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The ‘camera also captures the world ina very literal way, so that the {image you see on your computer screen can look like a rather pale imitstion of what you saw in your mind’s eye, This is where you need a really good image-editing program, and Photoshop is the best there is. t's a supremely well-designed application with a clean and simple interface that's weleoming for beginners but offers experts all the power they need. Photoshop can fix those annoying flaws that stand between a good photo and a ‘great one; it can help you restore the drama, beauty and atmosphere ‘you're trying to capture, and it can ‘supercharge’ reality to produce images that simply take your breath away. We've put together this guide to help you get the very best from Photoshop CC and your own photography. We show you how to organise your images using Bridge or Lightroom, get the best possible quality from your raw files with Adobe Camera Raw, and unleash the full power of, Photoshop's selections, masks and layers tools4 L FUTURE 4 rTeach yourself Photoshop£ a & & = 8 a FI ui = E cE G 3CHAPTER 1 Organise your images 8 iroducre the Camera Raw aces 2 CHAPTER 2 vas Szesetines MasterCurves nPha Creatbiac ard titeimages rm calaurph Contolagustnentsitn yer CHAPTER 3 Get creative with layers 38. IntroduortheLayers panel 40 Resaeandscale ayers wththe Transform ods.s-42 ‘Becrestuewthelena mace, Rekdspaca eectsusing Layer Sve CHAPTER 4 Making selections s4 PPhotoshopsineigent selection oo FEctnasebectonsin Quick Mask 74 torsusingfefne Edge 76 CHAPTER 5 Masks and montages Irtoducig Photshop yer asks Makebetterm the Mask Properties pared Make asurteal porta Pantwthftersandmaske CHAPTER 6 Photoshop filters 92. 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CHAPTER & Creative effects 138 y ‘Merge HDF Make aemokng dance. aroncramiclanscapein Photoshop r CHAPTER 9 Advanced features 260 Irreducing Photoshop's automated Actions Esolore Photoshop screave rushes 168, Create elaberate les ndcaption: MakeasDchess Inteaucng he Moton workspan Enhance avec. brrecucing hotorhoes animation ole Prepare ye phates px repae yx photosterwebanden-sereen use. 190GET THE FILES HERE: http://bit.ly/typs2016 Introducing the Bridge workspace Before you start work on editing your images, organising and processing them with Photoshop's family of tools is crucial ne ofthe biggest problems we fice All versions of Photoshop attempt to.deal_ | download via the Creative Cloud service, as digital photogzaphers sour with this asset management problem youl need to download Bridge separately. fever growing callections of images. using similar tools. The Photoshop Elements Bridge i powerfl image browser that ‘Wemay have thousands of photos Organize allows you to add star ratings and) enables you to take control over your digital scattered across hundreds of folders on our keywords. Lightroom’ Library module does 2 assets before exporting them to Photoshop computers. These folders tend to display __ similar job Photoshop CC and CS use a for editing. On this spread well ntroduce you Images according to when they were captured, companion application called Bridge to help to the key feature of Brig, and demonstrate 0 we have to rely on our memory of what was you tort the wheat from the chaff. Ifyou how to customise the workspace to display ‘hot when as we search fora particular photo. access the fll version of Photoshop as a images ina more useful way Photoshop Anatomy The Bridge workspace METADATA “The panel emsats the play on your ita SUR trends te metadata stored {So nd aperture sete wre used FILTERS “is paneonbles yout present ies ‘nth aprtelr shttor speed song, KEYWORDS “Thispanel nates you touchy asin 7 an then ze the Fie panel 0 Sap FOLDERS THUMBNAILS WORKSPACES, in aeecueamer = photosbyavarety ofertera elie ‘ext Flsrstab to brome to Bre tryna ‘Theselnksemabeyoutochangette Snes estan sna sare any elder ot mages tred on our ay paras and rages ere apa PC Drs your mot commen wed mtg Fo exapie. th Fins foes nt the Fovorespael {pton gies youlage preven.oe eae oes Bridge ng the Filmstrip vie look at your pictures us FILMSTRIP EDITED IMAGES LOUPE VIEW ‘THUMBNAIL QUALITY STACKINGGET THE FILES HERE: http://bit.ly/typs2016 Introducing the Lightroom layout You can use Lightroom as your photo organisational tool instead of Adobe Bridge, and here's a guide to how it works hhotoshop users naw have a choice regular‘perpetua’licence (Lightroom 6Y or a8_| including raw files, before passing them over cof image organisational tools. Traditionally, Photoshop has been ‘owinned with Adobe Bridge — Bridge does the organising and Photoshop does the editing But the intreduction of [Adebe Photoshop Lightroom has widened the can ely useful tool both for However, you start to find Bridge too choice. At the time of writing, Lightroom is managing lar collection of photographs, restrictive and inflexfble, swapping to available both as a standalone progam witha editing them directly or'pre-editing images, Lightroom could make a big difference. Lightroom’s workflow modules From import to output, A orkflow can take care of your enti BOOK tran tote tht cers ange SLIDESHOW fami Siienows canbe as sire OF PRINT pons for singe mate mags, wrth btn temple freon LIBRARY DEVELOP. MAP. WEB Tess eure uri Thee Loa tence oye as ce apt wb tteminto folders and allections, ad those nave CrreraRaw tat ‘iene bt ‘er tating bel aywerdsandmare.