Are made by mixing primary colors Are red, blue and yellow SECONDARY COLORS Are made by mixing primary colors

OPPOSITE ON THE COLOR WHEEL AND USED TO CREATE CONTRAST COMPLEMENTARY COLORS OPPOSITE ON THE COLOR WHEEL AND USED TO CREATE CONTRAST

Side by side on the color wheel ANALOGOUS COLORS Side by side on the color wheel

The complete range or scope of something (all the colors ) GAMUT The complete range or scope of something (all the colors )

ADOBE BRIDGE Used to change an image format from one program to another within the site of adobe programs PS DW Br

DITHERING Scatters different colored pixels in an image to make it appear as though there are intermediate colors in images with a limited color palette

SEVEN ELEMENTS OF DESIGN TEXTURE SIZE COLOR SPACE SHAPE LINE VALUE

UNITY (HARMONY) Is a principle of design where the feeling that everything in the work of art works together

BALANCE Is a principle of design that involves the distribution of visual weight and interest

REPETITION Is a principle of design that involves a pattern in elements to create movement and interest

Is also WHITE space An area not occupied by shapes of forms NEGATIVE SPACE Is also WHITE space An area not occupied by shapes of forms

a particular section of the population (children or business people) DEMOGRAPHIC a particular section of the population (children or business people)

CHARACTER PALETTE Found under the window menu Font Size Color Scale

GUIDES Under view on the menu bar New guide Horizontal Vertical Clear guides Click on the ruler and drag out

RULER View on the menu bar, click on ruler Organize space to eliminate the negative (white) space Set guides

A tool makes a selection of contiguous color MAGIC WAND A tool makes a selection of contiguous color

EYE DROPPER A tool that allows you to select colors to get an exact or specific color from the image you are working on Also known as the color picker

AUTO TONE Image Auto tone Automatically adjust the black and white balance

TOOLS Rectangular Marquee draws squares/rectangles. Elliptical Marquee draws circle/ovals. The red eye tool is found under the band aid tool

TOOLS Quick Selection tool allows us to paint an area. Magic wand tool selects continuous area.

Select/ Deselect To select all in your canvas go to select > All To get rid of the “dancing” or “marching” ants in Photoshop on a mac go to Select > Deselect (Command+D)

Layer Styles Click on the style palette next to the color and swatches on the right of your screen. You can add a new layer style by selecting the layer and clicking on the icon in the layer style palette. (next to the trash can)

Characters To change the scale of the text go to window > character. Leading is the space between the lines. Scaling characters are percentages.

Soft Proof To proof your image go to view> proof colors or view> proof setup> working CMYK Soft proofing your image allows you to see what an image will look like when its printed.

Soft Proof CS4, you can soft proof something by clicking on View>Soft Proof In CS5/CS6 you can soft proof something by clicking on View> Proof Setup> Working CMYK.

IMAGE ADJUSTMENTS To convert an Image to Black & White click Image>Adjustments>Black & White To lighten/darken an image>adjustments>Brightness and Contrast

Hue/Saturation Increase hue/saturation go to image>adjustment>hue/saturation Hue is the color Saturation is how much color

UNSHARP MASK Sharpen the edges by going to FILTER>Sharpen>UNSHARP mask This is nondestructive (will not change/alter/damage an image) Change the Amount, radius, threshold ONLY if you are given amounts to change

THIS AND THAT PDF stands for portable document format, good to submit to clients, BUT NOT for websites CONTACT SHEET— File>Automate>Contact Sheet Graphic Types to be used for the Web— JPEG (JPG) GIF, PNG

Web Graphics The three graphic types that can be used for the we are JPG (jpeg)—photos, images, (gradients, fading out) GIF—lines, large solid area of color, logos, cartoons (can only be transparent on a matte color) PNG—true alpha transparency (see through)