Intro to Adobe Photoshop
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This document provides an introduction to the Adobe Creative Suite and some of its main components, including Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Dreamweaver, and Flash. It discusses how each program is used, such as Photoshop being used to edit and manipulate raster images, and Illustrator being used for vector graphics. The document then goes into more detail about Photoshop and provides tutorials for common tasks in Photoshop like masking, cloning, and selecting.
Intro to Adobe Photoshop
- 1. Intro to the Adobe Creative Suite M.Foster - 2013
- 2. Illustrator Photoshop InDesign Dreamweaver Flash Acrobat • Adobe Systems, Inc. • Collection of Graphic Software • Efficient and Robust Visualization • Publishing and Presentation • Graphic Design • Web Design • Photo Editing • Video Editing • Animations • Web Publishing • Etc. Etc. Etc. M.Foster - 2013
- 3. Fall 2013 - Introduction M.Foster - 2013 Illustrator Photoshop InDesign Vector-based Graphics Lines Points Polygons Point based Raster-based Images Grid Pixels Photos Pixel based Production and Layout Text Images Layouts Viewshed/Layout based
- 4. Introduction to Photoshop • Primary purpose is to edit and manipulate raster-based images • Grid based, pixel based images • Continuous features M.Foster - 2013
- 5. • Primary purpose is to edit and manipulate raster-based images • Great for illustrating planning improvements and visualizing new spaces M.Foster - 2013 Introduction to Photoshop
- 6. • Primary purpose is to edit and manipulate raster-based images • Can be used for good… M.Foster - 2013 Introduction to Photoshop
- 7. • Primary purpose is to edit and manipulate raster-based images • … or evil! M.Foster - 2013 Introduction to Photoshop
- 8. • Primary purpose is to edit and manipulate raster-based images • Easily enhance or modify an image M.Foster - 2013 Introduction to Photoshop
- 9. • Primary purpose is to edit and manipulate raster-based images • Create collages or stitch together M.Foster - 2013 Introduction to Photoshop
- 10. • Layer based • Organize your image content by placing it on layers M.Foster - 2013 Introduction to Photoshop
- 11. Interface • Massive Interface • There are important, basic elements that make it easy! • Open it up! M.Foster, 2013, S.Kennedy, 2012
- 12. Masking 1. Use the Polygonal Lasso tool to outline the bike lane. 2. Create a new Layer. 3. Add a Vector Mask. M.Foster, 2013, S.Kennedy, 2012
- 13. Masking 1. Select the Layer Thumbnail. 2. Select the Paint Bucket Tool and choose a color from the Swatches palette. 3. Apply the color to the masked area. 4. Change the Layer Transparency to Hue. M.Foster, 2013, S.Kennedy, 2012
- 14. Clone Stamp 1. Select the Background Layer. 2. Select the Clone Stamp Tool. 3. Set Target Area to ‘clone’ (copy) by Alt-clicking (Windows) or Option-clicking (Mac OS). 4. Click on another part of the building to create the new window. M.Foster, 2013, S.Kennedy, 2012
- 15. Magic Wand 1. Using Magic Wand Tool, click on sky to select area. 2. Create a new Layer. 3. Select the Brush Tool and adjust Size and Hardness attributes. 4. Use the Brush Tool to apply dark blue to the top part of the sky. 5. Set Layer Transparency to Soft Light. M.Foster, 2013, S.Kennedy, 2012
- 16. Selecting 1. Use the Rectangular Marquee Tool to select half the building façade. 2. Edit > Copy to your Clipboard 3. To Deselect, hit CTRL+D (Windows) or CMD+D (Mac OS) M.Foster, 2013, S.Kennedy, 2012
- 17. Skewing 1. Edit > Paste the selected façade 2. Select the Free Transform from the Edit menu. 3. Skew the façade: hold Command and click-move each corner to match the perspective of the building. M.Foster, 2013, S.Kennedy, 2012
- 18. Eyedropper 1. On the layers menu, right click on Background layer and convert using Layer from Background… 2. Use the Eyedropper Tool to select the black part of the image. 3. Select > Color Range to select the black area. 4. Decrease Fuzziness until full range of black is selected. Hit OK. 5. Delete the selected area and save as a PNG. M.Foster, 2013, S.Kennedy, 2012
- 19. Placing 1. Edit > Place… to find and add the file of the lady. 2. Select Maintain Aspect Ratio so her proportions remain intact. 3. Scale down by click-dragging a corner. 4. Edit > Transform > Flip Horizontal M.Foster, 2013, S.Kennedy, 2012
- 20. Color Mode 1. Image > Mode 2. Select appropriate color mode: RGB or CMYK M.Foster, 2013, S.Kennedy, 2012
- 21. File Saving 1. File > Save As… 2. Select appropriate Format. M.Foster, 2013, S.Kennedy, 2012