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Lesson 8: Starting Adobe Photoshop

The document provides an overview of new features in Adobe Photoshop CS6 including an oil painting filter, erodible brush tips, improved layer searching, lighting effects, and intuitive video creation. It also covers basics of starting Photoshop, opening images, zooming, entering and editing text, and warping text. Key topics include using the crop, perspective crop, content-aware move, and patch tools as well as the blur gallery.

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Lesson 8: Starting Adobe Photoshop

The document provides an overview of new features in Adobe Photoshop CS6 including an oil painting filter, erodible brush tips, improved layer searching, lighting effects, and intuitive video creation. It also covers basics of starting Photoshop, opening images, zooming, entering and editing text, and warping text. Key topics include using the crop, perspective crop, content-aware move, and patch tools as well as the blur gallery.

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LESSON 8: STARTING

ADOBE PHOTOSHOP
Starting Adobe Photoshop

Adobe Photoshop CS6 has a new oil


painting filter, brushers that erode as you
use them for more realistic painting
results, the ability to highlight and search
layers in your document, lighting effects
and an intuitive video creation process.
What's New In Photoshop CS6?

1. Environment
What's New In Photoshop CS6?

2. Filter gallery
What's New In Photoshop CS6?

3. Crop tool
What's New In Photoshop CS6?

4. Perspective crop tool


What's New In Photoshop CS6?

5. Content-aware move tool

Content-Aware Move Tool in Move mode Content-Aware Move Tool in Extend mode
What's New In Photoshop CS6?

6. Patch tool in Content-aware

Original Picture Effect of Patch Tool in Content-Aware mode


What's New In Photoshop CS6?

7. Blur Gallery

Field Blur Iris Blur


Starting Photoshop

1. Go to the menu bar and click File >


New.
2. A dialog box will appear to be filled up
with the name and settings required.
3. Click OK and it will display a blank
window for you to work on the image
that you want to make.
Starting Photoshop
Opening an Image

1. Click File > Open and then locate your


picture on the new window.
2. Double-click on the gray workspace of
Photoshop and a dialog box will
appear, locate your picture and open
it.
Changing the Screen Mode

Use the screen mode options to


view images on your entire screen.
You can show or hide the menu bar,
title bar and scroll bars.
Changing the Screen Mode

To display the default window, choose


View > Screen Mode > Standard Screen
Mode, or click the Screen Mode button
in the Application bar and choose
Standard Screen Mode in the pop-up
menu.
Changing the Screen Mode

To display a full-screen window with a


menu bar and a 50% gray background,
but no title bar or scroll bars, choose
View > Screen Mode > Full Screen
Mode.
Changing the Screen Mode

To display a full-screen window with


only a black background, choose View >
Screen Mode > Full Screen Mode > Full
Screen Mode in the pop-up menu.
Zooming In and Out

Select the Zoom tool and click


either the Zoom In or Zoom Out
button in the options bar. Click the
area you want to magnify.
Different Ways to Zoom In and Out

Select the Zoom tool. Click the center


of the area and hold down Alt
(Windows) or Option (Mac OS) then click
the center of the area that you want to
reduce.
Different Ways To Zoom In and Out

Select the Zoom tool and drag a dotted


rectangle, called a marquee. To move the
marquee around the artwork, hold down
the spacebar and continue dragging until
the marquee is in the desired location.
Different Ways to Zoom In and Out

Choose View > Zoom In or Zoom


Out. When the image reaches its
maximum or minimum magnification,
the command is dimmed.
Different Ways to Zoom In and Out

Set the zoom level. To display a file at


100%, choose View > Actual Pixels. To
change the view to fit the document
window, choose View > Fit on Screen.
Entering Type
Entering Type

Type, in Adobe Photoshop CS6,


consists of vector-based type outlines
mathematically defined shapes that
describe the letters, numbers and
symbols of a typeface.
Three Ways to Create Type

 Point type
 Paragraph type
 Type on a path
Point Type

Point type is a horizontal or vertical


line of text that begins where you
click in the image.
Point Type

1. Select the Horizontal Type tool or


the Vertical Type tool.
2. Click in the image to set an insertion
point for the type.
Point Type
Point Type

3. Select additional
type options in
the options bar,
Character panel/
Paragraph panel.
Point Type

4. Enter the
characters.
To go to the
next line,
press Enter.
Point Type

When you finish entering or editing the


type:
• Click the Commit button  in the
options bar.
• Press the Enter key on the numeric
keypad.
Point Type

• Press Ctrl + Enter.


