10. Tool Box

The first time you start the application, the toolbox appears on the left side of the screen. Some tools in the toolbox have options that appear in the context-sensitive tool options bar. These include the tools that let you use type, select, paint, draw, sample, edit, move, annotate, and view images. Other tools in the toolbox allow you to change foreground/background colors, go to Adobe Online, work in different modes, and jump between Photoshop and Image Ready applications.

You select a tool by clicking its icon in the toolbox. A small triangle at the lower right of a tool icon indicates hidden tools. Positioning the pointer over a tool displays a tool tip with the tool's name and keyboard shortcut.

To show or hide the toolbox:

¨       Choose Window > Tools. A check mark indicates the item is showing.

To move the toolbox:

¨       Drag the toolbox by its title bar.

To select a tool:

Do one of the following:

¨       Click its icon or press its keyboard shortcut. If the icon has a small triangle at its lower right corner, hold down the mouse button to view the hidden tools. Then, click the tool you want to select.

¨       Press the tool's keyboard shortcut. The keyboard shortcut is displayed in its tool tip.

Using Marquee tools and their options

The marquee tools let you select rectangles, ellipses, rounded rectangles and 1-pixel rows and columns. By default, a selection border is dragged from its corner.

To show marquee tools:

¨       Press right mouse button from marquee tool.

1.      Select a marquee tool:

¨       Rectangle marquee to make a rectangular selection.

¨       Elliptical marquee to make an elliptical selection.

¨       Single row or single column marquee to define the border as a 1-pixel-wide row or column.

With the rectangle, rounded rectangle, or elliptical marquee, drag over the area you want to select. Hold down Shift as you drag to constrain the marquee to a square or circle. To drag a marquee from its center, hold down Alt after you begin dragging.

Marquee tool options bar:

2. In the options bar, specify whether to add a new selection , add to a selection , subtract from a selection , or select an area intersected by other selections .
3. Specify a feathering setting in the options bar. Turn anti-aliasing on or off for the rounded rectangle or elliptical marquee.
4. For the rectangle, rounded rectangle, or elliptical marquee, choose a style in the options bar
5. Then drag your mouse pointer to working canvas and make a selection

If there is selection:

¨       Shift + Drag = Add selection

¨       Alt + Drag = Subtract selection

¨       Alt + Shift + Drag = Intersect selection