Adobe CS4 Photoshop

Media Design
Adobe Photoshop CS4
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Features such as the
Application bar, Tools panel, and other panels are arranged in much the same way in all applications. The Tools panel displays at the left side of the window. This panel organizes tools you use to draw, select, insert type, magnify the screen content, and so on. A panel dock at the right side of the window organizes groups of panels. Groups of panels are organized according to the current workspace.
This figure shows the Illustrator CS4 work area with common features labeled.
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Adobe CS4 Basics: Lesson 00, Exercise 1
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The CS4 Design Standard applications display
open documents as tabbed document windows. A documents tab displays its name and other important information, as shown in the diagram to the right. The active documents tab is light gray; inactive document tabs are darker gray. In the diagram to the right, choosing one of these options makes it easy to see all open documents on the screen at the same time. Options available on this palette depend on how many documents are open. Choosing one of these options makes it easy to see all open documents on the screen at the same time.
Arrange Documents Palette Adobe CS4 Basics: Lesson 00, Exercise 1
The image on the left shows the
workspaces available in Adobe Illustrator. The workspace switcher is available in all the Adobe Creative Suite applications and can be found on the Application bar.
To zoom in on a specific area, use the
Zoom tool to drag a marquee around the area, as shown in the image at the right.
Adobe Default File Extensions
Illustrator files are saved by default with the .ai extension. InDesign files are saved with the .indd extension. Photoshop files are saved with the .psd extension
Graphic File Formats
GIF (Graphics Interchange Format), a format used for graphics that have a
limited number of colors (up to 256). This format can include transparent areas. JPG or JPEG (Joint Photographic Experts Group), a format used for continuous tone images such as photos or graphics that contain gradients or color blends. JPG is a compressed format that keeps file sizes low by discarding some image data when the image is saved.
To delete settings and generate a
new set of preferences for Photoshop and InDesign, hold down the Ctrl, Shift, and Alt keys and then start the program. Keep the keys pressed until you see a dialog box like the one shown to the left.
You can access Adobe Bridge from any Creative Suite application by clicking the Bridge button on the applications Application bar or by using the Browse in Bridge command on the applications File menu.
Adobe Bridge is one of the shared programs installed along with the Creative Suite applications. It is a file management utility similar to Windows Explorer, but it has some advantages over Windows Explorer, such as the capability to show thumbnail images of a wide variety of content.
Unlike other CS4 applications, Photoshop does not display a Welcome
screen when the program starts. To create a new image, you use the File > New command to open the New dialog box. You will recognize many of the Photoshop tools from working in Illustrator.
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Work with Drawing and Selecting Tools in Photoshop CS4: Lesson 4, Exercise 34
By default, Photoshop sets the foreground color

Switch Foreground and Background Colors button
Default Foreground and Background Colors button
to black and the background color to white. To choose a new foreground or background color, click the appropriate box in the toolbox. You can use the Switch Foreground and Background Colors button on the toolbox to flip the selected foreground and background colors, or click the Default Foreground and Background Colors button to reset the colors to the defaults: black foreground color, white background color.
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Click to display Brush Preset menu Airbrush
Click the panel menu button to open a menu with additional brush commands.
The Brush Preset menu allows you to set the Master Diameter and Hardness of a brush. Brush diameters are measured in pixels (px) by default. The Hardness setting determines the size of the hard center of the brush relative to its overall size. The lower the Hardness percentage, the softer the brush edges appear.
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Custom Shape Picker
Fill Layer Vector Object For additional Shape Libraries click here.
Photoshop offers some familiar tools for drawing lines and shapes, all contained on the toolbar stored below the Rectangle tool on the toolbox.
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In Photoshop, Undo will reverse only the most recent change. If you want to reverse a series of changes, you Undo the first and then use the Step Backward command on the Edit menu to continue reversing changes.
Photoshop always adds text (type) on a new layer in the image. This is in part because type objects are vector objects (defined by their outlines and easily resizable) rather than raster images.
Type Options Bar
Reject /Commit Buttons
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Layers Panel Buttons

