Adobe

Photoshop Basics

Instructor:

Hanh Tran

Arlington Public Schools Adult Education Program

Welcome

Thank you for registering for this course!

Course runs from Jan. 15th – Feb. 5th 2013

Tuesdays, 7:00 – 9:30 PM

Syphax Education Center, Room 115

My email: hanhtee@gmail.com

Feel free to email me with any questions

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Textbook Suggestion

The Web Collection Revealed, Premium

Edition: Dreamweaver, Flash, Photoshop

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For Adobe CS5 For Adobe CS6

Session 1 Objectives

Introduction

Getting Started

Photoshop Workspace

Using Tools

Using Layers

Miscellaneous

Class Exercises

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Introduction

Photoshop: image-editing software used

to create/modify digital images

Can be used to:

Create original artwork

Manipulate images

Retouch photographs

Repair damaged images

Create graphics for websites

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Introduction Digital image: made up of dots called pixels

Use Photoshop to add, modify, or delete

individual pixels or groups of pixels

Image Resolution

Spacing of pixels in an image, measured in ppi

(pixels per inch) or dpi (dots per inch)

Image Size

Physical dimensions of an image, measured in

pixels (width x height)

Images can be saved in various file formats

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Image File Formats

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Getting Started Start Photoshop

Create a New File (File New)

Open a File (File Open)

Save a File (File Save or Save As)

Default file format is .psd

Photoshop’s native raw format, similar to .tiff

Preserves layers

Typical image formats: .jpg, .gif, .png

Flattened image

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Photoshop Workspace Main elements:

Work area

Application bar

Tools panel

Options bar

Status bar

Panels

Dock

Customizable

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Using Tools

Use tools to perform actions

ScreenTip appears on mouse-over to

show description

Name/function and shortcut key (+ Shift)

Options bar displays current settings for

currently-selected tool

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Using Layers Layer: a section

within an image that

can be manipulated

independently

Use layers to control

individual elements

Isolate effects

Layers are ordered

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Miscellaneous

Other things to explore / keep in mind:

History Panel

Saves up to 20 states

Panels can be re-arranged

Workspace Switcher (Essentials button)

To reset workspace to default: Essentials Reset Essentials

Photoshop Help

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Class Exercises Work with layers

Add & delete layers

Hide & display layers

Change the opacity

Change the order

Merge multiple layers

Try out basic tools from Toolbar

Brush, Shape, Type, Crop, etc.

Basic selection tools

Combine multiple images

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End of Session 1

See you next week!

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References Elizabeth Eisner Reding. (2011) Adobe Photoshop CS5, Delmar

Cengage Learning.

Sherry Bishop, Jim Shuman & Elizabeth Eisner Reding. (2010) The

Web Collection Revealed Premium Edition: Adobe

Dreamweaver CS5, Flash CS5 and Photoshop CS5, Delmar

Cengage Learning.

Ye Diana Wang. (2012) IT 213 Lecture 5: Color and Graphics,

George Mason University.

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