Basics of Adobe Photoshop

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 I will be going over:

 Creating a New Project

 Basic Tools

 Layer, Groups and Guides

 Filters and Image Adjustments

 Creating a Wallpaper

You will need:

 Computer

 Photoshop (I will be using Photoshop CS6)

Step 1: Creating New Project

1. Open Photoshop.

2. Go to 'File > New' or Press Ctrl/Cmd + N.

3. A window will now open which will have:

 Name - This is the name of your document.

 Width - This is the width of your document.

 Hight - This is the hight of your document

 Resolution - This is resolution of your document. 72 PPI is used for Web and 300

PPI is for Print. PPI stand for 'PixelsPerInch'

 Color Mode - This is the colour type for your document. I suggest you leave it as

RGB Color for now and keep it as 8 Bit

 Background Contents - This is what your background will be. I suggest you leave

it as White.

 Advance Settings - This is for advance users. You can just leave it as it is.

4. Once you have selected the setting you want, click 'OK'.

Hear are some common document sizes:

 720p - 1280x720 @ 72 PPI

 1080p - 1920x1080 @ 72 PPI

 A4 - 595x842 @ 72 PPI OR 2480x3508 @ 300 PPI

 A3 - 842x1191 @ 72 PPI OR 3508x4962 @ 300 PPI

 Step 2: Basic Tools

I will be going over the Basic Tools you will need to know to get started on
Photoshop.

Move Tool:
This tool can be used to move items around

Marquee Tool:
This tool can be used to make selections. There are four different types which
are:
Rectangular - This will make a Rectangular selection
Elliptical - This will make a Elliptical selection
SingleColumn - This will make a Column selection
SingleRow - This will make a Row selection

Lasso:
This tool can also be used to make selections. There are three different types
which are:
Lasso - This can make free hand selection
PolygonalLasso - This will make selection with lines
MagneticLasso - This will make selection by shaping onto objects.

Quick Selection:
This tool can be used to make selection of objects by painting on them with an
adjustable brush.

Crop:
This tool can be used to trim images.

Eraser:
This tool can be used to erase pixels of an image.

Brush Tool:
Paints a brush stroke.

Pencil Tool:
Paints are hard-edge stroke.

Gradient:
This tool can be used to make a straight-line, radial, angle, reflected, and
diamond blends between colors.

Paint Bucket:
Fills similar coloured areas with the foreground colour

Pen:
This tool can be used to create smooth-edged paths. You can use the Freeform
Pen to create paths free-handed.

Type Tool:
This tools creates a text box which can be used to type text into.

Shape Tools:
These tools can be used to create shapes. There are six different types of shape
tools which are:
Rectangle
Rounded Rectangle
Ellipse
Polygon
 Line
Custom Shape

Hand:
This tool can be used to move an image within the window.

Zoom:
Zoom in and out.
Step 3: Layers, Groups and Guides

Layers are what they say there are, Layers. Layers are very useful in Photoshop.
Each layer is an individual which means you can edit it without editing any of the
other layers.

CreateNew Layer. To create a new layer go into 'Layer > New > Layer' or by click
the box with folded conner at the bottom right hand conner of the window.

LockingLayers. Layers can be locked which means that they can't be edited until
you unlock it. There are Three different types of Locks.

 LockTransparentPixels - This will make the pixels you erase black instead of

getting rid of them.

 LockImagePixels - This will mean you can't change the pixels into anything such

as colouring it in.

 LockPosition - This will mean you are not able to move the image.

 The last one will lock everything which mean you will not be able to edit it at all.

HidingLayer. Layer can be hid by press the 'Eye' icon next to the layer. Click it
again and the layer will be visible again.

LayerStyle. This are some setting that can be changes to make the layer look
different. To open the layer style window just double click the layer which will
open a new window. Some things you can do are:

 Opacity - Change the opacity of the layer.

 Stroke - Put an outline on the layer.

 InnerShadow - Puts a shadow inside the layer which give it an effect of it is

going inside.

 InnerGlow - Put a glow on the inside.

