{"id":2440,"date":"2008-07-29T16:54:18","date_gmt":"2008-07-29T21:54:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/magic1host.com\/blog\/2008\/07\/29\/looking-for-some-help-with-learning-photoshop\/"},"modified":"2008-07-29T16:54:18","modified_gmt":"2008-07-29T21:54:18","slug":"looking-for-some-help-with-learning-photoshop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/magic1host.com\/blog\/?p=2440","title":{"rendered":"Looking for some help with learning photoshop?"},"content":{"rendered":"
by David Peters<\/div>\n

Photoshop CS2’s spot healing tool has more options than the version in Photoshop Elements 3. You can select a blending mode for the healing, and choose between proximity match or create texture. You can also sample all layers which allows you to use the spot healing tool on a new layer for non-destructive editing.<\/p>\n

RESOLUTION. The “Auto” resolution button on the right of your Image Size dialog box will resize your image to small, medium and larger sizes. Under “Document Size” in your Image Size box, you’ll see a place to enter the desired resolution. For the Web, normal resolutions will be 72 pixels per inch. For print work, the resolution should be at least 300 ppi. When you increase the resolution, you increase the image size, and may need to resize it, but the resolution will stay the same. COLOR CASTS. Go into your Image > Adjustments menu and try using the automatic presets there: Auto Levels, Auto Contrast, Auto Color and\/or Variations. This last option is especially fast and flexible, offering fine-tuning for shadows, midtones and highlights as well as saturation.<\/p>\n

You can also add new colour stops to an existing gradient by clicking anywhere along the bottom edge of the preview bar. As well as editing colour stops for the gradient to blend between, you can also add different opacity settings to make it fade from solid to transparency. Strike a balance The Gradient Editor automatically places a midpoint between each colour stop to create a smooth linear blend between colours.<\/p>\n

Image Adjustments: No doubt you’ll need to tweak things such as levels and colour values on occasion. These shortcuts will take you to the heart of the Image > Adjustments menu – Adjust Levels…….[Ctrl]+[L] – Auto Levels………[Shift]+[Ctrl]+[L] – Auto Contrast…….[Alt]+[Shift]+[Ctrl]+[L] – Auto Color……….[Shift]+[ Ctrl]+[B] – Curves …………..[Ctrl]+[M] – Color Balance…….[Ctrl]+[B] – Hue\/Saturation……[Ctrl]+[U] – Desaturate……….[Shift]+[Ctrl]+[U] – Invert…………..[Ctrl]+[I] File Management: Browse, open, close and save your files for a variety of formats, all at the touch of a key or three – New File………….[Ctrl]+[N] – Open File…………[Ctrl]+[O] – Open File Browser….[Shift]+[Ctrl]+[O] – Save……………..[Ctrl]+[S] – Close…………….[Ctrl]+[W] – Save As…………..[Shift]+[Ctrl]+[S] – Save for Web………[Alt]+[Shift]+[Ctrl]+[S] – Undo last action…..[Ctrl]+[Z] – Step Forward………[Shift]+[Control]+[Z] – Step Backward……..[Alt]+[Ctrl]+[Z] – Page Setup………..[Shift]+[Ctrl]+[P] – Print…………….[Alt]+[Ctrl]+[P] – Print with Preview…[Ctrl]+[P] – Print One Copy…….[Alt]+[Shift]+[Ctrl]+[P] – Jump to ImageReady…[Shift]+[Ctrl]+[M]<\/p>\n

To experiment with advanced Photoshop layering, you’ll need something to work on. So first bring up a photo inside Photoshop, then create another layer with something on it. On the bottom of your Layer Style box, you will find the “Blend If” settings. Choose either gray, red, green or blue inside the drop-down Blend If menu, then use your slider bars to control the opacity of the layer you highlighted or the layer underneath. Dragging the “white” slider left will diminish the whites or highlights, and the layer underneath will show through. You will quickly see how blending each color affects the image. You can use this versatile feature, for example, to replace a washed-out sky with a nice blue sky, blending the transparency to a gnat’s eyebrow.<\/p>\n

Like Adobe Remix, the hosted Photoshop service is set to be free and marketed as an entry-level version of Adobe’s more sophisticated image-editing tools, including Photoshop and Photoshop Elements. Chizen envisions revenue from the Photoshop service coming from online advertising. “That is new (for Adobe). It’s something we are sensitive to because we are watching folks like Google do it in different categories, and we want to make sure that we are there before they are, in areas of our franchises,” Chizen said. Chizen described the introduction of Adobe Remix and the forthcoming hosted Photoshop as part of a larger move toward integrating hosted services into the company’s product mix.<\/p>\n

Just knowing the basics can do wonders. Start with your “Auto Color” command. (Click “Image,” “Adjustments,” then “Auto Color” from the top menu.) Photoshop has configured the Auto Color tool to transform photos to preset values, affecting the overall tone and levels of the photograph. After that you will probably want to enhance your photo further. Photoshop gives you a cornucopia of options for endlessly fiddling with your pictures. Try your “Levels” button (click “Image,” “Adjustments,” then “Levels”). A dialog box pops up labeled Levels. In it you can use the top slider bar to control the brightness of shadows, midtones and highlights. The bottom slider bar affects your overall output levels. You should get your levels the way you want them before you move on to directly transform colors. You can also correct your brightness levels using “Curves,” in the same menu. Experiment with it and you’ll see how it works.<\/p>\n

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Photoshop CS2’s spot healing tool has more options than the version in Photoshop Elements 3. You can select a blending mode for the healing, and choose between proximity match or create texture. You can also sample all layers which allows you to use the spot healing tool on a new layer for non-destructive editing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":97,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[112],"class_list":["post-2440","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-web","tag-web"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/magic1host.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2440","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/magic1host.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/magic1host.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magic1host.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/97"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magic1host.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2440"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/magic1host.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2440\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/magic1host.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2440"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magic1host.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2440"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magic1host.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2440"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}