BASICS OF PHOTOSHOP

IMAGE EDITING….
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Software that allows images to be edited and also converted

to different graphics formats.
 GIMP
 Pixlr
 Adobe photoshoot
Adobe photoshoot 

Pixlr 

GIMP 

Software that allows images to be edited and also converted to different

different graphics formats.
graphics formats.
Software that allows images to be edited and also converted to

 GIMP

 Pixlr
Explore Image Editing Tools Interface..

 Canva
 Fotor
 Adobe Lightroom
 Affinity photo
Customizing Workspace

A Workspace consists of individual designs containing resources

such as source files and output files with simulation results.
Workspace

The Photoshop workspace consists of

five main components:

 Application Bar
 Tools Panel
 Options Bar
 Document Window
 Panel Dock
Workspace

The Application Bar

The Application Bar, new to Photoshop CS4, is located across the top of the screen.
It contains the old menu bar, along with a number of other controls. The menu bar contains
controls for managing and editing files, manipulating images, managing layers, and more.
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Tools Panel
The familiar Tools Panel contains a
collection of tools for creating, selecting, and
manipulating images. Tools that have a similar
function are grouped together.
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Options Bar
The Options Bar is located below the Application Bar. The options change
depending on the tool you have selected. For example, when you select the Type
tool, options pertaining to text editing will appear across the bar.
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Document Window
The Document Window displays the file
you're working on.
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Panel Dock
 A vertical dock of panels is located on the
right of the workspace.
 Panels help you manage and edit your
images, allowing for quick and easy access
to the most common controls for a
particular task.
 By default, three panels will appear when
you open Photoshop: the layers,
adjustments and styles panels.
File Handling:

o In multimedia systems, in order to manage large multimedia data objects

efficiently, these data objects need to be compressed to reduce the file size
for storage of these objects.
o Compression tries to eliminate redundancies in the pattern of data.
Setting size and resolution parameters:

Screen size is nothing but the physical measurement of the

screen in inches, while screen resolution is the number of pixels
on screen.
Importing files:

Import using a file browsing window by choosing File > Import.

A Browse window will open to locate the media you want to import
 TOOLBOX

If you used other Adobe products, such as Illustrator or InDesign, you should be familiar
with the toolbox in Photoshop CS3 as it shares some of the tools from these
applications. If you are a novice user of Adobe products, you should keep in mind that
you might not need to use all of the tools. In this tutorial, only the basic tools will be
discussed in depth.

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Some tools in the toolbar have additional "hidden" tools. These tools have small black
triangles in the right-hand corner. To view the "hidden" tools, click and hold down on any
tool that has a black triangle in the corner (Fig. 1).

Fig. 1. "Hidden" tools

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 SELECTION TOOLS

BUTTON TOOL DESCRIPTION

Marquee Selects an object by drawing a rectangle or an ellipse around

it.

Click the tool button, choose a rectangular or an elliptical

marquee. Drag the marquee over the area of the image you
wish to select.

Move Used to select and move objects on the page.

Click the tool button, then click on any object on the page you
wish to move.

Lasso Selects an object by drawing a freehand border around it.

Click the tool button, drag to draw a freehand border around

the are of the image you wish to select.

Polygonal Selects an object by drawing a straight-edge border around it.

Lasso
Click the tool button, click on the starting point on the image,
drag to draw a straight-edge border, click and drag again to
select the are of the image you wish to select. Double-click to
finish.

Magnetic Selects an object by drawing a border that snaps to the edges

Lasso of the defined area of the object.

Click on the starting point on the image, drag around the are of
the image. The tool will make fastening points at the edges. To
finish selecting, drag the border to the starting point and click
precisely in the point.

Magic Selects all objects in a document with the same or similar fill
Wand color, stroke weight, stroke color, opacity, or blending mode.
By specifying the color range, or tolerance, you can control
what the Magic Wand tool selects.

Click the tool button, then click on the area of the image you
wish to select.

Crop Tool Selects and cuts parts of an image.

Click the tool button, then click and drag the tool over the part
of the image that you want to keep. Resize the selected area
dragging the squares at the sides and corners. Click the
RETURN key when your crop box is sized correctly.
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Slice Tool Used to cut images into slices, which can be exported to a web
page.

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 ALTERATION TOOLS

BUTTON TOOL DESCRIPTION

Healing Corrects small blemishes in scanned photos.

