Parts From: Learning Media Design with Adobe CS3

Exercise 34

Photoshop CS3

About PhotoshopCreate a New ImagePhotoshop ToolsChoose a Foreground or Background ColorSelect a Drawing ModeCommit a Change

Learning Objectives: Skills Covered

Design tool to create, correct, & enhance imagesKnown as THE industry standardAllows you to…

Select portions of an image for manipulationCorrect image flawsEnhance images with color & special effects

Photoshop Basics

Designed for work with bitmap (raster) images

Created from groups of pixels of various colors

Photoshop Basics

Read Pages 174 to 178Read for Information

Click File (Alt + F)Click New (N)

(Optional) Click Name (Alt + N) and type image name

Click Preset (Alt + P, ↓) if desired and select preset size

OR

Click Width (Alt + W) and type valueClick Height (Alt + H) and type value

Create a New Image(Ctrl + N)

Click Resolution (Alt + R) and type resolution valueClick Color Mode (Alt + M, ↓) and select desired modeClick Background Contents (Alt + C, ↓) and select background color optionClick OK and Enter

Create a New Image(Ctrl + N)

Move pointer over toolView name and shortcut key in tool tip.

Display Toolbox Names

Click on tool that shows a small triangle at bottom right.Hold down mouse button until hidden toolbar displays

Display Hidden Toolbar Tools

To set color using the toolbox:Click Set foreground color or Set background color button on toolbox to open the open the Color Picker.Click a hue in the color slider (narrow band) in middle of Color Picker dialog box.Click a color in the select foreground color field

The name of the large field box at the left is Select background color when you're selecting a background color.

Click OK (Enter)

Choose a Foreground or Background Color

To set color using the Color Palette:

Display color palette if necessary (F6)Click Set foreground color or Set background color button, if neededDrag color sliders as desired, OR click a color in the color ramp, OR create a color using the color picker.

Choose a Foreground or Background Color

To set color using the Swatches palette:

Display swatches palette.Click desired color swatch to set foreground color.Ctrl + click desired color swatch to set background color

Choose a Foreground or Background Color

Click Switch Foreground and Background Colors button on toolbox

OR

Press X

Switch Foreground and Background Colors

Click Default Foreground and Background Colors button on toolbox

OR

Press D

Reset Foreground and Background Colors to Defaults

Select a shape tool or the pen tool from the toolbox.Click the desired drawing mode on the options bar:

Shape LayersPathsFill Pixels

Select a Drawing Mode

Make a change using the text tool or another tool that requires changes to be committedClick Commit button on the options bar (Enter)

OR

Click cancel button (Esc)

Commit a Change

Complete Exercise 34Page 179

Complete “On Your Own”Page 180

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