• Select any tool in the toolbox; click in
the Layers, Channels, Paths, Actions,
History, or Styles panel; or select any
available menu command.
Paragraph Type

Paragraph type uses boundaries to


control the flow of characters, either
horizontally or vertically.
Paragraph Type

When you enter paragraph type, the


lines of type wrap to fit the dimensions
of the bounding box. You can enter
multiple paragraphs and select a
paragraph justification option.
Paragraph Type

1. Select the Horizontal Type tool or


the Vertical Type tool.
2. Do one of the following:
• Drag diagonally to define a
bounding box for the type.
Paragraph Type

• Hold down Alt as you click or drag to


display the Paragraph Text Size
dialog box. Enter values for width
and height, and then click OK.
Paragraph Type

3. Select additional type options in the


options bar, Character panel, Paragraph
panel or Layer > Type submenu.
4. Enter the characters. To begin a new
paragraph, press Enter.
Paragraph Type

5. If desired, resize, rotate or skew the


bounding box.
6. Commit the type layer by doing one
of the following:
• Click the Commit button in the
options bar.
Paragraph Type

• Press the Enter key.


• Press Ctrl + Enter.
• Select any tool in the
toolbox. Click in the
Layers, Channels,
Paths, Actions,
History or Styles
panel.
Type on a Path

Type on a path flows along the


edge of an open or a closed path.
Editing Text

1. Select the Horizontal Type tool or the


Vertical Type tool.
2. Select the type layer in the Layers
panel or click in the text flow to
automatically select a type layer.
Editing Text

3. Position the insertion point in the


text, and do one of the following:
• Click to set the insertion point.
• Select one or more characters you
want to edit.
Editing Text

4. Enter the text as desired.


5. Commit the changes to the type layer.
Editing Text

Formatting text in Photoshop can be


in two ways. You can use the option
bar at the top or you can use the type
panel.
Editing Text

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

1- Tool preset picker 6 - Anti-alias option


2- Text orientation 7 - Alignment options (left, center,
3- Front family right,)
4- Front style 8 - Text color
5- Front size 9 - Warped text option
10 - Character and Paragraph panel
Editing Text

The style of font and type that you use


depends heavily upon the end use of the
image. One common rule in design is
NOT to have more than 3 different fonts
on an image or document.
Editing Text

The other way of modifying your text is


to use the Type panel.
Parts of the Type Panel

Buttons Name Function

Text Adjusts text size depending upon the


text height in points that you select.
Changes the spacing between letters
Kerning based on true measurement
(metrics) or what is more pleasing to
the eye (optical).

Vertical Makes the text taller or shorter but it


Scale does not affect its width.
Parts of the Type Panel

Baseline Moves the bottom of the text above


Shift or below the standard placement
(baseline) and is measured in points.

Set the
Leading Adjusts the space between lines.

Set the
Changes the space between letters.
Tracking

Horizontal Adjusts the width of the character


Scale but not the height.
Parts of the Type Panel

Creates a bolder character for fonts


Faux Bold that don't have a bold option.

Faux Italic Adds a slant to characters that don't


have an italic option.

Makes all the selected letters


All Caps uppercase.

Small Caps Makes all the selected letters


uppercase but smaller.
Parts of the Type Panel

Raises the selected text and makes


Superscript it smaller.

Subscript Makes the selected text smaller


and lowers it.

It puts a line under the selected


Underlines text.

Strikethrough Puts a line straight through the


middle of the text.
Different Methods on Text

1. Type mask tool works just like the


regular type tools but instead of
creating text, it creates a mask or
makes a selection boundary out of the
outline of the text.
Different Methods on Text

2. Spell check will not catch words that


are spelled correctly but used in the
wrong context. Don't catch the error
after printing.
Warping Text
Warping Text

You can warp type to create a special


type effect. Warping options give you
precise control over the orientation
and perspective of the warp effect.
Warping Text

Example of type warped with Arc


Warping Text

1. Select a type layer.


2. Do one of the following:
• Select the Type tool and click the
Warp button in the options bar.
• Layer  Type  Warp Text.
END OF DISCUSSION

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