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Contents
Chapter 4: Drawing Shapes
Starting a Blank Document............................................................................................4-1
Drawing Normal Shapes.................................................................................................4-1
Drawing Rectangles..............................................................................................4-1
Rectangle Styles.....................................................................................................4-2
Creating Buttons....................................................................................................4-5
Creating a Rollover Button.................................................................................4-7
Removing Styles and Effects..............................................................................4-8
Custom Shapes...................................................................................................................4-9
Selecting a Shape...................................................................................................4-9
Other Custom Shapes....................................................................................... 4-11
The Freeform Pen Tool.................................................................................................. 4-12
Creating Custom Borders or Frames........................................................................ 4-13
Creating a Frame................................................................................................. 4-13
Adjusting the Frame.......................................................................................... 4-15
Adding a Picture to the Frame....................................................................... 4-15
Collapsing Layer Styles................................................................................................. 4-17
Photoshop Assignment 4.......................................................................4-18
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Chapter 8: Combining Photographs
Photomerging....................................................................................................................8-1
Selecting the Photographs.................................................................................8-1
Looking at the Photos..........................................................................................8-3
Adjusting the Alignment.....................................................................................8-4
Changing the Layout............................................................................................8-4
Cropping an Image...........................................................................................................8-5
Photoshop Assignment 8......................................................................... 8-7
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Photoshop Project 1
Investigating the Problem........................................................................................... P1-1
Designing the Solution................................................................................................ P1-1
The Solution..................................................................................................................... P1-1
Evaluation.......................................................................................................................... P1-2
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Module 2 Contents
Chapter 12: Patches and Healing Brushes
The Patch Tool.................................................................................................................. 12-1
Loading the Image............................................................................................. 12-1
Using the Patch Tool.......................................................................................... 12-2
The Healing Brush Tools............................................................................................... 12-3
The Spot Healing Brush Tool........................................................................... 12-3
The Healing Brush Tool..................................................................................... 12-5
Photoshop Assignment 12.....................................................................12-8
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Chapter 17: Working With Perspective
Straightening an Image............................................................................................... 17-1
Loading the Sample Photo.............................................................................. 17-1
Applying the Ruler Tool.................................................................................... 17-1
Lens Correction............................................................................................................... 17-3
Loading the Sample Photo.............................................................................. 17-3
Applying the Lens Correction Filter.............................................................. 17-4
Adjusting the Vertical Perspective................................................................ 17-5
Interesting Lens Correction Effects............................................................... 17-7
The Vanishing Point Filter............................................................................................ 17-9
Loading the Sample Photo.............................................................................. 17-9
Selecting the Source Plane............................................................................17-10
Selecting the Vanishing Point.......................................................................17-13
Cloning the Window........................................................................................17-14
Enhancing Shadows....................................................................................................17-15
Photoshop Assignment 17...................................................................17-17
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Chapter 21: The History Panel and History Brush
Using the History Panel................................................................................................ 21-1
Loading the Sample Photo.............................................................................. 21-1
Altering the Photo.............................................................................................. 21-2
Looking at the History Panel........................................................................... 21-6
Returning to Previous States........................................................................... 21-6
Removing Individual States............................................................................ 21-7
Taking Snapshots................................................................................................ 21-9
Creating Documents at States......................................................................21-10
Adding New Steps to a Document.............................................................21-11
The History Brushes.....................................................................................................21-14
Photoshop Assignment 21...................................................................21-15
Photoshop Project 2
Investigation.................................................................................................................... P2-1
Planning............................................................................................................................. P2-1
Solution.............................................................................................................................. P2-1
Evaluation.......................................................................................................................... P2-1
Data..................................................................................................................................... P2-2
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Module 3 Contents
Chapter 23: Creating Reflections
Loading the Sample Image......................................................................................... 23-1
Creating the Background............................................................................................ 23-2
Creating the Background Layer..................................................................... 23-2
Setting a Gradient Fill........................................................................................ 23-2
Setting the Reflection................................................................................................... 23-4
Duplicating the Cards Layer............................................................................ 23-4
Flipping the Cards............................................................................................... 23-4
Applying the Reflection Gradient................................................................. 23-6
Adding a Table..................................................................................................... 23-8
Photoshop Assignment 23...................................................................23-10
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Chapter 25: Graffiti on a Brick Wall
Starting a New Document........................................................................................... 25-1
Creating the Brick Wall.................................................................................................. 25-2
Setting the Gradient Colours.......................................................................... 25-2
Adding the Brick Texture.................................................................................. 25-4
Selecting the Lighting....................................................................................... 25-4
Fading the Lighting Effects.............................................................................. 25-5
Adding the Graffiti......................................................................................................... 25-6
Entering the Text................................................................................................. 25-6
Liquifying the Text.............................................................................................. 25-8
Adding Some Effects to the Text................................................................... 25-9
Photoshop Assignment 25...................................................................25-12
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Chapter 29: Creative Text Effects
Starting a New Document........................................................................................... 29-1
Entering the Text............................................................................................................. 29-2
Adding a Three Dimensional Effect......................................................................... 29-3
Adding a Drop Shadow..................................................................................... 29-3
Adding a Bevel..................................................................................................... 29-4
Creating a Reflection..................................................................................................... 29-4
Copying the Text Layer...................................................................................... 29-4
Transforming the Reflection........................................................................... 29-5
Adding a Gradient Overlay.............................................................................. 29-7
Adding a Blur........................................................................................................ 29-8
Adding Some Lighting Effects................................................................................... 29-9
Photoshop Assignment 29...................................................................29-12
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Chapter
Introduction to Photoshop
Adobe Photoshop is an advanced photo editing and graphics program that allows you to
create and edit photo quality images. In this Chapter you will be introduced to its screen
and some of its basic features, such as Layers. Layers are the building blocks of using
Photoshop and you need to develop an understanding of how to use them in order to
use Photoshop effectively.
