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Photoshop 7. Course Structure. Working in Photoshop. Environment. Palettes Tools & Options Status bar Preferences History & Undo Preset Manager Rulers – Guides - Grids Workspace Screen modes. Document handling. Document windows New view Page set up Save options File info
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Photoshop 7 Course Structure
Environment • Palettes • Tools & Options • Status bar • Preferences • History & Undo • Preset Manager • Rulers – Guides - Grids • Workspace • Screen modes
Document handling • Document windows • New view • Page set up • Save options • File info • Image size & Canvas • Integrated image browser
File types • Gif – bitmap / greyscale / index colours • Jpg • Png • Tiff – PC / MAC • Psd • Eps/Dcs – ASCII / Binary • Bmp • Pdf
Palettes • Tools • Options • Navigator / info • History / Actions / Tool presets • Colour / Swatches / Styles • Character / Paragraph • Layers / Channels • Brushes
General Concepts • Pixels / mm / points / picas • 1 inch = 72 pixels = 2,54 cm = 6 picas • 1 cm = 28,3 pixels = 0,393 inch = 2,358 picas • Image size and resolution • DPI = Pixel Dimensions divided by Image Size, in inches. • Image depth • number of colours in the image • Interpolation & resampling • Transparency
General Concepts (2) • Anti-Aliasing & dithering • Blending & Blending modes: blending colour + base colour = result colour • Raster & Vector images – rasterizing or “pixilation” • Raster images are comprised of individual pixels. • Vector images are comprised of line segments and anchor points (scale well) • Kerning & Tracking • Gamma: represents the contrast in the mid-tones of an image.
Colour aspects • Using colour palette • Using colour picker / eyedropper • Colour swatches / maps / tables • Hue / Saturation / Light – HSB model • Colour modes: • RGB : Additive color = add visible wavelengths of light to arrive at a color • CMYK : Subtractive color = based on wavelengths of light that are reflected back to the human eye • Gray scale : up to 256 shades of gray • Indexed : refers to positions on a color look-up table. • L*a*b color provides standard color descriptions. • Gamut • Colour depth 8 / 24 bits • Colour Management • Calibration means adjusting the monitor, software, and printer to produce expected results in any color mode.
The toolbox (1) • Info / Navigator • Tools for selections • Rectangular / elliptical • Lasso / polygonal lasso / magnetic lasso • Magic wand • Retouching • Healing brush / Patch tool • Painting • Brush / pencil • Clone / Pattern stamp • Paint Bucket / Gradient
The toolbox (2) • Focus • Blur / Sharpen • Smudge • Erasing tools • Eraser / background eraser / magic eraser • Transforming • Crop tool • Move tool • Adjustment • Dodge / exposure (tonal) • Sponge (colour) • Typing tools
The toolbox (3) • Pen tool • Drawing tools • Rectangle tool • Ellipse tool • Polygon tool • Line tool • Custom shape tool • Colour • Eye dropper • Colour sampler • Measure tool • Hand tool • Zoom tool
Zooming • With zoom tool • With navigator • With shortcuts
Making Selections • With selection tools / combinations with Shift & Alt • Marquee • Lasso • Magic wand • New - Add to - Subtract from - Intersect with • Feather / anti-aliasing • With Quick mask • With Masks • Colour selections • Changing selections • invert / modify • transforming selections • Saving / loading / exchanging selections
Transforming Images • Resizing / resolution / resampling • Cropping / Trimming • Canvas • Flipping / Rotating • Scaling / Skewing • Image extracts • Image Liquify • Moving in combination with ctrl & shift
Filling effects • Filling • Foreground and background colour • Patterns • Gradients & custom gradients • Edit Fill • Edit Paste into • Edit Copy merged • Edit Stroke
Image adjustments • Adjustments with basic tools • Image modes • Levels • Colour balance • HSL levels • Replacing colours • Inverting / Threshold • Gradient map • Variations
Working with layers • Layer aspects • Visibility / Locking • Background • Write / link • Opacity / Fill / Blending modes • Layer sets • Creating layers / renaming / copying / deleting / moving / merging • Transferring layers between # files • Using Layer styles • Fill / adjustments layers • Use & selection of layers (in combination with Alt & Ctrl keys)
Working with Text • Type layers = vector objects • Type tool • Type Mask tool • Text options • Anti aliasing • Shadow • Paragraph and character settings • Rasterising text • Specifics • Warped text • Text boxes
Masks • Channels • RGB channels • CMYK channels • Alpha channels • Quick mask mode • Creating masks / layer masks • Manipulating masks