——angadina smart em tera, Uplaing sagt your wet Pstwh) Lightroom ee in tio Lightroom’s photo organising toc Bridge ‘SMART COLLECTIONS METADATA,GET THE FILES HERE: http://bit.ly/typs2016 Introducing the Camera Raw editor Learn how to use the workspace that’s specifically for processing high-resolution raw images, before moving into Photoshop itself nce you've organised, rated and can send JPEGs into Camera Raw ifyou prefer end up revealing compression artefacts, Kkey-worded your images in Bridge using that workspace photo as a PE creates a compressed file that ect them, If your files have been ca ‘up much space on your mem ‘raw format such as CR2 or NEF, they will” computers hard deve. However, mae information abo automatically open in the Adobe Camera Raw information about the colour and tone fn the a scene, This gives Photoshop more ta work ecto. JPEG format files will open inthe image is lost. If you want to restore missing with. Here's how to use Camera Raw to reveal fandard Photoshop workspace although you highlight or colour detail to aJPEC, you may more colour nd tonal deta. Overview Camera Raw’s tool bar ch toc 1position and adjus CameraRaw96 CROP TOOL Normal reigns 1001 ache 203 dio SPOT REMOVAL vates 507 neta coenueeeeae Sa ADJUSTMENT BRUSH ‘Show Overay Tistotraisyeutomaieseeche lghering ogg) or arkeing 7 GRADUATED FILTER Clear Crop Set to Original Crop ZOOM TOOL WHITE BALANCE, TARGETED ADJUSTMENT vs tconscancaeine noe tose the naivul mage boaaree by sampling somethingthat _sampean area's colours tones wth landscape, for instance. Or you coulé Srdchoose 00% tremtnemens warm hetoolwileontheenours —theaeaordomtodsient. witoutonresponrgthesy.Photoshop Anatomy Camera Raw editor Familiarise you with Camera Raw's key features WORKFLOW (OUTPUT) OPTIONS ek sina pene Wrong Hee au Rae Go08) Youea ‘ZOOM LEVEL OPEN OR DONE Inga aw cin pop ato rose Imagntemtonparcentge Yeon szcck the or ions Soa mecte meus Ateraey prsCnaeGET THE FILES HERE: http://bit-ly/typs2016Teach yourself Photosho| Essential tools Heal, patch and clone, dodge and burn, improve composition and much more with the Tools panel Introducing the Photoshop workspace Photoshop ist complex and powerful program, but it interface ss designed tbe as clean ind eficent as posse Introducing the Photostion| Tools panel Discover how to accers ad ure Photoshop's comprehensive collection of image eating ulities in the Tools panel How to use the Photoshop Crop tool Image offen need tot cropped to Improve thelr composition orto make them fit cemmen sereen or paper sizes 2 Ae Image size and a resieing and resampling, and why canvas sie" Is not the sate as image size’ The power of adjustment layers ‘With adjustment ayer, can stack upra whole series of image enhancements but keep the option of changing your mind iter Master Levels in Photoshop Checking the Levels is one ofthe frst steps in sesctsing and enhancing photos ~ we explain hhow it works and what to look for Master Curves in Photoshop Discover how touse Curves, the ultimate tool fr taal canta, to aed pane snd tenance portraits Take control of Hue and Saturation "Hue/Saturation adjustment layer does more than change the overall colour of your Photos ~ you can use it to make precise, targeted adjustments Convert colour photos to black and white A Black and White adjustment layer ves you full contol over the way colours are Converted into shades of grey 6x2 ‘Take more control Go er your adjustments Rs» ) Saree cnt layer you create in tle to contr thea alayer mask which you can fectedGET THE FILES HERE: http://bit-ly/typs2016 Introducing the Photoshop workspace Get to know all of Photoshop's key interface components, and discover how they enable you edit and enhance your photographs ince its debut in 1990, Photoshop has grown and developed to maintain its role asthe worlds most popular image-editing application. Indeed, the name Photoshop has become synonymous with the act of digally processing a photograph (though Adobe doesn’ approve of this usage. Although this book focuses on Photoshop CC and CS, we'll start by placing this most expensive and jon in context with the other ‘versions ofthe Photoshop application so you Can understand its strengths Adabe has now created a whole sew of free mobile image editing apps for smartphones And tablets including Photoshop Express, Photoshop Fix and Photoshop Mix. These are designed for quick image manipulation while ‘you's on the move. The next one up is Photoshop Elements for repr desktop nd laptop computers. Tis i cut-down version ‘of Photoshop thats designed to help amateur photographers organise, edit and Share their images. Element lacks many ofthe more powerfl ad creative features found in Photoshop (such asthe ability to make HDR. composites or use realistic paintbrushes), but ithas most ofthe tone- and colour-tweaking Photoshop Lightroom is Adobe's pro image ‘organising and cataloguing tool and it has the same ra editing toole Raw, but it lacks the Photoshop is stil h Adobe photography family for advanced in-depth image manipulation, allowing you to {0 beyond simple adjustments to colour tone and cropping and into a world of creativity.Photoshop Anatomy The workspace LAYERS PANEL By stngin yes youcan scams combine ‘mode andthe exer ret scene inthis mage You Sndtones of animage sing adustmert ayers, as vel! aoonsrte ter LAYER MASKS Layer mass are one athe most power tos Photeshp when comes tomaking camoastes The eats ares Youean tne tne the act ts ‘massing ablackor white brush TOOLS PANEL hone Stamp toa enable you tone urate obec FLY-OUT PANEL “ThePhotoshop interac takesup vor litle pac, espe trecorplenty and oept of too Mary ‘oto arccontrolsaredelyeson these yo panelfor the Hue/Satuation adjasimentloye. Youcan access particular panes and ommand from he speedier werklow analyse the spread of tonesin an sage tosses over or underexposed. By ‘choosing Painting the Photoshop youre display he workepace "vcanbe | Brush Preset picker Customisedtosut | and Color Swath, Fe ‘teeta experiment ‘workspaces because they area grat way to ‘ecover ne features, Bnd youcan alnays go panels suchas the Fistogram,s0 you can ssl [2] option OPTIONS BAR toata his example youl be alee change tetoals| Stbvtosinthe Opn bar Here scan change the MENU BAR our eit files na variety of formats (suchas pe for ‘wed galeries) shore them vaBetance (Adee snc Porta shoncas) ex choos to onsen Erie by using terscamera Raw FerGET THE FILES HERE: http://bit.ly/typs2016 Introducing the Tools panel Discover how to access Photoshop's comprehensive collection of image-editing utilities in the Tools panel Istocallupon_ tomprove composition, for example. In the are collected inthe Tools panel, which you has darkroom a photo find on the left-hand ce. ve topaint over unw: This panel is docked t ng) of this challenging re i an in Photoshop's digital to features sch a the Clone Stsmp Pi op Photoshop has a wi he ls isa vast sulte of equivalent darkroom tools editing tools packed into panels and buried in| the Tools pane At a glance Tools of the trade ZOOM TOOL thermage by 00% FOREGROUND COLOUR ‘SCREEN MODES ‘loknee to access te srean modes EXPAND AND FLOAT COMPARTMENTS, TOGGLE THE TOOLS stort pselcertarang ocr. fraregnble scarry rsledols omarion seve ts cnetPhotoshop Anatomy The Options bar ‘TOOL PRESETS MODE BRUSH PRESET PICKER ‘opacity BRUSH PANEL HISTORYTeach yourself Photoshop The Crop tool Sos oie eae “Mm GPS eORFS te 2PINASZBS Maximise the potential of your photographs by cropping them to improve their composition shots Took thelr best, tenable us to remove or ‘top the edges ofa photo to create a new composition or takeout unwanted objects at the edges ofthe frame, much a a traditional photographer would use a shllotne to trim photos after printing them, ‘When shooting an Tocaton, we may not ave enough tine to thinle shout the best way to compose a scene, especially if we're rushing ftom Ato B, The Crop tool enables ws to reframe the photo's subject matter at ov lise {As well as emoving distracting abjcts, the Crop too also allows us to correct common mistakes, For example, when shooting with the camera tilted at an angle youl create an tunever horizon, This can be as annoying as seeing a pieture hanging lop-sided on a wall. We'll demonstrate how to use 1 thi Toa Scho we look at the Cop to. This BO Toaltas ale ote when comes te aking the Crop tol to make the horizon run parallel with the tap and bottom of the frame. When preparing a shot for printing, it can bea challenge to get a cropped shot to have the same shape ~ of aspect ratio asthe other uncropped shots from your camera. This can be irritating if you want to include the photo ina gallery with non-cropped prints, ‘We'll show you how to constrain the Crop tool to make the cropped image have the same shape and proportions asthe briginal We'll alo get the Crop tool to resize a shot so that it prints out with specific width and hejght dimensions and fits ino a standard off-the-shelf picture fame. "The Crop tools locited ina compartment atthe top section ofthe Tools ancl, which reflects its status 283 ly used item. It shares this