ii. www.adobe.com/designcenter/video_workshop iii. www.pixel2life.com iv. www.photoshopessentials.com. 11. Creating adju
Photoshop CS3 Basics Amanda Harris
1. Basics of the Photoshop screen a. Menu bar b. Toolbar
2. Cropping pictures a. Open picture b. Select the area of the picture you want to keep using the marquee tool c. Select Image, Crop 3. Resizing images a. Open picture b. Select Image, Image Size c. Resizing width will automatically resize height as long as Constrain Proportions is checked
Photoshop CS3 Basics Amanda Harris 4. Auto Adjustments a. Open picture b. Select Image, Auto Levels c. Select Image, Auto Contrast d. Select Image, Auto Color e. Go through the various adjustments to make your image look better 5. Filters a. Open Image b. Click on Filter, Filter Gallery c. Make sure you select “Fit on Screen” in the bottom left corner drop down menu to see the full picture as you choose different filters d. Go through the filters. Note that by selecting a different filter, Photoshop removes the previous filter from your image. e. Notice that you can change the settings of each filter on the right side of the screen using the slider bars f. Click OK to apply your filter to your image 6. Color Effects (keeping one color and turning the rest of image to Black and White) a. Open picture b. Click Magic Wand tool c. Select Color you want to keep d. Click on Select, Similar (may have to add to selection due to shadows) e. Click on Select, Inverse in order to keep the color you want f. Click on Image, Adjustments, Black and White g. Remember that Control (command on Mac) + D deselects your image 7. Basic Photo Taking Tips a. You can’t fix bad photography
Photoshop CS3 Basics Amanda Harris b. Get at a subjects eye level
c. Move in close to the subject
d. Use the rule of thirds
e. Take interesting angles of subjects
Photoshop CS3 Basics Amanda Harris 8. Saving Images a. Save as .jpg for web user b. Save as .tif for print c. Always save a copy of the .psd (Photoshop file) so you can go back and edit layers/adjustments later 9. Resolutions a. The higher the resolution, the better the quality b. 72 ppi (pixels per inch) is recommended for the web c. 300 ppi is recommended for print use d. The higher the resolution (NOT just the image size) the larger the file size 10. Websites for further resources i. tv.adobe.com ii. www.adobe.com/designcenter/video_workshop iii. www.pixel2life.com iv. www.photoshopessentials.com
11. Creating adjustment layers a. Open a picture b. In the layers palette, click on the adjustment layer icon (black/white circle) c. Continue creating adjustment layers until you get the desired result d. Note that each type of adjustment creates a new layer. You can turn layers on and off by click on the eyeball next to the layer. e. You may delete a layer by clicking on it once then dragging it down to the trashcan icon on the layers palette 12. Using the healing tools a. Create a new layer that is a duplicate of the background layer (right click on the background layer and choose duplicate layer) b. Rename the layer healing c. Click on the Spot Band aid tool (technically the spot healing brush tool) i. Click on areas that you want to correct (such as blemishes on the face) and notice them vanish away! d. Click on the Red Eye Tool i. Zoom into the eye so that it very large on the screen ii. Click in the center of the red eyeball
Photoshop CS3 Basics Amanda Harris
13. Photo retouching tools (Great to show to young people to prove that celebrities don’t always look as great in person as they do on television) a. Create a new layer and name it retouch. Make sure this layer is a duplicate of the background layer. If you do this after the masking technique, move this layer above the mask layer b. To remove shinny spots i. Click on the Clone Stamp tool ii. Make sure you mode is set to darken on the tool options bar iii. Make sure your opacity is below 50% iv. Option + click (Mac) Alt + click (Windows) to take a snapshot of an area around the shinny spot to copy v. Release the mouse vi. Slowly brush over the area to remove shinny spots c. To whiten teeth and eyes i. Click on the brush tool ii. Change the mode to soft light iii. Make sure the opacity is below 50% iv. Make sure your foreground color is set to white v. Zoom in on teeth/eyes vi. Brush gently over the area to make whiter d. To erase double chin i. Click on the clone stamp tool ii. Change the mode to lighten iii. Make sure the opacity is set below 50% iv. Option + click (Mac) Alt + click (Windows) to take a snapshot of an area around the neck/cheek v. Release the mouse vi. Slowly brush over the double chin to allow it to fade into neck/cheek 14. Creating a mask layer for smooth skin a. With a picture open, duplicate the background layer b. Name the layer mask c. Select Filter, Blur, Gaussian Blur d. Hold down the Option key (Mac) or Alt key (Windows) to create the mask e. Click on the brush tool f. Change the mode to Screen on the tool options bar g. Lower the opacity below 50% h. Brush over your skin to create a smooth skin effect