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This represents the current enlargement view of the image, or zoom level. Move the pointer over the Tools panel, and hover it over the magnifyingglass icon until a tool tip appears. Tip To select the Zoom tool using a keyboard shortcut, press the Z key. Tool shortcuts are single-key do not press modifier keys such as Ctrl or Command. Click the Zoom tool icon in the Tools panel to select it. Move the pointer over the image window.

The pointer now looks like a tiny magnifying glass with a plus sign in the center of the glass. Click anywhere in the image window. The image enlarges to a preset percentage level, which replaces the previous value in the status bar. Hold down the Alt key Windows or Option key Mac so that the Zoom tool pointer appears with a minus sign in the center of the magnifying glass , and then click anywhere in the image.

Then release the Alt or Option key. Note You can use other methods to zoom in and out. For example, when the Zoom tool is selected, you can select the Zoom In or Zoom Out mode on the options bar. Or, you can type a new percentage in the status bar and press Enter or Return. Now the view zooms out to a lower preset magnification, so that you can see more of the image, but in less detail.

If Scrubby Zoom is selected in the options bar, click anywhere on the image and drag the Zoom tool to the right. The image enlarges. Drag the Zoom tool to the left to zoom out. Then, using the Zoom tool, drag a rectangle to enclose part of the rose blossom.

The image enlarges so that the area you enclosed in your rectangle now fills the entire image window. Click Fit Screen in the options bar to see the entire image again. You have used the Zoom tool in four different ways to change the magnification in the image window: clicking, holding down a keyboard modifier while clicking, dragging to zoom in and out, and dragging to define a magnification area. Many of the other tools in the Tools panel can be used with keyboard combinations and options as well.

Zooming and scrolling with the Navigator panel The Navigator panel is another speedy way to make large changes in the zoom level, especially when the exact percentage of magnification is unimportant.

The slider under the image thumbnail in the Navigator panel enlarges the image when you drag to the right toward the large mountain icon and reduces it when you drag to the left. The red rectangular outline represents the area of the image that appears in the image window. When you zoom in far enough that the image window shows only part of the image, you can drag the red outline around the thumbnail area to see other areas of the image.

In the Layers panel, on the right side of the workspace, make sure the Rose layer is selected. In the Properties panel, move the Brightness slider to 98 and the Contrast slider to The image of the rose brightens. There is no right or wrong setting; the values you should use depend on the results you want.

Adjustment layers let you make changes to your image, such as adjusting the brightness of the rose, without permanently altering the actual pixels.

Layering is one of the fundamental and most powerful features in Photoshop. Photoshop includes many kinds of layers, some of which contain images, text, or solid colors, and others that simply interact with layers below them. Double-click the Properties panel tab to collapse it. Saving the file with a different name ensures that the original file 01Start. That way, you can return to it if you want to start over.

Your image is bright and punchy and ready for a birthday card. Photoshop uses a foreground color and background color when you paint on a layer. By default, the foreground color is black and the background color is white. You can change the foreground and background colors in several ways. One way is to use the Eyedropper tool to sample a color from the image. Note When a layer mask is selected, the default foreground color is white and the default background color is black.

In the Layers panel, click the Visibility column for the Ribbons layer to make the layer visible. When a layer is visible, an eye icon appears in that column. Select the Eyedropper tool in the Tools panel. Click the blue area in the Happy Birthday ribbon to sample a blue color. Note If you have trouble finding the Eyedropper tool, click the Search icon near the top right corner of the workspace, and type eyedropper. Click Eyedropper Tool in the search results; the tool will be selected in the Tools panel for you.

The foreground color changes in the Tools panel and the Color panel. Anything you draw will be this color until you change the foreground color again. Setting the unit of measure You can change the unit of measure you use to work in Photoshop. Using context menus Context menus contain commands and options appropriate to specific elements in the work area.

Usually, the commands on a context menu are also available in the menu bar or panel menus, but using the context menu is more immediate and can save time. Change the view as needed zoom or scroll so that you can clearly see the lower third of the card.

Select the Rectangular Marquee tool in the Tools panel. The Rectangular Marquee tool selects rectangular areas. Drag the Rectangular Marquee tool to create a selection about 0. See the illustration below. As you drag the tool, Photoshop displays the width and height of the selected area. A selection border is indicated by a dashed line called a selection marquee also called marching ants , which is animated so that you can see it more easily.

