Sams Teach Yourself Adobe Photoshop CS3 in 24 Hours

Chapter 8. Moving Paint

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• Smudges

• The Focus Tools

• The Toning Tools

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Did you ever wonder why artists always have those paint-soaked rags lying around, and why they always have paint on their hands, under their fingernails, and all over their clothes? It’s because you don’t just paint with a brush; you sometimes paint with your finger, or with a piece of cloth, or with your elbow or some other tool that will help you blend the paint or lighten or darken it just a little bit. In this hour, you will learn the tricks that painters and darkroom technicians have been using ever since their respective art forms were invented.

Smudges

Smudge is the artist’s term for blending two or more colors. ...