Photoshop Tips

Final Project for LRC320By Liz Cornelison

What Will be Covered

What is Photoshop?

Common Terms

Good Sources for “Easy-to-Follow” Tutorials

Photoshop

Photoshop is a graphics editing program developed and published by Adobe Systems Incorporated.

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Common Terms and Icons from Photoshop

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Common Terms“Crop” an Image

Crop means to remove the outer parts of an image to improve framing, accentuate subject matter, or change aspect ratio.

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Common Terms“Red-Eye” Tool

The Red-Eye Tool is for pictures where people have red eyes. Using the tool will eliminate the “red-eye” and give the color a more natural appearance.

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Common Terms“Smudge” Tool

The Smudge Tool is used to smudge colors on the active layer.

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Common Terms“Pen” Tool

The Pen Tool is used to place anchor points to define a path. That way, you are able to select a specific portion of image.

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Common Terms“Brightness/Contrast”

Brightness indicates the offset of the level of black. Contrast applies a scale factor (gain) that affects the luminance (intensity).

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Common Terms“Hue/Saturation”

Hue describes a dimension of color we readily experience when we look at color. Saturation is the dominance of hue in the color.

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Common Terms“Levels”

The levels tool in Photoshop can move and stretch the brightness levels of an image histogram. It is made up of complete black, complete white, and midtones.

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Good Sources Here are some great resources that are

“Easy-to-Follow Along” tutorials to get you started in Photoshop:

Scottd86 http://www.youtube.com/watch?

v=HiOlIDcNlqw&feature=related TutorializedHelp

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gX4hwS_nOhw&feature=related

MasKzNoEviL Videos http://www.youtube.com/watch?

v=mSe_BN0BWDc&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL