Learning Photoshop Basics

Learning Plan Objectives Use organizational and management features Metadata and Keywords in Bridge Use the Layers and History panel Learn about Photoshop by using Help View an image Recap Slide

Using Organizational and Management Features CS Live lets you connect to Acrobat.com Cloud Computing Adobe Creative Cloud 20GB storage Syncs with iPad and Android

Using Metadata and Keywords Accessible from Bridge or Mini-Bridge Metadata is descriptive information about a file Keywords are used to filter images Figure 1: Metadata and Keywords panels

The Layers and History Panels Figure 2: History and Layers panels

What are Layers? A section within an image that can be manipulated independently Use layers to control individual elements in an image Figure 3: Image from

Layers Panel The order in which the layers appear in the Layers panel matches the order in which they appear in the image. Figure 4: The green layer is the active layer.

History Panel The History panel contains a record of each task completed in an image The record of an event is called a state The History panel displays up to 20 states Figure 5: History panel

Using Photoshop Help Photoshop Help information appears in a browser window You can click a topic on the left side of the window or enter a keyword in the Search text box Figure 6: Photoshop Help

View an Image Use the Zoom tool to change views—up to a maximum of 1600% Resize Windows to Fit Ctrl+0 (zero) Figure 7: Zoom Tool Options Bar

Recap Learning Plan Objectives Contact Info: Dayla Nolis Phone: Office Hours: 9am-4pm M-Th