I put my notes on how to make transparent gifs with photoshop 7 at the end of this document. the notes in the middle of the document tell how to make transparent gifs with photoshop 5 or 6.
but 1st a blurb on these flaws in the rio salado college computer system.
their is a bug in the rio salado college computer login system.
normally when you come in the compter has a screen that forces you to enter your social security number and swear that you are a student of rio salado college. after that you get access to the START icon and can execute programs.
BUT.........
the people that run the lab are very lazy and often dont turn on the computers. this is where the BUG comes in.
while the computers are booting the START button is visiable and you can execute programs with out login in thru the rio salado college system.
so you can beat the rio salado log in system by either
1) rebooting your computer. and executing programs before the rio salado security system is installed or
2) mearly turning on the computer and when you see the START BUTTON use it to execute your favorite program.
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these are my notes on photoshop plus in the zip disk
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to scan stuff on the stinking mac computer or apple computer
to start PHOTOSHOP on the mac
1) click on the APPLE ICON on hte top line
its an APPLE ICON with a bite taken out it it
click on that. its like the START button on windows
2) click on the line that says PROGRAMS
3) click on the line that says ADOBE
4) click on the line that says PHOTOSHOP
to scan stuff on the MAC that can be saved on an IBM disk
1) create a temp directory on the MAC to store your files on
DONT copy them directly to you ZIP disk
2) FILE
IMPORT
TWAIN AQUIRE
(a. wait for it to do a pre scan)
(b. after pre-scan set parms such as 300 dpi,
millions of colors)
3) click on FINAL button to do final scan
4) save with item
a. use
SAVE_AS_COPY
b. save on MAC HARD DRIVE
DONT Save on ZIP disk
c. type extension like .JPG in file name
dont let photoshop do it
5) now DRAG the file from the MAC HARD DRIVE to your ZIP DISK
to copy it over
5) hard CODE extension like JPG
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these are my notes on photoshop plus in the zip disk
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this also undo's mistakes
EDIT
UNDO
CNTL/Z - is used to UNDO mistakes or fix errors
ESC - is also used to UNDO mistakes or fix mistakes
ESC also works to fix errors made with the magnetic roping took
ESC undoes errors made with rope tool
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in in GIMP you use
CNTL/X to delete a selected area
in photo shop you use
the DEL key to delete a selected area
after deleting the area use
Select
Deselect
to get rid of the selection so you can do something else
i think thats the same as
CNTL/SHIFT/A
in gimp
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SHIFT + TAB - hides/unhides all palettes
TAB - hides/unhiders tool box and all pallettes
to get a tools propertys DOUBLE CLICK on the tool
ONLINE HELP - hit F1 to get online help
adobe's web page has help on it. its http://www.adobe.com
to remove or show any palette window go
click on
WINDOW
SHOW BRUSHES
HIDE BRUSHES
(where BRUSHES is the window name )
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CNTL + + - to zoom in (thats CNTL with TWO + signs)
CNTL - - - to zoom out (thats CNTL with TWO - signs)
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to make the whole image fit on the screen
either 1) click on
VIEW
FIT ON SCREEN
or 2) DOUBLE CLICK on MAGNIFYING GLASS
or 3) DOUBLE CLICK on the HAND tool and the whole image will be displayed
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to select an area to magnify you can use the
MAGNIFYING GLASS
to grab an area like you do with the ROPE tools
click on the MAGNIFYING CLASS and hold down the mouse
drag the MAGNIFYING GLASS to the area you want to see
release the mouse and the area will be magnified
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to scrool thru the image (when it wont fit on your screen you can
either 1) use the scroll bars
2) use the HAND tool to move the image around
which i find much easier
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in the NAVIGATOR palette
the scroll bar controls the size of the image your editing
not the magnification in the NAVIGATOR palette
in the NAVIAGTOR palette you can use the
CNTL + HAND
to rope the area of the picture you want to look at
in the edit box.
