Chapter 9: Basic Pen Tool Techniques

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Chapter 9 Basic Pen ToolTechniques

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• Mr. Peña

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You can modify individual segments of a path by
moving the anchor points that mark the endpoints
of path segments. Moving these elements reshapes
the curves in a path.
Modifying Individual Segments of a Path
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You can use the Crop tool in photo retouching by
trimming and scaling a photograph so that the
picture fits within the space designed for it.
Select an Entire Path
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You can use either the Crop tool or the Crop
command to crop an image, which permanently
deletes all the pixels outside of the crop
selection area.
Crop Tool
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You can adjust the tonal range of an image by
using the Levels dialog box, which represents the
range of values (dark and light.)
Tonal Range of an Image
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This graph has controls that adjusts the shadows,
highlights, and midtones or gamma of the image.
Tonal Range of an Image
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Saturation refers to the strength or purity of an
image. You can adjust the saturation by
adjustingthe Sponge tool.
Saturation
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You can adjust the saturation by adjusting the
Sponge tool.
Saturation
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You would use the Unsharp Mask filter on a photo
to adjust the contrast of the edge detail of an
image and to create the illusion of a more
focused image.
Unsharp Mask filter
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