Photoshop for Beginners p Ac >) © Creative projects si © Edit images with ease Pal @Work with tools and filters © Guides for CS6 and Elements 11Welcome to Photoshop. for Beginners Welcome to the fourth revsed edition of Photoshop for Beginners your essential Guide to using all versions of Photoshop, Whether you have Photoshop CS2 or C56, Creven Elements 11, this updated book wil take you through ll the key tools and, commands step by step. Suitable for ne Creative Cloud users too, the introductory feature explains what the Creative Cloud actual i exploring its top features. Then delve ito the tutorial sections, whether its basic conections and retouching that you want to lear more about, of adjustments and selections. All his and mote ks covered in-depth. Ther s also a selection of creative projects so youcan practise the Skillsyouve learned on creating something wonderful And fthat wasn't enough, the book ls comes witha ree dsc which has some grat resources to help you on your Photoshop jourey, rom tutorial les and fonts to bonus video tution and more.Photoshop for Beginners oe Pon SHNE20 Photoshop! 7, 22 Whar'snewin Photoshop C56? 24 Photoshop Elements interface. 26. What's new in Elements 11? 28 Editw 7 30 Guided made in Flements. 32 Share with Elements 34 Firststeps in Photoshop 36. Resize yourimages_ your photos 44 How tocopy and paste 46 (mportand share with the Organizer 48 Photoshop shortcuts. 52 ‘ withAuolevl 78 Colourin Photoshap. 04 Understand the Layers pale 54 Conectionewith Auto Curves 80 Control yourcolouts. 106. Organise Layers. 56 Fixtonein seconds Use Levels to improve phatos TheLayermenu 58 Getgreat contrast ina dick Boast phates with Cun Work with ayer: 60 FixcolourcastswithAuoColor 86 Fixbrightnessand contrast The importance oflayer opacity Meche Be egies 88 Controlcolourwith ‘The perfect blend 64 Editeasly in Quick made Hue/Saturation oe ‘ 66 Guided edits i Lente PS Elements \\ Produce beautiful } black-and-whites the Smortwoy. 4 | ee 70 Introducing By /, Highlights the Transform tool by Seer 72. Usethe Gradient tool SP 16 Photoshop for Beginners Get perfect colour with VariationsRemove red-eye in portraits Remove smudges Make a focal point in photos Sharpen your photos Improve shadows and highlights Conter ‘Aware Fill 6, Banish blemishes 8 Retouch skin in portrait photos The Brush tool New brush types in CS6 Build a better brush Use tools with brushes The History Brush tool Use the History tools Leamn to paint from photos Whatare adjustmentlayars? 146. Discover the power of masks The Curves adjustment tool Brighten your images 158 Usethe Channel Mixer Hue/Saturation Masteradjustment layers. vat are filters? Lighting Effects filter Reduce Noise The Sharpen filters 218 The Sketch filters Understand Liquify filters Use the Lens Correction filter. 224 Editcolours with Photo Filter 166. Make perfect selections 120. Get more from Smart brushes Understand Quick Mask Refineedge in Photoshop CS6 “Once you've learned all the basics put them to the test” 228 Make amovie postet 238, Design a banknote Make amagical flying carpet Compose surreal artwork 254 Glossary of key terms Protoshep for Beginners 78 Photoshop for BeghnnersEditing photos A: the name suggests one ofthe main uses of Photoshop Is editing your photos. 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Goto Je>Adjustments>Selective Color to adjusta spectic colour without affecting the rest ofthe hues in the mage, You can tum the res lace chose Photoshop for Beginners 11Ultimate guide hotomanipulation is quite efferent from image editing, 2st involves aking a photo and transforming tito something new. Thisis where 214 alot about lye in Photo y do. la their most b yours andwich of mages and efats, Each yer of the sand meracts with the ther filings uni you have a whale new sanaich, a mage. For exam, you may start with a porta p hen ada ground onto anew yer. You can ade some text on a diferent ayer ten an another. 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You ca Iealy make aster in teacup by adding a raging sa a2 regularlook ticks forthe eye phot bee ste wonderful “ou can call upon the Liquty to ph in Dalesque ceatons dr ey proved in Photoshop se Alternatively you can us The only mits your ime Photoshop proudes alt screen, Thre bts deeicing wh ye multiple ways of youjusthave ts isthe & hing sng «Photoshop isa fantastic tool tohelp change the background and add dramatic effects such as weather conditions. exploring the extensive iter Gallery, you can produce convincing rain effects. Adding Blur can give the impression of cving rain or soften the effect fora ight shower, Ths can entirely alter the atmosphere ofan image an, this instance, add mood and drama, Snow and ice effects are also easly achievable in Photoshop, By using a multitid of repeated layers and the Crop tool youcan transform asingle shot into a multiimensiona image reminiscent of David Hockney famous creations. Youcan control how many, portions you divide the image Into, Use the Transform tools oslightl angle each frame to dive the impression they are piled up on top of each other. [ding Blend modesto some frames alters the intensity o colour foreach shot. Play ticks onthe eye by introducing creative text effects to your images. Ada completly ne signatures to walls and buiings by applying a careful and considered use ofthe Lighting effects ter. This wil take some practice, but the results are very convincing and can transform a regular bland image ito something exremely {simple way f manipulating images is by introducing ew textures and backgrounds to the shot. Textures can be added by using the Texturize fer or youcan head oniine and source hundred fee textures, engaging, Blurring the outine can create fall hich can be imported into Photoshop. Whether you off ofligt ont the surounding areas to help are looking for paper textures, sone textures or even your image lookeven more east animal evtures youl find an overwhelming supply with a quick mere search can gute iterally contro the seasons at the touch ofa button By using a combination of Photoshop brushes, fiters and blending modes ou can produce dstinguishable changes to 3 single image. Use dradients alter ne sky colour, and the opacity sliders co determine the strength ofthe effecton your photograph. You Wil be amazes by the power thar’ at your fingertips. Photoshop for Beginners 13,Digital art onside Photoshop an art's treasure trove of tools, paints and media, Even fy artic sills ate Kite to stick men Photoshe can ride al he features to help yourealise your inner Van Gogh, Unite rational dawing and parting Photehop makes tas easy 22 tac mn itsraly ketch ar paint aver any photograph to eat a turning masterpiece By sing ayer masks, you can reo ast of slaing and painting syo= (Onthe dawing side of things you wil dover there ae far mare options than asmle gen sketch, Qpen your eyes othe word of chalk ad charcoal sawing, etching in watecoout ang pen and inkeflets. By carey selecting the ight type of bush ané combining with the ight king of you can ceat elie artwork f which youcan be proud. Phatshep and C36 both inveduced new brush types which 3 even mre tke thelr Te counerpars makingitea wu ean ehoote fom a wie ange rough paper smooth pag posse Some cn be smuated using Photoshop's default textures and others can be downloaded as texture lars online and impared into Photoshop, fragt! painting styles are mare your thin, then ge eady ta dee int the endless supply of rushes. paint swatches and blending modes. Photoshop ides wealth of painting tool and iFyou use a raphe abe, these mb further extend by sting the Pen Pressure eating to et pres of paints, You can ceate igh, eatery pais stokes oF song, bold srakes depending on th nt achieve. You can ao ce stom brushes depending n te style you have chosen, and there are yo fee brushes you can use from the internet You 3 no limited to painting with brushes either Infact. the Fier env is capable of producing plenty of paring fects iso, Experiment wth Dy Bush and Poinulize fiers o eat 2 ough textured which, when layered over a start photo, can eate something rather bet, C565 ne Ol Pat iter saa a powerful way wo turn photos ito paranigs with itl efor Digital pining in Photoshop ts ane of the most sting acti rare tes time and patience but youl fi that He results can be way well woh te efor. animage You 114 Photoshop fr BeginnersVector artis a modern trend and pop digital artes forts clean old impact. The effects achieved predominantly by using the Pen tool wich enables you to cut out specfic parties of your image. The tol s very prece and lets you trace around both curved and straight edges. AfteraIitle practise, this tol becomes second nature and wil open up a wealth of creative opportunities to you. Any real word artistic effect canbe reproduced in Photoshop. The Shape tools can create colourful characters. You can then call upon Bending modesto experiment with the intenshy ‘of your colours and the way each ayer interacts with one another There are many Blending modes to choose from, and then discover which wots best in ach cretve station, You can create a Van Gogh masterpiece thanks to the extensive range of brushes and brush options You can alter your brush shape, itersty, width and pressure which lps recreate works tie this You also have an endless supply of colour swatches s0 you can find the right shade of paint youre looking for Aad ina canvas texture anc youre ready to start painting your incredible work of ar. InPhotoshop C3 there ae mary new Arb options ploy whien youean customise to vary the ntenaty andthe re of pry. Tere are presets for common mush sep 100A 5 rephics tablet an pen can ake the presse {etings so you can pres hard fora satrated Spray opess sot for bgt smattering st Cs asif you were using area fe airbrush The key to successful digital art relies ‘on the same principles a vaditional methods, which is building up the shading and toning gradually This partculerly apples to aeas suchas the hr and skin which normally features a wide ange of tones instead of one base colour By inttoducing anumber of similar shades you wil easy ade ‘dream to your lacus Images that icok one cimensiona ike ns ene rnge hop for BeginWhat's new with the Creative Cloud? w fe p= Creative Cloud isthe new name for Adobe's Creative Sue and the entre collection of Create Sule programs ae now avalabe under an annval or manthysubscriaon 10 the Creative Cloud Photoshop CC will update as and when news features a released wich s very useful For digital arts ‘eon has a number a s “Photoshop Creative Cloud will update as and when new features are released, which is very useful” Wit the Camera Shake Reduction fer what was once deemed impossible {sow realy Blurry images can be deblured inside ths incredible new fier, ith Photoshop tracking the movement ofthe lens and retracing ts steps to show you how kewouldlookfin fous. ‘Actions ae great fr teling Photoshop what todo. But unlike in previous ‘versions, they can now have conditions apple to what ask you recor Actions can be tld oust eat the sie of style ofthe image being hancled, suchas only images with a landscape orientation, Edit 2 ‘Adabe's Camera RAW softwares naw keptin the Filter menu, meaning itcan be applied tony layer at any stage nthe editing process This powerful software (designed to improve camera RAW images) has vast rangement of adjustments for tweaking exposure, etouching blemishes and improving colout If youplan on using muliple applications within the Creative Cloud, you can make sure you fvourte presets, styles, brushes, Actions and more are accesible wherever you go. See all the options by going to Preferences dnd then Syne Settings. 116 Photoshop fr Beginners Adobe”Behance sa netvorkand community fr dita arts to collaborate and share ideas With Photoshop CC, Behance ijusta cick away. Sof yous ‘wondering what your net big project might be, simply head over to wna. bhehancernet for lots ofinspiration. di |Add finesse to your images with a stylish fame, now made even easier with the Properties palete, The palette has new features for contaling the roundness of corners when using the Rectangle tool, Other aspects ofthe frame can be adapted 2s wel for example adding an outline colour and changing ts overl size. ‘Thelmage Size menu has been redesigned to show hows yourmage wil look while is being resized. This i incediby mandy when comes to increasing the dimensions and resolution of your image, lowering piel dimensions, and compressing images for uploading online or saving after editing The Smat Sharpen fiter as been redesigned to give you a closer look at, your image. This window fsresizable and its side's have been rearranged {tomate the whole thing look and fel fender Not only does the Liguy ter contain a new Smooth tool for getting id of sharp edges it can also be applied as. a Smar Fitr What this means is that YoU be able to hoo back ino the fter at any polnt Now when you make an image larger upsample) using the Image ize ‘menu, you nolonger have to worry about dramatic changes to quality.The new Preserve Deta Enlargement) setting. along with the Reduce Nose Sle will make sue defintion doesn't dsappear, Photoshop for Beginners 17ve ak IC nN ale «Ha ea ae Tn)Getting started OF RHR Fuca T ~~ Photoshop = CS6's interface : A look at the new palettes and features Ea he interface has a number ofr palettes, tools B gn mil ere %. improved too Here's a pick of the tick Detect Facesin the = ‘what: wre expect to se ° Se5idn Temes end Color 6 ThenewCortentAvareiowe Timeline palette ieginwthand godly a ose ee, cs poston lakpulsare fen tsar pac straight. 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New Charter ad Peogagh sts nal Teeny to capture totThe Photoshop Elements interface Elements 11 offers the photo-editing power of a Photoshop product in a user-friendly, affordable package he main Photoshop product can seem very intimidating and unwieldy forthe student photographer or hobbyist. The pico tag or the full package can be even mote aicult to overcome Ph ‘user base who wants ring cure that qoesalong es and create paver of Photoshop butnot the pie ta ith I People who want heir oun memovies wth sting phot oftheir on. The target aucience locking capture shutterbugs Phozoshog Elements 1 sa perfect solution forthe ama ooking to hone thei Sy sells and sp behind the lens than behind the ent With tree oflerers eating evionments, users fay sil or experience level can find the tals they ‘need tomake ther photos as perfect as possible. The new Organizes helps Reap tackor the best shat 0 users dart need to som trough hunced oft _ ‘The Bemrts I in gred tobe welcoming, without Lndercttng the rawr feature set. Both new uses and experienced pros ‘can get to work quicely and cient th an assortment of new quded {cs ander stings for great eects Photcshp ements 1 allows us rt and enhance p 58 and auc share or st get ack o shooting more grat photos “The Photoshop Elements 11 interface is designed to be welcoming and unintimidating” 24 Fhoteshop fr BeginnersAvarietyof guided eds, ike PetectPorvatorcoret Sn Tonesarenoworasbiet wakyoustepysteptnough Rm teprocsrsiouchng op | Yeurohaes Treseing one | = Quick Guided, andspert ld alow users ofa — emperenceleesto beable ‘ethetclstheynead get Therworkdone aly BHP SERB BKE of BEBE! 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The Smart Tag feature autoricaly analyses your photos to make finding them even faster ‘You can share yourirnages va pn. the web, and mae devices, 25 vl 35 caeate one sous, aes, and scrapbooks. “The intuitive Organizer makes it easier to navigate your pictures” 26 Fhotochop fr Beginners ETTieee 32 +H Nested tools Ys Teactsrthe ct took or rested oper eon ee retdendyoundocete gy tthe tok ete th New interface Ther ete ighter an the Too Optens non the tle athebatom The tool onthe reaanged ‘nd abellg to categeriePhotoshop for Beginners 27Getting started Edit with Elements 11 Learn the different Editing Modes in Elements 11 to quickly edit, enhance and create professional-looking images here are tree diferent editing envronmentsin Photoshop Elements 11; Quick, Guided and the Expert Mode known as Full ‘Mode inthe previous versions = you nlfind sh bass phato bing tos Smart Fo, nce and Sharpen You cn use the slider contol mouse over te thumbnails preview olf your image jst wads the setngs of and apely Ue adjust auick the ith usta cl ur photos lak ie a mia 2d insuctors to help you to e youve fhe the tuoralin Gus how Phetoshop ements ‘teanual thing You have ttl contol rangeof too ft fe control ot BuComic Pe omplex selections Th nc and Graphic Novels —foryouto “Quick Editing mode is the easiest way to improve your images” 01 Skin Tones Inthe Guided 28 Photoshop fr Beginners Mis 9 em Ee SS Color Cast Inthe Guided Mode lk Remove a Colo Cast. 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