What is Photoshop?

Image editing software Image creation software Basic concepts Pixel Specific location Specific color Resolution Number of PIXELS per square inch Monitors display 72 pixels/sq inch Printers are much higher 300 pixels/sq inch File size differences in 1X1 in Web 5,184 pixels Print 90,000 pixels Color Monitors display light directly Term RGB (Red Green Blue) Different monitors may display colors differently Printing images Term CMYK (Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, blacK) Colors will look different than on the screen On to Photoshop Undo Takes you back one step Step Backward Takes you back one step at a time History Palette (displays steps) Open under WINDOW Revert Back to the last saved version SAVE OFTEN WITH DIFFERENT NAMES! Practice Using Tools Create a new document

Lets get creative! Select foreground and background colors Choose the paint brush Now the eraser Try the pencil Common tasks Resizing an image Straightening an image Cropping an image Adjusting brightness and contrast Adding layers Resizing an Image Image, Image Size Pixel Dimensions Document Size Resolution Save with a NEW name Do not experiment with only copy of image Controls Resample: Going smaller > Bicubic Sharper Constrain Proportions Scale styles (layers) Flipping an image Image, Rotate Canvas 90 or 180 Flip Horizontal or Vertical Open Lovett2 Image, rot. image, flip vert. UNDO Change Canvas Size For composite images, change canvas size on one image, paste and position extra images in one at a time. Image, canvas size, double ht, set anchor as appropriate Default is center This example is upper left