Activity: TELL MY NAME:

The student will chose a

tools in adobe Photoshop
and describe it for their
classmate to identify.
THE PHOTOSHOP
TOOLBAR
SECTIONS OF THE TOOLBARS

A.SELECTIONSTOOLS
B.CROP AND SLICE TOOLS
C.MEASURING TOOLS
D.RETOUCHING TOOLS
SECTIONS OF THE TOOLBARS

E. PAINTING TOOLS
F. DRAWING AND TYPE TOOLS
G. NAVIGATION & 3D TOOLS
A. Selection Tools – are used to
facilitate the process of making
selections of shapes, colors and
objects inside Photoshop, and
positioning them in the working
image area.
B. Crop and Slice tools-
reduce the size or
change the shape of a
picture.
C. Measuring tools – use
to measure the image.
D. Retouching tools – use
to remove blemishes and
unwanted objects, repair
scratches.
E. Painting tools – it is
used to fill, blend or a
selection with any color
of your choice.
F. Drawing and Type tool
– it is used to draw shape
and type text.
 Selection Tools
1. Rectangular marquee tool is
the default selection setting. You
can make a selection of any
rectangular size and shape
2. Elliptical marquee tool is available
when you click and hold down on the
selection tool region of the tool bar,
selects elliptical spaces. To select a
round area, hold the shift key while
clicking and dragging.
3. Single row is a tool that will select a
1 pixel region that is as wide as your
image. This is very useful for trimming
edges and making straight lines.
4. Single column is a tool that will
select a 1pixel region that is as tall as
your image. Similar to single row tool,
this is also very useful for trimming
edges and making straight lines.
5. Single column is a tool that will
select a 1pixel region that is as tall as
your image. Similar to single row tool,
this is also very useful for trimming
edges and making straight lines.
6. Move Tool allows you to move an
entire layer at a time.
6. Magic Wand Tool is similar to the
magnetic polygon lasso tool except
that rather than dragging to make a
selection, you click in a region and a
selection appears around similar
colored pixels.
 CROP AND SLICE TOOLS
1. Slice Tool is used mostly for building
websites
2. Crop Tool works similarly to the
Rectangular Marquee tool. The
difference is when you press the
[Enter/Return] key it crops your image
to the size of the box
 MEASURING TOOLS
1. Eyedropper Tool - It works by
changing your foreground color to
whatever color you click on. Holding
the [Alt] key will change your
background color
2. Notes Tool - This tool serves as a
comment feature usually used for
electronic text edits but digital just like
post-it notes.
 RETOUCHING TOOLS
1. HEALING BRUSH - You can use this
tool to repair scratches and blemishes
2. Clone Stamp - It is a direct copy of
the information from the first selected
area to the second.
3. Erase Tool - It works like an eraser
and removes whatever path or stroke
you wish to erase.
4. Blur Tool - sharp edges of an image
5. Dodge Tool - It is actually used to
lighten whatever area you use it on
as long as it is not an absolute black