Photoshop

1. Photoshop

2. Tools • Zoom • Alt zooms out • Notice status bar change • Marquee

3. Project 1a – Coin spotlight • If there is a small triangle in the bottom right corner of a tool, then it expands into more detailed options • Zoom in on the coin we want to spotlight (drag tool) • Use the elliptical Marquee to select the coin • Start at upper left corner • Now try using alt • Select  Inverse • Image  Adjustments  Curves (output 150)

4. Project 1b – Beach Clean up Day • Horizontal type tool (T) • Move tool • Swatches

5. Project 1c – Tie Design • Layers – tie designs layer • Brush (try soft round 65 pixel, then hard round 9 pixel) • Undo • History palette icon

6. Project 2 - Tulips • Ctrl-alt-shift restores default settings • This is a scanned image. Let’s pretend we are editing this photo for use in a magazine. The final product should be 2 x 3 inches • Resolution – the number of pixels that describe an image and establish its detail • High - 300 ppi (pixels per inch) or higher • Low – 72 to 96 ppi • Cropping tool • 2 in • 3 in • Drag box • Hover outside, rotate • Adjust by clicking and dragging corners • Press enter • Save as working • Automatic Adjustments • Image  Adjustments  Auto Color • Image  Adjustments  Shadow/Highlight • Drag until you think it looks nice • Save as auto

7. Project 2 – Tulips continued • Window  Histogram (or histogram tab) • This represents the colors across the entire brightness range • Image  Adjustments  Levels • Left triangle – shadows • Middle triangle – Midtones • Right triangle – Highlights • Drag the triangles and watch the effects • Suggested final levels – 25, 1.20, 197 • Another option is to use Image  Adjustments  Auto Contrast • To remove a color cast: Image  Adjustments  Auto Color

8. Project 2 – Tulips continued • Replacing colors in an image • Using the rectangular marquee tool select the front left yellow tulip • Image  Adjustments  Replace Color • Three eyedropper tools • Eyedropper tool • Add to sample eyedropper • Subtract from sample eyedropper • Use the eyedropper tool, then the add eyedropper until the entire flower is highlighted in the mask • Fuzziness – controls the degree to which related colors are included in the mask • Change the Hue and Saturation until the tulip becomes red

9. Project 2 – Tulips continued • Adjusting lightness with the Dodge tool • The dodge tool lightens highlights and brings out details • Let’s bring out the details of the sculpture in the image • Select the dodge tool from the toolbox (kind of looks like a pin) • 27 pixel brush • Range  Highlights • 15% exposure • Use vertical strokes to “polish” the sculpture

10. Project 2 – Tulips continued • Adjusting saturation with the Sponge tool • When you adjust the saturation of a color, you adjust its strength or purity • The sponge tool is hidden under the dodge tool • Select a large feathered brush (27 pixels) • Mode  Saturate • Flow (sets intensity for saturation effect)  90% • Drag the sponge back and forth over the tulips and leaves • Unsharp mask filter – usually one of the last things you do when retouching a photo – adjusts the contrast of the edge detail, gives the illusion of a more focused image • Filter  Sharpen  Unsharp Mask • Suggested amount: 62%

11. Project 3a • Clone Stamp Tool • Choose soft round 75 • Hold in alt and click your target area • Make brush strokes over the torn area • Spot Healing Brush Tool • Automatically samples from surrounding area • 30 pixel brush • Paint strokes

12. Project 3b • Healing and patch tools go beyond clone and spot healing – gives a more natural look • Simultaneously blends pixels from area to area • Remove the initials • Zoom in • Healing tool (hidden under spot healing tool) • Taking a snapshot • Patch – hidden under healing tool • Source – area to be fixed • Destination – area used to do the fixing • Lasso a few of the bolt holes, then drag to an unblemished area

13. Project 3c • Retouching on a separate layer • This protects the original image • In addition, you can blend the original with the retouched version for a more natural look • Create a duplicate layer • In the layer palette, hold down the alt key and drag the background layer to the new layer button • Name it “retouch” • Select the healing brush tool (bandaid) • Suggested 12 pixel brush • Alt click on smooth area of forehead • Drag mouse over two long wrinkles • Continue correcting his forehead wrinkles and his eyebrow furrow • Use the patch tool to correct his under eye wrinkles • In the layers palette, change the opacity to 65% (play with this slider) • This creates a more natural look • Toggle the retouch layer on and off to see the difference • To flatten the two layers into one, choose layer  flatten image

