GS Adobe Photoshop Tricke and Tips rnLLSMOGNIM ta Black Dog Media PRINT fav) : Windows 11 1 FEATURED INSIDE: Navigating the Start Menu i Connecting to the Internet a y How to personalise Windows 11 Web browsing with Edge | Using OneDrive Cloud Storage al — ; Video chatting with Skype Email, Social Media & Messaging ACMI Ironing Window secarty ucrdsen oe Wi-fi and Personal wi-fi hotspots ettogrpswth Sperber | TSIEN, r allthe essential | rau rom | snc nd Speeding up your computer coraenures 32° | Fckesanduses | bade Troubleshooting & User Advice a and much more... Click the link to BUY NOW from AMAZON —— Available in all good bookshopsLay Nelo) ey= Welcome to the next level of understanding and expansion of your user experience! For some it is enough to master the basics of your new device, software or hobby. Yet for many, like you, that’s just the start! Advancing your skill set is the goal of all users of consumer technology and our team of long term industry experts will help you achieve exactly that. Over this extensive series of titles we will be looking in greater depth at how you make the absolute most from the latest consumer electronics, software, hobbies and trends! We will guide you step-by-step through using all the advanced aspects of the technology that you may have been previously apprehensive at attempting, Let our expert guide help you build your understanding Over the page our journey contin and we will be with you of technology andgainthe “ S°ty tage to adie, skills to take you from a intern and ultimate) confident user to an inspire you to 4 experienced expert. 92 Further. eePLUGINS ROUNDUP 06 Sometimes, Photoshop 14 Manualinstall 20 Processing Raw files may throw youa curveball 14 Photoshop install 22 Cameraraw anddosomethingyoumay 14 Photoshop Elements 24 _Thetoolbar notexpect.Itmayeventhrow 15 Luminar4 26 Theeditmenu uperrorsyou'venot seen 16 PixelSquid 28 Rawworkflow before.Don'tworry,wehave 16 _StockSolo asectionthat mighthelp you BlowUp3 outif you'rein trouble, Aurora HDRles PROJECT GUIDES INSIDE THE EDIT Surreal ima 34 _Artworkcompositing 82 42 _ Duallighting effect 84 Combineandcreate 50 HDRpanoramas 86 Getinspired 56 _Perfectportraits 88 Worksmart 62 _Themidastouch 90 _Imagesthat pop 68 Enhancing yourphotos 92 New 74 White to any colour 94SEMIS O Ss Your Questions Answered There may be times when you encounter a situation that a manual doesn’t cover. Or, you may just have some general questions about these applications that will help you going forward. Also, you may be encountering issues with the software that is puzzling you. Hopefully, the next few pages may be able to answer a couple of those questions and provide a resolution to them.fea Se AUR fea) Pee Secu) eed eee aiid RU eee EU Bac Photoshop with? BCD) l ele RSM eons lp wealth wor pul phat Wikimedia Commonsfe Ea Ue disappeared from the Photoshop Re mA RRL Q: in Photoshop, my cursor eu Sn DNS ced Renuka) EOC a EOCENE ed Se et Eel ac) Pee eg ceric Pees Been Wren dow coool 1 hate nape Oring Pace SE neae Q: Jpeg files used to open in Photoshop when I double- clicked them, now they open in another program. How do | CT Cr eaSTE EU Rao eR ad Pee Rea ee Ue ee Pet Ce Mm Runa ssc a Peery cae tom porno erence er ror mnt Dea eet ane enter n EA ee ea ee ee ers Peart Ce nen es = toner ent etree CeCe a nr et J a ori eee peefemmes eed PEXEIS QUI” Fee win inried object choice. $199 per yes rere cores res tle ors ck) ert Ere Prete) Codd Peery Pees ee ey More ete teed preneereed ear akon eects ent a eter) Seer ie a cins peer enue pa your. Porsonaly, we foo this is itl stoop for See eee pee ers Papen err Sor uurcut ere Rete tain te te pte ete erro re eres ta choose low reseition or high rescltion See ieion one errors Pree s eter cy StOCKSOIO soto 20. no restrictions on photos. eR ei ert ee oer Se ee eee eens oe ertte ary Cooter eet Coie eros eee atte) bee erie etree ery Seager ue tery Rete reek erecta ts etic StockSolo i stock photography trary em ete ret ee cere Tequed and you have aes Perens ripen eed Saat) ete Cede poate a pier en ioene Sine pene preteen eats ere eres rare Sets errs est ee or ree eer ee eT et es crite en ents Eee Creer eret meee oid Seer re) Ea rote eee terre eet Piaapeipennennsny peieineis eee een Prete ieee retary Yyour documents. Given that you have access Ce ear Porengre nist ts)Sag @ Reducing an mage to eee resents no problem Eearrcreney eo arti eters eet) Cee) wide image te 40002 This Cente nero! ee nt) eee eet red rer es a ee rot pee en ern ee a uate Ta See eee eo Cee Eee eat eaten en Te reek eer Deron eee Peer oe eens Ce pete daa er ete Oe eae Peete et eee eraser ene ‘alone. Once you have your sot of bracketed Peet eee nee Rte ros Pee ett ocd) eee eh ates erat pee renney package that gives you a huge amount of onesie ni teri See eee ete) before scaling helps to reduce the impact of Se ee re peer te eee eed Pett nero! Images the key to how wel it can be enlarged. De eee rowibaineersaneeul pemrnrnitey Pnier eetenettreay eset Dee rtencTieersics emi terete t a Sori eer rtrd ets Cee een eer eee a ele {int appear to work wth Photoshop 2020, though the newer versions do according to Ce a err pore nent nee snore pe ea nny east ee eae ee Senet eat) eer oe eae) Pe nts aera ener ‘They’ novr be archival quality, but if you eter ee ee ee et Peer reer Tent Pere eee tien re eT ere eet fable to create an HOR image rere tT] ecard Cerri Craireemoorer cs Rouen) ar ern tes enn ecco een eer a) thareeerceete ren Creed Pomeroy pes ren res Poke ea eaten rrr nts eee reer etary ere ann Pent Cen ed Saree irene te eee ret ers Ee eer a ee aag ee Ears eee eet potenti erg rat) eo ete Pent ere ee nore eter eer ars peer oe et erent eerie enAdobe Camera Raw When you install Photoshop, you also get a very useful application. called Camera Raw. It allows. ) you to edit Raw files captured by digital cameras. ‘ A Raw file offers a higher quality than standard jpeg files. Think of Camera Raw as the little brother of Lightroom and offers you a digital darkroom where Raw files can be processed.Processing Raw Files For the best possible quality, j shoot in Raw mode (A: SC ono vy ligt SLAs and Compact Systom Cameras, and most of 7 = the better compact cameras, ave a shooting option called > Raw mode. You'll usualy indi inthe menu as an option under image quay. Raw mode ofers greatly impr ca ‘over the usual JPEG image fe format, and {oral serious photographers Lets take a closer ook at Ra mode, out how It works and see how i an help you produce better photographs ieee mult: Gra Lens. Sensor Processor JPEG OutputUSEFUL TIP eae Peadconeearr ore d [cripeeeeuoeeomnat ape : Feet neonates eae eee eee Pc eprrpnerserd ee (Se, tit (16 bits par cham to 24 etait some ars ofthe mage na he saved lesa much lage so they lake pth because the sale plete hal canbe bypasses th n-came DSLR, ahigh quot JPEG fle wl be erourd scandal 0 (0 ie a Fl y.Treprocesshg tre fires the sz. snlcoreducoimage ruilly 38 tha takes plain the cameras pect bore tho Many ofthe rire racont DSLRs have ho voice stot stskon,adiroveraile eroo the rage abit 0 record Pan nd JPEG age hdr to sae space on the memory card, been converte toa JPEG fe 8 shocthg Raw smutaneousy, This haste aciantage of he scund 25NE, over roa.cs tote Yansfers and mae eaner ‘mad, you can make the processing etme rmenience of JPEG ith te veracity an Stopay and print the photograph enacemputer, ar the shot has boen kan. ani you noo to yo Ran, takes up ever moe pce veimage is usualy coreridia a comipretsed change hem you can do so. ong a you hae i memory care. Fortuna the ceo vy he donna to Raw te recoring i ofeo cawenanaw Camera Raw The new look for Photoshop’s Raw processor hotoshop comes with Camera Raw 2s standard, Woffes a range of processing options that enable you to {get the bet out of your photos, including exposure adjustment, sharpening, noise reduction, colour correction and automatic correction forlens distortion. I reguary Updated sos compatible wit the iatst ‘cameras and lenses recently underwent ‘| major update andthe layout has been redesigned ta match the ook of the ‘mobile version of Lightoom. Flimstrip sh Ratings and Pre! e tags that range rm Nexto tats the hikeControl Tabs CAMERA RAW Info, Edit, Profile Histogram Toolbar eon Be cole te Sstbuion of ‘This lds a the man thee Chepays AGH cleus end Save, Preferences and Full Screen@ THETOOLEAR The Toolbar Get to know all the tools you have at your disposal in the current version of Camera Raw clsplay its particular tools in the main control