Introduction to Adobe

Photoshop
What is photoshop?
a software package that takes all the
powers of a professional photography
studio and brings it into your own
hands and onto your own personal
computer
Understanding Images
An image is made up of dots called
pixels
In Photoshop, you can add, delete, or
modify individual pixels or groups of
pixels
Basic concepts
Pixel
Specific location
Specific color
Magnify an image to see pixels
Common tasks
Resizing an image
Straightening an image
Cropping an image
Adjusting brightness and contrast
Adding layers
Resolution
Number of PIXELS per square inch
Monitors display 72 pixels/sq inch
Printers are much higher
300 pixels/sq inch
File size differences in 1X1 in
Web 5,184 pixels
Print 90,000 pixels
Color
Monitors display light directly
Term RGB (Red Green Blue)
Different monitors may display colors differently
Printing images
Term CMYK (Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, blacK)
Colors will look different than on the screen
Types of image files 1
.psd
Native Photoshop file, usually needs to be saved as other type
New images, layered images start as .psd
.gif
Good for web, used for simple images, large eras of flat color
Often good for B & W
Supports transparency
Lossless
.jpeg
Good for web, used for photos or complex coloration (e.g.
gradients)
Slightly longer to download (decompression time)
Lossy
Doesnt support transparency

Types of image files 2
.png
Good for web, best of both worlds (lossless, supports complex
photographs)
Not supported by older browsers (pre IE 4, NN 6)
Wait for all browsers to catch up before using
.tif
Good for print media
Can be imported by most apps (QuarkX, Pagemaker, InDesign)
Large file sizes (but compressible)
Can supports layers
.bmp
Simple grid of pixels
Uncompressed, large file sizes
Can be imported by almost all apps



Color modes
Image, Modes
RGB is almost always best bet
Default choice
CMYK for high end professional printers
Grayscale for B&W
Index greatly reduces file size
IMPORTANT: If Photoshop is not allowing you to use a tool,
change mode from index to RGB
8-bit is usually adequate
Its per channel, so youre actually talking about 24
bit image in RGB mode
16-bit only for very high resolution pictures
Very large file size
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

Examining the Photoshop Window
The Workspace includes the following
elements:
Work area
Command menu
Toolbox
Status bar
Palettes
Workspace Elements
Work Area
Toolbox
Palettes
Status Bar
Command
menu
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
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
Palette Example
Click a tab to
make a palette
active
Click to
access the
palette menu
Practice Using Tools
Create a new document
Lets get creative!
Select foreground
and background colors
Choose the paint
brush
Now the eraser
Try the pencil
Curves
Go to the Toolbar, click on Image
Adjustments Curves







Adjustments
Brightness & Contrast
Go to the Toolbar, click on Image
Adjustments Brightness/Contrast










The following tools are used to alter photos in order to bring out details and balance intensity.

Rotations
Go to the Toolbar,
click on Image
Rotate Canvas
Cropping
1. Find the Crop Tool in
the toolbox on the left-
hand side of the screen.
2. Select desired area. 3. Click on Crop Tool
again to finalize.
The Crop Tool is used to remove unwanted space or material.
Layers
Tool to enable complex compositions
Allows stacking of image parts
Layers may be added and deleted at will

Understanding Layers
What are layers?
A section within an image that
can be manipulated
independently
Use layers to control individual
elements in a document
Layers Palette
The order in which the layers
appear in the Layers palette
matches the order in which
they appear in the document
Layers Palette
Currently
active layer
Flattening Layers
Save before flattening
Save with new name after flattening
Flattening is necessary for many techniques
including some file types
Select Layers, Flatten layers
Toolbar/Toolbox
1. Marqee, Lasso, Magic Wand, Crop
2. Move
3. Brush, gradient, paint bucket
4. Erase
5. Clone Stamp, Pattern Stamp
6. Smudge, Dodge, Sponge
7. Text
8. Set Foreground/Background color
Marqee, Lasso, Magic Wand, Crop
a. Marqee: Select a part of an image you are working
with arranged form such as rectangular and elliptical.
b. Lasso: Draw selection paths freehand with a mouse
- If you click and hold, you can change the tool
so that you can draw polygons
c. Magic wand: select all the same-color or similarly
colored adjacent pixels
d. Crop: Crop the image
- The selected area will be surrounded with a blinking
dotted line
Move
-Move the image on a selected layer to other part of
canvas you are working
Brush, Gradient, Paint Bucket
a. Brush: basic tools for drawing a line
b. Gradient: this help you to paint stage by stage with
more than 2 colors
c. Paint Bucket: fill out a cropped part with just one
click of this tool
Erase
- Erase what you cropped or where you click with
your mouse after selecting this tool
Clone Stamp, Pattern Stamp
a. Clone Stamp: copy a selected part and restore
it where you want
b. Pattern Stamp: this is nearly the same tool with
clone stamp, but you can arrange the shape you
cropped, and you can use it as a fixed shape
Smudge, Dodge, Sponge
a. Smudge: effect as such rubbing canvas
with fingers
b. Dodge: Make it bright the part where you scrub
with this tool.
c. Sponge: Saturate or desaturate selected part of
an image.
Text
- Type in various characters
Set foreground/background color
- Foreground color: the color of image what you
draw with a drawing tool such as brush tool
- Background color: when you use the gradient
tool, the color will be different from the foreground
color.

Sharpen an Image
There are many options in Photoshop
Try Filter, Sharpen, Smart Sharpen
100%, 0.2 pixels, Lens Blur
Enlarge to view detail
Online Photoshop Resources
http://www.adobephotoshoptutorials.com/
http://www.good-tutorials.com/
http://www.sketchpad.net/photoshp.htm
http://www.photoshop101.com/
http://www.photoshopsupport.com/tutorials.html