Visual Graphics NCIII

Module 10: Getting Started with

Adobe Photoshop
 Module 10 - Lesson 1
Getting Started with
Adobe Photoshop & Bridge
 Learning Objectives
At the end of the training period, participant should learn the following:
• Define Photoshop
• Identify Photoshop’s minimum system requirements
• Identify the Photoshop User Interface
• Identify the Photoshop panels
• Create customize workspaces
• Identify the functions of Tools in Photoshop
• Identify the different tools and their categories
• Identify Photoshop’s latest version
 Getting Started
• Adobe Photoshop is a graphics editing program developed and
published by Adobe Systems. Since 2003, it’s primarily strength is
pixel-based image editor. As of this date Photoshop has 17 editions,
latest: Adobe CC 2017 released on November, 2016.
•
On those 17 editions released, 2 editions are available. The Adobe
Photoshop itself and Adobe Photoshop Extended (with 3d graphics
support). They also published Adobe Elements and Adobe Light room.
•
Last 2011, a version was released for the Android operating system
and IOS (Apple) operating system, followed by a release of a version
for Windows 8 in 2013.
 • Photoshop Creative Suite Versions

CS2 CS3 CS4

CS5 CS6 CC

***CS Stands for Creative suite

***CC Stands for Creative Cloud
What is Adobe CC?
Adobe CC works on a subscription basis starting as low as $9.99 a
month, which includes future upgrades automatically at no additional
cost…
The standard Creative Cloud membership includes complete access to
all of the software and services for one price. Alternatively, static
versions of past year’s CS6 tools & suites are still available for direct
purchase for those that may prefer traditional licensing.
The new release shipped on Monday, June 17, 2013 – with brand new
free trial downloads of all the CC desktop applications available via the
Creative Cloud free level of membership. In addition, the CS6 free trials
continue to be downloadable as well.
What is Adobe Photoshop?
Photoshop is a raster/bitmap based image editing program. It can be
used to create, modify, combine and optimize digital photograph and
uses it to perform adjustments of brightness & contrast of the image
and keep it organize.

Photoshop is a software program developed by Adobe that allows users

to edit graphics. It’s used by graphic artists, designers and
photographers, among others, and can enhance and manipulate
images to improve their overall appearance. It's an excellent tool that
makes photo editing easy and efficient.
Run Photoshop and set the Preferences: (Ctrl+K)

• SCRATCH DISK (at least 96%)

• ZOOM WITH SCROLL WHEEL
• HISTORY STATES: 50
• BRUSH SIZE
• RESOLUTION - 300
 Adobe Photoshop System Requirements

• OPERATING SYSTEM: WINDOWS 7 OR higher

• RAM/MEMORY: AT LEAST 4GB DDR3
(8GB Recommended)
• REMAINING DISK SPACE: AT LEAST: 50GB
• CPU: AT LEAST 3.0 GHZ
• MONITOR RESOLUTION: 1024 X 768 DPI
How to Identify System Requirements:
IF YOU HAVE YOUR OWN PC/LAPTOP IN YOUR HOME,
PLEASE DO THE FOLLOWING:
1. Go to Start menu, click computer
2. Right-click and select properties
3. Press print screen in your keyboard
4. Next, go back to start menu, type photoshop then Enter
5. Press ctrl + N to create new document
6. Press Enter
7. Press ctrl + v to paste
8. Press ctrl + s to save, filename: printscreen & format: jpeg
Getting Image Resources
The (4) Four Sources of images are:

• Scanned photos from Digital Scanners

• Digital photos from Portable Digital Media (Ex: Mobile Phone, PSP,
Game Console etc.)
• Stock Photos from from the Internet
• Own images created from scratch using Photoshop’s drawing and
painting tools or using electronic drawing pad
Ways to Open an Image in Photoshop

• To open an image using the Workspace:

Double click the gray background
• To open an image using Windows Explorer:
Drag and drop image from outside the Photoshop
• To open an image using the Menu Bar:
FILE -> OPEN
• To open an image using the Keyboard Shortcut:
Press Ctrl+O
Adobe Photoshop CS5/CS6 Interface

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 The APPLICATION BAR:
Provides quick access to Bridge and Mini Bridge, the Workspace
Menu, Zoom Level and the Screen Mode options.

