Getting Started with Adobe Photoshop CS6 Lecturer AWDANG A HUSSIN Chapter 1 Getting Started with Adobe Photoshop CS6 Lecturer AWDANG A HUSSIN

Lesson Objectives History Of Adobe Photo Shop Start Adobe Photoshop CS6 Learn how to open and save an image Examine the Photoshop window Close a file and exit Photoshop Learn design principles and copyright rules

History Of Adobe Photo Shop Thomas Knoll. Thomas Knoll (born April 14, 1960) is an American software engineer who created Adobe Photoshop. He initiated the development of image processing routines in 1988. After Tom created the first core routines, he showed them to his brother, John Knoll, who worked at Industrial Light and Magic.

Start Photoshop What is Photoshop? What is a digital image? An image editing program used to create and modify digital images What is a digital image? A picture in an electronic form

Start Photoshop What can Photoshop be used for? Create original artwork Manipulate color images Retouch photographs Repair damaged images Create images for Web pages

Start Photoshop Use Photoshop in two interfaces: Windows and Mac OS Differences are slight; for example: Use [Ctrl] and [Alt] keys in Windows Use [command] and [option] keys in Mac OS Interface looks slightly different on each platform

Start Photoshop Create original artwork in Photoshop Use your own images taken with a digital camera Scanned images or those downloaded from the Web Permission required (in many cases)

Start Photoshop Use Photoshop to open and create different kinds of file formats various

Understand Images An image is made up of dots called pixels In Photoshop, you can add, delete, or modify individual pixels or groups of pixels

Start Photoshop (Windows) Click the Start button on the taskbar Point to All Programs, then click Adobe Photoshop CS6 Start button

Start Photoshop (Mac OS) Double-click the hard drive icon, then double-click the Adobe Photoshop CS6 folder Locate, then double-click the Adobe Photoshop CS6 program icon

Creating a New File Click File on the Menu bar Click New Enter a width in the Width text box Enter a height in the Height text box Click OK

Learn How to Open and Save an Image Use Save As to save a file under a new name and preserve the original file Open a file in one file format (e.g., .BMP) and save it in another file format (e.g., .JPG)

Opening a File I Use the File menu to open a file: Click File on the Menu bar, then click Open Click the Look in or From list arrow Navigate to the location of the file Click the filename, then click Open

Using the Save As Command Use the Save As command to save an existing file with a new filename: Click File on the Menu bar, then click Save As Navigate to the location where you want to save the file Type a new filename, then click Save

Examining the Photoshop Window The Workspace includes the following elements: Work area Menu bar Tools panel Status bar Panels Options bar Dock

Dock Menu bar Panels Options bar Tools panel Workspace Minimized MiniBridge Status bar

Click a tab to make a panel active Panel Example Panel options button Click a tab to make a panel active

Close a File and Exit Photoshop Close the file: Click File on the Menu bar, click Close, then click Yes (Win) or Save (Mac) Exit Photoshop: Click File on the Menu bar, then click Exit (Win) Click Photoshop on the Menu bar, then click Quit (Mac)

Toolbar 1. Marqee, Lasso, Magic Wand, Crop 2. Move 3. Brush, gradient, paint bucket 4. Erase 5. Clone Stamp, Pattern Stamp 6. Smudge, Dodge, Sponge 7. Text 8. Set Foreground/Background color

1. Marqee, Lasso, Magic Wand, Crop a. Marqee: Select a part of an image you are working with arranged form such as rectangular and elliptical. b. Lasso: Draw selection paths freehand with a mouse - If you click and hold, you can change the tool so that you can draw polygons c. Magic wand: select all the same-color or similarly colored adjacent pixels d. Crop: Crop the image - The selected area will be surrounded with a blinking dotted line

3. Brush, Gradient, Paint Bucket 2. Move Move the image on a selected layer to other part of canvas you are working 3. Brush, Gradient, Paint Bucket a. Gradient: this help you to paint stage by stage with more than 2 colors b. Paint Bucket: fill out a cropped part with just one click of this tool c. Brush: draws brush strokes of different thicknesses and colors.

5. Clone Stamp, Pattern Stamp 4. Erase Erase what you cropped or where you click with your mouse after selecting this tool 5. Clone Stamp, Pattern Stamp a. Clone Stamp: copy a selected part and restore it where you want b. Pattern Stamp: this is nearly the same tool with clone stamp, but you can arrange the shape you cropped, and you can use it as a fixed shape

6. Smudge, Dodge, Sponge 7. Text Smudge: effect as such rubbing canvas with fingers b. Dodge: Make it bright the part where you scrub with this tool. c. Sponge: Saturate or desaturate selected part of an image. 7. Text - Type in various characters

8. Set foreground/background color - Foreground color: the color of image what you draw with a drawing tool such as brush tool - Background color: when you use the gradient tool, the color will be different from the foreground color.

E. Palette 1. Color/Swatches/Styles Palette 2. History/Actions/Tool Preset Palette 3. Layers Palette

1. Color/Swatch/Styles Palette Color Palette: Mix the color (basically RGB colors) and select it for the foreground and background colors. c.f) In case of another color type, you can choose it among the list of the pop-up menu You can choose colors among the samples of colors. You can choose a special effect of colors on the layer you selected, such as texts, buttons, and images

Photoshop CS6 shortcuts Window menu panels Brushes………………………….F5 Color………………………………F6 Layers…………………………….F7 Info………………………………..F8

Photoshop CS6 shortcuts File Menu File Menu New…………………………Ctrl+N Open..……………………..Ctrl+O Browse in bridge.Alt+Ctrl+O Close………………………Ctrl+W Close All……………Alt+Ctrl+W Close and Go to Bridge……….……Shift+ctrl+W Save…..……………………..Ctrl+S Save As…………….Shift+Ctrl+S Save for web…...................... ...................Alt+Shift+Ctrl+S Print…………………………Ctrl+P Print One Copy..................... ....................Alt+Shift+Ctrl+p Exit/Quit……………………Ctrl+Q

Photoshop CS6 shortcuts Edit Menu Edit Menu Undo/Redo………………….Ctrl+Z Step Forward…......Shift+Ctrl+Z Step Backward……….Alt+Ctrl+Z Cut………………….…………..Ctrl+X Copy………………….…………Ctrl+C Paste……..…….………………Ctrl+V Paste Into……………Shfit+Ctrl+V Content Aware Scale………… …………….……..Alt+Shift+Ctrl+C Free Transform……………Ctrl+T Transform Again…Shift+Ctrl+T Color Settings…….Shift+Ctrl+K Preferencrs………………….Ctrl+K

Photoshop CS6 shortcuts Image Menu Layer Menu Levels……………………….Ctrl+L Curves….…………………Ctrl+M Hue/Saturation………..Ctrl+U Color Balance……………Ctrl+B Auto Tone………..Shift+Ctrl+L Auto Color ……..Shift+Ctrl+B Image Size………....Alt+Ctrl+I Canvas Size ………..Alt+Ctrl+C New Layer..……..Shift+Ctrl+N Layer Via Copy…………..Ctrl+J Layer Via Cut……Shift+Ctrl+J Create Clipping Mask……….. …………………….…..Alt+Ctrl+G Group Layers……………Ctrl+G Merge Layers……………Ctrl+E