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1. Rectangular Marquee ToolClick on the starting point and begin dragging out a rectangular selection as you normally would, then hold down your Shift key as you continue to drag. As soon as you press the Shift key, you'll see the selection outline jump to a perfect square. Keep holding the Shift key down until you're finished drawing the selection. Release your mouse button to complete the selection, then release the Shift key.

2. Elliptical Marquee ToolFirst, click the mouse button, and then before you move the mouse, hold down Alt (Option on the Mac) and drag. Release your mouse and then the key when you have your desired selection. If you want to draw from the center out and want a perfect circle, hold down the Shift key, as well.

3. Lasso Tool

Don’t release your mouse button until you complete the selection by returning to the starting point to close the loop. When you release your mouse button, Photoshop thinks you’re done and closes the selection with a straight line from your endpoint to the starting point.

4. Polygonal Lasso Tool Begin by clicking somewhere along the edge of the object or area you need to select, then release your mouse button.

 

5. Magnetic Lasso Tool

Just hold down your Shift key and press the letter L repeatedly to switch between them (note that you may not need to include the Shift key depending on how you have things set up in Photoshop's Preferences).

6. Magic Wand Tooltool allows you to select an area of an image based on its colour. The tool is located near the top of the Photoshop Toolbox. When you click an area in an image with the magic wand, all areas which are a similar colour are selected. You can specify !arious options to determine the exact selection.

7. Crop ToolWe can click on any of the handles and, with the mouse button held down, drag them around to resize and reshape the crop box

8. Healing Brush ToolThe Healing Brush tool allows you to fix image imperfections such as scratches,blemishes, etc. By sampling the surrounding area or using a predefined pattern you can blend the imperfections into the rest of the image

9. Spot Healing Brush Tool

You simply click on the blemishes you want to get rid of (or drag with the tool to paint over the larger areas you wish to repair) and the spot healing brush works out the rest for you.

10. Patch Tool

can hold down the Option/Alt key to temporarily convert the patch tool to become a polygonal lasso tool with which to draw straight line selection edges

11. Red Eye Tool The default tool settings should be OK to start with. To use the tool just click on the red area of the eye. Photoshop can then automatically calculate how to remove the red cast and darken the

12. Clone Stamp Tool

Point the cursor at the image area you want to paint with, hold down [Alt] key, then mouse-click. You have just selected the source point for cloning.

13. Background Eraser Tooladjust the size of the circle directly from your keyboard just as you can with Photoshop's other brush tools. Press the left bracket key ( [ ) to make the circle smaller or the right bracket key ( ] ) to make it larger. You can also adjust the hardness of the edges by adding the Shift key. Press Shift+left bracket ( [ ) to make the edges softer or Shift+right bracket ( ] ) to make them harder. In general, you'll want to use hard edges with the Background Eraser, since soft edges can leave many background artifacts behind

14. Magic Eraser Tool

Select the Magic Eraser tool .Do the following in the options bar: Enter a tolerance value to define the range of colors that can be erased. A low tolerance erases pixels within a range of color values very similar to the pixel you click.Click in the part of the layer you want to erase.

15. Color Replacement ToolAs you drag the Color Replacement Tool over your image, Photoshop continuously samples the color that's directly under the target symbol in the center of the tool's cursor. This is the color that will be replaced, and it will be replaced with your current Foreground color.

16. Blur Tool

Open an image and select the Blur tool from the Tools panel.In the Options bar, specify these settings: Select a brush from the Brush Preset Picker or the larger Brush panel.Paint over the areas you want to blur.

17. Sharpen Tool

1. Select the Sharpen tool .2. Set options in the options bar:ModeDetermines how the paint that you apply blends with the existing pixels in the image.BrushSets the brush tip. Click the arrow next to the brush sample, choose a brush category from the Brushes menu, and then select a brush thumbnail.SizeSets the size of the brush, in pixels. Drag the Size pop-up slider or enter a size in the text box.StrengthSpecifies the amount of sharpening that occurs with each stroke.Sample All LayersSharpens all visible layers. If this is deselected, the tool sharpens only the active layer.Protect DetailSelect Protect Detail to enhance details and minimize pixelated artifacts. Deselect this option if you want to produce more exaggerated sharpening effects

3. Drag over the part of the image you want to sharpen.

18. Burn Tool

1. Select the Dodge tool or the Burn tool .2. Choose a brush tip and set brush options in the options bar.3. In the options bar, select one of the following from the Range menu:MidtonesChanges the middle range of graysShadowsChanges the dark areasHighlightsChanges the light areas4. Specify the exposure for the Dodge tool or the Burn tool.5. Click the airbrush button to use the brush as an airbrush. Alternatively, select the Airbrush option in the Brush panel.6. Select the Protect Tones option to minimize clipping in the shadows and highlights. This option also tries to keep colors from shifting hue.

19. Sponge Tool

Open an image and select the Sponge tool from the Tools panel. ...In the Options bar, make the following changes: ...

Paint carefully over the areas you want to saturate or desaturate with color.

20. Pen Tool1. Select the Pen tool.2. Position the Pen tool where you want the straight segment to begin, and click to define the first anchor point (do not drag).3. Click again where you want the segment to end (Shift-click to constrain the angle of the segment to a multiple of 45°).4. Continue clicking to set anchor points for additional straight segments.