Photoshop workshop

When working with a brief ensure you have looked at:

-Colour mode: CMYK-Print // RGB- Screen

-Size: (for this brief A5 148mm x 210mm)

-Resolution: DPI - dots // PPI - pixels

Standard resolutions: PRINT-300 // SCREEN-72

-File format

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Cropping to a specific size:

Destructive cropping

Non destructive

moving the image on the specific size of canvas

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Adjusting brightness and contrasts

Destructive

Non destructive

This way creates an adjustment layer, therefore it allows you to edit layers and not the image

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Selection Tools

Magic Wand - for high contrasting image

Quick selection tool - paint over area to select//tolerance-brush size

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After selecting the chosen area by choosing the Brightness/Saturation layer clicking 'Edit --- Fill' it is possible to select an area that will not be effected by the editing.

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Editing an image to greyscale

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Choose Marquee tool

Then use 'create new fill or adjustment then edit.

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Creating patterns

Holding alt down allows scale to stay the same, create a repeatable image by transforming.

Crop tool- crop the image

Edit // Define pattern

File new // the same as other side.

Fill with pattern:

Edit // Fill // Pattern

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If you want to save a file to continue working with save as a PSD:photoshop

If finished : FLATTEN IMAGE

If printing: TIFF

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Creating a double sided document.

Select both files, open with preview, highlight both (shift), file, print selected images, ensure the right size.

Bottom left hand corner - save as pdf. (DONT HIDE FILE EXTENSION)