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1. INTRODUCTION Magnetic Lasso Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Horizontal and Vertical Type Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 3D Effects With Alpha Channels . . . . . . . . . . . 107
9. FILTERS
Liquify. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Applying the Liquify Tools to the Same Image 124
Masking in the Liquify Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Mandala art
As you see on this plate each grain of sand has a specific
place to represent a color. The point here is to use very
small particles and not leave any empty place on the
plate. Think as if that the plate under the Mandala sands
is flexible and if you try to increase the size of the plate by
pulling, there will be empty spaces between grains of
sand and the visual appeal will be impoverized. And if
you make the plate smaller by force, sands will overlap
each other making the artwork less attractive.
The same concept is true for Raster Graphics Editing
Programs (Photoshop). You use as many pixels as you
can in a certain area to make sharp images when
printing. But if you increase or decrease the size of the file
after creating the document the quality of the images will
decrease. Therefore mostly Raster Graphics programs
are used on Photo images and in giving special effects to
Some Photoshop Artwork pictures.
Vector graphics based upon mathematical equations to represent images in
computer graphics. You can increase the size of your canvas as much as you want
without losing the visual quality of your vector image. Vector graphics are mostly
used in big format printing. But their ability is limited in Photo editing.
8 Photoshop CS3
Photoshop CS3 Toolbox
The black triangle on the right bottom of tools means that the toolbox includes additional tools. To
open a sub tool menu you can either right click on it or just keep t and hold it, and then by clicking on
any tool on the menu will be able to change your tool.
Crop Tool
Hand Tool
Default colors
Zoom Tool
Toolbox
Chapter 1 - Introduction 9
Overview of Photoshop CS3
Menus
Tool Pane
Photoshop Interface
Maximize Button
Minimize Button
Image
Scroll Bars
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Digital Imaging
Color Modes
Each color you see on your computer screen or on a printed document is a
mixture of other main colors. To produce a color, you need to combine the main
colors in a certain ratio. You may have faced this fact in painting when you were
in primary school. You can add more water to lighten the color, or you can add a
little black to make it darker. In a PC environment there are two different Figure1: RGB Model
standards in defining the main colors. These are called the color models.
Red, Green, Blue: This model refers to a system for representing the colors on a
computer screen. Red, green, and blue are combined to produce other colors.
Color values vary in the range 0-255. Red=0, Green=0, Blue=0 produces black
color and Red=255, Green=255, Blue=255 produces white color. In RGB red
plus green produces yellow, red plus blue produces magenta, blue plus green
produces cyan. Figure 1 shows the three colors used in the RGB color model and
intersection of the colors.
Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Key (Black): The CMYK model is commonly used for
color printing. If you are using your image editing programs to prepare printing Figure2: CMYK Model
materials, you have to work with CMYK. In CMYK, magenta plus yellow produces
red, magenta plus cyan produces blue and cyan plus yellow produces green.
Figure 2 shows the four colors used in the CMYK color model and the
intersection of the colors. Rasterizing
Pixel Rasterizing is the process of
converting vector image to raster
A pixel (picture element) is a single point in a graphic image. Digital images images.
consist of collocated pixels. The intensity of each pixel is variable; in color
systems, each pixel has typically three or four dimensions of variability such as
red, green, and blue, or cyan, magenta, yellow, and black. It means a pixel can
have only one color.
Resolution
Resolution refers to the sharpness and clarity of an image. Resolution is the
number of pixels on a specific area such as a computer screen or a paper. It is
most often used to define monitors, printers, and images. The higher the resolution
you have means the more pixels you use in defining the image and getting a Rendered Without Antialiasing.
sharper and clearer result. Pixels Per Inch (PPI) is a measurement of resolution of
a monitor displaying an image. Dot per inch (DPI) defines the number of dots will
be put on a specific surface when printing.
Anti-Aliasing
One of the most important techniques in making eye-catching and smooth
graphics is anti-aliasing. In the context of rasterizing images, anti-aliasing refers
to the reduction of the jagged borders between colors.
Rendered Using Antialiasing.
Chapter 1 - Introduction 11
File Operations
New Image
When you run Photoshop for the first time, unlike most of the other programs,
you will not see a blank file. You need to use the New File dialog box to create a
new file.
Color Mode
Color mode shows how the colors are recorded in the file. For example
RGB : Red, Green, Blue
CMYK : Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black
Grayscale : 256 shades of gray
Background Contents
Every image by default has a background layer. It is different than any
other layer that we work with.
White : Background color will be white
Background color : You can set background color on the toolbar
Transparent : Background will be transparent (No color)
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File Formats
Before you save a file in Photoshop, you should decide which file format you will
need. You can save a file in about 20 different file formats. The most common
formats and their usages are listed below.
PSD : PSD is the default file format of Photoshop. PSD files keep layers
information to maintain the original image for future use.
BMP : Windows bitmap file format.
EPS : The most popular file format for publishing.
GIF : Due to it’s low file size, gif is a common web file format and
suitable for animations.
JPG/JPEG : The most used photo and web images format. Difference between
GIF and JPG is supported color. GIF can include 256 colors, JPG
more than 16.7 million colors.
PDF : Adobe's Portable Document Format
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Saving Files
Saving a file is very important for Photoshop. In Photoshop, you can save a file
in two different file formats to use in the future. PSD and TIFF are the most
important file formats to keep layer information. You have to save your project in
the PSD format to edit in the future. Select File -> Save As and then choose the
file format according to your need.
Opening Files
To open an existing file choose
File -> Open. Find the picture and
click on it. The appearance of the
picture will be in the preview
window. Click open if it's the file that
you need. You may also make
multiple selections by pressing the
CTRL Key to open more then one
file.
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Browsing Files
Adobe Bridge CS3 is an external program, provided with Adobe
Creative Suite 3 components, to organize and browse images
Filters Panel
easily. From Bridge you can view, search, sort, filter, manage, Images may be filtered by
and process image, video, and audio files. You can sort images keywords, date created, date
by filename, document type, date created or modified, file size, modified, orientation, and
and dimension. You can use Bridge to rename, move, and delete aspect ratio. By clicking on
files; edit metadata; rotate images; and run batch commands. one of the criteria you can
When you rotate an image you only rotate the view of the image. display images containing
Rotating does not affect the image data. You can also view files that criteria.
and data imported from your digital still or video camera.
Info Palette
The info palette
(Window - Info)
provides useful
numerical readouts
relative to the position
of your image.
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Batch Rename Files
You can rename files and folders in a group, or batch. When you batch rename
files, you can choose the same settings for all the selected files or folders. When
you need to rename files in an order (image01, image02, image03...) batch
rename is the best command to use. Hundreds of files can be renamed in a
minute by using batch rename command.
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Practice
File Processing
Chapter 1 - Introduction 17
Questions
1. The most recent version of Photoshop is 5. Which of the following can you NOT do with
Photoshop?
a. Photoshop X3
a. Create Flash movies
b. Photoshop 7
b. Restore old photographs
c. Photoshop CS3
c. Create original artwork
d. Photoshop Pro Tools
d. Open jpg files
4. Which is NOT one of the tools in the Photoshop d. Shows help text for that tool
CS3 toolbar?
a. Color Range Selection
b. Lasso Tool 9. CS3 stands for
c. Gradient Tool a. Counter Strike
d. Type Mask Tool b. Creative Studio
c. Color System
d. Computer Science
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1 3 Selection isolates one or more parts of your image. After selecting an area, you
can edit it or apply effects and filters inside the selected area. Unselected areas
will be untouched. A selection is indicated by a dotted white and black line. The
2 4 selected area can be moved by using the move tool.
1. New selection
2. Add to selection
3. Subtract from selection
4. Intersect with selection
New: Creates a new selection. Your current selection Subtract: Removes the new selection area from the
will be replaced. current selection.
