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Le show you just how powerful Photoshop is, and discover a range of tools and f techniques that can make excellent digital artists of us all. ne4 Starting with Photoshop 10-11 Main Interface 12-13 Menus 14-15 _TheToolbar 16-17 _ Keyboard Shortcuts 18-19 Selection Tools 20-21 Healing Brush Tools 22-23 — TheCloneStampTool (24-25 Brushes, Pencil and Eraser 26-27 _ Gradient Fill &Paint Bucket Basic E 1g Techniques Making Selections Modifying Selections Using Layers Adjustment Layers Curves and Levels Cropping and Re: Quick Mask Mode Using Layer Masks Content-Aware Filland Scale Vsitusat wocbampublcations.com FJ FolowusonFacebook:BDMPublcations [J Folowus on Twiter: @8DMpubsMH Building Your Editing Skills 7 50-51 Adjusting Exposure 52-53 Contrastand Saturation 54-55 AddingaGraduated Filter 56-57 _ Correcting Lens Distortion 58-59 _ PanoramaStitching 60-61 _ColourReplacement 62-63 _ SoftFocus Technique Whatis Raw Mode? 66-67 Processing Raw Files 68-69 — AdobeCamera Rawinterface 70-73 Adobe Camera Raw Workflow EE Photo Editing Projects 76-87 Creative Text Effects Skin Retouching 100-111 Split Raw Conversion 112-115 _LayerStyles 116-123 Infrared Processing 124-133. 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To do this, just visit us at: he very same content wuadsdmpublcations comltinate-photeshop today and take advantage ofthis amazing opportunity to enhance your reader expetience.Starting with ~ Photoshop Photoshop is a very complex image editing program, of that there is no doubt; but there’s no reason to be daunted by all those tools, menus and technical jargon that surround this amazing piece of software. This is where you begin your journey into the world of digital image editing. Contents aoa DEAN a\cucrsod eral Healing Brush Tools areas ay pr erey The Clone Stamp Tool oats Maree Bree ee 16-17 LG eureaied 26-27 — Gradient Fill & Paint Bucket ek Me CeBUS ULMain | This is Photoshop’s graphic user front end otoshop has a great interface, with a dark slate grey work area, slightly lighter menu and palata bare and sharp white txt. It looks great and really makes photos stand ut trom the background, Lets see what it has to offer Menu Bar ‘You'l nal the options menus here, Read on formore deat, Tool Palette Here youl nd your main edtng toc, The folowing pages look atthe dial ook and what you can do with them, Tool Option Bar For each tol onthe pale thee re option, such as brush sie or sofiness. Youll them Document Window Each window you opn willhave ts own tb to nity. tnctuces the document nae, curent seang and elour space being used Document Details Here youl the compresses and ea a0 of your document USEFUL TIP MAIN INTERFACE nterface Active Image eee reat eee seworken ourmeges, wth a dakar eilePalettes Workspace Option Thor ea nurbor of ntrchangeao Choose betwee pest worspace pak eva, wich ou can chotee rangement nduding 2 woes fern he Widow nu. arc oer ve coon Rulers Uso these o accurately measure postions (on your mage, and crag gudnes rom her to alpine up tet an ives Fly-out Palettes Layer Palette Layer Options Here you' nd thelayersofthaimage youre | | Hore youcan edd cs, ayer sve, ‘curently working on, Layers a the top ofthe aguatmenis and ether options to yeur stack wl appear above those blow. curently active layers. Youcan set up your own custom It of frequent used pales, and acess thom by clekng on these butions. sterrcshop-Tetanpsuée 11CUD LOE Menus One look at the menus and you begin to understand Photoshop’s complexity and versatility ea et cy rrr cer} cs Ca) 5 Close Pd rooney Sa on mea Fay bs Save As. cor oot eo ars oan . ee ee Loar oar ot 3 Serots i Inport . Print Ea parted ed fais Mice errand Ce heed eee eee) ee es Pee eco Cee ety nee tnd eee reenter eae) oe eon) ed Pee ay i ote! Edit Sd peu etory ere erent ted eee el Peer frente rere Seen tiony ee Ce ees Pore ee) ete cor re > Adjustments > person cor Anaiysis trl eee eeereenny Sey eee tae etn’ Fotation ut the most Serato eae Is the Adjustmants sub-menu, ere eee ‘main menuin is own ght eed peeretrenra ero cus rennet ee and many mor. You find rer rl Pome beerens Det ae te a es Dee tsa on oR ee coat Od New 5 rd vce Cees ne ar7 Sed Layer Sie r eri is rororeed Per Contre xa ee Es cine * ee eer Cee ad eel oer Sees ete act em pore ete ety eee er See ee ceed oieod Poeun eer) Language Optone ine’ es arent ere oe es eee eel Seay Sea il langage options. iio ory teeta ag eee reat ty ey oe es ren) es eos eet seer ees pte eater Peeters View “The View menu ise to Cees Beer eee eee es eed