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- Page 1 PHOTOSHOP CS4 TUTORIAL Adobe Photoshop CS4 p. 1...
- Page 2 Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign, Adobe ImageReady, and other products in the Adobe Creative Suite. This tutorial is an introduction to using Adobe Photoshop. Here you will learn how to get started, how to use the interface, and how to modify images with basic Section 1: Getting Started Pg.
- Page 3 CS4, or click on the shortcut on the desktop. On a PC, click On a Mac, click Macintosh HD > Applications > Adobe Photoshop CS4 > Photoshop CS4 shown in Figure 1, or click the icon in the Dock. Fig. 1. Navigation to Photoshop CS4 on a Mac...
- Page 4 File > Save As case of a mistake. To save you r file, select and type in the new name of the file in the dialogue box. Now you should be ready to go. Adobe Photoshop CS4 p. 4...
- Page 5 This is the layout of Adobe Photoshop interface. Menu Bar If you look at the top of the screen you will see the Menu bar which contains all the main functions of File, Edit, Image, Layer, Select, Filter, View, Window, and Help.
- Page 6 Below is the description of the most commonly used palettes in Adobe Photoshop CS4. Palettes used for more advanced image editing will be covered in the Adobe Photoshop CS4 Tutorial -Inter- mediate. COLOR, SWATCHES, STYLE The Color palette (Fig. 2) displays the current foreground and background colors and RGB values for these colors.
- Page 7 ADJUSTMENTS Adjustment layers give you the ability to apply an effect to a group of layers in Photoshop, and then you can edit that effect later, while preserving the original layers. Fig. 6. Adjustments palette Adobe Photoshop CS4 p. 7...
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Page 8: Link Layers
-Click this icon to create a new layer. Delete Layer -To delete a layer, select a layer in the Layers palette and drag it to the trash can icon; or, select a layer and click the icon. Adobe Photoshop CS4 p. 8... - Page 9 Fig. 6. Layer palette Adobe Photoshop CS4 p. 9...
- Page 10 Adobe Photoshop CS4 as it shares some of the tools from these applications. If you are a novice user of Adobe products, you should keep in mind that you might not need to use all of the tools. In this tutorial, only the basic tools will be discussed in depth.
- Page 11 Resize the selected area dragging the squares at the sides and corners. Click the RETURN key when your crop box is sized correctly. Used to cut images into slices, which can be exported to a web page. Slice Tool Adobe Photoshop CS4 p. 11...
- Page 12 Blurs the sharp edges of an image. Blur Tool Select an area where you wish to apply the tool. Click the tool button, choose the Brush, Mode, and Strength. Drag the brush along the edges. Adobe Photoshop CS4 p. 12...
- Page 13 Rotates the canvas Rotate View Tool Select this tool and click and drag outside of the canvas and the canvas will turn. Hold Shift to make sure that the canvas will snap to certain degree points. Adobe Photoshop CS4 p. 13...
- Page 14 Modes the unmasked or masked area. Now that you know how to find your way around in the Adobe Photoshop CS4 interface and are familiar with the most common commands, pallets, and tools, you can start doing some basic image editing. In the next few chapters of this tutorial you will learn how to crop, resize, correct, and sharp/blur your images.
- Page 15 Cropping also allows you to make your image a standard photo size. There are several ways to crop images in Adobe Photoshop: Crop Tool...
- Page 16 -you cannot make it wider or longer than the specified values (Figure 4). For example, if you entered 8 for Width and 10 for Height, whatever size you make the border, the area within it will fit on an 8x10 photo. Adobe Photoshop CS4 p. 16...
- Page 17 Open the image you wish to crop. Rectangular Marquee Tool Toolbox Select the from the (see Selection Tools). Click in your image and drag the mouse to draw a marquee around the area you wish to crop (Figure 5). Adobe Photoshop CS4 p. 17...
- Page 18 Fig. 5. Drawing a marquee Image Crop In the main menu, go to > (Fig. 6). The image will be immediately cropped. Fig. 5. Image > Crop Adobe Photoshop CS4 p. 18...
- Page 19 Height, for example 7x5. Type in the values for Type in your desired resolution (150 ppi is enough for high quality printing, and 72 ppi is good for the web images). Save Preset Click the button Adobe Photoshop CS4 p. 19...
- Page 20 Resample Image In the dialog box, check the box off (Fig. 4). Type in your desired resolution (anything between 150 and 300 ppi). The photo is now 6.667 x 5 inches. Fig. 4. Changing resolution Adobe Photoshop CS4 p. 20...
- Page 21 Change the Document Size measurements to Percent. Type in 110; this will in crease the size of the image by 10 percent (Fig. 5). Continue enlarging by 10 percent till you are satisfied with the size. Adobe Photoshop CS4 p. 21...
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Page 22: Red Eye Removal
Healing Brush Tool button and select Red Eye Tool. (Fig 3). Click on the red and paint, holding down the mouse button. You will see how the red will disappear (Fig. 4). Fig. 3. Red Eye Tool Adobe Photoshop CS4 p. 22... - Page 23 (without “hot spots”) to get a sample of color (Fig. 6). Fig. 6. Clone Stamp selection Paint over the “hot spot”, the light area will gradually darken (Fig. 7). Fig. 7. Corrected image Adobe Photoshop CS4 p. 23...
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Page 24: Blending Mode
Blending Mode Screen (Fig. 9). The whole image will lighten. Fig. 9. Changing the Blending Mode Keep duplicating Layer 1 till you are satisfied with the your image (Fig. 10). Adobe Photoshop CS4 p. 24... -
Page 25: Color Adjustment
In the Channels dropdown menu, you can choose between RGB, Red, Green, or Blue. These indicate whether your changes effect all the colors, or just one (red, green, or blue). Fig. 11. Levels dialog box Adobe Photoshop CS4 p. 25... - Page 26 You will be able to see the changes in your image. Adobe Photoshop CS4 p. 26...
- Page 27 Filter Blur Gaussian Blur. In the Gaussian Blur dialog In the main menu, go to > > box, type 4.0 for Radius, or drag the slider to the position (Fig. 2). Adobe Photoshop CS4 p. 27 Fig. 2. Gaussian Blur...
- Page 28 Toolbox, choose a soft-edged brush, and erase Select the over the areas in the face that are supposed to be sharp, such as eyes, eyebrows, lips, and teeth (Fig. 4a and b). Fig. 4a. Before Fig. 4b. After Adobe Photoshop CS4 p. 28...
- Page 29 If you save your file as JPEG (a common image format) your layers will be flattened and become one layer. The file size though will be significantly smaller. Adobe Photoshop CS4 p. 29...