Photoshop's Concepts 1st Part

Using print screen identify the following parts of photoshop's interface:

1. The tools palette
2. Layers palette
3. History palette
4. Navigator palette
5. Options bar of the move tool
6. Main menu
7. Adjustments palette

Using print screens answer the following:

1. The process for creating a new document.
2. The process for placing an image.
3. The process for opening a document.
4. The process for saving an image as JPEG, medium quality.
5. The process to change an image's size

Instructions: Take the print screens, paste them in photoshop (crop them if necessary), save them as JPEG formats, post them in your blog with the correct names and full explanation of the process.

Practice #9

Practice 9.1 – Marquee Tools & Photo Filters

• Download File #1 and open it directly in Photoshop.
• If the layer is blocked, rasterize it.
• Using the rectangular marquee tool, select the main building of the picture.
• Apply a Deep Emerald Photo Filter with density at 90%. [Image - Adjustments - Photo Filter]
• Save it as JPEG medium quality.
• Post it in your blog.

Practice 9.2 – Polygonal Lasso Tool & Filters

• Download File #2 and open it directly in Photoshop.
• If the layer is blocked, rasterize it.
• Crop the image using the crop tool, as shown in the example.
• Using the Polygonal Lasso Tool (feather: 2px), select the background, leaving only the first rock without selection.
• Apply a Gaussian Blur Filter, with radius in 2.0 pixels. [Filter - Blur - Gaussian Blur]
• Save it as JPEG medium quality.
• Post it in your blog.

Practice 9.3 – Polygonal Lasso Tool & Paint bucket tool

• Download File #3 and open it directly in Photoshop.
• If the layer is blocked, rasterize it.
• Using the Polygonal Lasso Tool (feather: 2px), select the buildings and copy them. [ctrl + C]
• Create a New Layer and paste the selection. [Ctrl + V]
• Delete the original layer.
• Create a new layer and using the paint bucket tool, add color to the background. (R:222 – G:235 – B:6)
• Arrange the layers if it's necessary, to put the buildings infront of the background.
• Save it as JPEG medium quality.
• Post it in your blog.

Practice #8 - Composite Image

• Download File #5, File #6, File #7, File #8 and File #9.
• Open file #5 directly in Photoshop.
• If the layer is blocked, convert it to smart object and then rasterize the layer.

• Create a new layer. Convert it to a background layer. {Layer - New - Layer from background} (it will turn to white)

•  Select the wall layer. Change its opacity to 50% in the layers palette)

•  Open file #6 directly in Photoshop.

• Paste it to the original file. (use the move tool and holding down Alt, drag the selection to the composition file. Rename the layer. (ocean)

•  For the big picture use these layer styles {layers palette}
• Drop shadow: opacity 70% - distance 15px – spread 13% - size 13px 
• Stroke: size 4 – color R:74-G:56-B:25)

• For the smaller pictures use these layer styles. 

• Drop shadow: opacity 70% - distance 7px – spread 26% - size 13px 
• Stroke: size 3 – color, free to choose

• For the medium picture use these special effects. 
• Outer glow: opacity 90% - spread 20% - size 30px – color, free to choose)

• Save it as JPEG medium quality and post it in your blog.

Practice # 7 - Photoshop Filters

Photoshop Filters are used to clean up or retocuh your images. These filters apply special arte effects that give your image the appearance of a sketch or pastel painting. You can see the result of the filters in your image before you apply them.

To apply a filter go to the Filters menu located in the Main Menu.

Instructions: Download 20 different appropriate pictures, and apply them the following filters. (one filter per picture)

1. 5 pictures with Artistic filters (free to choose)
2. 2 pictures with Brush Strokes filters (free to choose)
3. 2 pictures with Pixelate filters (free to choose)
4. 2 pictures with Render filters (lens flare & lighting effects)
5. 5 pictures with Skecth filters (free to choose)
6. 2 pictures with Stylize filters (free to choose)
7. 2 pictures with Texture filters (free to choose)

PS book - FILES

CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FILE OF THE ACTIVITY #10
CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FILE OF THE ACTVITY #9

CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FILE OF THE ACTIVITY #8
CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FILE OF THE ACTIVITY #4

Practice #6 - Adjustment layers

The only features from the Adjustments submenu (under the Image menu) that you can’t apply as an adjustment layer are Match Color, Replace Color, Shadow/Highlight, Exposure, Equalize, and Variations. We use Levels, Curves, Hue/Saturation, and Photo Filter far more often than the others, but we encourage you to experiment. You can’t do any harm, because your original image stays intact on the Background layer until you flatten it.

Instructions:

Practice with the adjustments. Edit 15 different pictures with each one of them.

Practice #5 - Red-eye tool

The Red Eye tool removes red eye in flash photos of people or animals, and white or green reflections in flash photos of animals.

Select the Red Eye tool . (The Red Eye tool is in the same group as the Spot Healing Brush tool . Click the triangle in the lower right portion of a tool to display additional tools.)

Click in the red eye. If you are not satisfied with the result, undo the correction, set one or more of the following options in the options bar, and click the red eye again:

Pupil Size

Increases or decreases the area affected by the Red Eye tool.

Darken Amount

Sets the darkness of the correction.

 

• Red eye is caused by a reflection of the camera flash in the subject’s retina. You’ll see it more often when taking pictures in a darkened room because the subject’s iris is wide open. To avoid red eye, use the camera’s red eye reduction feature. Or, better yet, use a separate flash unit that you can mount on the camera farther away from the camera’s lens.

Instructions:

Remove red-eyes from 2 different photos. Post them in your blog, both pictures, before & after.