basicly this draws a square around the area and lets
you zoom to it
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any tool with a
>
at the bottom of the tool has hidden tools in the area
to view the hidden tools
1) move the mouse over the tool
2) hold the mouse button down
this will cause the hidden tools to be displayed
3) click on the tool you want to use
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to see all the options and stuff for any tool
double click on the tool
the options will then be seen
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to unselect something or undo something
1) click on
SELECT
DESELECT
you can get it back by going
SELECT
RESELECT
also the EDIT button can unselect stuff too with
EDIT
UNDO RESELECT .....
and
EDIT
PURGE
UNDO
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1) select some area with any of the rope tools
2) KEEP THE MOUSE BUTTON HELD DOWN
3) to move the circle or square you selected to a slightly
different position
WHILE STILL HOLDING DOWN THE MOUSE BUTTON
hold down the SPACE BAR
now when you move the mouse the circle or square or selected
thing moves and you can get precise about what you want to
select:
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when selecting something to select from the CENTER of the thing
1) click on the center of whats to be selected
2) next hold down the ALT key and
your selection will be made from the center
3) to expand that and make the selection a
PERFECT SQUARE or
PERFECT circle
after holding down the ALT
hold down the SHIFT
to select a PERFECT SQUARE or CIRCLE
4) to make your selection
first RELEASE the MOUSE button
next RELEASE the SHIFT and ALT
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now you have selected some thing.
you can either
MOVE the selected thing
or
DUPLICATE the selected thing
to MOVE the selected thing
1) after selecting the thing
CLICK on the MOVE tool
2) move the image where you want it
(the old image will be deleted)
3) when the image is at the correct location
click on
SELECT
DESELECT
and the image will be pasted where you want it to be pasted
to DUPLICATE the selected thing
1) after selecting the thing
CLICK on the MOVE tool
and hold down the ALT key
this will cause a copy of the image to be moved
and the selected image wont be deleted
2) move the image where you want it
(the old image will be deleted)
3) when the image is at the correct location
click on
SELECT
DESELECT
and the image will be pasted where you want it to be pasted
4) if you want to duplicate the thing exactly on the same line
to the right or left, or on the same line up or down, or
by 45 degrees
in addition to in step one holding done the ALT key
also hold the SHIFT key down
ALT + SHIFT + MOVE - allows move only at 90 or 45 degree angles
this will cause the selected thing to be duplicated
90 degrees to the right or left or
90 degrees up or down
or you can move it at 45 degree angles
you can move the selected thing around with the arrow keys
the ARROW keys will move the image ONE pixel at a time
the SHIFT ARROW keys will move the image TEN pixels at a time
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when selecting stuff you can turn off the marching ants with
VIEW
HIDE EDGES - turns off the marching ants
VIEW
SHOW EDGES - turns back on the marching ants
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i think CNTL/X, CNTL V, and CNTL/C work
but they can be done using the
EDIT
CUT
EDIT
COPY
EDIT
PASTE
EDIT
CUT
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to add more stuff to a selected area
hit the SHIFT key when doing the next select
to delete stuff from a selected area
hit the ALT key when doing the next select
(i think GIMP uses the CNTL key instead of the ALT key)
hit the SHIFT key when doing the next select
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when you selecting stuff with the LASSO
to switch to the LINE LASSO
1) select your curved line
2) hold down the ALT key
3) release the mouse
move the mouse to the next line point and CLICK
repeate this for each point
4) to switch to curve mode again
CLICK on the last point
continue to hold down the mouse
release the ALT key
now continue to draw freehand lines
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the MAGNETIC LASSO can automaticlly find high contrast
areas an select them for you.
i used it on the grapefruit to cut the fruit from
the skin - which is a high contrast area.
i think this is the same as the smart sizzors in GIMP
if you fuck up and put in a location that is wrong
hit the DELETE button to remove the last 1 or more
points entered. also in my case with the grapefruit
the magnetic lasso followed the path with out me telling
it. it was pretty smart.