Link layers Add layer mask Create a new group Delete
Add a Layer style
Create new fill or adjustment layer
Create a new layer
The background layer always appears at the bottom of the Layers panel, and it
cannot be moved to a different position in the layer list. If the background layer contains the entire image content it is good practice to copy the layer and then hide the original background layer.You can then make any needed adjustments on the copy, keeping the original safe.
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Photoshops Eraser tools let you remove portions of an image.You have a
choice of the Eraser tool, the Background Eraser tool, and the Magic Eraser tool. The Eraser tool enables you to remove or change pixels on a layer using brush or pencil strokes. The Background Eraser tool erases pixels to transparency on any layer. The Magic Eraser tool enables you to delete areas of color by clicking on a specific color. All areas of that color are then erased to transparency on a normal layer.
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Rectangular Marquee Selection
Elliptical Marquee Selection
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Commands on the Edit menu allow you to apply a stroke or a fill
to a selection to create special effects. Use the Edit > Stroke command to open the Stroke dialog box. You can choose a width and color for the stroke, locate the stroke inside, centered, or to the outside of the selection, and choose a blending mode and opacity setting.
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Click the Magic Wand tool on an area of color to sample
it. All colors similar to the sampled color are selected. By default, the Magic Wand selects contiguous pixels pixels in contact with the sample color. To select a color throughout an image, deselect the Contiguous option on the options bar. Changing the Tolerance setting on the options bar enables the Magic Wand tool to select more or fewer pixels. With a lower Tolerance entry, a pixels color must match the sampled pixel more closely to be included in the selection. Higher Tolerance settings allow for a greater color range to match the sampled pixel.
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The adjustment options on the Image
> Adjustments submenu alter the actual pixels of an image. Once you have applied an adjustment from this submenu, the changes can be reversed only by using Undo or Step Backward. When you add an adjustment layer, by contrast, you apply adjustments to a layer that will affect all layers below it. In this way, you can modify the look of an image without actually changing it.
Adjustments Panel
Color Balance
Adjustment Layer
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The Color Balance settings allow you
Levels Settings Color Balance Adjustment
to specify color levels or drag sliders to adjust color balance. This adjustment allows you to correct for an unwanted color cast in an image, such as too much blue or yellow. When adjusting image appearance, you may next want to work with the images tone by correcting levels. Levels refers to the levels of intensity of shadows, midtones, and highlights in an image.
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Correct and Modify Images: Lesson 5, Exercise 44
The Spot Healing Brush tool enables you to correct small spots and imperfections on the
image. It heals the spot by sampling the pixels around it and creating a matching fill or texture. The Healing Brush tool enables you to sample an area of the image, and then paint the sample over a similar scratched, spotted, or otherwise damaged area. To help blend the repair, Photoshop examines the texture, lighting, transparency, and shading of the pixels being patched and adjusts the painted sample accordingly. The Patch tool enables you to select an area to use as a patch to repair another similar area in the image. The pasted patch adjusts to match the texture, lighting, and shading of the patch to the area being repaired, so that it blends as seamlessly as possible. The Red Eye tool fixes red eye with an easy mouse click or two. Options for the Red Eye tool include desired Pupil Size and Darken Amount settings from the options bar. Click on the eye to correct, or drag diagonally across it.
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The Clone Stamp tool enables you to

