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Introduction to Photoshop CS5

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Brimbank Libraries Introduction to Photoshop

Contents

Photoshop CS5______________________ 4 Photoshop Workspace________________ 4 The Menu Bar_____________________ 5

The Options Bar___________________ 5

Adobe Bridge Shortcut Button________ 5

Floating Palettes___________________ 6

Palette Well_ ______________________ 6

Toolbox__________________________ 7

Opening Images___________________ 8

Starting A New Document___________ 8

Unlocking An Imported Image________ 9

Editing GIFs_______________________ 9 Saving Images_______________________ 9

File Formats_________________________ 9 Printing__________________________ 10 Cropping Images___________________ 11 Straightening Photos_ ______________ 11

Navigational And Information Tools__ 12

Layers___________________________ 14 Layer Styles________________________ 15

Opacity____________________________ 17 Merging Images to Create A Collage_ 18 Selection Tools_____________________ 19

Transforming Tools_________________ 21

Creative Tools______________________ 22

Retouching Tools___________________ 24

Vector Shapes______________________ 27

Text_______________________________ 28

The Image Menu____________________ 30 Filter Menu_________________________ 32 Where to from here?________________ 33

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Introduction to Photoshop

By the end of this class, you will know how to: • navigate the Photoshop workspace • open and start a new document • save and print • use layers • use basic editing tools

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Photoshop CS5

Photoshop is a graphics editor developed and published by Adobe Systems. With

Photoshop, you are able to create and manipulate visual images on your computer.

Photoshop is an image editing tool, not a design tool. Although it is possible to use

Photoshop to design and construct original graphics, you will find that it is difficult and

limited. The reason is that Photoshop is not intended to be used for this type of work.

To create original images, Adobe provides other specialist programs such as Adobe Illustrator and Adobe Image Ready.

The target market for Photoshop is the professional world, and this is reflected in

the price - it is one of the most expensive packages of its type. Cheaper versions

are available (such as Photoshop Limited Edition) but these do not have some

important features. There is also a simplified adaptation of Photoshop called

Photoshop Elements, a good choice for home users on a budget. Other popular

applications in this market include: Paint Shop Pro, Fireworks, and CorelDRAW.

Photoshop CS5 Workspace BRIDGE

WORKSPACE PREVIEW

OPTIONS BAR APPLICATION BAR

MENU BAR

DOCUMENT BAR DOCUMENT WINDOW

FLOATING

TOOLBOX PALETTES

STATUS BAR

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The Menu Bar

Photoshop is similar to other programs. It contains menus for performing tasks and these are organised by topic. It is located at the top of your screen.

File menu • commands for working with files • you will use it to open files and and save your work

Edit menu • basic editing commands like copy and paste

Image menu

• commands for changing the size, shape, colour range and other aspects of the

im-age

Layer menu • controls the layers of an image • layers are a very powerful and useful feature of Photoshop

Select menu • commands for creating and working with selections • a selection is a way of choosing a part of the image that you want to work on

Filter menu • many special effects you can use to change the look of your image

View menu • gives you control over how you want your work area to look

Window menu • lets you choose which tools and palettes to display on your screen

The Options Bar • underneath the Menu Bar • displays options and settings for the tool that you have selected. • it is tool-sensitive and the options vary from tool to tool

Adobe Bridge Shortcut Button • On the Application Bar at the top of the screen. • launches an external application called Adobe Bridge • finds and opens images fast and conveniently by simply clickling them

• you can use it to organise, label, view, zoom and browse your photos, works

in pro-gress and finished projects. • Alternatively you can use Mini Bridge (see below)


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Adobe Mini Bridge Shortcut Button • Next to the Bridge Shortcut button or panel icon

• You can access your images without

needing to open the external Bridge. • Works as a panel within Photoshop

• Simply click on this panel the

photo you want to open and Mini

Bridge will bring it to Photoshop.

Floating Palettes The floating palettes are the small panels on the right of the screen where extra features or settings for tools are found. When you open Photoshop, the palettes are stacked along the right edge of your screen in palette groups. You can select each palette by clicking the tabs across the top. When you click the close button [x] on a palette group, it closes all the palettes in the group. To display a palette that is not shown, you can choose the command from the Window Menu.