Add: Adds a new selection area to the current Intersected: Selects the intersection area of the
selection. current and new selections.
Selection Tools
Marquee tools
Lasso tools
Magic wand tool
Select menu
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Marquee Tools
The Marquee Tools make rectangular, elliptical, single row, and single column
selections.
Rectangular Marquee makes a rectangular selection.
Elliptical Marquee makes an elliptical selection.
Single Row or Single Column Marquee defines the border as a 1-pixel-
wide row or column.
Lasso Tools
The Lasso Tools make freehand, polygonal and magnetic (snap-to) selections.
Lasso tools are designed to help you make irregular selections. To finish drawing
a selection, either click on the selection starting point or double-click anywhere. Lasso Tool
Lasso Tool
You can use the Lasso Tool to make freehand selections. When you return
to your starting point your selection will become the familiar marching ants. If
you release the mouse button before the shape is closed, the selection will
complete itself with a straight line automatically.
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Polygonal Lasso Tool
The Polygonal Lasso Tool allows you to makes straight
sided selection. You can also hold down the Alt key to draw
a freehand sections. The anchor points can be removed by
pressing the delete key. At the end, if you click near the
starting point it will snap to it automatically.
Practice
Tearing Photos Using Polygonal Lasso Tool
è You had a parrot named Ginn.You loved each other so much. He was as free as you at home. You always
let him stay out of his cage whenever he wanted. But one day he left home by escaping from an open
window and never came back. You are very angry with him. You want to destroy everything belonging to
him even the photos. But if he comes back? Maybe he just went to visit his grandfather in Kenya? So we
suggest you to tear his digital photos instead of printed ones. But you don`t know how ? Let`s learn
than.
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Magnetic Lasso Tool
We use magnetic lasso tool to separate a part of the image
which has a different color than it’s surrounding. When you
use the Magnetic Lasso Tool, the border snaps to the edges
of defined areas in the image. These anchor points can be
removed by pressing the delete key. When you have finished,
click on the first anchor point to close the selection. At the
end, if you click near the starting point it will snap to it
automatically.
To add a selected part to a selection, use the magic wand by pressing Shift, to
subtract from the selection use the magic wand by pressing Alt.
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To expand a selection:
select the first area,
press the Shift key,
click on the second area,
first and second area will be selected.
To subtract from the selection just press Alt key instead of Shift key.
Expanding a Selection
Quick Selection Tool ( ) is the brush form of the Magic Wand. Magic Wand
works with a touch and fill action. But the new Quick Selection works more like a
continuous brush stroke. Drag the tool through an area and other areas of similar
color are selected. The brush size decides the distance within which Photoshop
looks for similar colors.
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Refine Edge
The Refine Edge option improves the quality of a selection's edges and allows
you to view the selection with different backgrounds for easy editing.
1. Create a selection with any selection tool.
2. Click Refine Edge on the selection toolbar to set options for adjusting the
selection.
Option Description
Radius Determines the size of the region around the selection.
Contrast Sharpens the selection edges and removes fuzzy artifacts.
Reduces irregular areas ("hills and valleys") in the selection
Smooth boundary, creating a smoother outline. Enter a value or
move the slider from 0 to 100.
Creates a soft-edged transition between the selection and
Feather
its surrounding pixels.
Contract/Expand: Shrinks or enlarges the selection boundary.
3. Click one of the Selection View icons to change view modes. Description
shows information about each mode.
To preview the selection with To preview the selection with Quick Mask. Double-click the
a standard selection border. Quick Mask preview to change the mask color or opacity.
Deleting a Selection
Simply, press “delete key” on your keyboard
to delete a selection.
Original
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Move Tool
The move tool lets you drag a selection or layer to another location in the image
or to another image on your workspace. By using the move tool you can also
copy a selection to another location.
When you select the move tool the following toolbar appears on the top of the
screen.
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Resizing Image with Move Tool
When Show Transform Controls is selected, click on the corner or side points of
image. Drag them out to expand the size of an image, or drag them in to contract
the size of an image. Press Shift key while dragging to resize the object
proportionally.
Resizing Points
Rotating Image with Move Tool
Position the cursor out (but very close) of the boundaries of the image. When the
cursor turns to a rotate icon, you will be able to rotate your image around the
reference points. Also you can change the position of the reference point.
Reference Reference
point point
Reference
point
Rotating an Image Around the Reference Point
Alignment Buttons
The Alignment options let you align the layers as you like. To align layers, first
you need to select the layers you want to align in the layers menu. Holding Ctrl
as you click allows you to multi-select. If you hold Shift as you select, it will select
everything between your first and last click. Alignment Buttons
Align Bottom Align Left Edges Align Horizontal Centers Align Right
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Distribute Buttons
Clicking on any distribute button automatically positions selected layers, with
Distribute Buttons equal space between each layer. You have to select at least three layers to
enable this group of buttons. On the following picture, we have five colored
rectangles which have different spaces between each other. After you distribute
them, the spaces between any two neighboring layers will be the same.
Undistributed Distributed
Select Menu
To select the skier easily: Select All: It selects all pixels on a layer within the canvas boundaries. To Select
All, select the layer in the layers palette.
select outside of the skier
(white area) by using the Magic Select -> All. (CTRL+A)
Wand toll Deselect: It deselects the selected area. To deselect selections do one of the
click Select -> Inverse following:
Select -> Deselect. (CTRL+D)
If you are using the Rectangle Marquee Tool, the Elliptical Marquee Tool, or the
Lasso Tool, click anywhere in the image outside the selected area.
Reselect: It selects the most recent selection again.
Select -> Reselect. (Shift+CTRL+D)
Inverse Selection: It selects the current unselected part of the image.
Select -> Inverse. (Shift+CTRL+I)
Color Range: The Color Range selects a specified color within an existing
selection or an entire image. To select a color range:
Selecting White Area
Choose Select -> Color Range.
For select, choose the Sampled Colors Tool
Select one of the display options:
Selection Previews only the selection as you build it.
Image Previews the entire image. For example, you might want to sample
from a part of the image that isn't on-screen.
To toggle between the Image and Selection previews in the Color Range
dialog box, press Ctrl key.
Position the pointer over the image or preview area, and click to sample the
colors you want included.
After Inverse Selection
Sampling color
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Adjust the range of colors using the Fuzziness
slider or by entering a value. To decrease the
range of colors selected, decrease the value.
The Fuzziness option partially selects pixels by
controlling the degree to which related colors
are included in the selection.
Selecting with the First Way Selecting with the Second Way Inverse Selection After Deleting Selection
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Practice
Making a Sphere with Select Menu
è Create a new file with 800x600 pixels, RGB color mode and 72 dpi
resolution.
è Fill the Background layer with blue.
è Select the Elliptical Marquee Tool from Tools and draw a perfect circle by
pressing Shift key while you are drawing.
è Then go to Select -> Modify -> Contract and set the contract by 40 pixels.
è Select the yellow color as the Foreground and fill the selection with yellow.
è Again you contract the selection 50 pixels and for the last time select white
color as the foreground color, and fill the selection with white.
Transforms
Free Transform
The Free Transform command lets you
use the scale, rotate, skew, distort and
perspective commands without having to
The Original Image Resize Rotate select them from the menu. In Photoshop,
you can also apply a warp transformation.
Instead of choosing different commands,
you simply hold down a key on your
keyboard to switch between
transformation types.
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1. Select the image you want to transform.
2. Choose Edit -> Free Transform. Choosing Transform Style
3. Do one of the following: You can use the Ctrl+t keys
Use both corner handle and side handle to resize. Press Shift to scale combination to switch to free
proportionately. transform functions. Then by
right clicking, you can choose
To rotate by dragging, move the pointer outside the bounding border and transform style.
then drag.
Use corner handle to perform distortion by holding-down Ctrl key while
dragging the handle. While holding down Ctrl key your cursor will turning to
indicate that you are performing distortion.
