1. Getting Started with Adobe Photoshop CS6 Lecturer AWDANG A HUSSIN
Chapter 1
Getting Started with Adobe Photoshop CS6
Lecturer
AWDANG A HUSSIN

2. Lesson Objectives History Of Adobe Photo Shop
Start Adobe Photoshop CS6
Learn how to open and save an image
Examine the Photoshop window
Close a file and exit Photoshop
Learn design principles and copyright rules

3. History Of Adobe Photo Shop
Thomas Knoll. Thomas Knoll (born April 14, 1960) is an American software engineer who created Adobe Photoshop. He initiated the development of image processing routines in After Tom created the first core routines, he showed them to his brother, John Knoll, who worked at Industrial Light and Magic.

4. Start Photoshop What is Photoshop? What is a digital image?
An image editing program used to create and modify digital images
What is a digital image?
A picture in an electronic form

5. Start Photoshop What can Photoshop be used for?
Create original artwork
Manipulate color images
Retouch photographs
Repair damaged images
Create images for Web pages

6. Start Photoshop Use Photoshop in two interfaces:
Windows and Mac OS
Differences are slight; for example:
Use [Ctrl] and [Alt] keys in Windows
Use [command] and [option] keys in Mac OS
Interface looks slightly different on each platform

7. Start Photoshop Create original artwork in Photoshop
Use your own images taken with a digital camera
Scanned images or those downloaded from the Web
Permission required (in many cases)

8. Start Photoshop
Use Photoshop to open and create different kinds of file formats
various

9. Understand Images An image is made up of dots called pixels
In Photoshop, you can add, delete, or modify individual pixels or groups of pixels

10. Start Photoshop (Windows)
Click the Start button on the taskbar
Point to All Programs, then click Adobe Photoshop CS6
Start button

11. Start Photoshop (Mac OS)
Double-click the hard drive icon, then double-click the Adobe Photoshop CS6 folder
Locate, then double-click the Adobe Photoshop CS6 program icon

12. Creating a New File Click File on the Menu bar Click New
Enter a width in the Width text box
Enter a height in the Height text box
Click OK

13. Learn How to Open and Save an Image
Use Save As to save a file under a new name and preserve the original file
Open a file in one file format (e.g., .BMP) and save it in another file format (e.g., .JPG)

14. Opening a File I Use the File menu to open a file:
Click File on the Menu bar, then click Open
Click the Look in or From list arrow
Navigate to the location of the file
Click the filename, then click Open

15. Using the Save As Command
Use the Save As command to save an existing file with a new filename:
Click File on the Menu bar, then click Save As
Navigate to the location where you want to save the file
Type a new filename, then click Save

16. Examining the Photoshop Window
The Workspace includes the following elements:
Work area
Menu bar
Tools panel
Status bar
Panels
Options bar
Dock

17. Dock
Menu bar
Panels
Options bar
Tools panel
Workspace
Minimized MiniBridge
Status bar

18. Click a tab to make a panel active
Panel Example
Panel options button
Click a tab to make a panel active

19. Close a File and Exit Photoshop
Close the file:
Click File on the Menu bar, click Close, then click Yes (Win) or Save (Mac)
Exit Photoshop:
Click File on the Menu bar, then click Exit (Win)
Click Photoshop on the Menu bar, then click Quit (Mac)

20. Toolbar 1. Marqee, Lasso, Magic Wand, Crop 2. Move
3. Brush, gradient, paint bucket
4. Erase
5. Clone Stamp, Pattern Stamp
6. Smudge, Dodge, Sponge
7. Text
8. Set Foreground/Background color

21. 1. Marqee, Lasso, Magic Wand, Crop
a. Marqee: Select a part of an image you are working
with arranged form such as rectangular and elliptical.
b. Lasso: Draw selection paths freehand with a mouse
- If you click and hold, you can change the tool
so that you can draw polygons
c. Magic wand: select all the same-color or similarly
colored adjacent pixels
d. Crop: Crop the image
- The selected area will be surrounded with a blinking
dotted line

22. 3. Brush, Gradient, Paint Bucket
2. Move
Move the image on a selected layer to other part of
canvas you are working
3. Brush, Gradient, Paint Bucket
a. Gradient: this help you to paint stage by stage with
more than 2 colors
b. Paint Bucket: fill out a cropped part with just one
click of this tool
c. Brush: draws brush strokes of different thicknesses and colors.

