Mastering Photoshop Basics: Organizing and Managing Projects
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Chapter 2 Learning Photoshop Basics
Chapter Lessons • Use organizational and management features • Use the Layers and History panel • Learn about Photoshop by using Help • View and print an image
Using Organizational and Management Features • CS Live lets you connect to Acrobat.com • Button on the Photoshop Menu bar • Acrobat.com makes it possible to organize your work
Using Metadata and Keywords • Metadata is descriptive information about a file • Keywords are used to filter images
The Complexity of Projects • What does the client want? • The job should be done yesterday • It should be unbelievably cheap • The quality should be great
Use the Layers & History Panels Understanding Layers • What are layers? • A section within an image that can be manipulated independently • Use layers to control individual elements in an image
Layers Panel • The order in which the layers appear in the Layers panel matches the order in which they appear in the image
Layers Panel Currently active layer
History Panel • The History panel contains a record of each task completed in an image • The record of an event is called a state • The History panel displays up to 20 states
Learn about Photoshop by Using Help • Photoshop Help information appears in a browser window • You can click a topic on the left side of the window or enter a keyword in the Search text box
View and Print an Image • Use the Zoom tool to change views—up to a maximum of 1600%
View and Print an Image • Use the File Info dialog box to make notes for other users
Create a Web Gallery • Use the Output panel in Adobe Bridge