Adobe photoshop
LECTURE
Adobe photoshop interface
Tools
Menu bar
Option bar
Pannels
Workspace (create custom workspace
Creating new files or open existing files
Work area (canvas)
History and Art history brush tool
History brush tool (ctrl + y) : remove painting on history bases
from anywhere.
Art history brush tool : to hide something (face….).
Eraser tool
Eraser tool : to erase something (painting….).
Background layer : erase all thing on pic base on selected eraser color.
Copy layer : erase the current painted work.
Background eraser tool: erasing background. All the work of plus
(+) sign.
Sampling contiguous:
Sampling once:
Magic eraser tool : perform erasing based on similar color.
To erase selected area you can create one copy layer and put the color on it and
drag down from the base layer.
Gradient tool
Gradient tool : mixing or fade of two or more colors is called gradient color.
Mixing of color shades.
Types of gradient
Linear , Radial , Angle , Reflected , Diamond.
Gradient editor
Create custom gradient
Click anywhere in the color editor then bucket will created and you can color it.
Copy of same color bucket : Hold Alt key and drag the existing bucket anywhere
in the color editor.
To delete color bucket : drag the bucket outside the color editor.
Paint bucket tool
Paint bucket tool : selection of color and then paint bucket tool put
the color on the same background where you click it.
Blur, Sharpen and Smudge tool
Blur tool : to softening or smoothing the area.
Sharpen tool : opposite of blur tool. It sharpens the area.
Smudge tool : movement pixels.
move the pixels of one area to another area.
Dodge, Burn, and Sponge tools
Dodge tool : for lightening area.
Burn tool : for darkening area.
Sponge tool : two modes.
Saturate : coloring the area.
Desaturate : black & white the area.
Pen tool
Pen tool : used for creating logos, icons, and shapes.
1) SHAPE 2) PATH 3) PIXELS
create raster and vector shapes.
Anchor point.
Handle of a point with holding left button.
TASK : make a heart shape with pen tool.
The bezier game
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Pen tool
Color fill : shape inside filling color (red, green, blue)
Stroke : (shape line color)
Line : ( smooth line, dotted line)
Path operations
1)New 2)combine 3)remove 4)intersect 5)exclude
From path we make :
Selection
Mask
Shape
Pen tool
Freeform pen tool : make freeform design.
take anchor points automatically.
Curvature pen tool : make smooth design.
take lines and curves automatically.
Add and delete anchor points :
Convert anchor point tool : convert anchor point.
Path selection and direct path selection
tool
Path selection tool : create some art or make some selection of item
with path in pen tool then path selection provide facilitation to move this
selection or art anywhere (inside or outside the page).
It can move the whole path from one place to another.
Direct path selection tool : from this tool we can perform editing,
modification or change the direction of the selection or art.
From it we can move the anchor point of the design.
Key usage: ctrl+t, ctrl+enter, mouse left click.
Type tool
Horizontal type tool : from this tool we can write or type something in a
horizontal manner.
Vertical type tool : write or type something in a vertical manner.
Vertical type mask tool : typing from this tool make selection
(vertically)
Horizontal type mask tool : typing from this tool make selection
(horizontally)
Type tool
Write one line text : just click left button.
Write paragraph text : hold left button and then drag it.
1. Text font
2. Text style (font style)
3. Size of text
4. Anti aliased
5. Alignment
6. Text color
7. Warp text
8. Character panel
Type tool
Character panel
1) Leading (space between lines) 2) kerning ( spacing between two
characters)
3) Tracking (spacing between all characters) 4) baseline shift (up & down the
char from line)
5) Horizontal scale (width of text)
6) Bold 7) Italic 8) All capitalized 9) Small capitalized
Shape tool
Shape tool: provide shapes.
Properties of shape tool
1) Fill color
2) Stroke (stroke color & stroke size)
New , combine , subtract, intersect, exclude overlapping
shape
Hand, Rotate and zoom tool
Hand tool : to move the working area.
Rotate tool : is used to rotate the working area.
Zoom tool : used to zoom-in or zoom-out the working area.
Editing toolbar
