Chapter 6. Painting and Drawing with Color
You can add splashes, streaks, or solid areas of color to your image. Photoshop offers a variety of tools with which you can add almost any color imaginable. This chapter introduces you to those tools and shows you how to choose your colors.
Select the Foreground and Background Colors
Select a Color with the Eyedropper Tool
Select a Color with the Swatches Panel
Using the Brush Tool
Change Brush Styles
Create a Custom Brush
Apply a Gradient
Using the Paint Bucket Tool
Fill a Selection
Stroke a Selection
Using the Clone Stamp
Using the Pattern Stamp
Using the Healing Brush
Using the Patch Tool
Using the History Brush
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