Monday, February 3, 2014

Photoshop Notes

Save As 
Rename your image
Make sure the image is saved as a .jpg at the highest (maximum) image quality 
Save- you do not have to rename the image at this point. Save often and regularly 
Nestle- tools are stacked on each other - to access those tools you have to left click and hold. 

USE COMMAND KEYS!!!!! 
Command + = zoom in
Command - = zoom out
Command o = open
Command c = copy
Command v = past
Command z = undo
Command, option, z = step backward
Command s = save
Command p = print
Command l = levels

To turn an image go to:
>Image>Image Rotation
CW and CCW
CW= clock wise
CCW= counter clock wise
180

Adjusting Levels
>Image>adjustments>levels

Adjusting Contrast 
Channel RGB - moved just the brown hersheys kiss (just a little lighter)

To Crop
Select the cropping tool and then click and drag the area you want to crop. Before you crop you must enter the resolution you want your image to be saved to.

Resolution Guidelines: 
Yearbook = 300
Newspaper = 150
Web = 72

To make an image black and white
Use Grayscale
Image>Mode>Grayscale