© 2011 Delmar, Cengage Learning Chapter 2 Learning Photoshop Basics

Chapter Lessons Use organizational and management features Use the Layers and History panels Learn about Photoshop by using Help View and print an image © 2011 Delmar Cengage Learning

CS Live lets you connect to Acrobat.com –Button on the Photoshop Application bar Acrobat.com makes it possible to organize your work © 2011 Delmar Cengage Learning Organizational and Management Features

Metadata is descriptive information about a file Keywords are used to filter images © 2011 Delmar Cengage Learning Using Metadata and Keywords

What does the client want? –The job should be done yesterday –It should be unbelievably cheap –The quality should be great © 2011 Delmar Cengage Learning Complexity of Projects

© 2011 Delmar Cengage Learning Project Management Principles

What are layers? –A section within an image that can be manipulated independently –Use layers to control individual elements in an image © 2011 Delmar Cengage Learning Understanding Layers

The order in which the layers appear in the Layers panel matches the order in which they appear in the image © 2011 Delmar Cengage Learning Layers Panel

© 2011 Delmar Cengage Learning Currently active layer Layers 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 © 2011 Delmar Cengage Learning History Panel

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 © 2011 Delmar Cengage Learning Photoshop Help

© 2011 Delmar Cengage Learning Photoshop Help

Use the Zoom tool to change views—up to a maximum of 1600% © 2011 Delmar Cengage Learning View and Print an Image

Use the File Info dialog box to make notes for other users © 2011 Delmar Cengage Learning View and Print an Image

Use the Output tab in Adobe Bridge © 2011 Delmar Cengage Learning Create a Web Gallery