Soe er nrey conto forthe Sap functions, et eee Sees i Aare loka ten Sees feet renee ered eet ens eet operas een eenTHE TOOLBAR The Toolbar Let’s take a look at Photoshop’s main edi the main elements ofthe Photoshop Toolbar haven't changed all that much since the introduction of Layers and the Mave tool with version 3.0, back in 1994. The shape has changed abit, slot Into a single column to take advantage of today’s larger monit {2 fow more tools have bean added over the yeare, but anyone who's familiar with any previous version of Photoshop will soon feo ight at home withthe latest version In.common with previous versions, most of the tools have altomata sa we wasauee Peer wn us0 poy Hebron ay MAGIC WAND pesc, ES immanent acre Some tera seorHeaune [tom ea snus ig conesvon HISTORY BRUSH RASER ora NT sw BURN ens THRE PATH SELECTION UNE HAND z00m DIT TOOLBAR oH COLOUR SET COLOUR UIok MASK MOE 5 N MODE options, denoted by a small arow tool con, Clik and hald on ‘menu showing the other opto can also be selected by use be customised via atink in ‘among the most useful are selection tool, and “E" forthe Eraser. Here's 2 you have available on the Toolbar. Move Uses panto skocreaemitlelyats arg te ARMs Marquee ieee tere evaseetrer aca Lasso titre ne tape can te reg, rived ot by ego caning Magic Wand (soseuTh moranecose Gick cen wich rare Eyedropper Tatepow arti eto tte menos pony eerste ae comic anna1D. Gop at Spot Healing Gmth tod oan oS Seon Path Selection teratveta set ath 0 use Brush The Beh foo one ot te rrast asc and mot ue fa eet erates reine teensy Fercicl et cabinet MManenaea seccotne ig. Clone Stamp ‘abt rn nett ae eee History Brush eee ere Eraser Gradient The Geran ra in ron na ter once Smudge The rant ag wnt THE TOOLBAR Burn Bn anteaters Dag nd Spange, arobess on phere sek ren, aan rane. Bar D rere naetintc ocio. 9 Type Fen T ‘mena crepe aes at rcckcs FE os Line apne TreLretelandtssteraics oa nto lod ce shapes and pon ur sec 288g eros sd aon es. Hand Tendo oe onto lage nage seat en ed vas Zoom rage Agni mt fin soto nts oa TAL er CFR Edit Toolbar eeiecere ae Switch Colour irae a Set ColourKeyboard Shortcuts There’s always a quicker way of doing almost everything a no of Photoshop's best foaturos sits huge list of fully customisable keyboard shortcuts. Amos al of the program's funetions can bo accessed quickly by pressing various combinations of kes, and once you lear those shortcuts your workflow will speed up immensoly. You can even make up your own fr your most frequenty-used operations. Customising Shortcuts tginy headings matching ha names of he 2 sSoreuts hat you de an mer, You fc hat mary operations of hes tha you press al appar hare the scrre use tatsKEYBOARD SHORTCUTS — s7frilis WITH PHOTOSHOP a ST MOR UML TET ei odg ett CREATE NEW DOCUMENT ADO LAST STEP INVERT SELECTION PASTE FROM CLIPBOARD s+ (1 ot) (eal+(z) | taa)-ea}+ Qo | eal We CREATE NeW LAYER Levens 200m VIEW cory To cuPeoaRD st }+oj+(y) eel+(b coma + (4) cma + Lc] CLOSE CURRENT DOCUMENT CURVE 200M our EW curro cupsoano cna + 0 cone (eo + (GE orl + [X Lose aL oocuments INCREASE BRUSH SIZE fron soneen FREE TRANSFOR eal = | =a =e SAVE CURRENT DOCUMENT DECREASE BRUSH SIZE Tuan SNAP OW oR OFF Jonna] + | S i) J shit) + [on] +) swveas BRING CURRENT LAYER TO TOP SHOW RULERS SELECT ALLON CURRENT LAYER is) + (+ (S) (eo fom) | (el =e unoo/neoo MOVE CURRENT LAYERUP SHOW OR HIDE GRID DESELECT ALL [conte] + ( Z. ones] +L) oa + conta] + [D, UuNoo LAST STEP MOVE CURRENT LAYER DOWN | SHOW OR HIDE GUDES wer ax|+ (cows}+ (2) cor +L) (oo)+(G A (on PC the Ct key or your (ona Mac compute the shortout tok ths on 8 tt hay paced byte Standard Wedowe keyboerd Cid ey ona standard Mac pet ec rar Keybosr you ine Mae tnineon nist ale teeter es sdb te Fc thisitlefousethe ointay, fg CTE # Ct instoad. Just use your Gre key instoad.Selection Tools Photoshop provides multiple methods for isolating areas of your image he ability to select discrate areas of an Image and change them you to select regular shapes such as rectangles, olipses and lines. For in isolation is fundamental o Photoshop editing, and to help _iregular shapes there are several Lasso tools, which et you draw the with this there 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 Marquoe tls, which allow Quick Selection too Common Options ae RS tu around tings tke fe ‘eoges ee ee erySELECTION TOOLS Rectangular Marquee Magnetic Lasso Lasso Polygonal Lasso Magic Wand Single Column Marquee Elliptical Marquee Quick Selection ctatreotop-Thaconpteoste 19HEALING BRUSH TOOLS Healing Brush Tools