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Adobe Photoshop CC: The Professional Portfolio
Project 2:
Vintage Car MontageResizing and resampling images
Creating vector paths and shape layers
Applying non-destructive styles, effects, and filters
Developing custom artistic background
Resizing
Adds or removes pixels to fit new physical size
Changing resolution changes physical size (and vice versa)
Reorders existing pixels into different physical size
Changing resolution does not affect physical size
Adobe Photoshop CC: The Professional Portfolio
Resamplingvs.
Adobe Photoshop CC: The Professional Portfolio
Canvas Size dialog box
Changes do not affect vector paths
Relative option changes canvas size by a specific amount (e.g., +2˝ or –1˝)
Pixels on regular pixel layers are permanently removed
Adobe Photoshop CC: The Professional Portfolio
Vector Shape Layers
Resolution independent
Freely scalable
Filled with solid color
Create with basic shape tools, or draw freeform with Pen tool
Use Custom Shape tool to create a shape from built-in libraries
Adobe Photoshop CC: The Professional Portfolio
Vector tools
Pen tool– Freeform Pen tool
Rectangle tool– Rounded Rectangle tool– Ellipse tool– Polygon tool– Line tool– Custom Shape tool
Path Selection tool– Direct Selection tool
Adobe Photoshop CC: The Professional Portfolio
Vector Tool Options
Adobe Photoshop CC: The Professional Portfolio
Vector Paths
Click to create a pointClick and drag to create a point with handlesClick again to create another point and connecting segment
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Anchor Points and Handles
Smooth point– Handles on both
sides of the point– Moving one handle
also moves the opposing handle
Smooth SymmetricalSmooth AsymmetricalCorner
Symmetrical point– Equal-length handles
on both sides of the point
Corner point– Moving one handle has
no effect on the other handle (if one exists)
Adobe Photoshop CC: The Professional Portfolio
Clipping Masks
Layer contextual menu > Create Clipping Mask
Layer is clipped by the next-down layer in the stack
Shows only parts of the clipped layer that are within the visible area of the masking layer
Effects on the clipping layer appear over clipped layers
Adobe Photoshop CC: The Professional Portfolio
Built-In Styles
Built-in libraries can be loaded into any file
Use Styles panel to open/access libraries
Click to apply collections of effects to active layer
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Layer Styles
Appear in Layers panel as Effects
Turned on or off for regular and Smart Object layers
Edit by double-clicking fx in Layers panel
Layer>Layer Style>Scale Layer Effects
Adobe Photoshop CC: The Professional Portfolio
Filters
Filter Gallery: – Preview before
applying– Apply multiple filters
Non-destructive for Smart Object layers
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Filters (cont’d)
… in filter name opens a dialog box to control settings
Some filters cannot be applied to CMYK images
Apply the last-used filter to the selected layer: – Choose top option in the Filter
menu (Command/Control-F)
Option/Alt drag a filter in the Layers panel to copy the filter to another layer
Adobe Photoshop CC: The Professional Portfolio
Liquify Filter
Applies to the selected layer
Dialog box interface previews result before finalizing
“Push” pixels around the canvas
Adobe Photoshop CC: The Professional Portfolio
Eyedropper tool
Samples colors from existing pixels
Options bar – Sample All Layers is a
“sticky” option
– Larger sample size (e.g., 3x3 or 5x5) creates a better average sample
Option/Alt-click to set background color
Adobe Photoshop CC: The Professional Portfolio
Gradient tool
Click and drag to create gradient
Options bar: – Load and access
external gradient libraries
– Double-click gradient swatch to define a custom gradient
– Change gradient style, blending mode, and opacity
Adobe Photoshop CC: The Professional Portfolio
Paint Bucket tool
Fill with foreground color or a pattern
Access built-in pattern libraries from the Pattern Picker
Options bar:– Blending mode
– Opacity
– Tolerance
– Anti-Alias
– Contiguous
– All Layers
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Blending Modes
Apply to specific painting actions in the Options bar
Apply to entire layers
Affect the interaction between colors
Non-destructive when applied to a layer
Permanent when applied while painting
Adobe Photoshop CC: The Professional Portfolio
Printing
Use settings for your output device!
Output proofs at 100% if possible
Color match requires calibration
Include marks to make a sample folded proof