Photoshop Day 2
Selection Tools
- making a selection
- cut, copy, paste
Move Tool
Clone Stamp
Colors
Gradient
Smudge Tool
Type Tool
Vector Tools
Resizing images in Photoshop
* Situation: you are applying for a grant or show and the application states that images are required to be1920 pixels on the largest size.
? How can you find out the current size of you image?
? How can you change the size of your image?
Go to Image --- Image Size
From this window you can see the images current size in inches, pixels, mm, or cm. You change the size and/or resolution in this window. You can also lock the proportions to keep your images from looking distorted.
Saving Files in Photoshop
File Types
PSD - Working File: specific uncompresses file type which contains all the images information
JPEG - Finished File: universal compressed file type
All files in Photoshop need to be "flattened" before they can be saved as a JPEG.
Artist Trading Card (ATC) walk through
1) create a new 2.5" x 3.5" document at 180 dpi (resolution) --- File New
2) use "save as" to save the document 8 times as "temp-1.psd", "temp-2.psd", "temp-3.psd".....ect
3) find images on the internet and save them to your desktop. *Make sure to use the advanced search function to search for "Large" Images only
4) open your images in Photoshop and "Copy" and "Paste" them into your Template file.
5) move and alter your layers ----- Try "erasing", changing the "mode" of a layer, "selecting" and "deleting", using "adjustments" and "filters"
6) when finished save the file as a .PSD (These files will need to be "Flattened" to be saved as the final JPEG file.)
Work on Assignment 4
