The Toolbar is typically the most heavily used panel. This panel appears on the left side of the screen when you launch Photoshop. At any time while working with the program, a tool is selected. To make it easier to work with the palette, I have compiled a list of basic tools in Russian and English languages. You can also read in detail about how each tool works and how they are formed into groups.
List of instruments in Russian and English
Often there is a need to quickly translate toolbar terms into Russian. Here I have brought together the Russian and English names of the toolbar commands. Also indicated hotkey, with which you can activate the tool. 
The small black triangle in the lower right corner of the tool icon indicates the presence of a tool submenu. If you hover over a tool, a tooltip will appear with the name of the tool and its function key on the keyboard. 
All the tools on the tool palette can be logically grouped into five large groups. These are the groups “Selecting”, “Cropping”, “Retouching”, “Coloring”, “Drawing and Text”. Let's look at each group in more detail. This is a set of tools for the CS3 version of Photoshop.
1. Group of tools “Selection” (Selection tools)
This group contains tools for selecting areas of various shapes, moving the selected area, and quickly and accurately selecting areas of irregular shape.
The Marquee tool group is used to select rectangular, oval, one-row, and one-column areas.
The Move tool moves selections, layers, and guides.
The Lasso tool group is used to create freehand, polygonal (straight-edged) and magnetic (snap) selection areas.
The Quick Selection tool lets you quickly “paint” onto a selection using an adjustable round brush tip.
Tool " Magic wand» (Magic Wand) highlights areas that are colored similarly.
2. Crop and slice tools group
Here you will find tools for cropping images and creating fragments.
The Crop tool crops images.
The Slice tool creates slices.
The Slice Select tool selects slices.
3. Group of tools “Retouching” (Retouching tools)
Using these tools, you can remove defects in the image, erase and restore the image, adjust sharpness and blur, hue and saturation.
The Spot Healing Brush tool removes spots and objects.
The Healing Brush tool removes imperfections in an image by painting over them with swatches or patterns.
The Patch tool repairs defects in a selected area of an image using a pattern or pattern.
The Red Eye tool removes red highlights caused by flash photography.
The Clone Stamp tool is used to draw from a sample image.
The Pattern Stamp tool lets you draw using part of an image as a pattern.
The Eraser tool erases pixels and restores parts of the image to the state it was in when it was last saved. You can read more about the Eraser tool in the post ““.
The Background Eraser tool erases areas of the image until they are transparent by dragging.
The Magic Eraser tool erases solidly colored areas of an image to transparency with one click.
The Blur tool softens the hard edges of an image.
The Sharpen tool sharpens the soft edges of an image.
The Smudge tool smudges the data in an image.
The Dodge tool brightens areas of the image.
The Burn tool makes areas of the image darker.
The Sponge tool changes the color saturation of an area.
4. Painting tools group
All kinds of tools for coloring, replacing colors, and stylizing images are collected here.
The Brush tool applies brush strokes. You can read more about the “Brush” tool in the post ““.
The Pencil tool draws lines with sharp edges.
The Color Replacement tool replaces the selected color with another.
The History Brush tool paints a copy of the selected state or snapshot in the current image window.
The Art History brush tool paints stylized strokes that emulate various artistic styles using a selected state or snapshot.
The Gradient tools create straight, radial, cone, mirror, and diamond transitions between colors.
The Paint Bucket tool fills similarly colored areas with the foreground color.
5. Group of tools “Drawing” and “Text” (Drawing and type tools)
This group contains tools for selecting a path, printing text, and creating arbitrary shapes.
The Path selection tool selects shapes or segments by displaying anchor points, direction lines, and direction points.
The Type tool creates text on an image. You can read more about tools for working with text in the post ““.
The Type mask tool creates selection areas in the form of text.
The Pen tool group allows you to draw paths with smooth edges.
The Shape tool group and the Line tool draw shapes and lines on a regular or shape layer.
Tool " Free figure» (Custom Shape) creates custom shapes selected from a list of custom shapes.
I just bought a font and now they say I need to go to Illustrator and go to my "glyphs" to get "additional" fonts....well I don't have Illustrator...nor do I know with glyphs?!
