Photoshop CS3 for Screen Printers- P2

Photoshop CS3 for Screen Printers- P2: The toolbox is the heart of Photoshop CS3, and where you’ll find thetools you need to create your artwork and perform editing tasks. Fromthe toolbox you can access the selection tools, shape tools, type tools,Crop tool, and eraser tools. These are basic tools that any screen printeror graphic artist needs.
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Photoshop CS3 for Screen Printers- P26 Part I / The Photoshop Interface Vertical Type tool, the Horizontal Type Mask tool, and the Vertical Type Mask tool. As mentioned previously, the icon in the toolbox changes depending on the tool chosen last. Because of this, the icon showing in the toolbox on your computer screen might not match what’s showing in Figures 1-1 or 1-2.] Tip: To select a tool from the toolbox, simply click it. You’ll get whatever tool the icon shows. To see the hidden (or additional) tools, either right-click on the tool’s icon or click and hold the icon for a second until the options appear. To familiarize yourself with the toolbox and its tools, perform the follow- ing steps: 1. Choose File>New and then choose Default Photoshop Size from the Preset options drop-down list. (You’ll have to click the down arrow to see the options.) Verify that the Background Contents option is set to white and that the Color Mode is RGB Color and choose 8 bit. Click OK to create a new file. 2. Choose Window>Workspace>Default Workspace to set the work area to its defaults. You’ll notice that your toolbox will return to one column of tools if you changed it earlier. 3. Click and hold the Rectangular Marquee tool icon ( ) in the tool- box. It’s the top tool on the left side if you have two columns, or the second tool if you have a single column. Four choices will appear. 4. From the four choices, choose the Elliptical Marquee tool ( ). Notice the icon changes to the one shown below. 5. Right-click the Marquee icon and choose the Rectangular Marquee tool ( ) from the list. Notice the icon changes again. 6. Click the Move tool ( ). Click and hold this icon. Notice that no additional tools appear. There are no hidden tools for this choice, thus there is no arrow in the bottom-right corner of the icon. Chapter 1 / The Toolbox 77. Continue in this manner until you’ve chosen each of the tools and viewed the additional tools underneath each. When finished, leave this empty file open for the next exercise in this chapter.Tools can be selected from the toolbox by right-clicking or by clicking,holding, and choosing from the list of choices, as shown in this example.The tool that is “on top” or showing can also be selected by quickly click-ing on the icon and thus bypassing the list options. Additionally, tools can be chosen using the keyboard. Look back atFigure 1-2. In the list of choices, there are letters as well as the name ofthe tool. In the type tools, for instance, the letter T is listed. Pressing theindicated letter on the keyboard selects the tool. Try it!1. With an open file, press the M on the keyboard. Look at the toolbox and notice the current marquee tool is chosen.2. Press T. Notice that the current type tool is now chosen. (Addition- ally, notice how the options bar changes. You’ll learn more about the options bar in Chapter 4.)3. Press U. Notice the current shape tool is chosen.Try these others:n L for the lasso toolsn C for the Crop tooln J for the Healing Brush and Patch toolsn S for the Clone Stamp and Pattern Stamp toolsn E for the eraser toolsn R for the Blur, Sharpen, and Smudge toolsn A for the Path Selection and Direct Selection toolsn P for the pen toolsn N for the notes toolsn H for the Hand tooln V for the Move tooln W for the Magic Wand tooln K for the slice toolsn B for the Brush and Pencil toolsn Y for the History Brush toolsn G for the Gradient and Paint Bucket tools8 Part I / The Photoshop Interface n O for the Dodge, Burn, and Sponge tools n I for the Eyedropper, Color Sampler, and Measure tools n Z for the Zoom tool Knowing how to select tools from the toolbox is only half the battle— knowing which tool to select, why, and how to use it is another story.. Note: Because the tool displayed in the toolbox will be the last one used, I’ll refer to the specific tool and show its icon as needed. If your toolbox shows a dif- ferent tool, just click on the arrow below the icon and select the correct tool.The Available Tools In this section I introduce each of the tools in the toolbox, but only briefly. As you work your way through the book, you’ll become more familiar with these and begin to understand how each tool can be used effectively in your field. I’ve listed these tools in the order they appear in the double-column configuration.] Tip: Working with both hands (keyboard and mouse) is a great way to increase your efficiency with Photoshop CS3. If you want to experiment with these tools: If you want to experiment with the tools introduced in this section, use these steps to open the file Figure of Wall.jpg from the Chapter 1 folder of the CD-ROM included with this book: 1. Place the CD in the disk drive and choose File>Open from the menu bar. 2. Browse to the Chapter 1 folder on the disk from the Look In field of the Open dialog box. 3. Double-click (or single-click, depending on your system) on the file named Figure of Wall.jpg to open it. If prompted, choose to convert the file to your computer’s color working space. Chapter 1 / The Toolbox 94. When clicking on the various tools, notice that the options bar changes each time a new tool is chosen. (The options bar is located directly above the toolbox and is detailed fully in Chapter 4.)5. When finished, either abandon the file, or, if you want to save your changes, choose File>Sa ...