PROJECT BASED LEARNING

COMPUTER
 Assignment:Day 1

Aim questions:

1.What is Graphics?
Graphics can be defined as visual data in the form of images or designs created to inform or communicate.

1. 2. Define Canvas, Tools, and Workspace?

Canvas-place where we make changes to

tools-things that help us to make chages to

Different types of graphics:

Experts Group
Used by most digital cameras to store
photos
GIF-Graphic Intercange Format
Used for animations
PNG-Portable Network Graphics
-allows full range of color and better
compression
Find out different images on the internet
 Day 2
OPENING PHOTOSHOP
-click on windows button
-Search Photoshop on the search box
-click on Photoshop icon
 DIFFERENT TOOLS USED IN PHOTOSHOP
TOOL FUNCTION
move
Rectangle
marquee tool
Quick selection
tool

o Move Tool * ( V )
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o Rectangular Marquee Tool * ( M )
o The Rectangular Marquee Tool draws rectangular selection outlines. Press and hold Shift as you drag to draw a
square selection.

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o Lasso Tool * ( L )
o With the Lasso Tool, you can draw a freeform selection outline around an object.

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o Quick Selection Tool ( W )
o The Quick Selection Tool lets you easily select an object simply by painting over it with a brush. Enable "Auto-
Enhance" in the Options Bar for better quality selections.

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o Magic Wand Tool ( W )
o Photoshop's Magic Wand Tool selects areas of similar color with a single click. The "Tolerance" value in the
Options Bar sets the range of colors that will be selected.

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o Crop Tool * ( C )
o Use the Crop Tool in Photoshop to crop an image and remove unwanted areas. Uncheck "Delete Cropped Pixels"
in the Options Bar to crop an image non-destructively.

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o Eyedropper Tool * ( I )
o Photoshop's Eyedropper Tool samples colors in an image. Increase "Sample Size" in the Options Bar for a better
representation of the sampled area's color.

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o Spot Healing Brush Tool * ( J )
o The Spot Healing Brush in Photoshop quickly removes blemishes and other minor problem areas in an image.
Use a brush size slightly larger than the blemish for best results.
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o Brush Tool * ( B )
o The Brush Tool is Photoshop's primary painting tool. Use it to paint brush strokes on a layer or on a layer mask.

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o Pencil Tool ( B )
o The Pencil Tool is another of Photoshop's painting tools. But while the Brush Tool can paint soft-edge brush
strokes, the Pencil Tool always paints with hard edges.

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o Clone Stamp Tool * ( S )
o The Clone Stamp Tool is the most basic of Photoshop's retouching tools. It samples pixels from one area of the
image and paints them over pixels in another area.

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o History Brush Tool * ( Y )
o The History Brush Tool paints a snapshot from an earlier step (history state) into the current version of the image.
Choose the previous state from the History panel.

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o Art History Brush Tool ( Y )
o The Art History Brush also paints a snapshot from an earlier history state into the image, but does so using
stylized brush strokes.

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o Eraser Tool * ( E )
o The Eraser Tool in Photoshop permanently erases pixels on a layer. It can also be used to paint in a previous
history state.
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o Gradient Tool * ( G )
o Photoshop's Gradient Tool draws gradual blends between multiple colors. The Gradient Editor lets you create and
customize your own gradients.

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o Paint Bucket Tool ( G )
o The Paint Bucket Tool fills an area of similar color with your Foreground color or a pattern. The "Tolerance" value
determines the range of colors that will be affected around the area where you clicked.

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o Pen Tool * ( P )
o Photoshop's Pen Tool allows you to draw extremely precise paths, vector shapes or selections.

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o Path Selection Tool * ( A )
o Use the Path Selection Tool (the black arrow) in Photoshop to select and move an entire path at once.

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o Rectangle Tool * ( U )
o The Rectangle Tool draws rectangular vector shapes, paths or pixel shapes, with sharp or rounded corners.
Press and hold Shift as you drag to force the shape into a perfect square.

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o Ellipse Tool ( U )
o The Ellipse Tool draws elliptical vector shapes, paths or pixel shapes. Press and hold Shift as you drag to draw a
perfect circle.

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o Triangle Tool ( U )
o The Triangle Tool draws triangle shapes. Hold Shift to draw an equilateral triangle, or use the Radius option to
round the corners.

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o Polygon Tool ( U )
o The Polygon Tool draws polygonal shapes with any number of sides. Use the Star Ratio option to turn polygons
into stars.

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o Line Tool ( U )
o The Line Tool draws straight lines or arrows. Use the Stroke color and weight to control the appearance of the
line.
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o Custom Shape Tool ( U )
o Photoshop's Custom Shape Tool lets you select and draw custom shapes. Choose from Photoshop's hundreds of
built-in custom shapes or create your own.
 Navigation tools

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o Hand Tool * ( H )
o The Hand Tool lets us click and drag an image around on the screen to view different areas when zoomed in.

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o Rotate View Tool ( R )
o Use the Rotate View Tool in Photoshop to rotate the canvas so you can view and edit the image from different
angles.

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o Zoom Tool * ( Z )
o Click on the image with the Zoom Tool to zoom in on a specific area. Press and hold Alt (Win) / Option (Mac) and
click with the Zoom Tool to zoom out.

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