21st Century

• Social media platforms


  Online platforms that are commonly mobile or compute-mediated tools that allow people, companies, and other organizations to create, share or exchange information, career interests, ideas and pictures/videos in virtual communities and networks
• Social networking


  • The purpose is to provide users to connect with others
• Social media platforms


  • Facebook
  • LinkedIn
  • Google+
• Facebook


  Its purpose is to give people the power to build community and bring the world closer together
• LinkedIn


  A social network that focuses on professional networking and career development. It is also used to display your resume, search for jobs, and enhance your professional reputation by posting updates and interacting with other people
• Google+


  A Google social networking platform sort of like Facebook and Twitter. Google+ does not rely on your existing connections-it helps you make new ones. Google+ features: Circles are like categories for your connections, so that you can share updates selectively with different groups
• Photo sharing platforms


  Where you can store, organize, and share your photo collections. It also let you edit images, add explanatory information, and 'tag' individual photos so that they can be easily searched
• Photo sharing platforms

  • Instagram
  • Snapchat
  • Pinterest
• Instagram


  A popular photo-sharing app for smartphones. It's focused mainly on sharing photos and videos with your friends
• Snapchat


  A popular messaging app that lets users exchange pictures and videos (called snaps) that are meant to disappear after they are viewed. It is advertised as a "new type of camera" because the essential function is to take a picture or video, add filters, lenses or other effects and share them with friends
• Pinterest


  An online service that allows you to share images through social networking. An example of Pinterest is the website where you have a "pinboard" that allows you to post ideas that you want to remember and then share them with your friends through Facebook
• Move Tool

  Used to move layers, selections, and guides within a Photoshop document. Enable "Auto-Select" to automatically select the layer or group you click on.
• Artboard Tool


  Allows you to easily design multiple webs or UX (user experience) layouts for different devices or screen sizes.
• Rectangular Marquee Tool


  Draws rectangular selection outlines. Press and hold Shift as you drag to draw a square selection.
• Elliptical Marquee Tool

  Draws elliptical selection outlines. Press and hold Shift to draw a selection in a perfect circle.
• Single Row Marquee Tool


  Selects a single row of pixels in the image from left to right.
• Single Column Marquee Tool


  Selects a single column of pixels from top to bottom.
• Lasso Tool


  Draws a freeform selection outline around an object.
• Polygonal Lasso Tool


  Clicks around an object to surround it with a polygonal, straight-edged selection outline.
• Magnetic Lasso Tool


  Snaps the selection outline to the edges of the object as you move your mouse cursor around it.
• Object Selection Tool

  Lets you select an object just by dragging a rough selection outline around it.
• Quick Selection Tool


  Lets you easily select an object simply by painting over it with a brush. Enable "Auto-Enhance" in the Options Bar for better quality selections.
• Magic Wand Tool


  Selects areas of similar color with a single click. The "Tolerance" value in the Options Bar sets the range of colors that will be selected.
• Crop Tool


  Used to crop an image and remove unwanted areas. Uncheck "Delete Cropped Pixels" in the Options Bar to crop an image non-destructively.
• Perspective Crop Tool


  Used to both crop an image and fix common distortion or perspective problems.
• Slice Tool


  Divides an image or layout into smaller sections (slices) which can be exported and optimized separately.
• Slice Select Tool


  Used to select individual slices created with the Slice Tool.
• Frame Tool

  Lets you place images into rectangular or elliptical shapes.
• Eyedropper Tool


  Samples colors in an image. Increase "Sample Size" in the Options Bar for a better representation of the sampled area's color.
• 3D Material Eyedropper Tool


  Used to sample material from a 3D model in Photoshop.
• Color Sampler Tool


  Displays color values for the selected (sampled) area in an image. Up to four areas can be sampled at a time. View the color information in Photoshop's Info panel.
• Ruler Tool


  Measures distances, locations, and angles. Great for positioning images and elements exactly where you want them.
• Note Tool


  Allows you to attach text-based notes to your Photoshop document, either for yourself or for others working on the same project. Notes are saved as part of the PSD file.
• Count Tool


  Used to manually count the number of objects in an image, or to have Photoshop automatically count multiple selected areas in the image.
• Spot Healing Brush Tool

  Quickly removes blemishes and other minor problem areas in an image. Use a brush size slightly larger than the blemish for best results.
• Healing Brush Tool


  Repairs larger problem areas in an image by painting over them. Hold Alt (Win) / Option (Mac) and click to sample good texture, then paint over the problem area to repair it.
• Patch Tool


  Draw a freeform selection outline around a problem area, then repair it by dragging the selection outline over an area of good texture.
• Content-Aware Move Tool


  Selects and moves part of an image to a different area, with Photoshop automatically filling in the hole in the original spot using elements from the surrounding areas.
• Red Eye Tool


  Removes common red eye problems in a photo resulting from camera flash.
• Brush Tool


  Photoshop's primary painting tool. Use it to paint brush strokes on a layer or on a layer mask.