Adobe Photoshop Adjustment Tools

Use the toolbar image map! Jump To Image Ready Screen Layout Quick Mask Color Settings The Zoom Tool The Hand Tool The Note Tools The Color Picker Tools The Shape Tools The Pen Tools The Path Selection Tools The Type Tools The Toning Tools The Distortion Tools The Eraser Tools The Fill Tools The History Brush Tools The Stamp Tools The Retouching Tools The Brush Tools The Slice Tools The Crop Tool The Magic Wand The Lasso Tools The Move Tool The Marquee Tools Dodge Tool [O] Burn Tool [O] The toning tools consist of the dodge tool and the burn tool. Used to lighten or darken areas of the image, the dodge and burn tools are based on a traditional photographer's technique for regulating exposure on specific areas of a print. Photographers hold back light to lighten an area on the print (dodging) or increase the exposure to darken areas on a print (burning).
Choose a brush and set brush options. Select what to change in the image: Midtones to change the middle range of grays; Shadows to change the dark areas; Highlights to change the light areas. Specify the exposure for the tool. Click the airbrush button to use the brush as an airbrush. Alternately, select the Airbrush option in the Brushes palette. Drag over the part of the image you want to modify.
Sponge Tool [O] The sponge tool subtly changes the color saturation of an area. In Grayscale mode, the tool increases or decreases contrast by moving gray levels away from or toward the middle gray.
Choose a brush and set brush options. Select how to change the color: Saturate to intensify the color's saturation; Desaturate to dilute the color's saturation. Specify the flow for the tool. Drag over the part of the image you want to modify.

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Author: AB 
Date created: February 15, 2003
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