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to ROTATE
RESIZE
TRANSFORM
photoshop does not have icons for these like GIMP does
so click on
EDIT
TRANSFORM
SCALE
ROTATE
SKEW
DISTORT
PERSPECTIVE
(when using these SHIFT key says when scaling something keep
the same overall dimensions, just make it smaller or larger
but dont distort it)
if you like your transformation and want to use it hit
ENTER
(just a regular ENTER key nothing else)
if you DONT like your transformation click on
EDIT
FREE TRANSFORM
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cropping - after you do your crop
you have to hit
ENTER
for the crop to take effect
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in gimp you move and copy stuff by selecting stuff and using
CNTL/V, CNTL/C
to copy it after its been selected
in photoshop you use the move tool
>+
or
MOVE
will move the thing to another windown.
if you dont select anything it will move a
copy of the whole picture to the new window.
to CENTER STUFF when moving or copying hit
1) select the MOVE tool
>+
2) click on what you want to move
3) hit the SHIFT key
4) now move it to the new area and it will be centered
NOTE - in photoshop when you move stuff it puts it on
a new layer for you.
nice.
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to move layers around
1) move the cursor to the layers palette
2) click on the layer (a hand shows up)
3) move the layer to its new position
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to change the opacity or see thru percent of a layer
1) select the layer in the layers palette
2) click on the button at the top thats next to
OPACITY
3) use the slide bar to change the percent opacity
of the layer
to select a BLENDING mode which is usually NORMAL
click on the box next to the OPACITY box
and select a new blending mode
to link 2 or more layers in the layers palettee
1) click in the box where the paintbrush shows
for the layer you want to link and a
chain link will appear
the layers are now linked
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when you do transformations to change the size of things
you can grab on one of the buttons on the box and
use it to shrink or enlarge the image
it looks like if you grab on a cornor button it
will do an even ratio change of the image.
the SHIFT key may do this too like it causes
perfect circles and perfect squares
and if you grab any of the middle buttons you
can fatten or shrink the image.
hit ENTER to make the change take effect.
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to add new layers, merge layers, flatten layers, flatten images
or get layer options
1) go to the layers palette
2) on the upper right corner of the palette is a
>
click on it and you will get a menu that says
new layer
duplicate layer
delete layer
merge layers
flatten image
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as when you copy stuff
when you create new text it puts the text on a new layer
to bevel and emboss text you go
1) LAYER
EFFECTS
BEVEL and EMBOSS
go thru all the options it can do some slick stuff
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it seems that you can delete changes better (maybe)
with photoshop then gimp
to delete all changes
1) WINDOW
SHOW HISTORY
(to view history palette)
click on the image at the top of the history palette
and ALL your CHANGES will be deleted
you can click on any of the lines after it and restore
the changes up to that point
(it says it only keeps track of the last 20 changes)
(note also the CNTL/Z works to delete changes like it does in GIMP)
to delete all changes (another way)
1) FILE
REVERT
(and all changes made will be deleted)
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to reset one or more tools to their default values
1) double click on any tool to get the tool palette
2) click on the
>
at the right hand top of the tool palette click
3) then select either
RESET TOOL
or
RESET ALL TOOLS
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to turn off the marching ants
VIEW
HIDE EDGES
to turn on or restore the marching ants
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to turn off the stupid checker board in transparent areas
FILE
PREFERENCES
TRANSPARENCY AND GAMUTA
now select the
GRID SIZE
and select the line that says
NONE
to turn on the stupid checker board in transparent areas
do the same shit as above but select a
GRID SIZE
other then
NONE
such as LARGE
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to import your paint brushes
in the brushes palette
click on the
>
at the top right hand side
then select
LOAD BRUSHES
then enter a file name with the brushes in it
(brush files end in .abr )
then it will load the brushes in that file into your brushes palette
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painting behind stuff.
say you have an image painted on glass that you can thru
some of the glass is clear with nothing painted on it.
to paint on the image from behind the glass so you just
paint where its clear you select the
BEHIND
option from any tool menu. its in the left hand box
near the top of the menu which normally says
NORMAL
in this mode you paint on the backside of the picture
and only apply paint to areas that are clear.