Brush
Select the tool, hold down the ALT key and left-click on the
base color you need to heal. Then left-click over the
blemish.

Brush Tool Draws lines of different thicknesses and colors.

Select the tool. Then click on the selected area, drag to

draw lines. Use the Options bar to change the Brush,
Mode, Opacity, and Flow.

Clone Stamp Takes a sample of an image and applies over another

image, or a part of the same image.

Select the tool. Hold down the ALT key and left-click on a
certain point of the document where you want to start your
copy point. Then, put your mouse over whatever part of the
new document you want the picture to go to. Hold down
the left mouse button and drag the mouse across the page
to copy the picture.

Art History Paints over an image using the source data from a
Brush specified history state or snapshot.

Select the tool, specify the Brush, Blending Mode,

Opacity, Style, Area, and Tolerance.

Erase Tool Removes part of an existing path or stroke. You can use
the Erase tool on paths, but not on text.

Select the tool, click on the part of the image you wish to
erase. Drag to erase pixels.

Paint Bucket Fills and entire area with a specific color of your choice.
Tool
Select the tool. Choose a foreground color in the Color
Box. Select an area you wish to apply the color to. Click
the tool button, then click on the selected area.

Gradient Tool Applies a gradient fill to a selected part of the image or to

an entire layer.

Select an area you wish to apply gradient to, click the tool
button, choose a fill in the Options bar, click on the starting
point, hold the mouse down and drag to the end point.

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 Blur Tool Blurs the sharp edges of an image.

Select an area where you wish to apply the tool. Click the
tool button, choose the Brush, Mode, and Strength. Drag
the brush along the edges.

Dodge Tool Lightens areas in an image.

Select the area where you wish to apply the tool. Choose
the Brush, Range, and Exposure. Click on the spots you
wish to highlight.

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 DRAWING AND SELECTION TOOLS

BUTTON TOOL DESCRIPTION

Direct Selects paths and path segments.

Selection
Tool Select the tool, click anywhere on the path.

Type Tool Types text on a page. Every time you click the Type Tool
on a new portion of the page a new layer will be created.

Select the tool, click on the page and begin to type. You
can specify the font and size in the Options bar. You can
also resize and transform the text box by dragging the
squares at the sides and corners. Use the Move Tool to
move the text on the page.

Pen Tool Draws smooth-edged paths.

Select the tool, click on the page, drag to draw a path.

Click and drag the anchor points to modify the path.

Rectangle Draws a rectangle shape. Other shapes that are hidden in

Tool this tool are: Rounded Rectangle Tool, Ellipse Tool,
Polygon Tool, Line Tool, and Custom Shape Tool.

Select the tool, click and drag on the page to draw a

shape. The shape will be automatically filled with the
current foreground color.

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 ASSISTING TOOLS

BUTTON TOOL DESCRIPTION

Notes Tool Serves as a comment feature. Usually used for electronic

text edits.

Select the tool, click on the spot on the page where you
wish to make a comment. Type in the text box.

Eyedropper Takes color samples from colors on the page and displays
Tool them in the Color Boxes.

Select the tool, click on the color in the image you wish to
sample. The Color Box will display this color.

Hand Tool Allows you to move around within the image.

Select the tool, click on the spot on the page, hold the
mouse button down, drag to move in the area.

Magnifying Magnifies or reduces the display of any area in your image

Glass Tool window.

Select the tool, choose Zoom In or Zoom Out in the

Options bar, click on the area of the image you wish to
magnify or reduce.

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 COLOR BOXES AND MODES

BUTTON TOOL DESCRIPTION

Color Boxes The foreground color appears in the upper color selection
box and represents a color that is currently active. The
background color appears in the lower box and represents
an inactive color.
To change the foreground color, click the upper color
selection box in the toolbox.
To change the background color, click the lower color
selection box in the toolbox.
To reverse the foreground and background colors, click the
Switch Colors icon (the arrow) in the toolbox.
To restore the default foreground and background colors,
click the Default Colors icon (the little black and white
boxes) in the toolbox.

NOTE: If you are using the Gradient Tool, the currently

selected foreground and background colors will be the
default colors of the gradient.

Modes Edit in Standard Mode and Edit in Quick Mask Mode

are used for modifying images in the unmasked or masked
area.

Standard Screen, Full Screen with Menu Bar, Full

Screen are used for viewing larger or smaller are of the
image.

Edit in ImageReady is used to transfer the file for editing

in Adobe ImageReady.

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