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Photoshop CS3 Workspace Toolbar
Menu bar * Tool keyboard shortcuts are in parenthesis.
Tool Rectangle Marquee Move (V): Click and
options (M): Select a drag to move selection
bar Panel rectangular pixel area
tabs Quick Selection (W):
Elliptical Marquee:
Select an elliptical Select a pixel area of
Toolbox pixel area similar coloring
Single Row or Magic Wand (W):
Select a pixel area of
Column Marquee:
Dock similar coloring
Selects a horizontal or
vertical row of pixels Slice (K): Draw a slice
area
Lasso (L): Draw a
Slice Select: Resize
freeform pixel area
or relocate a slice
Polygon Lasso:
Image Draw straight lines Brush (B): Draw
window around selected area soft brush strokes
Magnetic Lasso: Pencil: Draw hard-
Automatically sticks to edged freeform shapes
edges of defined areas Color Replacement:
Keyboard shortcuts Paint over a targeted
Crop (C): Remove
Color Settings <Shift>+<｡>+<K> Page Setup <｡>+<Shift>+<P> color with a new color
parts of an image
Free Transform <｡> + <T> Preferences <｡> + <K> History Brush (Y):
Healing Brush (J):
Paint from a previous
Feather Selection <｡> + <Alt> + <D> Group <｡> + <G> Correct imperfections
history state or
with pixels around
Fill <Shift> + <F5> Extract <Alt>+<｡>+<X> snapshot. Select the
the trouble spot
Open <｡> + <O> Proof Colors <｡> + <Y> state or snapshot from
Patch: Repair selected
the History palette.
Grids <｡> + < ‘ > Actual Pixels <Alt>+<｡>+<O> area with pixels from a
Art History Brush:
different area
Guides <｡> + < ; > Merge Layers <｡> + <E> Similar to the History
Red Eye: Repair
brush, but with more
Target Path <｡>+<Shift>+<H> Merge Visible <Shift>+<｡>+<E> selected area with
options
Image Size <｡>+<Alt>+<I> Extras <｡> + <H> Clone Stamp (S):
Gradient (G): Click
Copy areas of an
Invert <｡> + <I> Revert <F12> and drag to fill with
image and apply them
Levels <｡> + <L> Show/Hide Rulers <｡> + <R> gradient of foreground
elsewhere
and background colors
New Layer <｡>+<Shift>+<N> Snap to <Shift>+<｡> + < ; > Pattern Stamp:
Paint Bucket: Click to
Paint a predefined
fill with fore color
Palettes pattern, or create a
custom pattern Dodge (O): Lighten
ｸ To View a Panel: Select Window from the menu bar and select the panel you want to view. areas of the image
Eraser (E): Erases
ｸ To View More Options: Click the palette’s Context menu. pixels to the
Burn: Darken areas
of the image
background color layer
Character Palette Paragraph Palette Background Eraser:
Sponge: Decrease or
increase pixel color
Paints the background
color or erases pixels Horizontal or
Font type Font style
Align Magic Eraser: Vertical Type (T):
Font size paragraph
Set leading Converts the selected Insert text in the image
Set kerning Set tracking Indentation image area to Horizontal or
Vertical transparency
scale
Horizontal Vertical Type Mask:
scale
Baseline Font color Paragraph Insert transparent text
shift spacing
Blur (R): Smooth
Font Hyphenate defined edges
Language formats breaks Rectangle (U): Draw a
setting Set anti-
Sharpen: Focus soft rectangle filled with
Format paragraphs properties, such as edges
alias foreground color.
Format the text used in an image, indentation, alignment, and paragraph Smudge: Smear Rounded Rectangle:
including font type and color, line spacing. pixels Draw a rectangle with
spacing, and scale. rounded corners
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Toolbar (continued) Palettes (continued)
Path Selection (A): Ellipse: Draw an Navigator Palette History Palette
Select vectors, oval shape.
subpaths, shapes Polygon: Draw a Create
polygon shape new
Direct Selection: Create new
snapshot
document
Click to add points Line: Draw a line Proxy
from
Preview Delete
to a path Custom Shape: Area Zoom current
current
slider state or
Create a shape or snapshot state
Pen (P): Click to insert a predefined Zoom Out Zoom In
add points to a path Undo or redo previous actions, or create a
custom shape Zoom and move around in an image with
Freeform Pen: new image from a previous state or
precision without scrolling or resizing the
Draw a freeform Eyedropper (I): snapshot.
image window. Drag the Zoom Slider to
path Click eyedropper zoom in or out, and click inside the red
Add Anchor Point: cursor on the color square to move around the image. Actions Palette
Click on a path to you want to apply to
insert anchor point the foreground Info Palette Play Create
Delete Anchor Color Sampler: selection new set
Point: Click an Click the image Begin Create
anchor point to and view color recording new action

delete from path information in the Selection Selection Stop Delete

RGB CYMK
Convert Point: Info palette colors colors Play a predefined action, create your own
Smooth a corner or Ruler: Calculates
Selection Selection action, or edit or delete an action.
sharpen a curve the distance location height
between two points and width
Notes (N): Insert an Count: Click and Layers Palette
invisible text note drag to measure
Audio Annotation: distances, angles, Blending
mode
Insert an audio the image in the
comment Info palette. View specific information: size, location, Lock
transparent,
and colors used in the object. The bottom color pixels, Create
Hand (H): Click and Zoom (Z): View the new group
area also describes what you can do with location or
drag to move document close-up
all of the
the selected tool. above Create
around in the page or far away new layer
Link
Color Palette layers Delete layer

Set foreground color: Switch background and Add layer style Add a mask Create new fill or adjustment layer
Used for stroke and fill foreground colors (X) Add, delete, or edit layers, or insert objects
Set default colors: Set background color Foreground in layers. Use layers to stack objects on
color
Change to black and white top of one another in an organized fashion.
Background Color
color values
Channels Palette
Edit in Standard Mode (Q): Display the image Color bar
in Standard View (default). Create a new color, choose a different
color model in the image, or modify a color.
Edit in Quick Mask Mode (Q): Edit selection Create
Save
boundaries with painting or selecting tools. Swatches Palette selection as new
channel
Deselected areas are tinted. Paint areas that you channel

want to subtract from the selection with black. Paint

Load Delete
areas that you want to add to the selection white. channel as current
selection channel
Standard Screen Mode: Displays the screen in View individual color channels for the color
a standard program window. model used in the image. The thumbnails
appear in grayscale, but the image
Maximized Screen Mode: Displays the screen Create new Delete changes to display the selected channel(s).
in a standard program window. Create
swatch a new swatch to create, modify an
swatch
existing swatch, or choose another color Paths Palette
Full Screen Mode with Menu Bar: Fills the
from the default color swatch.
screen with the Photoshop program window,
including the program menu bar at the top. Styles Palette Strokes
path with Load path
Full Screen Mode: Fills the screen with the foreground as selection
color
Photoshop program window, without the menu bar. Make work
path from
Fill path selection
with
To Use Tool Options: Each tool’s foreground
New path
functions can be modified in the Tool options color Delete path
bar near the top of the program window. Click New style
the tool and modify its properties, such as the Fill style
Clear a selected object with a predefined
Delete style
Each path in the image appears in this
size of a stroke, color, or additional tool modes. style, or apply styles using drawing tools. palette. Select a path to edit or view it in
the image window.

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