panel stated ight he Toolbar in the newly undated layout of Camera Raw sts next tothe Toolbar, This version now looks more ik Lightroom, the vetialy in the top right side ofthe interface. Its broken down Into‘ sores of buttons that you can lick. Each button you click, wil mobile-fooused version oz Edit Crop & Rotate Spot Removal Masking “Theos ecent updo Adobo Frat inthe Toobaris the Edt buton. As the name of this ned too “This i useful too that can remove son 1401) 3008.8 thsis whereyoucen ar spots and blemishes fom yourimage Camera aw CGesing on tis all your typical agustmant oo as aering Brightness and Ce Huo and Saturation, Deal and Noise and ater image geomet get itto mor clos adhere toa Compatiiona uc such se the Rule tha Sze, Feather ling ool the brush which can fl be moved images ealected, the enoess. option Fange and Depth Range You also y cet optone to rotate the mage ad fi. ‘thr options, vertically and horizontal selected images at once,THE TOOLBAR Brush & Gradients The Bush, Graduated and Reda adjustment els work usta they before hey wer msigaate into ‘one. Each tools a et of acutent parameters that appear inte tabbed atone ight th screan. You ‘can manualy sh adjstments ori yourimage ues the two gracent option to ater areas of your mage rd aply bones, exposure, Snapshots youre wong on apr ined et bone cr pct ints caer fo wdalons yoo ta ten back ugha ec 8 teint ie en ty Srahot wos bhatt pens Select Subject/Sky Tha two tot ar somthing hat wo option in Photoshop, Now thogh, Select Subject and Soec Shy have rade ther way to Camera Ra the mage forthe most obvous subjects inthe image rth ain sky roa anc creates a mas or u, You can then app various austents to those seas just as you would as Presets Prossing the Presets button in ‘he toot presents you wih an lextonsive ft of mage presets. This ‘means that you can appv one-click adjustments to your tos. These presets ange fom High Contast ‘colour sostments to Cros Process ‘fects and a numberof Croatia and Bick and White options too. You can the User Presets it Color/Luminance The Color Range and Luminance ange tools re vatatons on the {rva, The Color Range tol as the name suggests es you sample an ‘wea of ecu you wish to adjust an will on afet that chosen range of colours. Atematvaly, the Luminance Range eaecton method allows brightness and then apply you esto Opan Festa Ostout ‘opty Previous Stings opt Shape pp Fear reset More Settings Represent by te smal dos, this button opens amecu of some acdona options that lw you Resat your image o oe of numbor of provous states. You can so ‘only ether favours pest cr 2 Snapshot I youhave a sumer ot active setings you Bee and Wark Load or Save stings and set Raw deft for nay opened mega. Red Eye Removal Fed eyes caused by the fash tom ‘2 camera rafiacting ot sod esses eta nice ofthe eye ohing the owner of thot ojos arather ‘908 gow goon. Modem cameras have red aye reduction abit, but Sometimes they sp trough. This tool ean eal remeve both rd eye more normal appearance, BOG Additional tools _the bottom ofthe oor en te fh, ora as four adional baits. The agnbing gas the basic 2m ol) tn the Hand Tool lets you clk arc crag your image ‘sruncthe acre, Press the spacebar ‘acta te same too. The Sampler Sts you elect arurber of pores and spay ha corer RB colour ‘rues, The Grd Overy SG) alps general algnment ot hrzertal snd vet tare,The Edit Menu Camera Raw has a powerful set of features all nested within a series of easily accessible control tabs ne main interface of Camera Raw is comprised ofa series of spend mast of your time working inthe Basic panel, when used in menus, each wth a series of control liders and some akstional _conjuntion with acjustments fram the other control panels, you wll ‘mon tabs to access frthor atures. though you wil no doubt be able to enhance your mages beyond what you thought possible Curve Detail Color Mixer ‘The Cure options Camera Raw Hare you can handle Sharpanin ‘and Nice Reduction Sharpening ‘work By increasing the cont ‘ofthe baht ane darkest ges tn yourimage. Te Data and Masking sdrs can efectvely suppress the hal etfacts of over “The Color Mie the most mporart global mage ‘satngs help you reduce he magenta or make orange ofimageroseandcolox yellow or blue more een in