OPEN PHOTOSHOP

OPEN A NEW DOCUMENTFor this project it is ideal to work in an A3 format (297mm x 420mm)

When selecting your resolution it is important to consider the output, typically if you are printing your work e.g. a magazine you should select a minimal resolution of 300. For web based output 150 is ok.

OPEN A NEW IMAGE IN PHOTOSHOP

Select a suitable image online and save this to your desktop. Click on (file–open) and select your image from the desktop.

You will now notice you have two workspaces opened.

Make sure you have the pointer tool selected on the tool bar.

Drag the two work spaces or images apart.

You will now have the projects separated as per the example.

Drag the separated image, in this caseTHOR back onto your A3 space.

Your new image will now be on your desired workspace, it is time to resize this new image.

You will notice two layers on your workspace

You need to resize your image to the desired size. Press command/control T, this will bring up a bounding box, if you hold select and drag the bounding box it will maintain the proportions.

SIZING AN IMAGE

TEXTSelect the text tool on the tool bar.

Choose the desired size and font from the top bar, this is the same as you would in a word document.

Move and resize your text inexactly the same way you did when moving your image.

You now have three layers.

TIME TO HAVE SOME FUN

Practice makes perfect, play around with the available tools and options, you can always delete an action.

HOW DO LAYERS WORK?

Every time you add a new image, shape or text etc. a new layer will appear.

You must have the layer you wish to work on highlighted (play around with this).

By clicking the ‘eye’ on and off you can hide or show a layer, this is helpful when you want to work on one layer at a time.

TIPS AND TRICKS• Exploring the program and having fun with Photoshop is the best way to

become proficient. • You can always delete an action, this involves two options, you can

press command/control z – this will delete the last action or you can access the history bar by selecting ‘window’ on the top bar and finding the history tab. From here you can delete back to the original state of the document.

• When you are working in layers and want to continue working in layers at a later date you must save your work as a Photoshop document, if you have finished your work you can save as a JPEG.

CREATED BY MR GRANT 2014