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Adobe Photoshop 2025 Basics | Windows Edition
  • Introduction
  • Resizing, rotating, and cropping
    • Connecting to your class folder
    • Creating a project folder
    • Opening Photoshop
    • Creating a work area with specific dimensions
    • Adding an image to your work area
    • Resizing an image
    • Rotating an image
    • Opening an image directly in Photoshop
    • Zooming in and out
    • Cropping an image
    • Using the History panel
    • Resizing your work area
  • Saving and exporting
    • Saving a PSD
    • Saving a JPG
    • Exporting a PNG with transparency
  • Working with layers
    • Moving an image in a layer
    • Locking or unlocking a layer
    • Changing layer visibility
    • Creating a new layer
    • Moving a layer
    • Duplicating a layer
    • Deleting a layer
    • Changing the opacity of a layer
    • Rasterizing a layer
  • Working with tools
    • Selection tools
    • Crop and Slice tools
    • Measuring tools
    • Retouching tools
    • Painting tools
    • Drawing and Type tools
    • Navigation tools
  • Editing an image
    • Creating a selection
    • Inverting a selection
    • Turning off a selection
    • Removing part of an image
    • Retouching an image
    • Adjusting brightness and contrast
    • Making a color image black and white
    • Changing a color within an image
    • Adding paint or pencil to an image
  • Working with filters and effects
    • Working with the Filter Gallery
    • Working with Filter menu items
    • Adding a layer effect
    • Adjusting a layer effect
    • Turning off a layer effect
  • Working with text
    • Adding text
    • Resizing text
    • Formatting text
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  1. Working with tools

Drawing and Type tools

Tool

How it works

Pen

Click to create anchor points that form a vecotor path. Path can be accessed in Paths panel.

Freeform Pen

Click and drag to create vector path with anchor points. Path can be accessed in Paths panel.

Add Anchor Point

Click to add an anchor point to a vector path.

Delete Anchor Point

Click to delete an anchor point from a vector path.

Convert Point

Click anchor point to convert it to a smooth point with direction handles (or vice versa.)

Horizontal Type

Click to create horiztonal text. Click and drag to create a horizontal text box.

Vertical Type

Click to create vertical text. Click and drag to create a vertical text box.

Horizontal Type Mask

Select a Layer with an image in it in Layers panel. Click image to create horizontal text mask. With horizontal text mask selected, text can be copied to new layer or project.

Vertical Type Mask

Select a Layer with an image in it in Layers panel. Click image to create vertical text mask. With horizontal text mask selected, text can be copied to new layer or project.

Path Selection

Click a path to select and move it.

Direct Selection

Click an anchor point on a path to active it and work with it.

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