Select the Brush tool in the Tools panel. In the image window, right-click Windows or Control-click Mac anywhere in the image to open the Brush tool context menu. Click the arrow next to the General Brushes folder to expand it, select the first brush Soft Round , and change the size to 65 pixels. Tip You can also close a context menu by clicking outside it.

Press Enter or Return to close the context menu. The selection is gone, but the blue bar remains on the Ribbons layer. Selecting and using a hidden tool To save space on your screen, the Tools panel arranges some of the tools in groups, with only one tool shown for each group. The other tools in the group are hidden behind that tool. A small triangle in the lower right corner of a button is your clue that other tools are available but hidden under that tool.

Position the pointer over the third tool from the top in the Tools panel until the tool tip appears. The tool tip identifies the Lasso tool , with the keyboard shortcut L. Select the Polygonal Lasso tool , which is hidden behind the Lasso tool, using one of the following methods: 1.

Press and hold the mouse button over the Lasso tool to open the pop-up list of hidden tools, and select the Polygonal Lasso tool. Alt-click Windows or Option-click Mac the tool button in the Tools panel to cycle through the hidden tools until the Polygonal Lasso tool is selected. With the Lasso tool, you can draw free-form selections; the Polygonal Lasso tool makes it easier to draw straightedged sections of a selection border. Move the pointer over the left edge of the blue color bar that you just painted.

Click just to the left of the upper left corner of the bar to start your selection. You should begin your selection just outside the colored area.

Click just to the left of the bottom left corner of the bar to create the second side of the triangle. Click the point where you started to finish the triangle. Press the Delete key on your keyboard to delete the selected area from the colored bar, creating a notch for your ribbon. Note The Select menu contains Deselect and Deselect Layers commands; be mindful of which one you need to choose 8.

The ribbon is ready. Now you can add a name to your birthday card. In the Tools panel, select the Horizontal Type tool. The buttons and menus in the options bar now relate to the Type tool. In the options bar, select a font you like from the first pop-up menu. We used Minion Pro Italic, but you can use another font if you prefer. Specify 32 pt for the font size.

Alt-dragging Windows or Option-dragging Mac changes the values in smaller increments; Shift-dragging changes them in larger increments. You can specify 32 points by typing directly in the fontsize text box and pressing Enter or Return, or by scrubbing the font-size menu label see the tip in the margin. You can also choose a standard font size from the font-size pop-up menu. We chose Pastel Yellow. Tip When you move the pointer over the swatches, it temporarily changes into an eyedropper.

Position the tip of the eyedropper over the swatch you want, and click to select it. The color you select appears in two places: as the Foreground Color in the Tools panel and in the text color swatch in the options bar. Click the Horizontal Type tool once anywhere on the left side of the colored bar.

Type a name; we typed Elaine. It replaces the placeholder text. Click the check mark icon in the options bar to commit the text. Click the menu button on the Swatches panel to open the panel menu, and choose Small List. Tip If you want to select just some of the text in a layer, drag the Horizontal Type tool over a range of characters instead of double-clicking.

With the Horizontal Type tool, double-click the text. The text becomes selected. Tip After you select a different color swatch, you can see the change in the foreground color swatch in the Tools panel, and in the color swatch in the options bar for the Horizontal Type tool. In the Swatches panel, scroll about halfway down the list to find the Light Yellow Orange swatch, and then select it.

Tip You can also commit text edits by clicking outside the text layer. Click the check mark button to commit and deselect the text.

Now the text appears in the orange color. For the real world, Photoshop gives you the power to step back and undo actions so that you can try other options.

You can experiment freely, knowing that you can reverse the process. Even beginning computer users quickly come to appreciate the familiar Undo command. The name returns to its previous color. Each time you use the Undo command it reverses one more step, so if you want to undo five steps, you can apply the Undo command or its keyboard shortcut five times. The Redo command works the same way. Tip As you drag, magenta lines called Smart Guides may appear. They help align the edges of dragged content to other edges and guides.

Save the file. Your birthday card is done! Rarely would you need to see all panels simultaneously. The complete list of panels appears in the Window menu. Check marks appear next to the names of the panels that are open and active in their panel groups. You can open a closed panel or close an open one by selecting the panel name in the Window menu. Note When panels are hidden, a thin vertical strip is visible at the left or right edges of the application frame.