Does anyone know if the PS6 has glyphs? the font was purchased: https://creativemarket.com/L_Worthington/12122-Charcuterie-Cursive
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CC has a glyph bar, CS6 doesn't.
Answers
Scott
"Glyph" is simply a term for a specific character in a font file.
Photoshop, unlike others Adobe applications, does not have a Glyph panel. While it can display and use glyphs if they are present, there is no way to access a specific glyph from Photoshop.
Both Illustrator and InDesign have glyph panels that allow you to see and use all the glyphs present in a font.
So the short answer is... Photoshop doesn't have access to glyphs.
There are also many free/shareware applications that can display glyphs in a font file. To use a specific glyph in Photoshop, you need to find an application, any application that allows you to see the glyphs. Then just copy/paste the glyph from this application into Photoshop.
You may already have an application that can display glyphs. For example, you can use Insert > Symbol in Microsoft Word, to view glyphs in a font. The Word simply calls them "symbols". Then copy/paste required file in Photoshop.
Phlume
As mentioned, Photoshop doesn't have a Glyphs menu.
However, there are OS system tools that you can use to extract these characters from a font file.
Windows has a Character Map utility that you can use to copy directly from that program into a text box in Photoshop. To access your character card, you go to...
Start> All Programs> Accessories> System Tools:
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If you're using a Mac, the easiest way to find the glyph you need is to use the app Font Book(included in standard OSX installation)
Select " View" > "Repertoire" in the application menu and select a font to display all included characters.
Click to select any of the displayed glyphs and copy/paste back into Photoshop
Basics of working with the tools of the Text group in Photoshop: control panel, settings, functions and capabilities.
The group is located on the toolbar under the button with the letter “T”. Open it in any way:
- by clicking on the black lower right corner of the icon;
- by clicking on the icon right click mice
You can activate Text by pressing the T key (Russian E) on the keyboard. And it doesn’t matter what keyboard layout you have this moment. While holding down the Shift key, pressing the T key several times will alternately activate all four tools in this group.
Fig.1. Text tool group
Everything here is intuitive.
- Horizontal – to create the usual recording in a horizontal position.
- Vertical – places the inscription from top to bottom.
- and 4. Create quick masks with horizontal and vertical selection.
The horizontal direction is used most often.
Text tool group control panel
When the tool is active, the top control panel looks like this:
Fig.2. Top toolbar Text
IN Photoshop versions CS6 introduced a Font menu containing several options for settings. This will be discussed in another article. Now let's look at the settings of the top control panel.
Attention! It is better to set all the settings of the top panel for the Text tools in Photoshop before typing the inscription. But you can make changes later by first selecting the text or part of it that needs to be changed.
- Above number 1 Fig. 2 – saving parameters. A very convenient feature to save installed settings(name of the font, its size, etc.) if you have to return to them periodically or before rasterizing the text layer.
Click on the small arrow to open the window. Select " New set parameters for the tool. A second window opens where you can set a name for the parameter. Click OK. The editor remembers the settings.
Fig.3. Saving text parameters in Photoshop
A new line appears in the list. For clarity, in the previous step the name “Example of a new save” was entered.
Fig.4. Saved Settings
Now, to set on the panel all the values that were there when saving, you need to click on this line.
To delete a line, right-click on it and select delete.
- Above the number 2, Fig. 2 – change text orientation. Pressing the button with the letter T and arrows - the direction of the inscription changes from horizontal to vertical and back. Don't forget that this text layer must be active in the Layers palette.
- Above the number 3, Fig. 2 – font typeface. Clicking the arrow button opens the entire list of fonts available on your computer. You can select the one you need from the list or enter it into the window manually, then press Enter.
- Above the number 4 Fig. 2 – font style. The arrow button opens a list of styles that the selected font supports. If the button is inactive, then the selected font supports only one suggested style.
- Above button 5 Fig. 2 – font size, aka Kegl. The drop-down list offers options from 6 to 72 pixels. You can enter any of your values into the window manually, then press Enter. It is enough to enter only numbers, and the editor will insert the letters “pt” automatically.
You can select the size like this: move the cursor to the left of the window when it looks like a finger with arrows, hold down with the left mouse and drag to the right to increase the size or to the left to decrease it. The digital value in the window will change. As soon as you release the mouse, the text size will change.
