This panel is where all of your layers are housed. you can do various effects here as well
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Layers Panel
This effect adds a shadow behind layers to help them add depth and stand out from other layers
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Drop shadow
this tool is the most used tool in photoshop. allows you to do various transformations
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move tool
This tool allows you to freely draw around a part of your image to make aselection
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lasso tool
This Panel lets you adjust text settings like, leading, tracking, kerning, font size and more
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Character Panel
This effect allows you to put an outline around your text or any layer
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stroke
This tool allows you to add and edit text
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type tool
An image created by colored dots on a grid
bitmap
This panel allows you to create, adjust and select various brushes
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Brush panel
This effect makes text and other layers look 3D
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bevel and emboss
this tool allows you to edit and cleanup masks, paint colors on layers
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brush tool
An image created by defining points and curves
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vector
This panel lets you select, edit and create various layer styles
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the styles panel
This filter add a blur to your layer
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gaussian blur
this tool allows you to make selections of a subject based on pixels. great for masking a person out of the background
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quick selection
what kind of gradient is this?
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angle gradient
This panel changes based on what what tool or layers you have selected.
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Properties Panel
This effect will add a gradient covering your entire layer
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gradient overlay
this tool allows you to select part of an image and paint it somewhere else
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clone stamp
What kind of gradient is this?
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reflective