How to learn Photoshop - a syllabus
78Do you want to learn Photoshop but don't know where to start?
Things that you can do in Photoshop include fixing red eyes, rotating images, cropping images, opening and closing files, changing the file size, changing the brightness and contrast, and much more are basic photo editing tasks that you can do in Photoshop. This article contains video tutorials and links to appropriate articles on the different topics in Photoshop. Watch the videos in order if you are just learning Photoshop, because they comprise a class on Photoshop.
Articles
- Basic photo editing tasks
This article shows examples of some basic photo editing tasks, including zooming, cropping, file size reduction ,removing a background, and changing the contrast on part of a picture - File formats
This article talks a bit about how computers convert the images you see into computer talk, and the various pros, cons, and uses of common file formats. - Shrink the size of a photo
Open an image in Photoshop. Select Image Size from the Image menu. - How to open and close files in Photoshop
This article talks about how to open and close files in Photoshop. There are two methods of opening files and two methods for closing files. - Pasting images into Photoshop
You can paste images into Photoshop. Basically, you can paste whatever is in the copy buffer into Photoshop. Find something to copy. In this case, I copied an open Firefox window. (Hit Alt-Prtscrn to copy the current active window. Prtscrn by itself - Cropping pictures in Photoshop CS3
This picture has extra space on the side, shown in the highlighted yellow section of the thumbnail or hidden below the caption text. The excess carpet in the picture is not needed and this picture can be cropped and converted from landscape to portra - How to fix red eyes in Photoshop
The easiest way to fix red eyes and get excellent pictures is to take pictures without red eyes to begin with. Well, I'm not that good a photographer myself. I maybe get one good picture out of fifty. I really appreciate the digital camera. - The basics of layers
Photoshop, and many other photo editing tools, are based around the concept of layers. Yes, you can do basic tasks in Photoshop without knowing about layers, but to do anything more involved that cropping and rotating pictures, it helps to have an un - Draw a house - practice using layers
Open Photoshop and create a new file. Select New from the File menu. You can select preset sizes for your drawing from the Preset box. For this example, use US Paper. - Opacity of layers in Photoshop
You can see through something that is transparent. You can see through a transparent layer. You cannot see through an opaque layer. Photoshop has transparent layers, opaque layers, and in-between layers.
Custom shapes
Photoshop comes with a few custom shapes, like triangles and butterflies, but it does not come with an exhaustive supply of custom shapes. Here are the default custom shapes in Photoshop.
Would you like states or other map pieces? Eagles? Flowers? Luckily, you can download shape sets and add them to Photoshop.
Search the web for something like "Photoshop custom shapes animals" or "Photoshop custom shapes fruit" and see what you can find. There are some nice custom shapes available at about.com.
Once you have downloaded your csh file to your computer, copy that csh file into the custom shapes directory. Exit out of Photoshop and restart Photoshop. The new custom shape set will then be available.
Where's the custom shape directry? My Computer -> C Drive -> Program Files -> Adobe -> Photoshop CS3 -> Presets -> Custom Shapes
You can also download new gradient, patterns, brushes, and layers.
Articles on patterns
- Define a pattern and use it in a shape - example with Florida, Georgia, oranges, and peanuts
To do this exercise, you need to download the United States custom shapes and add them to your Photoshop CS3 installation. Click on the link and download the USA Shape Set for Photoshop. It's free. You will need to create a sign in ID for Adobe to - Define your own pattern and use it in a shape in Photoshop
Open up a picture that has the pattern, or texture, that you want to use. If you have a favorite type of paper, you can scan it in and work with it. For this example, I'm using my ancient, blue carpet.
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