- Above the number 6 Fig. 2 – font style. Clicking this button opens a list of styles that the selected font supports: italic, bold, bold... Not all fonts support full list styles, so there may be a different number of options. If the button is not active, then the selected font supports only one suggested style.
- Above the number 7 Fig. 2 – text alignment on one side or in the center. The buttons work the same way as in Word document. The settings are in the Paragraph panel. Read about it below.
- Above the number 8 Fig. 2 – color selection. The box shows the color that will be applied to the text. You can change it by clicking on this window and selecting any other one in the palette that opens. If the text has already been entered, then it must first be selected.
- Above the number 9 Fig. 2 – text deformation. Click on this button, then open the styles and we have various deformation options. Experiment.
Fig.5. Warping text
- Above the number 10, Fig. 2 – opens/closes Character, Paragraph panels. More about this.
Character, Paragraph panels
The Character and Paragraph panels open in Photoshop using the button on the top control panel or on right panel. If they are not on the right panel, turn on the Window menu along the way - select Symbol or Paragraph. The corresponding icons appear on the right panel. If they are both selected, two icons of the same group will appear, but when you open either of them, there will be two tabs in the window for convenient switching between these panels.
Attention! The Character panel, when working with the tools of the Text group, has priority over the Paragraph panel.
Fig.6. Character, Paragraph panels
Symbol panel
Some of the settings on this tab duplicate the functions of the top control panel and have already been discussed. Let's not repeat it. The values in them will be set to the same ones that you set in the top panel - font, its size, etc.
The rest are indicated in Figure 6 above:
- Line spacing. Defines the spacing between lines.
- Kerning to adjust the distance between two characters. For example, out of the entire text, only two characters need to be brought closer or further away from each other. We place the cursor between them, open the list and select the desired option, or enter it into the window manually.
- Character spacing to set the distance between text characters.
- The vertical scale for increasing/decreasing the height of characters is set as a percentage. Enter the number into the box manually. You don't have to put the % sign; Photoshop will put it in automatically as soon as you press Enter.
- The horizontal scale stretches/compresses the stitching. Just like the previous parameter, it is entered as a percentage.
- Baseline offset. A convenient function when introducing mathematical formulas and other notations with superindex and subindex. It allows you to raise/lower part of a line or word. This part must first be selected. Enter the value into the window manually. The next line provides similar opportunities – pseudo-parameters.
- Pseudo-parameters. The font settings in this line are clearly visible - bold, italics, capitalized text, etc.
- Ligatures, that is, symbols that are obtained by merging several letters or characters, that is, combining them into one character. Very rarely used. Only those that support the selected font will be active.
- Opens a list of languages for spell checking.
Paragraph panel
Setting paragraph parameters such as indentation, wrapping, etc.
Fig.7. Paragraph panel
In the first line, the first three buttons are duplicated from the top control panel. They have already been discussed. The remaining buttons will most likely be inactive. The next three buttons on this line are designed to align the bottom line of text, and the last one is to align the entire width.
The second block contains three windows where you can set in pixels the indents from the right or left edges and the indent of the first line.
The third block indicates indents before or after the paragraph
In the next block, automatic stitching is enabled/disabled.
what will happen in the end
In this tutorial we will create a set of icons in Photoshop. A set of icons must have the same background and theme. For practice, we will create icons with a sun, a snowflake and an RSS icon. Let's start.
1. Preparing the work area
Step 1
Let's start by creating a new document sized 350 px by 350 px. Click in the white square next to the settings Background content(Background Contents) to select a new workspace background color.
Step 2
In the dialog box Color palette (Color Picker) select a gray background color for the work area (#e0e0e2).
Step 3
It's always good when work is structured from the very beginning. Create a layer group and name it "Sun"(Sun). All layers related to the creation of the sun icon will be placed there.
2. Create the base
Step 1
Using a tool "Rectangle with rounded corners"(Rounded Rectangle Tool) draw a rectangle with dimensions 83 px × 64 px and set the radius to 8 px. To get a more accurate result, use the panel Properties(Properties). Here you can simply enter the exact dimensions.
