Photoshop for BeginnersWith Wes Holing, TechSoupDecember 10, 2015
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Presenter
Assisting with chat: Ale Bezdikian, TechSoup
Wes HolingSenior Web Content Developer
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About TechSoup
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Meet the Interface
“I am prepared to meet anyone, but whether anyone is prepared for the great ordeal of meeting me is another matter.”
—Mark Twain
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Meet the Interface
Menu
Tools
Panels
Options
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Canvas and Image
“In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.”
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Color Modes
“I used to be Snow White, but I drifted.”
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RGB CMYK
Color Modes
Used for screens Used for printing
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Adjusting an Image
“Every person is responsible forhis own looks after 40.”
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Adjusting an Image
• Brightness: Overall lightness or darkness of image
• Contrast: Difference in brightness between parts of image
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Adjusting an Image
• Tint, tone, and shade• Tint:
• Add white• Lightens• Desaturates
• Tone:• Add black and white (gray)• Lightens and darkens• Saturates and desaturates
• Shade:• Add black• Darkens• Saturates
Shade
Tone
Tint
Hue
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Adjusting an Image
Image > Auto Tone• Makes lightest colors white and darkest colors black• Use when image colors and contrast appear flat
Image > Auto Contrast• Makes highlights appear lighter and shadows appear darker• Use when light and dark values appear flat
Image > Auto Color• Balances color based on image’s shadows, midtones, and highlights• Use when colors in image skew in one direction
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Saving an Image
“One half of me is yours, the other half yours—Mine own, I would say. But if mine, then yours, and so all yours.”
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Saving an Image
File > Save• Save as Photoshop file (layers) or flat, high-quality image• Use when original version needed later or when printing
File > (Legacy) > Save for Web (and Devices)• Save as JPEG, GIF, PNG• Use when saving for use online
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Conclusion
“There are no facts, only interpretations.”
—Friedrich Nietzsche
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Resources
Learn• Adobe: Adobe Photoshop CC• Vandelay Design: Learn Photoshop Basics• Lifehacker: Learn the Basics of Photoshop
Images• Pixabay: Free, high-quality images• The Noun Project: Icons for everything• Creative Commons search: All CC-licensed images
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Credits
Dog, slide X: Image: 825545 / CC0Camera, slide X: Image: Republica / CC0
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