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Photoshop 7
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Photoshop 7 Workspace Toolbar

Title bar Menu bar Palette well * Each tool groups keyboard shortcut is included in
parenthesis after the name of the default tool.
Tool Rectangle Marquee Move (V): Click and
options
bar Panel (M): Select a drag to move selection
tabs rectangular pixel area
Elliptical Marquee: Magic Wand (W):
Select an elliptical Select a pixel area of
pixel area similar coloring
Toolbox Single Row or Slice (K): Draw a slice
Panels
Column Marquee: area
Selects a horizontal or Slice Select: Select
vertical row of pixels and resize or
relocate a slice
Lasso (L): Draw a
freeform pixel area Paintbrush (B): Draw
Polygon Lasso: soft brush strokes
Draw straight lines Pencil: Draw hard-
Image Document Tool description around selected area edged freeform shapes
window information menu
Magnetic Lasso:
Automatically sticks to History Brush (Y):
Keyboard shortcuts edges of defined areas Paint from a previous
history state or
Color Settings <Shift>+<Ctrl>+<K> Page Setup <Ctrl>+<Shift>+<P> Crop (C): Remove snapshot. Select the
parts of an image state or snapshot from
Free Transform <Ctrl> + <R> Preferences <Ctrl> + <K>
the History palette.
Healing Brush (J):
Feather Selection <Ctrl> + <Alt> + <D> Group <Ctrl> + <G> Art History Brush:
Correct imperfections
Fill <Shift> + <F5> Extract <Alt>+<Ctrl>+<X> Similar to the History
with pixels from
brush, but with more
Fit on screen <Ctrl> + <O> Proof Colors <Ctrl> + <Y> another image
options
Patch: Repair selected
Grids <Ctrl> + <> Actual Pixels <Alt>+<Ctrl>+<O>
area with pixels from a Gradient (G): Click
Hide Edges <Ctrl> + <H> Merge Down <Ctrl> + <E> different area and drag to fill with
Hide Path <Ctrl>+<Shift>+<H> Merge Visible <Shift>+<Ctrl>+<E> gradient of foreground
Clone Stamp (S):
and background colors
Image Size <F11> Show Extras <Ctrl> + <H> Copy areas of an
Paint Bucket: Click on
image and apply them
Invert <Ctrl> + <I> Revert <F12> an object and fill with
elsewhere Press <Alt>
Levels <Ctrl> + <L> Show/Hide Rulers <Ctrl> + <R> foreground color
and click to define the
New Layer <Ctrl>+<Shift>+<N> Snap to <Ctrl> + <;> source area Dodge (O): Lighten
Pattern Stamp: areas of the image
Paint a predefined Burn: Darken areas
Palettes pattern, or create a of the image
custom pattern Sponge: Decrease or
To View a Panel: Select Window from the menu bar and select the panel you want to view.
increase pixel color
To View More Options: Click the palettes Context menu. Eraser (E): Erases
pixels to the Horizontal or
Character Palette background color layer Vertical Type (T):
Paragraph Palette Background Eraser: Insert text in the image
Paints the background Horizontal or
Font type Font style
Align
color or erases pixels Vertical Type Mask:
Font size paragraph Magic Eraser: Insert transparent text
Set leading
Converts the selected in the image
Set kerning
Vertical
Set tracking Indentation
image area to
scale
Horizontal
transparency Rectangle (U): Draw a
scale
Baseline Font color Paragraph rectangle filled with
shift
Font Hyphenate
spacing Blur (R): Smooth foreground color.
Language formats breaks defined edges Press <Shift> to draw
setting Set anti- Format paragraphs properties, such as Sharpen: Focus soft a square
alias
indentation, alignment, and paragraph edges Rounded Rectangle:
Format the text used in an image,
spacing. Smudge: Smear Draw a rectangle with
including font type and color, line
pixels rounded corners
spacing, and scale.
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Toolbar (continued) Palettes (continued)
Path Component Ellipse: Draw an Navigator Palette History Palette
Selection (A): oval shape. Press
Select vectors, <Shift> to draw a
subpaths, or circle. Create
new
shapes Polygon: Draw a Proxy
Preview
Create new
document snapshot
polygon shape Area Zoom from
Pen (P): Click to Line: Draw a line slider current Delete
current
add points to a path Custom Shape: Zoom Out Zoom In
state or
snapshot state
Freeform Pen: Create a shape or
Draw a freeform Zoom and move around in an image with Undo or redo previous actions, or create a
insert a predefined precision without scrolling or resizing the new image from a previous state or
path custom shape
Add Anchor Point: image window. Drag the Zoom Slider to snapshot.
Click on a path to Eyedropper (I): zoom in or out, and click inside the red
insert anchor point Click the square to move around the image. Actions Palette
Delete Anchor eyedropper cursor
Point: Click on on the color you Info Palette
anchor point to want to apply to the Play Create
delete from path foreground selection new set

Convert Point: Color Sampler: Selection Selection Begin Create

RGB CYMK recording new action
Smooth a corner Click on the image colors colors
point, or sharpen a and look at the Info Stop Delete

curve point palette to view the Selection

location
Selection
height Play a predefined action, create your own
color information and width action, or edit or delete an action.
Notes (N): Insert an Measure: Click and
invisible text note View specific information for the selected
drag to measure object: size, location, and colors used in Layers Palette
Audio Annotation: distances, angles,
Insert an audio the object. Enter exact location coordinates
the image in the on the canvas or enter exact height and
comment Info palette. Blending
width of the object in pixels. mode
Hand (H): Click and Zoom (Z): View the Lock
Create
drag to move document close-up
Color Palette transparent,
new fill or
adjustment
around in the page or far away
color pixels,
location or
layer
all of the Create
Foreground
above new layer
Set foreground color: Switch background and color
Add layer Delete
Used for stroke and fill foreground colors (X) Background Color style layer
color values Add a mask Create a new set
Set default colors: Set background color
Add, delete, or edit layers, or insert objects
Change to black and white Color bar
in layers. Use layers to stack objects on
top of one another in an organized fashion.
Create a new color, choose a different
Edit in Standard Mode (Q): Display the image color model in the image, or modify a color.
in Standard View (default). Channels Palette
Edit in Quick Mask Mode (Q): Edit selection
Swatches Palette
boundaries with painting or selecting tools.
Create
Deselected areas are tinted. Paint areas that you Save
selection as new
want to subtract from the selection with black. Paint channel channel
areas that you want to add to the selection white.
Load Delete
Standard Screen Mode: Displays the screen in channel as current
a standard program window. Create new Delete
selection channel
swatch swatch
View individual color channels for the color
Full Screen Mode with Menu Bar: Fills the
Create a new swatch to create your own model used in the image. The thumbnails
screen with the Photoshop program window,
color scheme, modify an existing swatch, appear in grayscale, but the image
including the program menu bar at the top.
or choose another color from the default changes to display the selected channel(s).
Full Screen Mode: Fills the screen with the color swatch.
Photoshop program window, without the menu bar. Paths Palette
Styles Palette
Jump to ImageReady: Opens the current Strokes
file in the ImageReady application to prepare it for path with Load path
as selection
Web use. foreground
color Make work
path from
To use Tool Options: Each tools Fill path
with
selection

functions can be modified in the Tool options New style foreground

New path
color
bar near the top of the program window. Click Clear style Delete style
Delete path

the tool and modify its properties in the options Each path in the image appears in this
bar. Fill a selected object with a predefined palette. Select a path to edit or view it in
style, or apply styles using drawing tools. the image window.
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