Photoshop Tool Description With Using Procedure (Part 1)

Photoshop tool introduction

Sl No	Tool Name	Tool Description	How To Use
1.	The Marquee Tool	Make rectangular, elliptical, single row, and single column selections.	Pressing “Left Mouse Button” drag the mouse.
2.	The Move Tool	Moves selections, layers, and guides.	Selecting “The Move Tool” click on a selection and drag the mouse
3.	The Lasso Tool	Make freehand, polygonal (straight-edged), and magnetic* (snap-to) selections.	Just drag the mouse around the portion which you want to select
4.	The Magic Wand Tool	Selects similarly colored areas.	Click on the color you want to select
5.	The Crop Tool	Trims images.	Make a rectangle around the area you want to crop. Then go to  Image>Crop
6.	The Slice Tool	Creates slices.	Make rectangle around the portion you want to slice.
7.	The Slice Select Tool	Selects slices.	Click on the slice
8.	The Healing Brush Tool	Paints with a sample or pattern to repair imperfections in a image.	Put the mouse cursor on a perfect portion of an image then press “Alt+Left Mouse Button”. Now pressing “left Mouse Button” drag the mouse over the imperfect portion of an image.
9.	The Patch Tool	Repairs imperfections in a selected area of an image using a sample or pattern.	Same to “The Healing Brush Tool”.
10.	The Color Replacement Tool	Replaces a selected color with a new color.	Selecting a foreground color click on a color you want to replace
11.	The Brush Tool	Paints brush strokes.	Select a brush style from brush pallete and paint.
12.	The Pencil Tool	Paints hard-edged strokes.	Just paint
13.	The Clone Stamp Tool	Paints with a sample of an image.	Take the sample by pressing “Alt+Left Mouse Button” and click on the portion you want to copy the sample.
14.	The Pattern Stamp Tool	Paints with part of an image as a pattern.	Same to “The Clone Stamp Tool”
15.	The History Brush Tool	Paints a copy of the selected state or snapshot into the current image window.	Select the History Brush tool.Do one of the following in the options bar: Specify the opacity and blending mode Choose a brush and set brush option In the History palette, click the left column of the state or snapshot to use as the source for the History Brush tool.Drag to paint with the History Brush tool.
16.	The Art History Brush Tool	Paints with stylized strokes that simulate the look of different paint styles, using a selected state or snapshot.	In the History palette, click the left column of the state or snapshot to use as the source for the Art History Brush tool. A brush icon appears next to the source history state.Select the Art History Brush tool.Do the following in the options bar: Choose a brush and set brush options. Specify a blending mode and opacity for the paint. Choose an option from the Style menu to control the shape of the paint stroke. For Area, enter a value to specify the area covered by the paint strokes. The greater the size, the larger the covered area and the more numerous the strokes. For Tolerance, enter a value or drag the slider to limit the regions where paint strokes can be applied. A low tolerance lets you paint unlimited strokes anywhere in the image. A high tolerance limits paint strokes to areas that differ considerably from the color in the source state or snapshot. Drag in the image to paint.