 ColorOverlay - Put a colour on top of the layer.

 GradientOverlay - Put a gradient on top of the layer.

 PatternOverlay - Put a pattern on top of the layer.

 OuterGlow - Put a glow outside the layer.

 DropShadow - Put a shadow underneath the layer which give the effect of it

floating.

Groups. Groups are used to organise your layer. You can create a group by
clicking on the folder button at the button right hand conner of the window.

Guides. Guides are very useful. To make a new guide go to 'View > New Guide'.
This will bring up a new window. You can choose weather the guide is vertical or
horizontal. Then write where it is. I recommend you use '%'. I suggest when you
start a new project you make two guides, one vertical at 50% and the other
horizontal at 50%.

Step 4: Filters and Image Adjustments

NOTE: For this section you will need a picture. Make sure your photo hash't
been edited.

1. Open Photoshop.

2. Go to 'File > Open' or Click 'Ctrl/Cmd + O'. Then select the photo you have
choosen.

ImageAdjustments.

Brightness and Contrast

1. Go to 'Image > Adjustments > Brightness/Contrast'
2. You will now see two sliders, one for the brightness and the other for
contrast. Play around with the slider till you think your photo looks better

Vibrane
1. Go to 'Image > Adjustments > Vibrance'
2. You will now see to slider, one for vibrance and the other for saturation. Play
around with the slider till you think your photo looks better.

There are a lot of other settings you can change. If you want to know what they
all do you should play around with them. The main reason you would use them is
to change the colour of a picture.

Filters.
1. Go to 'Filter > Filter Gallery'. This will open a new window. You might have to
the zoom from '100%' to 'Fit in View'. This is located at the bottom left corner of
the window.
2. You will have a lot of different filters so the best thing to do is look at all of
them and pick the best one.

Step 5: Creating a Wallpaper

I think that Photoshop is the best program to make wallpapers. There are a lot of
tools and you can make a lot of different things. I will be showing you how to
make a very simple wallpaper.

1. You have to get a theme for your wallpaper. For example Movies, Animals,
Cars and Landmarks. For this tutorial my theme is going to be Pixar. This is an
animation studio who has made movie like Monster Inc, Cars and Toy Story.

2. Once you have chosen your theme you will need to get a Background picture
which will be the main picture of the wallpaper. You will also need a logo for this
tutorial. For example if you pick Lamborghini you will need there logo or if you
pick Pixar like me you will need the Pixar Logo. Make sure the background of
your logo is transparent.

3. Now Open photoshop and create a new project. You will have to make the
dimensions of the document you screen size. If you don't know what your screen
resolution is go can check by:

Windows - Start > Control Panel > Appearance and Personalization > Display >
Adjust resolution
Mac - Apple Button > About This Mac > More Info > Displays
My resolution is 1440x900. I am going to make the PPI 300.

4. Now open your Background Picture and Logo.

5. Drag the background picture into the new document you created. Resize the
picture and make it fit.

6. Rename the layer to 'Background Picture'

7. Create new guides by going into 'View > New Guide'

Make three vertical guides at 0%, 50% and 100%
Make three Horizontal guides at 40%, 50% and 60%
8. Now drag the logo in and centre it. Make sure it fits in between
the 40% and 60% guides.

9. Select the rectangle shape and make the fill a gradient. Now click on the
gradient which will open a new window. Bring the two small boxes on the left
into the middle. Make the colour of the bottom one white. Now click on the top
small box on the right. Make the opacity 0%. Now click on the left hand side
(Top) to make a new small box. Make sure it is 0%. Then click 'Ok'.

10. Use the rectangle tool to make a rectangle shape in the rectangular box that
the guides make.

11. Double click on the rectangle box layer and make the opacity around about
50%.

12. Now create a new layer and place it at the top of all the layers.

13. Select the gradient tool and select the last gradient preset. Change the style
to radial and click and drag from the bottom of the document to the top. This will
make a fade.

14. Now save two copies. One 'PSD' and the other 'PNG'. Use the 'PNG' as your
Wallpaper.