this could be usefull in making stuff like fake drivers licenses
where a seal has to appear only on areas outside of a photo
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to define a new type of paint brush
1) draw the paint brush in black and white
2) use the square tool to draw a square around the
new paint brush
3) go to the brushes palette and click on the
>
on the right hand side
5) click on
DEFINE BRUSH
and the selected image in the SQUARE tool
will be added to the brushes palette
6) now double click on the brush you just created
and you can set the spacing options and other stuff
like you do in GIMP
click on OK
when your done
6) last to get ride of the stupid SQUARE BOX
go
SELECT
DE SELECT
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to keep painting over other areas you can use
the SQUARE tool
the COLOR tool (magic wand)
to select an area.
then when you select a paint brush
pencil,
air brush
it will only draw in the selected area
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to see your brush in the size it will be on the photo
go
1) FILE
PREFERENCES
DISPLAY AND CURSORS
2) under
PAINTING CURSORS
click on
BRUSH SIZE
3) click on
OK
4) now when you draw or paint stuff
you will see a image thats the size
of the area your brush will draw on
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its probably easier to use the QUICK mask at the bottom of the tool box
instead of the MASK stuff in the layers
the light colored SQUARE ICON with a CIRCLE in it on the LEFT allows you to EDIT the PICTURE
the dark colored SQUARE ICON with a CIRCLE in it on the RIGHT allows you to EDIT the MASK
masks
quick mask
just under the color box (with the black/white colors or
selected clors) at the bottom of the tool box you
have 2 mask boxes
the box on the right is normal operating
click here to remove the quick mask described on next line
when a mask is defined you can edit the picture when this is turned on
you can only edit parts of the picture that the mask does not cover
the box on the left is the quick mask box
click here to mask out everything but the selected area
when you do everything that is masked will be
highlited in RED.
you cant modify stuff in read.
to delete parts of RED mask paint it WHITE
to add more area to RED mask paint it BLACK
to set a partial transparencey use GREY
if you want to keep a quick mask from session to session
and store it as part of the image you must save it as an alpha channel mask with
WINDOWS
SHOW CHANNELS
then (again click at the same level as the WINDOWS we just did ) go
SELECT
SAVE SELECTION
(a SAVE SELECTION box will pop up)
click on OK
this will add a ALPHA channel at the bottom
of the CHANNELS box that showed up when we
did the
WINDOWS
SHOW CHANNELS
stuff
turning the EYE on in the ALPHA lawyer shows the RED MASK
and of course you can click on the EYE in the other COLORS
to show the COLORS
you can paint the channel mask with WHITE to remove parts of it
or BLACK to cover up more stuff
GREY varies transparency
to use the stinking channel mask you go
SELECT
LOAD SELECTION
and the masked stuff will appear
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to make the image fill up the whole box
double click on the HAND tool
double clicking on the MAGNIFY TOOL will make the image
become full size. but that may not fill up the whole box
double clicking on the HAND tool causes the image to fill the WHOLE BOX
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when you have selected an area
and you want to selecte EVERYTHING BUT what you selected
thats called
inverting the selection by mike
inversing the selection by photoshop plus
to do it go
SELECT
INVERT
and the selection is inverted:
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cropping
you can either
1) select the image free hand by dragging the
and selecting what you want
(key here is what ever you select will
be the size of what you selected)
2) define in advance the size of the image to
select in say inches or pixels
ie: after the crop i want an image
72 by 144 pixels
or
3.5 by 6 inches
a - now select the area to crop
b - of the image is TILTED you can tilt the crop
by moving the mouse OUTSIDE the cropped area
and rotating the IMAGE
c - to find tune and select what you want you
can move the mouse INSIDE the cropped area
and move the box around to select what you
want
or
d - you can grab the cropped image by one of the
little squares on its corners or sides and
jiggle it around to fine tune the area you
want to select
after selecting the image you want
hit
ENTER
to have photoshop actually crop the image
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BRIGHTNESS adjustment
remember on color tv you adjust
the brightness of the image so it spans from
2.5% black to 100% black
and you do the same thing for the color.