 The MENU BAR:

Displays most of the Photoshop commands. By clicking a command in the
Menu Bar, a dropdown list of commands will appear. You can access the
commands or tools directly from the Menu Bar, the Tools Panel or you can
customize your workspace to make your tools available as you work.
 The OPTIONS BAR:

Is where you can choose a wide variety of options to design and

modify your image or text. The Options Bar changes depending on
what tool you have selected from the Tools panel.
 The HIDDEN TOOLS or FLYOUTS:

Each icon in the Tools panel has one or more

commands. By clicking or holding the small
triangle beside the tool a Fly Out menu
containing various commands will appear.
The PANEL DOCK

The Panel Dock located at the right side of the

window is a collection of panels or panel
groups. You can pull out a panel by clicking and
dragging it away from the dock. Undocked
panel is called a floating panel. You can also
add and remove panels.
To see a the list of panels that you can use:
1.On the Menu Bar, Click Windows
2.Check or uncheck panels that you want to view or hide

To hide the Panel Dock and display it again:

1.On the Menu Bar, click Windows and click Workspace
2.Select Essentials
Customize Workspace (Window>Workspace)
• Essentials
• 3D
• Motion
• Typography
• Painting
• Photography
• New in CS6
• Reset Workspace
• New Workspace
• Delete Workspace
 Managing Panels
• Reset the Essentials Panel
• Panel Column
• Panel Groups
• Changing the Order of Panel Groups
• Moving Panels between groups
• Creating New Panel Groups
• Closing Single and Group Panels
 The WINDOW TAB
To open specific panel, you need to go to Window and check specific
panel or You can use shortcut key to open it.
 Workspace Shortcuts

• Hide All Panel except Canvas and menu bar - Press TAB

• Full screen to hide all the Canvas - Press F

• Switch between Canvass - Ctrl + Tab

• Full keyboard shortcut access to menu bar - Press Alt + the first
letter of the menu
then the next letter
if the command
 Create, Save and switch workspaces
By saving the current size and position of panels as a named workspace,
you can restore that workspace even if you move or close a panel. The
names of saved workspaces appear in the workspace switcher in the
Application bar.
To be uniform throughout this training, we need to open certain panels,
the same for the whole class.
 We need the following panels:

• Actions Panel
• Navigator & Histogram Panels
• Character & Paragraph Panels
• Properties Panel
• History Panel (moved from the panel dock to the side of the Paths Panel)
 Save a custom workspace:
After opening panels, we need to save the current workspace and rename it.
• With the workspace in the configuration you want to save,
choose Window > Workspace > New Workspace.
• Type a name for the workspace.
• Under Capture, select one or more options:
o Keyboard shortcuts Saves the current set of keyboard shortcuts
(Photoshop only).
o Menus or Menu Customization Saves the current set of menus.
 The TOOLS Panel
The Tools Panel is on the left side of the screen. It has many tools
that allow you to control and modify the image that you opened in
Photoshop. The tools in the Tools Panels are the frequently used tools
and they are automatically displayed when you launch Photoshop.
To display the Tools Panel in two columns:
• Click the Collapse button. To return them back to one
column, click the Collapse button again.

To hide or display the Tools Panel:

• On the Menu Bar, click Windows and click Tools
• You can move the Tools Panel in any location within the
workspace by clicking and dragging dotted lines on the top of
the Tools Panel.
 The tools in Photoshop are divided or classified into groups
of tools depending on their main functions.
A. Selection Tools

MOVE TOOL

MARQUEE TOOL

LASSO TOOL

MAGIC WAND TOOL

CROP TOOL

EYE DROPPER TOOL

B. Retouching Tools

HEALING BRUSH TOOL ERASER TOOL

EYBRUSH TOOL PAINT BUCKET TOOL

CLONE STAMP TOOL BLUR TOOL

ART HISTORY BRUSH TOOL

C. Drawing Tools

TYPE TOOL PATH SELECTION TOOL

LINE SHAPE TOOL PEN TOOL

RECTANGLE (SHAPE) TOOL

D. Navigation Tools

HAND TOOL COLOR BOX & COLOR MODE

ZOOM TOOL
Screen Control Commands:
Unlike other controls, you don’t need to press Shift to activate the screen
mode. Just continuously press “F” until it shifts to the next command.
THE IMAGE CANVAS
Parts of the Image Canvas

• Image Name
• Image Extension
• Color Mode
• Magnification Size
• Bit
• File Size
THE IMAGE SIZE DIALOG BOX
Image>Image Size (Ctrl+ALT+I)
THE CANVAS SIZE DIALOG BOX
Image>Canvas Size (Ctrl+ALT+C)
Image size VS. Canvas Size
 The Image Size resizes its borders “stick” to the image and the image is
pulled or squished with the borders.