1. Press the Tab key on your keyboard. The menus and palettes on your screen disappear.

2. Press the Tab key on your keyboard

again. The menus and palettes reappear.

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Customise your Workspace You can customize your workspace,

controlling which panels, tools, and

menus are available at any time. Photoshop comes with a few preset

workspaces suitable for different tastes

and levels of knowledge: Essentials, Design, Painting and more. Beginners should stick to

the where you will find all you need.

Toolbox

• the tall narrow toolbox on the left side of the screen

• you can click and drag it around the screen • tools for working directly on your image • click any tool to select and use it

Hidden Tools • in the toolbox, there are some tools that have

a small black arrow in the lower right corner • these contain other hidden tools • point and hold the mouse button down for

a couple of seconds and a fly-out menu will appear (you can also right click to

access the menu) • click on the tool in the menu to activate it

(see image below)

Essentials Workspace

Move Tool

Marquee (selection) Tool...

Lasso Tool...

Quick /Magic Selection Tool

Crop Tool...

Eye Dropper...

Healing Brush Tool...

Brush Tool...

Stamp Tool...

History Brush Tool...

Eraser Tool...

Gradient / paint buckt Tool...

Blur/Sharpen/Smudge

Dodge/Burn/Sponge Tool...

Pen Tool...

Text Tool...

Path Selection Tool...

Rectangle Tool...

Rotate object...

Rotate camera...

Hand Tool...

Zoom Tool

Foreground/ Background (color picker)

Edit Quickmask mode



Opening Images Open An Existing Image Or File 1. Click on the File menu and click on Open

2. Find where the file is located (local folder, USB, digital camera) and click on it

3. Click on Open

Open A Recent Image If you’ve worked on an image recently, you can open it up quickly.

1. Click on the File menu and hover your mouse cursor over Open Recent

2. A list of your recently opened files will appear

3. Click on the file to open

Scan An Image 1. Click on the File menu and hover your mouse cursor over Import

2. Select your scanner from the menu

3. Follow your scanner instructions. The scanned picture will be appear in a window

Starting A New Document You can start a new document by opening a blank canvas.

1. Click on the File menu and click on New

2. Type a name for the new image

3. You can choose a preset image size (for example: A4)

4. Type the dimensions and resolution you want

The checkerboard pattern is not really part of the document, it’s just there to help you identify the transparent areas.



Unlocking An Imported Image

• when you create a new document or open a non PSD file, a layer is created called background

• this layer is locked to prevent you from unintentionally editing it.

• to convert it into a normal editable layer, double click it in the layers palette and click OK

Editing GIFs

A common problem that Photoshop users face is working with a GIF file after

importing the image in to the program. You are unable to edit the image in the original

document because the GIF colour mode is not compatible with Photoshop

To work on a GIF: 1. Click on the Image menu and hover your mouse cursor over Mode

2. Choose RGB color

Saving Images

You should save your file frequently whilst you are working on it. It prevents you from losing your work if your computer crashes.

1. Click on the File menu and click on Save as

2. Choose where you would like to save your file and a file name

3. Click Save

You should not save over the original image so that you can go back to it if something goes wrong.

File Formats Photoshop format (.PSD) • Photoshop’s own format • retains all layers, styles, formatting and effects • image is not compressed, so they are big files • you need Photoshop to open a .PSD file

JPEG (.JPG) • compresses data so the files are smaller

• best option for saving photos that will be displayed on the web or that will be e-

mailed doesn’t retain layers



TIFF (.TIFF) • not as small as .JPG • retains layers and good quality

Portable Document Format (.PDF) • file format created by Adobe Systems for document exchange • retains layers but if you want to decrease the file size, you can save it without layers

Bitmap (.BMP) • standard file format from MS-DOS and Windows • good quality images but far larger than other formats • not recommended

Graphics Interchange Format (.GIF) • used on the web for flat colour images • doesn’t retain layers

Printing

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2. Select your printer

3. Select number of copies and choose the Printer Settings button to select spe-

cific printer options (double sided etc) . Select the orientation (landscape/portrait)

3. Tick center Image box to center your photo within the page and the Scale

to fit media box if you want your printing to be resized to the paper size.

