User's Manual

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ADOBE PHOTOSHOP CS2
User Guide
About tool pointers
In most cases, thepointer foratool is thesameasthe icon forthattool; yousee that pointerwhenyou select thetool.
The default pointer for the marquee tools is the cross-hair pointer
; for the text tool, the default pointer is the I-
beam
; and for the painting tools the default pointer is the Brush Size icon.
Each default pointer has a different h
otspot,where an effect or action in theimage begins.Withmosttools,you can
switch to precise cursors, which appear as cross hairs centered around the hotspot.
To change tool pointers
1 Do one of the following:
• (Photoshop) Choose Edit > Preferences > Display & Cursors (Windows) or choose Photoshop > Preferences >
Display & Cursors (Mac OS).
• (ImageReady) Choose Edit > Preferences > Cursors (Windows) or choose ImageReady > Preferences > Cursors
(Mac OS).
2 Choose a tool pointer setting under Painting Cursors and/or Other Cursors:
Standard Displays pointers as tool icons.
Precise Displays pointers as cross hairs.
Brush Size (painting cursors only) Displays the painting tool cursors as brush shapes representing the size of the
current brush. Brush Size cursors may not appear for very large brushes.
3 (Photoshop) Select Brush Cursor options if you selected Brush Size as the tool pointer setting:
Normal The pointer outline corresponds to approximately 50% of the area that the tool will affect. This option
shows the pixels that would be most visibly affected.
Full Size The pointer outline corresponds to nearly 100% of the area that the tool will affect, or nearly all the pixels
that would be affected.
Always Show Crosshair Displays cross hairs in the center of the brush shape.
4 Click OK.
The Painting Cursors options control the pointers for the following tools:
• (Photoshop) Eraser, Pencil, Paintbrush, Healing Brush, Rubber Stamp, Pattern Stamp, Smudge, Blur, Sharpen,
Dodge, Burn, and Sponge tools
• (ImageReady) Paintbrush, Pencil, and Eraser tools
The Other Cursors options control the pointers for the following tools:
• (Photoshop) Marquee, Lasso, Polygonal Lasso, Magic Wand, Crop, Slice, Patch, Eyedropper, Pen, Gradient, Line,
Paint Bucket, Magnetic Lasso, Magnetic Pen, Freeform Pen, Measure, and Color Sampler tools
• (ImageReady) Marquee, Lasso, Magic Wand, Eyedropper, Paint Bucket, and Slice tools
To toggle between standard and precise cursors in some tool pointers, press Caps Lock.