Operation Manual

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Editing photos
Last updated 9/13/2015
The Brush tool paints smooth, anti-aliased lines. Other painting tools include the Pencil tool for making hard-edged
lines and the Eraser tool for erasing color pixels from layers. The Paint Bucket tool and Fill command fill areas of your
image with color or patterns. The pattern Stamp tool paints with one of the predefined patterns or a pattern that you
design.
The Impressionist Brush tool affects existing color by applying stylized brush strokes. The Smudge tool also affects
existing image colors by simulating the action of dragging a finger through wet paint.
The Detail Smart Brush tool automatically creates an adjustment layer as you paint. It doesn’t alter the original image
layer. You can paint and change the adjustments as many times as you want without degrading your original photo. See
Adjust color and tonality using the Smart Brush tools.
About foreground and background colors
You apply the foreground color when you paint with the Brush or Pencil tools, and when you fill selections with the
Paint Bucket tool. The color you apply to the Background layer with the Eraser tool is called the background color. You
can see and change the foreground and background colors in the two overlapping boxes at the bottom of the toolbox.
The top box is the foreground color, and the bottom box is the background color. The foreground and background
colors are also used together by the Gradient tool and some special effects filters.
A Foreground color box B Click to use default colors (black and white) C Click to switch the foreground and background colors D Background
color box
You can change the foreground or background color in the toolbox by using the Eyedropper tool, the Color Swatches
panel, or the Color Picker.
About blending modes
Blending modes control how pixels in an image are affected by a painting or editing tool. It’s helpful to think in terms
of the following colors when visualizing a blending mode’s effect:
• The base color is the original color in the image.
• The blend color is the color applied by the painting or editing tool.
• The result color is the color resulting from the blend.