Photoshop

Welcome to the Intro to Photoshop !
Here you will learn how to modify digital photographs, move, duplicate, and resize images, use painting tools to manipulate images, and perform adjustments to contrast and color balance. You will also learn how to correct red-eye, take advantage of layer transparency, and create simple-but-cool text graphics using filters.

What is Photoshop?

Photoshop is the leading digital image editing application for the Internet, print, and other new media disciplines. It is embraced by millions of graphic artists, print designers, visual communicators, and regular people like you. It's likely that nearly every picture you've seen (such as posters, book covers, magazine pictures, and brochures) has either been created or edited by Photoshop. The powerful tools used to enhance and edit these pictures are also capable for use in the digital world including the infinite possibilities of the Internet.
The newest version of Photoshop (CS6) includes features such as:

• Layer Searching
• Group Clipping Masks
• More information displayed in the user interface.
• More hotkeys
• Crop tool changes
• And more.

It is almost impossible to use or even learn all of Photoshop's tools to their maximum benefit. Photoshop has been around since 1982! That's around 25 years of troubleshooting and advancing software. This workshop will go over the main features of the program so that you will feel confident to explore the remaining features on your own.

Workspace.

The Photoshop workspace consists of five main components: the Application Bar, the Tools Panel, the Options Bar, the Document Window, and the Panel Dock. One of the nice things about using Photoshop is that its workspace interface is very similar to that of other products in the Adobe Creative Suite, for example Indesign and Illustrator.

The Application Bar

The Application Bar, new to Photoshop CS4, is located across the top of the screen. It contains the old menu bar, along with a number of other controls, for example a dropdown zoom menu, a button for launching Adobe Bridge, and a button for viewing extras. The menu bar contains controls for managing and editing files, manipulating images, managing layers, and more.

 

Tools Panel

The familiar Tools Panel contains a collection of tools for creating, selecting, and manipulating images. Tools that have a similar function are grouped together.

You can access more options for each tool by holding down the mouse on a tool.

Options Bar

The Options Bar is located below the Application Bar. The options change depending on the tool you have selected. For example, when you select the Type tool, options pertaining to text editing will appear across the bar.

Panel Dock

A vertical dock of panels is located on the right of the workspace. Panels help you manage and edit your images, allowing for quick and easy access to the most common controls for a particular task. By default, three panels will appear when you open Photoshop: the
 layers, adjustments and styles panels.

To access more panels, click Windows from the Application Bar, and click the panel you want to open. To hide a panel, click Windows from the Application Bar, and click the panel you want to hide.