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Page 1: Adobe Photoshop 7.0 Design Professional

Adobe Photoshop 7.0 Design Professional

ADOBE PHOTOSHOP 7.0GETTING STARTED WITH

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2Getting Started with Photoshop 7.0 Unit A

Start Adobe Photoshop 7.0

Learn how to open and save a document

Examine the Photoshop window

Use the Layers and History palette

Learn about Photoshop using Help

View and print a document

Close a document and exit Photoshop

Unit Lessons

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What is Photoshop?– An image editing program used to

create and modify digital images

What is a digital image?– A picture in an electronic form

Using Photoshop

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What can Photoshop be used for?– Create original artwork– Manipulate color images– Retouch photographs– Repair damaged images– Create images for Web pages

Using Photoshop

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Understanding Platform Interfaces

Use Photoshop in two interfaces:– Windows and Macintosh

Differences are slight; for example:– Use [Ctrl] and [Alt] keys in Windows– Use [command] and [option] keys in

Macintosh

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Where to Obtain ImagesCreate original artwork in Photoshop

Use images downloaded from the World Wide Web

Use scanned images or images taken with a digital camera

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File FormatsUse Photoshop to open and create different kinds of file formats

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Understanding ImagesAn image is made up of dots called pixels

In Photoshop, you can add, delete, or modify individual pixels or groups of pixels

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Start Photoshop (Windows)Click the Start button on the taskbar

Point to Programs,then click Adobe Photoshop 7.0

Start Button

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Start Photoshop (Macintosh)

Double-click the hard drive icon, then double-click the Adobe Photoshop 7.0 folder

Double-click the Adobe Photoshop 7.0 program icon

Hard drive icon

Program icon

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Creating a New File

Click File on the menu bar

Click New

Enter the required width in the Width text box

Enter the required height in the Height text box

Click OK

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Saving a File Options

Use Save As to save a file under a new name and to preserve a copy of the original file

Open a file in one file format (e.g., .BMP) and save it in another file format (e.g., .JPG)

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Setting Preferences

Use the Preferences dialog box to customize how files are opened in Photoshop

Options include:– Using Open Recent to locate and

open files recently worked on– Changing the Image Preview to

thumbnails

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Setting Preferences

Preferences dialog box

Image Preview options

Open Recent file list

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File Info Dialog Box

Purposes of the File Info dialog box– Identify a file– Add a caption or

other text to a file– Add a copyright

notice to a file

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Opening a File I

Use the File menu to open a file:– Click File on the menu bar, then click

Open– Click the Look in or From list arrow– Navigate to the location of the file– Click the file, then click Open

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Opening a File II

Use the File Browser to open a file:– Click the File Browser tab in the

palette well– Navigate to the location of the file– Double-click the file to open it in

Photoshop

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Docked File Browser Palette

Palette well

File Browser tab

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Using the Save As Command

Use the Save As command to save an existing file with a new filename:– Click File on the menu bar, then click

Save As– Navigate to the location where you

want to save the file– Type a new filename, then click Save

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Examining the Photoshop Window

The Workspace includes the following elements:– Work area– Command menu– Toolbox– Status bar– Palettes

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Workspace Elements

Work Area

Toolbox

Palettes

Status Bar

Command menu

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Customizing the Workspace

Customize the workspace by positioning elements to suit your working style

To save a workspace:– Click Window on the menu bar, point

to Workspace, click Save Workspace, type a name, then click Save

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Using Tools

Use tools in Photoshop to perform actions (e.g., zoom, type text, etc.)

Point to a tool to view a ScreenTip that provides the name or function of the tool

Check the tool options bar to view current settings for a selected tool

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Using Tool Shortcut Keys

Press and hold [Shift]

Press the tool’s shortcut key (e.g., T for Type Tool)

Continue to press [Shift] and the shortcut key to cycle through a tool’s hidden tools

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Using Palettes

Use palettes to verify settings and modify documents

Each palette consists of multiple palettes

Palettes can be separated and moved around the workspace

Each palette contains a menu

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Palette Example

Click a tab to make a palette

active

Click to access the

palette menu

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Understanding Layers

What are layers?– A section within an image

that can be manipulated independently

– Use layers to control individual elements in a document

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Layers Palette

The order in which the layers appear in the Layers palette matches the order in which they appear in the document

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Layers Palette

Currently active layer

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History Palette

The History palette contains a record of each task completed in a document

The record of an event is called a state

The History palette displays up to 20 states

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Using Help

Photoshop Help information appears in a browser window

Five links are included in the Help window:– Using Help, Contents, Index,

Site Map, Search

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View and Print Documents

Use the Zoom tool to change views—up to a maximum of 1600%

Use the Page Setup dialog box to set printing options

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Conclude a Work SessionClose the document:– Click File on the menu bar, click

Close, then click Yes (Win) or Save (Mac)

Exit Photoshop:– Click File on the menu bar, then

click Exit (Win)– Click Photoshop on the menu

bar, then click Quit (Mac)

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Unit A TasksOpen a document

Examine the workspace

Understand palettes

Identify layers

Use the History palette

Use Help

View, print, and close a document