I have been practicing today with techniques we have learned in class. I am having so much fun. The time is flying by. I am looking for some feedback. Any suggestions to improve?
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This is the template we'll be working on next class
Click the tablet below to be redirected to the Wacom Tablet site
by: Lesa Snider
by: Martin Evening
by: Deke McClelland (you might want to wait to see if he comes out with one for CS5)
We Use the Spyder3Elite but Other Brands Available
Welcome to your class site:
This class has been designed for use by students of the Image Editing September 1st 2011 class and they are the only ones who will be able to contribute to this blog.
Use this site to upload work from class and check for the links we will be discussing during class. Please do not share this link with anyone.
Use this site to upload work from class and check for the links we will be discussing during class. Please do not share this link with anyone.
Class #1 Info:
This is the template we'll be working on next class
The sample above is what we'll be working on this next week. We will work on a set of images together and then will work on images that you've brought on your flash drive. See you tonight!
Wacom Intuos Tablet
Click the tablet below to be redirected to the Wacom Tablet site
Professional Print Labs (Have Personal Experience With & They Do Great Work)
Recommended Books
Listed below are a few excellent books to help you discover all of the ins and outs of Photoshop:
Photoshop CS5 The Missing Manual
by: Lesa Snider
Adobe Photoshop CS5 for Photographers
by: Martin Evening
Photoshop CS4 Channels & Masks
by: Deke McClelland (you might want to wait to see if he comes out with one for CS5)
Monitor Calibration
We Use the Spyder3Elite but Other Brands Available
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Photoshop Keyboard Shortcuts:
Keyboard shortcuts we most frequently use in class are listed below:
* Brush-Decrease Size = Left Bracket
* Brush-Increase Size = Right Bracket
* Copy = Ctrl+C
* Deselect Marching Ants = Ctrl+D
* Duplicate Selected Layer = Ctrl+J
* Feather = Shift+F6
* Fill Selection Background Color =
****Ctrl+Backspace
* Fill Selection Foreground Color =
****Alt+Backspace
* Foreground/Background Toggle = X
* Merge All Visible Layers =
****Ctrl+Shift+Alt+E
* New Document/Image = Ctrl+N
* New Transparent Layer = Ctrl+Shift+N
* Paste = Ctrl+V
* Reselect Last Selection = Ctrl+Shift+D
* Select All = Ctrl+A
* Select Inverse = Ctrl+I
* Transform Free = Ctrl+T
* Brush-Decrease Size = Left Bracket
* Brush-Increase Size = Right Bracket
* Copy = Ctrl+C
* Deselect Marching Ants = Ctrl+D
* Duplicate Selected Layer = Ctrl+J
* Feather = Shift+F6
* Fill Selection Background Color =
****Ctrl+Backspace
* Fill Selection Foreground Color =
****Alt+Backspace
* Foreground/Background Toggle = X
* Merge All Visible Layers =
****Ctrl+Shift+Alt+E
* New Document/Image = Ctrl+N
* New Transparent Layer = Ctrl+Shift+N
* Paste = Ctrl+V
* Reselect Last Selection = Ctrl+Shift+D
* Select All = Ctrl+A
* Select Inverse = Ctrl+I
* Transform Free = Ctrl+T
Bridge Keyboard Shortcuts
Ctrl+1 = 1 Star
Ctrl+2 = 2 Stars
Ctrl+3 = 3 Stars
Ctrl+4 = 4 Stars
Ctrl+5 = 5 Stars
Ctrl+0 = No Stars
Ctrl+6 = Add/Rem Red
Ctrl+7 = Add/Rem Yellow
Ctrl+8 = Add/Rem Green
Ctrl+9 = Add/Rem Blue
Space Bar = Full Screen of Selected Image
Tab = View of Folder Thumbnails Only
Ctrl+2 = 2 Stars
Ctrl+3 = 3 Stars
Ctrl+4 = 4 Stars
Ctrl+5 = 5 Stars
Ctrl+0 = No Stars
Ctrl+6 = Add/Rem Red
Ctrl+7 = Add/Rem Yellow
Ctrl+8 = Add/Rem Green
Ctrl+9 = Add/Rem Blue
Space Bar = Full Screen of Selected Image
Tab = View of Folder Thumbnails Only
Blend Modes:
When dealing with blend modes think of the colors on your layers as being made up of three parts:
* Base = color you start out with
* Blend = color you are adding to base (image or solid color)
* Result = color you get after mixing base with blend color
* Base = color you start out with
* Blend = color you are adding to base (image or solid color)
* Result = color you get after mixing base with blend color
General Blend Modes:
* Normal – (default blend mode) does no blending at all. Pixels on top layer completely block what lies below
* Dissolve – turns semi-transparent pixels into a spray of dots
* Dissolve – turns semi-transparent pixels into a spray of dots
Darken Blend Modes:
* Darken – Any colors on top layer darker than colors below stay & lighters colors on bottom disappear. (Can use to help eliminate white background)
* Multiply – Base coat is multiplied by blend color. Can be used to correct exposure or knock out white area from top layer.
*Color Burn – Darkens your image by increasing the overall contrast. When used on 50% gray, it intensifies color on layer below.
*Linear Burn – Combination of Multiply and Color Burn. Darkens your image by decreasing brightness and creating the most contrast.
* Multiply – Base coat is multiplied by blend color. Can be used to correct exposure or knock out white area from top layer.
