Adobe® Photoshop® CS6: Part 2
Objectives
In this session, you will learn to:
Understand basic principles of typography
Create and edit type
Use masks to hide and show parts of images
Draw with vector paths and edit them to create images
Apply filters to layers
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Work with Type
Type is a design element on the page, and must be a balanced part of your layout in
the same way a photo or a graphic is.
The viewer must be able to read and understand the message.
Typeface refers to a family of fonts.
Categories of typefaces include serif, sans-serif, and decorative.
The following figure shows the categories of typefaces.
Serif typeface
Sans-serif typeface
Decorative typeface
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Work with Type (Contd.)
Color – Black text on white is always the easiest to read, but other combinations might
be appropriate, as long as there is enough contrast.
Spacing – Kerning refers to the process of adjusting space between characters.
Tracking refers to the horizontal spacing across characters.
The following figure shows kerning and tracking.
Too much space
Correct spacing
Kerning
Tracking set to -50 Tracking set to 200
Tracking
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Work with Type (Contd.)
Alignment affects two or more lines of text. Common options include left-align,
right-align, center, and justify.
The following figure shows alignment.
Leading
Rag
Left-align Center
Measure or column width
Right-align Justify
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Work with Type (Contd.)
The toolbar offers four type tools.
The following figure shows the type tools.
Type tools
Toolbar
The options for type include settings for font family, font style, font size, anti-aliasing
method, alignment, text color, and warp effects.
The following figure shows the text tool Options bar.
Font Style Left Align Text
Font Family Center Text
Text Orientation Font Size Right Align Text
Tool Preset picker Anti-Aliasing Alignment Character/ Paragraph
Panel Toggle
Warped Text
Text Color
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Work with Type (Contd.)
The Character panel offers additional options including font family, font style, font size,
leading, kerning, tracking, vertical scale, horizontal scale, baseline shift, text color,
ligature controls, language, and anti-aliasing.
The following figure shows the Character panel.
Font Family Font Style
Font Size Leading
Kerning Tracking
Vertical Scale Horizontal Scale
Baseline Shift Text Color
Faux Bold
Faux Italic
All Caps
Small Caps
Language Anti-aliasing Superscript
Subscript
Underline
Standard Ligatures Strikethrough
Contextual Alternatives
Discretionary Ligatures
Swash
Stylistic Alternatives
Titling Alternatives
Ordinals
Fractions
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Work with Type (Contd.)
The Paragraph panel offers additional settings than what the Options bar provides.
The following figure shows the Paragraph panel.
For the horizontal text tool and a text box:
For the horizontal text Justify last left
tool: Justify center
Left-align text Justify last right
Center text Justify all
Right-align text For the vertical text tool and a text box:
For the vertical text tool: Justify last top
Top-align text Justify last centered
Center text Justify last bottom
Bottom-align text Justify all
Indent Left Margin Indent Right Margin
Indent First Line
Space Before Space After
Paragraph Paragraph
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Work with Type (Contd.)
Activity – Creating Text
Scenario:
You are starting to block out areas of the EcoFriendly’s website home page. The marketing
department has given you the marketing text, and you want to drop it into your preliminary
comp to make sure it is accounted for in the layout as you continue to develop the design.
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Type Special Effects
Photoshop allows you to apply special effects to your type.
Text can be flowed along a path.
Text can be warped.
Text can be turned into vector work paths, which can then be edited by modifying the
work path’s anchor points using the Direct Selection tool.
Text can be turned into a shape, which then allows you to add additional effects.
The following figure shows some examples of text with special effects.
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Type Special Effects (Contd.)
Activity – Flowing Text Along a Path
Scenario:
For increased brand awareness, EcoFriendly’s logo will need the name of the company
added to it. Everyone agrees that the text should follow the oval shape of the tree logo.
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Modify Images with Masks
Masks are used with layers to hide or show parts of an image.
Vector masks are vector-based, and share the same properties as vector images.
Vector masks are more appropriate for outputs requiring sharp edges, as opposed to
soft edges and painterly techniques.
The following figures show an image without the vector mask applied.
Layers panel Image thumbnail
Layers panel
Linking
Image thumbnail
Mask thumbnail
Layer Layer
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Modify Images with Masks (Contd.)