Clean-up minor blemishes, dust spots and stray hairs with the Healing Brush tools yen with a modern digital camera, your ‘photos may have sight imperfections, Maybe it's just astray hairs or an unwelcome skin blemish in a portrait, oF maybe some dust has managed to get onto {yout sensor, causing dark spots on your photos. Whatever the reason, sometimes ‘you need to remove some small features 1s, and the best tools for ng tools. Thee are fve tools in Photoshop, which you it you cick and hold on the Spot ing Brush tool ion inthe too! palette The Hoaing Brush is a logacy tom ote versions of Photoshop does much the same a asthe Spot Heatng Bash, buts rarer tool. Teal a lem you pont cling onan aa of silt hile rong down the Athy, ten ating the samp ‘verre ami, As ever when comes ta helg end cloning ecicuss,subty isthe ky. You may Sd hat ¢ mig fake over ater get a go ‘ext that dose’ tang out bing chine 20. tonvonsasae| vin as a Reda Mea) a fun cosa a Pte ce a) aes a) ho Cont ar Move tok was intodiod Preteshan CSB, The a that you can aire «ava seen round an obec an then kg 10 cha plco. Te progam snayoos the auroundeg tea an ilsin the source wth amaching tet. fractoe he Content Aare Mos tots ony ue fryer specie ckeurstarces, whan th cect you ‘Want ome ison by a unform ttre You ‘wlll he more ein hs tte, tet the fal reat. Bockyeunds suchas gas and bus sy swe much mare sucess cartes rh The Patch tool's usd for repang ager areas. Ioan be used in oe of two ways: ether craw ‘around he area you want to texture, sample an area of then drag it over the par yo Here, a patch of woedan foo remove same bree crumbs from tha shot As you crag the patch, it wl show youa real-time overlay over your target area so you can algn& ‘8 best you can fo ensure a good pathHEALING BRUSH TOOLS See and people. When you usa io pant avs an and en) oc tohepremover. Spl ckonthe obec, the brush sampies the area around t frog recess andthe tel wl automaticly {nd replaces the abject wth simulation ofthe ‘analy how uc chess there ihe ube (ye8 ae move aero wih amo ratuaeckrg tone which is usualy ack carktone, ‘adusted ke any ater brushThe Clone Stamp Tool THE CLONE STAMP TOOL USEFUL TIP Remove unwanted elements from your photos te Clone Stamp too! also known as the Gione Brush in some programe) is one ofthe most usoful toms in your image editing tool kit. Despite recent developments such as Photoshop's Spot Healing tool and Gontent-aware fil iti stil the most precise and reliable way to retouch photographs, lowing you to remove unwanted lomonts such as dust spots, skin blemishes, lens fla lines and other intrusive objects from your pictures. Bi process is entrely manual it ean be somewhat time-consuming, but the results are often superior tothe output ofthe more modem automatic tools. Jone Stamp works by comying eloning placing them over the unwanted obj aight from a selected target the Clone Stamp en qute large unwanted cbjocts from a photo. ur example i ph ta motorsport event. kis a ‘geod shot vith ply of acon and ying ct, but we thought the fags in 22 somes ne foreground were a bit cstracing, as was the telephone ine stretching ‘across the back of the shot nthe tp let comer "We acide t would ba a good demenstation ofthe pawar of he Clone ‘Stamp tal o remove both fags and the telephone line fom the shot. Let's ‘98 how they wore removedTHE CLONE STAMP TOOL a Go to your toolbar an select the Clone Now move your cursor oer the top of the Now you can remave te groan ag by ‘Stamp Too) For the mage wera og, lol vith your trgot area om the sampling an aoa ofthe mis to tha eof working on, abrush Siz of about 75-100 pels last tap ie shown a an overlay so you can and cloning that over the top of the remaining ‘be Tne. You can make the brush Hardness see what you are about to cane ontop of your pat hea, Fray, we an remave that anywhere betwoen 0% - 20%, We're gang fo flag. you ck and cag your mouse down the telephone ne kom he top ofthe eat using the ‘str wt tho flag inthe lower ght comer tag pale, the grass aoacont to willbe cloned same tactiques for bat as. ‘over te op, remevng the poe oe oe eee ‘The random nature of the dt hing eros the frame's actualy quite uset, sample fan area arectyedove tne unwanted teeohone line ne then ctne the sample ontop oft You can serpy ck on the tlephore ine and cag the mouse othe le, cloning the patch of ait that is rectly above tas you do. Make sur that youre tha Aligned cpton ticked. This moans thatthe samgling area of your brush movas as your brush eee, ctherwise you wil clone the same sampled area ropeatoy unt you