4. Click on Print

WORKING WITH TOOLS

When working with some tools (e.g. move tool, crop tool, etc) Photoshop will be waiting for your confirmation to proceed. At the top. on the options bar you will have

to tick or cancel your action in order to see the result.

Cropping Images Crop Tool

The crop tool is used to change the size of an image and to remove space on the top, bottom and sizes of the image.

1. Click on the Crop tool in the toolbox

2. Click and drag the mouse cursor on your image to draw a rectangle around the area you would like to keep

3. Release the button. A highlighted rectangle with 4 corner handles is created.

4. Adjust the rectangle’s boundaries to the desired size by dragging the handles

5. Click the tick mark at the top or double click inside the rectangle. The darker area around the rectangle is discarded.

Straightening Photos

If you have a landscape photograph with a crooked horizon line, you can fix it with the Crop tool and one extra step:

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2. Click and drag the double arrow outside the boundary lines to rotate the image

until the image is straight

3. Click the tick at the top to accept the action.

4. The photo is now cropped and straight.

Navigational And Information Tools

Navigator Palette

This is a very useful palette to help you move yourself across your document, speacially if you are working in high detail (eg changing the colour of the eyes). It is not visible when you first open Photoshop.

1. Open a document

2. Bring the Navigator Palette from the menu: Windows/Navigator

2. In the centre of the Navigator Palette,

you’ll see a small thumbnail representation of

the image, surrounded by a red outline

representing the visible area of your document

3. Click and drag in the thumbnail preview to pan around your document

Panning: Hand Tool You can move around a document by using the scroll bars or you can use the Hand

tool. It is located in the toolbar. When the Hand tool is selected, you can click and

drag it on your image to pan around.



Zooming: Zoom Tool

While retouching photos in Photoshop, you need to work in detail. For example,

removing scratches, smoothing wrinkles or fixing red eye. The Zoom tool lets you

magnify areas of an image when you are performing close, detailed work. Note that

you are not resizing the image, you are just zooming into it.

Zoom In (+)

1. Click on the Zoom tool. This tool always defaults to zoom in (note the plus

sign in the middle of the magnifying glass icon).

2. This tool works in two ways: • Click once in the area you wish to enlarge. The area will be magnified by a

factor of two or,

• Click and drag a rectangle around the area you wish to enlarge and the area

will be magnified to fit in the window

Zoom Out (-)

1. Click on the Zoom tool and whilst hold down the Alt key on your keyboard

(note the minus sign in the icon)

2. You can also right click with the mouse and select the zoom out option from

the drop down menu

3. Click on the image and the image zooms out

To Return An Image To Its Actual Size (100%)

1. Double click the Zoom tool

Moving: Move Tool

When you start to experiment with a project that contains more than one layer, the Move tool

will be very useful. The Move tool lets you move a selection or a whole layer around.



Layers • core aspect of Photoshop • there is a Layers palette as well a Layer category in the Menu Bar at the top of

the screen

• lets you work on separate images to modify sections without changing the entire image

• similar to transparencies stacked on top of each other • layers are independent from each other and can have different images and effects • when layers are stacked, the images appear as if they are a single image

You can type a new name for the layer or use the default name. Naming your layers

as you create them is a good habit to get into because it helps you identify them in

the Layers palette more easily.

The example below contains three layers: the background yellow layer, the red

square layer and the green circle layer. If the circle in this image was in the

wrong place, you could easily move it by selecting the circle layer and moving

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Icons In The Layers Palette The Layers palette has various icons that control the functions of the layers. Some useful ones are:

Show/Hide - when the eye is open, the layer is visible. Otherwise it is invisible

Active Layer - the layer is currently editable

Link 2 Layers - links two layers together so that they act as one. In our

previous example, the square layer and the circle layer are linked together. Moving

the circle in the image would also change the position of the square.

New Layer - creates a new layer. This icon is at the bottom of the Layer’s palette.

Move And Resize Using Layers

To move or resize a layer, use the Move tool in the toolbox.