igh ISO photos and Dehaze to reduce hazeoe Ok Me) g ee 5 Optics Geometry “Trroughoutits fe, Camara Rawrhas The Geometry festure ges you ben up conta over heh ach ne up nf ioe ts can ada oy ve tho Gan, the Sao ofthe gan ‘amar hat ook the perspective in both the verte! and te used ican apply a sel of comections stent that sean the the bigest an crest area : e aod after you Siders determine whethe Hghigh pecte to hat oreontal ones and erect ther, phot, You ean conta th for Shadows are more dominant and does as alow for manual Youalsohavetheoption apply _-Mepoit,Reuncness, Father and QJ useFuL TIP Ee paredindir see segsntier sen operons senpepece edi maeenmeaithen Sane Se Pe oN Oe ee Oe See ae eee se a eS Pies peer er ceen Tar e Seree nat Pe arr eT ee Le ee pase err in eee on eS oe ane TAL er aT eee eee a ere ere ear necator aneh eee Te Calibration Caltrain s a moos wort than i may ook at est dance, Mainly used asa calation You sald tan atthe nel amore ref rte Te and : = a adust te Po@ naw worerow Raw Workflow Make your images look their absolute best Axtkinyieeoteions stotcgaphen | the typeof ina image recuieda wota the so we tk lok ata common gear about the process they us to create thelr type of camera usd to take the photo and purpose worktlow that wil be suitable for Pictures, you'l got fvedifernt anéwors. Tho the uso to which the photo willbe put. Thore most types of photo. Our example wil bo amount of processing and adjustment used are certain operations that willbe common using a survise photograph taken on a rocky wll vary, depending onthe job at hand and to most photos that you'll want o process, formation down on the coast ay to make ajusrants wits ging ico posure cone on btn tums orth anedew loping warning, == a i Sd Mewar cesra sea 0) a Cd‘The Auto adjustment has made a good ob of ths particular siete, ou for lndscape ots a Ite bt ot entra saturation jn to get the colours of the Sigh, water and rocks tory pop out nd the satu (camera Raw azo provides anothar rethod of acusting exposure by ater presentation of what wa'e dong,’ goa ot harr to bur uth gig cures, By aust the igh to cece poten of ho overoxaoved areas andy boos Sshadous, ts possbie to quick equal the histogram wine sng tao much quay RAW WORKFLOW Camera Raw ofere a set ens The Tarvon wide-angle lone ued to tak this picture fa nie bt of ease, but i's not pertct though it's hart 3 lance, this wide lenses, eluding ths ona. Al you need oo caused by the na io check the box Use Prote Coractions, You'l se the change Maer Sed Dee coe Sed to x Clck onthe Remove Crema Abaration button to automaticaly remove Youn to 200m nna the 0496 oh ram The nex step ob peteonal taste ut you can aa che too, dust below the histogram, click on the Profle There are now a number to choose rom. Ths ses the colour rendering profs to the presFeri pre age, no ty ab itr tn et bt a ‘cere colour pace and or mindmum elu Festy you can out 2088 an maga se fren ram erate crm. I you" planning o pent he pte you might abo wen ook «tthe sharpening options. When youre hapoy with your choices, cick Save, The picture willbe saved according to ‘adjustments you want to save eck an the Mare image Setinge con th toobear to cal uo te options menu Reset to Open Reset to Default ‘Apply Previous Settings Create Snapshot. Create Preset. Copy Eat SettingsADOBE CAMERA RAW WORKFLOW @ eo NUE au eta Peery peter eer (rapesetag-schiaeilsSe eats) i Creative Project Guides How about taking on some new projects to really let your digital creativity loose? Part of the fun of learning how to use Photoshop is by tackling a variety of photo editing and image manipulation scenarios. It helps you understand how to approach them and what tools are best for the job. It also helps sharpen your growing creative skills.aa at ol eed eT I How to incorporate many image elements into a unique piece of artwork eee ee od Cee eee eee eee ee eee eT Photoshop using many disparate components to crest inal, cohesive ee ee ee ee eee ‘Photographers create content and alow others to download theirimages right iow? In our example, wo've downloaded a number of free images ‘and use them fr their own artworks you find yourself wanting to create which we are going to assemble ito afnal artwork careyARTWORK COMPOSITING