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North Texas PC User’s Group. Photoshop SIG Hillary Morgan Ferrer Day 1 - June 16, 2007. Who this is for. Those with a full version of Photoshop Those with Photoshop Elements Those who know nothing Those who know a little Some elements for those who know a lot. What we will cover. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
North Texas PC User’s Group
Photoshop SIG
Hillary Morgan Ferrer
Day 1 - June 16, 2007
Who this is for
Those with a full version of Photoshop Those with Photoshop Elements Those who know nothing Those who know a little Some elements for those who know a
lot
What we will cover
The tools of Photoshop and what they do
Basic Workflow Basic Editing Basic Retouching Intermediate/Advanced Retouching Working with Color
What we will cover (cont.)
Digital Asset Management Working with images in bulk Automating tasks Printing Lots more that we can’t anticipate yet!
What we are talking about today
Who I am and why I can talk to you Examples of what you can do in
photoshop Overview of photoshop including:
– Tools– Palettes – Prfinciples of Photoshop
What we are talking about today
File types Overview of basic workflow Basic things to consider before shooting
– Jpg vs RAW (reasons for each)– Color Temperature
Who Am I??!?!
What can you do in Photoshop?
What Photoshop is…
The best way to have control over your images
A way to personalize your images
A way of creating as opposed to just capturing
What Photoshop is not
An all fix it tool A way to turn bad
photography into good photography
A substitue for actually knowing what you are doing
A reason to be lazy
Principles of Photoshop…
LAYERS, LAYERS LAYERS!!!– (Which we will talk about next week)
There is more than one way to skin a cat– There are multiple ways to do almost everything
Photoshop is VERY deep If you don’t got it, you don’t got it
The Tool’s Palette Marquee
– Makes selections– Selects a part of the canvas so that
you can apply changes to just that part
Move Tool– If have separate layers, can place them
where you want them on the canvas
Lasso– Another way of making selections– Regular, polygonal, magnetic
The Tool’s Palette (cont)
Magic wand– A.K.A. “tragic” wand– Make selections via separating out colors– Can choose how specific (wide, narrow
gamma) Crop
– Can specify parameters, dimensions, resolution
Slice– Don’t need to know about this - for
creating web pages
The Tools’s Palette (cont)
Band Aid - Healing tool– Spot healing, healing brush, Patch– Patch is one of your most important
tools for retouching
Brush– Brush, Pencil, Color Replacement
Stamp/Clone– Clone stamp, pattern stamp
The Tool’s Palette (cont)
History/Art History Brush Eraser
– NEVER USE!! Always use layer masks
Paint Bucket/Gradiant– Fills in space with either a solid color, or a
gradiant (gradual gradation from one color to the next)
Blur– Don’t really use much*– (blur, sharpen, smudge)
The Tool’s Palette (cont)
Dodge/Burn Path selection tool (don’t need to
know) Text (horizontal or vertical) Pen
– Very very specific selections (probably won’t use)
Shape – Most useful is the “custom shape”
function
The Tool’s Palette (cont)
Note pad– Only need if someone else will be
working with the file
Eye dropper– Figure out a specific color (color
sampler)– MEASURING TOOL!! Your friend!
• Allows you to level your photo
Hand Magnifying lens
File Types RAW
– Only available in some cameras– Not a way that a file can be saved
JPG– Algorithm to condense information
TIFF– Best way to save layered files
PSD– Not real practical considering dif. versions
DNG – MUST save one copy as - for future
The RAW vs. JPG debate
Why use RAW
Wide range of exposure
Want to batch process/bulk
Changing exposures Want to play with
color Saving multiple
versions
When to use RAW
Have unlimited storage
Need to work quickly with a large number of images
You actually understand the RAW dialogue box
V.I.S. Very Important Shot
Why/when to use JPG
Shooting snapshots Have limited storage Exposure is DEAD
on accurate That’s all your
camera will shoot!
Summary of Differences
RAW– Need to process
large groups of pictures
– Have unlimited storage
– Need latitude of exposure
JPG– Have limited storage– Just shooting
snapshots– Exposure is dead on
Basic Workflow
Save/burn one set of the original files Edit shoot into what you want and what
you don’t Choose the picture(s) you want to work
on Open (duh) Crop (depending on your treatment)
Basic Workflow (cont)
Create new layer Dust and scratches Basic retouching
– Blemishes, wrinkles, distracting objects Basic Color Specialty Color Save as Tiff Save as jpg