Reference Notes for Adobe Photoshop
Reference Notes for Adobe Photoshop
Restoring default preferences
On the desktop, double-click the Adobe Photoshop icon to start Adobe Photoshop and then immediately hold down Ctrl-Alt-Shift (Windows) or Command-Option-Shift (Mac OS) to reset the default settings.
Undoing multiple actions
The Undo command (CONTOL + z) reverses only one step. However, you can still step back through multiple actions using the History palette.
By default, the Photoshop History palette retains only the last 20 actions. You can change the number of levels in the History palette by choosing Edit > Preferences > General
You can also use CONTROL + ALT + z to undo more than 1 action
Tools
• The marquee tools make rectangular, elliptical, single row, and single column selections.
• The Move tool moves selections, layers, and guides.
• The lasso tools make freehand, polygonal (straightedge), and magnetic* (snap-to) selections.
• The Magic Wand tool selects similarly colored areas.
• The Crop tool trims images.
• The Slice tool creates slices.
• The Slice Select tool selects slices.
• The Healing Brush tool* paints with a sample or pattern to repair imperfections in an image.
• The Spot Healing Brush tool* quickly removes blemishes and imperfections from photographs with a uniform background.
• The Red Eye tool* removes red-eye in flash photos with one click.
• The Patch tool* repairs imperfections in a selected area of an image using a sample or pattern.
• The Color Replacement tool* substitutes one color for another.
• The Brush tool paints brush strokes.
• The Pencil tool paints hardedged strokes.
• The Clone Stamp tool paints with a sample of an image.
• The Pattern Stamp tool* paints with a part of an image as a pattern.
• The History Brush tool* paints a copy of the selected state or snapshot into the current image window.
• The Art History Brush tool* paints stylized strokes that simulate the look of different paint styles,
Restoring default preferences
On the desktop, double-click the Adobe Photoshop icon to start Adobe Photoshop and then immediately hold down Ctrl-Alt-Shift (Windows) or Command-Option-Shift (Mac OS) to reset the default settings.
Undoing multiple actions
The Undo command (CONTOL + z) reverses only one step. However, you can still step back through multiple actions using the History palette.
By default, the Photoshop History palette retains only the last 20 actions. You can change the number of levels in the History palette by choosing Edit > Preferences > General
You can also use CONTROL + ALT + z to undo more than 1 action
Tools
• The marquee tools make rectangular, elliptical, single row, and single column selections.
• The Move tool moves selections, layers, and guides.
• The lasso tools make freehand, polygonal (straightedge), and magnetic* (snap-to) selections.
• The Magic Wand tool selects similarly colored areas.
• The Crop tool trims images.
• The Slice tool creates slices.
• The Slice Select tool selects slices.
• The Healing Brush tool* paints with a sample or pattern to repair imperfections in an image.
• The Spot Healing Brush tool* quickly removes blemishes and imperfections from photographs with a uniform background.
• The Red Eye tool* removes red-eye in flash photos with one click.
• The Patch tool* repairs imperfections in a selected area of an image using a sample or pattern.
• The Color Replacement tool* substitutes one color for another.
• The Brush tool paints brush strokes.
• The Pencil tool paints hardedged strokes.
• The Clone Stamp tool paints with a sample of an image.
• The Pattern Stamp tool* paints with a part of an image as a pattern.
• The History Brush tool* paints a copy of the selected state or snapshot into the current image window.
• The Art History Brush tool* paints stylized strokes that simulate the look of different paint styles,