photoshop for beginners 2015 12-10

Photoshop for BeginnersWith Wes Holing, TechSoupDecember 10, 2015

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Presenter

Assisting with chat: Ale Bezdikian, TechSoup

Wes HolingSenior Web Content Developer

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About TechSoup

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Meet the Interface

“I am prepared to meet anyone, but whether anyone is prepared for the great ordeal of meeting me is another matter.”

—Mark Twain

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Meet the Interface

Menu

Tools

Panels

Options

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Canvas and Image

“In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.”

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Color Modes

“I used to be Snow White, but I drifted.”

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RGB CMYK

Color Modes

Used for screens Used for printing

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Adjusting an Image

“Every person is responsible forhis own looks after 40.”

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Adjusting an Image

• Brightness: Overall lightness or darkness of image

• Contrast: Difference in brightness between parts of image

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Adjusting an Image

• Tint, tone, and shade• Tint:

• Add white• Lightens• Desaturates

• Tone:• Add black and white (gray)• Lightens and darkens• Saturates and desaturates

• Shade:• Add black• Darkens• Saturates

Shade

Tone

Tint

Hue

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Adjusting an Image

Image > Auto Tone• Makes lightest colors white and darkest colors black• Use when image colors and contrast appear flat

Image > Auto Contrast• Makes highlights appear lighter and shadows appear darker• Use when light and dark values appear flat

Image > Auto Color• Balances color based on image’s shadows, midtones, and highlights• Use when colors in image skew in one direction

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Saving an Image

“One half of me is yours, the other half yours—Mine own, I would say. But if mine, then yours, and so all yours.”

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Saving an Image

File > Save• Save as Photoshop file (layers) or flat, high-quality image• Use when original version needed later or when printing

File > (Legacy) > Save for Web (and Devices)• Save as JPEG, GIF, PNG• Use when saving for use online

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Conclusion

“There are no facts, only interpretations.”

—Friedrich Nietzsche

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Resources

Learn• Adobe: Adobe Photoshop CC• Vandelay Design: Learn Photoshop Basics• Lifehacker: Learn the Basics of Photoshop

Images• Pixabay: Free, high-quality images• The Noun Project: Icons for everything• Creative Commons search: All CC-licensed images

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Credits

Dog, slide X: Image: 825545 / CC0Camera, slide X: Image: Republica / CC0

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