Loading Photoshop
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Load Photoshop CS4 and you will receive the Photoshop screen.
Display the FILE menu and select NEW. You will be asked to enter the required
settings for the page.
Intro
A blank page should be created. The diagram at the top of the next page labels its
sections.
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Options Bar
Tools
Panel
Menu Bar
Application Bar
Document Window
or Canvas Area
Panel Group
Zoom
Value
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In these tutorials the TOOLS panel will used as 2 columns, so click on the GREY BAR
until the tools are displayed in 2 columns.
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Tools that have a small arrow next to them have more tools within them.
Click and hold on some of the other tools to see what extra tools they contain.
The letter displayed next to a tool when you click and hold on it is the keyboard
shortcut to select that tool. Try pressing some letters and the tool corresponding
to that letter should be selected.
Hold down the SHIFT key and press a letter. The tools within that tool group will be
toggled.
NOTE:
You can use the ZOOM BOX at the bottom left of the screen to
increase the screen view if you wish.
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NOTE: i If the SWATCHES panel is not in the PANEL GROUP you can
display the WINDOW menu and select SWATCHES to open it.
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Display the FILE menu and select CLOSE to close the document. There is no need
to save it.
Layers
Layers are the building blocks of a Photoshop document so it is important that you
develop an understanding of them. Think of layers as transparent or filled sheets that
can be placed on top of one another. They allow you break a drawing up into small
blocks that can be worked on individually. To illustrate the use of LAYERS, a document
with a few layers will be opened from the PScs4 SUPPORT FILES.
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Access the PScs4 SUPPORT FILES, open the CHAPTER 1 folder and open the POSTER
file.
Display the VIEW menu and select FIT ON SCREEN to fit the file to the canvas.
2 Click on the LAYERS panel in the
PANEL GROUP and the three layers
should be displayed. You can drag
the bottom panel border down to
increase the height of the panel.
NOTE:
If the LAYER panel is not in the PANEL GROUP, set the box at the
right of the APPLICATION BAR to the ESSENTIALS workspace,
collapse the PANEL GROUP and click on the LAYERS panel.
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Try moving the text at the right of the poster. You should not be able to do so
because its layer has not been selected.
6 Click on the LONDON, PARIS, ROME....
layer in the LAYERS panel and you
should be able to move the text.
C Layer Visibility
Layers can be turned off at any time and when this happens their contents are not seen
in the document.
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NOTE:
D Locking Layers
Layers can be locked so that you dont accidentally make changes to them.
The four buttons at the top of the
LAYERS panel allow you to lock layers:
LOCK TRANSPARENT PIXELS locks
only the transparent background.
LOCK IMAGE locks just an image.
LOCK POSITION prevents an object
from being moved.
LOCK ALL locks everything in the layer.
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Select the MOVE TOOL from the TOOLS panel and try to move the background. You
should not be able to do so.
E Naming Layers
It is good practice to name layers so that you know what their contents are. Lets rename
the BACKGROUND layer.
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F Deleting Layers
Layers can be deleted when they are no longer needed. Lets delete one of the text
layers.
1 Click on the EUROPEAN
DESTINATIONS layer in the LAYERS
panel.
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Display the EDIT menu and select UNDO DELETE LAYER to return the layer and its
contents to the document.
NOTE:
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Layer Opacity
The OPACITY of a layer is how transparent it is. The default layer OPACITY is 100% (no
transparency) so the contents of the other layers cannot be seen through it. When you
reduce the OPACITY of a layer you start to see the contents of other layers through it.
Lets reduce the OPACITY of the IMAGE layer so that the other layers can be seen.
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NOTE:
You will use many more layer features as you progress through
these tutorials. For example, you can duplicate layers, add
masks to layers, insert different types of layers and so on.
Screen Views
You can zoom in or out of a document when more detailed work is required.
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There are keyboard shortcuts to zoom in and out. On the Windows system hold
down the CTRL key and press + to zoom in and - to zoom out. On the Macintosh
system the COMMAND key is held down.
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NOTE:
FIT ON SCREEN sets the view to a level so that the canvas fills
the available screen area.
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NOTE:
When you select the ZOOM TOOL, buttons are added to the
OPTIONS BAR that allow you to select ACTUAL PIXELS, FIT
SCREEN, FILL SCREEN and PRINT SIZE. You might like to try
each of these buttons.
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Photoshop Workspaces
Photoshop provides a variety of workspace arrangements to suit the type of project
being created.
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Set the TOOLS panel to 2 columns and collapse the PANEL GROUP if you prefer to
use the panels that way.
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Photoshop Assignment 1
Your task for this Assignment is to create a simple sketch using some of the drawing tools
from the TOOLS panel. Try to use LAYERS to break the sketch into sections.
If you cannot think of anything to draw, the following sketch of a racing car could be
attempted with separate layers for the car body, wheels and driver.
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