ADOBE PHOTOSHOP

How to Use Adobe Photoshop

How to use Adobe Photoshop

Introduction / Getting Started

Photoshop-Interface and can seem quite complicated for beginners. Before we begin, I will turn your attention to the fact that I will show you how to work with Adobe Photoshop version 9 (Adobe Photoshop CS2). If you have installed another version of Photoshop, you should not have any big problems with the study because of differences in versions are not very many, and those only in the interface and basic functions (Haslam, 2010). Some graphical features may differ, but the whole problem should be very little, if at all!

Welcome Screen

When you first open Photoshop, you will likely see a "Welcome Screen":

The Welcome screen is very useful for beginners to see what can be done using Adobe Photoshop, although in principle not necessary. If you want the welcome screen does not jump up at every boot, uncheck "Show this dialog at startup" in the lower left corner. The Welcome screen then you can always turn back if you click Help> Welcome Screen (Shelly, 2008).

To start working in Photoshop, then close the Welcome screen.

At first glance, Photoshop can seem a great and terrible application. Let's break Workspace into smaller components for easier understanding:

A. Horizontal menu

Organized menu area, divided by different types of tasks performed.

B. Settings Panel Contains the settings are possible for the selected tool.

C. Toolbar

It provides a wide range of tools available in Photoshop, as well as the foreground color, background color and other features.

D. Document Window

It is the window that contains an editable document in Photoshop.

E. The active area of the image

The Document window contains the active area of the image (shown in white on top).This is an area in which the artist works.

F. Navigator It is the smaller version of the active image area of the current document. It is used for navigating through large images or when a large zoom (magnification).

G. Color Bar

A panel used to select foreground and background to draw or fill them.

H. History

It is constantly updated record of previous changes to the document. Used to cancel the steps taken (Undo)

I. Layers

If Photoshop was a giant cheeseburgers, the layers would have been its stuffing and seasoning. Layers in Photoshop allow you to work on separate canvases, allowing different things to appear above or below the other.

This is just a cursory review of the internal structure of the Photoshop. We will examine each in more detail in subsequent lessons.

Create a New Document

To create a new document in Photoshop, click File, New from the horizontal menu.

A dialog box appears, such as shown below:

A. Document Name

Enter the name of the document here (optional)

B. Preset

Select document size of previously established

C. The dimensions of the document

Here specify the width and height of the document

D. Units of the document

Specify the units of the document. For any typical work for the web or on your monitor, choose Pixels.

E. Resolution

Specify the resolution of the ...