To skew, press Ctrl+Shift, and drag a side handle. When positioned over a
side handle, the pointer becomes a white arrowhead with a small double
arrow.
To apply perspective, press Ctrl+Alt+Shift, and drag a corner handle.
To finish a transformation you have a applied, press Enter key.
To cancel the transformation, press Esc or click the Cancel button in the
options bar.
To warp a selection:
1. Select the image you want to
warp.
2. Choose Edit > Transform >
Warp.
3. Drag the control points.
4. Press Enter or click the
Commit button in the options
bar.
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Practice
Creating a Logo with Selection Tools
è Open the file mta.psd.
è Set Foreground color to Orange and Background color to White.
è Select Elliptical Marquee Tool from Tools and draw an ellipse.
è Press Alt + Delete key combinations to fill inside the selection with orange
color
è By using arrow keys on your keyboard, move the selection (not the shape)
5 pixels (press on the right arrow 5 times) to the right.
è Press Delete key to fill inside the selection with white.
è Move the selection 8 pixels to the right. Press Alt + Delete keys to fill
inside the selection with orange color.
è Move the selection 10 pixels to the right side and press the Delete key.
è Move the selection 8 pixels to the right. Press Alt + Delete keys to fill
inside the selection with orange color.
è Move the selection 15 pixels to the right and press the Delete key. You
should have a crescent moon shape.
è After finishing the shape, unhide the layer Meridian Travel Agency. Save
your work.
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Practice
Selecting an Image
Open the file rose.psd and make the following changes by using selection tools.
Practice
Resizing an Image
Open the file resize.psd and resize and rearrange the images as shown below.
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Questions
1. Which of the following tool(s) can NOT make a 7. Clicking on the ..........................................
selection? button automatically positions selected layers,
a. Marquee tools with equal space between each layer.
b. Lasso tools a. Alignment
c. Magic wand tool b. Distribute
d. Move tool c. Auto Select Layer
d. Show Bounding Box
2. What selects a specified color within an
existing selection or an entire image. 8. Which is not a selection method?
a. Color range a. Quick masking
b. Feather modify b. Layer masking
c. Inverse selection c. Using the Lasso Tool
d. Reselect d. Color Range
3. The ........................ tool lets you drag a 9. Which of the following is NOT possible to do by
selection or layer to another location in the using the free transform commands?
image or to another image on your workspace. a. Rotate b. Scale
a. Lasso c. Skew d. Filter
b. Move
c. Alignment 10. .............. turns an item around a reference
d. Distribute point.
a. Rotating b. Scaling
4. Which of the following tool is NOT a marquee c. Skewing d. Warping
tool?
a. Rectangular tool 11. .......................... enlarges or reduces an item
b. Single row tool relative to its reference point.
c. Lasso tool a. Rotating b. Scaling
d. Elliptical tool c. Skewing d. Warping
5. By pressing which key can you make a perfect 12. Which of the following transform commands is
circle? used on this picture?
a. Alt b. Shift
c. Ctrl d. Spacebar
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Image Size
The Image Size command changes the number of pixels used to create the
image. By changing pixel dimensions in the image size dialog box, you can
Pixel Dimensions change the size of your image. To open the image size dialog box: Image ->
The pixel dimensions (image size Image Size (Ctrl+Alt+I).
or height and width) of a bitmap Now you will change the image size of a picture. The image size of picture is
image is a measure of the 360x540. To make it smaller we need to change the width and height. The
number of pixels along an constrain proportions option automatically changes the width as you change the
image’s width and height. height, and vice versa. So if we change the width to 240 the height will be 360
automatically.
Anchor
Anchor allows you to specify the
direction of expansion. The
arrows will demonstrate the
selected direction.
The Original Image The Image Size Dialog Box With New Size
Canvas Size
The Canvas Size command lets you add or remove work space around an
existing image. You can also use the Canvas Size command to crop an image by
decreasing the canvas area. If you need more space around your image
(border), the Canvas Size command is the best way to do this. To access the
change canvas size dialog box: Image -> Canvas Size. Enter values for width
Dialog Box and height.
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Crop and Trim
Cropping deletes part of an image. You can crop an image using the Crop Tool
or the Crop command. Select the Crop Tool from the toolbox. Click and drag to
define the crop area. When you are happy with the position and the size of the
crop area, click the Commit button to apply command.
In addition to the Crop Tool, you can use the Crop and Trim commands to crop
an image.
Use a selection tool to select the part of an image you want to keep and then
Image -> Crop.
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Adjustments
Original Image
Adjustment Menu
Levels
The Levels dialog box lets you correct the tonal
range and color balance of an image by
adjusting the intensity levels of image shadows,
midtones, and highlights.
The Levels histogram is a visual guide for
adjusting the image key tones.
Image -> Adjustments -> Levels
After Applying Levels
Curves
The Curves dialog box lets you adjust the entire
tonal range of an image. But unlike Levels, which
has only three adjustments (shadows, midtones,
and highlights), Curves lets you adjust up to 14
different points throughout an image's tonal
range.
Image -> Adjustments -> Curves
Desaturate
The Desaturate command converts a color image to grayscale values, but leaves
the image in the same color mode.
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Practice
Match Color
The Match Color command matches colors
between multiple images, between multiple layers,
or between multiple color selections. It also lets you
adjust the colors in an image by changing the
luminance, changing the color range, and
neutralizing a color cast. The Match Color command
works only in RGB mode.
Image -> Adjustments -> Match Color.
Selective Color
Selective Color correction is a technique used by high-end scanners and
separation programs to increase and decrease the amount of process colors in
each of the additive and subtractive primary color components in an image. Even
though Selective Color uses CMYK colors to correct an image, you can use it on
RGB images as well as on images that will be printed.
Image -> Adjustments -> Selective Color
Channel Mixer
The Channel Mixer command lets you create
high-quality grayscale images by choosing
the percentage contribution from each color
channel. You can also create high-quality
sepia-tone or other tinted images. Using the
Channel Mixer, you can also make creative
color adjustments not easily done with other
color-adjustment tools.
Channel Mixer Dialog Box Image -> Adjustments -> Channel Mixer After Applying Channel Mixer
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Gradient Map
Gradient Maps are a great way to add color to a grayscale image, or to fine tune
the existing color of an image. This is a handy way of getting a photographic
image to have a gradient effect, whereby you can specify the exact colors you
would like the image to appear in.
Image -> Adjustments -> Gradient Map
Replace Color
The Replace Color command lets you create a mask
around specific colors and then replace those colors in the
image. You can set the hue, saturation, and lightness of the
area identified by the mask. The mask is temporary.
Image -> Adjustments -> Match Color.
After Applying Replace Color Replace Color Dialog Box
Photo Filter
The Photo Filter command mimics the technique of putting
a colored filter in front of the camera lens to adjust the color
balance and color temperature of the light transmitted
through the lens and exposing the film. The Photo Filter
command also lets you choose a color preset to apply a
hue adjustment to an image. If you want to apply a custom
color adjustment, the Photo Filter command lets you
specify a color using the Adobe Color Picker.
Image -> Adjustments -> Photo Filter.
Photo Filter Dialog Box After Applying Photo Filter
Threshold
The Threshold command converts grayscale or color images to high-contrast,
black and white images. You can specify a certain level as a threshold. All pixels
lighter than the threshold are converted to white; all pixels darker are converted
to black. The Threshold command is useful for determining the lightest and
darkest areas of an image.
Image -> Adjustments -> Threshold
Posterize
The Posterize command lets you specify the number of tonal levels (or
brightness values) for each channel in an image and then maps pixels to the
closest matching level. For example, choosing two tonal levels in an RGB image
gives six colors: two for red, two for green, and two for blue.
This command is useful for creating special effects,
such as large, flat areas in a photograph. Its effects are
most evident when you reduce the number of gray
levels in a grayscale image, but it also produces
interesting effects in color images.