Hover the pointer over the strip to temporarily reveal the panels docked along that edge. You can hide all panels at once—including the options bar and Tools panel—by pressing the Tab key. To reopen them, press Tab again. You already used panels in the panel dock when you used the Layers and Swatches panels. You can drag panels to or from the panel dock. This is convenient for bulky panels or ones that you use only occasionally but want to keep handy. You can arrange panels in other ways as well: To move an entire panel group, drag the title bar to another location in the work area.

To move a panel to another group, drag the panel tab into that panel group so that a blue highlight appears inside the group, and then release the mouse button. To dock a panel or panel group, drag the title bar or panel tab onto the top of the dock. To undock a panel or panel group so that it becomes a floating panel or panel group, drag its title bar or panel tab away from the dock. Expanding and collapsing panels You can resize panels to use screen space more efficiently and to see fewer or more panel options, either by dragging or clicking to toggle between preset sizes: To collapse open panels to icons, click the double arrow in the title bar of the dock or panel group.

To expand a panel, click its icon or the double arrow. To change the height of a panel, drag its bottom edge. To change the width of a dock, position the pointer on the left edge of the dock until it becomes a double-headed arrow, and then drag to the left to widen the dock, or to the right to narrow it.

To resize a floating panel, move the pointer over the right, left, or bottom edge of the panel until it becomes a double-headed arrow, and then drag the edge in or out.

You can also pull the lower right corner in or out. Note Some panels cannot be resized, such as the Character and Paragraph panels, but you can still collapse them To collapse a panel group so that only the dock header bar and tabs are visible, double-click a panel tab or panel title bar.

Double-click again to restore it to the expanded view. You can open the panel menu even when the panel is collapsed. Notice that the tabs for the panels in the panel group and the button for the panel menu remain visible after you collapse a panel. Special notes about the Tools panel and options bar The Tools panel and the options bar share some characteristics with other panels: You can drag the Tools panel by its title bar to a different location in the work area. You can move the options bar to another location by dragging the grab bar at the far left end of the panel.

You can hide the Tools panel and options bar. Tip To restore the default Essentials workspace, click the workspace icon at the top right corner of the application window, and choose Reset Essentials. You cannot resize the Tools panel or options bar.

You cannot stack the Tools panel or options bar in the panel dock. The Tools panel and options bar do not have panel menus. Changing interface settings By default, the panels, dialog boxes, and background in Photoshop are dark.

You can lighten the interface or make other changes in the Photoshop Preferences dialog box: 1. Select a different color theme, or make other changes. When you select a different theme, you can see the changes immediately. You can also select specific colors for different screen modes and change other interface settings in this dialog box.

You can also open a scanned image of a photographic print, a transparency or negative film frame, or a graphic. You can open images downloaded from the Internet such as photography from Adobe Stock, or images uploaded to your Cloud Documents or your Lightroom photos. A selected tool remains active until you select a different tool.

To select a hidden tool, either use a keyboard shortcut to toggle through the tools, or click and hold the tool in the Tools panel to open a pop-up menu of the hidden tools. You can also use keyboard shortcuts or the Navigator panel to control the display of an image.

View and access files in Adobe Bridge. Straighten and crop an image. Adjust the tonal range of an image. Use the Spot Healing Brush tool to repair part of an image. Use the content-aware Patch tool to remove or replace objects. Use the Clone Stamp tool to touch up areas. Remove digital artifacts from an image. Apply the Smart Sharpen filter to finish retouching photos. This lesson steps you through the process of acquiring, resizing, and retouching a vintage photograph.

For many images, you may need only to change the resolution, lighten the image, or repair a minor blemish. For others, you may need to perform several tasks and employ more advanced tools and techniques. Note In this lesson, you retouch an image using Photoshop. For some images, such as those saved in camera raw format, it may be more efficient to work in Adobe Camera Raw, which is installed with Photoshop.

In a basic workflow, adjusting resolution should be the first step, and sharpening should usually be your final step.

For the other tasks, consider your project and plan accordingly, so that the results of one process do not cause unintended changes to other aspects of the image. For example, if an image is intended for black-and-white publication on newsprint, you might make different cropping and sharpening choices than if the image is intended for a full-color web page.

Photoshop supports RGB color mode for web and mobile device authoring and desktop photo printing, CMYK color mode for preparing an image for printing using process colors, Grayscale mode for black-and-white printing, and other color modes for more specialized purposes. You can also use Photoshop to adjust image pixel dimensions or resolution. In Photoshop, resolution is the pixels per inch value, not the pixel dimensions. In Photoshop, resolution means the number of pixels per unit of physical length, such as pixels per inch ppi.

