Adobe Photoshop CS2 - Lesson 1

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Adobe Photoshop CS2

Lesson 1: This is Photoshop


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Topics to be covered Getting Started

Exploring the Interface

The Toolbox


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Getting Started Before you start working withPhotoshop, its important tounderstand the workspace and learnsome basic skills.

We will being by learning about thePhotoshop interface.


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Exploring the Interface


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Exploring the Interface A) Menu bar: Photoshop contains 9menus: File, Edit, Image, Layer,Select, Filter, View, Window & Help

B) Options bar: The Option bar allowsyou to set options for the tool thatyou are currently using


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Exploring the

Interface C) Toolbox: The Toolbox contains tools that youlluse to work with images.

D) Active Image Area: This window shows thecurrent image. The window title bar includes thefilename, view magnification, layer name, imagemode and bit depth

E) Status Bar: The Status bar shows themagnification of the image and its size


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Exploring the

Interface F) Palettes: Palettes set options for tools and images.Related palettes appear together in the same group

G) Palette Well: The Palette Well stores frequently used

palettes so that you can use the workspace moreefficiently. Initially, Brushes, Tool Presets, and Layer Compare included in the Palette Well.

H) Minimize, Maximize & Close: To minimize, maximize andclose the Photoshop


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The Toolbox


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The Toolbox A) Marquee Tools Rectangular Marquee Tool: Makes a rectangular or

square selection.

Elliptical Marquee Tool: Makes an elliptical or circularselection.

Single Row Marquee Tool: Makes a horizontal selection 1pixel in height

Single Column Marquee Tool: Makes a vertical selection 1pixel in width


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Toolbox B) Move Tool If you have made a selection, this tool

will move the current selection. Alsoused for moving layers and guides.


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Toolbox C) Lasso Tools Lasso Tool: Makes a selection by drawing

freehand lines.

Polygonal Lasso Tool: Creates a polygonalselection by drawing connected straight lines.

Magnetic Lasso Tool: Automatically traces

edges to select specific shapes within agraphic.


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Toolbox D) Magic Wand Tool: Select colors that are similar to

whatever color the tool is clicked on (inthe image). The size of the selection isdetermined by the Tolerance value inthe Option bar.


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Toolbox G) Correction Tools Spot Healing Brush Tool: Corrects small imperfections in an

image

Healing Brush Tool: Removes imperfections by blending areas

and matching textures, lighting, transparency and shading

Patch Tool: allows you to choose a patch to cover imperfections

Red Eye Tool: Remove red eye from photo. Removes lightreflections


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Toolbox H) Painting Tools: Brush Tool: Adds brush strokes to an image

using the foreground color

Pencil Tool: Paints hard edged lines usingforeground color

Color Replacement Tool: Changes a selectedcolor to a new color


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Toolbox I) Clone Tools:


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Toolbox J) History Brush Tools:

History Brush Tool: Paints from asnapshot or earlier version of the image.

Art History Brush: Similar to HistoryBrush, but uses artistic strokes.


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Toolbox K) Eraser Tools: Eraser Tool: Erases from image.

Background Eraser: Erase the background colorfrom a layer without affecting the foreground.

Magic Eraser Tool: Erases color similar to theclicked color.


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Toolbox L) Fill Tools:

Gradient Tool: Fills using a colorgradient.

Paint Bucket Tool: Fill with foregroundcolor or pattern.


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Toolbox M) Sharpness Tools: Blur Tool: Blurs an image.

Sharpen Tool: Sharpen edged within animage.

Smudge Tool: Smudge an image as if ithas been rubbed by a finger.


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Toolbox Other tools:

Type Tools

Shape Tools

Hand Tool

Zoom Tool


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