 The Canvas Size resizes its borders to expand or contract without the
image.

*** When you resize an “image,” you make the entire file larger or smaller. When you resize
the “canvas,” you enlarge or shrink the borders while the image stays the same size.
Document/Paper Sizes
3R 3.5” x 5”
4R 4” x 6”
5R 5” x 7”
8R 8” x 10”
A4 ???
Letter Size 8.5” 11”
Legal Size 8.5” x 13” (Phils.)
8.5” x 14” (US)
Tabloid Size 11” x 17”
 Add 1 inch in all sides of the Canvass (T,L,R, B)

Result

** Canvas Size best for canvas that will use margins and bleeds such as brochures.
IMAGE RESIZING & RESAMPLING
 Resize vs. Resample

 Image resizing keeps the number of pixels in your image the

same and affects only how large your image will print (the
Document Size).

 Image resampling physically changes the number of pixels in your

image (the Pixel Dimensions).

 The Resample Image option at the bottom of the Image Size

dialog box controls whether you’re resizing or resampling an
image.
Resize vs. Resample
 Image Interpolations Option when using Resample

Bicubic Sharper:
• Use this option when resampling your image smaller for best image quality
Bicubic Smoother:
• Use this option when resampling your image larger for best image quality
Bicubic:
• Not really used much now that Bicubic Sharper and Bicubic Smoother are
available. Again, these options are grayed out here because they only apply to
images that are being resampled. If all you’re doing is changing how large or
small the image will print on paper, these options don’t apply.
 With Resample Image checked, you’re resampling the image. With it unchecked,
you’re simply resizing the image.

 Resampling images by changing the width and height values in the Pixel
Dimensions section of the Image Size dialog box is primarily used when optimizing
images for the web.

 Resizing images by changing the width, height and/or resolution values in the
Document Size section of the Image Size dialog box is used for print.
FONTS
Installing Cool Fonts

1. Search your desired font in the Internet.

Ex: Fonts for girls
2. Choose your font style.
3. Look for download button and click
4. If the font is an archive, right-click and click extract here.
5. Look for .TTF Extension (True type font) or OTF (Open-type font, right-click and
click Install. Wait for the Installation. Remember the name of text.1
6. Open Photoshop and type the name of the text in the typeface list and press
Enter
Font Troubleshooting
What is Adobe Bridge?

Adobe Bridge is a powerful, easy-to-use media manager for visual people, letting you
easily organize, browse, locate, and view creative assets, this is the Adobe file
browser just like the windows explorer.
Advantages of using Adobe Bridge
• You can view Photoshop files, in the screen size you desired according to workspace maximum
• You can view information about the image such as: camera model, meta data and data that are
usually use in Photography.
• You can manage and organize your image before you can import to Photoshop workspace.
Open Image from Bridge to Photoshop
1. Tools
2. Photoshop
3. Load files into Photoshop Layers
Acitivity 10.1 – Create a Text Style
Instructions: Using the given example of applying text effect to an image, create 4 designs
that match the text style for a specific background you like & then :
1. Download and open background image.
2. Resize it to letter size. Create a text.
3. Apply the blending options effects
4. Save your file as text style.jpg & psd
5. Submit your design to your trainer (All designs are subject for evaluation).

*** Refer to Laboratory Activity 10.1

Your title should show effects included in the blending options

TITLE OPTIONS:
• TV SERIES
• PICTURES WITH NO CAPTION
• FAVORITE QUOTATIONS AND INSPIRING WORDS
• MOVIE POSTERS
• ADVERTISEMENT (ONLINE/STREET)
• TYPOGRAPHY