Does changing resolution affect file size? Only when the pixel dimensions change. But if you change the size in inches without changing the ppi value or vice versa , the pixel dimensions must change, and so will the file size. Resolution requirements vary depending on the intended output. An image might be considered low resolution when its ppi value is below to ppi. Factors such as viewing distance and output technology influence the resolution our eyes actually perceive, and this affects resolution requirements too.

A ppi laptop display may appear to have the same high resolution as a ppi smartphone, because the laptop is viewed farther away. But ppi might not be enough resolution for a high-end printing press or fine art inkjet printer, which might reproduce the most detail at ppi and up.

Because of the way display and output technologies work, your images may not need to match the device resolution of high-resolution printers. For example, while some commercial printing platesetters and photoquality inkjet printers may have a device resolution of dots per inch dpi or more, the appropriate image resolution to send to those devices may be only to ppi for photos.

This is because the device dots are grouped into larger halftone cells or inkjet dot patterns that build tones and colors. Similarly, a ppi smartphone display may not necessarily require ppi images.

Whatever your medium, you should verify the appropriate image resolution of your final images by consulting with your production team or output service provider. You may make copies of these files and save them under different names or locations, or you may work from the original start files and then download them from the peachpit. After installation completes, you can start Bridge. In Lesson 1, you used the Open command to open a file.

Adobe Bridge opens, displaying a collection of panels, menus, and buttons. Select the Folders tab in the upper left corner, and then browse to the Lessons folder you downloaded onto your hard disk, so that the lessons in the Lessons folder appear in the Content panel. Tip If the Favorites panel list and a folder you want to add to Favorites are both visible, you can drag the folder and drop it in the Favorites panel.

You can even drag and drop to add a folder from your computer desktop to the Favorites panel. The Favorites panel lets you quickly access files, folders, applications, and other assets that you frequently use. Click the Favorites tab to open the panel, and click the Lessons folder to open it. Then, in the Content panel, double-click the Lesson02 folder. Thumbnail previews of the folder contents appear in the Content panel. Or, press the spacebar to see a full screen preview of the selected item.

Compare the 02Start. To enlarge the thumbnails in the Content panel, drag the thumbnail slider at the bottom of the Bridge window to the right. In the 02Start. Double-click the 02Start. Choose Photoshop from the Format menu, and name the file 02Working. This is useful if you think you might change your mind, because you can enlarge the crop area to reveal previously cropped areas. By default, cropping deletes cropped pixels. In the Tools panel, select the Crop tool.

Crop handles appear, and a crop shield covers the area outside the cropping region, to help focus your attention on the cropped area. Ratio is the default value. A crop overlay appears. Click the Straighten icon in the options bar. The pointer changes to the Straighten tool. Click at the top left corner of the photo, press the mouse button as you drag a straight line across the top edge of the photo, and then release.

Photoshop straightens the image so that the line you drew is parallel with the top of the image area. You drew a line across the top of the photo, but any line that defines either the vertical or horizontal axis of the image will work.

If you want to crop with total freedom, click the Clear button in the Crop tool options bar. Drag the corners of the crop rectangle inward to crop out the white border. If you need to adjust the position of the photo inside the crop, position the pointer within the crop rectangle and drag the photo. Press Enter or Return to accept the crop. The image is now cropped, straightened, sized, and positioned according to the Crop tool options you used.

It can also automatically separate multiple photos scanned in one image. If the image dimensions are not already displayed in the status area at the bottom of the application window, click the arrow there and choose Document Dimensions from the pop-up menu that appears.

In the Adjustments panel, click the Curves icon first row, third button. This adds a Curves adjustment layer. Select the White Point tool on the left side of the Properties panel. The White Point tool defines what color value should be made a neutral white. Once defined, all other colors and tones shift accordingly. When done correctly, this is a quick way to remove a color cast and correct image brightness.

To set an accurate white point, click an area of the image that should be the brightest neutral area of the image that contains detail — not a blown-out area like the sun or a lamp, and not a specular highlight such as a reflection of sunlight on chrome.

Clicking it removes the color cast and lightens it, dramatically improving image contrast and color. Typically, Curves is used for edits that are more specialized or complex.

