PHOTOSHOP TOOLS

The heart of any image-making or page layout software is the tool palette. Photoshop's contains many tools (several dozen!), some of which are hidden behind others, indicated by a small triangle at the lower left corner. Click and hold to drag to a hidden tool. They range from retouching tools, like the clone stamp tool and the healing brush tools, to painting and drawing tools, like the paintbrush and pencil.

The selection tools are especially valuable as they can isolate pieces of an image that you might want to work on without damaging other portions.

The text tools in Photoshop are a lot more sophisticated in CS2 than in previous versions. Be aware, however, that unless your image is destined for the web or monitor, creating headlines or body copy in Photoshop is just not appropriate. Since Photoshop is a bitmap program, your type will be pixellated, rather than smooth. Use InDesign or QuarkXPress to add text to your images.