Quick Guide by Mr Low YF for Year 1 Computing Photoshop Lesson 1

Photoshop Quick Reference Guide Before beginning any exercise, always UNLOCK layer. A locked layer has many limitations a) If you do not see Index File but only a lock, just double click the lock and then click OK to answer the dialogue box
Double click here to unlock

Then click OK to New Layer. You can also Alt+double click for same effect without need to answer OK b) If your image has an Index next to it, click Image->Mode->RGB to unlock it.

If it is still locked, follow Step a)

This image has Index next to it so it needs to be unlocked using Image>Mode->RGB

1. Zoom Tool 2. Move Tool image or text.

or Z. Hold down Alt to reverse zoom or V. Used to move actual pixels or parts of

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3. After making selection, can also use Ctrl+Shift on selection to move selected area or Ctrl+Alt to copy the selected area 4. Note: To move only selection border, make sure only border selection tools such as rectangular tool is active 5. To deselect selection, click Select-> Deselect or Ctrl+D 6. To add to a selection, hold down Shift key and to subtract from a selection, hold down Alt key 7. To invert a selection, click Select-> Inverse or Shift+Ctrl+I 8. To select similar colours and tones with clear edges and no shadows, use Magic Wand tool (with appropriate tolerance settings) or Quick Selection tool.

Grow (Select->Grow) is also useful. 9. Magnetic Lasso tool is good for irregular shapes with very high contrast. When looping back, and you see the circle, click to end

10. Polygonal lasso tool good for straight lines. Hold down Alt key for temporarily using it as a normal lasso tool (for non straight edges). When looping back, and you see the circle, click to end 11. To resize or rotate a selected image portion, use Edit->Free Transform or Ctrl-T. When box is active, resizing corners will scale it smaller or bigger. When double curved arrows are seen, you can rotate image portion. Note: To end free transform, please click Enter key or click the Tick at top

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12. To rotate selection, you can also use the Edit->Transform option. This also allows a selection to be flipped horizontally or vertically. 13. To create a new layer from a selection, right mouse click selection, then choose Layer via Copy

14. To undo multiple times, click Ctrl+Alt+Z note there is a 20 undo limit unless configured in Photoshop 15. Use the T tool to type text. Click directly on image and start typing there is no need to draw a rectangle

16. Note: Photoshop automatically creates a new layer for all text. To edit the text double click the T on the layer

17. To crop out a selection use the Crop Tool. Draw out a selection to crop.

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Note: To crop out to a specific width and height enter the dimensions in the width and height box at the top.

Enter a value followed by a dimension eg 80 px which means 80 pixels However for most cases, you do not need to enter these values unless you wish to crop to a specific dimension so clear these values 18. To bring in an image from another file, use the Arrange Documents window or click Window -> Arrange -> Float All In Windows to see all the documents

Then use the Move tool to drag in the other file. It will appear as a new layer in Photoshop