In the Adjustments panel if needed, click its tab to make it visible , click the Levels icon first row, second button to add a Levels adjustment layer. The Levels histogram in the Properties panel displays the range of dark and light values in the image. Right now, you just need to know that the left triangle represents the black point the tonal level you want to set as the darkest in the image , the right triangle represents the white point the tonal level you want to set as the lightest in the image , and the middle triangle represents the midtones.

Drag the left triangle black point under the histogram to the right, where significant shadow tones start to appear. Our value was Drag the middle triangle a little to the right to adjust the midtones. Our value was. Flattening an image merges all of its layers into the Background layer, which reduces the file size; you can still make changes to the entire image.

But flatten only if you no longer need the flexibility of adjusting the edits you previously made using separate layers. The adjustment layers merge with the Background layer. He teaches workshops internationally as well as online on the care and identification of photographs.

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The will tell you over and over not to go down the wrong paths. Leave the Elliptical Marquee tool and the selection active for the next exercise. If the plate of shells is not still selected, repeat the previous exercise to select it. The pointer icon now includes a pair of scissors to indicate that the selection will be cut from its current location. Note You can release the Ctrl or Command key after you start dragging, and the Move tool remains active.

Photoshop reverts to the previously selected tool when you deselect, whether you click outside the selection or use the Deselect command. Moving a selection with the arrow keys You can make minor adjustments to the position of selected pixels by using the arrow keys.

You can nudge the selection in increments of either one pixel or ten pixels. When a selection tool is active in the Tools panel, the arrow keys nudge the selection border, but not the contents. When the Move tool is active, the arrow keys move both the selection border and its contents. Before you begin, make sure that the plate of shells is still selected in the image window.

Press the Up Arrow key on your keyboard a few times to move the oval upward. Notice that each time you press the arrow key, the plate of shells moves one pixel. Experiment by pressing the other arrow keys to see how they affect the selection. Hold down the Shift key as you press an arrow key. When you hold down the Shift key, the selection moves ten pixels every time you press an arrow key. Sometimes the border around a selected area can distract you as you make adjustments.

Either command hides the selection border around the plate of shells. Using the Magic Wand tool The Magic Wand tool selects all the pixels of a particular color or color range. As with many of the selection tools, after you make the initial selection, you can add or subtract areas of the selection. The Tolerance option sets the sensitivity of the Magic Wand tool.

This value limits or extends the range of pixel similarity. The default tolerance value of 32 selects the color you click plus 32 lighter and 32 darker tones of that color. You may need to adjust the tolerance level up or down depending on the color ranges and variations in the image. If a multicolored area that you want to select is set against a background of a different color, it can be much easier to select the background than the area itself.

Select the Rectangular Marquee tool , hidden behind the Elliptical Marquee tool. Drag a selection around the piece of coral. Make sure that your selection is large enough so that a margin of white appears between the coral and the edges of the marquee. At this point, the coral and the white background area are selected. Select the Magic Wand tool , hidden under the Quick Selection tool.

In the options bar, confirm that the Tolerance value is This value determines the range of colors the wand selects. Click the Subtract From Selection button in the options bar.

A minus sign appears next to the wand in the pointer icon. Anything you select now will be subtracted from the initial selection. Click in the white background area within the selection marquee. The Magic Wand tool selects the entire background, subtracting it from the selection. Now all the white pixels are deselected, leaving the coral perfectly selected. Softening the edges of a selection To smooth the hard edges of a selection, you can apply anti-aliasing or feathering, or use the Refine Edge option.

Anti-aliasing smooths the jagged edges of a selection by softening the color transition between edge pixels and background pixels. Since only the edge pixels change, no detail is lost. Anti-aliasing is useful when cutting, copying, and pasting selections to create composite images.

Select the tool to display its options in the options bar. To apply anti-aliasing, you must select the option before making the selection. Once a selection is made, you cannot add anti- aliasing to it. Feathering blurs edges by building a transition boundary between the selection and its surrounding pixels. This blurring can cause some loss of detail at the edge of the selection.

You can define feathering for the marquee and lasso tools as you use them, or you can add feathering to an existing selection.

Feathering effects become apparent when you move, cut, or copy the selection. You can use the Refine Edge option to smooth the outline, feather it, or contract or expand it. Enter a Feather value in the options bar. This value defines the width of the feathered edge and can range from 1 to pixels. Enter a value for the Feather Radius, and click OK. Selecting with the lasso tools As we mentioned earlier, Photoshop includes three lasso tools: the Lasso tool, the Polygonal Lasso tool, and the Magnetic Lasso tool.

