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Digital and Interactive Media
Photoshop BasicsSlide2
The Basics
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Photoshop
An image-editing program that lets you
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Retouch photographs
Merge and edit color images
Create collages or original artworkSlide3
Usage #1 for Photoshop
Restoring Old Photographs. Slide4
Usage #2 for Photoshop
Correcting Mistakes. Slide5
Usage #3 for Photoshop
Adding Graphics to Videos.Slide6
Usage #4 for Photoshop
Creating Text Effects for Print and Web.Slide7
Usage #5 for Photoshop
Turning a Photo Into a Work of Art.Slide8
Usage #6 for Photoshop
Designing Web Banners and Buttons.Slide9
Usage #7 for Photoshop
Adding Text to Photographs.Slide10
Usage #8 for Photoshop
Combining Pictures, Text, and Graphics to Make Covers for Books, Reports and CDs. Slide11
Usage #9 for Photoshop
9. Designing Web Pages.Did you know that Photoshop and Image Ready can turn your photograph or artwork into a web page? Use the slice tool to cut your work into easily downloadable pieces, then the rollover function to embed website URLs.Slide12
Usage #10 for Photoshop
Combining Pictures to Make the Impossible Possible.Slide13
Now for some before and after’s, followed by some goof ups.Slide14
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Photoshop goofsSlide23
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The Basics Vocabulary
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.PSD
Although an image created in Photoshop has a .PSD (
P
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ocument) extension and a unique file format, it can also be save as any type of commonly used graphic file.
.BMP - Bitmap
.PDF
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Generic Portable Document Format
.GIF
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Graphics Interchange Format
.EPS
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Encapsulated PostScript
.TIF
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Tagged Image Format
.JPEG
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Picture FormatSlide32
Menu Bar
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Menu commands that are followed by ellipses (...) indicates a dialog box where you can enter additional settings.
Menu commands that are followed by a right pointing arrow indicate a submenu of related commands
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Palettes
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Palettes are small windows used to verify settings and modify images.
By default, palettes appear in stacked groups at the right edge of the window.
Palettes can be moved or separated.
Each palette contains a menu that can be viewed by clicking the right arrow in the menu
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Palettes
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Are used to hold frequently used tabs and options so that the menu bar is used less often.
When you first open Photoshop, the palettes are stacked along the right edge of your screen in palette groups.
Palette groups can be moved around in the workspace by clicking on the title bar and dragging.
Each palette group has a collapse and a close button in the title bar area. Slide35
Layers Palette
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In Photoshop, most images are composed of multiple layers.
The Layers palette displays all layers within an open image.
You can use the Layers palette to create, delete, merge, copy, and reposition layers.
The effect created by using layers is similar to what you see when you look at a stack of clear plastic sheets.
Hide or Show a layer by clicking the Eye icon.Slide36
Layers
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They are images or effects overlaid on top of one another.
The standard kind of layer is called simply "Layer" in most programs. It contains just a picture which can be superimposed on another one.
A Layer can have a certain transparency/opacity and a number of other properties.Slide37
History Palette
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Each action you perform during a Photoshop session is recorded and is made visible in the History palette.
The History palette tracks recent changes made within an image.
You can remove actions from the History palette.Slide38
Tool Bar
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Contains tools associated with frequently used Photoshop commands.
Some tools are hidden from view; these tools are indicated by a small triangle in the lower-right corner of the tool.
To display a hidden tool, you click and hold down the mouse button for a few seconds.Slide39
Move Tool
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Use the Move tool to move a selection or an entire image.
Use the Alt key with the Move tool to copy an image.
Use the Shift key with the Move tool to move a selection horizontally.Slide40
Selections
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Any area in an image that is surrounded by a Marquee is a selection.
There are several selection tools in Photoshop which include:
Marquees, Magic Wand and Lassos
Use the Select menu to deselect a Marquee or to save a selection.
Use the Inverse Selection option to reverse the selection area.
Use the Shift key to add to a selection area.
Use the Alt key to subtract from a selection area.Slide41
Selection Tools
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Rectangular Marquee Tool (use with the Shift key to select a proportional square)
Elliptical Marquee Tool
Magnetic Lasso Tool
Lasso Tool
Polygon Lasso Tool
Magic Wand Tool
When selecting with the Marquee tool, hold the spacebar to reposition the selection without having to release the mouse button.Slide42
Paint Brush
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The Paint Brush tool is used for many things, including:
As an actual paint brush
To add custom shapes in a variety of shapes and rotations
As a masking toolSlide43
Paint Bucket
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The Paint Bucket tool is used to fill in a background or selection area.Slide44
Foreground/Background
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The tiny arrow to the top right allows you to swap foreground and background colors.
The tiny black and white swatch symbol to the lower left allows you to reset the colors to the default of black foreground and white background.
To change a color, simply click on either the foreground or background color swatch and select a new color in the color picker. Slide45
But why?
Why are we learning how to use Photoshop?You’ll be able to correct your own pictures.We use Photoshop in this class to add graphics to our videos.
Photoshop can help you create graphics for presentations outside of this class.It’s fun to play with.
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