alr. Yu can naw choose another target sample to the ight ofthe ag and cre ‘ras rom that side ovr the remening area of the ean fag. you ration any regnate areas ed that standout as being cloned, you can choose a ‘ow target area anc lone in some ne gras ep the pattem random, Frid an area of clean grass net io the fag and then press your At ey. A smal target icon will appear. Anything under ts target wil bo (Once complete, you can assess he rest ‘our sample to be used asthe stating pot of andifyou see ary obvious repeating the conng,Lat-cek your mous to conf tis pattems that ge the gare away, you can simply as you sample ara, ‘Yu can naw mave to the second fag on clone new areas over he aflencing repeated tho eft and crate anew sample to Gone parts wth random grass and sky as rooded, ‘over the pole a you id with the fst. Again, ‘watch out for obvious repeat pats 38 you Gone clean areas ontop othe fag p00 ayer sample ofan ate Aste reoiap-TaConsiteouse 23Brushes, Pencil and Eraser Photoshop has many tools to help you create images as well as edit them though itis primarily designed and best known as an image editing rogram, Photoshop also offers a range of versatile tools, allowing you to ‘create orignal artwork a8 well a adapting existing images. The brushes, pencils and eraser are designed to behave as much ike tei real fe counterparts as| possible, to make using them an intuitive process. Ifyou have graphics tablet nd a pen, this helps even more. The Brush Tool icon nthe too palette, but to oft you need a open the new Ae) eer ced 5 agus ne ty, eng, thickness, 6, and no a before, ging you urparalioed Photosnon masterpieces. “The Ponct tool used to bea saparate item from the Brush too, bu th radical ‘expansion of tho Bush in Photoshop to ee in} an save time swapping buetwoon presets, and can aso be used 10 ‘apply a stroke to work paths. You can press ‘Shift + 8 to make it appear. By defaut uses the 1 pil brush size. The pencil oo! is limited to hard-edged brush shapes of 24 sxHtronasiethis there are many mere options, allowing you to add random scattering, noise, texture, wet oh shape and colour dynamics. his dagree sample of 7 3601n he picture shown below. The Eraser Tool “The Eraser ol jsybcurd shortut sa speciazed vraion onthe brush oc, and uses ‘he same patette opens tom the Sandra brush that t can ener pk tom ‘layer ranaparer, along the yer bene show though. usedon the background tye & ants in whatever te cures background coi ‘As wel asthe rsh plete pons, the Eraser aso has tool options lung Opacity Flow gr one unique one, Eas o story, whic canbe usd n conuncten wth the Hitry peti to selective undo changes in ayers The Mode options rth Easar re Brus, neler Block, which sa sal square-shaped eraser of ‘ed ul opacity BRUSHES, PENCIL AND ERASER Many people wil protably use Photoshop with a pen and tablet device, such asthe ‘Toro are poset brushes, pasta yon, big aot batho, al ens, spenges, and evan Template brushes to auc daw gras or aves, to contol ether yal as options for he appearance arc 2 ofthe US, there are aso options for “These ave ealad Bland Modes, ard you can choose which one to use by cickng onthe Modas buton inthe tool options bar. * @ tmertea A Te ny a [ ‘There ae to other Eraser opens aval ypu olen hla on the Eraser oot Background Eraser can, asthe name suggests, erase pats ‘ofthe background, but oes thi by cerwerting the background hoa lj. Mage Eraser amply ‘combs the Mage Wand tc withthe Eraser te and salty erases contiguous aoas of clo Asta eoiap Taconite 25GRADIENT FILL & PAINT BUCKET Gradient Fill & Paint Bucket Fill layers and selections with colours, textures and gradients no ory useful facility that Photoshop provides is the Gracin tool. Ita fi an area of a layer wih a gradual blend between ‘tiple colours. You ean choose from selection of pro-st rant fis or create your ‘wn.’ great way to aad gradlent ters for ‘enhancing photographs, ort reat eects re available for ery 26 such as vigettos and conre-spot soft-focus Lots ake a closer look at how it works ‘You' f! the Gracont tol about haltway ‘own the Tool Paote.ithas ts own nique sot of options inthe To! Options bar, the main one being the Grasient Picker, which Its you choose from alist of pre-set gracents fh? a seh nyCem Tr} ae gradient shapes. The dtu song isa stag lear grace, tt chor opto incude Pack, ‘Angle, Plc and Diamond shapes. Le the ruc oc the Grace has ln nee that you mi thereat cour wh the ayer below in various ways. Tis a great vay fo enhance sunset rcscape shel, by using bo tareparent acon fin cole mde, a eT a=t