Adobe Photoshop Distortion 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 Blur Tool [R] Sharpen Tool [R] The blur tool and the sharpen tool were once called the focus tools. The blur tool softens hard edges or areas in an image to reduce detail. The sharpen tool focuses soft edges to increase clarity or focus.
Choose a brush and set brush options. Specify a blending mode and strength. Select Use All Layers to blur or sharpen using data from all visible layers. If this is deselected, the tool uses data from only the active layer. Drag over the part of the image you want to blur or sharpen. Drag over the part of the image you want to blur or sharpen.
Smudge Tool [R] The smudge tool simulates the actions of dragging a finger through wet paint. The tool picks up color where the stroke begins and pushes it in the direction you drag.
Choose a brush and set brush options. Specify a blending mode and strength. Select Use All Layers to smudge using color data from all visible layers. If this is deselected, the smudge tool uses colors from only the active layer. Select Finger Painting to smudge using the foreground color at the beginning of each stroke. If this is deselected, the smudge tool uses the color under the pointer at the beginning of each stroke. Drag in the image to smudge color.

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Author: AB 
Date created: February 15, 2003
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