Part I Review Questions and Answers

1.	How do you open a palette?
2.	How can you reposition a palette?
3.	How do you remove a palette from a group ?
4.	How do you reveal all the tools in one location?
5.	How do you create a keyboard shortcut?
6.	What are the steps required to make a new blank document?
7.	How do you open more than one file at a time?
8.	What are three different types of file formats that Photoshop CS supports?
9.	How do you scan an image into Photoshop CS?
10.	How do you create a password protected .pdf file?

Answers

1.	See "Selecting Palettes" in Chapter 1.
2.	See "Moving Palettes" in Chapter 1.
3.	See "Ungrouping Palettes" in Chapter 1.
4.	See "Toolbox" in Chapter 1.
5.	See "Keyboard Shortcuts" in Chapter 1.
6.	See "Creating a New File" in Chapter 2.
7.	See "Opening and Accessing Multiple Files" in Chapter 2.
8.	See "Using File Formats in Photoshop" in Chapter 2.
9.	See "Grabbing a Scanner Image" in Chapter 2.
10.	See "Saving a Password-Protected .PDF File" in Chapter 2.

Part II: Making Basic Edits

Chapter List

Chapter 3: Adding Content with Tools
Chapter 4: Zooming and Panning
Chapter 5: Selecting Image Content
Chapter 6: Manipulating Selections
Chapter 7: Using Positioning Tools and Presets

Chapter 3: Adding Content with Tools

Overview

When most people think of Photoshop, they think of it as a photo-editing application. Although it is very strong in that department, it also has a full range of tools to help you add content to a blank image or to an image you've created or opened from another source. Painting and drawing with your computer may take some practice, but like any other skill, the results are worth the effort. In this chapter, you'll learn how to:

Select colors for painting
Paint with the painting tools
Draw with the drawing tools
Add and improve text
Create your own brushes

Choosing Colors

Color can bring your images and creations to life, and Photoshop gives you abundant options when it comes to selecting colors. Typically, you will be setting two types of colors, one for the foreground and one for the background. Photoshop generally uses the selected foreground color when you draw lines and the background color for gradient fills and erased areas. The Foreground Color, Background Color box near the bottom of the toolbox shows the currently selected foreground and background colors. The following steps detail the numerous methods you can use to select a new foreground or background color. You should first ensure that the color palette is open before you attempt to change colors.

Click on Window . The Window menu will appear.
Click on Color if it is not already selected. The color palette will appear.
Double - click on the Set Foreground color box . A Color Picker dialog box will open in which you can select a foreground color.
Click on a hue level . You can click anywhere along the hue line. Alternatively, you can enter a value for the hue in the hue box.
Click anywhere in the Select foreground color area to choose a saturation and brightness level. The color will be selected when you click.
Click on OK. The foreground color will be set.
Repeat steps 3 through 6 for the background color. In Step 3, double click the Set background color box rather than the foreground color box.