Introduction to Photoshop® Travis A. Engelhaupt, Class Files:
Prerequisites Working knowledge of Windows (or Mac) Do you have Photoshop installed?
Class Structure – Review Image Types Save for Web Workspace Grand Tour Layers Tools – Adjustments – Resolution and Printing – Filters – How do we
Image Formats Lossy – JPEG – GIF Lossless – BMP – PSD – PNG
Save for Web
Workspace Grand Tour
Layers
Tools Move Selection Crop Eye Dropper Spot Healer x2 Pencil Text Shape
Questions/Requests
Adjustments Overview
The Basics Adjustments Image > Adjustments > Brightness/Contrast… Image > Adjustments > Hue/Saturation… Image > Adjustments > Color Balance…
Exposure Easier to correct under exposed images.
Exposure Image > Adjustments > Exposure…
Black and White Image > Mode > Grayscale Image > Adjustments > Black and White…
Photo Filter Image > Adjustments > Photo Filter…
Image Rotation Image > Image Rotation
Image Size Image > Image Size…
Resolution and Printing
Resolution Measured in dots (Pixels) per inch – dpi or ppi Resolutions used to be easy – 72 dpi for displays – 300 dpi for print
Image Size Image > Image Size…
Resolution Example 600px by 400px Image 72 dpi 600px/72dpi by 400px/72dpi 8 inches by 5.5 inches 300 dpi 600px/300dpi by 400px/300dpi 2 inches by 1 inch
Printing Printing a 6x4 image – Print at 300 dpi – 6 x 300 by 4 x 300 – 1800px by 1200px
Filters
Gaussian Blur Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur…
Tilt-Shift Filter > Blur Gallery > Tilt-Shift
Lens Flare Filter > Render > Lens Flare
Smart Sharpen Filter > Sharpen > Smart Sharpen…