23. 5. Clone Stamp, Pattern Stamp
4. Erase
Erase what you cropped or where you click with
your mouse after selecting this tool
5. Clone Stamp, Pattern Stamp
a. Clone Stamp: copy a selected part and restore
it where you want
b. Pattern Stamp: this is nearly the same tool with
clone stamp, but you can arrange the shape you
cropped, and you can use it as a fixed shape

24. 6. Smudge, Dodge, Sponge 7. Text Smudge: effect as such rubbing canvas
with fingers
b. Dodge: Make it bright the part where you scrub
with this tool.
c. Sponge: Saturate or desaturate selected part of
an image.
7. Text
- Type in various characters

25. 8. Set foreground/background color
- Foreground color: the color of image what you
draw with a drawing tool such as brush tool
- Background color: when you use the gradient
tool, the color will be different from the foreground
color.

26. E. Palette 1. Color/Swatches/Styles Palette
2. History/Actions/Tool Preset Palette
3. Layers Palette

27. 1. Color/Swatch/Styles Palette
Color Palette: Mix the color (basically
RGB colors) and select it for the
foreground and background colors.
c.f) In case of another color type, you can
choose it among the list of the pop-up menu
You can choose colors among the
samples of colors.
You can choose a special effect of
colors on the layer you selected, such
as texts, buttons, and images

28. Photoshop CS6 shortcuts
Window menu panels
Brushes………………………….F5
Color………………………………F6
Layers…………………………….F7
Info………………………………..F8

29. Photoshop CS6 shortcuts
File Menu
File Menu
New…………………………Ctrl+N
Open..……………………..Ctrl+O
Browse in bridge.Alt+Ctrl+O
Close………………………Ctrl+W
Close All……………Alt+Ctrl+W
Close and Go to Bridge……….……Shift+ctrl+W
Save…..……………………..Ctrl+S
Save As…………….Shift+Ctrl+S
Save for web… Alt+Shift+Ctrl+S
Print…………………………Ctrl+P
Print One Copy Alt+Shift+Ctrl+p
Exit/Quit……………………Ctrl+Q

30. Photoshop CS6 shortcuts
Edit Menu
Edit Menu
Undo/Redo………………….Ctrl+Z
Step Forward…......Shift+Ctrl+Z
Step Backward……….Alt+Ctrl+Z
Cut………………….…………..Ctrl+X
Copy………………….…………Ctrl+C
Paste……..…….………………Ctrl+V
Paste Into……………Shfit+Ctrl+V
Content Aware Scale………… …………….……..Alt+Shift+Ctrl+C
Free Transform……………Ctrl+T
Transform Again…Shift+Ctrl+T
Color Settings…….Shift+Ctrl+K
Preferencrs………………….Ctrl+K

31. Photoshop CS6 shortcuts
Image Menu
Layer Menu
Levels……………………….Ctrl+L
Curves….…………………Ctrl+M
Hue/Saturation………..Ctrl+U
Color Balance……………Ctrl+B
Auto Tone………..Shift+Ctrl+L
Auto Color ……..Shift+Ctrl+B
Image Size………....Alt+Ctrl+I
Canvas Size ………..Alt+Ctrl+C
New Layer..……..Shift+Ctrl+N
Layer Via Copy…………..Ctrl+J
Layer Via Cut……Shift+Ctrl+J
Create Clipping Mask………..
…………………….…..Alt+Ctrl+G
Group Layers……………Ctrl+G
Merge Layers……………Ctrl+E