You will see two options under the Menu bar. It is important as a beginner you keep them ticked when you are working with layers. Auto Select Layer: The layer is automatically selected when you click the object

on the canvas

Show Transform Controls: The active layer is shown with a box around it and

handles. This makes the auto select option much more useful because you can see

exactly which layer is active, even if your Layers palette is hidden.

If you cannot move a layer or select it, make sure that these options are ticked and the layer is not locked (see page 9).



Layer Styles Styles are special effects that can be applied to an entire layer overall. Layer styles

include a variety of lighting effects, textures and overlays (eg. shadow, glow).

To see the layer styles available, click the Layer menu and click on Layer Style. You can also click the small button at the bottom left of the Layers palette (ƒ). A drop down menu will appear. Selecting a style will apply it to the layer that is selected.



After you have made your selection, the Layer Style window will appear.

This lets you change specific settings or characteristics for the selected style.

The options available vary depending up on which style was chosen. The most

popular styles are drop shadow, outer glow, bevel, and emboss. Remember

that layer styles affect the entire layer.

Opacity • the amount of transparency that a layer has

For example, if a layer’s opacity is set to 100%,

then the layer is completely opaque (you can’t see

through it). If a layer’s opacity is set to 50%, then it

is moderately transparent and layers behind it can

show through. If a layer’s opacity is set to 0%, that

layer is completely transparent and it is invisible.

The Layers palette contains a slider bar for opacity.

The opacity setting for each layer can be adjusted

by clicking on the layer and adjusting the slider bar.



Merging Images To Create A Collage 1. Open the photos: dog1, dog2 and garden

2. Start with one of the images by unlocking the background layer (see page 8)

3. Repeat the action for the 3 images

4. Open a new document and call it MyLayers.psd

5. Drag each image with your mouse and drop them on to the blank canvas of your

new document, MyLayers (Remember to tick Auto Select and Show Bounding Box)

You can see a new collage on the canvas but in the Layers palette, each element is independent on its own layer.

6. Practice selecting different layers and moving their images around

7. Use the Layer palette to: • Changing the layer stacking order • Hiding/Unhiding layers • Changing opacity • Adding shadow

8. Save your file

We will now retouch each image to make the whole picture look natural. In this example,

we will edit the image to look like the dogs are actually standing in the garden. For this,

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Selection Tools Before using a tool, you need to select the area of the image that you want to change.

You might like to make changes to a selected portion of an image. For example,

changing the colour of the petals on a flower or removing an unwanted background.

These tools let you select areas in different ways.

Drawing tools and commands only work in selected areas. If no area is selected, tools and commands will work anywhere on the image.

When you use a selection tool, the selected area has a moving dotted line surrounds it.

Marquee Tool

• draws a rectangular or elliptical selection on your image 1. Click once on the Marquee tool. The icon will turn white and the mouse cursor

will turn into a cross hair when you move it on to the document.

2. Select an area by clicking and dragging out a rectangular box of any size anywhere on the image

3. Release the mouse button and you should have a rectangular area selected



Lasso Tools This is used for selecting irregular shaped areas. There are three types.

• Freehand Lasso: lets you draw a selection by clicking and dragging the mouse

cursor around the area to be selected. This will draw a selection wherever you

drag the cursor. Release the mouse button to close the selection loop.

• Polygonal Lasso: makes a selection with straight edges. Click on each corner of

the shape.

• Magnetic Lasso: like Freehand Lasso but it uses automatic edge detection. When

you use this tool you do not need to follow the contour of the object precisely. If

the object stands out against the background, the border of the selected area

will be traced automatically as you move the cursor along the object.

Quick Selection tool

Quickly “paints” a selection using an adjustable round brush tip. As you drag,

the selection expands outward and automatically finds and follows defined

edges in the image.

1. Click on the Quick Selection tool

2. Click the mouse cursor on the coloured area of your choice on the image

Magic Wand Tool This tool allows you to select areas of images based on colour similarities without needing to trace its outline.

1. Click on the Magic Wand tool

2. Click the mouse cursor on the coloured area of your choice on the image

The Magic Wand will only select the areas that are of the same colour where you clicked.

You can specify the tolerance (colour range) that you need. A low tolerance confines the

selection to a narrow range of pixels. A high tolerance broadens the range.