compartment with the fal Slice tools, which are designed to help web ‘op up Photoshop document.Improve eee Discover how to us srlay function t produc cometimes we might flick through a serie of shots and only few willstand out Ss being of any real worth ‘The odds are that the more aesthetically pleasing shots will conform tothe rule fof thirds, Ths isan artiste technique ‘that involves separating the frame into nine equally sized boxes sing 2 grid. By placing certain subjects in these boxes, for getting the arias intersecting lines to overlap specific abjects in the scene, you can create a more pleasing and balanced composition. For example, you could havea bill in the bottom third ofthe screen tee in ‘the mile thitd and sky atthe top. "The tee could also overlap intersecting horizontal and vertical rid Tines atthe left ofthe frame sin this, featue's main image onthe previous page. Professional photographers lke David Bailey zoom into frame their shots and crop out the op of thelr subject's head, producing a tighter and ‘more intimate-locking portrait. We can creatively erop a conventionally framed portrait to make a more eye-catching version with a square fame. We'll how ‘yous how ta combine a constrained spect ratio with the Crop tool's rule of thirds overlay grid ta create an sesthetieally pleasing portat Use the rule of thirds overlay Draw a square Get some balance Creative cropping (pena stand porta Grab the Crop Inthe Options bar et Crop Gude Diag the cop window ight to remove {oa Hol en Shit to consi the vera to Rie of Tits ra inside al ofthe ae The pont ofthe Coop tol and deaea precy quate coop | tnecrop vindow tomas thelcteecting | remaleng fastest cormrpond tthe tee the aca that wil be removed wi lines reap the eje: Drag outside the cop) le of hinds. 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Here's what you need to know Canvas Size settings and what they mean RELATIVE SIZES ANCHOR GADGET CANVAS COLOUR EXTENDED CANVAS CURRENT SIZE WIDTH AND HEIGHT SIZE UNITSHow to use the Image Size dialog FITTO MENU RESAMPLE CHECKBOX AND MENUGET THE FILES HERE: http://bit.ly/typs2016 The power of adjustment layers With adjustment layers you can stack up as many reversible, non-destructive image adjustments as you like ‘with them and remain fully editabl elect is made permanent is whe iy ime thei copy of your without dapicating layers, using the History ‘Adjustment layers are versatile. You can turn them on panel or reverting toa backup. and off to compare the edited image with the original. You But the intraduetion of adjustment lavers changed all can reduce the jown the strength of the that, Adjustment layers merely change the appearance of adjustment. You selective colour or tonal the laer() below without modhf¥in sn adjustment La. ‘you can stack ada cumulative eating effects. I you Photoshop (psa format, the adjustment by panting on an adjustment layers mask enabling you to fine-tune which So}‘Add an adjustment layer Open TYCCYTpg Tis andacpe es athe dl ones Sida good subet fora whe series of stents Tyouopen the ayers panel ol ee jn ne Hackgiound layer containing the phot. Click the adjustment 2 tbe botom ofthe pane nd chose Bhs Brightness and Contrast very quickly we can make our pete look be increasing the Brightness and reducing the Contest By the was, Photoshop’ Brightness/Contast conto sed to be pretty crude, but theyre much better now. They lok simplistic, but they're actly ery effective ‘Adding a Vibrance layer... Youcan now se the new ajustment yer added above the Background agen the Layers pelt reli sto adda Vice a Everything can still be changed This Photo Fike sper has een added atthe tp of the Layer panel ad i gen on age «rb ‘warm look. So now we ave thee ajutment layer stacked ton op ofeach ote, but we ca sil go ack and change the Brightnest*Contrst ae, ay, to mify the veal eect. And a Photo Filter You can see the Vibrance adjustment laye's been added atthe top ofthe Layers panel and we've mowed its Properties panel ovr tothe left ofthe sree 0 that doesnt got in the way [nereasing the Vibrance and Sarton has helped, but wee going to finish witha Photo Filter. The layer order is important ‘ot can dag austment ayers up and down in the Layers panel o change te ordebt esate tat canchang: the ovenal eect Her for example moving tbe Vibrance layer above the Photo ie lyr mean thatthe Photo Fits warming effect bas been exaggeratedGET THE FILES HERE: http://bit.ly/typs2016 Basic fixes with a levels layer Levels adjustments offer a great first step for diagnosing and then fixing issues with your cevels adjustments don’t lak teribly sophisticated ‘when you compare them with what you can do with a curves adjustment Iyer but they ste 3 realy quick and easy way to optimise your image ahead of any more detailed work, Often, is only when youve ‘got the level right that you ean