PART ONE
ONLINE RESOURCES
Photoshop Tuturials
CLASS NOTES | Class One
OVERVIEW
Photoshop image is a BITMAP. A geometric arrangement (mapping) of dots on a rectangular grid.
Raster/Vector
Modify pixels - pixel craft.
Think of it as painting with pixels.
INTERFACE
OS & Windows
Menus
Tool Palettes
Palettes/Windows
COLOR BASICS
rgb
cmyk
grayscale
hsb
pantone
Additive vs subtractive color
Channels
bitmap, grayscale, duotone, indexed color, RGB, CMYK, Lab Color, or Multichannel.
RGB is luminous
getting images in 8bit, 16bit
MASKING EXCERCISE
Create a path: Pen Tool, Lasso.
Make Selection: Feather.
Create a New Layer
Atmospheric Perspective; Soften Background Layer
Adjust Color; HSB, Levels.
HOMEWORK
Create a Photo Panorama
CLASS NOTES | Class Two
AQUIRE, CREATE, SAVE
BUILD THE PANORAMA
CLASS NOTES | Class Three
Color to Grayscale
Quick Mask
Rubber Stamp Tool
PART TWO
ONLINE RESOURCES
Photoshop Tuturials
CLASS NOTES | Class One
OVERVIEW
Characteristics of images for the web: format, color, size/resolution, speed, transparency, and animation.
These are the principal differences between images prepared for print and images prepared for the web.
GIF IMAGES
Create and format a Flat Art image.
EXPORT SLICED IMAGES
The Slice Tool
CLASS NOTES | Class Two
TILED IMAGES
Create and format a Tile Art image.
SLIDESHOW
Create an animated GIF using Photoshop's Frame animation tool.
ROLLOVER IMAGES
Using the Opacity tag in CSS, change an images appearance on mouseover.
Here is a sample page: Slideshow Page
CLASS NOTES | Class Three
ROLLOVER IMAGES W/CSS
Review these 2 resources:
ZOOMIFY