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Dinesh Kumar, Lovely Professional University Unit 3: Introduction to Photoshop

Unit 3: Introduction to Photoshop Notes

CONTENTS
Objectives
Introduction

3.1 Photoshop Workspace
3.2 Working with Images
3.2.1 Hue, Saturation and Brightness

3.2.2 Types and Characteristics of Digital Images
3.2.3 Bitmap (Raster) and Vector Images
3.2.4 Resolution and Size
3.3 Cropping in Photoshop
3.4 Color Mode in Photoshop

3.5 Summary
3.6 Keywords
3.7 Review Questions

3.8 Further Readings
Objectives

After studying this unit, you will be able to:
z Explain the photoshop workspace
z Describe working with images

z Discuss cropping and color mode in photoshop

Introduction

Adobe Photoshop is an industry standard for raster graphic manipulation, creation and altering.
As a professional image editing software bundle, it accompanies various tools for modifying
photographs. It could be utilized by specialists and beginners alike. It offers a huge number of
filters and plugins which enable you to add cool effects to your pictures. Likewise, it has a
premium set of image transformation tools. In addition to all else things, the most cutting edge
Photoshop version accompanies enhanced vector graphics and 3D altering capabilities. You can
effectively make vector-based 2D pictures, for instance website logos, and then apply them to a
3D object with brilliant results.

Photoshop was released as a commercial graphic editing program in 1990. Since its first release,
it has become more and more complex. Each new version accompanies new effective features.
The current version of Photoshop - CS4, is significantly more than an altering program for your
computerized pictures. It backs a tremendous number of tools for creating graphics for your
site. With Photoshop, web designers can effortlessly make an online site’s layout utilizing a set
of vector based tools – distinctive shapes, styles, gradients and masks are available. Once the site
outline is completed, Photoshop allows you to “slice” up your image for use in your website.

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