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Adobe Photoshop CS 6
Topics: • Masks• Channels• PenTool • VectorGraphics• SmartObjects
Level III
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Masks
Tip:InCS6,layerscannowbeclippedtogroups,whichallowdifferentvariationsofmaskingcapabilities.Usethiswithwhenusinggrouplayerstylesforenhancingyourproject.
PhotoshopCS6Level3
Chapter 6
Masks
InPhotoshop,youcanmaketemporarymasks,calledquickmasks,oryoucancreatepermanentmasksandstorethemasspecialgrayscalechannelscalledalphachannels.Photoshopmasksisolateandprotectpartsofanimage,justasmaskingtapeprotectswindowpanesortrimfrompaintwhenahouseispainted.Whenyoucreateamaskbasedonaselection,theareayouhaven’tselectedismasked,orprotectedfromediting.
Puppet Warp
ThePuppetWarpfeaturegivesyouflexibilityinmanipulatinganimage.Youcanrepositionareas,suchashairoranarm,justasyoumightpullthestringsonapuppet.Youplacepinswhereyouwanttocontrolmovement.
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Channels
Justasdifferentinformationinanimageisstoredondifferentlayers,channelsalsoletyouaccessspecifickindsofinformation.Alphachannelsstoreselectionsasgrayscaleimages.Colorinformationchannelsstoreinformationabouteachcolorinanimage;forexample,anRGBimageautomaticallyhasred,green,blue,andcompositechannels.
Red
Intheredchannel,colorinformationwithahighredcontentvalueshowsupaswhite.Thehelmet,onesleeve,andhalfofthesignappearaswhiteandlightgraytones.Skintonesmostlyfallintheredchannel.
Green
Thisimagedoesn’thavemuchtoitthatisonlygreen.Thewhitepartswhichcontainahighamountofallthreecolorsshowaswhite,butnothingelsedoes.
Blue
Inthebluechannel,thebiker’ssuit,thesideofthehelmet,andthebackofthesignshowupaswhiteandlightgraybecausethesearethepartsoftheimagewiththemostblue.
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PhotoshopCS6Level3
Chapter 7
Clipping Mask from type
Aclippingmaskisanobjectorgroupofobjectswhoseshapemasksotherartworksothatonlyareasthatliewithintheclippingmaskarevisible.Ineffect,youareclippingtheartworktoconformtotheshapeoftheobject(ormask).InPhotoshop,youcancreateaclippingmaskfromshapesorletters.
Type on a path
InPhotoshop,youcancreatetypethatfollowsalongapathyoucreatewithapenorshapetool.Thedirectionthetypeflowsdependsontheorderinwhichanchorpointswereaddedtothepath.WhenyouusetheHorizontalTypetooltoaddtexttoapath,thelettersareperpendiculartothebaselineofthepath.Ifyouchangethelocationorshapeofthepath,thetypemoveswithit.
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Designing Paragraphs of type
Manydesignscallforfullparagraphsoftext.YoucandesigncompleteparagraphsoftypeinPhotoshop;youcanevenapplyparagraphstyles.Youdon’thavetoswitchtoadedicatedpagelayoutprogramforsophisticatedparagraphtypecontrols
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PhotoshopCS6Level3
Chapter 8
Vector Graphics
Photoshopcanbeusedtoworkwitheitherbitmapimagesorvectorgraphics.Bitmapimages,technicallycalledrasterimages,arebasedonagridofdotsknownaspixels.Eachpixelisassignedaspecificlocationandcolorvalue.Inworkingwithbitmapimages,youeditgroupsofpixelsratherthanobjectsorshapes.
Vectorgraphicsaremadeupoflinesandcurvesdefinedbymathematicalobjectscalledvectors.Thesegraphicsretaintheircrispnesswhethertheyaremoved,resizedorhavetheircolorchanged.Vectorgraphicsareappropriateforillustrations,type,andgraphicssuchaslogosthatmaybescaledtodifferentsizes.
Pen Tool
InPhotoshop,theoutlineofavectorshapeisapath.ApathisacurvedorstraightlinesegmentyoudrawusingthePentool,FreeformPentool,orashapetool.ThePentooldrawspathswiththegreatestprecision;shapetoolsdrawrectangles,ellipses,andothershapepaths;theFreeformPentooldrawspathsasifyouweredrawingwithapencilonpaper.
Custom Shapes
Anotherwaytouseshapesinyourartworkistodrawacustomshapeorpresetshape.DoingsoisaseasyasselectingtheCustom
Shapetool,pickingashapefromtheCustomShapePicker,anddraggingintheimagewindow.
Smart Objects
SmartObjectsarelayersthatyoucaneditinPhotoshopnondestructively;thatis,changesyoumaketotheimageremaineditableanddon’taffecttheactualimagepixels,whicharepreserved.Regardlessofhowoftenyouscale,rotate,skew,orotherwisetransformaSmartObject,itretainsitssharp,preciseedges.
Tip:Logosandiconsarecommonlymadeasvectorsfortheirscalabilityandcrispness.
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Wrap-up
Bytheendofthisworkshop,youshouldbeableto:
• Applyquickmasks
• Storeamaskorselectionasachannel
• Editchannels
• Understandthedifferencebetweenchannelsandlayers
• CreateandedittypeinaPhotoshopdocument
• Workwithtextlayersandparagraphstyles
• Givetextabackgroundusingaclippingmask
• Usethepentooltocreatesharpselections
• Understandtheroleofbitmapandvectorimages
• Buildgraphicsfromshapecomponents
• ImportaSmartobject