Selection Options

The selection tools have options to make it easier to

select complex shapes. The squares change how

the selection interacts with other selected areas.

Transforming Tools

The Transform function includes scaling (resizing), rotating,

skewing, distorting, changing perspective, and flipping.

You can find these tools by click on the Edit menu and then clicking Transform.

Scale, rotate, skew, distort and perspective: when one of these tools is

selected the image will show transforming handles (corners). Click and drag the

handles to transform the image as required.

Rotate and flip tools: transform the image in one step

1. Click on the Move tool

2. Resize your image quickly: • click on the double arrow handle in the corner • drag it to the desired size

if you hold down the Shift key on your keyboard at the same time, it constrains the proportion



3. Rotate your image:

• move the mouse cursor outside the image border so that the cursor

becomes a curved arrow

• click and drag slowly to the desired position (no need to click shift)

Creative Tools

Photoshop has specific tools to work creatively with the image. They are painting

tools and retouching tools.

Painting Tools

You can use the painting tools to draw freehand and to create your own images and

graphics. Photoshop’s painting tools are the Pencil, the Brush, and the Paint Bucket.

It is important to ensure that you are on the layer that you want to work on before

using these tools. You can accidentally brush over a current object or unintentionally

erase part of another. You can quickly undo the action from the History palette, but Photoshop’s memory is limited to a certain number of actions.

As in real life, to paint you need colour and you need brushes.

Choosing Colours

There are several ways to choose a colour. You can use the toolbox by clicking

the colour square at the bottom. This will open the Colour Picker.

Use the rainbow sliding scroll bar by scrolling up and down the colours. To the left,

there is a large box filled with colour and a small open circle. The circle

determines the tone of the colour when you click around the box. When the exact

colour is displayed, click OK.



The Brush Tool • applies colour like paint

Brush Type And Size

Most of the creative tools have a brush size setting in the Options bar, with a drop

down box of options attached. These options let you choose the size of the brush in

pixels and the shape of the brush. You can choose the shape from a long scrolling

list of patterns (circles, stars, grass, leaves, etc) .

To quickly adjust your brush size when you are using the creative tools, use the [

key on your keyboard to reduce and the ] key on your keyboard to enlarge.

Eraser • erases parts of the image that you click and drag over

• if your image has layers, the eraser will make the erased area transparent so that

you can see the layers underneath • if your image does not have layers, it will change the erased area to the

background colour • reducing the opacity of the eraser makes the erased area semi-transparent. This

is a good way to soften edges or create interesting effects.



Paint Bucket • quickly fills an area with a solid colour or pattern

• when you use the paint bucket, the pixel you click on including any connected

pixels of similar colour will be filled with the new colour • you can adjust the similarity by changing the tolerance value. A low tolerance

fills the pixels that have colour values very similar to the pixel you click. A high

tolerance fills the pixels in a broader range.

The Fill option fills the area with your foreground colour.

We will now change the white sky of the image on your screen to blue using the paint bucket.

1. Click the garden layer in the Layer palette

2. Select a sky bue colour by opening the colour picker

3. Select the Paint Bucket

4. Click the sky in your image. The sky space will be filled with blue.

Retouching Tools • used for small areas. If you need to work on the whole image, you need to use the

Image menu. • to use the retouching tools, select the tool and use it directly on the image • remember to ensure that you are on the layer that you want to work on

Blur • used to subtly blur small areas • it is good for softening the edges of pictures

Sharpen • used for minor sharpening of edges

• the sharpen tool and the sharpen filters cannot produce a sharp image from a

blurred original, but they can emphasise the edges to bring out finer details better

Smudge • treats your image as if it was painted and the paint is still wet • dragging the smudge tool is like dragging your finger through wet paint



Dodge • lightens an area of the image

Burn • the area becomes darker or “burned in”

The Dodge and Burn tools lighten or darken areas that they are dragged over. In the Range menu, you can set them to affect only highlights, shadows or mid-tones.

With the Exposure option, you can adjust the pixels with each pass of the tool.

If your image has shadows that are too dark, selecting the Shadows range and painting

over them with the Dodge tool can help bring out details lost in the darkness.

