The second tab that is given in the menu bar of Adobe
Photoshop 7.0 represents Edit Menu.
Edit Menu is considered to be divided into four main sections. These sections
are known as History, Clipboard, Transform and Setting. There can be seen
twenty-three commands or options in the Edit
Menu as a whole.
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| Different commands given in the Edit Menu of Photoshop 7.0 |
Undo (CTRL + Z)
This command is used to delete the impact of the most
recently applied command on the Photoshop document. In order to understand the functionality of the command named Undo follow the steps given below:
- Open a picture on Photoshop either by getting inside the File Menu and selecting the option named Open given there or by hitting CTRL + O on the keyboard.
- After opening the image, hit CTRL + A. As soon as you will hit CTRL +A on the keyboard, the entire image will be selected in an instant.
- Then, inside the Edit Menu and select that command named Undo either by clicking on it in the menu or by hitting CTRL + Z on the keyboard.
- As soon as that command will be selected, impact of the recently applied command for complete selection will be removed and the image will get deselected.
Step Backward ( ALT + CTRL + Z)
This Command is used to undo or remove the impacts of the two
or more than two recently applied commands from the Photoshop document one by one.
For instance, if you have applied four different commands on your document and
you want remove the impacts of the fourth one and the third one you can select
the option named Step Backward twice to get rid of the impacts of those two
most recently applied commands. On the
other hand, if you want to delete the impacts of the three most recently
applied commands, you are supposed to select the option named Step Backward
three times. In order to understand the full functionality of the option named Step Backward see my tutorial Functionality of Step Backward in Photoshop.
Step Forward (SHIFT + CTRL + Z)
This command is used to apply back the removed impacts of
the two or more than two commands on Photoshop document .
For instance, you have applied four different commands on the Photoshop document and then because of some reason, removed the impacts of the two most recently applied commands by selecting the command named Undo either by clicking on it in the Edit Menu or by hitting CTRL + ALT + Z on the keyboard. Then, somehow you changed your mind wanted back the removed impacts of the applied commands on the document, all you need to do is the select the command named Step Forward twice. When you select that command very first time, the most recently deleted impact will be restored first and when you select the same command second time, the impacts of the command will be restored that has been deleted before the first one.
Fade
This command can only be applied right after the use of any Tool, Adjustment or Filter. The main purpose of this command is to reduce the opacity of the most recently applied tool (e.g. Brush Tool, Eraser Tool, Pencil Tool, Blur Tool, Shape Tool ,Sponge Tool etc.), filter (e.g. Liquefy, Render, Distort etc) or Adjustment (e.g. Level, Hue and Saturation, Invert, Desaturate etc). Through this command we can not only reduce the opacity of tools, filers and adjustments but we can make further variations in the result by applying different blending modes e.g. Dissolve, Hard light, Soft Light , Overlay, Linear Burn, Color, Color Dodge etc. In order to understand the full functionality of the option named Fade see my tutorial Functionality of Fade in Photoshop.
Cut (CTRL + X)
Through this command we can transfer any selected image or a
selected part of an image temporarily from the canvas to computer’s memory
(Clip Board). Whenever we use this
command, selected image or the selected part of an image vanishes from its
place and appears only when we use another command named Paste given in the
same menu.
Copy (CTRL + C)
Through this command we can create a copy of a selected
image or the selected part of an image temporarily into computer’s memory in an area
that is called Clip Board. By using Paste command we can have that copy on some other document or on any
other layer of the same document. In this case the
original image remains intact on its first place.
Copy Merged (SHIFT + CTRL+ C)
This command is used to copy the visible parts of all the
layers inside the selected area in the form of a single layer.
Paste (CTRL + V)
This command is used to drop and display images that we have saved in the Clipboard by applying Cut , Copy or Copy Merged commands.
Paste Into
This command is used to drop and display images that we have saved in the Clipboard by applying the command named Copy on the separate layer of the same document with layer mask beside. By filling whit, black and grey colors inside the layer mask you can manipulate the transparency of layer beside the mask.Clear
In Adobe Photoshop 7.0
the command named Clear is
used to delete the selected part of the layer that is currently selected in the layer palette.