Step 2
Hold Shift and then draw another rounded rectangle. This new shape will be added to the previous one. Set its size to 36 px × 36 px with a radius of 3 px.
Step 3
Press ctrl+T to transform the shape, and then click and drag outside the bounding box to rotate it 45°.
Step 4
Make sure the shape is in the center of the previous rectangle. In CC 2014, you can check the position of a shape by dragging it and snapping it to the guide at the center of the previous shape.
Step 5
Press Enter to save the result. You may find that a confirmation dialog informs you that the shape will turn into a regular path. This means that you will no longer be able to edit it using the Properties panel. Just click "Yes"(Yes).
Step 6
Position the shape as shown in the image below.
Here is the result at 100% scale.
Step 7
Draw a similar shape on top of the previous one, which is 1 px smaller. You can do this by duplicating the shape and then changing its points, or simply creating a new shape.
Step 8
Set the color to #57adf8.
Step 9
Double click on the shape and then apply Stroke(Stroke) and Gradient overlay(Gradient Overlay) using the following settings.
For the gradient, use the following color arrangement. To open the Gradient Editor and change the Gradient settings, click the window preview gradient.
Step 10
Reduce level fills(Fill) up to 11%. The layer's contents will be transparent and remain unchanged.
Here is the result.
3. Shadow
Step 1
Create a new layer under the base. Activate the tool "Brush"(Brush Tool) (B) and then draw a shadow under the icon.
Step 2
Still using the tool "Brush"(Brush Tool) (B), add a stronger shadow just below the tip of the icon.
Step 3
Hold CTRL and click on the smaller icon to select the smaller shape. Create a new layer and use White color over the selected area. Make sure you use a soft brush Rigidity(Hardness)-0%.
Step 4
When you're done, deselect (Ctrl+D) and make it smaller. opacity(Opacity) layer.
Step 5
Create a new layer and select the smaller icon base again. Fill the selection with a white to black gradient. Change blending mode(Blend Mode) layer on Overlap(Overlay) and then reduce it opacity(Opacity).
Step 6
Add another layer. Create a large elliptical selection at the bottom of the icon, and then press Ctrl on the base layer to intersect it. Fill the selection with a white to black gradient. Change blending mode(Blend Mode) layer on "Screen" Screen and make it smaller opacity(Opacity).
This is what the result looks like at 100%.
Step 7
Hold Ctrl and click on the base layer thumbnail. Create a new layer on top, then select Editing > Stroke(Edit > Stroke). Set the color to light blue and width(Width) 1 px.
Below you can see the difference before and after adding a stroke inside the icon.
Step 8
Add a mask to the stroke layer. Fill it with black to hide all the outlines. Draw white lines over some areas to show them off. Thus, now we have the edge of the icon selected.
In the image below you can see the edge selection in detail.
Step 9
Add an adjustment layer Color balance(Color Balance) above the icon. We use it to change the background color.
To make it easier to manage layers, let's change the layer name to Color change(color changer).
Step 10
Fill the adjustment layer mask with black. Select the base of the icon and then fill it with white. This way, the adjustment layer only affects the icon. Drag the sliders to change the color.
Step 11
Duplicate all layers of the icon base and change the parameters in the adjustment layer Color balance(Color Balance) separately.
4. Add icons to icons
Step 1
For our first icon we will add a sun icon. Start by drawing a yellow circle.
Step 2
Apply Layer Styles Inner shadow(Inner Shadow) and Inner glow(Inner Glow) using the following settings. Use color #7b6708 and set both blending modes Multiplication(Multiply).
Step 3
Use a lighter yellow in the center of the sun.
Step 4
Add a brighter yellow ellipse to top part sun.
Step 5
Draw a thin, light shape on the top right side of the sun to highlight it. Remove excess with a soft eraser for a natural look.
Step 6
Step 7
Select both vector shapes and then duplicate them: Ctrl+C and then Ctrl+V. Rotate the new shapes 45°.
Step 8
Continue duplicating and rotating the shapes until we have enough rays.
Step 9
Apply Inner shadow (Inner Shadow) with color #b48f0b and External glow(Outer Glow) with color #f9dc7e.
Step 10
Hide the sun by clicking the eye icon next to the layer. Draw more yellow triangles as shown below.
