Basic Techniques in Adobe Photoshop

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Basic Techniques in Adobe Photoshop. There are many options to learn in Photoshop, most of which will learn from practice and trial. and error. …

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Basic Techniques in Adobe Photoshop
There are many options to learn in Photoshop, most of which will learn from practice and trial
and error. This document covers most of the basic operations of Photoshop. Your text has
exercises and covers advanced features.
File Formats
psd - native file format of Photoshop, retains layers and effects
tif - exported file format, used in print
eps - exported file format, used in print
jpg - exported file format, used mainly for photos
gif - exported file format, used mainly for graphics
Raster images are composed of pixels, work fine on computer, but don’t size well. Vector
graphics are composed of shapes and can dynamically size based on mathematical formulas.
Mode
CMYK - Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black - used for printing
RGB - Red, Green, Blue - used for Web
Palettes and Tools
Selection tools
Move Tool
Cropping
Brushes and pencils
Fills and gradients
Text
Color selection - foreground and background
Zoom
Media Graphics
Professor: Cindy Royal
School of Mass Communications
Virginia Commonwealth UniversityPhoto Manipulation - you can either take photos with a digital camera or scan an image to
make it digital.
Digital camera - camera connects to computer via usb. Download images to your disk and
open in Photoshop. Make sure you rename the manipulated images, so that you always keep a
copy of your originals.
Scanning - lab scanners have instructions. Scan image and open file in Photoshop to proceed.
Resolution
When a file comes off a digital camera, in most cases the resolution shown will be 72 dpi. That
is because most computer monitors display at 72 dots per inch. When you scan, you can select
the resolution to which you want to scan. Web-based images ultimately need to be at 72 dpi, but
scan at a higher rate and reduce in Photoshop. If you are planning to print the image, you will
need to save at 120dpi for black and white, 300 dpi for color.
Resolution can be held constant in a function with Height and Width. If an image has 2.1M
pixels in it, and it is displaying at 10×14 on your screen, you can turn off the resampling feature
in Photoshop’s Image, Image Size feature….