Digital Literacy & Expression: FRI: Photoshop Day 8

OPEN PHOTOSHOP

WE WILL FINISH THE FINAL PHOTOSHOP

TUTORIALS BELOW AND WE WILL TALK SCHOOL CLOSURE

AND DISTANCE LEARNING AS WE WORK

Announcements:

Resources:

AGENDA: [40]

FLIPGRID & Google Classroom: [10+/-]

Reviewing & continuing our Photoshop assignments [30]

Students who are ahead may continue going forward or do Independent Photoshop until we catch up to you.
The Adobe Video Tutorials:

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Basic skills to this point:

To open and create images

In the menu bar, choose File > Open to open existing images.
In the menu bar, choose File > New to create a new image from scratch. Select a document preset. You can customize the preset by typing in your own values, like width and height.

The interface

Menu bar (at the very top) shows the File, Edit, Image, and other menus that give you access to a variety of commands, adjustments, and panels.
Options bar (underneath the menu bar) displays options for the tool you are currently working with.
Tools panel (on the left) contains tools for editing images and creating artwork. Similar tools are grouped together. You can access related tools in a group by clicking and holding a tool in the panel. When you select a Tool the Options above change to match that tool
Specialty Panels (on the right) include Color, Layers, Properties, and other panels that contain a variety of controls for working with images. You can find the full list of panels under the Window menu.
Document window (in the middle) displays the file you’re currently working on. Multiple open documents show up in tabs in the Document window.

To zoom in and out and pan around

Z: The Zoom tool is located in the Tools panel. Change from Zoom In to Zoom Out in the options bar.
Keep SCRUBBY ZOOM turned on so you can click and drag to zoom after hitting "Z" on your keyboard
Command+ "+" or "-" or "0" to zoom from the keyboard
The Hand tool, also located in the Tools panel, allows you to pan around a large or zoomed-in image.
SPACEBAR turns any tool into the Hand tool

To undo

To undo the last thing you did, choose Edit > Undo or press Command+Z (macOS) or Control+Z (Windows).
Or select a step in the History panel.

To save an image

Choose File > Save or File > Save As.
Saving in Photoshop format (.psd) will retain layers, type, and other editable Photoshop properties. It’s best to save your image in PSD format while you’re still working on it.
Saving in JPEG (.jpg) or PNG (.png) format will save as a standard image file that can be shared, opened by other programs, and posted online. When you’re finished editing, save a copy in one of these formats too

To resize an image

Choose Image > Image Size.
Measure width and height in pixels for images you plan to use online or in inches (or centimeters) for images to print. Keep the link icon highlighted to preserve proportions. This automatically adjusts the height when you change the width and vice versa.
Select Resample to change the number of pixels in the image. This changes the image size.

To change image resolution

Choose Image > Image Size. Resolution in this dialog box means the number of image pixels that will be assigned to each inch when the image is printed.
Leave width and height set to inches for printing.
Deselect Resample to preserve the original number of image pixels.
In the Resolution field, set the number of pixels per inch to 300 for printing to a typical desktop inkjet printer. This changes the number of inches in the width and height fields.

Select the Crop tool in the Tools panel. A crop border appears.
Drag any edge or corner to adjust the size and shape of the crop border.
Drag inside the crop border to position the image inside the crop border.
Drag outside a corner of the crop border to rotate or straighten.
Click the check mark in the options bar or press Enter (Windows) or Return (macOS) to complete the crop.

Choose Image > Canvas Size
To add a canvas, enter the amount of width and height to add. Measure width and height in pixels for online use or in inches for print.
Select Relative, and then select an anchor point in the canvas diagram. The arrows point to the sides where the canvas will be added.

Layers contain the images, text, or objects that make up a layered file. They let you move, edit, and work with content on one layer without affecting content on other layers.
Layers are arranged in a stack in the Layers panel, which is usually located in the bottom right of the work area. If the Layers panel is not visible, choose Window > Layers.
In the Layers panel, click the eye icon to the left of a layer to hide its content. Click again in the same spot to reveal the content. This is a useful way to remind yourself what’s on a particular layer.
A layer must be selected in order to make changes to it. In the Layers panel, click once to the right of a layer name to select that layer. To add more layers to your selection, hold Control (Windows) or Command (macOS) as you click other layers.

Drag a layer up or down in the Layers panel to change the order of layered objects in the image.
Click the Create a New Layer icon at the bottom of the layers panel to make a new layer. This layer is transparent until something is added to it.
To name a layer, double-click the current layer name. Type a new name for the layer. Press Enter (Windows) or Return (macOS).
To change a layer’s opacity, select a layer in the Layers panel and drag the Opacity slider located near the top of the Layers panel to make the layer more or less transparent.
To delete a layer, select a layer in the Layers panel and press Backspace (Windows) or Delete (macOS).

In the Layers panel, select one or more layers that contain images or objects you want to resize.
Choose Edit > Free Transform. A transform border appears around all the content on the selected layers. Hold the Shift key to avoid distorting the content, and drag the corners or edges until it is the desired size. Drag inside the transform border to move the content around the image. Drag outside the transform border to rotate the content.
Click the check mark in the options bar or press Enter (Windows) or Return (macOS) to finalize the change.

Choose File > Place Embedded, navigate to an image file in File Explorer (Windows) or Finder (macOS), and click Place.
Hold the Shift key to avoid distorting the image, and drag the corners of the image border to resize the added image.
Drag inside the border to position the added image where you want it.
Click the check mark in the options bar to finalize the placement. This automatically creates a new layer containing the added image.

Because the Background layer is locked, it can’t be moved in the Document window or rearranged in the Layers panel, and some editing functions won’t work on it.
To change the Background layer into a regular layer, click the lock icon to the right of the layer name in the Layers panel.

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