la Ciaarxo)| oe coast you ole and hole on the Grade too you {that one ofits optns isthe Paint Bucket tool, whieh wood oan ate, a kyer ora selection witha ok colour. comtinaton vith ayer transparency anc tend modes i's great way to acd a cole tit rior to a whos image. you use the Paint Bucket onthe und layer of your mage tl in an ‘cur in much the same GRADIENT FILL & PAINT BUCKET Below aro the main grace ypes that you can choose mth ool options bar the tp eo Photoshop come vith selection feat rset gracent ade, tut thee are ther pack Adjustment menu, they allhave one thing in common, When you ‘apply thom to an image the effect they have is destructive, Because they discard information fom th original image. For example, ifyou apply Curves, the Hue/ Irs impossibe to avec is mage Adjustment Layers at dove the px ifyou change your mind about an eft, or wish to change it tri has been apple, your aeration dosent have sn futher stlect onthe layer below it, an the nage degradation int apple unt the layers are Saturation, thon add a Photo Fitoretfoct, ‘thats three operations that have discarded information, each one degrading your Image quality. you apply an operation repeatedly, such as multiple Curves corrections, you'll actually be abe to 800 the degradation. The only way to undo Thistatorial & © merged You can apply Adjustment Layer in soveal ways. Fst you'd ait of aval aye fattening the image ‘Second, you have the Adjustments palette open {3 penn the deta ints apply. Tid, you cas at the bottom ofthe Layer Palette. Alo hese cfr exact the same lit of opens and protuoe the same msuts c2 workspace) you cn the mice button the damage done by these modifications {sto rover to an earlier version by using Undo ortho History paleto, but that also undoes all your subsequent editing as wel ‘This degradation is much worse with 6-bt than with 16-bit images, since there's less Information to start with neThe Adjustment Layer Palette cee © Brightnessicontrast Photoriter @ @ Levels Channel Mixer Adjust colour and tonal rang. Bd Create tinted or greyscale images. Oo romnetniom eee eee ® Exposure Invert @ @tacll an a 16 os eee ee etd © @ Colour tance Selective Colour @ © Back ana white Gradient Map @ Convert mencene er are Maps an tragete a custom aor Before and After Sits Sea oy ees eee enue aes ta: serrccihp-Thecongicoute 37Curves and Levels The most versatile way to adjust, brightness and contrast in your digital images ‘Ul find the Curves function inthe Image > ‘Adjustments menu, or uso the keyboard shortcut ‘Gmnd¢M. The Curves dialog looks a bit daunting at fist; a graph witha diagonal ne running up the mide of tik a cific piace of maths Homework. I's nothing to be scared of though, and sin fact the ‘most useful and versatile tool for making adjustments {othe exposure and tonal balance of your images ‘We'll use tis plture of Ursula as the Image to begin ith. What we want todo fist is eropit down so we just have the main part of her face and hair with some ‘wees beyond. The Curves gaph is ahistogram showing the relative strength of rent tones thin the mage. sh nput ditbuton along the bottom of tho graph, a ‘output up the vrical as. The straight agonal ‘corner to corer incicatae thatthe ‘ble the right-hand end represents the highlights. The Curves graph can in saveral ways You car meave the tne directly, ew postions, Yo ‘a soleted pont up, down, let orrght. Thor's no lmt to where tho line can start or frih, oF where it goes led to some histogram yau' se a bution with hand and two ‘rows nit. you elk hs button a than move the cers over the mage you'F tice a point on the line ‘owe up and down asthe cursor passes over lighter land darker areas. Pick a spot that you want ight, lek on it are cag upward ard you's the ‘curve move to match Using the awesome feat ly lightan er darken prety much every fone inthe mageCURVES AND LEVELS. Boosting Contrast Safty asthe upper haf te curve ars Towerng te lower nat of arg te mi “Tris wllghen the Ft areas othe image, vile darkening the darker areas, creasing the contest we mahtahing the same crea fexposim, I's an excl make very preciso adjustments to contrast. Métone Ighiness can be arustod by mov the mid Emphasising Highlights at oe etwas dng the top hoteaetal axs, Ts inceases tho bighinoae of he it ls, and may cause he hier ahs robe bred as, ut the rest canbe quite lasing fr height kn oflmage. Tie technique works wal n mornctrome, precy an ethereal igh key mone. pe wilcarkn he shadows, but ths wise bath shadow ard mio ota. Ti by movieg the me-pat ofthe cure uowar sly, fateneg the