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Key Terms and Definition

Exploring the Interface of • Photoshop Document (.psd) - A .psd file is

Adobe
the file format in which Photoshop saves
documents by default. It is a multi-layer

Photoshop document that retains its full editing

options when saved. In many cases, you
will export web graphics from a .psd
document file format.
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Key Terms and Definition Key Terms and Definition

• Layers - Photoshop documents are • Selection - Selections refer to regions in an
composed of layers, which can basically be image that will be affected by the various
described as single transparent sheets tools.
which hold particular pieces of an image. • Resolution - the number of pixels in a full
These layers can contain images, text and size image.
vector graphics. They can be rearranged • Color mode - refers to the types of colors
and grouped according to user needs. you will be using in your image. CMYK and
Layers are controlled with the use of the RGB are the most important of these modes
Layers pane. to be familiar with.

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Menu bar
It contains options to control all
aspects of Photoshop

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Tool Palette / Panel

Tool Option Bar
It is located by default on the left hand
side of the work area. It contains mouse It provides access to the most
based tools that are used for editing important configuration settings
and navigation in Photoshop. for a particular tool.

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Document Window Active Image

An area to work on images,
A tab that indicates the document with a darker background
name, current scaling, and color color.
space being used.

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Rulers
It is used to accurately
measure positions on your
image and drag guidelines
from here to line up text and
layers

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Palettes Workspace Option

These are
interchangeable palettes Choose between preset workspace
arrangements, including 3D workspaces,
available, which you can zoom and Share for Commenting.
choose from the Window
menu.

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Layer palette
It shows all the layers in
your document. You can
use it to manage, edit, hide,
Fly-out Palettes or delete layers.

It shows options for each

menu located in the palette
pane.

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Layer Options
You can add effects, layer
The
Toolbar
styles, adjustments, and
other options to your
currently active layers.

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Move Tool Marquee

Used to move pixel information on the It is used to select an area of the
active layer or selection. You can also active layer
create multiple layouts using the
Artboard feature.

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Lasso Magic Wand

It is also used to make area selections
from active layer by clicking or This tool can select an area based on
drawing a line around the area to be its color.
selected.

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Crop tool Frame tool

It is being used to select one area of It can be used to create
an image and discard the rest. placeholder frames for images.
You can create any kind of shape
and drop an image into it.

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Eyedropper Spot healing

This tool and the It is intended for
alternatives provide you removing small
with tools that can tell blemishes such as stray
you more about the hairs or dust spots on
image you’re working an image.
on such as color values,
size, and object count.

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Brush tool Clone tool

A useful for all types of image It is used to copy one area of an image
editing, painting, and drawing onto another. It can remove any
unwanted element in your image.

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History brush Eraser tool

It can be used to selectively restore
It is a special brush that can delete an
certain areas of an image to a previous
area of an image, layer or selection.
state.

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Gradient tool Smudge tool

It can apply a fill-in to an area that Smudge tool and its options can be
fades gradually from one color to used to blend and alter colors and
another. details in the image.

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Burn tool Pen tool

This tool and its
alternatives are based It is used to draw
on photographic smooth curves for
darkroom techniques lines or selections.
and are used to
selectively lighten
(dodge tool), darken
images (burn tool).

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Type tool Path selection

tool
A tool used to create
It selects and moves (fragments of)
vector outlines and
existing path's / vector shape mask's
mathematical shapes to
segments / anchor points.
define the symbols of a
typeface.

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Line tool Hand tool

This tool and its
alternatives are used to It is used to navigate around a large
create shapes and paths image. It is most often used via the
on your images. It is very space bar.
useful for graphics work
and adding arrows and
custom shapes.

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Zoom tool
This zooms in or out to an area of the
Switch Colour
image. Clicking on the first icon sets the colors
to their defaults. The other swaps the
background and foreground colors over.

Edit Toolbar
This tool enables you to customize your
toolbar to add or remove tools to your
specific requirements.

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