The following table shows the properties tools and their descriptions.
Properties Panel Tools Description
Vector Mask This label informs you that a vector mask is selected.
Layer Mask Selecting this icon will add a layer mask to the selected layer.
Vector Mask This icon is selected, indicating that a vector mask is currently
chosen.
Density Allows you to specify the transparency of the mask.
Feather Allows you to specify a soft blur along the edges of the mask.
Load Selection Allows you to create a selection from the mask.
Apply Mask Allows you to permanently alter the image by removing image pixels
outside of the mask and deleting the mask.
Disable/Enable Allows you to temporarily turn the mask on or off.
Delete Allows you to remove the mask without altering the image.
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Modify Images with Masks (Contd.)
Layer masks are raster-based, and share the same properties as raster images.
Layer masks are based on the color assignment of each pixel.
Layer masks are more appropriate for outputs requiring soft edges and painterly techniques,
as opposed to sharp edges.
If the layer mask resolution is increased, a loss of image quality will result.
The following figure shows an image with layer mask.
Image thumbnail
Layers panel Linking
Mask thumbnail
Layer
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Modify Images with Masks (Contd.)
When a layer mask is added, you can’t see it in the document, because layer masks
are hidden by default.
If you want to see the layer mask, press the Alt key and click the layer mask thumbnail
in the Layers panel.
This action is a toggle, pressing Alt again while clicking the thumbnail will hide it.
When the mask is shown in your document, it will show as white, because you haven’t
created your mask yet.
The following figure shows the layer mask.
Black pixels, transparent area
White pixels, opaque area
Gray pixels, semi-transparent area
Layer Mask
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Modify Images with Masks (Contd.)
A quick mask is different from a layer mask in that all the editing can be done in the
image area.
The following figure shows the Quick mask mode and the resulting selection.
Brush Tool
Quick Mask Selection created by
button the Quick Mask
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Modify Images with Masks (Contd.)
Clipping Layer:
A clipping layer mask lets you use the content of a layer to mask the layers above it.
The masking is determined by the content of the base layer.
The non-transparent content of the base layer clips and reveals the content of the layers
above it in the clipping mask.
All other content in the clipped layers is masked out.
The following figure displays a clipping mask icon.
Clipping mask indicator
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Modify Images with Masks (Contd.)
Activity – Masking an Image
Scenario:
You will continue to refine the design for EcoFriendly’s home page. It is looking somewhat
blocky with the abundance of rectangular elements. You decide to add a swoop shape to the
top banner to add some visual interest. You also want to experiment with pattern to see if it
will help the design come alive.
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Use Filters to Apply Special Effects
Special effects can be applied to your images with Photoshop filters.
The Filter menu is available from the Application bar and lists categories of filters,
which include artistic, blur, brush strokes, distort, noise, pixelate, render, sharpen,
sketch, stylize, texture, video, and others.
The following figure shows the different types of filters.
Radial Blur Distort - Ripple Noise
Crystallize Lighting Effects Emboss
Tiles Plastic Wrap Poster Edges
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Use Filters to Apply Special Effects (Contd.)
When you select Filter Gallery in the Filter menu, a dialog box appears that allows you
to apply more than one filter to your layer.
Using the Filter Gallery, you can select filters, adjust the settings of the filters, and
specify the order that the filters should be applied.
The following figure shows the Filter Gallery.
Selected filter options
Preview
Selected filter
Selected effect layer
Applied Filter List
Effect layer visibility toggle
Zoom Zoom New Delete
Filter list
out amount Effect Effect
Layer Layer
Zoom in
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Use Filters to Apply Special Effects (Contd.)
Activity – Applying Filters
Scenario:
The top banner for EcoFriendly’s home page is too bold of a pattern. You will modify it to
make it more subtle and more impressionistic.
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Adobe® Photoshop® CS6: Part 2
Summary
In this session, you learned to:
Identify typography principles.
Create and edit type in an image.
Utilize type special effects to create an interesting visual design.
Use advanced layer techniques.
Create vector masks and layer masks to hide and show parts of an image.
Apply special effects to layers by applying filters and styles.
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