Introduction to Adobe Photoshop

By:Mr. Baha Hanene

Chapter 05

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LEARNING OUTCOMESThis chapter will cover the learning outcome L02, L03 Partially & L05 Completely.

Design presentations that use animation effects. (L02)

Create a real-time video presentation. (L03)Compress and decompress the presentation

files.(L04)

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CONTENTSKnow your work spaceCustomizing work spacePlaying with panels

Toolbox Overview

Conclusion

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WORK SPACE OVERVIEWYou create and manipulate your documents and files using various elements such as panels, bars, and windows. Any arrangement of these elements is called a workspace

ADOBE

PHOTOSHOP CS3

WORK SPACE

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A. DOCUMENT WINDOW

B. DOCK OF PANELS COLLAPSED TO ICONS

C. PANEL TITLE BAR

D. MENU BAR

E. OPTIONS BAR

F. TOOLS PALETTE

G. COLLAPSE TO ICONS BUTTON

H. THREE PALETTE (PANEL) GROUPS IN VERTICAL DOCK

WORK SPACE OVERVIEW

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CUSTOMIZING WORKSPACETo create a custom

workspace, move and manipulate panels (called palettes in Photoshop and in Adobe Creative Suite 2 components).

Narrow blue drop zone indicates Color panel will be docked on its own above Layers panel group.

A. Title bar B. Tab C. Drop zone

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Dock and undock panelsTo dock a panel, drag it by

its tab into the dock, at the top, bottom, or in between other panels.

To dock a panel group, drag it by its title bar (the solid empty bar above the tabs) into the dock.

To remove a panel or panel group, drag it out of the dock by its tab or title bar. You can drag it into another dock or make it free-floating.

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Stack free-floating panelsTo stack free-floating

panels, drag a panel by its tab to the drop zone at the bottom of another panel.

To change the stacking order, drag a panel up or down by its tab.

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Manipulate panels collapsed to iconsPANELS COLLAPSED TO ICONS PANELS EXPANDED FROM

ICONS

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Resize or minimize panelsTo resize a panel, drag any

side of the panel or drag the size box at its lower-right corner. Some panels, such as the Color panel in Photoshop, cannot be resized by dragging.

To change the width of all the panels in a dock, drag the gripper at the top left of the dock.

To minimize a panel, panel group, or stack of panels, click the Minimize button in its title bar.

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Add and remove docks and panelsTo remove a panel,

click its close icon (the X at the upper-right corner of the tab), or deselect it from the Window menu.

To add a panel, select it from the Window menu and dock it wherever you wish.

ADDING A PANEL TO A PANEL GROUP

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Save, delete, and switch between workspacesSave a custom workspace

Display or switch between workspaces

Photoshop, Illustrator, In Design) Choose Window > Workspace > Save Workspace.

(Photoshop, Illustrator, In Design) Choose Window > Workspace > Save Workspace.

(Photoshop) Under Capture, select one or more options: Palette Locations Save the curent palette locations. Keyboard Shortcuts Saves the current set of keyboard shortcuts. Menus Saves the current set of menus.

Click OK.

Choose Window > Workspace, and select a workspace

Delete a custom workspace Choose Delete Workspace from the

Workspace menu in the options bar. Alternatively, choose

Window > Workspace > Delete Workspace, select the workspace, and then click Delete.

Display or hide tool tipsIn Interface preferences, select

or deselect Show Tool Tips.

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Toolbox Overview

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Toolbox Overview

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Selection Tool Gallery

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Crop, Slice & Retouching Tools

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Retouching Tools Gallery

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Retouching & Painting Tools

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Painting, Drawing & Type Tools

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Drawing, Type & Annotation Tools

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Use a Tool

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Conclusion ReferencesWe know our workspaceHow we can Customizing work spaceLearned how to deal with panelsThen different Toolbox Objects

ReferencesAdobe Photoshop CS3 User Guide