here is how to adjust it for the photoshop image
IMAGE
ADJUST
LEVELS
now you have a BLACK ^ on one side and a white ^ on the other side
drag the BLACK ^ to the right to the begining of the graph where
color starts
drag the WHITE ^ to the left to the begining of the graph where
color ends
click OK
for the adjustments to take effect
this tends to make image brighter
COLOR adjustment
(like to remove the RED from dr ray price face)
LAYER
NEW
ADJUSTMENT LAYER
(now a box will pop up)
their is a line that says
TYPE:xxxxxxx
its a scroll menu
pick
COLOR BALANCE
to replace
xxxxxxxx
now hit OK
and you get a new menu thats called
COLOR BALANCE
and you have 3 slider bars to play with the RGB
you have click boxes to play with
shadows
midtones
highlights
when you done playing hit
OK
now is the kicker you get a new LAYERS menu
in the
COLOR BALANCE LAYER
click on the EYE to see how the colors look WITH your changes
turn the EYE off to see how the colors look BEFORE your changes
FLATTEN THE STINKING IMAGE BEFORE SAVING IT
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to replace color (LIKE REMOVE THE RED OUT OF dr rays prices face)
(use the square tool to select the area to work in)
IMAGE
ADJUST
REPLACE COLOR
1) now use the EYEDROPPER in the new box to select the INITIAL COLOR to change
2) use the EYE DROPPER + tool to ADD colors
3) use the EYE DROPPER - tool to DELETE colors
(the stuff that WHITE in the NEW BOX will be changed)
ok you selected what to changed
now use the 3 slider bars in the
TRANSFORM box
to change the
COLOR
of the selected images
to make the changes click on
OK
last SELECT
DELECT
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BRIGHTING COLORS - a big word is SATURATEing
DULLING COLORS - a big word is DESATURATEing
1) select the SPONGE
(use a feathered brush )
2) double click on the SPONGE to get the tool plate
3) at the top select
Desaturate - to DULL the colors
Saturate - to BRIGHTEN the colors
4) pick a HEAVY pressure 90% to make it easy
rub the sponge on stuff to bright or light it
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DODGE tool works simular but brings out HILITES in an IMAGE
DODGE tool LIGHTENS
and
DARKENS
the image
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to select an entire image so you can paste it else where
(you can do it the same way gimp does)
CNTL/C
CNTL/V
or
SELECT - to select everything
ALL
EDIT - to copy everything selected into a buffer
COPY
EDIT - this adds a new layer
PASTE
(or to paste into an area you selected
so it doesnt overlay everything but
just overlays the selected stuff go)
EDIT - this adds a new layer
PASTE INTO
(after adding the new layer you can move it around to
get the effect you want)
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playing with PEN's stinking pens
they are like the things in gimp that draw lines
but i dont remember the name. now i rember its the
benzeer curves or however the fuck its spelled
NOTE:!!!! you can convert ANY SELECTED AREA such as when
selected with the MAGIC WAND COLOR GRABBER to
a path by
1) selecting the stuff with the MAGIC WAND
2) click on the MAKE PATH button at the bottom
of the PATHS palette
(its the button with the circles and dots
connected in a curve kinda like
o---o-----o------0
3) double click on the new path you just made
and rename it something from work path
NOTE2: you can also convert ANY PATH into a SELECTED AREA
you can later delete the selected area,
copy the selected area,
or play games with the selected area
to convert the PATH into a selection
1) click on the PATH NAME in the PATH palette
2) PULL down the PATH NAME to the BIG CIRCLE
at the bottom of the PATH palette and
its converted
it will now have the marching ants around it
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the lines made with the pen tools are called PATHS
you can later STROKE the PATHS like in GIMP to color them.
or you can FILL a closed PATH with a SOLID COLOR or PATTERN like in GIMP
you can have SEVERAL PATHS going at the same time to create a new PATH
1) go to the PATHS palette and click on NEW PATH
2) enter a name for the PATH
3) click on the PATH to make it the color BLUE so you can use it
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PATH can contain STRAIGHT LINES
CURVED LINES
STRAIGHT and CURVED lines
to define the 1st point on the path
1) take a pen tool and CLICK somewhere
bingo you have the 1st point
2) to add a STRAIGHT line to the path from the last point
a) release the mouse button (dont drag the mouse)
b) move the mouse to the next point and CLICK
3) to add a CURVED line to the path from the last point
a) CLICK the mouse on the NEXT POINT
b) now DRAG the MOUSE a distance for the CURVE you want
c) play with the curve till your happy.
d) release the mouse when the CURVE is correct
e) after you have done the created the point or after the
full curve is drawn you can play with the out line with
the pen tools
-> - play with it. it works
and
> - play with it. it works.