Image -> Adjustments -> Posterize Posterize Dialog Box After Applying Posterize
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Color Modes
An image's color mode depends on your purpose. There are eight different
image color modes in Photoshop. RGB and CMYK are the two major color
modes. Images are usually in RGB mode. RGB mode is for use on the web, on
monitors, on office programs and with most inkjet printers. CMYK mode is
required for publishing.
Original Picture
1 2 3
4 5
6
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Practice
Mountain
Original Picture
Figure 1 Figure 2
a. Trim b. Crop
c. Image Size d. Canvas Size Figure 1 Figure 2
a. Brightness/Contrast
b. Exposure
2. The ....................... command can be used to c. Threshold
change the number of pixels used to create the
d. Channel Mixer
image.
a. Image size b. Canvas size
c. Crop d. Trim
Figure 1 Figure 2
4. Which is NOT a property of adjustment menu?
a. Match color b. Brightness/contrast
a. Hue/Saturation b. Curves
c. Photo filter d. Gradient Map
c. Rotate d. Color Balance
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Layers Panel Layer Essentials
To display layers panel click on Layers in Photoshop are just like layers of acetate where each image has its own
Window -> Layers layer to build up a composite image. Each layer has its own transparency,
position and can be edited independently.
Layer Window
1. Set the blending mode for the layer
2. Layer opacity
3. Fill opacity affects pixels painted in a layer or shapes
4 drawn on a layer without affecting the opacity of any layer
1 effects that have been applied to the layer.
2
5
5. Hide/Unhide
6
6. Layer preview and layer name
7. Link layers
8. Add a layer style
9. Add layer mask
10. Create new fill or adjustment layer.
11. Create a new group
7 9 11 13
12. Create a new layer
Layer Palette 8 10 12 13. Delete layer
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New Layer
To create a new layer, we simply click on Layer −>New' Layer. Once we do that,
a new layer is created on the top of our layer stack.
Layer Menu
Lilies.psd
Renaming a Layer
To rename a layer, simply double click on the layer name and change it’s name.
On daisies.psd rename the new layer you created as empty layer.
Moving a Layer
The easiest method to move a selection or a layer from one
document to another is the drag and drop method. Using the move
tools drag and drop the layer on any part of the other document. You
will see the moved layer on top of all the layers. To do this both of the
documents should be open and the document windows should be in
restore mode.
Open daisies.psd and butterflies.psd. When butterflies.psd is the
active window click on butterfly 1 layer and drag it into daisies.psd,
and Save As daisies and butterflies.psd.
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Duplicating a Layer
By duplicating a layer, we produce a copy of all items in that layer. To duplicate
a layer, first we select the layer by clicking on it once then we follow the Layer −
> Duplicate Layer path. The other way for duplicating a layer is right-clicking on
the layer and dragging the layer to the New Layer icon.
Deleting a Layer
To delete a layer we click on Layer −> Delete layer or we drag and drop the layer
to the trash bin which is located at the right bottom corner of the panel.
Deleting a Layer
Hide/Show Layers
To hide a layer, we first select the layer by clicking on it once
then we follow Layer −> Hide layers path. The shortest way to
hide a layer is to click on the eye icon on the left side of the
layer. To unhide a layer, we click to Layer −> Show layers or
click on the empty box on the left side of the layer to bring back
the eye symbol for making the layer visible.
Hide/Unhide Layers
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Merging Layers
Sometimes we need to combine all layers in one layer. This is
called “merging layers” in Photoshop. Merging layers do not
change any effect given to the layers. To merge layers, we first
select the layers by pressing the Shift key while clicking on
them. Then we follow Layer −> Merge Layers path.
Grouping Layers
Grouping layers has two main advantages.
1. Grouped layers can be edited, modified, moved, given
effects together.
2. Grouping layers helps us to organize the Layers panel
when we are working with many layers.
To group layers, first we select the layers and click Layer −>
Group Layers. The second way is to drag the selected layers
Group Layers Icon Hide/Show Grouped Layers to the Group Layers icon below the Layers panel.
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Background Layers
There are three kinds of background layers in Photoshop. These are
transparent backgrounds, color backgrounds and picture backgrounds.
When creating a new file, if we define the Background Content as transparent,
there will be no color on the background. For colored background, before
Transparent Background creating a new file we change the background color from toolbox. Then we
select background color from the Background Contents box while creating a
new file. When we open a new picture in Photoshop, by default picture
becomes the background layer.
Picture Background
Deleting a Selection on the Background Layer Deleting a Selection on a Layer Which is Converted from
Background Layer
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Opacity
A layer's opacity determines to what degree it
obscures or reveals the layer beneath it. A layer with
1% opacity appears nearly transparent, whereas one
with 100% opacity appears completely opaque.
Open the wall_clock.psd. As you see on the picture
we have four wall clocks which all have an opacity of
100 percent.
Wall_clock.psd File
Fill Opacity
While opacity affects the opaqueness of the whole layer including layer effects,
fill only affects the layer content, but not layer effects.
You see two clocks and their opacity and fill values on the left. After giving drop
shadow effect, we see that because opacity is applied even to effects the
shadow is a bit lighter than the one on it’s left.
Layer Order
On layers panel, the layer above is always in front of the other.
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Blending Mode
The blending mode controls how pixels are affected after painting or editing. By
changing the blending mode of a layer, we mix the colors of the layer with the
layer beneath it. Each mode gives a different result, since ways of mixing is
different for each blending mode.
Example
Open the images red_tulips.psd and sea.psd.
Drag and drop the Red Tulips onto the sea file by using the Move tool. Place
the red tulip so as to cover the whole of canvas.
Change the blending mode of the Red Tulips layer to the Lighten and the
Vivid Light modes.
Vivid Light
Layer Style
Layer Style menu allows us to customize various layer effects and blend selected
contents from multiple layers.
If we have a look at the Layer Style menu, on the left side we see different layer
effects. To apply any of those effects, we click on it’s name on the left side and
change the settings of the effects which will come to the middle of the menu. To
apply more than one effect, we tick on the box of each effect we want to add.
Here are some effects given to the file clover.psd.
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Practice
Positioning Layers
Open the file badge.psd and make a security officer badge.
Practice
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Questions
1. Layers in Photoshop are 5. Which Layer Style effects are given to the
a. filters that have been applied to the image shape below?
b. images stacked on top of each other
c. color models
d. color and brightness correction
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A
B
BRUSH TOOLS
C
D Brush Tool
E
The Brush Tool applies the foreground color on your image. The brush preset
picker makes quick access to size (B), hardness (D), and preset of brushes (E).
Diameter changes the brush size. Drag the slider (B) or enter a value (A).
Hardness (D) sets the amount of anti-aliasing for the brush tool. At 100% (C), the
brush tool paints with the hardest brush tip, but is still anti-aliased.
Writing by Using the Brush Tool Painting Cherries by Using the Brush Tool
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Pencil Tool
The Pencil Tool creates hard-edged lines. It uses the same preset as a brush
tool. But the value of hardness is 100%. You can't change it even if you select the
soft-edged pencil.
è Open your modified cherry
file.
è Select Pencil Tool
è Right click on the picture or
click Brush Preset Picker to
open the brush preset.
è Set the Master Diameter to
30 px.
è Write Cherry on the top of
picture.
è Save your image.
Writing with the Pencil Tool Pencil Preset Picker Dialog Box
è Compare the brush and
pencil writings.
Practice
Invitation Card with Brush Tool
Your little sister has a birthday party next week and
she is asking for your help to prepare a nice
invitation letter to her friends. This practice will help
you to prepare simple but cool invitation letters and
greeting cards.
è Draw a borderline with the flowers. è Select the butterflies brush and draw some butterflies.
