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Adobe Photoshop. What is Photoshop?. It is a photo editing program. The screen is blank when you open it, because it allows you to import your own photo for editing. Photoshop File. Product of Adobe Identify the program used with the icon File extension
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Adobe Photoshop Mrs. Bean 2013
What is Photoshop? • It is a photo editing program. • The screen is blank when you open it, because it allows you to import your own photo for editing. Mrs. Bean 2013
Photoshop File • Product of Adobe • Identify the program used with the icon • File extension • Consists of a period and three or four letters. • Report.doc shows this was created in Word • The file extension for a Photoshop document is .psd PS Mrs. Bean 2013
Uses of Photoshop • Photography • Advertising • Graphic Design • Education • News organizations • Teaching “how to” Mrs. Bean 2013
Screen Identification Workspaces menu Mrs. Bean 2013
Pixel • Small squares of light in a photo that is the basic unit used to create digital images. Mrs. Bean 2013
Resizing images • Adding or subtracting the number of pixels. • Known as interpolation or resampling • The quality of the picture or resolution is determined by the quality and quantity of the small squares known as pixels. Mrs. Bean 2013
Ways to Zoom • Zoom tool • Magnification percent in Application bar (top) • Navigator panel • Magnification percent • Slider • Zoom in/out • Proxy view area/view box • Key commands • Ctrl + • Ctrl – Mrs. Bean 2013
Why crop? Not all photographers capture the object in full-frame. • Crop = Cut • Crop allows you to select an area of a image and discard everything else—similar to “cutting out” what you want to keep. • It allows you to change area of focus. • Eliminate unwanted area of a photograph. • It allows you to straighten crooked photographs. Mrs. Bean 2013
May show rulers to see measurements Click in the menu on View, Rulers or In the Applications bar, View Extras Begin at upper-left corner of area, drag diagonally to bottom right; release button. The new image is highlighted with a dotted line around it. May move handles (corner icons) to change size. Press Enter or double-click to finish. Crop tool How to Crop Mrs. Bean 2013
Resize vs. Crop Mrs. Bean 2013
Resize vs. Crop • Resize--photo keeps the entire picture and just changes the size. • Crop—actually cuts out part the picture. Mrs. Bean 2013
Point of Focus • Center of the picture • Change point of focus and dramatically change the picture. Mrs. Bean 2013
Rule of Thirds Mrs. Bean 2013
A New Point of Focus Mrs. Bean 2013
A New Point of Focus Mrs. Bean 2013
OOPS! • ESC key • Edit, Undo or Ctrl + Z • History panel • Each edit or state is recorded sequentially • Click on any edit to revisit • Delete current state button to delete • Eliminates reopening file Mrs. Bean 2013