Graphics Programs Reference
In-Depth Information
Retouching and Painting Tools
ICON
TOOL NAME
USE
Spot Healing (J)
Removes imperfections.
Brush (B)
Paints the foreground color.
Clone Stamp (S)
Paints with a sample of the image.
History Brush (Y)
Paints with the selected state or snapshot.
Eraser (E)
Erases pixels—or reverts to a saved history state.
Gradient (G)
Creates a gradient.
Blur (no shortcut)
Blurs pixels.
Dodge (O)
Lightens pixels in an image.
You can create a l oating Tools panel by clicking on the gray title bar at the top of the Tools panel
and then dragging it to a new location. You can dock it again by dragging it back to the left side
of the workspace; release when you see the blue vertical bar appear.
Drawing and Type Tools
ICON
TOOL NAME
USE
Pen (P)
Draws a vector path.
Horizontal Type (T)
Creates a type layer.
Path Selection (A)
Allows you to manipulate a path.
Rectangle (U)
Draws vector shapes.
Navigation Tools
ICON
TOOL NAME
USE
Hand (H)
Navigates the page.
Zoom (Z)
Increases and decreases the relative size of the view.
Can't tell the tools apart? You can view tooltips that reveal a tool's name and keyboard shortcut
by positioning your cursor over the tool.