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Color Replacement Tool
The Color Replacement tool simplifies the replacing of specific colors in your
image. You can paint over a targeted color with a corrective color.
Using the Color Replacement Tool
1. Select the Color Replacement tool.
2. Choose a brush tip in the options bar.
3. For tolerance, enter a percentage value (ranging from 0 to 255) or drag
the slider. Choose a low percentage to replace colors very similar to the pixel
you click, or raise the percentage to replace a broader range of colors.
4. Choose a foreground color that replaces the unwanted color.
5. Click the color you want to replace in the image.
6. Drag in the image to replace the targeted color.
Practice
Coloring a Vase With Color Replacement Tool
è Open the file vase.psd.
è Select the Color Replacement Tool and define an average size brush with %0 hardness.
è Select a new color you want the vase to be by changing the foreground color.
è Move the brush on all parts of the vase to apply the new color.
Practice
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PAINT AND EDIT TOOLS
Tolerance
Using the Paint Bucket Tool
The tolerance defines how similar
Choose a foreground color. in color a pixel must be to be
filled. Values can range from 0 to
Select the Paint Bucket Tool. 255. A low tolerance fills pixels
Enter the tolerance for the fill. within a range of color values
very similar to the pixel you click.
Click the part of the image you want to fill. All specified pixels within the A high tolerance fills pixels within
specified tolerance are filled with the foreground color or pattern. a broader range.
Filling
You can use the Fill Dialog Box to fill a whole layer or a
selection. The main difference between the Fill Dialog Box
and the Paint Bucket is tolerance. There is no tolerance on
the Fill Dialog Box. It means your layer or selection will be
covered by the color that you specify in the fill dialog box.
In the fill dialog box you can use your foreground color,
background color or specify the color. It's also possible to
use a pattern.
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Stroking
You can use the Stroke command to paint a colored border around a selection,
layer, or path. Stroke can be used to set off a photo with a frame or highlight a
section of an image or stroke an image layer.
By using stroke you can do followings:
èSet a frame for your photo
èHighlight a section of an image
Stroke an Image Layer
1. Select the area or layer.
2. Choose Edit -> Stroke.
Stroke Dialog Box
3. In the Stroke Dialog Box, specify the width of the border.
4. For Location, specify whether to place the border inside, outside, or
centered over the selection or layer boundaries.
The Gradient Tool creates a gradual blend between multiple colors. You can
choose from preset gradient fills or create your own.
You can fill an area with a gradient by dragging in the image. The starting point
and ending point affect the gradient appearance, depending on the Gradient
tool used.
6. Position the pointer in the image where you want to set the starting point of the
gradient, and drag to define the ending point.
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Practice
Making a Lollipop
As you know a lollipop consists of two parts: Sweet and the Stick. Let’s make them separately and then
combine.
è Click File -> New and create a 300 x 400 pixels file with a resolution of 72
pixel/inch.
è Then select the Rectangle Marque Tool and draw a small stick.
è Click on the gradient tool. You will see a menu for editing your gradient styles
on top.
è Open the Gradient Edit Box.
è You put the colors in given order on the picture and click OK. It seems
not easy at first, but after a few tries you will see it is not that difficult.
è How are we going to apply the gradient to our stick? First be sure that
you`ve selected the Linear Gradient. Then from one vertical side to
another keep pressing your cursor. Try not to exceed the
circumference. Exactly start and stop on the lines. You can press Shift
while drawing so you have a Straight Gradient.
è Now the sweet part of the lollipop. Select the Elliptical Marquee Tool
and draw a circle. Make it a bit oval.
è Go to the Gradient Editor and apply the settings on the picture.
è Once you`ve selected your colors click OK.
è Then select the Radial Gradient style.
è Click to the center of the oval and draw a line to any side. You may exceed the boundaries of the oval to
apply/exclude some colors.
è It is time to combine two shapes now. As you see my lollipop is still selected. Position it somewhere at
the middle. To move the stick select the Rectangle Marquee Tool and draw a rectangle that covers all
parts of the stick. Select the Move Tool and put the stick under the sweet.
The Clone Stamp Tool takes a sample of an image, which you can then apply
over another image or part of the same image. You can also clone part of one
layer over another layer. The size of the area copied depends on the brush size.
The clone stamp tool is useful for duplicating an object or removing a fault on an
image.
Practice
Cloning Boat
èOpen the file clone.jpg. èDrag over the area of the
image you want to copy.
èYou can release your finger
and continue from another
part at any time.
èIf you copy more than you
need, you can use the Art
Brush Tool to correct your
mistake instead of going
back and redoing cloning.
èSelect the Clone Stamp Tool.
èPress Alt key and hold your
finger. The mouse icon will
change to the target sign.
èSave your image.
èSet the duplicating point by
positioning the pointer on the
image and click.
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Patch Tool
The Patch Tool lets you repair a selected area with pixels from another area or a
pattern. Like the Healing Brush Tool, the Patch Tool matches the texture,
lighting, and shading of the sampled pixels to the source pixels. You can also use
the Patch tool to clone isolated areas of an image. The Patch Tool can be useful
for removing date and time stamps on the bottom of a photo.
Practice
Removing the Face Mole of a Woman
èOpen the file face.psd and select the Spot Heal Brush Tool.
èSelect a brush big enough to cover the mole.
èClick on the mole once or twice. The mole will disappear.
face.psd Result
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Practice
Making a Flame
The Background Eraser samples the color in the center of the brush, also
called the hot spot, and deletes that color wherever it appears inside the
brush. It also performs color extraction at the edges of any foreground
Deleting the Background
objects, so that color halos are not visible if the foreground object is later
with the Background Eraser. pasted into another image.
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Magic Eraser Tool
When you click in a layer with the Magic Eraser tool, the tool automatically
changes all similar pixels. If you're working in the background, or in a layer
with a locked transparency, the pixels change to the background color;
otherwise, the pixels are erased to transparency. You can choose to erase the
contiguous pixels only or all similar pixels on the current layer.
After Applying the Magic Eraser on the Sky After Applying a Gradient
The Results
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Practice
Open the damaged_photo.jpg file Open the damaged_road.jpg file and repair the road by
and repair the photo by using the using the Patch Tool. Then by using the Selection Tools and
Clone Stamp Tool. the Color Replacement Brush to change the car’s color.
2. What does the Eyedropper tool do? 7. "B" is the keyboard shortcut for:
a. Fills the selection a. Blur
b. Selects the color with the cursor b. Lasso tool
c. Removes red-eye c. Brush tool
d. Selects the eyes of people on the picture d. Bevel
3. Which of the following is NOT correct? 8. The ................... tool paints with stylized
a. The Pencil tool can create hard-edged lines. strokes, using the source data from a specified
history state or snapshot.
b.The Brush tool can create soft-edged lines
a. Art History Brush
c. The Brush tool can create hard-edged lines.
b. Brush
d. The Pencil tool can create soft-edged lines.
c. Paint Brush
d. Pencil
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Type Tool
Like a word processing program by using the Type Tool, you can change font
type, size, color, leading, tracking, vertical scale, horizontal scale, baseline shift,
case (bold, italic, underline, strike through, superscript, subscript, all caps, small
Type Tool caps), anti-aliasing method, alignments (left, center, right, justify), paragraph
indents and automatic hyphenation properties.
To edit text select the Horizontal Type tool. Click directly into the text you want to
change.
You do not need to create a New Layer when using the Horizontal and the Vertical
Type Tool. The program itself creates a new layer by default when you click on
the canvas to type.
You can create and edit the type directly in the image window. The type you
create is preserved as a vector image which means you can change the font size
without loosing clarity.