Sampling the original butterfly
Painting the clone
sample (copy) an area in an image, and then to paint all or part of the duplicate in another location. After you choose the Clone Stamp tool from the toolbox, Alt + click on the center of the area to sample. Select the desired brush from the Brush Preset picker and choose the desired blending mode, opacity, flow, and other settings as desired. Then, click or drag back and forth with the mouse to paint the clone onto the layer.
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The History panel is invaluable when you are
adjusting image appearance using tools such as those introduced in this exercise, because you can use it to view the image at a particular point in the correction process.You can also use the History panel to quickly reverse a whole series of changes. The History panel by default tracks 20 states during the current work session. States are listed in order, from first at the top of the panel to last at the bottom.
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A skilled photographer can attach a photo filter to a
camera lens to correct the color balance and temperature (warm tones versus cool tones) of the image or apply a special effect. For example, a photographer might add a filter to eliminate the blue-green cast common in photos taken under fluorescent lighting, add a polarizing filter to reduce glare and reflections and intensify colors, or add a filter that yields a special effect, such as making the image look foggy or adding a starburst effect. For an image shot without the benefit of a physical filter, Photoshop offers the Photo Filter adjustment in the Adjustments panel.
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The Dodge tool enables you to reduce exposure or lighten
shadows, midtones, or highlights in an area of an image.You dodge an image by painting with the Dodge tool, dragging on the image after choosing the tool settings. The Burn tool enables you to increase exposure or darken shadows, midtones, or highlights in an area of an image.You paint on the Burn tool effect, dragging on the image after choosing the tool settings. Dodging or burning an area in the image makes it lighter or darker. To enhance or reduce the color saturation in a particular area in the image, instead, use the Sponge tool.
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Use the Blur tool to paint blurring onto
an image. The Sharpen tool can help enhance detail, particularly in an edge where two colors abut in the image. The Smudge tool enables you to distort and reposition content in an image, as if the image is a puddle of paint that you drag your finger through.
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You have two options for cropping an image.You can
crop to any selection, or you can use the Crop tool to draw a rectangular marquee that defines the crop area. To crop to a selection, use the selection tool of your choice to select the area to keep in the image, and then choose Image > Crop. Use the Crop tool to crop an image to a rectangular shape without making a selection first. Use the choices on the Image > Image Rotation submenu to apply the desired rotation. Choose Image > Canvas Size to open the Canvas Size dialog box. Enter the desired new Width and/or Height.
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A path is a vector-based outline that you can use to add content
or save selections in an image file. Paths do not print until you stroke or fill them. You have several options for creating a path: As you learned in the first Photoshop lesson, you can create a path when drawing any line or shape if you select the Paths button on the options bar. A working path in the Paths panel You can create a path from any selection you make in an image. You can use the Pen tool to draw a path. You can load a saved path as a selection marquee in the shape of the path on any layer in the image file. To load a path as a selection, first select the layer where you want to make the selection in the Layers panel. Then select the path in the Paths panel. Click the Load path as a selection button at the bottom of the Paths panel. Selected path
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Add a layer style button
Layer styles are special effects you can apply to a layer to modify the look of the
layers contents. Layer styles include options such as shadows, glows, overlays, and even an option that makes layer content look embossed. This illustration above shows the Bevel and Emboss layer style applied to type and the Drop Shadow style applied to the layer containing the butterfly. To apply a layer style, select the layer to receive the style and click the Add a layer style button at the bottom of the Layers panel, or select the Layer > Layer Style command. Then select the desired style from the menu.
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Explore Advanced Image Techniques: Lesson 6, Exercise 54
The order of the effect can change the appearance. New effect layer button
Photoshops filters allow you to apply many different types of special effects to an
image. Some of these filter effects are utilitarianthey can be used to sharpen or blur one part of an imageand other filter effects are creativethey can be used to render clouds or make an image look as if it has been created from stained glass.
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In the world of graphic design, a mask
Quick Mask displayed in the Channels panel
protects one area of an image while leaving another area available to be modified. Photoshops channels display information for each color in an image. Splitting out the colors in this way allows you to work with each color separately if you wish, or adjust an image by changing the way the separate colors are mixed together.
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The layer to be clipped must be on top A layer mask is used to conceal part or all of a layer. You can easily create a layer mask by using a selection tool to define an area and then click the Add layer mask button on the Layers panel. The mask is applied immediately to crop away the part of the layer not enclosed by the selection. You can also create layer masks from selections using the Layer > Layer Mask command. With the selection in place, click Reveal Selection on the Layer Mask submenu to show only the selected area. Click Hide Selection to show everything but the selected area. After you have positioned layers correctly, select the top layer and use the Layer > Create Clipping Mask command to create the mask.
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The layer thumbnail and the layer mask thumbnail
When you choose to optimize an image, you must
Optimize a GIF file
decide which of the standard Web formats best suit your image. For images that have a limited palette of colors or large blocks of color, GIF is the best format to choose. GIF images can display up to 256 colors and can include transparency. GIF images are compressed without loss of data. For continuous-tone images such as photos or images that use gradients, JPEG is the best format to choose. When a JPEG file is compressed, a certain amount of data is lost. Compression occurs each time the file is saved, so save as few times as possible. The PNG format is similar to GIF in that it supports a limited number of colors and transparency and features lossless compression. Some browsers require special support for PNG images.
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Media Design

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Features such as the

Adobe CS4 Basics: Lesson 00, Exercise 1

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Copyright 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall.

The CS4 Design Standard applications display

Arrange Documents Palette Adobe CS4 Basics: Lesson 00, Exercise 1

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The image on the left shows the

To zoom in on a specific area, use the

Adobe CS4 Basics: Lesson 00, Exercise 2

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Adobe Default File Extensions

Adobe CS4 Basics: Lesson 00, Exercise 3

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To delete settings and generate a

Adobe CS4 Basics: Lesson 00, Exercise 3

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Adobe CS4 Basics: Lesson 00, Exercise 3

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Unlike other CS4 applications, Photoshop does not display a Welcome

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By default, Photoshop sets the foreground color

Default Foreground and Background Colors button

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Click to display Brush Preset menu Airbrush

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Custom Shape Picker

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Type Options Bar

Reject /Commit Buttons

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Layers Panel Buttons

Add a Layer style

Create new fill or adjustment layer

Create a new layer

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Photoshops Eraser tools let you remove portions of an image.You have a

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Rectangular Marquee Selection

Elliptical Marquee Selection

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Commands on the Edit menu allow you to apply a stroke or a fill

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Click the Magic Wand tool on an area of color to sample

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The adjustment options on the Image

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The Color Balance settings allow you

Levels Settings Color Balance Adjustment

Correct and Modify Images: Lesson 5, Exercise 44

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Correct and Modify Images: Lesson 5, Exercise 45

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