What type of program is Photoshop



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Photoshop Unit Objectives:

|Identify file extensions |Recognize program tools and windows |

|Describe functions of program tools and windows |Create original raster images |

|Use selection tools |Use layering techniques |

|Manipulate type |Transform images (move, crop, free transform, image size) |

|Manage color |Perform basic photo corrections |

|Perform photo retouching |Use tools to return to earlier states |

|Apply special effects |Save raster files based upon delivery method. |

Shortcuts to Know

|What are the short cut key(s) to add to a selection? Use with free transform to constrain proportions when resizing a |Shift |

|selected object. | |

|What are the short cut key(s) to subtract from a selection? Use with the Move tool to duplicate an object. Use with the | |

|elliptical marquee tool to select from the center out. |Alt |

|What is the short cut key to Free Transform objects? | |

| |Control + T |

|Name one way to apply a transformation. (You’ve done the transformation, how do you get Photoshop to take/apply it?) |Press Enter or Double Click |

|What is the shortcut key to deselect? | |

| |Control + D |

|The short cut keys to hold when launching the program that will delete the previous program settings and replace them with the|Hold Control + Alt + Shift |

|default settings. It is like you are opening the program for the first time. | |

|What are the short cut key(s) to cancel what you are doing? |Escape |

|What are the short cut key(s) to undo what you have done? |Control + Z; |

| |Control + Alt + Z to undo |

| |multiple times |

|Use this key to change the brush size. |Left and Right Bracket Keys |

Photoshop Tool To Use

|This tool allows you to drag a selection to a new location in the image. |Move Tool |

|Use this tool to “paint a selection” using an adjustable round brush tip. As you drag, the selection expands outward and |Quick Selection Tool |

|automatically finds and follows defined edges in the image. | |

|When you use the magic wand to make a selection, what is the selection based upon? Changing the Magic Wand’s tolerance setting|Similar Colored Pixels |

|(on the options bar) alters the range of colors that it will select. Works best with high contrast between object and | |

|background. | |

|This tool allows you to make a selection based on a shape; squares, rectangles or circles/ovals. |Marquee Tool |

|To make a custom, free-hand selection, use the lasso tool. Use the polygonal lasso for extracting pieces of photos that have |Magnetic Lasso |

|straight edges or a polygonal shape (triangles) to them. This tool works similarly to the other lasso tools, but it has | |

|special powers that can detect areas of contrast and it will snap to the edges of the object you're trying to select. Works | |

|well when there are distinct edges, contrast, and the object is an odd shape. As with all lasso tools you must end where you | |

|begin. | |

|Uses pixels from one area of an image to replace the pixels in another part of the image. You can remove unwanted objects from| |

|the image and fill in missing areas. Use Alt to sample pixels. Choose sample points often, and as usual when using a brush, |Clone Stamp |

|remember to experiment with brush size. | |

|Similar to the Clone stamp, except that it blends the sample pixels and the painting area so that the restoration is subtle. |Healing Brush |

|Use Alt to sample pixels. | |

|Works similarly to the Healing Brush: it paints with sampled pixels from an image or pattern and matches the texture, |Spot Healing Brush |

|lighting, transparency, and shading of the sampled pixels to the pixels being healed. Unlike the Healing Brush, this brush | |

|doesn’t require you to specify a sample spot, it automatically samples from around the retouched area. | |

|Works like the healing brush except that instead of using a brush, you drag a marquee around an area and then drag the marquee|Patch Tool |

|over another area to mend the flawed area | |

|This tool removes red eye in flash photos. Zoom in on eyes, select the tool and click on the red eye. Adjust the pupil size |Red Eye Tool |

|and the darken amount (on the options bar) if necessary. | |

|Paints pixels from a designated previous state or snapshot that you select in the History palette. |History Brush |

|This tool allows you to select an area of an image to keep and discard everything outside this area. |Crop |

|This tool changes pixels to either the background color or to transparent. Choose either the pencil or brush mode. The Magic|Eraser Tools |

|Eraser changes all similar color pixels to transparent usually with one click. The Background Eraser erases pixels on a layer | |

|to transparency as you drag, this should allow you to erase the background while maintaining the edges of the objects in the | |

|foreground. | |

|Darkens pixels in any area of the image |Burn |

|Lightens the highlights to bring out details – lightens pixels |Dodge |

|Saturate or desaturate color – makes colors more or less intense |Sponge |

Terms and Techniques to know

|What type of program is Photoshop? |Photo/Image Editing |

|What is the file extension for Photoshop? |psd |

|What is the common file extension used for compressing image files of photographs so they aren’t as “large” in file size |jpg |

|allowing for easy transfer over networks and web pages? | |

|Enables you to manipulate layers simultaneously (together)? |Link |

|Name two things you can do when you are in Free Transform. |Rotate, resize, flip |

|The term that means without color/value (0% opacity) |Transparent |

|How color pixels blend with layers below them |Blending Mode |

|Degree of transparency |Opacity |

|Effects used to enhance a layer such as drop shadow, outer glow, or a stroke. |Layer Styles or Effects |

|A gradual transition between two or more colors, or sometimes from one color to transparency, is called a |Gradient |

|Bottommost layer in the Layers palette. A file can have only one of them. You cannot change the stacking order of this special|Background |

|layer, its blending mode, or its opacity. However, you can convert it to a regular layer by renaming it. | |

|Refers to the number of small squares known as pixels (picture elements) that describe an image and establish its detail. |Resolution |

|Resolution is determined by pixel dimensions, the number of pixels along the width and height of an image. Measured in pixels | |

|per inch (ppi) | |

|Computer image made up of pixels. Photoshop is the most common raster program. These graphics can display much detail (such as|RASTER |

|photographs). Can be jpg, tiff, or psd format | |

Label the names of the tools

Label the parts of the Layers Palette

Layers Palettes Enhancements

A. Linked Layers Indicator

B. Normal Layer Thumbnail

C. Link Layers Button

|A. |Document Window |

|B. |Menu Bar |

|C. |Options Bar |

|D. |Toolbox |

|E. |Collapse to Icons Button |

|F. |Palettes |

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1.Toggle for 2 columns

8. Healing Brush/Patch/Red Eye

2.Move Tool

3.Marquee Tools

4. Lasso Tools

5.Quick Selection/Magic Wand

6. Crop

7. Eyedropper

9. Brush/Pencil Tool

10. Clone/Pattern Stamp

11. History Brush Tool

12. Eraser/Magic Eraser

13. Paint Bucket/Gradient Tool

14. Blur/Sharpen/Smudge Tool

15. Dodge/Burn/Sponge Tool

16. Pen Tool

17. Type Tool

18. Path Selection Tool

19. Shape Tools

20. 3D Rotate Tools

21. 3D Orbit Tools

22. Hand Tool

23. Zoom Tool

25. Default Colors

24. Switch Colors

27. Background Color

26. Foreground Color

28. Edit in Quick Mask

E. Opacity/Transparency

D. Blending Mode

A

B

F. Show/Hide Layer

G. Layer Styles/Effects

H. New Layer

C

I. Trash Can/Delete Layer

E

A

F

D

B

C

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