4) to end a path that is just a set of lines that is not fully
enclosed (like a circle).
after the last point is defined either
a) move the mouse back to the PEN tool and click there.
this will terminate the current PATH
or
b) hold down the CNTL key and click away from the current
PATH. this will also end or terminate the current PATH
to end a PATH thats fully encloses something like a
CIRCLE or SQUARE or POLYGON
a) move the mouse over the final point
(a small CIRCLE will appear)
b) click on the FINAL point and the path will be defined
5) to delete a point on a path their is several ways
a) move the mouse over the point
a "-" will show up by the mouse
click the mouse to delete the point.
the line will continue with the points
between it
b) if you want to delete the current point you just made on a path
1) have to change TOOLS - select the PEN with the "-"
and use it to delete the CURRENT POINT
2) now switch back to the regular PEN and finish the curve
6) to move a point somewhere
use the ARROW PEN pen tool (or hold down the CNTL with the regular PEN)
click on the point and move it somewhere else
7) to move a WHOLE LINE on the path
use the ARROW PEN tool (or hold down the CNTL with the regular PEN)
CLICK on the LINE as opposed to the POINT
drag the LINE to where you want it and release the mouse
8) to move an ENTIRE PATH
use the ARROW PEN tool AND
hold down the ALT key
click on the PATH to move (while holding the ALT key)
move the ENTIRE PATH and release the mouse to
drop it down
filling or stroking a PATH is a little different then GIMP
to fill or stroke a PATH look in the PATHS palette at the bottom
of the box.
to FILL the PATH click on the BLACK circle in the PATHS palette
it will FILL the path thats currently ACTIVE.
the ACTIVE paths name is SOLID BLUE
note:if you fill a paths that not totally enclosed it will
draw a straight line between the 2 open points and use
that as the line for the fill.
to STROKE the PATH click on the WHITE circle in the PATHS palette
it will STROKE the path thats currently ACTIVE.
the ACTIVE paths name is SOLID BLUE
after STROKING a PATH sometimes you cant see the results of
the STROKE and must hide the stroke to see what you have done
how to HIDE the PATH is shown a few lines down in this text
to pick the TOOL to stroke the pathe with
or to pick the paramerters to FILL the PATH with
a) in the PATHS palette click on the
>
to the right
b) click on
STROKE SUBPATH
or
FILL SUBPATH
c) then pick the tool to do the stroke with
to HIDE a PATH you have drawn.
click in the blank area below the path names in the PATH palette
to SHOW a PATH click on the PATH name in the PATH palette box
curved PATHS - its easier then shit if you know what your doing
see page 184 in the book ( Abobe photoshop 5 classroom in a book)
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in photoshop you can define the units for the rulers to show measurement in
the units for rulers are done with this
FILE
PREFERENCES
UNITS
your choices are
inches
cm
pica
points
percent
pixels
to use rulers and display rulers or lines on your image (see grids)
VIEW
SHOW RULERS
(now 2 rulers (like from grammer school) will be
visible on the TOP x axis and Left Y axis)
to make a ruler CLICK on one of the RULERS
and pull it to where you want it
to move the RULES around once they are on your image
or to drag 1 ruler off the image
CLICK on the MOVE tool in the tool box
(the move tool not the hand)
when the MOVE tool is over a RULER it will turn into
=
or
||
and you can move the ruler around
to remove the RULERS
VIEW
HIDE RULERS
when doing selections
A - if you want it to SNAP to the GUIDE turn on
VIEW
SNAP to GUIDE (or GRID for grids)
B - you have to move the mouse CLOSE ENOUGH
to the GRID or RULER for it to be smart enough
to SNAP to it
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to display a GRID on the screen (see rulers)
VIEW
SHOW GRID
to adjust GRID settings
FILE
PREFERENCES
GUIDES & GRIDS
when doing selections
A - if you want it to SNAP to the GRID turn on
VIEW
SNAP to GRID (or GUIDE for rulers)
B - you have to move the mouse CLOSE ENOUGH
to the GRID or RULER for it to be smart enough
to SNAP to it
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say you want to make a new layer out of what you have circled
or drawn a box around, or stuff you selected with the magic want
do this
1) select the stuff you want
2) go
LAYER
NEW
LAYER VIA CUT
or
LAYER VIA COPY
COPY makes a copy of what you selected and places it on a new layer
CUT makes a cuts of what you selected and places it on a new layer
and deletes it from the current layer
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layer mask - a layer mask is like a stencil.
