LESSON 4:

ADOBE PHOTOSHOP CS6

 What is Photoshop CS6?

• It is an image editing software that

was developed and manufactured by
Adobe Systems Inc.
• Photoshop is considered as one of
the leaders in photo editing software.
 Brief History

• 1987
• Thomas Knoll
• Macintosh Plus
• Display
• John Knoll
• ImagePro
 Brief History

• In September 1988, Adobe decided to

purchase the license.
• In 1990, Photoshop 1.0 was released in
the market.
• In May 2011, Adobe CS5.5 was
introduced.
 Brief History

• In March 21, 2012, Adobe released a

freely available beta version of
Adobe Photoshop CS6.
• In April 23, 2012, the final version of
Adobe CS6.
 Brief History

• Adobe Creative Suite 6 delivers a

whole new experience for digital
media development.
• CS6 and CS6 Extended are offered as
either a stand-alone application or
feature of Adobe Creative Suite 6.
Starting Adobe Photoshop CS6

The Photoshop CS6 Window

 Starting Adobe Photoshop CS6

• Photoshop works with bitmapped and

digitized images .
• You can also work with vector graphics,
which are drawings and made of
smooth lines that retain their crispness
when scaled.
 Sources of Images

• photographs from a digital camera

• commercial CDs of digital images
• scans of photographs, transparencies,
negatives, graphics, or other
documents
• captured video images
• artwork created in drawing programs
 The Photoshop Workspace

The layout and functionality of the

Photoshop workspace is customizable
by using the workspace switcher.
 To open Photoshop and explore the workspace

1. Start Adobe Photoshop.

Start > All Programs > Adobe
Photoshop CS6 (Windows) or look in
either the Applications folder or the
Dock (Mac OS).
 To open Photoshop and explore the workspace

2. From the workspace switcher menu

which is located at the right most of
the Options bar, confirm the option is
set to Essentials. Choose Reset
Essentials to restore the default
workspace.
 To open Photoshop and explore the workspace

3. The default Essentials workspace in

Photoshop displayed the following
panels and windows:
The Options bar displays options for
the currently selected tool.
The Document window displays the
file you’re working on.
 To open Photoshop and explore the workspace

The Tools panel contains tools for

creating and editing images, artwork,
page elements, and so on.
Panels help you monitor and modify
your work.
You can add any panel by selecting it
from the Window menu.
To open Photoshop and explore the workspace

You can restore the default workspace

at any time by choosing Window >
Workspace > Essentials (Default) Or by
choosing Reset Essentials from the
workspace switcher menu.
To open Photoshop and explore the workspace:
To open Photoshop and explore the workspace:

Selecting the default work space

Customizing Your Workspace by Using the Workspace Switcher

To save the current size and position

of panels and restore the workspace
even if you move or close a panel, click
Window > Workspace menu.
 Customizing the Workspace

1. To create a custom workspace, move

and manipulate the interface layout
in Photoshop.
2. From the Workspace Switcher
menu, select New Workspace.
3. The New Workspace dialog box
appears.
 Customizing the Workspace

Creating the New Workspace New Workspace Dialog box

 Customizing the Workspace

4. Name your workspace and select the

Capture options to save in the
workspace.
5. Click Save. Your new workspace
appears in the upper-right corner of
the interface in the workspace switcher
area.
 To customize the workspace

6. Open the workspace switcher menu.

If you change to another type of
workspace, you can return to your saved
workspace by reselecting it from the
workspace switcher menu. You can also
restore the saved workspace any time by
choosing Reset [your named] Workspace
from the workspace switcher menu.
 Opening a File in Photoshop

You can open files using the Open

command or the Open Recent
command.
1. To open a file, choose File > Open
and navigate to the location of your
image.
 To open a File:

2. Select your file and click Open. The file

opens in its own window, called the
image window.
3. To close the image file, choose File >
Close or click the close button. Do not
close Photoshop.
To open a file:

File open in the image window

How to open a file by using Adobe Bridge

You can also open a file by using

Adobe Bridge, a visual file browser that
helps take the guesswork out of finding
the image file you need.
 To Open A File By Using Adobe Bridge

1. Click File > Browse in Bridge. Choose

the file that you want to open.
2. From the Favorites panel in the upper
left section of Adobe Bridge, browse
to the folder where you store your
images.
 To Open A File By Using Adobe Bridge

3. In the Favorites panel, double-click

the image folder to open it.
Thumbnail previews of the folder
contents appear in the Content
pane of Adobe Bridge.
To Open A File By Using Adobe Bridge

Adobe Bridge window in opening a file

 To Open A File By Using Adobe Bridge

4. Select a file in the Content pane and

open the file by double-clicking its
thumbnail, or use the Adobe Bridge
main menu and choose File → Open.
To Open A File By Using Adobe Bridge

Adobe bridge interface

 Creating a New Photoshop Document

You can create a new Photoshop

document and define a document size,
resolution, color mode, and background
contents.
1. Select File > New. The New Photoshop
document dialog box appears, with
options for your file.
 To create a new Photoshop document

2. Type a filename and values for the

width and height of the canvas.
3. Type a value for Resolution. Use 72
px/inc for images to be used on the
web and 300 to 1200 for images to be
print.
 To create a new Photoshop document

4. Choose a setting for Color Mode.

Photoshop bases its color modes on
the color models Choose from RGB
(Red, Green, Blue), CMYK (Cyan,
Magenta, Yellow, Black), Lab Color
(based on CIE L* a* b*), and Grayscale.
 To create a new Photoshop document

5. Choose a setting for Background

Contents.
6. Click OK. Be sure to save your file as
you work in it.
7. To save a file for the first time, select
File > Save As from the main menu.
To create a new Photoshop document
 Overview of the Tools Panel

Photoshop provides an integrated

set of tools with which you can
produce sophisticated graphics for
print, web, and mobile viewing.
Selection Tools
Crop and Slice Tools
Measuring Tools
Retouching Tools
Painting Tools
Drawing and Type Tools
Navigation Tools
Color Boxes and Modes
3D Tools Gallery
3D Tools Gallery
3D Tools Gallery
Panels
 Navigator Panel

Panning or zooming an image is

another quick way to make large
changes in the zoom level, especially
when the exact percentage of
magnification is unimportant.
 Color, Swatches, Style

The Color palette displays the current

foreground and background colors and
RGB values for these colors.
The Styles palette allows you to view,
select, and apply preset layer styles.
 Layers

Layers let you organize your work

into distinct levels that can be edited
and viewed as individual units.
 Types of Layers

1. Layer Visibility
2. Layer Locking Options
3. Layer Blending Mode
4. Opacity
5. Fill
 Types of Layers

6. Layer Options Menu

7. Link Layers
8. Layer Styles
9. Layer Mask
10. Adjustment Layer
 Types of Layers

11. Create New Group

12. Create New Layer
13. Delete Layer
END OF DISCUSSION