1. North Texas PC User’s Group Photoshop SIG Hillary Morgan Ferrer Day 1 - June 16, 2007

2. Who this is for Those with a full version of Photoshop Those with Photoshop Elements Those who know nothing Those who know a little Some elements for those who know a lot

3. What we will cover The tools of Photoshop and what they do Basic Workflow Basic Editing Basic Retouching Intermediate/Advanced Retouching Working with Color

4. What we will cover (cont.) Digital Asset Management Working with images in bulk Automating tasks Printing Lots more that we can’t anticipate yet!

5. What we are talking about today Who I am and why I can talk to you Examples of what you can do in photoshop Overview of photoshop including: –Tools –Palettes –Prfinciples of Photoshop

6. What we are talking about today File types Overview of basic workflow Basic things to consider before shooting –Jpg vs RAW (reasons for each) –Color Temperature

7. Who Am I??!?!

8. What can you do in Photoshop?

11. What Photoshop is… The best way to have control over your images A way to personalize your images A way of creating as opposed to just capturing

12. What Photoshop is not An all fix it tool A way to turn bad photography into good photography A substitue for actually knowing what you are doing A reason to be lazy

13. Principles of Photoshop… LAYERS, LAYERS LAYERS!!! –(Which we will talk about next week) There is more than one way to skin a cat –There are multiple ways to do almost everything Photoshop is VERY deep If you don’t got it, you don’t got it

14. The Tool’s Palette Marquee –Makes selections –Selects a part of the canvas so that you can apply changes to just that part Move Tool –If have separate layers, can place them where you want them on the canvas Lasso –Another way of making selections –Regular, polygonal, magnetic

15. The Tool’s Palette (cont) Magic wand –A.K.A. “tragic” wand –Make selections via separating out colors –Can choose how specific (wide, narrow gamma) Crop –Can specify parameters, dimensions, resolution Slice –Don’t need to know about this - for creating web pages

16. The Tools’s Palette (cont) Band Aid - Healing tool –Spot healing, healing brush, Patch –Patch is one of your most important tools for retouching Brush –Brush, Pencil, Color Replacement Stamp/Clone –Clone stamp, pattern stamp

17. The Tool’s Palette (cont) History/Art History Brush Eraser –NEVER USE!! Always use layer masks Paint Bucket/Gradiant –Fills in space with either a solid color, or a gradiant (gradual gradation from one color to the next) Blur –Don’t really use much* –(blur, sharpen, smudge)

18. The Tool’s Palette (cont) Dodge/Burn Path selection tool (don’t need to know) Text (horizontal or vertical) Pen –Very very specific selections (probably won’t use) Shape –Most useful is the “custom shape” function

19. The Tool’s Palette (cont) Note pad –Only need if someone else will be working with the file Eye dropper –Figure out a specific color (color sampler) –MEASURING TOOL!! Your friend! Allows you to level your photo Hand Magnifying lens

20. File Types RAW –Only available in some cameras –Not a way that a file can be saved JPG –Algorithm to condense information TIFF –Best way to save layered files PSD –Not real practical considering dif. versions DNG –MUST save one copy as - for future

21. The RAW vs. JPG debate

22. Why use RAW Wide range of exposure Want to batch process/bulk Changing exposures Want to play with color Saving multiple versions

23. When to use RAW Have unlimited storage Need to work quickly with a large number of images You actually understand the RAW dialogue box V.I.S. Very Important Shot

24. Why/when to use JPG Shooting snapshots Have limited storage Exposure is DEAD on accurate That’s all your camera will shoot!

25. Summary of Differences RAW –Need to process large groups of pictures –Have unlimited storage –Need latitude of exposure JPG –Have limited storage –Just shooting snapshots –Exposure is dead on

26. Basic Workflow Save/burn one set of the original files Edit shoot into what you want and what you don’t Choose the picture(s) you want to work on Open (duh) Crop (depending on your treatment)

27. Basic Workflow (cont) Create new layer Dust and scratches Basic retouching –Blemishes, wrinkles, distracting objects Basic Color Specialty Color Save as Tiff Save as jpg