you can only modify parts of the photo that show thru the stencilA
to add a layer mask you can go
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to add a layer mask and use some stuff you have selected as
the open part of the stencil go
LAYERS
ADD LAYER MASK
REVEAL SELECTION
in a layer mask
painting with WHITE cuts holes in the stencil so
you can see through the stencil
or layer. after you paint with
WHITE you CAN MODIFY stuff below
the layer mask
painting with BLACK removes holes in the stencil so
you cant see through the stencil
or layer. after you paint with
BLACK you CANT MODIFY stuff below
the layer mask
painting with GREY makes the layer semi-transparent
a layer mask is indicated in the LAYERS palette by a
circle in a larger square icon.
when this icon is active any thing you paint modifies
the layer mask.
to modify the actual layer click on the PHOTO in the layer palette
and the circle in a larger square icon will be replaced
with a PAINTBRUSH and you can modify the layers image
to flip back and modify the layer mask again to the right of
the photo is a box that shows what the layer mask looks like.
click on that and you can modify the layer mask again
by painting in black, white and grey
if their is a CHAIN LINK in the layer mask when you move the photo
the layer mask moves with it
if you click on the CHAIN LINK and remove the CHAIN LINK you can
move the LAYER MASK around over the photo.
sounds very usefull.
to display the LAYER MASK (in black in white) over the image HIT
ALT and click on the black layer mask image in
the layers palette.
(this works REALLY NICE to find semi-transparent stuff)
to display the PHOTO again ALT CLICK the black layer mask image in
the layers palette again
to display ALL THE PHOTOS with out the LAYER MASK WORKING
SHIFT + click on the black layer mask in the palettes section
to reverse it do the same SHIFT + CLICK on the black mask image in
layers palette
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if you move a photo from some other source to a layer
you can cause the photo or image just moved to be
centered either
vertically
or
horizantally
you 1st have to link the layers with the CHAIN LINK
then go
with
LAYER
ALIGN LINKED
VERTICAL CENTER
and
LAYER
ALIGN LINKED
HORIZONTAL CENTER
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to desaturate an image (ie: make it grey)
1) select what you want to desaturate (make grey)
2) go
IMAGE
ADJUST
DESATURATE
to saturate an image (ie: make it go from grey -> color)
1) select what you want to saturate (make go from grey -> color)
2) go
IMAGE
ADJUST
HUE - SATURATION
(then play with the slider bar that adjusts the saturation)
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weird masks with - alpha channells
1) select something with any select tool
2) now do this
SELECT
SAVE SELECTION
OK
3) to edit only the selected data at a later time go
SELECT
LOAD SELECTION
(pick the name of what you named it
it defaults to
ALPHA 1
ALPHA 2
ALPHA 3
ALPHA 4
....
