Adobe Photoshop CS3
Adobe Photoshop CS3
Adobe Photoshop CS3
Gradient & Paint Bucket Tools (g) Be sure to check dither on in the options bar if you want to minimize banding over long gradients. The Paint Bucket has two additional blend modes: behind for filling transparent images, and clear for erasing based on the color clicked on (similar to the Magic Wand tool). With the Paint Bucket, you can choose to fill with the Foreground color or with a Pattern using the Fill options in the Options bar (although for more flexibility, you might want to try filling using a Layer Effect). While using the Gradient tool: , (comma) or . (period) goes to previous or next gradient in the gradient presets , (comma) or . (period) + Shift goes to first or last gradient in list [ (right bracket) or ] (left bracket) goes to previous or next gradient style (linear, radial, etc.)
The brush tool is one of the most useful tools in Photoshop Elements, with an excellent range of features available. This also means it has one of the most comprehensive option bars in the program though, and it's easy to feel a little bit lost, or simply overlook many of the features available.
1. Select the Healing Brush tool . 2. Click the brush sample in the options bar and set brush options in the pop-up palette: Note: If youre using a pressure-sensitive digitizing tablet, choose an option from the Size menu to vary the size of the healing brush over the course of a stroke. Choose Pen Pressure to base the variation on the pen pressure. Choose Stylus Wheel to base the variation on the position of the pen thumbwheel. Choose Off if you dont want to vary the size. Mode Specifies the blending mode. Choose Replace to preserve noise, film grain, and texture at the edges of the brush stroke when using a soft-edge brush. Source Specifies the source to use for repairing pixels. Sampled to use pixels from the current image, or Pattern to use pixels from a pattern. If you chose Pattern, select a pattern from the Pattern pop-up palette. Aligned Samples pixels continuously, without losing the current sampling point, even if you release the mouse button. Deselect Aligned to continue to use the sampled pixels from the initial sampling point each time you stop and resume painting. Sample Samples data from the layers you specify. To sample from the active layer and visible layers below it, choose Current And Below. To sample only from the active layer, choose
Current Layer. To sample from all visible layers, choose All Layers. To sample from all visible layers except adjustment layers, choose All Layers and click the Ignore Adjustment Layers icon to the right of the Sample pop-up menu. 3. Set the sampling point by positioning the pointer over an area of the image and Altclicking (Windows) or Option-clicking (Mac OS). Note: If you are sampling from one image and applying to another, both images must be in the same color mode unless one of the images is in Grayscale mode. 4. (Optional) In the Clone Source palette, click a clone source button additional sampling point. and set an
You can set up to 5 different sampling sources. The Clone Source palette remembers the sampled sources until you close the document youre editing. 5. (Optional) In the Clone Source palette, click a clone source button to select the sampled source you want. 6. (Optional) Do any of the following in the Clone Source palette: o To scale or rotate the source that youre cloning, enter a value for W (width), H (height), or the rotation in degrees . o To show an overlay of the source that youre cloning, select Show Overlay and specify the overlay options. 7. Drag in the image. The sampled pixels are melded with the existing pixels each time you release the mouse button. Look in the status bar to view the status of the melding process.