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Practical Photoshop CS6Level 1Barbara Zukin Heiman. Ph .D.D onald LairdC orrine HaverinenWindsor GreenMarilyn P. Kelly, Ed.D.

Practical Photoshop CS6, Level 1Barbara Zukin Heiman, Donald Laird, Corrine Haverinen, Windsor Green, & Marilyn P. KellyPractical PhotoshopPO Box 195, Vineburg, CA 95487Find us on the Web at http://www.practical-photoshop.com.To report errors, please send an email to bheiman@practical-photoshop.com.Copyright 2009–2012 byBarbara Zukin Heiman, Donald Laird, Corrine Haverinen, Windsor Green, & Marilyn P. KellyWe have no affiliation with Practical Photoshop Magazine which was established in 2011.Notice of Rights:All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by anymeans—electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise—without the prior writtenpermission of the publisher.Trademarks:Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Bridge are registered trademarks of Adobe Systems, inc. in the UnitedStates and other countries.Notice of Liability:The information in this book and accompanying files are distributed on an “as is” basis, withoutwarranty. While every precaution has been taken in the preparation of this book, none of the authorsshall have any liability to any person or entity with respect to any liability, loss, or damage causedor alleged to be caused directly or indirectly by the instructions contained in this book, or by thecomputer software or hardware products described herein.ISBN 978-0-9822931-3-3 PDF 978-0-9822931-4-0 Print

Practical Photoshop CS6, Level 1 WelcomeThe authors of this book are all current or former community college instructors, and Adobe CertifiedInstructors in Adobe Photoshop . Together, we have taught Photoshop to thousands of students,both in traditional classrooms and online. In our 16 years of teaching Photoshop, we have learnedfirst hand from our students which Photoshop skills they feel are the most essential, and also whichPhotoshop techniques they find the most difficult to master. We have used our students’ feedback todetermine both the topics and the step by step tutorials in Practical Photoshop CS6. Marilyn Kelly, EdD,has carefully edited the book to make it as pedagogically-sound as possible.The tutorials do not cover everything in Photoshop—instead we have tried to distill the importantterms, skills, and techniques you will need to open, edit, create, save, and print Photoshop documents.You will be able to download all the images used in this book from the Practical Photoshop site,http://www.practical-photoshop.com. The student files are big—most of them are high resolution sothat they will print nicely. They are royalty free. We hope you will enjoy them.We have done our best to fully edit the content for this book, but a couple of errors may have slipped in.Check the accompanying Web site: http://www.practical-photoshop.com for any corrections we might havemade, and also to report any to us. Also, on the site, there will soon be videos to accompany the tutorials.Consult your instructor for specifics.Let us leave with some thank yous: To the students, faculty, and staff of Santa Rosa Junior College who have been such enthusiasticPhotoshop users, learners, and educators. To Bruce Purcell and Michael Starkey for all their efforts as members of the Photoshop team thatmade this book possible. To Sutter Laird for his technical support.Barbara, Donald, Corrine, Windsor, and Marilyn

Practical Photoshop CS6, Level 1 Table of ContentsOverview and Tutorial Guidelines. . 1Tutorial 1: Photoshop Basics. 11Tutorial 2: Files for Print and Web . 40Tutorial 3: Selection . 54Tutorial 4: Layers. 84Tutorial 5: Layer Case Studies . 110Tutorial 6: Painting . . 134Tutorial 7: Image Sources and Resolution. 171Tutorial 8: Design Principles & Effective Cropping. 193Tutorial 9: Adobe Bridge Automations . 213Tutorial 10: Correcting Image Tonality. 262Tutorial 11: Adjusting Image Colors. 287Tutorial 12: Painting with Special Tools . 314Tutorial 13: Restoration Case Studies . 345Tutorial 14: Fun with Filters . 363Tutorial 15: Putting It All T ogether. . 384Table of ContentsPage A

