1. Photoshop Tips Final Project for LRC320 By Liz Cornelison

2. What Will be Covered  What is Photoshop?  Common Terms  Good Sources for “Easy-to-Follow” Tutorials

3. Photoshop  Photoshop is a graphics editing program developed and published by Adobe Systems Incorporated.

4. Photoshop Layout

5. Common Terms and Icons from Photoshop Toolbar

6. Common Terms “Crop” an Image  Crop means to remove the outer parts of an image to improve framing, accentuate subject matter, or change aspect ratio. Crop Icon Example 

7. Common Terms “Red-Eye” Tool  The Red-Eye Tool is for pictures where people have red eyes. Using the tool will eliminate the “red-eye” and give the color a more natural appearance. Crop Icon Example

8. Common Terms “Smudge” Tool  The Smudge Tool is used to smudge colors on the active layer. Crop Icon Example

9. Common Terms “Pen” Tool  The Pen Tool is used to place anchor points to define a path. That way, you are able to select a specific portion of image. Crop Icon Example

10. Other Common Terms and Icons from Photoshop

11. Common Terms “Brightness/Contrast”  Brightness indicates the offset of the level of black. Contrast applies a scale factor (gain) that affects the luminance (intensity). Crop Icon Example

12. Common Terms “Hue/Saturation”  Hue describes a dimension of color we readily experience when we look at color. Saturation is the dominance of hue in the color. Crop Icon Example

13. Common Terms “Levels”  The levels tool in Photoshop can move and stretch the brightness levels of an image histogram. It is made up of complete black, complete white, and midtones. Crop Icon Example

14. Good Sources  Here are some great resources that are “Easy-to-Follow Along” tutorials to get you started in Photoshop:  Scottd86  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HiOlIDcNlqw&fe ature=related  TutorializedHelp  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gX4hwS_nOhw& feature=related  MasKzNoEviL Videos  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSe_BN0BWDc& feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL