We'll guide you| rate esas ic) A Creative aie THE COMPLETE 0p an 4 oS ae Find out what ve Eqecaa sail makes Photoshop _editing imagesand Cae leea ers et creating amazing imaging software \ digital artworks Become a Photoshop ; re ae A iho Black Dog Media Master Your Tech To continue learning more about Photography & Photoshop visit us at: www.bdmpublications.com es A Roe SUG) Print & digital editions Featuring the very latest updates Step-by-step tutorials and guides Created by BDM experts Check out our latest titles today! git |. Masterclass ao SPECIAL DEALS and Bonus Content ‘Sign up to our monthly newsletter Maer euch: re and get the latest updates, offers em eS eee nace and news from BDM. We are here to help you Master Your Tech!are s:. Your photo editing Soda tla Mle) PRT oo eS ao) i » Photoshop is, while discove range of tools and techniques can make excellent digital Puce of us all. Even if,you are a beg Photoshop is easier to learn might imagine. This guide be: aM lole mole] Lule -rolL | that can get you up and running i Pa MS ML moat tee Rach ey ana a expand on what you’ve learnt and have you creating new images just like Melee Moco ca ene)al Contents Photoshop - The Complete GuideWhat’s New in Photoshop CC 201: 8 __Theframetool 40 _ Theclonestamptool 8 Mathsinnumberfields 42__ Gradientfill and paint bucket 8 _ Blendmodepreview 44 Modifying selections 9 Thecolorwheel 46 Curvesand levels 9 Defaulttext 48 Cropping and resizing 9 Updated undo 50 Quickmaskmode 9 __Transformtool 52___Content-awarefill and scale 9 Auto-commit 54 Adjusting exposure 10 Selectsubject 10 Distribution spacing 10 _ Reference point 10 Scale Ul 10 Double-clicktextedit 11__Content-aware fill T1__Lockingthe workspace T1__ Gohome 11 Symmetry Contrast and saturation ‘Adding a graduated filter Correcting lens distortion Panorama stitching Colour replacement Soft focus technique Pre es ee BaP 88s 72 _Theglitcheffect 108 Wet plateportraits 14 __Thehistory of Photoshop 72 _Thegitchetect _ _108 Wet plate portralts_ 80 Lightbeameffects 114 Compositingimages 16 Maininterface SOO CORED ESSE SIE SC orupoosting mages 88 Pixelexplosion 122. Custom Photoshop 18 Menus ew 96 Makingreflections brushes ‘The toolbar Keyboard shortcuts 24 Usinglayers 26 Adjust mentlayers 28 Usinglayer masks 30 Selection tools 132_ Adobe Camera Rawinterface 32___ Making selections 134 Adobe Camera Rawmenus 34 Healing brush tools 136 Adobe Camera Raw workflow 36 _ Brushes, penciland eraser 138_ Introduction to Lightroom CC 102. Startrailaction 130 Processing Raw files wwnmanpmctorcan 5CC 2019? Here is the low down on some of the latest updates to Adobe’s layer-based editor. Cocoa Muck RMS sceute) Ey pea emis Oct 10 _ Reference point Ey Blend mode preview al “10 9 Beeman BL Rel ole ea eee i Default text aL Reese ELL CeCe) 11__Lockingthe workspace LV MCh els AOL Rud 11__ Symmetry Peas) CeroneAa acesCheck out these useful new features and tools hotoshop can be considered something ofan ‘vorexpancng and complex beast. Since it was fst eratod vor, suboquet oration of the sotwarw has added eatre upon feat. you have subserbod to Photoshop CC, updates ‘meaconmon occurence and nppen ona Bat cma rod) Se eee reed enero Sree eee ta Dera Ce ees aera ere ane et arent Siem ad Cas pecan ere be sired tot the ene tie Cet Seed Cee cnn perme eee peered Cer eee paneer eer) ery eer eet eres ee erased Prete EL tla Crd 1B eontsomntee | in fat regular basis. Sometimes the updos ae subtle containing bug fixes and thon there are the major updates acing new features an tools to Photoshop's arsanal We thought twas time to take alook atthe tatst version of Photoshop (CC-2019 (which wae nits 2005 release version atthe tine of writing) and explore some of those ew features. Some are minor, whe thers area lo more expansive and coud be areal bonoit ‘o your digital eting wrkion, Welt thom for you a give you ania of what each has to er you, the end user. ‘The Blend Mode preview is a handy new tne saving featur that has recenty been implemented. Up unt now, you wanted to know ‘nat affect a pateular blend would have on your mages, you hac to Select one and apply i fit wasnt ight you had to undo that choice (rgo back in, choose new blend made andl apply thal o ee the ference. Photoshop CC does away with Bond Mode guesswork. "Now ifyou click onthe Blend Made button and scrol through the avalale options, each one youll over wil be appiod in real imo, ‘0 you can instantly see what effect thas. wil not comm the bata you have chasen until you actualy lk the prefered blend This also works wen viwing the Layer Styl dialog panel to. A small change, but aweleome one nonetholessTek re Poo Pacing a tot lyor within your documont ‘usd to result in an empty box into which you would type your text and then format wit the coect font. and type size. 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Now you can simpy double-click your chosontoxt with tho Move tool and you can bogino eat t without tho need to sth tools. 10. coVscaesite |eCoC Tn Naa ee etn) Sees poe eee er erates Cee ent eee ‘rage canbe tarete, are used as samping aa ee ere ee eet Rel paiaepsniserertepretan canner eee) a Peseta se 18 Sroka Locking the Workspace ie Peet cee Keyboard Shortcuts & Menus... era eared cea aecedten aeceer acco em tennrrenate ote tennis uh is Sere ree ere eas [ Home nae Se eee rene ear ete oee ni Eerie eat ai ease ivr Bead Seta eet eres Pees Cree peer eae ey Cr eat rene eet ee eer eee ee Pere Mee Ce ened bee! Peete eee peers ene eee enreny ate ae ee eesUncovering Photoshop Adobe Photoshop is a very complex piece of software. Even people who use it every day as part of their profession may only use a fraction of its capabilities and mastering its subtleties can take time. We can teach you some useful skills and help you to get more out of this fantastic program. Let’s look at the main tools that Photoshop has on offer. Contents 14 __Thehistory of Photoshop 26 Adjustmentlayers 16 Maininterface 28 Using layer masks 18 Menus 30 Selection tools 20 Thetoolbar 32 Makingselections 22 Keyboard shortcuts 34 Healing brush tools 24 _Usinglayers 36 _ Brushes, pencil anderaser 12 cowwonahe ne | ne 2The history of Photoshop Before we begin, here’s a little background information Ince wth ine lease otPheteshap. Images sng mutator andes. — eee eae 1.0 folowing in February 1990 ists use of ayes and masks that athe predorirantindusty lander origi!” lyerbaced eating mean You can bull ery Deere tte rea Image edtng complex mages and create incredible works Pe ree eres ‘Als heart thas a ste of tools that allow of at lng ths method. eee ere nothing short of magical Photoshop alls mute ayers tobe appled to animage. You can hep Frage lands on seperate layers and may thom aoscringy and independ. Tis 's th bass of non destructive exer. ‘tshuge, Mec bogginaly huge. The ‘ool alone she st tegen and conta ovrting the potessoral ‘designer and photographer oud ever eed from apece of sofware. ‘You can record space actons within Protoshop, sowing you to apy those acters te aher mages wth ace af ‘butter Youte abloto blond many rent ayers together, masking areas of an image to ‘protec rom bong ced, ven dave 12 the plo ‘Aas! ania is posable h Pets, ttyou can imagine scene, hen you're abit tan your wedcra pote ito a ‘amatc space bate or have a picture ofthe Kes laying witha Fe Femove ects, add copcts, touch up skin tones, ‘he st goes on and on, a 1A cxvtscmatiten aneh a ee RO The Tools for the Job lug ins requke spectc versions of Phateshop to fone mage edna apptios Formats and Ver: Potoehop aloo hes lange varity of oe hat ways. road speskng, the oo cover reas such as drawing, painting, raigaton,cortant ‘secon tt, masking and reteuching. Many form cere tks are nce ‘As wel asthe abil to rate pease Images an at itcan also eat ae ‘mangadate ext and Pande a ruber of volar ‘graphic formats, incising EPS Hes ae koe Inustator fs. Ode sts of Pathe had ‘eended yes rat alowed Pe eatin and hanalrg o! 30 graphics, whereas Photoshop (CC, the obuctbased subscpson sevice ns Photoshop <> Wen a Ptcshop documents saved, it reatas a defaut ethat has the PSD fo etersion. Ts Stands fo Photoshop Documont andi cortans tes and ther content that make uo the fnished document, Thee ancther Photoshon fle format xan a PSB, whieh stan fo Phateshop Bip. Tis large document Tormat that you use vay rcreased rage sie cimarsiors and Ho 20 if, the progr has undergone updates ar verion nubs. 12008, te verlon umber were epaced lh CS plus a numba, to rele fs curent Creathe Suto brancing use tthe tne. tase unt hn Adobe changed ts business model to sdsscrnion-based real and the nteucten hat the tine of wet, Photoshop isn stable release OC ‘version, has 3D capaiites bultn as standard. Irean alo, 10 almtedcogee, impor arc et io fl, Tre program's man tunctonaly on be enhanced wth he addon of purerous, small con efets and progrars cle pine ‘tough Adobe has a numberof pigs, uch ‘8 Adcbe Carara a, tie aint pany ‘companine that develop them, Mos fhe wwnbanoietoncam 15,Main Interface This is Photoshop’s graphic user front end otoshop has a great interface, with a dark slate grey work area, sight lighter manu and paloto bars and sharp whit txt Itlooks great and really makes phatos stand ‘ut rom the background. Let's soo what it has to offer Menu Bar You'd atthe menu options hee and many more nested menus to conta al aspects of Photoshop. Read on formore otal Tool Palette Here youl fn your main ecng too. The folowing pages ook atthe nivel oes ard ‘what you ean do wth ham, Tool Option Bar For each oo cn the alte here are options, suchas bh eo soiness. Yul rd trem Document Window Each window you open wl have fs own tab to ident tt rcudes the document name, coment caing and colour space bang ued Document Details Here you fin he compressed and real see {of your document. You can ago eal up thar lsermation such as document pel dimensions. tO ate Active Image ieee teworcon yur age tha cr etre 16 cxvtromtititnMAIN INTERFACE Palettes Workspace Option between pre Layer Palette Options eoBo Menus One look at the menus and you e N U S begin to understand Photoshop’s complexity and versatility ne main intrtace of Photoshop has no fewer than eleven menus and a Help option, each with many options and with many additional nested 1ub-menus I's vital to become familar withthe contents ofthe most important ones, Because once you know where to look for everything ‘you'll be able to work more quickly, efficiently and confidently. Let's take a lok at some ofthe key menu listings. es —— Ceo = beanie =e —— ae = File ‘aobe POF Presets youcome to make changes pen... to open an existing ‘Sie, Ganwas Size and age ocurent, Saveto save yourcurent a Rotation, but the most project is aaa rat ar Importance Tomatorneacnanctocane ts hve mac os eputa tora: Aso ere mera ve : rman oom i Layer emmotan Atonaesaseps — Edit Unde Achsmerts you ind Layers ae elt of ‘ub-menus wich povdeavarced The Edt meruhasmany cares alyourmanmagecentl,__Proteshop The mos lporat bach poccesng endeutnated Yount mtr ¥ ya va SchacbiginesGurtast, opera ere how a sstngeotons adpomewcr deg Copy, Ln Caves HunSahraon wicca ou cea Tadeand Gutunclorsanderen and anymore. eu rd name aw yea ew tspeingreckerameugnjou!—ranytthesr pied on curt aj wn probated ier oe engine ners, arden yr trotoyoard dere tee ‘your mage. The Mog ard YoU at td te vee etree Futon pte an be 79, Ste, contoraar Sone tere long wih ask an Pine ey Fe Trsform, Bice opr as wo as the colour profes and Preferancessut>menu, 18 cxHtromitin | aneere) peoror oa Photocop includes many new tex position and handing ‘options. Most of thse canbe found inthe th-out Crater and Paragraph panels. on the right of he sree or aocessed from the Parts option athe top of the menu, but others can be fourd hee, nck 0 tx, warping and special, forign language cptens. Filter PPhotoshon C8 and Creative Goud saw aaj overaul of the Fite menu, wi many new ‘pons elude the amazing Adaptive Wide Ae eat. There's the eve-popuar Lguty conceton, a wal as a huge ange otter titers and ects Dont 90 too wl though, mos of them ae best used sparngiy! MENUS View “The View menu is home to the basi viewing conto: ‘sch a8 200m level, but gan you'll want © conto those Using shortuts to save te. You also tnd the very useful contol forthe Snap function, Including guide lines, essential when you'e laying out a design ‘or composing text onan image. Window Thisienta men yout be using constant, but ide hed some vay seul features, euch asthe ‘range end Werkepace subsmenis, which allow you to conto the layout o tabs, Windows and the var tool paltes and panes, wwnbanpamctoncan 19THE TOOLBAR The Toolbar Let’s take a look at Photoshop’s main editing tools he main elements ofthe Photoshop Toolbar haven't changed all that much since the introduction of Layers and the Move tol with version 3.0, back in 1994. The shape has changed abit, elongating oa asso paphttete MAGIC WAND eres cRoP (ene Sees EvEDROPPER [ied SPOT HEALING [Pg paid owust I CLONE STAMP HisTORY BRUSH [Rg ‘ERASER fie GRADIENT (eS smunce fil BURN [iad pen (ag Tee im PATH SELECTION (BS SET COLOUR QUICK MASK MODE SCREEN MODE 20. consonant | ins Into single column to take advantage of today’s larger monitors and 2 few more tools have been added, but anyone who's familiar with any previous version of Photoshop wil soon feal right at home. Move seo nove pt etometon on so crntemutlelayous ug he Marquee = nena oon Lasso betes bose can ro Magic Wand oseu Te donatwcoine Chek eonon chs rare Crop Gre nPotcon o t Setessrap Unt Dare Eyedropper Tabetemratsotnne a tet mates pon yore etter eta coring ctncin aniaSpot Healing Crunon ter oe St erg tutu trey eet sett your mages oa Brush ; weieoag par sco tpheanertenseacr mr, Clone Stamp Peete tet eeet ee ee Ped History Brush eee eet yore main ange oa rege Eraser Aste nae ples he Boao alee pack nn at can eee an ae ot Gradient The Graders tatcan ape ain tra andes gaat toner coeur Smudge TeSruett ang nts dae clam dct iene Burn uma is stnahves Dag and Spang, artes on phatogannc sek ore, daven mans. Cd © score oo Pen a TroFnccis uss don sroon AR semering cal Bsc Thoycan pone pet wus THE TOOLBAR Type ‘Heer on et aed Path Selection Line ‘Tro Line clans atomss ee arg sna cs Hand Teter alsin sans aroe aps. tis met chon eed vais cout ejeowarore, Zoom “Tis toc sry 200ms nt ane ct te rap, At noe on Edit Toolbar “Theat ena erties at Switch Colour eee sregoundcae Set Colour Caairg nrebirgs ip te cour tose pata whit as yourhoose ‘toterageund orbackyosrdcobus Quick Mask mode The Que Mack mode a eat ay raking cone solctors us he Screen Mode wnbanpamctoscom 21Keyboard Shortcuts There’s always a quicker way of doing almost everything in Photoshop ae SSS no of Photoshop's best foaturos is its huge list of fly customisable keyboard shortcuts. Almost ll ofthe program's functions can bo accessed quichly by pressing various combinations of keys and once you lear those shortcuts your workflow will speed up immensely ‘You can even make up your own for your most frequentl-used operations. Customising Shortcuts catsgryhascings matching the names ofthe window appear andthe rex kay crcombinaton shortcuts hat you dot acct o ar menus, Yeu fn that many aperatons of ays that you press wi appear hee tha soe sell eft USEFUL TIP 22. eoMsomete |KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS. f TT MO meL cl acrlaca ly (CREATE NEW DOCUMENT REDO LAST STEP INVERT SELECTION PASTE FROM CLIPBOARD onal + (N si) + Lene Gees esl lu (CREATE NEW LAYER Levels 200M IN VIEW ‘COPY TO CLIPBOARD shift }+{coxs)+(0) | [eos] +( (coxa + orm} + | C CLOSE CURRENT DOCUMENT CURVES 200M OUT VIEW ‘CUT TO CLIPBOARD comma] + (0 on + [0 (cou]+ (E {ea + [2c ‘CLOSE AL DOCUMENTS INGREASE BRUSH SIZE FIT ON SCREEN FREE TRANSFORM, an) + [soul] + (1 : cows] +( ) owe] + SAVE CURRENT DOCUMENT DECREASE BRUSH SIZE 100% z00m ‘TURN SNAP ON OR OFF ea] + (5) ; a} (onal + ( shitty) + (nl + SAVERS BRING CURRENT LAYER TO TOP | SHOW RULERS SELECT ALL ON CURRENT LAYER foos+ (sit) +(S) | (extn + Cems (i) | (eaal+ (R s+ [A vunoo MOVE CURRENT LAYER UP SHOW OR HIDE GRID DESELECT ALL sol +- (iz on + (i) fexdl+ (ecu + ( ‘noo Last srEP ‘MOVE CURRENT LAYER DOWN SHOW OR HIDE GUIDES HELP ax|+{omm)+(z) cows] +( (exeal+ i (0n aPC the Ctl key for your (on e Mac computer the shortouts looks like his on a Ctr key is eplaced bythe Standard Windows keyboard. Re Cl ey on a standard Mac you use a PC and you see keyboard you use @ Mac an instruction inthis ite ta and you see an instruction in Stee Gay hn at Takowummecwiy, facmd 36 Ct instead. just use your Oma key instead. wwnbanoimctoncom 25a Using Layers Understanding layers is fundamental to Photoshop editing 24 the concept of Layers was fest Introduced with Photoshop 2.0 in 1994, and has become the very core of Photoshop image editing, as well as being imitated by every other image editing program on the market Layers are exactly ‘what they sound ike; the elements ofthe image ae stacked up and displayed in Layers have amerber of atvartages. For one thing, the ait to ckange one elem on one layer tout alecng the ater yers mass that you can eat your rage ran deste onalayer but you're not sx0 haw ts org ‘tum out, ist make a dupate hye, st the ‘ginal tobe rustle, then co your eng cn the bt tae go back othe ein ‘Ther are fourman types of yer. Thee re Fl ayer, whlch conan the aphica ements fhe image. There are Tat yes, whch ‘conta tet oration wes canbe ees end raced, There are Vector ayer, hi ‘conta vetor formation uch a shapes and USING LAYERS descending order. Since layers can include transparency, lower layers can be visible ‘through higher layers. Effects, adjustments and operations can bo appliod to individual ayers, orto all ‘the layers at once. You can: move layers around relative to one anther, change the ‘order of layers in the stack, turn layers on work paths. and hen thers eA lye, hich Contam embeded commrense that afect no ayrimmeciaty bok. We ok at Auster layers in more cal onthe follow pages. mere a dowels sing they generate Aang layers ard the rfmaton tht goes ang wth ham masskely ncraasos the soo the so whan youl finshed edting and you want to save te picture you've created, usualy a goedidea to ton theimage, wich mores all the ayers together no a singe mage or off and delete layers, without affecting the others. Some people seem to have a hard time geting theirhead around the concept of layers, so the best way to think of them is lo of glass panos with that make up the image pit with you looking down on them from above to 500 how thoy stack up. 10h) SeadGeeta knowing your way around the Layer paleto i vital f you want to make the best use of this feature Blend Mode Opacity Layer Filters Onley th he Cota imraprnt toler ton || ccs to ply on cr pec ay, oa tyr blout Can bocrenged ie eer yer |_| mach ofthe ay bon vl shou trou eee eaten cvaby one. cr rag YEstcan te arora a. tariect he ere wich you shor en Fill Siar t0 Opa, bt ot wor on irometon, gro bendng tons anc lye fet, Layer Locks 8 lek on hoo buts you can cktho jr torn any ker att rarspareey sage ard poston canbe ced aspen ofeach Text Layer Ther ae sever erent ypescf layer. Text toys ret suprngh, certan tat chances. Background “The Baccyon ayers eit tose tye enc ivay srt ced wh you eee eerie Link Layers High a on layers and thon cle his bution to nk the ayers. Tanstorm anc Move commands wl act aired layers Visibility Layer Styles Layer Mask Cs on he eye simply renders the ‘Ths panel ets you ad ofects suchas ‘ea mask oa pie ose ier, ord layer anal efets iste. Alo, At + chop show, bated e003, mr go ‘or cocoa natin. sng back to Iolo vow tat ayer on ov. gacientovay and mut mere conceal oF Wee reed Adjustment Layer New Group New Layer Delete Layer An atemate ote mah ayer pte Cena on this baton Does sity hat ya's rena, archer ou an edd al te nich youean cag anceps, caates ano lank ner expect todo. Choate be factmareoflocte such a Lv, tic ips yout eparzelyersinaetecty above the curentiy rent st nye or crag a yer Bohne nd Conast and Satin, bigcomlesadconposton. sate yer cont he btn fo dst wwmsanomctorcom 2526 Adjustment Layers A great way to edit your images without damaging them though there are many editing options Saturation, then add a Photo Filter effect, _—_the damage done by these modifications F\\n the image > Adjustment menu, they that’s tree operations that havo discarded is to revert to an earlorvorsion by using allhave one thing in common. Whon you information, each one degrading your Undo or the History paloto, but that also apply thom to an image the effect they image qualty. you apply an operation ‘undoes all your subsequent editing as wel have is destructive, Because they discard _repeatedly, such as multiple Curves This degradation ie much worse with B-bit information from the original image. For corrections, youl actually be able to s9e than with 16-bit images, since there's loss ‘example, if you apply Curves, the Hue/ the dogradtion. The only way to undo Information to start with <3) ee Evry eer It'simpossiceto avoid Ws image degradation merged when fattening the mage by using Agustment Layers ‘You can apiy Austen Lay |we.can reduce i as much 3 possible ways rst oul hd aI ofavalabielayers ‘Adjustment Layers sit above the ag yen n te Layer > New Adjustrent Layer menu, ‘the stack anther eflets are eppled real Second, you have the Adjustments palette open time asthe layers are caplet. That way i's open in the default terice werkepace) you you change your min about an eect, or cick on th butler forthe ayer you wart to sh ta change tater thas ben applied, apply. Tid, you can cick on the mide bution your alteration doesn have any tathar at he bottom ofthe Layer Palate. Alo hese ect on the ayer below it and the image ofr exact the sare list of options and produce ‘degradation int apples unt the ayers are the same resusMorena Cale) {lick on any ofthese buttons to instant create a new aclustment layer. @ vightnesContast Proto Fiter @ @ Levels - = Channel Mixer @ eee roe et ves chur Lookup @ @ Ninemw enable CORRE Rg | © bxosure vert @ ees Seen ete @ Vibrance 6 e@ oo 6 Posterize @® @ HuesSaturaton a ) Threshold @ @ Colour baiance oa ae Selective colour @ @ Block anc White Gaacient Map @ eee emma Before and After vnbipstcstoncam 27a USING LAYER MASKS Using Layer Masks Add effects non-destructively with Layer Masks ith, rightclek onthe thumbna of the the layer pate snd eelact Duplicate ile the Quick Mask function is an easy way to selectively edit your pictures, tho moro traditional method isto use Layer Masks. The advantage to this ‘methods that itis non-destructive, so ifyou don't ik the results you can just go Layer rom the menu liematvaly clk and drag the back and start again tis also repeatable, because you can use the same mask for layer tubal in te paltte ono the New Layer ‘mulipie effects, saving you time and effort. Forthis quick tutorial welluse a Layer _butlon atthe Botte of the pat which wi leo Mask to apply a selective monochrome or colour extraction affect. Weil start with this bright image of agit inated dress. The red tones will remain in colour while the ‘rt of the pte will be changed to black nd white res Newt, actuate the new yer by plete and then cok onthe Ak at he bottom ofthe paleta eng on tin the yer Mask button ‘Awito square wil appear in tho lyor pate reoresonting the new mask. Double-click an tis and te Layer ete ispabte ets you contigo tho make na varity of ways(Gok en the Coir Range buon and you 800 anew window appoar wth a colour range picker and th cursor wik change to an on the ed reas of he ray Now we've got a mask tht over the shoe of the crese bu what wend isa ‘mask hat aves the chosen celou, while coverng ‘everyting ee, go lek on ho Invert bon that swaps he mask andthe background, TS ‘foci cretes anole in heer teugh vtich the background yer ve sb. USING LAYER MASKS. a Next wo can apply the fect to the top The Layer W layer. Fortis one wal use the Black any nd ie men option, since ts 8a the great art fit i that th fet. You'l agit inthe nage > sil niact in te background again, Howover the eect is worng wet ‘are a matter of persona taste, s0 adh parameters unt you're happy. eeeSelection Tools Photoshop provides multiple methods for isolating areas of your image he ality to select discrete areas ofan image and change them you to select regular shapes such as rectangles, elipses and ines. For In isolation i tundamental to Photoshop editing and te help irregular shapes there are several Lasso toos, which let you draw the with this hare are many diferent ways of making that selection. _ area tobe selected. For quicker selections there are the Magic Wand and “The most frequently used are the Marquee tla, which allow Quick Selection tool, Common Options Ce eee Untitied_HDRS.Jpg @ SOX (RGB/8*) Ct ere Penne Edge Refinement “The next option is Feather, wich s 292 ofthe selection, use or “Tha edge ofthe selection can be fi adjust by using the Reine Edge monuin CSB ‘shih 3. conecnanetne |SELECTION TOOLS a Rectangular Marquee Single Column Marquee Elliptical Marquee Magnetic Lasso Lasso Single Row Marquee > _ Thistel uses edge detest toy to match eur TreLasois aso wes toma aa sectorsten __Tslethe sane as Sng Cotnn Marque, Quick SelectionMaking Selections The ability to select and modify only part of an image is fundamental to how Photoshop works 1n0 ofthe most basic featur of Photoshop isthe ability to modify only pat of an image, leaving th rest unchanged. ‘The way that we do this is by using Selections ar several tools and meni operations that we ean achieve tis, After the Move too, the next thre icons onthe Tool Palette ar al selection tools, giving you a wide range of methods for |solating an area of your image. Some are fully manual, while ing degrees of automation. ie Selection tole are the Rectangular and iow you to manualyselact 1a simple shape of any size, or ofa fixed siza or aspect ratio. You can select several areas, ether sopartaly or joined together and ‘a soft feathered edge. The ‘se point-to-point lines for greatr precision, Lets take a look atthe process of making a selection and ‘examine the various options that are available. The Elica Marquee ool works Rectangular Marcuse, but draws 3 Teo draw an olipse ound your curved shape. ssecton, magne that's actualy 2 rectange, start rom one corner and dag 12 ‘As with the Rectangular Marque, the elagonaly opposite comer. Ts can be you can set tha 828 or aspect aio. Aric o gat right, 2 alernavly hold down rato of txt draws a cicie, ther ratios daw the A key and sat rom the canta of whore lipses of various sizes, you want your alipse ob, 32 eovtxomtiiten | aneMAKING SELECTIONS Simple Area Selection Rectangular Marauee Tol ee 8 Let's stat off with the simplest selection oo, the Rectangubr Marae. This & used, ae the rame ime, orselectingsimole ractangus shapes, e@ ‘To craw a square, cick on a point where you want one ofthe comer tobe, ten ol nd ‘ag othe agonal cpposta corer Yeu soe Some Cm? EM Normal —| CIT Gn Sen ou can cra freehand rectangle, oi ung tho too ot sting @ ato of. Q We verainerciar esto me ‘ara youve sotctd youl se that the edges ae very sharp, Lh ee excavators-1937151Jp9 @ fore) if ae ene ey For selecting more complex shapes, the best option i the Pelygona! Lasso toc. or if you want o a fachand then the Las Tool isthe one to gofor Drawing frechand may be the oop, cr doubo-cic, the selection is quis odd using a mouse, but wih aitie practco complet and youl see the “marching you can use it with confidence. fants" border, @ With the Polygonal Lasso, you click around the edge ofthe aoa you went to select. When you completa @ rete soon soecten ype rub into the Feather box. The higher the number, he move Duet he ge wl oN Saami ene eee eet @ ‘A Polygonal Lasso selection is ial if you want cut or copy a complex shape out of background, for example o make tpt ot ‘another pete tis particulary heptl when your subject has ots cf straight, regular ecg that are 2257 olow.HEALING BRUSH TOOLS Healing Brush Tools Clean up minor blemishes, dust spots and stray hairs with the Healing Brush tools yon with a modern digital camera, your ‘photos may have sight imperfections. Maybe it’s just astray hair or an unwelcome ‘kin bomish ina portal, or maybe some ‘dust has managed to get onto your senso, ‘causing dark spots on your photo. ‘Whatever the reason, sometimes you need to remove some aml features trom your images and the best tools for this are the Healing tools. There are fve healing tools in Photoshop, which you can soeit you click and hold on the Spot Healing Brush tool con in the too! paletta, Peetuchsa imi To Hoslg Brush legacy tom olor versions of Photoshep. does much the sae a the Spot Healng Bush, ut rather es sophistestod. ‘worn much re sae way a the Clee Stamp tool Tofed!a blanch, you frst nd to set sare pot clckng onan of sar txt whe aking down he thay, then pining the saps ‘ver the emis, As ever when coma to Meng ‘and cloning tecriaus, sbi the key. Yournay ‘that tight taka sor ates fo gt a god ‘extra tht dosent land out a bag coed in 34, cowronanetne | ine 2 Foetus) Rodan) Peto PCL 5 +o RedEye Too! Cee MeN Tho Contr war Move tol was hveduod Protoahan CSB, The ideas that you can sgl daa selection erourd anode are hen 9 0 ‘snater lace. The program ana}eee the sureundng fener ls the sures th aaicheg tecture. Brace the Corte Aare Move ol son seks 'nyer pectic crounstarces, when the abject you ‘ant omovelssureurded by 2 uri tecture. You {lS tat the mere een the texture bt the fal reut. Backeycunde suchas gees and i ay sre much mor sLcceest cartes or the USEFUL TIP Tho Patch too is used for pang larg axons, I canbe used none af to ways: ether craw ‘around the area you want to replace and then ‘rag the ample fo an area of matching clean trtue, or sample an area of lan texture and hen oq it over the part you want 0 repace. Here, a patch of woedan floor can be used to remove some breadcrumbs frm tha shot. As you drag the patch, it wil show you area-tene ceveray over your target area so you can align fas bec you can fo anaure a good patchiT BAM Cle} Spot Healing Brush Tool pt tom acarera tach For remeving smal object retecg of heticod esses atrebarkattte and stay has, the Spot ‘ye wen erp wide opens poste to ‘most useful and ete 108 proper camara technique, bu youTed Some cases, you can ven remove ixgercojcts | a ore Itmonectyourparrts,Proestephas quick and people. When you ust te paint over an oes snd easy tcc to hep remove Srrpyclckon he objec, the brush samples the area around fering recess and eto wl asoraticaly ‘and replaces the object wih a simulation ofthe snaysehow muchrechess thes hihesubcts background. The way that it sarrpos can be ey jes ae eave tae epoch amore selected and the most elective option is Content | Nama Oana ae pease ane ratualcokng tne whichis usualy ackora\ery Aware sampling. The brush params Eocene cation, adjusted ke any ther brush.Brushes, Pencil and Eraser Photoshop has many tools to help you create images as well as edit them Itnough itis primary designed and best known as an image editing program, Photoshop also oer a range of versatile tool, allowing you to create original artwork as wel as adapting existing images. The brushes, pencils and eraser are designed to behave as much lke thelr real ie ‘counterparts as possible, to make using them an intuitive process. H you have a graphics tablet and a pen, tis helps even more The Brush Tool sol drawing implem rd shortest 8) 7 Oa of you need to open the new Brush pa ng an theif shaped ion n ho al a en! ener ce) customisable. You can aqust te shape ‘than ever befor, gling you unparalled he brush tin, ong, thickness ‘le ofthe brush ists anc agjust or sable brusn spacing. As well as, Prowehop met ‘The Punci too used to be a separate item from the Brush foo, but with radical ‘expansion of he Brush in Photoshoo to Include simulations of numerous types of ‘enc the Penal oo iets n ‘ataon ofthe Brush tool and uss same options palette I's not whout ts ses though ‘The Pencl canbe used as a secondary ‘brush, which can save time swapping ‘betwen pre-set and can also Be used to ‘ppv a stroke to work paths. You can press Shit + 8 to makoit appear. By default ses the 1 pies rush size. The perc tot Is Inited to hare-odged brush shapes of 36 cowronanetne | inethis there are many mere options, allawing you 10 add random scattering, noe, texture, We ledge simulation, aor ke bu and bath shape and eclour dynes, “he Eraser tol pyboard shoot sa specials eration on the bras ool and uses tho sae pate aotens ers tor the andar rush at can enero rom ‘layer trarapaet. aking the layer beneath 0 show trough. fused on the backround yor ants in whatever the cure background cobur ‘As wel asthe Brush plete cptions, he Eraser asa has oa options clung Opacity, Flow and one unique one, Erase to Hr, wich can be used n connection wth tho story peta to select und changes in yer The Mode options forthe Ease re Brush, Fanci or lock, which sa srall square-shaped eraser of feds a Sl opacity, BRUSHES, PENCIL AND ERASER Many people wil probably use Photoshop with a pan and tabiet device, such asthe Wacom Intuoes includes option for pon tablet users ‘Toro ar preset brushes to simula arbres, pct rayon, tg oof brushes, mal if brit, ‘own se texture of he brush, there ae also options for ‘on. These recalled Blend Modes and you car ‘choose which one to use by cckng on the Modes buton inthe tool options bar. & * BP Eraser Too! and ‘There ae two oer Eraser pons aval you clean hold onthe Eraser oo. Bac Eraser can, asthe name suggests, ease pats fhe background, butt does this by converting the background io a ye. Mage Exar amply combines the Mage Ward oo with the Ease ioc end slot eases contigucus areas of clout wwnpanpsmctoncom 37Exploring Photoshop Okay, you’ve got the hang of the basics and now you want to expand your skill base a little. This is where you can begin to explore more of what Photoshop can do for you with its extensive set of tools and manipulation techniques. Let’s have a look at how you can make some simple edits to images such as cropping, cloning and masking. Cocoa KeyaL CTs ec PMc ens Cre ee ston Crete Eee cr 50 oy eee es Coens Content-aware filland scale Peete eeeThe Clone Stamp Tool THE CLONE STAMP TOOL, oN -20 mild Remove unwanted elements from your photos ‘he Clone Stamp oo! (also known asthe Clone Brush in some programs) is one of the most usaf ems in your mage editing toolkit. Dospite recent devolopments such as Photoshop's Spot Healing tool and Gontent-aare fi, its stil the most precise and reliable way to retouch photographs, allowing you to remove unwanted Eze clomonts such as dust spots, skin blemishes, lons fare, telephone lines and other intrusive objects from your pictures. Because the process is ently manual it can be somewhat time-consuming, but the results are often superior tothe output ofthe more modem automatic tools. This tutorial porn “The Cone Stamp works by copying lorng’ pbs fom a selected target fea and placing them over the unwanted abject. Using the Cone Stamp, tis relatively straightforward to remove even qute lage uniwentsd bj ‘rom a peta. Qur example, taken on a sunry day, i @ photo ona beach, deserted except for leno figure wandering away rom camara. 40. coMsonse |e We decided would be @ good demonstration ofthe power of he Cone Stamp tooo rarove the le four rom the image leaveg a pure landscape photograph uncutered by any sign of human i. This mens rot cry removing the four, but ao her shadow and he footprints that lead out ofthe bottom ofthe sh(Goto your toolbar and select the Clone ‘Stamp Too () For the mage we're working on, a brush Size of SB6uA 75 - 100 pels wil fe, You can make te brush Harness anywhere between O% - 20%, We're gong to ‘ert ith the flag inte lower gt comer. Make sur that you have the Algned cpton ticked. Tis means thatthe sampling area of your brush moves as your brush ose, otherwise you wl clone the same sampled area repeated ntl you alr. Find an area of sand or sea net to the figure and then press your Al kay. Asma target icon wif appear. Anything undr tis target willbe your sample tobe used as the staring pont ofthe cloning. Let-click your mouse to Conf this as your sample area, Goan roe THE CLONESTAMPTOOL EX? Now move your cursor over tha top ofthe ‘gure, fvo th your target ara fom the last step, Ris shown a8 an overay 80 you ean ‘00 what you are about to clone on top of your figure. you cick and crag your mouse across her tags, he sand and sea afacen 0 wil be ‘Cone over the top, removing ne los. ‘Sampled | | Samed pels sis” | secopestareh ‘Yu can naw choose another target sample to the et of he lgs and lone ‘sand rom that ie over he remaining area of her ags ana fee, yu notin any repeated ‘res tat stand out as being cloned, you can ‘choose 2 new target area and done fa some new sand to keep the pattem random, PB 01 can naw mave to herhea and body ‘and create a new samo rom te lilt and ‘ky to clone over her as you cid with her legs ‘Again, watch ou fr obvious repeat patterns a3 ‘you eon elean areas on top of hor body. ORING PHOTOSHOP "Now you can continua to ramove her body by sampling an area o ho ci to tha at of her and ning that ver tha op of the fgure's miei, Fey, wo can row her ‘hadow and the foto inthe san using the ‘same tchniguns wo'v just learned, Eé ‘The random fact naire of the sand texture factually cute useful. Sample an area arecty teow the tng shasow sna than ‘lone the sad texture sample ontop ott, You tan also clckon the sandather sd of each footpent ard use that sampled ph cata to clone cut the footpints leading up the beach, (Once compet, you can assess he result and you see any obvious repeateg pats that give the game anay, you can sy ‘one new areas ovr the eflensng repeated parts rg random ea, san and ey a8 needed,Gradient Fill & Paint Bucket Fill layers and selections with colours, textures and gradients Onetay st tity ht Protoshop provides isthe Gracin tol ean fill an area of a layer with a gradual blend between rmutple colour. You can choose from a section of pre-st gracont iso create your ‘nn,’ great way to add gracient ters for enhancing photographs, orto creat fects 42. convene | ns such as vigetios and contre-spt soft-focus. Lot's ako a closer look at how it works. ‘You't find the Gradient ool about haa ‘down the Too! Paete thas ts own nique set of options inthe Tool Options bar, the main one being the Grasent Picker, which Its you choose from a sto pre-set gradients. Se ac)a re ctochop comes wh a selection of default law are te main gasert pes that you can 3 grader loaded, ut thergareaher packs chooee ram the tol optons bara th ep kt of sents axa. You can loadin these other yur soreen via be Gras manu, you cpan he CMS | act er ass al en e209 ‘he st ot standara grade packs aval to as r thebotom. ms Linear ithe Gradient to eptions Ince te over layer onan, reversing the drecton ofthe ast ‘colour ix, changing the “tha of he colour gradent stapes. The faut setng isa stage ae LUncor Gaon, bt ether opters include Racal, Angle, Pllced and Diamond shapes Angle Reflected Uke the rus oc the Gace has nd mode ht et you isthe green calur wth Diamond thelayer below in varus ways. Tis great ay toenhanoe landscape shots, by using an orange to tanepaent gacent lin Clr mode, ae the LETT =the CoXe)| orc ences you cok and hold on the Gradient toc youl way asthe Magio Wand tol, To ada tet toa fx hat one ofits optons isthe Paint Bucket _—_ whole rage, erate a new ayer the tik with took whichis used tofilan ara, a ayer,or the colour tw lhe whole ayer and you can ‘selection with a soll colour. cominaton then use ayer transparency and blend modes vit ayer rensparency and blend modes i's to achieve the ect you'r ooking for SSS great way to adda colour tt rer to 8 “To got tis vintage photo tect, wo used Cem ean whol image. ‘sand bron colour, at 100% opacity and Sslprecnhesnvapttied you use the Paint Bucket onthe ‘Colour bend made, which combines the SE Tea bbackgraund yer of yourimage wi linan fil colour withthe ones and celours of the scouree fran ofcontqueus cole n much the same ‘background image, wwmpamoctoncom 43Modifying Selections Photoshop has sophisticated tools to refine selections hotoshop's standard selection tools: the Marquee, Lasso and Magic Wand, {aro fino for making basic solotions of regula, well afined shapes, but they're not go gcod at picking out sot-edged or ‘very fine shapes. One thing in particular, that has always boen a problem, is the {04ge 0 ine oF untidy a. Take this photo for example: ¢ t Border converts the sing-Ine slecton into 2 use ths Fratochon has othr tole o madly a wtih youl nd, appropri enough the Jy simple, xt uselunonehaless. aware tat he border extend an a ‘ath Selection, the emoather ang 44 convo | ne 2Curves and Levels The most versatile way to adjust brightness and contrast in your digital images ‘oul find the Curves function inthe Image > ‘Adjustments menu, o uso the keyboard shortcut ‘GmdeM. The Curves dialog looks a bit daunting at first; a graph with a iagonal ine running up the ‘middle oft ike a dificult pioce of maths homework. It's nothing to be scared of though and isin tact the ‘mest useful and versatile tool for making adjustments tothe expasure and tonal balance of your images, We'll use this picture of a sunit isan begin with. What we want to do fst We ust have the darker foreground tees, the middle ‘ground and the paler mountains beyond. ‘The Curves graph i histogram showing the relative srongths of tern thin te image. It shows the Input dstibuton along the bottom of he grach and the ‘output up the vera as. The sight clagona ne fom ‘commer o corer inciatee thatthe i 11 ratio between utout tones, The le-hand The Curves graph can be maripulted n several ‘ways. You ean mave the Ine crety, by ecking these points into new positions. You can aso use the row keys to nudge a selected point up, down, tt ‘or right. Thee no io where the ne oan stator oi 9908 in baleen which can lead 0 ‘and two arows ont you eek tha bution and then mave the cursor over the mage you's notice a point on the line mows up and down asthe curser [passes over lghter anc clarke reas. Pk a spot ‘hat you want to ighte, and you'l ae the to on it and drag upwars darken prety mich every tone nthe image, AG. convene | nsEire ake ‘Ackstwo anchor plas othe one cuve ht ang the upper ral of lowemng tre loner haf of avg the mi pot and bath end the same postions “This wilbighton the ghar areas of the rage ve darkening th darker reas, nreasng te contact we marfaring te sare ‘eposi, I's anexoalnt ay o make very preciso agustments to contrast. Mic tone lighness can be agusod by mewng the mi EROS hence CURVES AND LEVELS To bors the Nh ls and may cause he bighter gh to be bum out, but he reat can be qute easing forthe right kindof mage. Te technique works wah mancchreme. producing an there Nig eyimage. PATS ln to mage > Acjustmonts manu you'laso tod the Levels uncton, keyboard shortcut Gmal +L The Levels function easier to use than Cures nd let you uiclyacust the Black and whita pponts and overalbrightness cf your image. I's ariculrtyusetl for images that contain a ot (fight or dar areas, such as dark objects on a light background, because it provides a method foe fing the lightest and darkest areas ofthe imago, while leaving the mid-fones free to be edjustod upnard or dovnward wi darken he shadows, but is witiose bt ‘by moung the mi pont of he cuve unex lt, taeneg the upper of treo oat ee po at ouhiy eave pstens along the curve ae ten The other two pons act ae anchors, keeping the shadows andhighights unchangee: Moung the Sees)Cropping and Resizing Changing the size of a digital photograph ‘omotimes a digital photograph can be the wrong size. Maybe you've got to0 much ofthe ‘surroundings inthe picture, when you wanted to concentrate on just ‘the main subject, or maybe the whole image is too big and you need to make it smaller to send via email or publish on a website Doing both ofthese things is vary ‘Quick and simple in Photoshop. Well us tis atnork of ‘steampunk fantasy landscape asthe se fo tart ith. To enance 8 need to erop it dv so wa just have 28 Vghter view ofthe foating ian The best oo forthe jobs, not ao surprisingly, the Cop 100. Yul fed * Inthe oo! pleta, ourth down rom te op. ed looks abit ke two st-squses. nn Image Siz: ‘The crop tools very 655710 use. Simply ae clear one comer end hen ag a ‘bot around the area yeu wanto crop. Dent \wory you dnt get the size ext ht st time, because you can acust tha sz ofthe box Lbyusing the crag‘hanes on each side and comer, ress Ener peror the re. Newt we! reaize tha image. Inthe Image Sze calog box, chack the do thi you linet Yo get tothe box marked Resale Image ard cpan Image menu and select image Sze, tion panel below. We're 0 tha keyboard shortcut thi picture and you can m+ A+ ‘chaos your pratred reaming mode. 48 consonant | neInthe Poel mensions panel, enter the with tt yeu want your Frage 10 appear. ve were preparing this picte fora website, a wich of 800 pas would be ideal “he height wit change automaticaly 1 keen th aspect rato the same Pass OK to resis CROPPING AND RESIZING ee Next, go back to the mage mera, but this time choose Canvas Size, or use the keyboard shortcut Oma + Alt +. Canvas Size vil allow you tobe able to exten the cimensions of your curent document by ‘cing extra pists to the mage, arin mind ‘hiss iferent than simply resizing the image You's the curent azo n pike at the top ofthe panel, wth the with 88 600 pixels, nthe lower window put na hoight of 500 pas. your main subject rot inthe conte of he tame, you can ator the anchor point by clekng onthe arrows suarounding the box below. Cok OK to erorm the resize. Yo'llget awaming that you're about to chon off par ofthe image bt justignore it Now wave rs 1 the mage to 200 x 500, for dspay on many moble ‘devices and ideal for uploading to a website or sanding va oma wmpanpmctocom 49a expionioPHorosiO” QUICK MASK MODE Quick Mask Mode There’s a quicker way of editing selections and masks eT on when editing in Photoshop it's useful to be able to block of certain areas that we don't want tobe affected. For that wo use masks and there are several ways of erating them, but by forthe easiest ie Quick Mask, a fantastically Lseful feature that was fis introduced in Photoshop 7. Quick Mak lots you create and edit masks and selections quickly ‘and easly using any of Photoshop's pixel painting tools to ply a brushed mask wit freehand strokes ofthe mouse. We extremely simple to use, but itean produce a wide and varied range of results. You'lfind the Quick Mask mode button near the bottom of the Tool Palete. Clicking i wil toggle Quick Mask mode on or of, “The most basi way o use Quick Mask s wth the Brush tol When you sich on Quck Mask, youl cic that the foreground and background colours chang to black and white. Select anormal paint brush er start Fainting in black. You sas that instead of bac, the ecu ranelicant rac. Pant thi elour aver the area you want to mask you make a mistake and overlap your area, simpy switch tothe white background colour. Painting white wil erase he maskGradient Mask Cae image For stance, on ths picture we can darken the sky ard eave the by using a graduated Levels uncon, The gradCONTENT-AWARE FILL AND SCALE Content-aware Fill and Scale Photoshop contains image processing technology so advanced it looks like magic hotoshop C54 introduced the world to an ‘amazing new technology called Centent- ‘aware Scaling, which can resize an imago ‘while preserving the proportions of important image elements. It works by analysing the image and removing lines of pixels that n relatively ite information, so that a ackground willbe affected before the subject. The best way to ilustrate the ‘affect Is with examples, such as this image of re) Cot 52 comscasesite |e Content-aware Scaling Scalrg, the clever algorithm dete that the areas thet are ust sy Contain ratty Ite ifrmaton and so ste when we re-sale the imag & dices thse pss it, preserving he mae infomater-ch pel that hol the ceasing the eo. As aes a G60 parcent hgh educton leaves he coene looking realy unchanged though the area of Be hy has ben ediced eal ° ton you want erect enter he propetons na ths et xe on hs tool ‘pons ber. Content-sare Seana Work or bath ight and with anc ean ao be used to snare an image,Content-aware Fill and Move ‘Stertng vith an mage tat hes just been rotated, eavng There wil bea short pause whe Photoshop analyses the those empty tangles, take the Mage Wand! ol and slect Image, bu then wi iin the blak areas wit a texture derive fent ofthe immediatly surouncng area. he pln areas. from thec Net, goto the Select menu and clck on Mody > Expand 10 pres should do cay. Move is anew feature troduced wth Photoshop C56 and uses the same technology as Content aware Fil, The idea is that you can salet an object on a backgrounds and move it toa new area ofthe image. The Content-aware sigortm should automaticaly fin the area that you meved from and also {end in the moved abject In practic ie not actualy much use unis the object to be moved Ison awrualy plain background, in which cae I's often sine to Use the Clone Stamp anyay, but Some people may di USEUL pert Pere é Somers ‘You fd Fil the Et menu, Ck cnt and you's the Fil Reet coptens winow appear. faut, but not choose from the cog wmpanoimctoncom 55Ps | ADJUSTING EXPOSURE Adjusting Exposure Correcting your exposure mistakes is easy with Photoshop ew 56 3 ven with the sophisticated technology found in te ight metering ystems of modern digital camoras, they are not infalible. Some lighting conditions can confuse them, resulting in pictures that are over Cr underexposed. setup to compensate, reathg ia dae image, However, we can By moung he Exige side tothe ig, the oval baighnss ofthe entre phot is creased, though te ‘ew sgcrite ah a ressonae banc ore, You can ak the elec th the Cart si and the ec is easly accept 54. coMvonsete | imLevels ADJUSTING EXPOSURE Photoshop of anne way of toting bghress Ln te same mane > Ausimert sub-menu f= Sights Contrast. The Levels hog basicaly graph stoning ho propoten of pals in the mago at each colo riety. Th tar kf hand end ofthe graph eprosonts back andthe rth fendi ite wth evry one in between represented Curves The Curves adustrent option, again foundin the layer opton fs method of changing the reathe ‘igrness of specie tones and ranges ot ones exposure. Learing to ust reper i core sil In mage eatra and vill nabie you to make precise Contant of not jst of the rage a a whole, bu ‘eo of ndidual colour ehannas ‘rag the Curves outa ine arcund by cling at Improve this picture we reed to brighten the shadows rulanecsy darkening cus Is ubtety. Push he 0 1S eal Per eel tte oes ty spke one anh, On he bation ax ‘he black cut ott, nero the wane oof ‘As you can se rem the graph our mage is Hhight, soe need to bighen some of hose Ce 2 Oe ‘by mong the mc-tone anc nights post bring ou ary mor highs. aso aves the cht sterng te Brghness'Conrst, however tnt ‘ut fe best way. Ajustng the Lave mic. pots fl ry earn eater wmpamomctorcom 55Developing Your Skills Hopefully by now you will be feeling more confident about using Photoshop and looking to step up your game a little. With that in mind, we have a few more essential editing techniques which may prove useful. Get to grips with colour, filter effects and even panorama stitching for super-wide landscape images. Coro Kae Ey eco Se) OER es Meee Reece ecucus Meret oe tou) Coie oMer Eee earnsCONTRAST AND SATURATION Contrast and Saturation Using curves and blend modes to improve colour saturation and contrast in your digital photos ‘Asan example we" use Ws snapshot ‘ofa peacock. neal the colour af the ‘scenes much mare ininge than i ocks here, ut the aga! camora that was used to tke the [Photo was set o a neural and lat colour mode to cepture as mach dynamic range 2s possi. This mode general leaves images looking @ bit pale an lacking contrast and vibrant colour This shouldn't bea problem as the shot is wel ‘exposed and contains plenty of dota that wil ‘the inereasein saturation. 5B comscmesinn|tne co os way to improve tho sateation 19g a Hua/Saturation acstment layer Uke many oer pats of the program, Hue! Satwation han boon proven Photonep, product a smocther suit than previous Verscns you wee to boost the saturation by about +70, you'd restore some of the missing colour, but t's a scttergun approach and doesn ‘ofr muh fre conta. ean ao incrasse nose fr shadow arasin JPEG images. Let's ookat J[ron you tako a digital photo of a scene, ‘you ae relying on your camera to be able to capture all the colours and tones that Yyou see. Untortunately most cial cameras simply aren't capable of recording the fll ‘ange of colours and shades visible tothe ‘bright and colourtul be @ it of a disappoint ‘on your moniter. Fortunatly there are many liferont ways to improve beth contrast and Colour saturation, which might help to restore some ofthe sparkle to your photos. Lot's {ako a look at some ofthe alternatives. o ‘A much more controltabie way to adjust both saturation and contast is 10 use a ‘Curves acustment ayer. We've aready looked at Curves inthe sation on esting expoa., but by using Blend Modes we can alo use (Curves to enhance saturaton, In Norma len ‘mode the curve wil change beth contrast and saturation. We're using the same S-shaped cure, which boosts brings atthe upper fend of he scale and darkens shadows atthe lower endBy changing the blend mode to Lumnoaty, the curve will ony affect Convers, by using a Color blend itean help, but thas tobe used with contrast brightness, so an S-shaped enhancement ‘made, an S-shaped curve wil aor fnhancemantforbest eect, wrich may again curve wil improve contrast, ightening colour satiation without afactng brightness, cause an increase in nose. Tie cpiton ess highighs and darkening shadows without {shadows and highights ae unafected This nfange than using Saturation Viranca is best afectng colour saturation. Is great to keep noise under contol used when processing a Raw mage fo. wmbampactorco $9Adding a Graduated Filter Graduated filters can improve photos by adding depth and colour to the sky hotographers use graduated fitors placed in front ofthe camera ens to selectively change the exposure and sometimes the colour of part of apc ‘usualy to darken the sky to bring out details inthe clouds and balance the exposure with the landscape inthe foreground. They come In many diferent shapes, sizes and colours to ‘tall ypes of camera systom, ‘As with most photographic techniques, it's possible to duplicate the effect of graduated fiters using Adobe Photoshop and as usual ‘hore aro several ways to accomplish ths. For this example we'll use a landscape photo of a sunrise overa fl,Graduated Filter in Camera Raw When you open the image n Adobe To apply ee, gine down tor here dated ine marks tho lowe, ast ‘Camera aw, youl see aro of tok the top of the seen othe horzon ie seturated edge ofthe grace tet, ut loons across he top ofthe man image window. You! 9. horconta and vercal dated ne ean thee aso agen Ine the op ofthe fame, This The Graduate Fiter conf to the gt inet Yul ao rote that you or rats the tp or most sates edge of he ec, ng the eth se betes Tacentran thine tothe vere, ok con he yee Ine dove, mor he mage vl be aa IR} ‘Sita wh gna tment ec andthe grace il be ere eracuatedFiter(6) wn you ek an the Grad Fite right o the seraan change. Te iter can apoiy ‘many cere eects, tu the one we Want 1 “2.00 and 2.70, Se ee) 5 Pe doen Desc noi) your photo wasn't taken in Raw "Naw, inthe tool options ba, cick “To apply the gaint othe ctu, start meds, youcan apply 2 graduated fon he grade ecto and slect at the tcp ofthe frame ar then cick anc fer using the Gracent Tool. To set up the Foreground to Transparent, cone buton crag down to the horn ne, you el down (achat fie, rt saect te Gradent Too for Lneor Grant, atthe Blending med the st ky it it constant ine othe vera then set the foreground colour to dark blue (Overy an the Opaoty to 100 percent eke The is landed into the ay mang darker. byclckng onthe foreground square and ‘sure he boxes fer Diner and Tansparency Ite atiaye 2 good idea otal the blend coburo then using the colour ere checked, match the sky. Aol agin you want it darker wnsanpmctoscom 61CORRECTING LENS DISTORTION Correcting Lens Distortion Correct the optical distortion of ultra-wide lenses with Photoshop’s Adaptive Wide Angle ‘Adapts Wide Angle attomts prebloms ard can warp the picture to undo ‘most ofthe optical cistron. Remarksblyit ‘can do al his wie stil reserving most ot ‘he deta inthe pct, Youll nd Adaptive Wide ngla in the Fiters menu 62. cow some | ne ne ofthe new features introduced with Photoshop CS6 is called Adaptive Wide Angle; this can warp and bend an Image to undo the optical distortion common to all very wide angle lenses. We've all seen photographs taken with “sh-eye lenses. These enees are called ur-wide-angle, because the ‘angle of view that they can capture can be as much as 180 degrees. Naturally the ability to sque ‘same shot comes ata price and that ‘Straight and paral ines appear to ‘is massively shortened and familiar objects take on almost Lunrecognisable proportions n the photo opposite, the straight In th Adapne Wide Anglo terface, fist ect the Constant tol fom the panel onthe uopar tothe man seen and balet Feheye Yom the Correction crop-down menu, Pik one ofthe verti the comer ofthe struct, af tan crag ane down hou nd that he ne wil automaticaly cis tofolow the ne but you can drag he contol hand the mid-point of the in ormatch& upto the contre, ies, ni case Uprights ofthe window alcoves ‘bench seats soem to curve inwards, the walls soom to bulge outwards and the whole effect is quite disconcerting Tre lne wl automaticaly warp the straight. You' see that thas circle handles where thy ntrsect. You can crag thse handles, rotating the ine to bring it into a vercal postin. ityouhold down the shit kay t wi automaticaly snap to vertical right any.Panorama |= Stitching Get the whole of the landscape into one ultra-wide picture any digital cameras have a feature known as "Panorama Stitching” or Panorama Assit” mode. I's there to Wert hip with a particular type of photograph, ok ‘or rather series of photographs, in which ‘successive shots are taken asthe camera is panned across a scene. After you tke the fst shot, the camera shows the edge ‘ofthat shot superimposed on the monitor ‘so you can match up the position of features in successive shots, producing a tong continuous photo showing an entire panoramic scone. You can also shoot your pan sequence manually, especialy if you have tripod handy to keep the camera level. When is done well the results can be breathtaking, but getting a satisfactory result ee Having downloaded our ow The Photomerge whwow offers 1 numberof options fr howto range your panoramic shots. Fra simple landscape panorama ks tis the Auto option shoud work fire. Clck onthe Ade ‘ttc them together ito panorama, Locate the les on your hard crve ana open al ot ‘them in Photoshop. Ifyou go tthe Wincow > Arrange mera you can view hem (per Fes button to athe fv shots to once in various arangaments. Not esse InPhotoshep youll ind Protomerge in the Photomerge list and chock the top two uti chance to make a last tha Fe menu under Automate, lrg ceptions and the bottom option to ttampt to 0 check, vith several otter atzomatic processes, i bank wih the Content Aware foo 64. consonant | neyou lek OK tha merging @: possi Iv take a wile to complete, zit along wile f you havea slow lor very large image ls. the pictures to conect for perspec, Thi where the Contant Aare Fl oo \wilhave attempted to adel something that o 2an also use the Crop tool to lcoke abt ike sky an sea. Dapencng agen cut any slight Bin you ‘on how wel the works, you can ehays horizon but hopeuly you wen’ noedit. The (op out ae areas, fried rut shoud iol someting ike ths, wnpanomctorcom 65a COLOUR REPLACEMENT Colour Replacement Swapping one colour ~ for another Oe sts comaton at ou ‘can 60 in Photoshop is to replace one ‘colour with another. By using some ofthe ‘election too's we looked at earlier, along re ‘with the Hue/Saturation controls, we can a change the colour of individual objoct in our photos, such as replacing the colour ofthe ‘ed background in this shot. with he Mage Wand, beets toad abit a ime, Ck onan area thats 2 rid-tone fr the total awa you want to sl, and {oul fed that ho wand ool elect an are Faced ‘round The sae o he saacen wil pena ‘on he tolerance settng, By hang down the ‘Shitkey an eaetuyelosng on seas around your staring selec, you can acd mor areas. irtme wand secs any wrong ae3s, you can Panel Selecting large areas of the same tte Grids to undo that step, and ty again colour one of thos few avcasons sor caelly, possibly austing the tolerance ‘wher the Maaic Wand ool is actualy ounaards ft keeps happening set 20 we use a a staring pont hee Win atlerance sting of 40-50 t should be able to pick out he tems without too uch trouble ea E 1 Pee When you've reached the iit of hat youcan useful select using ‘Again hold down the Shit keto acd the Mage Wand col, you can fish your ‘more areas to your selcton you Selection using the Lasso tol By setrg need to remove any teas rom the selection, the Feather to 20 you can produce a such as the blue edges ofthe background, sherp-ecged selection. Atatvy, use the you can subtract by holding down the Al key Selection Enh too ard going arcund them withthe Lasso 66 coronene | ineCOLOUR REPLACEMENT han yeu slated a thet yo. ‘acon forte uee, to save you eng al hat werk again you change your mind ‘though there are several ors we ‘axed use ath pon, tha most versal way to change the colcur of the ‘selec areas the Hue’Satraon Lightness ‘option. Thi cormon to most ding Yeu have thee options under the Hue/Saturation seting, Leave the Lightness sider in the mide poston to preserve the overall brightness ofthe object, but you can experiment by moving the Saturation and He 8 wl star 10 sit through th with fl saturation. Seve As: | colour replacement. jpg Tags: Downloeds Wen youe happy with he result, cr when you es san bleeding, you can clear he oe sng hs key shortcut Cm, ane than save the re When you save the nal mage as a i Photoshop or Elements the selec saved a val, embedded nthe fe wwnbanpimctorcom 67Soft Focus Technique Adding a soft focus effect gives your portraits a romantic feel photographs, for producing a dreamy romantic look. ts also a big favourite with ‘wedding photographers. In traditional photography the effect is achioved with ‘special iter ited over the camera lens. Many digital cameras now include ‘25 a digital effect, but we can pro ‘same raulls in Photoshop with ‘Gaussian blur and layer transparency 68. concn |SOFT FOCUS TECHNIQUE “The frst stp i ot the pce into two ioral layers Todo this, go to the Layer menu, and sit Dupeato Layer. Dont wery about naming tis aye, 1's he Nant, go to the Fiter menu, move lov to Blur, and elect Gaussian ‘Bur. Thies special ype of blaring that can be adjusted to produce certain iets oT eane beauiful-1867093,p9 @ 50% Bac Seek eee) i a Wo don’t need vary much blaring to ths porta shot, seta asus of 45 pele, You may need a smal ad images, but keep it eubtle inthe Layers palo, st tne vensparency “Thies the sisharp we ayer to show rough, mitgatng the ests ofthe Gaussian bbs you fet ti too blued, you ean drop the (psc dawn o about 40% fy He, at, etc ers ram the Seoct menu change the selection so that eventing cutie the etipoa i okctd e) ploture by adc an atitical vgnetio of futher blsring around the subject. Thi ie technique that port photographers have been using almost since the nvention of photograph re, select th Epil Marques tol Now acta Lane br fit to the salen ‘ing ta much bigger aus than befor; crcund 80 pee sho do the ob, rag an elpical marquee selection around the poral sujet. The may take 2 few resto get rat, so use Om to de 1 go tothe Sect menu and lick on Feathor Seta rau of about 50-60 pres, ‘Oneal opons to use aso rar ant ace areas ofthe rod jr acu your subject's aca to een har you peer. wmpamoimctorcom 69Putting it all Together. Over the following pages are a number of slightly more involved tutorials that build upon everything you’ve learned up to this point. We’ve kept them fun and varied, yet with enough detail to show you more of what Photoshop can do. This may be your first step into the world of layer-based editing, but we hope it won’t be the last. [ Contents PZ cutee RMS Cece) Ee eek! RM ede ened ES Motes) Sir Mineola teed Eyer hereon SPY Metairie deg rus eeeag NE As BEFORE Effect. ray We show you how to recreate a malfunctioning monitor effect Ce eC ee ee ae A eee eee ‘sclence, technology, and space fight were being developed. You see the ust before something bad happens tothe poor unfortunate Ce ee ee eee ee eer’oe begin the process by opening cur example image called ‘glitch @ \When open, double-click the ‘Background! layer to unlock i A small ing. The mage measures 2428 pas wide by 3500 pees gh, nel wl open and ask you to name the layer, We usd the name ngs ue ae based onan image o this Sze. you are using ‘pase’ and eked OK to rowed. This con You may nood Yo take hat no account ntocked lyr cal base’ ead forthe rst Altbess ‘Background no.an ced ro re) Ca | Ce Horizontal Type tool (7) Adds horizontal ype 8 ‘Chick on the Greate A New Layer bastion to ac anew ayer to the d Glick the ‘hase’ layer to make it active, then go to the toolbar ancl stack, Name te new layer ‘lac’ er cag 0 ts under the select the Horzoral Type Too). Cick on the docu anc you wil tase’ layer nthe sack. Then go to ait» Fl (Shit + FS) ard choose sol) create anew tat ayer above the base layer and you il beable ta err black as you fl colour, before cickrg OK toil the Byer blk tet, whlch Kept in tha toxt-ekabe layer. a ee Mee @ cree sera vee sat Konta coc Heny wevenpas QB) ve ret spn eign doamet tum is alae the word GLITCH ont he tot ayer. You can easiy scale and move scan play, such as you would See on avery old tseiion sot. Keep te text cre thas been entered, We've placed tat tha botlom beneath tha the tet layer active anc then press rit + Ak + Cmd + £ to crate a new its face, layr that a marged version ofall vile ekeents, wwmbanosmctorcom 75Qo ‘Anew layer called ‘Layer 1" is created, which is @ merged version of ® With ‘Layer 1" active, goto Image > Adjustments > Desaturate (Shit + the text and he ‘base mage. Al the moment, the blak cannot be Cd + UT wl rows al colour dala and mkt tok ack an ‘soen, wit come nto wtoct as we progres trough the gich elect process, white, Nex, go to Fler > Blur > Gaussan Blur and bitte gray image by Sees. M coe ene mane as erty te marc aris’ QB Her oe re rage, 910 l= New md NA erund the porter ofthe document. Then choose Eat > Copy Untied clipboard document, wth the ae cmensions ae the Image (Cd + 6) 10 copy the ere grey mageto the clnboard, This lured grey you st coped, s wating by dau, tobe selected, Choose Cigar hen image wit become very set arn the process, Fit the Great buiton ard ane anc document wi open, Save As: displacement. sd J Tags: New Content = Shared Folder = the grey mage “The purpose ofthis bured grey document vill become a Press Oma + V forgo Edt > Paste) and you can ps irto the now document on its Own ayer. Fiht-cick hat new ayer and inthe process. For now, opt Fle > Save Aa and eave the docurent kmage rom he dropdown menu that appears, Tis fatten ith the name ‘depiacemant.nedItcan be used ta ada distortion eft to fa default locked Background’ layer the main mage you are working on; more on ti ter.Properties One can be cragg Shit At sment.ped’ document, now that it's saved, 0 sate @ new layer and make sure tis atthe the layer stack, king docurent. The Tayer image you created Use the brash oo and pick a 500 pol brash wth about 80% tothe Troshcan now that has served ts purpose, Press hardness Sat th foreground colar to aright rad and pin on ayer de ea new merged ler cock again ‘covering the subject's face and shoulders as shown Core Cc onthe Charnes tab at te tp ofthe layers palette end elect the Blue channal. Below, nthe ayer options pana cick a the Load ne As Section ton, totum the ina nfo a section, “This re layer can help us create the look ofan ol raster scan eisplay oe Goto Fiter > iter Gatery a Sketch options, choose Hatton Pater, Set he Patter Type ta Line, Sie to 3 are Contras to bout 18. Tha red area wil be convert ones. wmpamomctonco 75THE GLITCH EFFECT a6 Ciick ‘ines 3 to make it active and then add a layer mask tot, Use @ @ Click the tines 2 layer thumbnail and press Cmd + L to bring up large soft black brush on the layer mask, to rove the blurted ines the Levels Adjustment pang. Sid the Highiht and Shadow sliders just fom arcund her eyes nose, mouth ard he area around her shoulders towardsthe cenre of the histogram, to acd mare contrast tothe bred ‘and ft, 2 thay lnk ere ines, unl you have something you tk. = HH A castle displacement EESEETIENETS) Yorit..0286jpq _retlection.psd prersss Caen @ hic eH orate ac, Now vecanae oe ‘ou wil nad to select the ‘ceplaerant pf, This lawl be used ‘bured ey mage we created before, Goto Fite > Dstt > Dinlacs| to warp the mage on nes 1”. You can repeat tha displacement a and hen sat Horizontal and Vertical Scale to aboUt 8. Check he Stsch To couple of as by pressing Cit « Grd « F (Cit = A+ Fon PO), rst 90 peat ge Pb, lk OK. to Fiter and reuse the se fiter ape. wmpanosmctoncon 77Yuval ron eae tba dace acorn QR) Nero tae yr nd aly image sighty, You can adda iver mask to the ‘nes layer and use the same block brush to mask out the tet onthe in falirge sof ack rush fo mask ou the dstorionsercund her eyas, noe wirevel he text beneath, onthe ing "layer, hich eve ‘nd mouth so they ar clear a8 ‘actu looks ely good. con the Chain oan, 78 sovtromtitien | snaEffects for high tech Poe one cn THE GLITCH EFFECT Lpness: eerRat ee a ed with cool beams of light Se ee ee ne ae) on ea eee eel ‘grephe for drawing. In Photoshop, even f the mecium with which you eee ee eet ced ee ee ere ie ee ore) Seen ere et ace et ta Pees Darel This tutorial rey Boris eee See pea ee ey ee eee eee Pe eee eee ar oe eee See ee eed eresLIGHT BEAM EFFECTS oe Firstly, we open the base image, which, in the case of our example, is @ "Nest, open the image called 'fgure jpg’ Is an image of agit ‘ale el pg. The base mage & 2809 pres wide by 4123 pets prateing tof oa trae stump, We can usa hs image o create an high, Satings used in ou example ae based onan mage tat sae. Your abduct Hoag va bean a ig. The fst hing we nBad oo, i remoWe stings may vary i werkng ona diferent sid image. ber Kom te background © 22220 12 20a 8 he ek Sect Ts Use To make sue ofa good section, you can clck onthe Select Ana ‘eral brush ae of about 10 pals and beg to draw @ selection Maok button and pant he refinement brush over he g's outine vitin the cutie ofthe gi. As she is agent a plan background, you should Each bruh stoke wil tempt amore accurate seection, Keep brushing nth be abi get fy decent slecton. ‘youTrehanpy with the quality ofthe section and thn press OK. o ‘With your selecton rend, you can go to Edt > Capy (Cmd + C) andl ‘She's probably abit too big for this scene, but if you press Omd + T, ‘ony the grt. Than you can et to yur fs mage and go to Eat to activate the Fee Trantor Too, you can scale her down and move > Paste [Cmd + V)to paste tha gt ino the scene ona na layer, which you har into hr fna passion near he bottom ofthe fled mage. You can so ‘an nama fou rotate hera ite, 20 ee faces the sky moro. storecon 8LIGHT BEAM EFFECTS hve a classe al the tee stump, th hat a the ele ima than oop ne pa itmay be wort itn 82 coMvonsee | nsLIGHT BEAM EFFECTS 0 ‘Chick the ‘Background’ feld image layer, go tothe layer options panel and ls Crete New Fil Or usiment Layer A ‘Levels 1 agjustmont wl be aided abave be ts mage. rade the Néitone sor to ‘he rot and the Highs Outout Lol othe et, as show © Beare e922 mare ore romeo mae re saucer realy dark, Ten, on ta er mask, ube alarg soft black brush to eves areas of geal bghiness on the bottom ofthe cr. Later wel make this even bre, bi ths @ good stat, © 22828 8 este oogandcot ert isnt afeac. Cick he Brush Setngs button o setup an 800 piel ‘ruth size and make 4s Rounchess about 26% fo atton utinto a shallow ‘oval shape, which we can use onthe shadow lay. a “The fad mage ena dar, xt hat to much cena Acs nother Lvs Acjsent above the UFO mage, snc wo ao want sake savoir dara too, To ensure is actor oats the saucer, lek onthe Gp To Layer buon, Leve 2 now coped oth ‘Uo’ bye: reste anew layer © seen 72 G02 He aro wc ae cates ‘ao and then drag 20 ts betwen the "igure yer andthe ‘Leva 1” aqustrantlyer above the fla image. On tis er, wo wil lacs a shacow beneath he gi ° a LJ oe [Now we need to start thinking about gatting ight back into the rage. Click the ‘Loves "layer to make it acne, We could use that adjustment, but we vat to make a new Level things easy and clear the erst sdustrent above tt keep wnmanpimctorcom 85Saar. ght. Now youtcan ada 'Levels 4” acustrent era push the ighight sider fhe lf again fo boost the bigness even oe, ry = fimant tous the ater twa you've ban woking ‘humbral active, pres Gm + tone the sour rom vita o ack, Then uss tha Polygons! Lasso Tool to cea a et ce the Feather vue about 65 pl, This creates arc searchlgitlockng beam, Now we nea to add another Lovee Acustrent to ‘retaafesing of tmoepere an ener. cone-shaped selection tate wider than the other two, 04, concn |ours that any acustmants wil ony sfct the que yer nthe Layer umbral active, mows the Mitton sce to the ly caren the igure. Ne, pick large sot lack bushLncer Advanced lenng, uncheck the Transparency Shapes Layer button then nthe General Slaning pane above, change the Bnd to Cola Dodge The sot white Gruch bob you painted shoud now ik lot stronger again! the saucer and background. 86 conecnanetnes | ® Now create 2 new layer, make sur itis at the top of the layer stack, and nama fae’ Use a eof whe brush o dsb large oat of white enthobottom ofthe saucer to act 2s alight scure. Now deube-cck he layer to bring up tha Layer Ste pane BeToe* Cea) @ (Create @ new layer called ‘particles’ that sits atthe very top of the layer stack. Choose a small. sof whit rush. Go to your Brush tings and clek Shape Dynamics, Make Sze ter 100%, Naxt, ck on string, mske Scatter 1000%, and check the oth esto,LIGHT BEAM EFFECTS Bre lalmUlemelela Photoshop art LeedsPIXEL EXPLOSION ‘Thistutorial ea Beth eer Create an image that explodes off the screen in a thousand pieces By pateoce ae netlaperpaenLinetetcrneenea Perret eee er ear Ca een ee eee ee ee ee eee Cee ee eee ees eer et tee eect 88 coWrcmanetne | eine ee eee ey Se eg ek ee re) ee) ee ee ee een ener ee ent pees© i222 nse ie aor an oo tate agra © Be price are s000 ps wo y 400 pt no. ct We have a bright mage of@ mode against ayetow background. AS siz. aU arB using a photo tats oa lent zo, than be aware that you You can 2, her outine is wel define so the isan ous advantage wil eed to modiy your stings o tke that into account. Peers DEINE aso selection Pee Fee] Belore you start making any selections, goto he top otons menu em © ea preference and ets up ths toto fl the te uress you spect otherse 7% ob © Photoshopcc File Edit Image eee. O “The Quick Salacton Tool brush ie can be anc right bracket Kays cn your keyboard [or |. The 820 of he bush We began selecting bres tet QB) Sry cckon ane ty sujet ony bans ape rush around win thee outing. yeu do & a ite ata tne, you wil ri be enhanced to better match the autne. Keep ang ction uni the ante subjact' selected villdepend onthe area of mage you er yng to the ajc wit a 10 pie rush© Mezesen ness beara ect. he a0 smallarea under the chin was not saected Using a very smal ied brush, wo could pres the ‘ange the election matod to Subtract ram Selecton, ana get abeter selection n that area, Wen the Select And Mask window opens, make sure he Retne ge rush Tool (Fi athe, With a brush of about 100 pk, you ‘bain o ag the renement brush ove the outne ofthe subject, Each brush stroke wilt to move the quality ae aceracy ofthe section. aay N72 cae 0 ‘This wil copy everthing within the selection, craste a new layer, andl Jace thereto ve you the subject ona transparent layer. You can rame this new layer four 1. Now we wll ged to make the background i yallon wih na subject on 90. concn | im PIXEL EXPLOSION ToL or Perio’ @ were tazecompoty sono you shave ho opten ee that selection even Rather. Keep the selection actve and goto Sle ‘and Mask inthe top menu options pana. Older version of Pratoshop used to-cal his Refine Eoge but thas the same unc y Deselect Select inverse Feather. v Seloct and Mask. Save Selection Mae Wore Path. Layer Vi Gt Gti or Sree) Popo a eo ‘Make the ‘igure 1" layer invisible for the mament and click on the ‘Backyrounc! layer tuna to meke facta. Go to the foobar and choose the Laseo Toc (Weare gong 10 Use this o make areugh slaction ‘rund the outside of tha subiecnd them andicin Now ifyou make the ing looking slat the QO scree shee ne antares «te QB Skene es ne + Tn atthe ee Tansom create a dupicatalayer, named gure 2, above t. Ten cick back on| joa, Hol Stand then ag the mila rohtcerrel pont othe igure 1" to make tacive again. 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Cick ion a seta Drop Shadow valu o Distance Sop, Spread 0%, and Sze 20px Explosive icS1U] | a}MAKING REFLECTIONS real and cou bane om te extra foreground incest that ‘a watery retecton cous provide, AS previously mentioned, ba she and he ‘ound ae tore wth the viewer: id work wo the oe 1 tobe unlocked so ft an be worked on. The rral Padlock oon onthe ight. you le ground and tum ino an ache ayer, ace) t “The document ill resized wh the the bottom ofthe rage. Press Gm ‘main ayer. You can name the new aj Caled Yop" more on ment amvas rea aco 0 Jo crests a ype o tre and tha base layer can be © Mees irs rt camp 650 pk wie by 2000 pels igh. Al our stings are tactniques are based cn an image of ss, you use a aire 20 mage, be a have to ator according @ shoose Edt > Transform > Flip \erial. The layer wi be tamed upsice own and yeu can use the Move Te! to crag it don to the bet haf ofthe decuent. 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Whon you let go, a black to ‘transparent grad wil be created onthe mask, Ary area tate Eack vl alow ‘he soe colour beneath Yo show through, ging a brown tt othe vat. 98 coMronsne | ns MAKING REFLECTIONS RGB reflection psb @ 33.3% (reflection, RGB/ reflection psb @ 33.3% (reflection, AGBI#) © you double-click the Smart Object, it will open @ as a PSE fie, Think oft a an ectabie Photoshop docianent within your main cement ‘can ei this in @non-cestuctve mane. Clk on the Creat Naw Fil Or Adhustiment Layer icon at he bottom of spate gens [ses | © ‘Make the ‘reflection’ layer mask active and then toa an acve mask to you rtction mage. Choose the Gradent Toa tom the tolbar anc maka sue your gradent is set o be back to transparent. fn, clk the Gracent Etor nthe op et. fr om chegestethe Ante Petshap decent fl Secon sb: bet ose? I 4a on ve = eo (ick the small mss inthe left ofthe document tab for the Smart Cbect to ose it At this pot, you wl be prompted to save changos to Yefectiont pb’ before closing. Maka sure you cick Save or youl eose what youve dona the mage 0 far,ez e your curant working, oO {you examine the ‘reflection 1" layer, you wil rots thatthe effect you ‘ocurant wher you wil see the sare coloured et on the mage. jut ace shows up und the Sart ites thea. This means Nar, 90 Fite > Bix > Motion Bur and choose a-80° Angle anda you can go back os. Chk OK to add he any tre and ator at sting, Next, we ned 19 srt the image ‘ut the bred edge othe image that leaving 2 ge, CaS mcd @ 12 228222 + Tenet Fee Taro ta oO warring tattle you ean ects wil be tured of while performing the conect blu ofthe fled image. 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Naw you nec oad the Fad, Green end Bh ‘sider o acct the mage to ge amore authentic wet plat ok © ree seine esr tae ween oc Chara or fom the cropdoin men, Mak sia the na Ad top of yur layer stack ent Layers atthe nit to make active ft ake © Mier ears nt 18 os ae aan 9 to bang ou text inthe ski, Tis age request ses be st (Geen Gt, Ble +1648 anc Conetant +29 wnbanpaetoncon 1Hoe [Next we need to add a Levels Adustment layer and acct the Output so lack 12 an White 225 to edie oval conta egy and ‘ogtven to darkast pats ft mage by a sat amount. © s remote tomas oi 0 ew rent oa to ge Ra dtreszed fa. Tho ld wet pate proces alo had amount of dst nd serach ives me efocts 08 ‘Stat withthe 'sratches’ image. Press Cmd + A to salect the image ‘and then press Crd + to copyitto your inboard ck back on your document an press Cd + Vto past on arow yar which you can cal sotches 112. eoMvonse |e WET PLATE PORTRAITS. Ceo) iS oe "Now we can add a Photo Fitar Aduetment Layer. Maks the fiter colour Sepia. Mk th Deny abot 50% and maka sie the Presa Luminostyutlon is crackad, Ts ges re image quite an aig examob, wo goto Fle > Open (Ord + Oana browse tothe 2908 that os as he auto teed ok lohave wo examples Pere called sratches' and ‘steaks. Sac them both ‘and clk Open. QO Wires ce: te se goto eo ose tn re setthslayer’s bere to Mui Te ‘soaiches' layer wl row bend ro tho eyes below gig a grat aqua feao the mageWET PLATE PORTRAITS, Emulate a classic photography ae 3 can create wet plate portraits with no need for chemicalsSta) br The graphic professionals Donnie method that anyone can use sompositing isthe combining of visual Cee aes eee eee eee ‘sige images, often to create theitusion “The beauty of shooting your main subject eee et eee eary ee ee rs ee ee te eee locking at afar typical appreach forthe two easier Whether your subjects normal human- een eaeSo fo in Bridge. Open as Smart Object. ere Ea od Cy files 2 street.iog oe “There are a number of elements to work with, but you need to start @ “Tho mage is 2000 pinls wide x 4000 pres high. Certain settings vith the to main prs frst. Go fo Fi > Open and navigate tthe He 2nd brushes used are based on an nage that ee bt working ith ofa ifr calod hero, lick Open andthe image of a basebal bat wiedng hero ‘2, you may ngod oer you stings accordingly assets mH hero.jpg zombie t.png 8 "Next, go to File > Open again and navigate tothe fhe called ‘street @ Go back to the ‘hero’ document and then press Crd + V, This wl and lek Open, This image wil open ints on document. Now we fast the stost mage you st copied into the document containing esc to combine te two images. Press Cmd + Ato salact all ant hen the mage ofthe hao. You can convert the Background ta layer by liking copy the street mage o the cipboer, the padock icon on the lt of he ayer. ae Fr Pa he] 8 ‘You now have two layers. You can name the recently pasted layer @ jok on the hero layer to make sure itis active and then go to the ‘treat and the unlocked background of the man canbe rams toolbar end choose the Quick Selaction Too Thi Where the For the moment, tun ofthe vst ofthe ‘sree’ layer by clicking the grey background hat the figure was photographed on villhalp you make an mal eye can net ts thumb courte eeecton of him, mmarpmctoscon 15a COMPOSITING IMAGES © Photoshopcc File Edt Image Layer Typ Deetoe mr @ “Tako your Quick S¢ “Tool and select a brush sizeof about @ If the Quick Selection Tool selects too much, such as Fis let boot, you 25 rem be tol eptons manu, Than ck aranare onthe grey a goo the tool apn menu atthe tp an lek the Subract Fe background and crag te cursor aroun the auise edge of the man. Meke Soleo bullon, Carll daw er ris oot and that pat of the seen ‘sur yeu 80 select the ga0 seta, willbe removed. ‘You can use the add or subtract selection options to make sure just oO {Keep the selection active and cick on the ‘street’ layer visibly toon to the background now elected. Most ree shoxkd be fine Dt 28 tum back on. You wil 988 your aelecton, denoted bythe marching rated, the bots, ain this case, the po he baseball bt, need ate ants over onthe treet image, Now you need a ma Goto the yar enone panel and clk onthe As Layer Mask button At he moment, the gure ofthe hor looks very cvicusly ke 2 cut Wen you do, a maskin the shape of the selecon wil be added to ut Clik the ‘street layer and then choose Overy om he Bleed ‘te sat ayer. Any whit aaa of ho maskrveasthe strest image, back _-Mede pano. Nw both images bland much mere smoot, wth ight and ‘reas conceit shot ofthe grey ming with the sree age, MG sortase | eanCOMPOSITING IMAGES a e {Go to the layer options panel again and choase Create A New oO \With the “fog layer active, go to the toolbar and choose tha Brush Layer Nam this nen ayer Yog" and make sue ti athe top of he Tool. Set ereground colour to whe and use aso rund bh layor tack, Tsai vial tectrique fo create some moxe Separation of about 1200 vas and pint white around the gure oF te an. Br he between figure end background, brush marks by about 125 pls oe ‘Obviously the white brush marks have obscured the man Dut if you ‘You can adjust the Opacity of the “fog” layer as you wish; we set it right lek the og’ layer, you can select Crete Cipping Mask fom to about 5%, ket enough to help seperate the foreground fgue's the menu, The og’ layers cipped to the ayer below andinerts the mask out tom the busy deals ofthe street mage. Now you can ad he xtra ropates you created. reveting the man, character elements content and han prs Gre + © your orignal document the document. wl pear willbe opened in Photoshop in their decurents. Goto" be pra frst. and procs Grd + Vto pasate rst on ‘on ane layer wich you ean call ‘zombie wmbarpamctoscom 174 ‘Goto the layar options panel and click on the Creat Naw Fil Or @ ‘Adjustment button, Choose Lavle fem he dropdown. Tie vl push the mi 2 de 0 the ight Al the i ‘6 an ajustmant layer othe top ofthe sack; us tf boost ight anc crkened but ss ng the whole mage, you shadow ntheimage, more selective. M18 sortase | eanco them at thei orginal @ ‘Keop the adjustment layer active and go tothe toolbar and choose @ \We painted around the three charactors mete so the Brush Teo}, St the Foreground Coeur o black and use a rightness tut made sure that her sured sot round brush to paint black onthe Loves ayer mask where you donot + ek the mask, you can eee the Brush marks Wa ‘want te daering efecto be seen, the aust Sharpen > Uns Mask Pais. Threshold is Loves. hat are tuned! Sat the Amount o 80% and Ras to ro rd a “Ths boosts overall contrast and adds a level of sharpness, bringing ® ‘The ‘merged! layer wil open in Adobe Camera Raw {ACR} st cut cetalin the mage. Now you can think about he color in your rs of AGR now has some ntsrestng new creative ters which image. you got Fiter> Camera Raw Fite Shit + Ce + A), you can play can be found under ho Presets tab You can prevow each fits eect cn vith some its new fier option, {your image unt you see something you ee maampamctorscom 198 \We chose the Fat & Green preset under the Creative options as this suited the content ofthe mage quta wel We aso enpioyed [ACR's ovm Basie agustrant atone oo, acd more conta ad co} ‘saturation, Cick OX when youre hapay withthe changes, Pia Light Hard Me iterence exclusion @ Berge escent wn ne whe bsh Tan st the Blend Made of the are’ layer to Linear Light. Tis sa tovourta shod of ou for acing a owing etlect to bight aras in an image 120. someone tes | im COMPOSITING IMAGES aaa) Crser coe Ls ee ro ACR wil hard the ‘merged layer back to Photoshop whare you can see updated with the austen youve just ma. You can adda vet fare. Ga othe Erush Tool and choose a sft white tr of about PT Window Help Sens Exposure ee ets a Go to image > Adjustments > Hue/Seturation (Gmd + U) and in the panel tht appears, check the Colrize button, set Hue 1020, Saturation to 40 and Lighines to 22. Cick OK to apply a ylow glow the readsCOMPOSITING IMAGES Create amazing Fla mi kelor=\Va Cee CesWe show you how to make your own effects brushes quickly and simply dition nto) Sere ee ec Se eas a es eee eee perce ene tas iy ae Oreo oe eens ree eis ree Perens ‘the question i: how de you make your wn ee ed eee te x \ eae) eee eee ty ee ey ee eer! eee rd et eer coe Cate haere pe eerrr) Coa fo ae eee Marr(s Cae earnte sc! oa Layer shared Folder _brush.1.jpg © semester saz age tor wich youean Catv the brush shape thats neded. Go o Fle> Open an navigate ithe le caled ash pg. ick Open and Photoshop wl pn the efor CUSTOM PHOTOSHOP BRUSHES oy Ea #0 ve I) i stone.jpg ‘You have your image, iso To do tat, go @ rvs ouster etc chanel on a ov ‘leaner mage to work with cu can view tat black ad wht. You need to make some austments to remove unwantd deal nthe mage and givayousa a yu naedt slate the right fash op ofthe ayers pate and cick onthe panne ff vew the RGB colour beakcon ofthe mage. Wo picked the channal that defn the shape ofthe fash the bet ad Yo Image > Levels (Crd + L to call up the Levels Adjustment panel. Bring the Hghights sider to the let ard push the Snacows der othe right, You wlincrese the crirast and reduce any grey image. 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