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What is Photoshop?
Photoshop is the leading digital image editing application for the Internet, print, and other new media disciplines. It is embraced by millions of graphic artists, print designers, visual communicators, and regular people like you. It's likely that nearly every picture you've seen (such as posters, book covers, magazine pictures, and brochures) has either been created or edited by Photoshop. The powerful tools used to enhance and edit these pictures are also capable for use in the digital world including the infinite possibilities of the Internet. (source)
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Photoshop Bootcamp
Open Adobe Photoshop (on most computers it is Start > Adobe > Photoshop)
1. CREATE A NEW FILE:
- Size: make sure you have your document in INCHES not pixels
- Resolution: 72 (low), 300 (high)
- Mode: RGB
- University of Texas Photoshop Tutorial PDF
- Scribd tutorial (nice online book with examples)
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5. SELECTION TOOLS: First, look at the area you want to select. Use the selection tool appropriate to your selection area by answering the questions below…
- A -- Is the area all of the same color? (or does it have large pieces which are the same color) If so use the magic wand tool
- B -- Could the area be cut out in a geometric shape? If so use the shape selection tool
If neither A or B apply you’ll probably want to use the quick mask tool or the magnetic lasso.
- Select the quick mask mode button. You’ll know you’re in quick mask because your file name (bar at the top of the screen) will say “Quick Mask”
- Select a tool to “color” with. I’d recommend using the paintbrush and/or paint bucket tool.
- Color in all of the areas you want to keep. Make your brush size smaller or larger to get all of those hard to reach itty bitty areas.w
- Once you have it all shaded you need to get out of quick mask mode. To do this press this button – Now the outside area should be selected.
- In order to do so you need to first make sure you have an area selected (see steps 6 & 7)
- Select FILTER from the menu on the top of the page
- To make them bigger or smaller (TRANSFORM> SCALE or CONTROL + T)
- To Rotate images press control T and move cursor beyond the bounds of the image until the cursor turns into rotating arrows, then spin your image as you see fit
- To Flip (TRANFORM > FLIP [then choose horizontal or vertical])
10. FLATTENING IMAGES: Flattening your image takes all of the layers and compresses them into one (decreasing file size) – DO THIS ONLY IF YOU DON’T NEED TO MANIPULATE IMAGES FURTHER
- Select LAYER > FLATTEN IMAGE
