4 use colors and add text and shapes
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The document discusses various tools and techniques in Photoshop including using brushes, adding and editing text, and creating shapes. It provides instructions on how to change brush size and properties, set foreground and background colors, add and edit text using type layers, and draw and modify shapes using shape layers. Key tools mentioned are the brush tool, type tools, shape tools, and color pickers. Formatting options like fonts, sizes, and colors can be adjusted in the options bar and layers panel.
![Work with brushes
In the Tools panel, select the Brush tool.
In the options bar, change the size and hardness of
the brush. You can select a different brush tip to
change how the brush strokes look.
An alternative way to increase brush size is to press
the right bracket ] key several times.
To decrease brush size, press the left bracket key [
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4 use colors and add text and shapes
- 1. Use colors | Add Text and shapes
- 2. Work with brushes In the Tools panel, select the Brush tool. In the options bar, change the size and hardness of the brush. You can select a different brush tip to change how the brush strokes look. An alternative way to increase brush size is to press the right bracket ] key several times. To decrease brush size, press the left bracket key [ several times.
- 3. Use foreground and background colors The Brush tool, the Shape tools, the Type tool, and other features that apply color use the color in the Foreground Color back at the bottom of the Tools panel. There are multiple ways to set the foreground color. You can select the Eyedropper tool and sample a color from the image, or use the Color Picker, Color panel, or Swatches panel. Behind the Foreground Color Box is a Background Color box, where you can store another color.
- 4. Add Text In the Tools panel, select the Horizontal Type tool. In the options bar, choose a font, font size, color and options for your text. You can edit any of these settings later. Click on the canvas and enter a single line of text. You can also create a paragraph of text by dragging out a text box and then typing inside the box. Click the check mark in the options bar to accept te text and exit text mode. This automatically creates a new, editable type layer in the Layers panel. Use the Move tool to move your text into position in the image. Save your image in the Photoshop (PSD) format to retain the editable type layers for future editing.
- 5. Edit Text To edit text on a type layer, select the type layer in the Layers panel and select the Horizontal or Vertical type tool in the Tools panel. Make a change to any of the settings in the options bar, such as font or text color. When you’re finished editing, click the check mark in the options bar.
- 6. Create a shape In the Tools panel, click and hold the Rectangle tool (or whichever Shape tool is showing in your Tools panel at the moment) to view all the shape tools. Select a tool for the shape you want to draw. In the options bar, choose a Fill color and other options for your shape. These can be changed later. Hold the Shift key to avoid distorting the shape as you drag in an image to create an editable shape. This automatically creates a new shape layer in the Layers panel. Use the Move tool to move the shape into position in the image. Scale, transform, or rotate a shape without harming its image quality by choosing Edit > Free Transform or pressing Control+T (Windows) or Command+T (MAC) To change the color of a shape go to the Layers panel, find the shpe layer you want to change, double-click the thumbnail on that layer to open the Color Picker. As you can click colors in the Color Picker, you’ll se a live preview of the selected color on the shape. When you find a color you like, click OK to apply the new color to the shape. Click the custom-shape tool to select built-in shapes. You can also create your own.