Photoshop: Chapter 6: Photoshop Interface and Textbook Blog

Name:

Nicole Atterberry

Student Number:

X00105576

Photoshop: Chapter 6: Photoshop Interface

and Textbook Blog

The native file type for Photoshop is PSD, so you may often see the abbreviation PSD to refer to Photoshop.

PART 1: READ Chapter 6 from Photoshop CS 6 Visual QuickStart Guide, then:

1. Answer all questions below, briefly but completely.
2. Change the color of the answer to BLUE.
3. Copy this information and paste in a new post in your DIGITAL GRAPHICS blog.

Tools Panel: Photoshop has so many tools, it collects them under tool buttons on the Tools panel. Look on pages 102-104 for the Tools panel; you will see that the second button down (the selection tool called the RECTANGULAR MARQUEE TOOL) has a little black triangle in the lower-right corner. In Photoshop, if you click on this, you will see the box appear that contains other selection tools. Briefly describe the  purpose of the following Photoshop tools:

1.     Elliptical Marquee Tool (NOTE: Photoshop calls the “marching ants” in a selection a marquee)

2.     Magnetic Lasso Tool: Creates freehand selections that snap to high-contrast edges in an image.

3.     Quick Selection Tool: Selects shapes tool that it detects in the image.

4.     Magic Wand Tool: Will select pixels that are similar in color to the one that is checked.

5.     Crop Tool: Allows you to crop an image.

6.     Eye Dropper Tool: It will sample colors from an image, identifying its properties for you.

7.     Ruler Tool: Can measure a distant or angle, or straighten the image.

8.     Healing Brush Tool: Can corrects flaws based on a chosen sample area.

9.     Content-Aware Tool: Repositions or extends an area of an image.

10.  Brush Tool: Will apply brush strokes which can be modified in size and color.

11.  Mixer Brush Tool: Stimulates traditional paint strokes, allowing colors to mix and smudge.

12.  History Brush Tool: Will restore pixels from a history state or snapshot.

13.  Background Eraser Tool: Erases a sampled color area to transparency.

14.  Gradient Tool: Creates soft blends between two or more colors.

15.  Sharpen Tool: Will sharpen edges and details.

16.  Smudge Tool: Allows you to smudge colors in an image.

17.  Dodge Tool: Lightens the pixels within an image.

18.  Burn Tool: Darkens the pixels within an image.

19.  Pen Tool:  Draws curved or straight edge shapes or paths.

20.  Horizontal  Type Tool: Creates horizontally oriented editable type.

21.  Vertical Type Tool: Creates vertical oriented editable type.

22.  Ellipse Tool: Creates oval shape layers or paths.

23.  Hand Tool: Moves a magnified image in the document window for a closer view.

24.  Zoom Tool: Changes the document zoom level.

25.  Set Foreground Color Tool:  Displays and lets you change the current foreground color.

Other Photoshop Panels: Briefly describe the  purpose of the following Photoshop panels:

1.     Actions panel: It is a record of sequence of demands, allowing you to record, store, edit, play, delete, save and load actions.

2.     Adjustments panel: Will display the list of adjustments you can produce to a layer.

3.     Brush panel: Allows you to select brush tips and custom brush settings for certain tools.

4.     Channels panel: It lists and displays the thumbnails for all the color channels in the current document.

5.     Character panel: Displays the options for the type tool, in which you can modify the font, size, ect.

6.     Color panel: Panel for choosing your foreground and background colors.

7.     Histogram panel: Allows you to  view a graph of the distribution of tonal ( light and dark) values, in the current image while comparing them with modified tonal values as you adjust.

8.     History panel: Keeps record of changes and adjustments made to image/layers.

9.     Info panel: Displays the current data status information of your document.

10.  Kuler panel: Allows you to upload and create color groups or color themes for free.

11.  Layers panel: Displays all layers of your image and shows options for creating/editing each layer.

12.  Navigator panel: Allows you to magnify the image in the document window in order to view a targeted area.

13.  Paragraph panel: Allows you to create and edit your paragraphs.

14.  Properties panel: Allows you to view the properties of each layer and make adjustments.

15.  Styles panel: Allows you to apply or create a custom style for your layer(s).

16.  Swatches panel: Displays predefined and user defined solid color swatches that are applied by various tools, filters, and commands.

17.  Timeline panel: Allows you to compose a sequence using audio clips and video files, in which you can adjust and apply filters to.

                   

PART 2: Photoshop & Illustrator Textbook Blog The Quickstart textbook authors, Elaine Weinman and Peter Lourekas, maintain a Photoshop and Illustrator blog with “tips, tutorials, and design concepts” to supplement the Quickstart Guide books. You will subscribe to this blog and follow it during the class term (you may unsubscribe when the course is over, or you may decide to continue following this blog to learn more about Photoshop and Illustrator after the class is over). 1.     Follow these instructions to find and follow the blog: 2.     Go to: http://elaineandpeter.com 3.     Scroll throughout the page to see the latest postings. 4.     Previous Postings: Notice the previous months listed on the right; click several of them to see other graphics postings. (You can also use the CATEGORY dropdown list or the SEARCH box to find specific topics of interest.) 5.     Subscribe: Scroll down the page and look for the Subscribe via Email to receive new post updates. Enter your gmail email address to subscribe, then click SUBMIT. 6.     WORD PRESS: Scroll to the very bottom of the blog and look on the right; do you see this blog is powered by WORD PRESS? WORD PRESS, like BLOGGER, is a free, popular blogging tool. (If you would like to find more about WORD PRESS, click on the POWERED BY WORD PRESS link. Note: WORD PRESS must be downloaded in order to use it, while BLOGGER is a cloud blog application.)

Textbook Blog Post: SILHOUETTES   From the Quickstart blog, scroll down to find the SEARCH box. Enter the word SILHOUETTES (be careful to spell this correctly! Or just copy and paste from this document.) then click the Search button. Scroll down through the post and click on the CONTINUE READING link. 1.     Explain the technique described in this posting and ways in which you could use it: The technique allows you to select an area or object in an image and  create a new layer containing the selected area in which you can then adjust the original layer and new layer separately so that you can combine the two to create new image. Great for changing the background in an image, and or highlighting what you want to stand out. 2.     Scroll down to find the cup of coffee silhouette pasted on the café tables. Click the image, then save it, and paste it here:

Coffee Cup Image:

Other Photoshop Blogs: From GOOGLE, search for PHOTOSHOP BLOG. Look through some of the results and click on several blogs. Choose one posting that you liked and provide this information: 1.     Blog Address (copy from address bar at the top of your browser window): http://www.mcpactions.com/blog/ 2.     Blog Posting (describe the technique discussed in the blog posting): Retouching up a little girls photo :The technique involved using the Shiny Skin Vanisher in order reduce shine on face and patch tool to reduce under eye creases. They were also able to smooth out the skin and enhance the eyes.