2 4 6 8
1 Font: We can choose from a huge selection of fonts from the fonts menu.
Times New Roman Comic Sans MS Cooper Black Swis721 BT Square 721
2 Font Style: To use regular, bold, italic, bold-italic styles we need to use this menu.
Regular, Bold, Italic, Bold-italic
3 Font Size: We define the size of the fonts from this menu.
8 pt 10 pt 18 pt 8 pt 10 pt 18 pt 8 pt 10 pt 18 pt
4 Antialiasing Method: In this menu we can select antialising methods such as strong, sharp, and smooth.
None: , Strong:
5 Text Alignment: Text alignment icons are for aligning the text to left, right or center.
Left Center Right
Aligned Paragraph Aligned Paragraph Aligned Paragraph
6 Text Color:
Blue Orange Black Green Red Purple Yellow
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7 Warp Text: Photoshop provides a variety of preset type warps that you can use
to customize the shape of your text.
1 2
1. Font 6. Tracking refers to the
amount of space
3 4
2. Font style between a group of
letters to affect density
5 3. Font size in a line or block of text.
6
4. Leading (The space 7. Vertical scale
8
7 between two text lines) 8. Horizontal scale
10 5. Kerning (The amount of 9. Superscript
9
space between text 10. Font color
11 characters. Kerning 11. Text presets
12 varies between fonts.)
12. Anti-aliasing method
Character Palette
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Some Character Palette Applications
Paragraph palette: The paragraph palette is very useful when we are working with
text which consists of one or more paragraphs.
Indentation
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Horizontal and Vertical Type Tools
You do not need to create a New Layer when using Horizontal
and the Vertical Type Tool. The program itself creates a new
layer by default when you click on the canvas to type.
Type Tool
Masking Mode
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As you see our screen is in Masking Mode. Text part shows us our selection
and the red area shows the surface out of selection. Now to switch screen to
the normal mode, just select any tool except the Type Tool.
Normal Mode
Now we click Select -> Select Inverse to select the text’s surrounding and press
the Delete Key to fill it with white.(note that newyork.psd is a background layer
so deleting background layer means filling it with background color)
Result
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Rasterizing the Text
Photoshop not only enables us to perform typing, but also gives us many
powerful features and menus to apply various effects to texts. Type tools create
vector image texts. But because Photoshop is a raster image editing program,
sometimes we have to convert texts to raster image. To do this after selecting
the text layer on the Layers Panel, follow Layer > Rasterize > Type path or right-
click on the type layer and select Rasterize Type from the pop-up menu. Once
you rasterize the layer you can’t change it’s features such as size or shape from
the Type Toolbar.
Practice
Giving Layer Styles to Texts
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Applying Outer Glow style
The Result
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Style Palette
The Style Palette has different
useful styles. You can apply
default styles of Photoshop here.
You can even save your own styles
for future use.
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Practice
Type Tools
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Practice
Cheese Text
Create a document : 600 X 400 with 72 dpi resolution. Using the Selection Tools and the Layer Styles
make a cheese text as given.
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Questions
1. You can NOT 7. What is the difference between Figure 1 and
a. Change the color of text Figure 2?
b. Bend a text
c. Change embedded text on JPG files PHOTOSHOP PHOTOSHOP
d. Change text alignment
Figure 1 Figure 2
a. Leading values are different.
2. The _______________ allows you to create b. Font sizes are different.
complex selections in the shape of type c. Indentations are different.
characters.
d.Tracking values are different.
a. Type mask tool b. Horizontal type tool
c. Vertical type tool d. Warp text tool
8. What is the name of the process of converting
vector texts to raster images?
3. Which of the following is NOT a warp text type?
a. Vectorizing
a. Arc b. Flag c. Fish d. Cat
b. Merging
c. Flattening
4. Which of the following is NOT a way to edit a d. Rasterizing
text?
a. Click directly into the text with text tool.
b. Double click on the 'T' icon on the layer. 9. Which Warp effect was applied to the shape
below?
c. Right click > Edit text
d. Rasterize Type then edit text
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PEN TOOLS
Photoshop`s Pen Tool is used to create vector shapes and to create vector
paths that can be converted to selections. Anchor points are used to define,
modify the segments that make the paths and shapes. In Photoshop, paths are
Pen Tool
the outlines of vector objects. As you see on the left side, when you click on the
Pen Tool icon on the Toolbox, several pen tool options come.These tools are
used to create, modify, add and delete the anchor points.
Path
Basic Controls of the Pen Tool
Before starting to draw a path with the Pen Tool we need to define the path’s
format from the Pen Tool toolbar on top of the screen. While the Shape Layer
icon only creates a vector mask layer, the Path icon creates an empty path on
the current layer.
We will use the Shape Layer feature for now.
Shape
Layer
Take the Pen Tool and click to several points on the empty canvas. Each time you
click you create a new anchor point. The lines that connect to points are called
segments.
Anchor
Point
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Tangent
Press down th CTRL key and click-drag any Line
anchor point to change it`s position.
Select the Convert Point Tool and click on any
anchor point to select and drag the tangent
line to make curved segments.
Practice
Drawing a Heart with the Pen Tool
The Pen Tool is one of most creative features of Photoshop. But for beginners
it is not easy to handle. This practice will help you to improve your ability in
controlling the Pen Tool.
1. Start with a document with the size of 400 x 400. We need some extra help
from Photoshop in drawing. Click View −> Show -> Grid. These temporary
lines will help you to draw symmetric paths.
2. Create a new layer. Select the Pen Tool. And be sure that Path is selected
on Pen Tool toolbar.
3. Draw a polygonal shape.
4. First, select the Convert Point Tool.Then click once anywhere on our heart
to display the anchor points. Use the Convert Point Tool to smooth the
corners. Start with the right side of the heart and try to curve all segments
until you see a nice heart.
5. How are we going to fill the drawing with colour? When the Pen Tool is still
selected Right-Click on the heart and select Make Selection, then just
press OK and leave the Feather amount 0 from the pop-up menu. Select
any colour as the Foreground colour and Go to Edit -> Fill -> Foreground
color and press OK. To remove the grids: View -> Show -> Deselect Grid.
SHAPE TOOLS
You can use the Vector Shape tools to create geometrical shapes and Custom
Shapes. Vector shapes can be resized without losing clarity because they are
vector images.
By using vector shapes, you can draw rectangle, ellipse, polygon, line, arrows,
Shape Tools frames, talk bubbles, and so on.
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The Custom Shapes
Under the Custom Shapes menu you can find variety of ready to use shapes.
The Small Thumbnail view is the most compatible view to see shapes. The
following pictures show Small and Large Thumbnail views. .
If you want to load the shape sets for only one time use, click on Load Shapes in
View Selection menu. By using Windows browser on your screen, go to the place
of your set and select it, then click the Load button .
Loading Shapes
Windows Browser
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Practice
Custom Shapes
è Load the birds and cars
shape sets and use
them on your canvas.
Practice
Pen Tool
è Draw these shapes with the Pen tool and color them.
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Save for Web Devices Window
1. Create an image in Photoshop as in the example. Use layers as the basis for
the animation. The layers you create form the basic building blocks for the
animation. Put elements you want to animate on separate layers.
Layers Palette
3. Which of the following defines the images 9. Which shape set is this custom shape from?
under Custom Shapes menu?
a. Raster image b. non-editable image
c. Monochrome image d. Vector image
An image can be called a channel sandwich. Look at the image above. The
image is three color channels that make up the final picture.
Displaying Channels
The Channels palette is located in the same window as the Layers palette by
default. This location can be easily changed, so if you cannot find the Channels
palette, you can open the window by selecting Window -> Show Channels.
Clicking on the Channels tab at any time will activate the Channels palette.
To work on any channel individually, click on the appropriate channel listing in the
Channels palette. The colored image will change to a grayscale image which
represents the distribution of that color. When a channel is active, any edits in the
main screen will affect only that channel.
Alpha Channels
Alpha channels are more widely used to either create, edit, or save specific
types of selections .
Alpha channels are not part of your image's color composition, and have no
effect on that directly.
