First Photoshop Practice

Web

Yearbook

Newspaper

Photoshop Notes

Save as

re name your image make sure the image is saved as a .jpg at the highest (maximum) image quality

Nestle - tools are stacked onto of each other - to access those tools you have to left click and hold

USE COMMAND KEYS !!!

Command += Zoom in
Command - = Zoom out
Command O = open

Command C = copy

Command V = paste

Command Z = undo

Command, shift, Z=step backward
Command S = save
Command P = Print
Command L = Levels

To Turn An Image Go To
>Images>Image Rotation
CW and CCw
CW = Clockwise
CCw = Conter Clockwise

Adjusting Levels
>image>adjustmeants>levels
Channel Blue
Channel Green
Channrl Red
Moved just the black and white hersheys kiss

Adjusting Contrast
Channel RUB move just the browned hersheys kiss

To Crop
Select the cropping tool and then click and drag the area you want to crop.
Before your crop you want

Resolution Guidelines
yearbook = 300
newspaper = 150
web = 72

To Make An Image Black And White
Use Grayscale
Image>Mode>Grayscale

Common Tools

4. Crop Tool: It is used to cut off a portion of your photo it is also another possible way to make your photo look smaller.

5. Lasso Tool: It it used to specific point stuff out in the photo being showed you can also draw shapes with it the changes made will only affect the portion of the photo.

6. Text Tool: Allows you to add text in your image it can be used in two different you can click once on your image using the text tool or you can click-and-drag in order to create a text box.

7. What buttons do you push to "Undo" a mistake you made?

Command-Z (MAC) or CTRL-Z (PC) is the "undo" command that will undo the last action you took.

8. What can you open to "undo" more than one mistake? How do you open it?

You have to pull up the History palette. Window --> History menu

9. How do you rotate an image?

Go to the image menu and select Image Rotation.

10. If you don't like the initial cropping box you drew, how can you change it before you make your crop?

11. Under the heading "Resizing while Cropping" when you enter dimensions as you crop, what are you telling Photoshop to do as you crop your image?

12. What is the correct resolution for newsletters and newspapers?

13. What is the correct resolution for magazines?