Adobe Photoshop CS 6Level I

Topics: • Toolbars• Workspace• Panels• CameraRaw• ImageAdjustment

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Chapter 1

Toolbars

Bydefault,PhotoshopgivesyouasetoftoolsontheleftcalledtheToolbarorthe“Tools.”Eachgroupoftoolsisseparatedbyadivider.Thefirstsetoftoolsiscommonlyusedforselectionsandmakingselections.Thesecondgroupisusedforimageorphotoediting.Thethirdgroupisthevectorbasedtoolsusedtocreateandeditvectorobjects.ThelastgroupisthegeneralPhotoshopmovementandutilitytools.

Option Bar

Theoptionbaristhearealocatedrightbeneaththemenubar.Thisbarprovidesdifferentoptionsbasedonwhattoolisselected.

Selections

Image Editing

Vector Objects

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Tip:ToquicklyaccesstheMoveToolwhileyouarecurrentlyworkinginanothertool,pressandholdthespacebar.

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Workspaces

Photoshopletsyoucustomizeyourworkspace,controllingwhichpanels,tools,andmenusareavailableatanytime.Itcomeswithafewpresetworkspacessuitablefordifferenttypesofworkflows—toneandcolorcorrection,paintingandretouchingandsoon.

Move Tool

TheMoveToolletsyoumoveandworkwithanyselectionsyouhavemade.

Zoom Tool

Zoomadvancestothenextpresetzoomlevel.HoldtheAltkey(Windows)orOptionkey(Mac)whileclickingtozoomout.

Elliptical Marquee Tool

TheEllipticalMarqueeToolmakesanellipticalselection.Byselectingspecificareas,youcaneditandapplyeffectsandfilterstoportionsofyourimagewhileleavingtheunselectedareasuntouched.

Undoing Actions in Photoshop

InPhotoshop,theUndocommand(Ctrl+ZonPC,Command+ZonMac)onlyreversesonestep.ThisisapracticalitybecausePhotoshopfilescanbeverylarge,andmaintainingmultiple

Tip:TheHistorypanelcanonlyviewupto20stepspriortothecurrentstatebydefault.

Tip:Youcanusevariousmethodstozoominandout.Forexample,whentheZoomtoolisselected,youcanselecttheZoomInorZoomOutmodeontheoptionsbar.YoucanchooseView>ZoomInorView>ZoomOut.Or,youcantypeanewpercentageinthestatusbarandpressEnterorReturn.

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Tip:WhenyouaredoneworkingwiththeTypeTool,hitthe“Commitanycurrentchanges”( )atthetoptoapplyanynewtextyouhavetypedout.Alternatively,youcanexitoutoftheTypeToolbyclickinganothertoolwithyourmouse.SimplyhittingtheenterkeywillnotexityououtoftheTypeTool.

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Undostepscantieupalotofmemory,whichtendstodegradeperformance.YoucouldusetheStepBackwardcommandtoundoadditionalstepsoneatatime.However,it’sfasterandeasiertostepbackthroughmultipleactionsusingtheHistorypanel.

Horizontal Type Tool

TheHorizontalTypeToolplacestextonitsowntypelayer.

Swatch Panel

TheSwatchPanelcontainsspecificcolorsforyoutochoosefrom.Bydefaultyougetastandardsetofcolors,butnewswatchescanbeaddedbyclickingtheNewSwatchbutton.

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Layers Panel

TheLayersPanellistsallthelayersinanimage,displayingthelayernamesandthumbnailsofthecontentoneachlayer.YoucanusetheLayerspaneltohide,view,reposition,delete,rename,andmergelayers.Thelayerthumbnailsareautomaticallyupdatedasyoueditthelayers.

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Tip:InordertousetheAdobeCameraRawfeature,youmustmakesurethatyourcamerahascapabilitytoshootinthisparticularRawfileformat.RawformatsincludefileextensionsCRWandDNG.

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Chapter 2

Camera Raw

Acamera rawfilecontainsunprocessedpicturedatafromadigitalcamera’simagesensor.Manydigitalcamerascansaveimagesincamerarawformat.Theadvantageofcamerarawfilesisthattheyletthephotographer—ratherthanthecamera—interprettheimagedataandmakeadjustmentsandconversions.Becausethecameradoesn’tdoanyimageprocessingwhenyoushootacamerarawphoto,youcanuseAdobeCameraRawtosetthewhitebalance,tonalrange,contrast,colorsaturation,andsharpening.

Ruler Tool

UsingPhotoshop’sRulerTool,youcandrawalineparalleltothetopofyourimagetohavePhotoshopstraightenyourimageforyou.

Color Replacement Tool

UsetheColorReplacementtooltopaintoveronecolorwithanother.WhenyoustartpaintingwiththeColorReplacementtool,itanalyzesthefirstpixelsyoupaintover.Becauseitthenonlyreplacespixelsofsimilarcolor,youdon’thavetobeterriblypreciseasyoupaint.Youcanselectsettingsthatdeterminewhetherthetoolpaintsovercontiguousordiscontiguouspixels,andhowmuchcolordifferencethetoolaccepts.

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Tip:TheHealingBrushtoolworkssimilarlytotheSpotHealingBrushtool,exceptthatitrequiresyoutosamplesourcepixelsbeforeretouchingthearea.

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Sponge Tool

TheSpongeToolletsyouchangethesaturationofacolor.TheSpongeToolisusefulformakingsubtlesaturationchangestospecificareasofanimage.

Clone Stamp Tool

TheCloneStamptoolusespixelsfromoneareaofanimagetoreplacethepixelsinanotherpartoftheimage.Usingthistool,youcannotonlyremoveunwantedobjectsfromyourimages,butyoucanalsofillinmissingareasinphotographsyouscanfromdamagedoriginals.

Spot Healing Brush

TheSpotHealingBrushtoolquicklyremovesblemishesandotherimperfectionsfromphotos.Itpaintswithsampledpixelsfromanimageorpatternandmatchesthetexture,lighting,transparency,andshadingofthesampledpixelstothepixelsbeinghealed.UnliketheCloneStamptool,theSpotHealingBrushdoesn’trequireyoutospecifyasamplespot.Itautomaticallysamplesfromaroundtheretouchedarea.

Content Aware Fill

Content-awaretoolstakeblendingafewstepsfurther:Photoshopfillsaselectionwithpixelsthatmatchthesurroundings.UsingthePatchtoolinContent-Awaremodeisn’tlikecloning,becauseyouaren’tcopyingpartoftheimagetoanotherpart.Really,it’smorelikemagic.Youcanfillanyselectionwithcontentsimilartothecontentaroundit,asiftheobjectyouselectedneverexisted.

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Unsharp Mask Filter

TheUnsharpMaskFilteradjuststhecontrastoftheedgedetailandcreatestheillusionofamorefocusedimage.

Note:Therearemanymethodsofsharpeninganimage.TheUnsharpMaskfiltermimicsatechniqueofclassicphotographretouching.

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Wrap-up

Bytheendofthisworkshop,youshouldbeableto:

• DescribetwotypesofimagesyoucanopeninPhotoshop

• OpenimagefilesinAdobeBridge

• Selectdifferenttools

• Changethepanandzoomofyourview

• Understandresolution

• Usethecroptooltocutoffunwantedpartsofanimage

• AdjustthetoneandcolorofanimageinCameraRaw

• Chooseretouchingtoolstoremoveblemishes

• ApplytheUnsharpMaskfiltertosharpen