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Graphic Tools
Notes z Options bar
Content sensitive display of tool options – changes as different tools are selected
Display using Window > Options or Click a tool in the toolbox. Lasso options bar
z Tool box - for creating an editing images (display or hide using Windows > Tools)
z Palettes - to monitor and modify images (there are 5 palettes by default)
z Palette Well - to organize palettes in work area
Drag a palette’s tab into the palette well to store it in the palette well
Once in the palette well click on the palette tab to use it
Figure 2.1: Work Area in Photoshop
Source: http://www.cutehits.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/work_area1.jpg
Photoshop File Formats
.PSD
Of all the file formats that Photoshop supports, the PSD format is probably the most significant.
PSD stands for “Photoshop Document”, and as the name implies, it’s Photoshop’s native file
format. PSD is one of the few file types that fully support all of the powerful features that
Photoshop gives us, like layers, layer masks, adjustment layers, channels, paths, and so on. It
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