properiy see wiht to do next. "The key to this the histogram display in the levels panel, From this you can tll whether your image has full ange of tones. If not, you can drag the Black point and white point sliders underneath to line up the lft and right edges ofthe histogram. Our walkthrough, opposite, shows how this works ‘ona featlife image and some ofthe hidden depth of levels! picture's tonal range By default, levels adjustments ate applied equally tothe red, geen and blue colour channels, but they can also be altered {nvidvally ~ levels are handy for eolove cortections t00. ‘You'll notice that we're creating levels adjustment layer rather than applying levels directly tothe image layer, There are lots of good reasons for doing It this way. One is that your Adjustments will be non-destructive — you can go back and ‘ange them later. Another is that adjustment layers come ‘with layer mask 0 that you can mansally mask out teas ff your photo which you want lft alone. We'l cover layer tasks in later chapter but for now we'll demonstrate not ‘ne bat thee different approaches to levels adjustments.Use the histogram as a guide Be careful with the highlights en TYCCOS pg iyo et fll hs process ame wth the white Pant tier onthe the nage wee working on here Ft ese nev tothe tole up with he riht {evlsaurment yer You ee that the left-hand ado) Thlethew tnd the isto dost gall the may to fil ack, 0 ag the ack pn sac tothe ht toed Alt-drag the black point slider Alt-drag the white point slider ‘The problem is that weve preserving extreme shadow ‘You can do the same withthe white point slide. No an highlight deal without knowing whether i's im mally, you wouldn't want to clip ay highlight detail portant Instead hold down the alt keys you dag theblack |) tall but we can afford to lose deta n the highly elective Point slider Now you cin se where the image will go toa thamework inthis et, Ths diferent ‘alt-draplng” approach Sold black and which areas you can afford t low, isan improvement, but the picture's stl ite weak Adjust the mid-point (brightness) The eve Iwighones the bck pin ane mial'rey brightest whites and mictone greys to, to click anaes you want toe a old black, a solid white |) coreetion effect. And fra final adjustment we can move the and a neta are tone, like the tarmac nes the et. rmid-point slider to the right to darken the image a liteGET THE FILES HERE: http://bit.ly/typs2016 BEFORE Master Curves in Photoshop Use Curves, the ultimate tool for tonal control, to. add punch and enhance portraitsPhotoshop oe We Curves controls Use these Ci TONE CURVE NEUTRAL GREY EYEDROPPER Grab the rata grey eysroppe art ‘THE CURVE LINE “he Gauenlinecanbe ceased upor tonarargeyas war oharge wars teers sao oes. ante CURVES ADJUSTMENT LAYERS 3d Curves as. an ‘adjustment ayer va the Create adjustment layercon (1 This ves youlbisoflayer-based ‘pticns You ean iwer the ayer opacity to tone down the ect toLuminosty aos yout set contrast ‘nthaut sect eoioe "aturatin it also possi to het the layers mask paint ithwhiteor Black foapply the Curves eat tospectie pats ofan image. youre working in amultayered ‘document andyou want the Cures ayer toafect only the magelayer fecty teow tater than all the inyers below), ‘ecckthe Ine between the two ayers toc the adjustment “out: COLOUR CHANNELS, Anupwards dragon theretine ass yelncipon a erie green S-CURVE techn for boost crt ‘renounced the S shape, the mare the WHITE AND BLACK POINTS. Hold and rag the vite an lack Potters, as our opin ese {oshow cpoed pel you drag appear and dag the whe pot naresGET THE FILES HERE: http://bit.ly/typs2016 Saturation tweaks A Hue/Saturation adjustment layer gives you rather more control over colour rendition than you might think at first, 15) oe a Add a Hue/Saturation layer ieteae tons es So asa es he colours 3 Choose the greens Fine-tune with the eyedropper ‘We had to stop at asturation value of +20 in the Sonow any hueAaturationadjstments wil only suse then into fil. Th though er ‘ments It's set t°Master by ppl to green tones inthe pictre, but th senerc cour range std we need to tighten it wp i the panel’ evedropper toa and then licking on een leaves, This makes out colour selection more P ‘Tweak the colour range Iv Bring out the colour ofthe lee sometines the colour eres loka ite greener andresher, ff. that shouldbe lt lone Telocing the lightness too darkens them down litle and.) colour action gadget the inner bre cone the colour Pring the saturation up to o70 makes them more intense. Wtange and the outer ar esther thi elctd rangeGET THE FILES HERE: http://bit.ly/typs2016 Convert colour photos to mono In black and white photography, colour is crucial — or at least how different colours are converted to grey tones ours in theCheck the bit depth Default mono conversion ‘You can follow this tutorial by opening our TYCCorsif Now open the adjustment