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The Retouching Tools The retouching tools are the next group of tools after the selection tools. These tools can help you remove imperfections to improve your images or add effects. The Retouching Tools RETOUCHING TOOLS NAME FUNCTION Spot Healing Brush Tool Removes blemishes from objects Paint Tool Paints brush strokes Stamp Tool Clones an area of the image that is selected to be stamped History Brush Tool Paints a copy of the selected state into the current image window Erase Tool Erase pixels Gradient Tool Applies and colors gradients to an image or object Blur Tool Blurs hard edges in images Dodge Tool Lightens areas in images KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS To activate the tool using the keyboard, press the following keys: J – Spot Healing Brush Tool B – Brush Tool S – Stamp Tool Y – History Brush Tool E – History Brush Tool G – Gradient Tool O – Dodge Tool The Drawing and Type Tools The drawing and type tools are the next group of tools following the retouching tools. They allow you to create images from shapes and text and can be inserted in the images that you prefer.
Pen Tool Draws smooth edge paths Text Tool Creates texts Path Selection Tool Makes shape or segment selections showing anchor points, direction lines and points Shapes Tool Draw shapes and lines KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS To activate the tool using the keyboard, press the following keys: P – Pent Tool T – Type Tool A – Path Selection Tool U – Shapes Tool The Annotations, Measuring and Navigation Tools The last tools in the tools panel are the annotations, measuring and navigation tools. They help you navigate through the images and give you the capability to make notes in your image for organization. ANNOTATIONS, MEASURING AND NAVIGATION TOOLS NAME FUNCTION Note Tool Makes notes and annotations attached in the image Eye Dropper Tool Samples colors in an image Hand Tool Moves your image within the window Zoom Tool Zooms in or zooms out your image OTHER TOOLS NAME FUNCTION Toggle between foreground and background Toggles between foreground and background colors Set foreground color Allows you to set the foreground color Edit in quick mask mode Edits the image in quick mask mode
Instruction. Using the retouching tools, smoothen and soften the face of the woman in the given picture. From this … … to this.
Textbook : Visual Guide Creative Design CS6 Jemma, Inc., pp. 21 - 25 Parent’s/ Guardian’s Signature Over Printed Name