Painting • Painting tools • Option bar • Blending applies to all painting tools • Airbrush available for all tools • Using brushes • the brush palette • hard-edged • soft-edged • Anti-aliased edges • Pencil tool • ideally for B/W, bitmap images • no anti-aliasing • Paintbrush tool • soft edges, smooth, blended colour • always anti-aliased
Filters • Sharpening • Rendering • Blurring • Pixilation • Texture • Strokes • Specific stand-alone filters • Extracting • Pattern Maker • Liquify
Exercises (1) • Soft Asterix • Grasp those balloons • Show me the path • 3D sphere • Feathered edges • Blurry borders • Thunder & lightning • Extract it • A button for my website • We want blood
Exercises (2) • Create fire • X files • Smooth it ! • Make some sound • Grid line patterns • Blend them together • Red eye fever • Just retouch it • Text on a curve
Exercises (3) • Photo text • The good old days • Give it a glow
Shortcuts & tips (1) • F to cycle through # modes • Ctrl + - to zoom in & out / Ctrl + 0 100% • Ctrl z : undo • Ctrl F6 : switch between files • Tab to hide palettes • 2x click in a workspace to open document • I = Eyedropper ; T = Text ; B = Brush ; P = Pen ; M = Marquee; L = Lasso ; W = Magic Wand ; E = Erase ; I = Eyedropper; V = move ; S : Stamp ; C = Crop • Alt + tool to switch
Shortcuts & tips (2) • Ctrl + click on a layer to select • Ctrl key to move layers • Ctrl + J to copy layer • Alt + Move to duplicate • Shft + Backspace is Edit Fill • Shft + File Close to close all open windows • Alt + File New to open new file with previous dimensions
Shortcuts & tips (3) • Shft key to keep proportions • Shft key to draw straight lines • 2x click on zoom icon for actual pixels • Ctrl + H to hide marching ants • Ctrl D to de-select • Ctrl Z to undo • Ctrl U HSL
Newsgroups • alt.graphics.photoshop • comp.graphics.apps.photoshop • http://www.adobeforums.com/
Internet Sites • http://digicollage.com/asap/index.htm • http://www.photoshopace.com/tips_tricks.htm • http://www.elated.com/tutorials/graphics/photoshop/10_tips_beginners/ • http://graphicssoft.about.com/library/course/bllps5out.htm • http://desktoppublishing.com/photoshop.html • http://user.fundy.net/morris/redirect.html?photoshop7.shtml • http://graphicdesign.about.com/cs/photoshoptips/ • http://www.computerarts.co.uk/tutorials/2d/ • http://www.tema.ru/p/h/o/t/o/s/h/o/p/ • http://www.mccannas.com/pshop/photosh0.htm • http://www.photoshopuser.com/ • http://www.trainingtools.com/online/photoshop7/blank.htm • http://www.myjanee.com/ps.htm • http://www.bluesfear.com/main.htm • http://photoshopwire.tripod.com/link/resources_link_index.htm • http://rainworld.com/psworkshop/ • http://www.planetphotoshop.com/ • http://www.photoshopcafe.com/tutorials.htm • http://www.teamphotoshop.com • http://www.photoshopfocus.com • http://www.trainingtools.com/online/photoshop7/index.htm • http://www.espressographics.com/ • http://www.photoshop.brushes.btinternet.co.uk/ • http://www.freephotoshop.com/ • http://www.arraich.com/ps_intro.htm
Discussion Lists / Newsgroups • http://www.listmoms.net/lists/
Customization aspects • Preset manager • Brushes • Swatches • Patterns • Custom shapes
Importing / exporting aspects • PDF to PSD • File automate / Import
Specifics • Contact Sheet (Miniature) • Picture package
Web specifics • Save for the web • Web Gallery • Transparent gifs • Working with slices and slices tool • Exchange with ImageReady
Colour Management & Colour modes • Duo / Index / ... • Image mode / colour table • Image retouching / colour correction
Tools – enhanced & unplugged • Paths • Slice tool • Erase / Brush to History plus Artistic effect • Using tool presets – f.i. of tools without any options
Channels & Masks • By using save selection • By using channels pallet • Loading selections • From pallet • From selection/load • From another image • Alpha channels / Composite channels / spot channels • Calculations / Combining 2 channels • Multi-channel mode
Layers • Layers styles / Scale / Global light • Grouping / Clipping • Layer sets (pass through) • Matting layers
Blending Unplugged • Specifies how info from two sources is combined • Accessible through layers palette or options bar • Blending modes: • Normal, Dissolve, Darken, Multiply, Color Burn, Lighten, Screen, Color Dodge, Linear Dodge, Overlay, Soft Light, Hard Light, Vivid Light, Linear Light, Pin Light, Difference, Exclusion, Hue, Saturation, Color, and Luminosity.
Paths • Creating path layers (vector shapes) • Different tools • Pen tool • Freeform pen tool • Path selection tools • Path editing tools • Magnetic pen tool • Editing anchor points, line segments & curves