Sponge • affects the vividness of the colours in the area it is painted over

The Mode option has two settings: • Saturate - makes the colour more vivid • Desaturate - makes them less vivid

If you use the Sponge tool on a greyscale image, it cannot make the colours more vivid (since there aren’t any), so it increases the contrast in the grey levels.

Clone Stamp • copies pixels from one part of an image on to another

If you want to remove an object from an image, you can use the Clone Stamp to copy the background of the image and paste the background over it.

If you need to add an object to an image and there is not enough room to fit it in, the

Clone Stamp can be used to extend the background by copying details from elsewhere.

If a part of a photo is missing, the Clone Stamp can copy other parts to fill the gap.

1. Open an image

2. In the toolbox, click on the Clone Stamp tool

3. In the Options bar, set the tool’s tip size or use the [ ] keys on your keyboard.

The size should cover the size of the image you want to clone.

4. Hold down the Alt key on the keyboard and click on the image area that you want



Spot Healing Brush • quick and simple version of the Healing Brush for repairing small spots

• instead of sampling pixels from another part of the image, the Spot Healing Brush uses

the pixels surrounding the area to be healed and uses them to make the repairs

1. Open baby.jpg

2. Click on the Spot Healing Brush tool

3. Set the brush size to slightly larger than the spot

4. Centre the brush over the spot and click

5. To fix a long scratch, set the brush size to be slightly wider than the scratch, then click and drag along it

Healing Brush

• similar to the Clone Stamp - it samples pixels from an area of an image when you hold down the Alt key on your keyboard and click. You can then paint them over another area of the image.

• the difference is that the Healing Brush doesn’t just copy the sampled pixels over

the destination area. It blends them together, trying to produce a seamless match.

1. Click on the Healing Brush tool

2. Hold down the Alt key on your keyboard and click an area of the image

3. Click and drag on another area of the image

Red Eye darkens a specific point to hide red eye in an image

1. Open red eye.jpg

2. Zoom into the eyes

3. Click on the Red Eye tool. The mouse cursor changes into a crosshair.

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Vector Shapes

Vector shapes are created using mathematical calculations rather than pixels. This

allows them to be resized without causing the image to become jagged or pixelated.

Every time a vector shape is changed in any way, Photoshop redraws the image,

filling in pixels as necessary; therefore, no quality is lost.

The Vector Shape tools include the Rectangle tool, the Rounded Rectangle tool, the

Ellipse tool, the Polygon tool, the Line tool, and the Custom Shape tool. The

Custom Shape tool lets you select a shape from a library of available shapes, such

as arrows, check marks, footprints, and stars.

To create a Vector Shape:

1. Select a Vector Shape tool. Click on the desired tool if it’s not already selected on

the options toolbar.



2. Select the shape you want.

If you have selected the Custom Shape tool, click the Shape pull-down

menu in the Options Bar and select the desired shape.

3. When you click the down arrow to the right of the palette of shapes in the

Options Bar, the Options box for the selected shape will appear. Each shape

has different options based upon what can be done with that shape.

4. If you have selected a shape with a defined or fixed size, click on the image

and the shape will appear. Otherwise, click and drag to draw the shape.

Photoshop automatically creates a new shape layer for the first shape drawn.

Other shapes will be drawn on the same layer. To create shapes on different

layers, you must create new layers and make sure that the correct layer is

selected before drawing additional shapes.

Text

Type Tool

1. Click on the Type tool in the toolbox

2. Set the type options in the Options bar

On the Options bar, you can specify horizontal or vertical orientation, font, style, size, anti-aliasing, alignment, text colour, and text wrap options.

To make other text and paragraph changes, use the Character and Paragraph palettes.

If those palettes are not showing, click the Palettes button on the Options Bar. The

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Character palette - lets you specify kerning (letter spacing), leading (spacing

between lines), tracking, and vertical or horizontal expanding/contracting

Paragraph palette - lets you specify text alignment, indentation, paragraph spacing,

and hyphenation

1. Click on the image where you would like your text to appear (you can move

it later). Photoshop automatically adds a new text layer to the image.

