How to use Regular Adobe Photoshop Tools

How to use Regular Adobe Photoshop Tools
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1. Select the Crop Tool (C).According to Adobe statement, this is the most used tool in Photoshop. This is one of the tools that absent anything else, can dramatically improve the composition of your photographs. When you select the Crop tool, you will notice small handles on the corners, and on the edges in the center of the image:
   • Crop an image by either dragging the handles to surround the part of the image you wish to keep, or click and dragging inside the image to draw the area to crop. However you do it, the result will be the area you are keeping will be normal, and the area to be cut will be dimmed. Make a selection similar to this, then press Enter.
   • Have you seen how that has changed the entire focus of the picture? Before you do anything else, click Undo (Command-Z, Mac, or Control-Z, PC) to restore the image to its original dimensions. Assuming you did make further changes, you can step back through your editing history using Command-Option-Z (Control-Alt-Z).
   • Perspective crop. Rather than just a plain rectangle crop, Perspective Crop lets you adjust the relative perspective of the image as you crop. While an interesting and powerful tool, well worth experimenting with, it is also a more advanced feature that will be covered in more advanced post.
   • The Slice tools, also part of the Crop menu, are designed to carve up an image for placement into web pages. Like the Perspective crop, this is an advanced feature to be addressed in more suitable article.
2. Select the Text Tool (T).There is a notable saying that a picture is worth more than a thousand words. However, sometimes a picture is not enough, and you may want a word as well. The Photoshop's text tool gives you the options.
   • With the Text tool selected, click near the bottom left of the picture. You will see a blinking text insertion cursor. Type "Boats in the Bay." Depending on your settings, it might be too large, or too small, or a hard to read color. The editor for the text attributes is at the top of the Photoshop window.
   • Font family. This particular menu, like all font menus, lets you select the desired font. You can select from the list, or you can as well type in the font name.
   • Font style. In case there are related font styles for the font family e.g., Bold, Italic, Light, Medium, etc., they will be available in this popup menu. If the menu is grayed, that means there are no variations on the current font family.
   • Font size. This adjusts the size of the font. You have the option of entering in a specific font size, or choosing a size from a small list. However, for fast, flexible, and easy font size changes, click and hold on the T icon to the left of the field, and drag to the left or right: the size should change dramatically.
   • Antialiasing. This tool will determine the strength of the edge blending. "None" turns off antialiasing, and text is rendered like it was rendered in last four decades.
   • Justification. This tool justifies all text in the selected layer to the left, center, or right.
   • Color. The color chip defaults to the foreground color when you first choose the Text tool. To change the color, select the text layer itself, or with the Text cursor, any part of the text in a field. Click on the chip, select a color, and any selected text, plus all future text will be that new color.
   • Warp. This tool bends, or "warps" the text on the horizontal or vertical axis. To use it, simply select the text layer, click on the Warp button, and work the Style and sliders to find the right look.
   • Panels. This Panels button opens up two more palettes: Character and Paragraph. Use these to fine-tune the look of your text.
3. Create a sized text field.To do this, click and drag from the top left corner of where you want your text box to appear, to the bottom right corner of the box. You should see a rectangle on the screen, with handles on the corners and sides.
   • Type some a couple sentences into the box. Do not worry if the text is too big or too small. Once you are done entering text, press the Enter key. If your text is too small or large, use the Font Size control at the top to make it larger or smaller.
   • Again, you can also adjust the size of the text field, by hovering over one of the handles for a couple seconds, and your cursor will change to a double arrow. Click and drag to resize the text box; the text will flow within the boundaries of the box.