Adobe Photoshop The Basics Yamini Nafde

2 A Quick Tour Selecting (part of an image) Layers Filters Painting Retouching Saving a file

3 Selecting – to modify part of an image Select a marquee tool Using the  move tool,  free transform,  magic wand,  bucket / fill Select  inverse

4 Layers Window  show layers  Opacity  Duplicate  Arrange  Merge  Style – blending options

5 Filters Select a layer Apply filters –  Artistic  Texture  Sketch … a gamut of filters to be explored….

6 Painting Paintbrush tool  Brush size  Opacity Eyedropper tool History palette  Window  Show History Gradient tool

7 Retouching Tools: dodge, burn, sponge Image  Adjust   Levels  Color Balance  Replace Color  Selective Color … Setting the basic contrast and tonal range between the highlights and shadows.

8 Let us attempt a Michael Angelo! PSD or BMP / JPG / GIF / TIF / PDF Getting Started File New / Open – File Save / Save As –

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