They are 256 grayscale in color.
You can apply most of Photoshop's filters to them to create complex and
interesting types of selections.
Falcon
Alpha Layer
Rasterize the type, load the selection of Light text by CTRL+ clicking on the layer
thumbnail and switch to the Channels Palette.
Create a new channel and fill it with white. Any effect we give under the channels
palette will not directly effect the real Light text in the Layers palette.
Now when Light is still selected we will apply the Blur Filter 4 times with the given
settings.
Click on Filter -> Blur -> Gausian Blur.
We load the Alpha1 layer to apply the effect we have given in the Channels
Palette. Go to Image- > Adjust -> Curves and shine the text. Then select the text
and blur it 1 px. From Filter -> Blur -> Gaussian Blur.
The Result
Quick Masks
Quick mask is a special mode in Photoshop that is devoted to defining a
selection. While Photoshop is in Quick mask mode, all Photoshop functions,
tools and commands work for defining the selected area. While in Quick
Mask Mode no matter what you draw on the canvas or which effect tou give,
the drawings and filters will only effect the selection but not the layer.
To switch to Quick Mask Mode:
In quick mask mode there are two main colors; black and white. Black
defines the the area that will not be included to the selection and white means
the area that will be selected. The tricky point here is that when you select
black as the color and try to fill anywhere with black, the color on the screen
will be purple: the default quick mask mode color. So don`t be confused.
You select black but screen color will be purple. The area you cover with
purple will be excluded from the selection and only the parts with no color will
be included in the selection.
To Switch to Standard Mode:
Click on the Standard Mode icon on the toolbar which is located in the
same place where the Quick Mask button is.
è By using the Zoom Tool on the toolbox, zoom in on the eyes of the big cat.
è Switch to the Quick Mask Mode. Be sure that black is the foreground color
in this mode. Select an average size brush and fill both of the eyes with
quick mask color. Do not exceed the boundaries of eyes.
è Switch to the 1Standard Mode. Everywhere in the picture except the eyes
is selected now. Click on Image -> Adjustments -> Black and White and
apply these settings.
The Result
Now our tiger has turned to white but the eyes are still the same color. By using
Quick Mask, although eyes and the face are on the same layer, we have
avoided Photoshop applying an effect to the eyes while it was being applied
to the face.
è Click on the Quick Mask mode icon to switch to the Quick Mask Mode.
è Time to define our selection. Click on the Gradient Tool icon and select the Foreground to
Background gradient, press OK.
The Result
Unhide
Layers
Add Layer
Mask
Add Layer
Mask icon
Now to create a layer mask: go to Layer -> Layer Mask -> Reveal All
or click on the Add Layer Mask icon on the Layers Palette. A white
background thumbnail has come to the Layer2 now. This means the
whole of Layer 2 has turned to a mask and is waiting to be cut.
When you paint on the mask using black, you are “cutting” the mask
away to reveal what's beneath. Any white part of the mask is opaque,
and the black part is transparent and any shades of gray are varying
opacities.
Time to cut the mask. Select the brush tool and choose an average
size brush from brush toolbar which is located on top of the
Photoshop screen.
Click on the white thumbnail to select the mask. Then using the Move Tool position
the mask somewhere different than it`s previous location.
As you see, you can move the position of the mask without moving the wood
texture. This feature is not available in any other selection tools other than masking.
Vector Masks
The Custom Shape tools are a kind of layer mask. When you draw a custom
shape, a vector mask layer is created for the shape. As seen on the layers
palette the blue color is only filled to the shape area.
Vector Mask
To make a vector mask with a
custom shape tool, the Shape
Layers option should be active in
the custom shapes toolbar.
Custom Shape
To see the function of the custom shape in a vector mask, when the mask layer
is the active layer, go to Layer -> Vector Mask -> Disable Vector mask.
Because the custom shape is disabled, color is filled to the whole of the image.
Practice
Baby
Open the file baby.psd and desaturate all parts of the image except the baby. Use the Quick Mask.
Create a document 900 X 700 with 72 dpi. Create and arrange the layers as given. Apply a rainbow
gradient to a layer. Make a mask from the ZAMBAK text and move it around the canvas.
2. In the channels palette, if you click any of the 6. In a Layer mask, what do the white parts on the
channels except the full color channel, images layer thumbnail represent ?
will be in which mode?
a. Unmasked parts.
a. CMYK b. Grayscale
b. Masked parts.
c. Bitmap d. RGB
c. Duplicated parts.
d. Deleted parts.
Filter
Settings
Filters
Filter
Submenus
Preview
Window
Highlighter
The Original Image
Tool
Fill Tool
After Using Highlighter Tool After Using Fill Tool After Extracting the Image With Red Background
Reconstruct tool
The Reconstruct tool undoes the
distortions you have made on the
image.
The Original Image
A part of the fish is masked on the image below. The Freeze Mask Tool has
been used for masking. The red area shows the unmasked part of the image.
The unmasked part will not be effected by distortions.
Pattern Maker
A pattern is an image that is repeated, or tiled, when used to fill a layer or
selection. By using the Pattern Maker Menu we can make eye catching patterns
to fill our selections and layers.
There are only three tools on the left side of the pattern maker menu: Hand Tool,
Zoom Tool, and Rectangular Marquee Tool. You can drag out an area to use it
as the pattern sample with the Rectangular Marquee Tool.
The original image
Selecting Part of the Image Choosing the Pattern After Applying the Pattern to the
Selected Part.
Vanishing Point
The Vanishing Point filter is an advanced skills filter that deletes and positions
parts of images in perspective. It works somewhat like the Clone Stamp tool.
1. Open the file vanishingpoint.psd.
Practice
Creating a Maze with Filters
Here is a very easy and fantastic Photoshop work.
1. Create a new document with the size 500 X 500 and resolution 72 dpi.
2. Change the foreground color to green and choose Filter -> Render ->
Clouds.
3. Apply the Mosaic filter with 15 square cell size, Filter->Pixelate ->Mosaic.
4. Lastly choose Filter->Stylize->Find Edges. Here you have a maze.
After Applying Render->Clouds
The Mosaic Window After Applying the Mosaic Filter After Applying the Find Edges
è Go to Image ->Adjustments -
> Color Balance, and put the
given values on the Color
Balance dialog box.
è Go to Filter->Render ->Lightning Effects and choose the appropriate lights to give the given effects.
2. What is the name of the tool in the Liquify menu 7. Which of the following Filters is not located
that undoes changes done by other tools? under the Stylize Menu?.
a. Mirror a. Glowing Edges
b. Pucker b. Solarize
c. Reconstruct c. Mezzoint
d. Twirl clockwise d. Wind
3. Which Filter do we use to isolate an object from 8. What Filters are applied to the image below?
it`s background?
a. Patter maker
b. Liquify
c. Extract
d. Stylize
4. Which of the following is not a Pattern Maker The Original Image After Applying Filters
menu tool?
a. Mezzoint/Noise
a. Zoom Tool
b. Glowing Edges/Photocopy
b. Hand Tool
c. Ripple/Stamp
c. Rectangle Marque tool
d. Plastic Warp/Conte Crayon
d. Clone Stamp
Lightning
è Create a document with size 600X 600, è Click Filter -> Render -> Difference
300 dpi, in RGB mode Fill the canvas with Clouds.
a black and white gradient.
è Go to Image -> Adjustments -> Levels. è Click Image -> Adjustments -> Invert, then
Make these settings like in the picture Image -> Adjustments -> Hue/Saturation.
below. Give any color a high saturation value.
The Result
The Result
The Result
Candy Text
è Create a document with 800 X
600 pixels and 300 dpi. Type
“CANDY” with the Coop Black
font. Set the fontsize to 125
pixels. Go to Layer Styles and
apply a gradient overlay like in
the picture.
è Apply stroke and Drop Shadow effects in the Layer styles menu.
