DAY 1 - Introduction to Photo Editing and Photoshop CS6

WHAT IS PHOTO
EDITING?
Prepared by: Sef Cambaliza

It is the process of altering images, whether they
are digital photographs, traditional analog
photographs or illustrations.
Prepared by: Sef CambalizaSource: Grade 8 Curriculum – Photo Editing, DepEd Bataan

BASICS IN PHOTO
EDITING

Cropping
Resizing and Compression
Correcting
Sharpening and Softening

WHAT IS ADOBE
PHOTOSHOP CS6?

Photoshop CS6 is a tool to create, modify, combine
and optimize digital photos and images in your
computer.
It excels in digital photograph and used to perform
complex changes such as adjusting the brightness and
contrast of the image, combines different image
elements and keeping it organize.
Prepared by: Sef CambalizaSource: Adobe Photoshop CS6 (2013). Jemma Development Group

SHORT HISTORY
• Created by American brothers, Thomas and John
Knoll in 1987
• Was named as ImagePro before then renamed as
Photoshop
• Purchased by Adobe in 1988
• First released on February 19, 1990 exclusively for
Macintosh
Source: History of Photoshop.
http://www.creativebloq.com/adobe/history-photoshop-12052724, retrieved June 2016

KEY TERMS AND
DEFINITIONS

Photoshop Document (.psd file). A .psd file is the
default file format of Photoshop. It is a multi-layer
document that retains its full editing options when
saved. In many cases, you will export web graphics
from a .psd document file format.

Layers. Photoshop documents are composed of layers,
which can basically be described as single transparent
sheets that hold particular pieces of an image. These
layers can contain images, text and vector graphics.
They can be rearranged and grouped according to
user needs.

Selections. This refers to regions in an image that will
be affected by the various tools. Once you have
selected an area, you can apply a tool to it, such as
paintbrush, or perform an operation such as copy or
crop. Selections can be any shape and size; the shape
depends on which selection tool you are working with.

Resolution. Resolution refers to the number of pixels in
a full size image. An image with high resolution (hi-
res) contains more information than an image with low
resolution (lo-res).

Color mode. Color mode refers to the types of colors
you will be using in your image. CMYK and RGB are
the most important of these modes to be familiar with.
CMYK is the setting for images that will be printed to paper.
The letters refer to the four channels of color used to create
every color available: cyan, magenta, yellow and black.
 RGB refers to the three channel color mode suitable for
images to be viewed on the web: red, green and blue.

THE PHOTOSHOP
WINDOW

MENU BAR
Displays menus that contain the most of the
Photoshop commands

OPTIONS BAR
Displays the controls that are used to customize
the selected tool in the Toolbox

DOCUMENT TAB
Displays the name, color mode and
magnification of the open file or image

TOOLS PANEL
Displays the different icons or
tools that are used to
modify or edit the image

PANELS
These are the small window that
allow you to access common
commands. They can be
moved anywhere within the
window.

IMAGE
WINDOW
Displays the
image or file
that you have
opened

STATUS BAR
Displays the magnification of the image and its
information

MENU BAR
OPTIONS BAR
DOCUMENT TAB
TOOLS PANEL PANELS
IMAGE
WINDOW
STATUS BAR

THANK YOU.

DAY 1 - Introduction to Photo Editing and Photoshop CS6

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