an area.
• While New selection option chosen on the Options bar by creating new selection you delete existing one.

• To add an area to existing selection you have either to choose Add to selection option on the Options bar or to press (and hold) [Shift] key while selecting.
• To subtract an area from existing selection you have either to choose Subtract from selection option on the Options bar or to press [Alt] key while selecting.
• To intersect new selection with existing one either choose Intersect with selection option on the Options bar or press [Shift+Alt] keys while selecting.
• While New selection option is chosen and the point of cursor is within selected area the tool looks like this and can move selection (ie. borders of selected area and not image content).
• While New selection option is chosen you can also move selection using keyboard cursor keys.

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The Crop Tool cuts out a defined area deleting or hiding the rest of an image:

• In the Toolbox, select the Crop Tool, click on the image and draw a rectangle holding mouse's button pressed.
• When you release the button a bounding box appears. You can move, resize and rotate it. To move bounding box by a few pixels you can use keyboard cursor keys.
• While bounding box is active you can choose Hide or Delete option: Delete completely remove cut-off (shielded) parts of the image; Hide only hides them, so you can make them visible later on using Move Tool..
• To apply crop you have either to press [Enter] key or right-click on the image and choose command Crop in context menu.
• To pre-define target image size fill Width, Height and Resolutioncm or inch) have to be specified in the same fields; otherwise Photoshop sets it to px (pixels). fields on the Options bar. Units (
• Note that while bounding box is active the rest of Photoshop tools and commands are not available. You have either to apply [Enter] or to discard [Esc] crop to resume the work.

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Bohat zabardast aur informative tutorial hai.Thanks:rose