uppe: par ofthe curve brgrteng the mic-tones. Tis emphasing of ‘ison tho Imago > Acjustmonts menu yout ‘ind Levels, keyboard shortcut OmdeL. The Levels function is easer to use than Curves, 1 ts you quckly adjust the black and white pnts and overall vighiness of your image. I's partcuriyusfulfor mages that contain aot of lght or darc areas, such as dark abject on a fight background, bocau forthe the ightat and darkest areas ofthe image, whl baving the mi-tones feo to be adjusted upvard or downward Fer mages vth vy high contastsematmes x ooassary to boost the mones to bale he at oughly ecu postons along the cuve, and tren ‘move the mice one upwards 10 ec. The other two pots act as anh, keeping he shacks and hghightsuncrangee, Moung he mic pont dowrwards has re opnoste tect. Asta Peoiap-TaConsiteouse 39Cropping and Resizing Changing the size of a digital photograph ‘omotimes a digital photograph ‘can be the wrong size. Maybe ‘you've ot to0 much ofthe surroundings inthe picture, when {you wanted to concentrate on just the main subject, or maybe the whole image isto big, and you ¥ need to make it smaller to send ‘la email or publish on a website, Doing both ofthese things is very {quick and simple in Photoshop. Well ue this wide-angle ve shot asthe image ta sa nat we want to do fete crap I.dowm so we just havea ght vew The best too forthe job, not surpiinly, the Crop tok. You'l fod t ‘the ool pate, fouth down fom the tp. ae “The crop tools very 235/10 se. Simply lek near one comer end hen rag a box round these you wet to crop. Don't wor # ou dont get the sie exact ih est ‘ime, because you can adjust the sz of tho box busing the crag hands on each ide ane ‘comer, Press Ertr to paren the re. Bexbe sreom pasar west earour hare owt wet riz the image. To St dialog box, chock o this youl need to get tothe the box mas Resample mage, Image menu and select Image Sz, nthe drop-down option pane blow or use the keyboard she reducing the sizeof his picts, £0 ma At + 40. consent seete ee ety b the Piel Dimensions pane, entar the wlth that you want your rage to appear. ve were preparing tis picture fora bee, wth of #00 pl woud be “he height wil change automaticaly to keep the aspect to the same, Prass OK to 28 CROPPING AND RESIZING Dupes Can Next, go back to the image mer, but tis time choose Canvas Size, or use the keyboard shortcut Gmd + A+ anvas Size wl allow youto be able to extane the cimensions of your current document by 1dng extra poses tothe mage, Beer mind this ie ferent than simply ring the imsge the top of the pal wth te with 88 800 pls, nthe lower wewdow putin a hight of 500 pina. your main subject is suroundng he box below. Cek OK to Pertorm the resize, You' gt a warming that you'e about to chop off par of te imege, butjust ignore ‘Now wave rized tha image to 800 x fr spy on mary mobile levies, and idea fer unloading to a webste cor eancing va mal sterrcshon-Tecangtcciie ATQuick Mask Mode There’s a quicker way of editing selections and masks Stee ton when editing in Photoshop is useful to be able to block off certain areas that we don"t want to be affected, For that we uso masks, and there are several waye of creating them, but by far the easiest Quick Mask, a fantastically ‘soful feature that was fis introduced in Photoshop 7. Quick [Mask lots you create and edit masks and selections quickly and easily using any of Photoshop's pixel painting tools to apply a brushed mask with freehand strokes ofthe mouse. te extremely simple to use, but it can produce a wide and vated range of resuits You'll find the Quick Mask mode button near the bottom of the Tool Palette, Clicking wil toggle Quick Mask mode on or of reroune and ‘anormal paint brush simply switch tothe who 42 souGradient MaskUsing Layer Masks Add effects non-destructively with Layer Masks 10 Quick Mask function isan easy way to selectively edt your pictures, 1 moro traditional method isto use Layer Masks. The advantage to this ‘method is that tis non-destructive, so if you don't ke the rsuits you can jst 90 the manu, Ateratey clek and dag the bback and start again Iti also repeatable, because you can uso the same mask for layer thu in the palate oro te New Layer multiple effects, saving you time and etfor. For this quick ttoral we'll use a Layer button at he bottom ol he alto, which wil azo Mask to apply a selective monochrome or colour extraction effect. Wo'llstart with dapcate Yo lay {his right image ofa buttercup. The yellows will remain in colour while the rest of the picture wil be changed to biack and wht. +n the tye plete o-clck on this