You can use the Lasso tool to make selections that require both freehand and straight lines, using keyboard shortcuts to move back and forth between the Lasso tool and the Polygonal Lasso tool. Make sure you can see the entire mussel in the window. Do not release the mouse button. Press the Alt Windows or Option Mac OS key, and then release the mouse button so that the lasso pointer changes to the polygonal lasso shape.

Do not release the Alt or Option key. Begin clicking along the end of the mussel to place anchor points, following the contours of the mussel. Be sure to hold down the Alt or Option key throughout this process. The selection border automatically stretches like a rubber band between anchor points. When you reach the tip of the mussel, hold down the mouse button as you release the Alt or Option key. The pointer again appears as the lasso icon.

Carefully drag around the tip of the mussel, holding down the mouse button. When you finish tracing the tip and reach the lower side of the mussel, first press Alt or Option again, and then release the mouse button. Click along the lower side of the mussel with the Polygonal Lasso tool as you did on the top. Continue to trace the mussel until you arrive back at the starting point of your selection near the left end of the image. Click the starting point of the selection, and then release Alt or Option.

The mussel is now entirely selected. Leave the mussel selected for the next exercise. Note To make sure that the selection is the shape you want when you use the Lasso tool, end the selection by dragging across the starting point of the selection. If you start and stop the selection at different points, Photoshop draws a straight line between the start and end points of the selection.

Before you begin, make sure that the mussel is still selected. The mussel and selection marquee are enclosed in a bounding box. Move the pointer outside the bounding box so that it becomes a curved, double- headed arrow. Drag to rotate the mussel to a degree angle. You can verify the angle in the Rotate box in the options bar. Press Enter or Return to commit the transformation. If necessary, select the Move tool and drag to reposition the mussel, leaving a shadow to match the others.

Selecting with the Magnetic Lasso tool You can use the Magnetic Lasso tool to make freehand selections of areas with high- contrast edges. When you draw with the Magnetic Lasso tool, the selection border automatically snaps to the edge between areas of contrast.

You can also control the selection path by occasionally clicking the mouse to place anchor points in the selection border. Select the Magnetic Lasso tool , hidden under the Lasso tool. Click once along the left edge of the nautilus, and then move the Magnetic Lasso tool along the edge to trace its outline. Tip In low-contrast areas, you may want to click to place your own fastening points.

You can add as many as you need. To remove the most recent fastening point, press Delete, and then move the mouse back to the remaining fastening point and continue selecting. When you reach the left side of the nautilus again, double-click to return the Magnetic Lasso tool to the starting point, closing the selection. Or you can move the Magnetic Lasso tool over the starting point and click once. Double-click the Hand tool to fit the image in the image window. Make sure that you can see the entire screw head in your image window.

Select the Elliptical Marquee tool in the Tools panel. Move the pointer to the approximate center of the screw. Click and begin dragging. Then, without releasing the mouse button, press Alt Windows or Option Mac OS as you continue dragging the selection to the outer edge of the screw.

The selection is centered over its starting point. When you have the entire screw head selected, release the mouse button first, and then release Alt or Option and the Shift key if you used it. Tip To select a perfect circle, press Shift as you drag.

Hold down Shift while dragging the Rectangular Marquee tool to select a perfect square. If necessary, reposition the selection border using one of the methods you learned earlier. Before you begin, make sure that the screw is still selected.

Select the Move tool in the Tools panel. Position the pointer within the screw selection. The pointer becomes an arrow with a pair of scissors , indicating that dragging the selection will cut it from its current location and move it to the new location.

Drag the screw onto the lower right corner of the shadowbox. A bounding box appears around the selection. Then press Enter or Return to commit the change and remove the transformation bounding box. As you resize the object, the selection marquee resizes, too.

Use the Move tool to reposition the screw after resizing it, so that it is centered in the corner of the shadowbox frame. Moving and duplicating a selection simultaneously You can move and duplicate a selection at the same time. If the screw is no longer selected, reselect it now, using the techniques you learned earlier. The pointer changes, displaying the usual black arrow and an additional white arrow, which indicates that a duplicate will be made when you move the selection. Continue holding down the Alt or Option key as you drag a duplicate of the screw straight up to the top right corner of the frame.

Pressing the Shift key as you move a selection constrains the movement horizontally or vertically in degree increments. Repeat step 3 to drag a fourth screw to the lower left corner of the frame. Copying selections You can use the Move tool to copy selections as you drag them within or between images, or you can copy and move selections using the Copy, Copy Merged, Paste, and Paste Into commands.

