1. Chapter 4 Drawing and Painting with Color
Adobe Photoshop CS5
Chapter 4
Drawing and Painting with Color

2. Objectives
Create a Photoshop document from scratch using the Painting workspace
Differentiate between color modes
Apply gradients using the Gradient Tool
Select colors using the Swatches panel
Paint and draw using Photoshop brushes
Adjust the hardness and diameter settings of brushes
Drawing and Painting with Color

3. Objectives Load new brushes in the Brush panel
Use the Brush Preset picker
Differentiate among the shape tools, modes, and settings
Create a custom shape
Sample colors with the Eyedropper Tool
Create text with the type tools
Stroke text
Rotate the canvas
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4. Project – Table Tent Card
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5. Selecting the Painting Workspace
Click Painting on the Application bar
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6. Starting a New Photoshop File
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7. Gradients
A gradient, or gradient fill, is a graphic effect consisting of a smooth blend, change, or transition from one color to another
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8. Selecting a Noise Gradient Preset
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9. Drawing the Gradient on Blank Canvas
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10. Choosing a Color in the Swatches Panel
Clicking a swatch sets the “foreground”
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11. Selecting the Brush Tool
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12. Appending Brush Presets
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13. Appending Brush Presets
Click the Brush Presets panel menu button
Click the desired library of presets
When Photoshop asks if you wish to replace the current brushes, click the Append button
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14. Selecting a Brush Using the Brush Preset Picker
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15. Changing the Size and Hardness of the Brush
Drag the Size and Hardness sliders to the desired locations
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16. Drawing Using the Brush Tool
Drag the mouse pointer to use the brush tool
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17. Displaying the Brush Panel
Click the Brush button on the vertical docking of collapsed panels to display the Brush panel
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18. Setting Brush Options
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19. Drawing Straight Lines with the Brush Tool
Click the starting location for the line
Move the mouse pointer to the ending location for the line
SHIFT+click to connect the two locations
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20. Drawing Straight Lines with the Brush Tool
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21. Creating a Shape
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22. Duplicating and Rotating a Shape Layer
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23. Using the Eyedropper Tool
Click the Eyedropper Tool to select it
Move the mouse pointer into the document window and then click the color you wish to duplicate to set the foreground color
Used to “sample” colors
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24. Selecting the Horizontal Type Tool
Click Horizontal Type Tool
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25. Setting Font Options On the options bar:
Set the font, style, size, anti-aliasing method, alignment, color, warping
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26. Inserting Text
With the Horizontal Type Tool selected, drag a bounding box to contain the text
Type the desired text
On the options bar, click the ‘Commit any current edits’ button to finish the new layer.
If necessary, access the Move Tool and then reposition the text layer in the document window
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27. Inserting Text
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28. Creating a Stroke Layer
With the text layer still selected, click the ‘Add a layer style’ button on the Layers panel status bar
Click Stroke
Drag the Size slider and click OK
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29. Creating a Stroke Layer
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30. Rotating the Canvas Click Image | Image Rotation
Click the desired degree of rotation
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31. Rotating the Canvas
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32. Chapter Summary
Create a Photoshop document from scratch using the Painting workspace
Differentiate between color modes
Apply gradients using the Gradient Tool
Select colors using the Swatches panel
Paint and draw using Photoshop brushes
Adjust the hardness and diameter settings of brushes
Drawing and Painting with Color

33. Chapter Summary Load new brushes in the Brush panel
Use the Brush Preset picker
Differentiate among the shape tools, modes, and settings
Create a custom shape
Sample colors with the Eyedropper Tool
Create text with the type tools
Stroke text
Rotate the canvas
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34. Adobe Photoshop CS5
Chapter 4 Complete