Photoshop Tools and Features User Log

The purpose of this log is for you to record what tools and features you used in the creation of your digital graphics. You should try to use as many
as possible and you must record how, why and when you used them. You do not need to record repeated actions but each single new action
should be recorded. An example of this would be setting up a new Photoshop file/image which would cover the ranges; Image Settings (all) and
part of Menus (some of). You only need to do this once. Remember that where the e.g. appears in a range, as many of the items should be
covered as possible but not all of them; your tutor will guide you here. Where possible you should also provide a screen dump to illustrate the
action (see sample image below).

Tools and
features
Menus:

How, why and when used.

Open;

To open my files, I clicked on Personal

Workspace, then Karen, Unit 19,
and then Assignment Three

save;

Whenever I finished working on a

particular document, I saved into Unit
19 on my personal workspace.

Screen dump

import;

I imported images from the internet

into Adobe Photoshop, and then I
edited them to my liking.

export;

I exported images from the internet

that I needed to create my assets,
and I saved them in my personal
workspace, and I then opened the
images when I made a Photoshop
Document for each asset.

edit;

view;

I edited the screen icons in

Photoshop, by using social media
logos such as Twitter, and placed it
on the back of a Spurs shirt.

When I was creating my navigation

bars I had to zoom out of the default
Photoshop view/camera, from 100%
down to 50%, so I was able to see

the whole of the blue bar.

Occasionally I asked my peers and
my teacher for some assistance
when I was using Photoshop.

help

Image
settings:
size;

Resolution;
width;

height;

colour mode;

background;

transparency;
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I edited the size of the screen icons

that I created so it isnt too big when
it gets imported onto the website.
I didnt have to edit the resolution
during the use of Photoshop
I edited the width of the navigation
bars that I created so its at the size
that I needed it to be.
I edited the height of my screen
icons, and the left navigation bar and
the top navigation bar to get it to the
size that I wanted.
I used a tool on Photoshop, called the
eyedropper tool where you click on
the colour of a particular layer, and
you can use it on a separate layer. I
used this tool constantly throughout,
to ensure that I kept the colour of
navy blue in most of my assets that I
created.
The website will have the clubs
colours in the background, and to do
this I used the eyedropper tool in
Photoshop and created a new layer.
I set the transparency at the start of
making a new Photoshop document.

aspect ratio,

I didnt use aspect radio during the

creation of my assets.
When saving a document in
Photoshop, I clicked on file and
save as, and then entered the name
that I wanted to call that particular
Photoshop document.

file name

Drawing tools:

tool options;

brush;
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The tool options are located on the

left hand side of the screen in
Photoshop, and there are various
tools there to help me create the
document.

There is a paint brush tool available

pencil;

duplicate;

clone;

fill;

in Photoshop, but I didnt use this

during the creation of my assets.
I didnt actually use the pencil tool
during the creation of my assets
either.
I duplicated layers by clicking on the
right side of the mouse after
hovering the cursor over a layer,
then I clicked duplicate layer.

You have the ability to clone in

Photoshop but I didnt need to during
the creation of my assets.
You can also fill a particular shape
that you have drawn on Photoshop
with colour, but again, I didnt require

text;

line;

stroke;
shape;
zoom;

guides and
rulers;
Grid;
Snap;
Paletts, e.g.
colour,
gradients,
layers, object,
brushes,
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this tool.
I put text in my left navigation bar,
my top navigation bar, the logo, and
the website title. To do this I clicked a
tool on the left which says T, and I
then drew a text box so I got the text
exactly where I wanted it, and then
typed the text in.
I drew lines to separate the
categories in my navigation bars, and
I did that by using the line tool on the
left hand side.
I didnt use the stroke tool when
creating my assets.
I didnt use the shape tool when
creating my assets.
When I was editing my navigation
bars, I had to zoom out so I could see
the whole navigation bar. I used the
minus and plus key on the keyboard
to zoom in and out.
I didnt use the guides and rulers tool
whilst creating my assets.
I didnt use the grid tool when
creating my assets.
I didnt use the snap tool when
creating my assets.
I did use paletts whilst creating my
assets, and I did use the history tool
which is located at the top of the
page, and I edited the size of the
assets by using the transform tool

history, actions,
size, resolution;
Layers, e.g.
copying, saving,
arranging;
flattening;
colour selection,

Colour
selection, e.g.
foreground,
background,
colour swatch,
eyedropper
Editing tools:

Selection, e.g.
marquee, lasso,
magic wand,
magnetic lasso,
deselect;
Transform, e.g.
scale, rotate,
skew, flip; cut;
copy; paste;
crop; trim;
erase; undo; fill

which is on the edit drop down menu

at the top of the screen.
I copied and pasted layers when
drawing lines to separate the
navigation bars categories, and I did
this by putting the cursor over to the
layers in the bottom right corner of
the screen, then I clicked the right
button on the mouse, then copy
layer.
I used the eyedropper tool
frequently, to ensure that I got the
navy blue colour which is part of the
clubs colours.

I didnt use any of these tools

throughout the creation of my assets.

I copied and pasted layers when

drawing lines to separate the
navigation bars categories, and I did
this by putting the cursor over to the
layers in the bottom right corner of
the screen, then I clicked the right
button on the mouse, then copy
layer. I erased things I didnt want
by clicking the history button at the
top of the screen, where you get

presented with a menu, and you click

on the motion just before you made
that mistake.
Advanced

tools:
Effects, e.g.
layer effects,
filters, channels;
image
adjustments,
Image
adjustments,
e.g. brightness
and contrast,
hue and
saturation,
colour balance,
gradients,
transparency,
invert; masks;
Paths, e.g.
vector paths,
converting text
to paths; image
slicing.

I didnt use any effects during the

process of creating my assets.

I adjusted images by using the

transform tool which is on the drop
down menu when you hover the
cursor over edit.

I didnt use any paths during the

creation of my assets.