The Result
The Result
è Move one of the letters over the other one. To combine these letters
we need to save their selections first. Select the T layer and clicking
Select -> Load Selection and clicking OK. You will see marching
ants around T. After that go to Select -> Save Selection and write T
to the name box and click OK. The selection of T is kept in the
computer memory. click the layer of S and do the same procedure,
but give S the name of the selection.
è Here is the important point: when the letter S is still selected (there
are marching ants around it) go Select ->Load Selection and select
T from the drop down menu and check Intersect with the Selection
box. Then click OK. As you see this action will only select the
intersection areas of the two letters.
è The next step is deleting some parts of the letters to make them
overlap each other. Select the Eraser Tool with a size between 40-50
pt and %100 Hardness. Click on the layer T. Since T is in front, the
intersecting parts of it should be deleted. Delete the areas from T
like on the picture.Then Select -> Deselect.
The Result
è Press CTRL+ Enter to select the grid and fill the selection
with a chocolate brown color.
è On the tiles Layer, go to Layer Style è Select the grid layer and apply these
menu and apply these settings below. settings for the Layer Style menu.
è Duplicate the YUMMY layer and place one onto each tile.
The chocolate bar is ready. Bon Appetite!
The Result
è As you see, we have Layer2 and a è Go to Select -> Modify -> Feather and put 45
background Layer now. On Layer2 select the pixels in dialog box and click OK. Then press
Lasso Tool and make a selection which will the Delete key on the keyboard.
cover half of the car.
The Result
è Create a new layer (CTRL + Shift + N). Make sure that the new layer
is above the text layer. Select -> Load Selection. Select Alpha 1 in
the channel field. Fill in the selection the color white and cancel your
selection.
è Select Layer -> Layer Style -> Bevel Emboss. Use the following
settings to add some shade to the snow: Depth: 181, Size: 27,
Soften: 0, Highlight Opacity: 75, and Shadow Opacity: 22.
è Select the text layer and set the following layer style settings: Inner
Shadow (Color: Black, Opacity: 100, Distance: 0, Choke: 0, Size: 2),
Bevel and Emboss (Depth: 1000, Size: 21, Soften: 0, Highlight
Opacity: 41, Shadow Opacity: 15), Gradient Overlay (Opacity: 100,
Gradient: ), Stroke (Size: 2, Opacity: 100, Color: Red).
Photomerge
è PS CS3 has an amazing new feature that helps you create panoramas, which can be very impressive,
because they break out of the usual perspective that we are used to seeing. Wide angle lenses can
create a cool effect, but nothing can beat a well done panorama.The panoramic format has always
interested photographers, and with Photoshop's Photomerge automation, anyone can shoot high-
resolution panoramic photos. Getting it to work smoothly, however, takes practice. With a few simple
procedures on the shooting end, the composited images will work seamlessly together.
The Result
è Click OK to start generating your Flash Web Gallery. To run your gallery, go to the
destination folder and run the index.htm or index.html file.
2. C 8. A 2. A 8. D 2. D 2. D 2. B 8. A
3. B 9. B 3. B 9. D 3. D 3. D 3. D 9. B
4. A 4. C 10. A 4. C 4. B 4. B
5. A 5. B 11. B 5. B 5. D 5. D
6. C 6. A 12. D 6. C 6. D 6. A
2. A 8. D 2. C 8. D 2. B 8. B 2. C 8. D
3. D 9. C 3. D 9. B 3. B 3. C
4. D 4. A 4. D 4. D
5. D 5. D 5. C 5. B
6. B 6. D 6. B 6. B
A Bloat tool 125 Crop and Trim 37
Add 20, 23
Blur 72, 78 Crop Tool 37
Add Layer Mask 113
BMP 13, 17, 18 Cropping 37
Add a layer style 50
Bridge 15 Curves 39, 40, 48
Add layer mask 50
Brightness and Contrast 40 Custom Shape 116
Adding an Anchor Point 92
Brush Tools 60, 64
Adjustments 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44
Burn 72, 73
Adobe Bridge CS3 15 D
Delete layer 50, 52
Alignment Buttons 27
Deleting a Layer 52
Alpha Channel 25, 106 C
canvas 8, 28 Deleting A Mask 116
Alpha Channels 105, 107
Canvas Extension Color 36 Deleting a Selection 25
Anchor 36
Canvas Size 36, 46, 48 Deleting an Anchor Point 92
Anchor Point 92, 93, 102
Applying A Mask 116, 120 Clone Stamp Tool 70, 71, 77 Displaying Channels 104
Bitmap 8, 13, 36, 45, 48 Create a new layer 50, 51 Eraser Tool 74, 75, 78
blending mode 50, 56 Create new fill or adjustment layer 50 Expand 24, 25, 27
Exposure 44, 48 H J Marquee 20, 21, 28, 30, 32, 33,
34
Extract 123, 132 hardness 60, 61, 63, 78 JPG/JPEG 13
MASK 109, 110, 111, 112, 113,
Healing Brush Tool 71
114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120
Hide/Show Layers 52
Match Color 41, 43, 48
F Hide/Unhide 50, 52
K
Kerning 81, 82 Merging Layers 53
Feather 25, 29, 30, 33, 34
Highlighter Tool 123
Mirror tool 125
Fill content 117
History Brush 64, 78
Move Tool 20, 22, 26, 27, 34
Fill Opacity 50, 55
Hue and Saturation 41 L Moving a Layer 51
Fill Tool 123 Lab Color 8, 45
Moving an anchor point 93
Filling 65, 66 Lasso 20, 21, 22, 23, 28, 33, 34
Multichannel 45
Filter Gallery 122 I Layer 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57,
Image Size 36, 37, 48 58
Flip Horizontal 38
Indentation 82 Layer Mask 113, 114, 116, 120
Flip Vertical 38
Layer opacity 50
N
Font 80, 81, 85, 90 Indexed Color 8, 45
New Layer 50, 51, 52, 58
Intersected 20 Layer Order 55
Font Size 80, 81
Inverse Selection 28, 29, 34 Layer Style 50, 56, 58
Font Style 80, 81
The Shadow/Highlight 42
S
Save As 14, 17, 18 Threshold 44, 48
Q
Quick Mask 25, 109, 110, 111, Saving Files 14 TIFF 13, 14, 17
112, 118, 120
scale 30, 31, 34 Tolerance 23
quick mask mode 109, 110, 111,
120 Select All 28, 34 Toolbox 9
Quick Selection Tool 24 Select Menu 20, 28, 30 Tracking 80, 81, 82, 90
Selection 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, Transform 26, 27, 30, 31, 32, 34
26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34
Transforms 30
R Selection View 25
Transparent 12
Radial 68, 69 Selective Color 42
Trim 37, 48
Radius 25, 29 Shape Layer 92, 102
Turbulence tool 125
raster graphics 8 Shape Tools 93, 94, 95, 97, 99,
101 Twirl clockwise tool 124
Rasterize 85, 90
Sharpen 72 Type Tool 80, 83, 84, 85, 87, 90
Reconstruct tool 124
Show Transform Controls 26, 27
Reconstruct tool 124
Single Column Marquee 21
Rectangular Marquee 21
Single Row 21, 34
V
Red Eye Tool 72 Vanishing Point127, 132
skew 30, 31, 34
Reference point 27, 34 vector graphics 8
Smooth 25
Refine Edge 25 Vector Mask 116, 117, 118, 120
Smudge 72, 73
Reflected 68 Vector Masks 109, 116, 120
Sponge 72
Renaming a Layer 51
Spot Healing Brush Tool 71
Replace Color 43
Reselect 28, 34
Standard Mode 109, 110, 112 W
warp 30, 31, 32, 34
Stroke 67, 78
Resizing Image 27
Warp Text 81, 90
Stroking 66, 67
Resizing Points 27