Dragging with the Move tool saves memory, because the clipboard is not used as it is with the commands. The source selection is pasted onto a new layer, and the destination selection border is converted into a layer mask.

Keep in mind that when a selection is pasted between images with different resolutions, the pasted data retains its pixel dimensions. This can make the pasted portion appear out of proportion to the new image. Use the Image Size command to make the source and destination images the same resolution before copying and pasting.

Select the Crop tool , or press C to switch from the current tool to the Crop tool. Photoshop displays a crop boundary around the entire image. In the options bar, make sure Ratio is selected in the Preset pop-up menu and that there are no ratio values specified.

Then confirm that Delete Cropped Pixels is selected. When Ratio is selected but no ratio values are specified, you can crop the image with any proportions. Drag the crop handles so that the shadowbox is in the highlighted area, omitting the backgrounds from the original objects at the bottom of the image.

Tip To crop an image with its original proportions intact, choose Original Ratio from the Preset pop-up menu in the options bar. The shadowbox is complete! How do you add to and subtract from a selection?

What does the Quick Selection tool do? How does the Magic Wand tool determine which areas of an image to select? What is tolerance, and how does it affect a selection?

Only the area within an active selection can be edited. To add to a selection, click the Add To Selection button in the options bar, and then click the area you want to add. To subtract from a selection, click the Subtract From Selection button in the options bar, and then click the area you want to subtract. You can also add to a selection by pressing Shift as you drag or click; to subtract, press Alt Windows or Option Mac OS as you drag or click.

The Quick Selection tool expands outward from where you click to automatically find and follow defined edges in the image. The Magic Wand tool selects adjacent pixels based on their similarity in color. The Tolerance value determines how many color tones the Magic Wand tool will select. The higher the tolerance setting, the more tones are selected. This lesson will take less than an hour to complete. Each layer can then be edited as discrete artwork, giving you tremendous flexibility as you compose and revise an image.

About layers Every Photoshop file contains one or more layers. New files are generally created with a background layer, which contains a color or an image that shows through the transparent areas of subsequent layers.

All new layers in an image are transparent until you add text or artwork pixel values. Working with layers is analogous to placing portions of a drawing on clear sheets of film, such as those viewed with an overhead projector: Individual sheets may be edited, repositioned, and deleted without affecting the other sheets. When the sheets are stacked, the entire composition is visible.

When prompted, click Yes to delete the Adobe Photoshop Settings file. Then double-click the Lesson04 folder in the Content panel to see its contents. Study the 04End. This layered composite represents a postcard. You will create it in this lesson as you learn how to create, edit, and manage layers.

Double-click the 04Start. Saving another version of the start file frees you to make changes without worrying about overwriting the original. Using the Layers panel The Layers panel lists all the layers in an image, displaying the layer names and thumbnails of the content on each layer.

You can use the Layers panel to hide, view, reposition, delete, rename, and merge layers. The layer thumbnails are automatically updated as you edit the layers. The Layers panel lists five layers for the 04Working. If you click the eye, the image window no longer displays that layer. The first task for this project is to add a photo of the beach to the postcard. Tip Use the context menu to hide or resize the layer thumbnail. Right-click Windows or Control-click Mac OS a thumbnail in the Layers panel to open the context menu, and then choose a thumbnail size.

The Layers panel changes to display the layer information for the active Beach. Notice that only one layer appears in the Beach.

An image can have only one background layer. You cannot change the stacking order of a background layer, its blending mode, or its opacity. You can, however, convert a background layer to a regular layer. To convert a background layer into a regular layer: 1. Click the lock icon next to the layer name. Rename the layer. To convert a regular layer into a background layer: 1. Select a layer in the Layers panel.

Renaming and copying a layer To add content to an image and simultaneously create a new layer for it, drag an object or layer from one file into the image window of another file. Whether you drag from the image window of the original file or from its Layers panel, only the active layer is reproduced in the destination file. Before you begin, make sure that both the 04Working. Keep the layer selected. Photoshop displays both of the open image files.

Select the Beach. Select the Move tool , and use it to drag the Beach. Tip If you hold down Shift as you drag an image from one file into another, the dragged image automatically centers itself in the target image window.

The Beach layer now appears in the 04Working. Photoshop always adds new layers directly above the selected layer; you selected the Background layer earlier. Close the Beach.

