The document describes how a student used various Photoshop tools to edit images for a school project. The Quick Selection Tool was used to select backgrounds. The Blur Tool was used to blur backgrounds for focus on models. The Magic Wand Tool was used to select white backgrounds and delete them from text. The Magic Eraser Tool removed remaining white backgrounds around text. The Brush Tool deleted small background details and corrected mistakes. The Gradient Tool added a blue to white fade diagonally on two pages. Color Boxes selected colors for backgrounds and removing details. The Zoom Tool provided close-ups for precise editing. The Hand Tool navigated within large images.

1. Photoshop tools
Caitlin McMullen

2. Quick Selection Tool
• I used this tool for selecting
my background for my front
cover before I needed to
inverse it. I used this tool as it
allowed me to select all of the
background quickly.

3. Blur tool
• I used this blur tool to blur
out my background of my
front cover to allow me to
have the main focus on my
three models. I used
‘Gaussian blur’ on around
3-4 to it was blurred a little
but not too much.

4. Magic Wand Tool
• I used this tool multiple times
throughout my Photoshop
process. I used this tool to
select the white backgrounds
of my mastheads and my text
so I could then delete the
backgrounds. I had to select
every individual white part
between all letters such as ‘o’
‘p’ etc.

5. Magic Eraser Tool
• I used this tool straight after I
had used the magic wand tool.
I used the magic eraser tool to
remove the white background
from in between/around all of
the text.

6. Brush Tool
• I used the brush tool when i was
checking I had got rid of every
bit of background around my
models for my photos. This tool
allowed me to delete small
details and get them back if I
made a mistake. I used the
colours white and black which
indicated which one I needed to
be on to get rid of the
background details.

7. Gradient Tool
• I used this tool for my contents
page and double page spread. I
used the gradient tool to do a
fade of blue to white across my
pages. I did this diagonally for
both of my pages to make it go
from blue to white from corner
to corner.

8. Colour Boxes
• The colour boxes allowed me to
choose the colours I needed at
various points. I used them for
choosing the colour of my
background and I also used
them when I was removing
unnecessary details from my
images.

9. Zoom Tool
• I used the zoom tool for
multiple parts of the process as
it was not zoomed in enough for
me to see some details
therefore the zoom tool allowed
me to see the parts I missed to
ensure I got every detail.

10. Hand Tool
• The hand tool helped me when
I was editing my pictures and I
had finished one part so I used
to hand tool to move in the
different directions to get to
different parts of my image.