Adobe Photoshop CS 6Level I
Topics: • Toolbars• Workspace• Panels• CameraRaw• ImageAdjustment
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Chapter 1
Toolbars
Bydefault,PhotoshopgivesyouasetoftoolsontheleftcalledtheToolbarorthe“Tools.”Eachgroupoftoolsisseparatedbyadivider.Thefirstsetoftoolsiscommonlyusedforselectionsandmakingselections.Thesecondgroupisusedforimageorphotoediting.Thethirdgroupisthevectorbasedtoolsusedtocreateandeditvectorobjects.ThelastgroupisthegeneralPhotoshopmovementandutilitytools.
Option Bar
Theoptionbaristhearealocatedrightbeneaththemenubar.Thisbarprovidesdifferentoptionsbasedonwhattoolisselected.
Selections
Image Editing
Vector Objects
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Tip:ToquicklyaccesstheMoveToolwhileyouarecurrentlyworkinginanothertool,pressandholdthespacebar.
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Workspaces
Photoshopletsyoucustomizeyourworkspace,controllingwhichpanels,tools,andmenusareavailableatanytime.Itcomeswithafewpresetworkspacessuitablefordifferenttypesofworkflows—toneandcolorcorrection,paintingandretouchingandsoon.
Move Tool
TheMoveToolletsyoumoveandworkwithanyselectionsyouhavemade.
Zoom Tool
Zoomadvancestothenextpresetzoomlevel.HoldtheAltkey(Windows)orOptionkey(Mac)whileclickingtozoomout.
Elliptical Marquee Tool
TheEllipticalMarqueeToolmakesanellipticalselection.Byselectingspecificareas,youcaneditandapplyeffectsandfilterstoportionsofyourimagewhileleavingtheunselectedareasuntouched.
Undoing Actions in Photoshop
InPhotoshop,theUndocommand(Ctrl+ZonPC,Command+ZonMac)onlyreversesonestep.ThisisapracticalitybecausePhotoshopfilescanbeverylarge,andmaintainingmultiple
Tip:TheHistorypanelcanonlyviewupto20stepspriortothecurrentstatebydefault.
Tip:Youcanusevariousmethodstozoominandout.Forexample,whentheZoomtoolisselected,youcanselecttheZoomInorZoomOutmodeontheoptionsbar.YoucanchooseView>ZoomInorView>ZoomOut.Or,youcantypeanewpercentageinthestatusbarandpressEnterorReturn.
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Tip:WhenyouaredoneworkingwiththeTypeTool,hitthe“Commitanycurrentchanges”( )atthetoptoapplyanynewtextyouhavetypedout.Alternatively,youcanexitoutoftheTypeToolbyclickinganothertoolwithyourmouse.SimplyhittingtheenterkeywillnotexityououtoftheTypeTool.
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Undostepscantieupalotofmemory,whichtendstodegradeperformance.YoucouldusetheStepBackwardcommandtoundoadditionalstepsoneatatime.However,it’sfasterandeasiertostepbackthroughmultipleactionsusingtheHistorypanel.
Horizontal Type Tool
TheHorizontalTypeToolplacestextonitsowntypelayer.
Swatch Panel
TheSwatchPanelcontainsspecificcolorsforyoutochoosefrom.Bydefaultyougetastandardsetofcolors,butnewswatchescanbeaddedbyclickingtheNewSwatchbutton.
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Layers Panel
TheLayersPanellistsallthelayersinanimage,displayingthelayernamesandthumbnailsofthecontentoneachlayer.YoucanusetheLayerspaneltohide,view,reposition,delete,rename,andmergelayers.Thelayerthumbnailsareautomaticallyupdatedasyoueditthelayers.
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Tip:InordertousetheAdobeCameraRawfeature,youmustmakesurethatyourcamerahascapabilitytoshootinthisparticularRawfileformat.RawformatsincludefileextensionsCRWandDNG.
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Chapter 2
Camera Raw
Acamera rawfilecontainsunprocessedpicturedatafromadigitalcamera’simagesensor.Manydigitalcamerascansaveimagesincamerarawformat.Theadvantageofcamerarawfilesisthattheyletthephotographer—ratherthanthecamera—interprettheimagedataandmakeadjustmentsandconversions.Becausethecameradoesn’tdoanyimageprocessingwhenyoushootacamerarawphoto,youcanuseAdobeCameraRawtosetthewhitebalance,tonalrange,contrast,colorsaturation,andsharpening.
Ruler Tool
UsingPhotoshop’sRulerTool,youcandrawalineparalleltothetopofyourimagetohavePhotoshopstraightenyourimageforyou.
Color Replacement Tool
UsetheColorReplacementtooltopaintoveronecolorwithanother.WhenyoustartpaintingwiththeColorReplacementtool,itanalyzesthefirstpixelsyoupaintover.Becauseitthenonlyreplacespixelsofsimilarcolor,youdon’thavetobeterriblypreciseasyoupaint.Youcanselectsettingsthatdeterminewhetherthetoolpaintsovercontiguousordiscontiguouspixels,andhowmuchcolordifferencethetoolaccepts.
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Tip:TheHealingBrushtoolworkssimilarlytotheSpotHealingBrushtool,exceptthatitrequiresyoutosamplesourcepixelsbeforeretouchingthearea.
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Sponge Tool
TheSpongeToolletsyouchangethesaturationofacolor.TheSpongeToolisusefulformakingsubtlesaturationchangestospecificareasofanimage.
Clone Stamp Tool
TheCloneStamptoolusespixelsfromoneareaofanimagetoreplacethepixelsinanotherpartoftheimage.Usingthistool,youcannotonlyremoveunwantedobjectsfromyourimages,butyoucanalsofillinmissingareasinphotographsyouscanfromdamagedoriginals.
Spot Healing Brush
TheSpotHealingBrushtoolquicklyremovesblemishesandotherimperfectionsfromphotos.Itpaintswithsampledpixelsfromanimageorpatternandmatchesthetexture,lighting,transparency,andshadingofthesampledpixelstothepixelsbeinghealed.UnliketheCloneStamptool,theSpotHealingBrushdoesn’trequireyoutospecifyasamplespot.Itautomaticallysamplesfromaroundtheretouchedarea.
Content Aware Fill
Content-awaretoolstakeblendingafewstepsfurther:Photoshopfillsaselectionwithpixelsthatmatchthesurroundings.UsingthePatchtoolinContent-Awaremodeisn’tlikecloning,becauseyouaren’tcopyingpartoftheimagetoanotherpart.Really,it’smorelikemagic.Youcanfillanyselectionwithcontentsimilartothecontentaroundit,asiftheobjectyouselectedneverexisted.
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Unsharp Mask Filter
TheUnsharpMaskFilteradjuststhecontrastoftheedgedetailandcreatestheillusionofamorefocusedimage.
Note:Therearemanymethodsofsharpeninganimage.TheUnsharpMaskfiltermimicsatechniqueofclassicphotographretouching.
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Wrap-up
Bytheendofthisworkshop,youshouldbeableto:
• DescribetwotypesofimagesyoucanopeninPhotoshop
• OpenimagefilesinAdobeBridge
• Selectdifferenttools
• Changethepanandzoomofyourview
• Understandresolution
• Usethecroptooltocutoffunwantedpartsofanimage
• AdjustthetoneandcolorofanimageinCameraRaw
• Chooseretouchingtoolstoremoveblemishes
• ApplytheUnsharpMaskfiltertosharpen