14. Project 4 – selection tools • It is possible to make selections based on size, shape, and color • There are four basic sets of selection tools • Marquee • Lasso • Magic Wand • Pen • The best selection tool to use often depends on the characteristic of that particular area, such as shape and color • Geometric Selections – Marquee • Freehand Selections – Lasso • Lasso can trace a free-hand selection • Polygonal lasso sets anchor points in straight line segments • Magnetic lasso – combination; works best when a good contrast exists between the selection area and its surroundings • Color based selections – Magic Wand

15. Project 4 • Using Magic Wand to select a colored area • Tolerance option sets sensitivity • Using the magic wand, click the red part of the tomato – play around with tolerance level • Hold down shift (plus sign appears) then click any unselected area that you wish to be selected (this works to add to a selection with other selection tools as well) • Moving a selection • Using the move tool, drag the tomato to the bottom left corner of the cutting board • Select  Deselect • Save (working)

16. Project 4 • You can also select the background of an area • Select the rectangular marquee tool • Draw a rectangle around the lettuce • Let’s subtract the white area from the selection so that only the lettuce remains • Select the magic wand (suggested tolerance 32) • Hold down alt (now the minus sign appears) and click on the white area • Move the lettuce to the upper left corner of the cutting board

17. Project 4 • Working with oval and circular selections • Zoom in on the bowl of olives • Select the elliptical marquee tool • Try to select the olive bowl • It’s ok if your selection isn’t perfect • DO NOT release the mouse at this point • Still holding in the mouse, press the spacebar to re-position your selection • Release the spacebar, but not the mouse, to continue with your select • Repeat this process (without ever letting go of the mouse) until your selection is precise • Move the olives to the bottom right corner of the cutting board

18. Project 4 • Selecting from a center point • Select the elliptical marquee tool • Hold in the alt key • Click in the center of the salad graphic and drag outward • You may use the spacebar like you did in the previous exercise • Move the salad graphic to the left of the right upper corner of the cutting board • With the graphic still selected, choose Image  Adjustments  Invert • The graphic is now effectively a color negative of itself

19. Project 4 • Moving and Duplicating Simultaneously • With the move tool selected, hold down Alt • Continue holding down Alt and drag a duplicate of the graphic so that it is near the upper right corner of the cutting board • Release (do not deselect) • Choose Edit  Transform  Scale • Hold down shift and drag the corner so that it becomes about 50% larger than the original • Press Enter • Repeat these steps one more time making a larger salad graphic

20. Project 4 • Selecting with the lasso tools • Starting at the lower left of the carrot, carefully trace the left edge of the carrot with the lasso tool • Be very careful not to release the mouse • Hold in the alt key • Use the polygonal lasso to select the top edge of the carrot • With the mouse clicked, release the alt key to trace the right edge of the carrot • Repeat the process until the entire carrot is selected • Move the carrot between the tomato and olives • To rotate the carrot: Edit  Transform  Rotate

21. Project 4 • Selecting with the Magnetic Lasso Tool • Zoom in on the pepper • Select the magnetic lasso tool • Starting at the lower left corner of the pepper, click once and then begin tracing the pepper • Once you are finished, click once on the starting point to finish the selection • You could also double click somewhere to connect back to the starting point • Zoom out • Move the pepper onto the cutting board • Cropping and erasing within a selection • Select the crop tool • Drag around the desired area • Press enter

22. Project 4 • Making a Quick Selection • Select the quick selection tool • Set brush diameter to 21 • Position the pointer at the top of the carrot, click and drag down the carrot • Edit  Copy • Edit  paste • Name layer “Carrot” • Image  Adjustments  Hue/Saturation (suggested +5 Hue and +10 Saturation) • Select the lettuce • Click “Refine Edges” • Refine Edges allows you to soften, feather, expand, or increase the contrast of edges • Let’s create a soft edge for the shadow. • Feather value – 7 pixels • Expand value – 5% • To see the effects, hit the zoom option in the dialog box • Click the center black button at the bottom of the box • Adjust the Expand value again (I used 30%) • Edit  Copy • Edit  Paste • Name the Layer “Lettuce”