Simply click and hold down the mouse button

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The first group of tools is the group used to paint distortions on your image. Shown in this list with their keyboard shortcuts in parentheses, the painting tools are (from top to bottom; see Figure 3-1):

�	When compared to a tool like the Smudge tool, which tends to destroy detail, the Warp tool can preserve detail within distortions.

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�	Pucker (S): This tool is the equivalent of the Pinch filter, squishing pixels toward the
	center of the area covered by the brush as you hold down the mouse button or drag. To
	reverse the pucker direction, which essentially applies a bloat, press the Alt (Option on
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	of the brush area as you hold down the mouse button or drag the mouse. To reverse the

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	Push Left (O): Formerly known as the Shift Pixels tool, this odd tool moves pixels to the
	left when you drag the tool straight up. Drag down to move pixels to the right. Drag


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�	of your pixels at a 90-degree angle to the motion of the brush. Hold down the Alt key
	(Option key on the Mac) to force the reflection in the direction opposite the motion of




	waves.

You can see the effects of each of these tools in Figure 3-2.


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�	Freeze Mask (F): Use this tool to protect areas from changes. It paints the frozen area
with a red overlay, just as the Quick Mask mode does (which, in a sense, the Freeze Mask tool is, as you can find out later in this chapter in the section, “Mastering Freezing and Thawing”).
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