Photoshop CS3 for Screen Printers- P3: The toolbox is the heart of Photoshop CS3, and where you’ll find the tools you need to create your artwork and perform editing tasks. From the toolbox you can access the selection tools, shape tools, type tools, Crop tool, and eraser tools. These are basic tools that any screen printer or graphic artist needs. | 36 Part I The Photoshop Interface You can display as many palettes as you like or will fit on your screen. If your screen resolution is set to a low resolution like 800 x 600 you ll probably want to collapse most of the palettes. In fact at that resolution you may not even be able to see all of the tools in the toolbox. A higher resolution lets you see more items on the screen and that s better for Photoshop. What you see will differ depending on your screen resolution however this image does give you a feel for how your screen should look. If your screen resolution is too low to handle everything in the Photoshop interface try changing it to something higher such as 1152 x 864. Note Although you should use the highest resolution that works for both you and your computer many of the screen shots in this book were taken using a lower resolution so they would be more readable. This might cause some minor differences between the screen shot and what you see on your screen but for the most part you won t notice any difference at all. The Default Palettes The default palettes as shown in Figure 3-1 contain two or three separate palettes that are docked together. The first one contains the Navigator Histogram and Info palettes. Navigator Histogram and Info Palettes These three palettes are docked together because they are each used for obtaining information about an open file. The Navigator palette allows you to quickly change the viewing area of the file on which you are working. You can quickly zoom in and out and view additional palette options. The Histogram palette lets you view the Histogram of the image more on that later and select sliders for various color choices like RGB CMYK and Web colors. With these sliders you can make adjustments to the color levels and tones. The Info palette displays information about the color that s directly underneath the location of the mouse pointer in the image and displays additional information depending on the tool chosen. As a