sample image, We've supplied this as 4 TIF file drop-down at the adda Blick & White than a JPEG bcsuse mono conversions ike this work much adjustment layer At the defalt settings you'l see thatthe better on x6-bit images. With bit images you quickly get, Colour mix isn’t exactly even, Some colours yellow, magenta riding eects and other artelat nd yan) are made stronger and hence lighter than other Red filter effect Blue filter effect ives fram the drop-down Preset menu. «brighter tone, while the yellows an greens in the hills (on sifect for example makes the bc sky and the oppoate side of the eolour wheel) re much date. This ls Hihter shows the imp colour tation in black and whe. Manual adjustments Adding a tint nce you've found a preset tat gets close tothe look Many photoaaphers like the look of toned back and ou want, yea fine-tune theallders to ins the white prints, and you can achieve that effect here by job, Here, weve ineeased the contrast and drama in thie checking the Tint box ad then the colour swatch just to the Tandscape by making the cyans and bles darker still and Fight, This open the Color Picker, where yo choose th slightly lightening the reds ana yellow hue an its strength ~ subtle tnts ae sino always beter,GET THE FILES HERE: http://bit.ly/typs2016 Adjustment layer masks in action Discover how to modify an adjustment layer’s mask to modify selected areas only rather than the whole photo ayer masks are a powerful tool because they enable you to mdify selections made by Photoshop's Selection tools until they ae perfect. By painting wit hide piel a the image I into ailhouette, We cn fe sections of the mask s0 that ks, an adjustmen ‘can modlfy It using a range of tools and techniques until the masking for the adjustment is perfect. Create an adjustment layer Open te TYOCaB pe starting tage, Doe tt Tpospone forthe cts the sy New Adkins oe wil speMask the rocks ‘nth lickGET THE FILES HERE: http://bit-ly/typs2016Get creative with layers Discover how to enhance and transform your: pictures using Photoshop's most powerful feature Introducing the Organise your 4 Layers panel 5 layers efficiently The anes nls centr tomo faster with your image layers creative photo projects Heres how to get fo Bs ‘cing these cany tenis for keeping the ‘wih ti essen took Layer pane! oraised Discover Photoshop's Add special effects Transform tools using Layer Styles Once your images are on lye, you can Enhante your photos with embossed use the Transform fol to move them, scale ther S Layer Ste toad simulated depth fonts snd dtor them incretive way lighting effect Be creative with Blend modesGET THE FILES HERE: http://bit.ly/typs2016 Introducing the Layers panel The Layers panel is central to most creative photo projects. Here's how to get to grips with this essential tool hhen Photoshop appeared back in 1990, it lacked the ability to edit using layers. You could select and ‘ony piel from one image snd parte them into another to create a montage However, once you'd pasted an object, you couldnt reposition it later on. The composite Image was Hat Teowasn't until the release of Photoshop 3.0, in 1994 thatthe Layers panel appeared. This revohitonised the way image editors could ‘work, By pasting copied pixels onto a separate Taye, you could reposition the layer’ content at any time and fine-tune the layout of your Gesign with ease, You could also edit the colours and tones on individual layers, which provided more freedom and contra. Layers behave ike a stack of tan sheets, You can add content to each of the ‘separate sheets inthe stack, and see them from sbove as composite image. In our annotated image we havea layered projec that contains copied and pasted content from ‘three separate source images. BY placing the mountain and tree on individual layer, ‘ve can move, sale and transform them to produce an island levitating against an ocean backdrop on the background layer. Tayers can be modified to change the way they mix, Blend modes alter the way colours and tones in multiple layers combine, You can also mix ayer content by changing a layer's ‘pacity so that its pixels are translucent.Photoshop Anatomy The Layers panel FLOATING PANEL. ‘an aragiteack tothe dock ater, LOCKED LAYER \When oust open ephtegraph youl sea single laced Bacercundye Yeu can double eck the LAYER TRANSPARENCY contents the srsocateslyer Here we We con mountain anpestes Ritts ye Tetranaparent sectonsofthelayer areindeatedby spate, ‘OPACITY ‘once youve ccke a thumb tags th specie me tranelucant We recios te opoay ayer 3 {Dhelp the pated ado over the ocean BLEND MODE changin Laver Bend ede fo Overy. w9 were LAYERS PANEL OPTIONS ‘pfine tune tho way the Layers panellocks Sod behaves, click thst taut con ‘atthetop riahtot the panel and choose Panel Options rom the pop-up menu, The Layers pane! ze fyu're ecting 3 rut tayered projet