)
now when you edit the edits only go on the area selected.
to get rid of the mask go
SELECT
DESELECT
(the mask goes away BUT you can get it back by going
SELECT
LOAD SELECTION)
you can combine several selections into a bigger one to edit
or subtract one selection from another bigger area by
clicking on the button
* - add to selection
* - subtract from selection
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to make your SQUARE, or CIRCLE selections the SAME SIZE every time
1) in the SQUARE selection option box for
STYLE: FIXED SIZE
select FILED SIZE
2) enter a lenght and width for the box size
and every time you select something it will be the same size
note after selecting anything you can move it 1 pixel at a time with
the arrow keys UP arrow, DOWN arrow, RIGHT arrow, LEFT arrow
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to free up memory run
EDIT
PURGE
(then select the type memory to free up)
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i have wanted to do this 50 times and did not know it could be done
1) an image has a white/green/blue background
you want to remove all of the background
but you dont want to click on 40 places with the magic wand to find it all
2) simple
a) click on any of the background with the magic wand and select it
b) here is the magic
click on
SELECT
SIMULAR
and bingo it selects everything in the image with that backgroun
and you dont have to fuck with finding it everywhere
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after you lay down letters or text you can still change it
1) go to the layer with the text in it
2) in the layers box in the layers pallette
click on the CIRCLE with a T in it.
3) the type box will now pop up and you can change the text
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you can write scripts in PHOTOSHOP to tell it a sequence of commands to execute
its done in the ACTIONS PALETTE with
WINDOWS
SHOW ACTIONS
HIDE ACTIONS
they have a whole bunch of default scripts you can do.
the one in the class makes a fuzzy border around a images
it starts with V and sounds like a french name for whore
forgot to tell you. to execute the scripts
1) click on the script in the ACTIONS palette
2) click on the PLAY button at the bottom of
the scripts palette to execute the script
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to convert a file to JPEG or JPG
IMAGE
MODE
RGB
FILE
SAVE AS
(select JPG as file extention)
you may be able to go
FILE
SAVE A COPY
(and then select JPG or GIF as the file type)
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to convert a file to GIF
IMAGE
MODE
INDEXED
FILE
SAVE AS
(select GIF as file extention)
you may be able to go
FILE
SAVE A COPY
(and then select JPG or GIF as the file type)
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converting from 300 dpi to 72 dpi
converting photos from a high scan rate to a low scan rate for the internet or netscape
converting from hi resolution to low resolution
change number of lines per inch
converting to web format
converting to 72 dpi for viewing on the internet.
got out of the october 2000 issues of pc photo
use the help command and look up
resizing <-correct spelling mike would go resize
sizing <-correct spelling mike would go sizeing
the commands are
IMAGE
IMAGE SIZE
(in the box change the dpi from 300 to 72 or what ever you want to
save it as, but make sure you dont change the length and with)
OK
ok now to verify that you converted it a resolution of 72 dpi which is
what most monitors display at go to netscape and view the file from
pc ---- file:/c:/mud.jpg
unix ---- file:/
and verify it looks right
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notes for web based stuff
flat color pictures - use .GIF - indexed color
flat color image would be something like a logo say IBM logo
full color pictures - .JPG
gradient .JPG
greyscale .GIF89a
transparent images .GIF89a
to convert to .GIF go
IMAGE
MODE
INDEXED COLOR
(for pallet select WEB if i want to show on the WEB)
(for dither select NONE. dither makes image look spotted)
to convert to grayscale
IMAGE
MODE
RGB Color
then to write it out as grey scale
FILE
EXPORT
GIF89a Export
(you can pick the number of bits to use for color)
to convert a file to JPG
FILE
SAVE A COPY
(then select JPG as the format)
to convert to transparent .GIF
IMAGE
MODE
INDEXED COLOR
(for pallete use WEB)
(for diffusion use DITHER)
FILE
EXPORT
GIF89a
(double click the HAND TOOL in the PREVIEW Box)
in the box at the bottom that says
Transparency Form:
click on it to display a MASK that YOU MADE BEFORE HAND
all the stuff in the mask will become transparent
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(to make a 2nd copy of an image)
image
duplicate
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to write a script do this (really recorde some commands so you can replay them)
1) so you can see the scripts or ACTIONS PALLETTE
WINDOW
SHOW ACTIONS
2) on the ACTIONS PALLET click the
>
and select
NEW ACTION
in the
name box
type the name of your script
next click on
RECORD
and a red light goes on in the ACTIONS PALette
and everything you do is recorded
click on
STOP RECORDING
to quit programming your script
to run the action or script click on
PLAY
and select the script name to run
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to create transparent gif images in photoshop 7
Export Transparent Image