Chapter 2 Learning Photoshop Basics

Chapter Lessons Use organizational and management features Use the Layers and History panel Learn about Photoshop by using Help View and print an image

Using Organizational and Management Features CS Live lets you connect to Acrobat.com – Button on the Photoshop Menu bar Acrobat.com makes it possible to organize your work

Using Metadata and Keywords Metadata is descriptive information about a file Keywords are used to filter images

The Complexity of Projects What does the client want? – The job should be done yesterday – It should be unbelievably cheap – The quality should be great

Project Management Principles

Use the Layers & History Panels Understanding Layers What are layers? – A section within an image that can be manipulated independently – Use layers to control individual elements in an image

Layers Panel The order in which the layers appear in the Layers panel matches the order in which they appear in the image

Layers Panel Currently 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

Learn about Photoshop by Using 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

View and Print an Image Use the Zoom tool to change views—up to a maximum of 1600%

View and Print an Image Use the File Info dialog box to make notes for other users

Create a Web Gallery Use the Output panel in Adobe Bridge