pete ets you 44 sowscnnn apply the afect to he top 1 Layer Mask can be used to produce ul Snditn the Image > sill intact in the background i — N a ‘on the window that pears. The resus 80 adjust the Ui eldCONTENT-AWARE FILL AND SCALE Content-Aware Fill an d Scale Photoshop contains image processing technology so advanced it looks like magic hotoshop C54 introduced the world to an ‘amazing new technology called Content- ‘Aware Scaling, which can resize an image “while preserving the proportions of important image elements. I works by analysing the image and removing lines of pixels that ‘contain relatively itl information, so that a plain background wil be affected before the ‘main subject. The best way tilustrate the ‘tet Is with examples, such as this picture ofa clock tower. im Er Content-Aware Scaling You nd Cota Avare Sang er, uti wb However we use Content Aare the eve gc t lt ifomater ard 2 he ere when we re-sale the image dicts thse pos rst presring the mare ifomnaten-ich pels that deals icluceg tho poople. As arcu cent he rection aves th sane relay unchanged. though he area of Bue doyhas ben edced bath Reig and with, and can also be use to nro an mage,Cert Ne Lae oh 8 OD farses aerate AO aa clarinets m the content ofthe immediately surounding area, @ 22.220 Set men ae con Nosy > xp Increase the selection area by a decent amount: for his picture Oxseeaae se rte Aare agri ‘sould automaticaly fin the are tha you maved from and ago In practice i not atualy mus Stamp anyway, Bu Some @ Soot Healing Brith Tol (GP Hoaing Brash Tot Too! eee nae) ae rN XY a o a , © weitere at me, kon tae yu ete faut, but not cnooee fom the drBuilding Your Editing Skills Photoshop has become extremely popular amongst digital artists, designers and photographers the world over due to its creative power. It has all the tools you could ever need to get the job done. We’re going to take the techniques developed in the last section and add some more to your growing skill set. Looe 50-51 Adjusting Exposure Cor eA} byes CeCe MeL col 60-61 fe eS Lc scuabld 54-55 AddingaGraduated Filter (red re idcee Mena td ELA Ree rata Pec key ene — - eaeAdjusting Exposure Correcting your exposure mistakes is easy with Photoshop von with the sophisticated technology found inthe ight motering systems of modern digital cameras, they are not inflible. Some lighting conditions can confuse thom, resulting in pictues that are over ‘F undorexposed. range, ves of eninaten at ws tna rat (ome Row mode, shoe capturing rate oyna man JPEG imagas fom aco uta bight bu estes sky 35 eon cut of he wind, The plots are spot metrng, but we can sti escu0 iusing an image eting progr,ADJUSTING EXPOSURE Mew Wexiow Petp mL ra oo rary Levels Photoshop ores anata ayo tng bhtness Cont, by austin he Levels Histogram, Yeu menu as Bighinass/Contrst. The Levels stogam is basicaly a grch showing the proparion ct pels nthe image at each cou tnt The fr lefthand end ofthe raph eprosons lack, and tha t-te end tt, wth avery onan betoen represented by ke on the gap. On thebotom avs ote graph are tee pont, let representing the bck af pan, he ght the white cut-of pore, and the one nthe mile representing ne mictone point. ‘As youcan se em the graph our rages sty shertows and mitones, with itl gtr, £0 ve need to brghien sore af hose shadows ic ha ay we do ts by maving te mine Curves The Cures ajustent option, again found nthe layer open method of changing the rate Dighineas of specie tres and ranges of ones wie an mage, ging precise contre over exposure. Learing to use propery is core slim image extn, and wi nable you to make reise and subtle changas to brightness ard relative contast nt just ofthe mageas a whale, but algo of nv colour channels ‘ia the Curves outline acund by cickng at any port, hen moving tha hana that appear. To imorove ts ctu we Nees to ighten the shadows and mis tnes, wie siutaneossy darkening he hight, co we shou rag the loner doo the uve upwards, arte ecuve onwards, cating an rnerod Shapes cave ‘As wth mary Protozhop tachnqoe, th Hoy hao Is suber, Push the cure ton far and you ran the cue, so keg an eye on fas you rrogress “Usa arc hghighs ports et toward he shadows, Tris hus the eft of binge out alot of he dal tern shadow afas whe bring cut ay mere hits. also lames the doaper shadow areas bac. tea far beter a of acusting the exposure of petegaph than sey tering the Brichnes Ajasing the Levels mi pae ety nas ‘sagen sotaraaiey-Tecepenass 5CONTRAST AND SATURATION Contrast and Saturation Using curves and blend modes to improve colour saturation and contrast in