Intro to Photoshop

Lou Fuiano | Instructor

Temple University Center City
Summer 2009

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


DOWNLOAD IMAGES

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