sloctng File» Opn, Nagao t boro yourimagas ar use image apostle cae Tandscap!. you dovbiecek vou oO 290 0 Q kind reo eo ‘This layer is named ‘landscape’ It makes sense to name all your More complex eoationa in Pi an we ray ayes and adhstments, 90 be aware ofthis a you proceed. etn Pea © Beets mpe tants isos re osgais ‘The se ane shy ae not needed Tis means vero ose! st trorocky area Tar area rumber of ways you can 60, but 8 roby e898 10900 he toolnr ana choose re ck Section Tool 19 Photoshop a em hee mars © Lzrenterar mag soscoston Pane. 9270540 wae 3540 pals hgh, Any brush and cor tots usodin this document vibe zed accord te cae fe krage,H youre wang ote images of cifleent sizes, scale yeu shes proporionaly to yeurimage nada, ad [Now we need to start bringing nthe vanous image elements needed ‘this eretion. & rocky trop need as or foresraund, 0 ‘we ned to gota Fle» Open ara navigate to au Toegrourl mage named 100k. Ths canbe dovble-clcke to open tints oun whdow in Photoshop, e \With the tool selected and using a relatively small brush sizeof 50 Piel, you can foregroundand stato crag tha eeacton tool sre ao he rocky rb, Because hae sutioent corast between the rock and he se an ky, ist he rocks seleto.E Wren eure arine regain eck snes youcan copy ne pies — AP Nw ycucan eter goto > Past rcs Or Ts pastes ne rons toting ether mage eats it the ‘Because he sat ahead ona tanspret bi theses dovn nth overt ofthe y oct the workin pogres and pees Gnd Vo paste the statue into Maka ts ‘stat’ ayer betes the By ox, tn statue needs to be soled up at Wt the ‘stat’ ayer ok active, to Eat > Tarslom > Scale. Cont pons wil appearching he t's st been croppad here, Fem brsting edt ayer Mask he Bu optene pansatihe QR Nov youcin 1 Picker, We nec a rush ase Each bt to pant wih black rush ono the tats jer lie tat part of he stout a he lp of he document an ee the foreround colour to Black using the Sat Corto. make ook he folage i rg up around is fetBlending Options... Fit Adjustment. ‘Add Transparency Mask Subtract Transparency Mask Intersect Transparency Mask No Thumbnails (ick the men Iyer trumeral, Tia makes a selection ofthe meen Ca’ This copied ara appear cn As ov yer wich you can calm ris; Youcan ek ae cog ths ly sot appears above te oor pyrene AA ra A, Pee) Use the Grant Too! Options Pana ta make P oarure to Yansparet type seectedin th Grader yu have tho tor Now you ARTWORK COMPOSITING nee Tris asus cope the secon of sky cect une tha me ea) Press Gnd + Dio rau sections ar ava, the Lave tothe foobar and choose the Gradient Too ate Tesi ni a ane caies cicenae sce!regangtoadda toegeaund racer, Gow Re> Openandraigaie — QP) The Seo Subject oo has dave a reasonable oo apat tom her oes, at havert been slated ck th Slat and Mack buton the Tok Otis pana ER) 6009 arc paste ne new aan your working document. Pu ths raw ra igs uh eal ultra pol tea naa TF carn top erro stack adove the 00k layers nee tt. You Decontamint ers buton,chcoee New Layer vith Layer Mas then cick OK, ns Tand lage and scaling unl yu nave Now you want. Shared Folder Weaiso acid alayrbetwoon the gland thoracic called ‘stadow.— @M@ Wie copied and paso th caus image oats mayer baton ey used a sal of, lack ruth oad ek area under her the sate are rock ayers Than wont a Fle» Open bust wht nota tho At ky to a a lk Layer Mak ote eect conceaing | te vas stancing co@ vererees con tnd around tne bace ofthe tat, Tha gon layer’ Blend Mods needs tobe changed to Liar Lit. The ne D soto ms Sin + Uo ing up the lege Bob ofthe le ofthe scene bow the state's muh, ‘heck he Cobras aston. The wht bio shoud now be wa do ls Back, rush and bogin to parton rel arees you want to be at hs orgaARTWORK COMPOSITING oe By 1 KE Photo Filter yore Sopia or oe Foamy ON Coen ny Talore ella vision to life ee ee es mo. | MeN sac MST ING EFFECT Add dramatic lighting effects to your images with gradient maps 1a ighting, asthe name suggests, i @ technique used by Soe ee ees oan cine ory nee een ee eee ee eat ee ee ee eet See eet eee ere rary Coed . wile body depending on “ Pa cocoa em are photographers with access to expensive studio Space and photographic equipment, but with a good source image, eS et eee ec rama as those captured by the pros. Since this is Photoshop, wo can eee een eee er ena)