Add a circle shape to the center of the triangles and set the path mode Subtract front figure(Subtract).
We're done, so let's bring back the flare and sun shapes.
Step 12
To get a realistic sun, we need to draw a blurry yellow circular shape behind the sun. You can do this manually using a soft brush, or draw a circle first and then soften it using a filter Gaussian blur(Gaussian Blur).
These four options are available in the Options panel and are duplicated in the Character panel. It doesn't matter which panel you change these options in, the values will be duplicated:
Anti-aliasing method for letters
Anti-aliasing is a technology used to improve the visualization of text letters in order to smooth out hard edges and remove “jags” that appear on the edges of letters.
This option is also duplicated in two panels:
At the moment, there are seven methods for text smoothing in Photoshop, including the “no anti-aliasing” mode (none), in the figure I have shown the Russian and English Photoshop interfaces:
Each of the anti-aliasing methods produces its own effect on letters, and for each individual case the method must be selected experimentally, but this is ideal, but in practice I mainly use the anti-aliasing method set by default in Photoshop - “Sharp”.
In the figure I gave an example of two types of Photoshop text smoothing:
Line spacing (leading)
This text parameter is only available from the Character panel; as the name suggests, it sets the vertical distance between lines. By default, the parameter is set to "Auto":
Basically, the use Line spacing set to Auto gives good results, but you can set Line spacing independently before entering text, or after entering, selecting all the text. You can choose one of the preset values (from 6 pt to 72 pt), or enter your own using one of Photoshop’s methods for entering parameters, i.e. change by dragging the mouse or scrolling the wheel or entering a value into the window from the keyboard.
Tracking (Letter spacing, Tracking)
Parameter "Tracking" Also only accessible from the Character panel, it controls the spacing between letters or symbols. It is located directly below Line spacing and by default set to 0:
To set the value letter spacing, you can click on the triangle to the right of the input field and select from a list of preset values, you can enter a value from the keyboard, or change the parameter by dragging the cursor or rotating the mouse wheel. Entered negative value Tracking will move letters or symbols closer together, while a positive value will move them further away from each other.
To change Tracking, select the desired section of text and enter the value in the input field. In the example, I increased the tracking in the word “section” without affecting the rest of the text:
Kerning
This option is also only available from the Character panel and is located to the left of Tracking. By default it's set to Metrics, which I'll explain a bit below what that means. Kerning adjusts the spacing between two specific letters or symbols:
Kerning often confused with Tracking because they seem similar, but they are actually completely different things. While Tracking sets the range between all characters, Kerning adjusts the distance between two specific characters. An analogy can be made if Tracking- global setting, then Kerning- "local".
In order for the option to become available, you must place the cursor in the text between the two desired letters. In the example I set a negative value Kerning:
As I already said, the default option is Kerning is set to "Metric", which means Photoshop uses the letter spacing specified by the font design. This option often gives better results in most cases, although it depends on the properties of the font used. If you click on the small triangle to the right of the value entry field Kerning, you will see that directly below the Metric value is the Optical value. With this option, Photoshop automatically sets letter spacing based on the shape of the letters. Again, it depends on the font itself which of these two options, “Metric” or “Optical”, will give the best result.
Change value Kerning You can, as in other options, from the keyboard or mouse.
Vertical and Horizontal Scale
These two options are located directly below Kerning And Tracking.
Their purpose is clear from the name; the options scale the selected text vertically or horizontally.
Both of these options are set to 100% by default
Baseline Shift
Below is the option Baseline offset. Base shift allows you to move selected sections of text or individual letters above or below the baseline of the font. By default, the option value is set to 0 pt. Positive values will move the selected text above the baseline, and negative values will move the selected text below the baseline. The option does not have preset values, so the value must be entered manually:
Additional text options
Below are buttons for additional options.
From left to right: pseudo-bold, pseudo-oblique, all capitals, small caps (reduced capitals), superindex, subindex, underlined, strikethrough. Using an example, I showed the effect of options in the text starting from the second line:
Language selection
In the lower left corner there is a “Language Selection” option, designed to check spelling and hyphenation, but at the moment, for Russian, and indeed for English, it is ineffective, so the option is not used.