A Quick Tour of the Tools

More than 40 tools are available in the Tools palette. Describing all of them in detail would take up a huge chunk of this chapter (which you probably don't have the patience for), so for now we'll take a look at the ones that you absolutely can't live without. Don't worry about missing out on anything—as you work your way through the book, you'll get acquainted with the rest of the tools. In the meantime, I'll introduce you to some tool names so that when I mention one, you'll know what to look for (Figures 1.14 and 1.15).

Figure 1.14. Photoshop's default Tools palette.

Figure 1.15. Photoshop's arsenal of tools.

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