2. Type the text



3. Press the Enter key on your keyboard or click OK ( ) in the Options bar.

4. Press the Esc key on your keyboard or click Cancel ( ) in the Options bar to cancel

Editing Text 1. Click on the Type tool in the toolbox

2. Position the cursor on the text to edit

3. Click and make your changes

You can also double click on the text’s layer {T} to edit it.

The Image Menu These tools affect the whole image, not just small areas.

Adjustments

• tools to adjust photos that are too dark (underexposed), too light (overexposed) or need colour correction

1. Click the Image menu and hover your mouse over Adjustments

• Color Balance: allows you to change the levels of colours in an image

• Brightness/Contrast: if an image is too light or too dark, you can use the brightness and contrast controls to improve the picture

• Hue: is another name for colour. When an image’s hue is adjusted, the base

colour of that image changes with the colour wheel. • Saturation: refers to the intensity of the colours. The lowest value makes the

image grey.



Image Size To change the size of your image:

1. Click the Image menu and then click on Image Size

2. The Image Size window will appear

3. Click on one of the drop down menus for Print Size

4. Select percent and type a percentage to reduce it by

Pixel Dimensions • the on-screen size of an image • this size depends on the number of pixels that make up the image

• the drop down menu lets you change the dimensions using percentages

instead of pixel values • you will lose sharpness in the image when you decrease the size, so consider

starting with an image that is too big rather too small

Print Size • how it appears on paper • the default is in inches, but you can change it to cm, points, picas, or percent • the print size depends on the number of pixels, as well as the print resolution



Resolution • the density of the pixels on a printed page or the quality of the image • defined in pixels/inch (ppi) • your resolution should be based on the type of project you are working on

When you are changing the print size of an image you should leave the resample box unselected. You only need to adjust the print dimensions or the resolution to get the results you need.

• As you increase the print dimensions, your resolution decreases (print

quality decreases)

• As you increase the resolution, the print size decreases based on the amount of pixel data available

The greater the resolution, the better the image looks but the larger the file size.

Resolution Guidelines • 300 ppi for high-end, professional, quality photographs • 150 ppi for low-end printing (an image to be emailed and then printed) • 72 ppi for web-based images or other on-screen projects (not printed)

Filter Menu

Photoshop has a wide range of filters that you can use to add special effects to your images.

To use a filter: 1. Select the layer that you want to apply the filter to

2. Click on the Filter menu at the top of the screen. The menu shows a list of

filters you can choose.



Each menu selection represents a family of filters and each has a drop down menu that lets you select the specific filter you want.

3. Point to a filter family and click on the specific filter in the drop down menu

4. If the filter you chose needs you to edit the effect, a window will appear asking

you for your preferences. When you are satisfied, click the OK button.

Keep in mind that you can also use a combination of filters on the same image.

Also, remember that you do not have to apply a filter to the entire image. You

can select an area and apply the filter to that selection only.



Where to from here?

Well done on completing the Introduction to Photoshop class! Hopefully you have learnt

new skills and feel ready to keep practising and improving your computer skills.

Internet and Computer Access

Brimbank library members can use computers with internet access at no charge. There is a limit of one hour per day of computer use for each library member.

Wireless internet access is also available at no charge and with no time limits.

Computer Classes

There are many other classes you might be interested in joining to broaden your computer knowledge and skills.

Basic Classes • Basic Computer Skills • Basic Internet

Introductory Specialist Classes • Introduction to eBay • Introduction to Email • Introduction to Excel • Introduction to Photoshop • Introduction to PowerPoint • Introduction to Web Design

Resources and Help

Library staff are always happy to help you in the library. We also have many manuals that you can borrow to help you with your learning.

Drop In Resume Help

Open to anyone wanting basic advice and helpful tips on how to present their resume.

Bring in your current resume for formatting tips, assistance with saving it for future

edit-ing, adding as an attachment to an email or uploading to a job seeking website. • St Albans: Tuesdays, 2pm - 4pm

Cyber Seniors Computer Group

For seniors interested in learning more about computers and computer applications in a

friendly and informal setting. A basic understanding of how to use a computer is required. • Sunshine: Last Monday of the month, 11am - 12noon • Sydenham: Last Wednesday of the month, 11:30am – 12:30noon


Introduction to Photoshop

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