Overview and T utorial Guidelines. . 1Tutorial Guidelines. 2Using These Tutorials with Photoshop. 2The Photoshop Application. 3Hardware and Software Requirements.4Creative Suite Requirements . .5Setting up your Monitor for Photoshop. . .6Photoshop CS6 Installation. . . 7A Few Tips Before You Begin.7Activation & Deactivation. . .8Checking for Free Updates.8Adobe ID.9Uninstalling Photoshop CS6.9The Photoshop Settings File. 9To Restore the Adobe Photoshop Settings File.9Download Tutorial Files. .10Tutorial 1: Photoshop Basics. 11Objectives.11The Photoshop Workspace. . .11Guided Exercise 1.1: Navigate the Photoshop Workspace. . 11Panel Manipulation & Customization.19Dock Manipulation. 20Panel Controls. 20Panel Menus. . . 21Panel Manipulation. 21Free-float a Panel. 22Relocate a Panel Group. 22Relocate an Individual Panel. . 22Table of ContentsPage B

Document Navigation.23Guided Exercise 1.2: Navigate a File with Menu Commands. . 23Guided Exercise 1.3: Use the Zoom Tool with Options. 24Guided Exercise 1.4: Use the Navigator Panel. 25Keyboard Shortcuts. .26Navigation Shortcuts. 27Context Menus. 27Restore Tool Defaults. 27Zoom with Context Menu. . . 28Your First Photoshop Project.28Guided Exercise 1.5: Begin to “Carve” a Pumpkin, Photoshop Style. . 28The History Panel.30Guided Exercise 1.6: Use the History Panel to Undo Image Changes. 31History Panel Keyboard Shortcuts. . .33The Layered Photoshop Document. .34Guided Exercise 1.7: Use Layers to Finish “Carving” the Pumpkin. . 34Photoshop Help.37Guided Exercise 1.8: Use Photoshop Help. 37On Your Own.39Navigation Shortcuts. 39Resources.39Tutorial 2: Files for Print and Web . 40Objectives.40Resolution.40Monitor Resolution. . 40Document Resolution. . . 41Printer Resolution. . . 41Setting up Documents for Print.42Printing Photoshop Documents. .43Table of ContentsPage C

Ink Jet Paper Quality and Image Longevity.44Guided Exercise 2.1: Print Your Pumpkin. 45Beware of Scale to Fit Media . 46Saving a File for Fast Online Transmission. . .47Guided Exercise 2.2: Save a Duplicate File for the Web. 47JPEG Quality.51How Big is Your File?.52On Your Own.52Avoid the Most Common Save for Web Mistake. 53Resources.53Tutorial 3: Selection . 54Objectives.54Selection Principles. . .55How Do You Select?. . 55How Do You Deselect?. . . 56The Marquee Tools.56The Rectangular Marquee Tool. . . 56The Elliptical Marquee Tool. 56Guided Exercise 3.1: Use the Rectangular & Elliptical Marquee Tools with the Move Tool. . 57Modifying a Selection. . .59The Magic Wand Tool.60Tolerance. 60Anti-aliasing. 61Contiguous. 61Sample All Layers. . . 61Transforming Pixels and Selections. .62Guided Exercise 3.2 : Transform a Selection. . 62The Lasso Tools.64The Lasso Tool Cursors. . 64Table of ContentsPage D

The (Standard) Lasso Tool. . . 64The Polygonal Lasso Tool. 64The Magnetic Lasso Tool. 64Guided Exercise 3.3: Use the Lasso Tool. 65The Quick Selection Tool. .67Guided Exercise 3.4: Use The Quick Selection Tool. . 67Refining Selection Edges.69Guided Exercise 3.5: Refine the Edges of the Sunflower Selection. 70Refining Selections. .74Hiding Selection Edges. 74The Precise or Crosshair Cursor. 75Shrinking Selections for Cleaner Edges. 75Refine Edge Suggestions. 75Experiment with More Selection Tools. . .76Guided Exercise 3.6:Compare the Polygonal Lasso Tool with the Quick Selection Tool. 76Guided Exercise 3.7: Use the Magnetic Lasso Tool. 79Guided Exercise 3.8: Combining Selection Tools. 80Partly-Guided Exercise 3.9: Finishing the Critter. .

Practical PhotoshoP cs6, level 1 Welcome The authors of this book are all current or former community college instructors, and Adobe Certified Instructors in Adobe Photoshop . Tog