Adobe's 2003 "Creative Suite" rebranding led to Adobe Photoshop 8's renaming to Adobe Photoshop CS. Thus, Adobe Photoshop CS6 is the 13th major release of Adobe Photoshop. The CS rebranding also resulted in Adobe offering numerous software packages containing multiple Adobe programs for a reduced price. Adobe Photoshop is released in two editions: Adobe Photoshop, and Adobe Photoshop Extended, with the Extended having extra 3D image creation, motion graphics editing, and advanced image analysis features.[7] Adobe Photoshop Extended is included in all of Adobe's Creative Suite offerings except Design Standard, which includes the Adobe Photoshop edition. However, in 2013, Adobe announced a new brand - Creative Cloud. And the Photoshop version included in this suite is named Photoshop CC. The CC version (Originally 14.0, and will be continuously maintained and upgraded) has 3D content as Photoshop Extended, which means the standard version is canceled.
Alongside Photoshop and Photoshop Extended, Adobe also publishes Photoshop Elements and Photoshop Lightroom, collectively called "The Adobe Photoshop Family". In 2008, Adobe released Adobe Photoshop Express, a free web-based image editing tool to edit photos directly on blogs and social networking sites. In 2011, a version was released for the Android operating system and the iOS operating system, followed by a release of a version for Windows 8 in 2013.[8][9][10]
Adobe distributes Photoshop in Windows and Macintosh versions.
Some Design Of The Photoshop
Use of Tools
Pen Tool
Photoshop includes a few versions of
the pen tool. The pen tool creates precise paths that can be manipulated
using anchor points. The free form pen tool allows the user to draw
paths freehand, and with the magnetic pen tool, the drawn path attaches
closely to outlines of objects in an image, which is useful for isolating them
from a background.
Measuring and navigation
The eyedropper tool selects a
color from an area of the image that is clicked, and samples it for
future use. The hand tool navigates an image by moving it in any
direction, and the zoom tool enlarges the part of an image that is
clicked on, allowing for a closer view.
Selection
By using path selection tool, we can
select path nodes.
Cropping
The crop tool can be used to
select a particular area of an image and discard the portions outside of the
chosen section. This tool assists in creating a focus point on an image and
excluding unnecessary or excess space. Cropping allows enhancement of a photo’s
composition while decreasing the file size. The "crop" tool is in the
tools palette, which is located on the right side of the document. By placing
the cursor over the image, the user can drag the cursor to the desired area.
Once the Enter key is pressed, the area outside of the rectangle will be
cropped. The area outside of the rectangle is the discarded data, which allows
for the file size to be decreased.The "crop" tool can alternatively
be used to extend the canvas size by clicking and dragging outside of the
existing image borders.
Slicing
The "slice" and slice
select tools, like the crop tool, are used in isolating parts of images.
The slice tool can be used to divide an image into different sections, and
these separate parts can be used as pieces of a web page design once HTML and
CSS are applied The slice select tool
allows sliced sections of an image to be adjusted and shifted.
Moving
The move tool can be used to drag
the entirety of a single layer or more if they are selected. Alternatively,
once an area of an image is highlighted, the move tool can be used to
manually relocate the selected piece to anywhere on the canvas
Marquee
The marquee tool can make
selections that are single row, single column, rectangular and elliptical An area that has been selected can be edited
without affecting the rest of the image. This tool can also crop an image; it
allows for better control. In contrast to the crop tool, the
"marquee" tool allows for more adjustments to the selected area
before cropping. The only marquee tool that does not allow cropping is
the elliptical. Although the single row and column marquee tools allow
for cropping, they are not ideal, because they only crop a line. The rectangular
marquee tool is the preferred option. Once the tool has been selected,
dragging the tool across the desired area will select it. The selected area
will be outlined by dotted lines, referred to as “marching ants”. These dotted
lines are called “marching ants”, because the dashes look like ants marching
around the selected area. To set a specific size or ratio, the tool option bar
provides these settings. Before making a selecting an area, the desired size or
ratio must be set by adjusting the width and height. Any changes such as color,
filters, location, etc. should be made before cropping. To crop the selection,
the user must go to image tab and select crop
Lasso
The lasso tool is similar to
the "marquee" tool, however, the user can make a custom selection by
drawing it freehand There are three options for the "lasso" tool –
regular, polygonal, and magnetic. The regular "lasso" tool allows the
user to have drawing capabilities. Photoshop will complete the selection once
the mouse button is released. The user may also complete the selection by
connecting the end point to the starting point. The “marching ants” will
indicate if a selection has been made. The "polygonal lasso" tool
will only draw straight lines, which makes it an ideal choice for images with
many straight lines. Unlike the regular "lasso" tool, the user must
continually click around the image to outline the shape. To complete the
selection, the user must connect the end point to the starting point just like
the regular lasso tool. "Magnetic lasso" tool is considered the smart
tool. It can do the same as the other two, but it can also detect the edges of
an image once the user selects a starting point. It detects by examining the
color pixels as the cursor move over the desired area. A pixel is the smallest
element in an image. Closing the selection is the same as the other two, which
should also should display the “marching ants” once the selection has been
closed
Quick Selection
The quick selection tool
selects areas based on edges, similarly to the magnetic lasso tool. The
difference between this tool and the lasso tool is that there is no
starting and ending point. Since there isn’t a starting and ending point, the
selected area can be added onto as much as possible without starting over. By
dragging the cursor over the desired area, the quick selection tool
detects the edges of the image. The “marching ants” allow the user to know what
is currently being selected. Once the user is done, the selected area can be
edited without affecting the rest of the image. One of the features that makes
this tool especially user friendly is that the SHIFT key is not needed to add
more to the selection; by default, extra mouse clicks will be added to the
selection rather than creating a new selection.
Magic Wand
The magic wand tool selects
areas based on pixels of similar values. One click will select all neighboring
pixels of similar value within a tolerance level set by the user. If the eyedropper
tool is selected in the options bar, then the magic wand can determine the
value needed to evaluate the pixels; this is based on the sample size setting
in the eyedropper tool. This tool is inferior to the quick selection
tool which works much the same but with much better results and more intuitive
controls. The user must decide what settings to use or if the image is right
for this tool
Eraser
The eraser tool erases
content based on the active layer. If the user is on the text layer, then any
text across which the tool is dragged will be erased. The eraser will convert
the pixels to transparent, unless the background layer is selected. The size
and style of the eraser can be selected in the options bar. This tool is unique
in that it can take the form of the paintbrush and pencil tools. In addition to
the straight eraser tool, there are two more available options – background
eraser and magic eraser. The background eraser deletes any part of the
image that is on the edge of an object. This tool is often used to extract
objects from the background. The magic eraser tool deletes based on
similar colored pixels. It is very similar to the magic wand tool. This
tool is ideal for deleting areas with the same color or tone that contrasts
with the rest of the image