Check Spelling
Through this command you can correct the spelling mistakes made accidentally in the text, typed on the Photoshop document.Find and Replace Text
If you have used any specific word many times in the text typed on Photoshop document and you want to replace that word with some other word in an instant, you can use the option named Find and Replace Text given in the Edit Menu.Fill
This command is used to fill any desired solid color or predefined pattern inside the selected layer with desired level of Opacity. Further through this command you can apply different Blending Modes on the selected solid color or pattern, filled inside the selected layer. In case you don't want to fill color or pattern inside the entire layer, but inside the selected part of the layer only, you can do so by preserving the transparency of the part of the layer that is not selected at the current time by putting check inside the check box named Preserve Transparency given in the dialogue box named Fill.Stroke
This option is used to create outline around the selected area. Through this option you can not only create outline around the selected area, but you can set the Width, Color, Location, Blending Mode and Opacity for that outline. Further through this option you can decide whether the transparency of the selected layer should be preserved or not.Free Transform (CTRL +T)
Through this command you can easily re-size any selected layer and rotate it in any direction. Further, while composing with Photoshop, you can skew a completely straight sided object or you can make a completely different object out of it by distorting its initial features. Moreover, after putting any layer in the state of free transformation, you can widen or shorten its upper, lower,right and left sides to give more natural look to an object drawn on the same layer.Transform
Like Free Transform, Transform is also used to re-size, rotate, skew and distort any object but the difference is that transform provides separate commands to perform all the tasks described above and there is left no need to use shortcut keys in case you are not comfortable with them. Whenever you put the pointer of your mouse on the option named Transform given in the Edit Menu there is appeared another menu containing 11 more options. |
| Eleven ways to apply transformations |
Again
This command is used to apply previously applied transformations one more time generally on the duplicate layer.Scale
This command is used to re-size any selected layer.Rotate
This command is used to rotate any selected layer in any required direction.Skew
This command is used to make skew any straight sided shape.Distort
Through this command you can distort the initial features of the shape made on the selected layer and convert it into a totally different shape.Perspective
Through this command you can widen or shorten any side of the selected layer, that is how you can give a natural look to the image on the same layer.Rotate 1800
Through this command you can rotate any selected layer at the angle of 1800.
Rotate 900 CW
Through this command you can rotate the shape or image made
on the selected layer at the angle of 900 clock wise.
Rotate 900 CCW
This command is used to rotate any shape or image made on
the selected layer at the angle of 900 counter clockwise.
Flip Horizontal
This command is used to convert the left side of the
selected layer into the right side and right side of the selected layer into
the left side.
Flip Vertical
This command is used to convert the top of the
selected layer into the bottom of it and bottom of the selected layer into it's top.
Define Brush
Through this command you can add new brushes inside the
Brush Picker Menu In order to understand how this command works see my tutorial Define Brush : Create Watermark Effects.
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Define Pattern
Through this command you can add new patterns inside the
pattern picker menu.
Define Custom Shape
This command is used to add drawings made by the use of pen
tool as new shapes inside the custom shapes menu.
Purge
This command is used to make Photoshop run faster by deleting unnecessary or corrupt files holding the record of previously applied commands on Photoshop document from the computer's memory. There can be seen four different commands in the side menu of Purge through which you can get rid of all the corrupt or unnecessary files. |
| Four Commands (Undo, Clipboard, Histories and All) given in the side menu of Purge |
Undo
Through this command you can delete all the files holding the record of the command named Undo.
Clipboard
By
selecting the option named Clipboard given in the side menu of Purge you can
delete all the files holding the record of the commands named Cut, Copy, Paste
and Copy Merged.
Histories
By selecting the option named Histories given in the side menu of Purge, you can delete the record of all the variations made on the currently opened document. That record can be seen in the History Palette.
Color setting (CTRL + SHIFT + K)
Through this command you can change the color setting for
your document. As soon as you select this command given in the Edit Menu, a
dialogue box named Color Setting appears. In that dialogue box there are supposed
to be found many options for color setting and there is one remarkably cool
thing about that dialogue box that it has a description pan right below the
rest of the options and through that description pan Photoshop describes each
item given in that dialogue box briefly whenever
you put the pointer of your mouse on it.
Preset Manager
Through this command we can add into or remove from the
relevant menus different Brush styles, Gradient styles, Tools, Custom shapes, Swatches, Styles, Contours and Patterns.
Further, this command helps you to change the name of any Tool,
Brush, Gradient, Style, Contour or Pattern and through this command you can also
make different sets of Tools, Brushes, Gradients, Styles, Contours and Pattern
and save them with different names and that is how we can make our work easier
and less time consuming.
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