Wednesday, February 5, 2014

First Photoshop Practice

 Yearbook 
 Web
Newspaper 

Photoshop Notes

SAVE AS:
Rename your page make sure the image is saved as a .jpg at the highest (maximum) image quality.

SAVE: 
you do not have to rename the image at this point. Save often and regularly 

Nestle- tools are stacked on each other - to access those tools you have to left click and hold 

USE COMMAND KEYS!!!!!!!
command + = zoom in 
command - = zoom out
command o = open
command c = copy 
command v = paste 
command z = undo
command, option, z = step backwards 
command s = save 
command p = print
command l = levels 


To turn an image go to 
>image>image rotation
CW and CCW
CW= clockwise
CCW= counter clockwise


Adjust Levels 
>Image>adjustments> levels

Adjust contrast
channel RGB - moved just the brown Hershey's kiss (just a little lighter)

To Crop
Select the cropping tool and then click and drag the area you want to crop. Before you crop, you must enter the resolution you want your image to be saved to.

Resolution Guidelines -
Yearbook = 300
Newspaper = 150
Web = 72

To make an image black and white
Use Grayscale
Image > Mode > Grayscale