JRN 302: Introduction to Graphics and Visual Communication- Intro to Photoshop

Thursday, 9/3/15

Class Objectives

Lecture Intro to Photoshop How to drop the homework

Homework assignment Photoshop Tutorials (1-3) due end of class on

Thursday 9/10 No late assignments will be accepted!

You can always submit early You will have time in class on Thursday to work on the files

and always have time to drop the files (but, depending upon your skill level, you may need to do homework)

Photoshop interface

Menu at top; options bar below itToolbar or tools palette to the left

One column or twoCanvas/work area/ document

/image window with status barPalettes to the right

Tutorials: Intro. to Photoshop and Its Interface First thing, find any image and download it to

your desktop Then <File <Open this image in Photoshop (On your own) free through YouTube

Photoshop basic tools (he goes quickly) 9 min http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqD851MIWVo

Basic Tools: notice the triangles on buttons (click and hold to reveal more tools)

Selection Tools Painting and Retouching Tools Type, Path, and Shape Tools Utility Tools Foreground and background color palettes

Have to do with what tool you choose Single click on them to change colors

Tools and colors act like foreground and background… really is still a 2d image

Quick mask button and screen modes

Photoshop and Layers

You have the ability to work in a layered fashion (<Windows <Layers)

Why is this good to do? Easier to change your image

Think of your image as a painting… when all the paint is on top of each other, it is harder to make changes

Can also view/hide certain layers

Photoshop and Layers

Your background layer is locked (you either need to unlock it or duplicate it to have full ability to make changes)

Ultimately, if you save your file as a non-native format (other than TIF), your file will flatten So it’s always a good idea to save

A native file (.psd) A non-native file (.jpg, .pdf, .png, etc.)

History, selections

History = multiple undoes Under <Window <History (PC) Once you close out of image, history is gone

Selections… remember, we are normally looking at pixels on a grid If you take a photograph, it is challenging to

select a part of it Use whatever means you can – doesn’t matter

to me

Selections, eraser tool

May want to select background and then inverse select, and then manipulate it

May want to select something, manipulate it, and then erase part of it Bracket keys grow or shrink your eraser brush “Clean” at whatever percentage you like, just

make sure it looks good at 100% To deselect anything, click <Select <Deselect

How to drop the homework

Pay attention for each assignment on how to submit files Digital files will be “dropped” to the CCFA class

server Have to be in a CCFA building (Moore, Whitman) On a MAC, click on the icon that is three stick figures

holding hands and a black background Use your global ID to log in Find JRN 302, Kubik, and the appropriate class

It’s best to save your files temporarily to your desktop and then drag them into the blackhole folder

But be SURE to have your files saved elsewhere**

How to drop the homework

We’ll cover this so there is no excuse if you disregard it and lose your files **Do NOT save your files to Moore 113 computer’s

desktop. The files WILL be erased ** Do NOT save your files to a U drive… this has

proven to be unreliable and you lose your files IF you try to e-mail your files to yourself, YOU are

responsible for making sure you have the correct files and all of your files.

Best thing to do is buy a flash drive and bring it with you to every class.

How to drop the homework

Unless otherwise told, do NOT e-mail the professor any files!

You can always submit/drop your files early, but if you want to re-submit, tell the professor to delete what you have dropped already Blackhole means

you can’t see the files after you drop them you can’t drop the same named files twice you can’t delete the files once they are dropped There is a timestamp on them that shows when you

drop files.