Tip Need images for a project like this one? If you purchase the images, Photoshop replaces the placeholders with high-resolution images. Viewing individual layers The 04Working. Some of the layers are visible and some are hidden.

The eye icon next to a layer thumbnail in the Layers panel indicates that the layer is visible. Click the eye icon next to the Pineapple layer to hide the image of the pineapple. Select the Beach layer. To select the layer, click the layer name in the Layers panel. The layer is highlighted, indicating that it is active. Changes you make in the image window affect the active layer.

To make the opaque areas on this layer more obvious, hide all layers except the Beach layer: Press Alt Windows or Option Mac OS as you click the eye icon next to the Beach layer. The white background and other objects in the image disappear, leaving only the beach image against a checkerboard background. The checkerboard indicates transparent areas of the active layer. The Layer Style dialog box opens.

Click OK. A white border appears around the beach photo. Rearranging layers The order in which the layers of an image are organized is called the stacking order. The stacking order determines how the image is viewed—you can change the order to make certain parts of the image appear in front of or behind other layers.

The beach image is almost entirely blocked by images on other layers. Changing the opacity of a layer You can reduce the opacity of any layer to reveal the layers below it. In this case, the postmark is too dark on the flower.

Select the Postage layer, and then click the arrow next to the Opacity field to display the Opacity slider. You can also type 25 in the Opacity box or scrub the Opacity label.

Notice that the change in opacity affects only the image area of the Postage layer. Duplicating a layer and changing the blending mode You can apply different blending modes to a layer. Blending modes affect how the color pixels on one layer blend with pixels on the layers underneath.

Currently, the blending mode for both layers is Normal. Right-click or Control-click the Pineapple layer, and choose Duplicate Layer from the context menu. Click OK in the Duplicate Layer dialog box. Blending modes Blending modes affect how the color pixels on one layer blend with pixels on the layers beneath them. The default blending mode, Normal, hides pixels beneath the top layer unless the top layer is partially or completely transparent. Each of the other blending modes let you control the way the pixels in the layers interact with each other.

Often, the best way to see how a blending mode affects your image is simply to try it. You can easily experiment with different blending modes in the Layers panel, applying one after another to compare the effects.

As you begin experimenting, keep in mind how different groups of blending modes affect an image. Patterns or colors overlay the existing pixels while preserving the highlights and shadows of the underlying layers. With the Pineapple copy layer selected, choose Overlay from the Blending Modes menu in the Layers panel.

The Overlay blending mode blends the Pineapple copy layer with the Pineapple layer beneath it to create a vibrant, more colorful pineapple with deeper shadows and brighter highlights. Select the Postage layer, and choose Multiply from the Blending Modes menu. The Multiply blending mode multiplies the colors in the underlying layers with the color in the top layer. In this case, the postmark becomes a little stronger. Resizing and rotating layers You can resize and transform layers.

Click the Visibility column on the Beach layer to make the layer visible. A Transform bounding box appears around the beach image. The bounding box has handles on each corner and each side. Watch the Width and Height percentages in the options bar.

With the bounding box still active, position the pointer just outside one of the corner handles until it becomes a curved double arrow. Drag clockwise to rotate the beach image approximately 15 degrees. You can also enter 15 in the Set Rotation box in the options bar. Click the Commit Transform button in the options bar. Make the Flower layer visible. Then, select the Move tool , and drag the beach photo so that its corner is tucked neatly beneath the flower, as in the illustration.

Adding empty layers to a file is comparable to adding blank sheets of film to a stack of images. In the Layers panel, select the Background layer to make it active, and then click the Create A New Layer button at the bottom of the Layers panel.

A new layer, named Layer 1, appears between the Background and Pineapple layers. The layer has no content, so it has no effect on the image. Double-click the name Layer 1, type Clouds, and press Enter or Return to rename the layer. In the Tools panel, click the foreground color swatch, select a sky blue color from the Color Picker, and click OK. The Background Color remains white.

Realistic-looking clouds appear behind the image. Dragging to add a new layer You can add a layer to an image by dragging an image file from the desktop, Bridge, or Explorer Windows or the Finder Mac OS. In Photoshop, select the Pineapple copy layer in the Layers panel to make it the active layer.

Then navigate to the Lesson04 folder. Select Flower2. The Flower2 layer appears in the Layers panel, directly above the Pineapple copy layer.

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