fnasrat epi fs ‘usualy worth setting ‘Thamtinall Contents toLayer Bounds “This aus the thumbnal to welay the layer contents the Options widow ‘wil aopeae (21 For much ogee and without showing (asietorecognise ‘thumbnails eek here (23, OF choose harder today in thelayer stack “y features of the LAYER MASKS Bynprredcktaingrmaksoucnhe re Thumbnail Contents ADJUSTMENT LAYERS: “These ust yer bse tools enable yout change {heaye icon on an yer or cust yer totGET THE FILES HERE: http://bit.ly/typs2016 Transform tools Distort, scale, rotate and even warp layer content with the Transform command's suite of tools his lesson we look at set of Photoshop tols that are designed to elp you perform a wide range of ‘everyday edits, All the Transform tools work in 3 Similar way ~ they enable you to reposition some orall ofthe pixels that make up Your image to produce 3 sare Photoshop's basic Stationed in the Edit» Transform ments, different ‘Transform commands can be deployed depending on the task in hand. If you're composting elements from one shot with another then you can use Transform Scale to shrink a lver's Components to fit the new background. You ean angle of a laer’s component using Transform ‘When you apply Transform command, a bounding bo will appear around the laver’s content, Depending on the command, you can drag verious control points to scale, rotate or distort the content to sit your creative requirements, ‘The Perspective tool mierors the positions of the coenet control handles to equally transform horizontal of vertical perspective. This enables you to correct perepectival distortion without rummaging around inthe Lens Correction filter We'l put the Perspective Transform tol through Its paces later inthis Tool School, The Distort tool lacks the Constraints of the Perspective tool enabling you to dag any fof the bounding box’ nine conteol handles to cramatically distort the ayers content “To;elp you transform with more precision, you can refer toa collection of boxes in the Options baz. These show a variety of attributes like the Width or Height of the tansformation or even the X and ¥ coordinates ofthe ansform commane's central pivot point.Take to the skie s! Transform the layer contentGET THE FILES HERE: http://bit.ly/typs2016 Perspective transformations nple tips to corr ctival diste ost buildings have vertical rll that extend ata 90. nd architectural photos the vals appear ‘wider apart a the ground, but tlt, command enables you to counteract perepectival distortion Correct perspective 3 Crop and rotate Bose sikh keane Crop tet the size of tse Ei ges ofthe framePhotoshop Anatomy Transform command Jere are the key Transform cor 1 SCALE 3 SKEW (Choos fstTantorm=Sesi and then 2 ROTATE, 4 DISTORT Choose Eat anstom=Siewto ids in action on the same rect 5 PERSPECTIVE (Choose Saect=ranstormPerspectne © WARP oamictohint BS angular si 7 ROTATE Thar arethre fed va Rotate Shape SO cerees clockwise 8 FLIP orzo vertealy Each transformation oceursaround. | the ateterence pint that acts hea pivot. detaut this eerence ont nays located atthe entre ‘tary shape that you select. 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These Hand Vlas (5) enable you touse numerical ‘lest skew a shape norzontaly every Chek hereto ‘etvate the Warp transtorm Controls necessary,GET THE FILES HERE: http://bit-ly/typs2016 Be creative with blending modes Discover the special effects you can create in moments by mixing different images together using blending modes Ihe blending mode drop-down menu that sits near the top-left comer ofthe Layers pine! isa powerful adlton tothe Photoshop user's toolbox — fn abstract texture to age an image, The image above was Tinted and aged using a Hara Light blending mea to mix the colours and tones ofa rusty metallic texture with 3 buttery collage, We also used the Lighten blending mode to adel 3 hint of fog tothe eanal background As the following guide shows thete ae 27 lending motes natal Wee ppd tach one tothe same bitterly layer to show how it mixes the Dotter layer withthe there's wide variety of effects o experiment with, andthe results will vary depending onthe contents of your layers.Teach yourself Photosho| Ta "The default mode shows every pixel onthe laver Mixes tanslacent pixels fom the top lee with Lighter piel onthe top laver are replaced by ‘normally without ny blending ofthe lye. colours and tones on the lagers belo. The the colours and tones fom the lye below, walle ‘This means thatthe layers below the butterfly buterfiy's feathered edge is translucent, so the darker pixels remain unchanged. The darker rust Jayor have no effect on the butterty fect je most noticeable in these areas {rom the ayer below shows through Saar se Multiply Color Burn Linear Burn Malpis colours inthe tp yer with those ‘The blendng mde incense the contast____Lowers the brightes ofthe ayers underneath o Atverneath:Colourson the op yer hat ae___etween the tones on each layer ig ptlson _reflet the colours ofthe top ayer As wth Color Tier (euch cethebuttriye wile psterne| ae thetop ler mate o change io the cooue and Brn gtr pase on he top ayer produce no ‘eplaced with pal om the owe ayer tones onthe ler below Change fo the cle cr toncr onthe ayer bl Tuamines the eslour information and selects Products the opposite result of Darken. 