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A Quick Tour of Adobe Photoshop: Basics and Tool Overview

This chapter provides an introduction to Adobe Photoshop, focusing on essential skills like opening and saving images, understanding the interface, and recognizing various tools in the Photoshop Toolbox. You will learn about different file formats used in Photoshop, including PSD, GIF, JPG, and RAW, as well as how to manipulate your workspace for efficient image analysis. By the end, you will be familiar with navigating images and utilizing key viewing options to enhance your editing workflow.

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A Quick Tour of Adobe Photoshop: Basics and Tool Overview

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  1. Chapter 1: A Quick Tour of Adobe PhotoshopBMULT1201/BIT1322/BIT1323| Multimedia AuthoringPrepared by Matthew Wee

  2. Objectives • Open and save an image • Identify the different parts of the Photoshop working environment • Recognize different tools in the Photoshop Toolbox • Select different viewing options

  3. Photoshop CS4 • Photoshop is the world’s most popular photo and image editing software!

  4. The Photoshop CS2 Interface Browser/ Bridge icon Tool settings/ Option bar Palette Well Expanded palette Toolbox Workspace

  5. The Photoshop CS4 Interface

  6. Opening and Saving Images • To open an image, choose File > Open • To save an image you have been working on choose File > Save As

  7. Opening and Saving Images (continued) • File Formats: • PSD is the Photoshop native file format • GIF & JPG are used for Web graphics • TIF is a popular format for print • RAW is a format for digital cameras

  8. Opening and Saving Images (continued) • File Formats that preserve layers in Photoshop: • PSD (Photoshop Document) • PDF (Portable Document Format) • PSB (Large Document Format) • TIFF (Tagged Image File Format)

  9. Exploring the Photoshop Environment • Window > Workspace > Image Analysis • Many options available for workspaces

  10. Image Analysis • RGB / CMYK

  11. Managing Palettes • Palettes are floating windows that provide access to program features

  12. The Photoshop Interface

  13. The Photoshop Interface

  14. The Photoshop Interface

  15. The Photoshop Interface

  16. Understanding the Photoshop Toolbox • Tools can be accessed by choosing them from the Toolbox • Hidden tools are located where there is a small triangle on a tool icon

  17. Understanding the Photoshop Toolbox (continued) • Tools can also be accessed by choosing the appropriate key on the keyboard • For instance: • M is for Marquee • L is for Lasso • V is for Move

  18. Understanding the Photoshop Toolbox (continued)

  19. Moving Around an Image • The Navigator palette helps you zoom in and also see where you are at in an image

  20. Moving Around an Image (continued) • You can zoom in and out of an image by: • - Select Zoom In/Out from View menu • - Command/Control +/- • - Command/Control Spacebar • - Change percentage in lower left corner • - Change scale in Navigator Palette

  21. File Formats that preserve layers Different viewing options Understanding Photoshop Interface Summary Different tools in Toolbox

  22. End of Lecture

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