This document provides an introduction to the basic terms and interface of Adobe Photoshop. It defines key concepts like pixels, layers, selections, resolution, vector vs raster, image size, and color modes. It also describes the main parts of the Photoshop window interface such as the menu bar, tools bar, panels, and document window.

4. HOW TO
PHOTOSHOP
WITH HAPPY NEZZA B. ARANJUEZ & JUDIEL
MICHAEL T. HIPOLITO

5. FROM
THIS

10. IN THE
BEGINNING
…

11. is a raster
graphics
editor
developed and
published
by Adobe
ADOBE PHOTOSHOP

12. Was created in
1988 by Thomas
and John Knoll.
It was
originally
released at
ADOBE PHOTOSHOP

14. ADOBE PHOTOSHOP
CC 2017

16. Are you ready?

17. THE
BASIC
TERMS
All aspiring digital
artists need to know

18. .PSD
PHOTOSHOP DOCUMENT
EDITABLE FILE FORMAT OF PHOTOSHOP

19. PIXEL
COMPRISESTHE DIGITAL IMAGE.
CONSIDERED AS A DOT OF AN IMAGE.

20. LAYERS
SINGLETRANSPARENT SHEETS WHICH HOLD
PARTICULAR PIECES OF AN IMAGE.THESE LAYERS
CAN CONTAIN IMAGES,TEXT, ANDVECTOR
GRAPHICS, AND CAN BE REARRANGEDAND
GROUPED ACCORDINGTOWHATTHE USER
NEEDS.

21. SELECTIONS
REGIONS IN AN IMAGETHAT WILL BE
AFFECTED BYTHEVARIOUSTOOLS

22. RESOLUTION
NUMBER OF PIXELS IN A FULL SIZE IMAGE
(HIGH RESOLUTION = MORE PIXELSTHUS HEAVY IMAGE)
IMAGE)
GRAPHIC: 72 PPI (PIXELS PER INCH)
PRINTED: ATLEAST 300 PPI

23. VECTOR
CREATEDTHROUGH A SEQUENCE OF COMMANDS OR
MATHEMATICAL STATEMENTSTHAT PLACE LINESAND
SHAPES IN A GIVENTWO-DIMENSIONALORTHREE-
DIMENSIONAL SPACE.
EX: EPS, AI AND PDF

24. RASTER
USE MANY COLORED PIXELS OR INDIVIDUAL
BUILDING BLOCKSTO FORM A COMPLETE
IMAGE. FIXED NUMBER OF PIXELS
EX: JPEG, GIF AND PNG

25. IMAGE SIZE
DIMENSION
ACTUAL NUMBER OF PIXELS TALL AND WIDE AN
IMAGE IS (IN PIXELS UNIT)

26. COLOR MODE
REFERSTOTHETYPES OF COLORSYOUWILL BE USING
INYOUR IMAGE.
- CMYK ISTHE SETTING FOR IMAGESTHATWILL BE PRINTEDTO
PAPER. CYAN MAGENTAYELLOW KEY (BLACK)
- RGB REFERSTOTHETHREE CHANNEL COLORMODE SUITABLE
FOR IMAGESTO BEVIEWED ONTHE WEB (RED, GREEN, BLUE)

27. PARTS OF
THE WINDOW
INTERFACE

28. Menu bar
Options bar
TOOLBAR
PANELS
DOCUMENT WINDOW
panes

29. Menubar:file
1

30. Menubar:edit image layer
1

31. Menubar:type select filter
1

32. Menubar:3d view window help
1

33. TOOLBAR
QUICK SELECTION
MOVE
LASSO
CROP
SPOT HEALING BRUSH
CLONE STAMP
ERASER
BLUR
PEN
PATH SELECTION
MARQUEE
EYE DROPPER
QUICK SELECTION
HISTORY BRUSH
GRADIENT
DODGE
HORIZONTAL TYPE
SHAPE (RECTANGLE)
ZOOMHAND
EDIT TOOLBAR FOREGROUND/BACKGROUN
D COLOR
CHANGE SCREEN MODE
2

34. 3 NAME TAB
LAYER PANEL
LAYER ROW
PREVIEW
THUMBNAIL
LAYER
NAME
LINK LAYERS
LAYER
STYLE LAYER
MASK ADJUSTMENT
LAYER
NEW
GROUP
NEW
LAYER
DELETE
LAYER
BLENDING
MODE