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Dark clours on the top below and then chooses the highest values from tothe colours and tones on the lowe ayer Jayermakena changes tothe colours below. both layer ocreste the resulting colo Provides subtle way of adaing 3 wath of ‘This Blending mode darkens or lightens the “Muleplies or screens the colours ofthe top the lower layer’ colour othe top layer while colours ofthe tp layer depending on the colours layer, depending on the colours ofthe layer preserving the lower layer’ detall. Its handy for ofthe Layer underneath Ia pael onthe toplyer underneath Is pal on the top lye ie ighter Punting cm brush-hased shadow effect Istighter than 30% grey the pels Hightened. than 50% grey, the pixels ightened Linear Light Lghtens or darkens the colours, but with more Similar to Vivid Light, bu adjusts the brightness If pital on the top aer i ighter than SOM Snensty than Soft or Hard Light Ifthe tp layet rather than the contrat. Ifthe tp ayer is ighter gre, and the pile onthe layer below ae Sslighter than 50% grey the mage islightened than 50% gre. the images lightened by darker, then the top pixels are replaced by Vivid Light by decreasing the contrast nreasng the brightness. the ones below:Teach yourself Photoshop VE WITH LAY Hard Mix ‘Adds the red, green and blue channel values of Lighter colours onthe top laver are inverted nd ‘This blending mode produces similar result the top ljer to the RGB values ofthe lower layer. darker colours are replaced by the paca below. tothe Difference mode but with ‘This changes the top ayer’ pixels to primary As youcan ate fom the aibration bar, blending Lighter colours on the top Laer se i scitive clout ed, geen, o bli ‘vith black maker na change tothe layer below. darker colors are replaced by the pels ‘Subtract Stucies the colours in each channel and subtracts ‘This mode examines the colours in each channel Mixes the colours ofthe tp layer with the the colours in the top lyer from the colours and divides the top ayers colours bythe colours luminance a stration f the colours on underneath. ln = and Lebit images, any Inthe ayer below In the case of our buttery the lave below. The butters colours main resulting negative values are clipped to zero, ‘layer, thie crestes lots of Bown-out highlights. (although they shift fn hue Saturation Luminosity ‘Mises the saturation of the top ljer's colour This mode produces similar results to the Mines the huninance of the top lyer's colour ‘itl the luminance and hue ofthe colours onthe Saturation blending mode, but mixes the hue and with the hue and saturation of the colours onthe Iiyer below In this instance we have a greyscale saturation ofthe top layers colour withthe lower layer to produce a variation onthe similar impression ofthe butter Tuminance ofthe colour from the lower Iyer. He Saturation and Color Blending modes,GET THE FILES HERE: http://bit-ly/typs2016 Organise your layers efficiently Work faster with your image layers using these easy techniques for keeping the Layers panel organised 7 lange collection of layers This can led totine—_ BEFORE Seared scrolling through multiple layers in search Crepe contenempeclly i thelayes we A sever ramen th Laer lage 2 and on fa in ‘Stor wel afer you soe Housekeeping supgonions on ceietivey Wel aso how to organise your layers m demonstrate howto find lave as thelr names or assigned cok ‘Any adjustment layer you add tothe Layers panel will alter the colours and tones om all of the layers below i. You may not want to adjust every layer, though, so well show you how torestrit an adjustment Laer to the layer directly below it while preserving the colours and tones of other layers in the document. We've provided you witha layered document to ‘work with, so you can put ae tips into action to label, group and colour-eode the layers aswell as eli an adjustment layer pectic image layer (o layer group) ce you've crested a layered document you may want to apply a creative filter to it To do this you would normally have to fatten the multi to one and the fer. To get the best of both words, lick the top layer and then press Cma/CteleShiftealte, Name and label Group the (Open Laver tips pd. This vere decument contains lick the te and mountain ayers to select them both, Go to Layer Group Layer. This collapses the selected layers into 3 fl toggle the folder open to reves Arg other layers intoa group folder