*Color Burn – Darkens your image by increasing the overall contrast. When used on 50% gray, it intensifies color on layer below.
*Linear Burn – Combination of Multiply and Color Burn. Darkens your image by decreasing brightness and creating the most contrast.
Lighten Blend Modes:
* Lighten – All colors compared and the lightest from both the base and blend create new result. Can be used to help remove black background.
* Screen – multiplies the opposite of the blend and base colors making everything lighter as though bleached.
* Color Dodge – Lightens your image by decreasing contrast. Turns light pixels white but keeps black pixels. Can use with 50% gray to brighten your image. Great way to give hair highlights.
* Linear Dodge – Combo of Screen & Color Dodge that lightens image. All light colors are turned white.
* Lighter Color – Base & Blend colors compared and only lightest pixels are kept.
* Screen – multiplies the opposite of the blend and base colors making everything lighter as though bleached.
* Color Dodge – Lightens your image by decreasing contrast. Turns light pixels white but keeps black pixels. Can use with 50% gray to brighten your image. Great way to give hair highlights.
* Linear Dodge – Combo of Screen & Color Dodge that lightens image. All light colors are turned white.
* Lighter Color – Base & Blend colors compared and only lightest pixels are kept.
Lighting Blend Modes:
These modes increase contrast and do a little lightening as well as darkening:
* Overlay – Use to increase contrast or colorize a grayscale image. If blend color is darker than 50% gray the base color is multiplied but if lighter it does the inverse.
*Soft Light – Creates effect of shining a soft light on your image making brighter and darker areas darker. If you paint with white in this mode you will lighten area and if you paint with black you will darken area.
* Hard Light – Combines multiply & Screen modes and is equivalent to shining a harsh light on image.
* Vivid Light – Applies Color Burn to increase contrast of colors darker than 50% gray & Color Dodge to decrease the contrast of colors lighter than 50% gray. Can make an image pop and add texture.
* Linear Light – Uses Linear Burn to decrease brighteness of colors darker than 50% gray and Linear Dodge to increase brightness of colors lighter than 50% gray. Also great for adding texture to image.
* Pin Light – Combines Lighten & Darken. If blend lighter than 50% gray replaces areas of the base color darker than 50% gray with blend color but doesn’t change those that were lighter. If blend is darker than 50% gray pin light replaces lighter areas of the base color with the blend and doesn’t change the darker colors.
* Hard Mix – Reduces the range of colors in image and can create a posterizing effect.
* Overlay – Use to increase contrast or colorize a grayscale image. If blend color is darker than 50% gray the base color is multiplied but if lighter it does the inverse.
*Soft Light – Creates effect of shining a soft light on your image making brighter and darker areas darker. If you paint with white in this mode you will lighten area and if you paint with black you will darken area.
* Hard Light – Combines multiply & Screen modes and is equivalent to shining a harsh light on image.
* Vivid Light – Applies Color Burn to increase contrast of colors darker than 50% gray & Color Dodge to decrease the contrast of colors lighter than 50% gray. Can make an image pop and add texture.
* Linear Light – Uses Linear Burn to decrease brighteness of colors darker than 50% gray and Linear Dodge to increase brightness of colors lighter than 50% gray. Also great for adding texture to image.
* Pin Light – Combines Lighten & Darken. If blend lighter than 50% gray replaces areas of the base color darker than 50% gray with blend color but doesn’t change those that were lighter. If blend is darker than 50% gray pin light replaces lighter areas of the base color with the blend and doesn’t change the darker colors.
* Hard Mix – Reduces the range of colors in image and can create a posterizing effect.
Comparative Blend Modes:
These modes aren’t typically used other than as a tool and create unusual effects.
* Difference – Analyzes brightness of both Base & blend colors and subtracts the brightest pixels.
* Exclusion – Similar to difference but with less contrast. Blending with white inverts base color and blending with black doesn’t do anything.
* Difference – Analyzes brightness of both Base & blend colors and subtracts the brightest pixels.
* Exclusion – Similar to difference but with less contrast. Blending with white inverts base color and blending with black doesn’t do anything.
Hue Blend Modes:
These modes relate to color and luminance and can be used to change, add, or intensify color in image.
* Hue – Keeps lightness and saturation of base color and adds hue of the blend color. Use to change an objects color without changing lightness or darkness but understand you can’t introduce a color that isn’t in the blend layer.
* Saturation – Keeps the luminance and hue of the base color and picks up saturation of the blend color. Can be used to drain color from part of image by painting area with black.
* Color – Luminance of base color kept and hue and saturation from the blend color is picked up. Can be used to color a grayscale image.
* Luminosity – Keeps the base color’s hue and saturation and picks up the blend colors luminance.
* Hue – Keeps lightness and saturation of base color and adds hue of the blend color. Use to change an objects color without changing lightness or darkness but understand you can’t introduce a color that isn’t in the blend layer.
* Saturation – Keeps the luminance and hue of the base color and picks up saturation of the blend color. Can be used to drain color from part of image by painting area with black.
* Color – Luminance of base color kept and hue and saturation from the blend color is picked up. Can be used to color a grayscale image.
* Luminosity – Keeps the base color’s hue and saturation and picks up the blend colors luminance.
Looks like you've got it down. Keep playing! The possibilities are endless. I wondered if I posted this because the pics are so familiar :) Isn't Photoshop a blast!?!
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