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LESSON 6: ALTERATION TOOLS THE BRUSH TOOL In order to use the brush tool to its full extent, it�s important to understand what exactly a brush is in Adobe Photoshop. A brush uses brush presets that are predefined (or user defined). A brush preset is any brush tip with defined characteristics (such as size and shape). ERASER TOOL We�re not going to go into too much detail with the eraser tool, simply because you should already have a pretty good understanding of how it works. How so? Well, like many other tools in Photoshop, the Eraser Tool uses brushes which effect the size, shape, and hardness of the tool. Essentially, the eraser tool is controlled in the exact same way as the brush tool, only it erases rather than paints. PAINT BUCKET TOOL The Paint Bucket Tool is used for filling areas with solid colors. It can be used to fill selections with a selected foreground color, or fill areas that are similar in color to the part of an image that is clicked. To use the paint bucket tool, select a foreground color you�d like to paint with, and click anywhere in the active image area you�d like to fill. GRADIENT TOOL The Gradient Tool is very similar to the paint bucket tool, in that it fills entire areas or selections with colors. However, rather than filling an area with a solid color, the Gradient Tool creates a series of colors than blend into one another. When the gradient tool is selected, a preset gradient can be selected from the gradient picker in the options bar. A gradient can then be created in the active image area by clicking and holding the mouse button, and dragging in the direction you�d like the gradient to go. Release where you�d like the gradient to stop. There are 5 different gradient styles which can be selected to create different effects. You can set them from the Options Bar. SPOT HEALING BRUSH TOOL The Spot Healing Brush is primarily used to quickly remove blemishes, imperfections or other unwanted elements from an image. To use it, paint over an imperfection you�d like to get rid of using a suitable brush (brushes can be selected and modified in the options bar). The Spot Healing Brush Tool will automatically try to repair the imperfection by sampling the surrounding area. HEALING BRUSH TOOL The Healing Brush Tool performs a similar function to the spot healing brush tool mentioned above. Instead of automatically trying to determine the lighting, shading, and texture from the surrounding area, the healing brush tool lets you manually select a source, and then paint over an imperfection. To select a source, hold alt and click the desired part of the image . Then paint over the area you wish to replace. As with the Spot Healing Brush Tool, settings such as brush size can be controlled in the options bar. PATCH TOOL With the Patch Tool , an entire area can be repaired with pixels from another area. Just like the healing brush tool, the patch tool will try to correct lighting, shading, and texture. To use the patch tool, first draw a selection with any of the selection tools (or the patch tool, which will function as a lasso tool). Then, using the patch tool, drag that selection over the destination you want to use to repair that area. CLONE STAMP TOOL The final tool we�ll cover in this tutorial is called the Clone Stamp Tool . The Clone stamp tool allows you to paint with a sample of an image. BLUR AND SHARPEN TOOL The Blur and Sharpen Tools allow us to manipulate edges by making them softer or harder. They do exactly what you would expect them to do; blur and sharpen. Both tools have similar attributes such as Strength (increase or decrease the strength of the tool, or how much it will blur) and the brush, all of which can be adjusted in the Options Bar for each tool. To use the blur or sharpen tool, simply set up the brush to your specification, hold down the mouse button, and hover over the areas you�d like to alter in your image. _________________________________________________________________________________	The Coffee Addict Image Editing \| Tutorials A site dedicated to students who are having a hard time creating projects and needs helps for image editing

LESSON 6: ALTERATION TOOLS

THE BRUSH TOOL
In order to use the brush tool to its full extent, it�s important to
understand what exactly a brush is in Adobe Photoshop. A brush uses brush
presets that are predefined (or user defined). A brush preset is any brush tip with
defined characteristics (such as size and shape).

ERASER TOOL
We�re not going to go into too much detail with the eraser tool, simply because
you should already have a pretty good understanding of how it works. How so?
Well, like many other tools in Photoshop, the Eraser Tool uses brushes which
effect the size, shape, and hardness of the tool. Essentially, the eraser tool is
controlled in the exact same way as the brush tool, only it erases rather than
paints.
PAINT BUCKET TOOL
The Paint Bucket Tool is used for filling areas with solid colors. It can be used to
fill selections with a selected foreground color, or fill areas that are similar in color
to the part of an image that is clicked. To use the paint bucket tool, select a
foreground color you�d like to paint with, and click anywhere in the active image
area you�d like to fill.
GRADIENT TOOL
The Gradient Tool is very similar to the paint bucket tool, in that it fills entire
areas or selections with colors. However, rather than filling an area with a solid
color, the Gradient Tool creates a series of colors than blend into one another.
When the gradient tool is selected, a preset gradient can be selected from
the gradient picker in the options bar. A gradient can then be created in the
active image area by clicking and holding the mouse button, and dragging in the
direction you�d like the gradient to go. Release where you�d like the gradient to
stop.

There are 5 different gradient styles which can be selected to create different
effects. You can set them from the Options Bar.

SPOT HEALING BRUSH TOOL

The Spot Healing Brush is primarily used to quickly remove blemishes,
imperfections or other unwanted elements from an image. To use it, paint over an
imperfection you�d like to get rid of using a suitable brush (brushes can be selected
and modified in the options bar). The Spot Healing Brush Tool will automatically try
to repair the imperfection by sampling the surrounding area.

HEALING BRUSH TOOL
The Healing Brush Tool performs a similar function to the spot healing brush
tool mentioned above. Instead of automatically trying to determine the lighting,
shading, and texture from the surrounding area, the healing brush tool lets you
manually select a source, and then paint over an imperfection. To select a
source, hold alt and click the desired part of the image . Then paint over the
area you wish to replace. As with the Spot Healing Brush Tool, settings such as
brush size can be controlled in the options bar.

PATCH TOOL
With the Patch Tool , an entire area can be repaired with pixels from another area.
Just like the healing brush tool, the patch tool will try to correct lighting, shading,
and texture. To use the patch tool, first draw a selection with any of the selection
tools (or the patch tool, which will function as a lasso tool). Then, using the patch
tool, drag that selection over the destination you want to use to repair that area.

CLONE STAMP TOOL
The final tool we�ll cover in this tutorial is called the Clone Stamp Tool . The Clone
stamp tool allows you to paint with a sample of an image.

BLUR AND SHARPEN TOOL
The Blur and Sharpen Tools allow us to manipulate edges by making them softer
or harder. They do exactly what you would expect them to do; blur and sharpen.
Both tools have similar attributes such as Strength (increase or decrease the
strength of the tool, or how much it will blur) and the brush, all of which can be
adjusted in the Options Bar for each tool. To use the blur or sharpen tool, simply
set up the brush to your specification, hold down the mouse button, and hover
over the areas you�d like to alter in your image.

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