Wednesday, February 5, 2014

First Photoshop Practice


Web


Yearbook


Newspaper

Photoshop Notes

Save as
Rename your image.
make sure the image is saved as a ,jpg at the highest image quality
Save- you do not have to rename the image at this point. save and regularly

Nestle- tools are stacked on each other - to access those tools you have to left click and hold.

USE COMMAND KEYS!!!!

Command + = Zoom in
Command - = zoom out
Command o = open
Command c = copy
Command v = paste
Command z = undo
Command, option, z = step backward
Command s = save
Command p = print
Command l = levels

To turn an image go to

>image>Image Rotation
CW and CCW
CW = Clock Wise
CCW = Counter Clock Wise

Adjusting levels
>image>adjustments>levels

adjusting contrast
Channel RGB - moved just the brown hersheys kiss (just a lithe lighter)

To Crop
Select the cropping tool and the click and drag the area you want to crop. Before you crop, you must enter the resolution you want your image to be saved to.

Resolution Guidelines:
Yearbook = 300
Newspaper = 150
Web = 72

To make an image black and white
Use Grayscale
Image > Mode > Grayscale