your digital photos scene ls much more tense than & looks here, ‘photo was set to @ neutral and fat colour mode to capture as much dynamic ange as possible, ‘This mode general leves mages lookng a bit pale and lacking contast and vibrant colour ‘This shouldn't bea problem as the shot is wet ‘posed and contains plenty of deta that wil 8 the crease in saturation 52 sxutrontasie Tho simplest way to imorove the sataon Isbyacking a Hoa/Satiaton adksimont layer. Lke many otter parts ofthe progam, Hue/ Satuation has bean improved in Photos, roduc a smocther suit than previous Versions. you wer te boost the saturation by about +45, you'd restore some ofthe missing colour, bat t's a scattergun approach and doasnt ‘fer much ne conta, can aco neease noise in shacow arse n JPEG images. Let's ok at hen you take aciital photo ofa scene, you are relying on your camera to be blo to capture al the colours and tones that you see. Untortunately most digital cameras. Simply arent capable of recording the fll ‘ange of colours and shades thatthe human ‘ee can see, so your photo of what was a bright and colourtl seane may prove to be {bit ofa disappointment when you see it ‘on your monitor. Fortunately there ara many liforont ways to improve both contrast and Colour saturation, which might help to restore ‘some ofthe sparkle to your photos. Lot's {ako a look at some ofthe alternatives. ‘Armuch mare contolabio way to adjust both saturation and contast isto use a ‘Curves acusment layer. We've aready looked at Cures inthe sscton on auting expoeu, but by using Blond Modes we can also use Curves to enhance saturation, In Normal lend ‘mode the cuve wil change both contrast and saturation. We're using the same S-shaped cur, which boosts brightness atthe upper tnd ofthe scale anc darkens shadows tthe lower endCONTRAST AND SATURATION ee afectng the least saturated areas most, and the ‘By changing he blend mode to ‘most saturated areas leet. On a picture te this Luminosity, the curve will ony @ ely, by using a Color blend itcan help, butt has to be used with contrast ightness, so the same S-shaped 12 S-shaped curve wil ator fnhancemant forest elt, which me ment cuve wilimprove contrast colour saturation without affecting brighiness, cause an increasain ois. This Ightoninghighlights ard darcening shadows so shadows and righights are unafetod. This intense than using Satuaton. Virance i best without atecting colour saturation ® great 1 keep nos under conto used when processing Ra image fe sterroihp- Theorie $3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 tens to selectively change the exposure and sometimes the colour of part of a picture, ‘usually to darken the sky toring out detlts Inthe clouds and balance the exposure with the landscape inthe foreground. They come raphic technique, it's possible to duplicate the effect of raduated fiters using Adobe Photoshop, and as usual there are several ways to accomplish this. For this example we'lluse an image of a sunrise ‘on the Devon coast. Crentd 54 scutronatie | iGraduated Filter in Camera Raw gen Adobe Camera Raw, yout sae a row of tol Icons across the op ofthe man image wrvow. uate Fiter con i 0 the right. Wen you ke on the Geacuated Fite ‘mary cere etocts, bux te ane wo want 1 2.00 and-2.70 should proce a suitable efiact ee noone F_%>s0 Maier Teo 6 your photo wasn't taken in Raw ‘modi, you can apply a graduated ‘er using the Gradent Tool. To set up the rated fier, frst sac the Gradient To thn sot the foreground colour to blue by cickrg on the freground square an then sing the colour picker. To apy eit, aga ine don in mers he lower least the top of he seen to the herzon oe. sotto edge of he gradient fet, ut You see arorzora and vera dotedine ke an theres ao @ geen ie at het of he tae, THs ier. You also nts hat you can change the mak the op or most saturated edge fhe ec, srl ct Ie by moving he cursor ef and rent. wth a sceth gradient betwoan the two Ins. Fu Te censran the ne tothe vere nok down he dg hs green Ine down, rere ofthe image wi be tay fle daca. at madnum efoct andthe gracint wl be shore Next inthe tool options bar, clk To apply the raion tothe picture, sta. (on he grade er arc select the top ofthe fame, cck arc crag down Foregound to Tanepaent,clckcnthe bution tathe horizon In. you hela own the it key for nec Graton. et the Blending mel it wt const the i othe vara. Ta Bue Muti, and the Qpacty o 85 percent. Make _bendetnto the clouds making them darker. 's sure the boxes for thor and Transparency ays a good idea to tar the blend cour me checked, match te sky. ss