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Step 2:      Select the Eyedropper Tool from the Tools panel or press the I key from the keyboard.

                 Step 3:      Click on the color that you want to use from your image. The selected color becomes your
                            new foreground or background color.


                      Color Sampler Tool
                 Color Sampler Tool looks like an Eyedropper Tool with a target icon. It measures the colors you
                 click. You can use the Info panel to see the value of the color pixels as you make color corrections.
                 The Info panel displays two sets of color values for the pixels under the pointer. The value in the
                 left column is the original color value. The value in the right column is the color value after the
                 adjustment is made.

                 Follow these steps to use the Color Sampler Tool:

                 Step 1:    Select the Color Sampler Tool from the Tools panel.

                 Step 2:      Click the color you want to measure in an image. If required, choose a sample size from
                            the  Options  bar.  Photoshop  opens  the  Info  panel  automatically  and  shows  you  the
                            numeric values for that color. You can also use up to four color samplers to display color
                            information for one or more locations in the image.

                 Step 3:    Delete all samples by clicking on Clear All button from the Options bar.


                        INSERTING TEXT


                 Type tools allow you to add letters from keyboard to a document. You can use text on a variety of
                 projects such as adding it to your images to create a poster, a card, or invitation and much more. You
                 can also customize/modify the text to suit your needs. The type tools have their own layers. Normal

                 layer and text layer have different properties. You cannot put text directly in an image layer as other
                 image files can be opened in the same layer.

                 Photoshop provides four type tools which are Horizontal Type Tool, Vertical Type Tool, Vertical Type
                 Mask Tool and Horizontal Type Mask Tool. Let's learn about these.


                      Using Horizontal Type Tool

                 Follow the below steps to use the Horizontal Type Tool:
                 Step 1:      Open a new document in Photoshop and click on the Horizontal Type Tool from the Tools
                            panel.

                 Step 2:    Set the properties in the Options bar such as font size, colour, style, etc.



                                                    Options bar of Horizontal Type Tool








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