Monday, February 3, 2014

First Photoshop Practice

Newspaper

Web

Yearbook

Notes about Photoshop

Save As: Rename your image. Make sure the image is saved as a .jpg at the highest image quality.

Save: You do not rename the image at this point. Save often and regularly.

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

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 = clockwise
  CCW = counter-clockwise

Adjusting Levels
>Image>Adjustments>Levels
  Channel blue
  Channel green
  Channel red
Moved just the black triangle
Adjusting Contrast
>Image>Adjustments>Levels
Channel RGB moved just the gray triangle to the left

Resolution Guidelines:
Yearbook = 300 (Horizontal)
Newspaper = 150 (Black&White)
Web = 72 (Vertical)

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