Photoshop CS Tutorial

Tutorial 1
Lesson 1: Basic Touch Up (apple.psd) 1. Open apple.psd file 2. Using Magic Wand tool, select the image background. 3. Select the Gradient tool (G), and choose appropriate attribute from the gradient option bar. Apply the gradient.

4. Experiment with these tools: a. Blur b. Sharpen c. Smudge d. Dodge (brighten colour) e. Burn (Darken Color) f. Sponge (Desaturate Dull Saturate Polish) Note: You must select the brush size that you want to work with.

Lesson 2: Working with Text (apple.psd) 1. Select the Horizontal Type tool (T). Choose appropriate attributes (font size, font colour, font type etc) from the Type option bar. Write the word APPLE. You could experiment your work with Vertical Type tool.

2. Masking Text: Select the Horizontal Type Mask Tool. Write the word Apple at the middle of the image (make sure your font size is big enough to see). 3. Move the word Apple to see the result of Type Mask Tool. Tip: The result is better observed when you drag the word into another .psd file. Note: Observe that Photoshop CS automatically create a new layer for Type.

Updated By : T.J.Iskandar Abd Aziz @ 2009 Prepared By: Nazrita Ibrahim and Noor Fardela Zainal Abidin 2005

Photoshop CS Tutorial

Lesson 3: Selection and color fill ( ranch house.psd ) 1. Open the ranch house.psd file 2. To change the colour mode, from the menu bar, Image -> Mode -> CMYK 3. Create a new layer. 4. Make selection using magnetic lasso tool. 5. To preserve selection, from the menu bar, Select > Save selection. A Save Selection dialog box will appear. Name your selection and click the OK button

6. To preserve the texture, from the layer palette, select overlay blending mode (for black and white image) or color blending mode (for coloured image). 7. Choose paint bucket tool, select foreground color and fill the selection made.

Lesson 4: Cloning (tree.psd) 1. Open the tree.psd file. 2. Duplicate the background layer. 3. Select Clone Stamp Tool. Click ALT + Click to choose the color that we want to clone. 4. Click other area to start cloning

Lesson 5: Patching (duck.psd) 1. Open the duck.psd file. 2. Select the patch tool 3. Select the area you want to repair, (make sure you select Source in the options bar.) Drag the selection to the area from which you want to sample. OR 4. Select the area you want to sample, (make sure you select Destination in the options bar.) 5. Drag the selection to the area from which you want to clone.

Updated By : T.J.Iskandar Abd Aziz @ 2009 Prepared By: Nazrita Ibrahim and Noor Fardela Zainal Abidin 2005

Photoshop CS Tutorial

Lesson 6: Quick Mask (bride.psd ) 1. Open the bride.psd file 2. Duplicate background layer. 3. Switch to quick mask mode, mask the bride using brush tool. 4. Switch back to normal mode, apply filter to background.

Lesson 7: Working with shape 1. Open a new .psd file. Set the Present to 1024 x 768 resolution. Color Mode to CMYK, and Background Contents to Transparent. 2. From the toolbox. Select the rectangle tool. From the option bar, make sure you select the Shape Layer icon. 3. Set the foreground colour to red. Draw a rectangle on the canvas. 4. Now click on the Subtract from area icon.

5. Draw another rectangle inside the previously drawn rectangle. 6. From the layer palette, right click and choose Blending option.

7. A Layer Style dialog box will appear. 8. Select Bevel and Emboss. 9. Set the selection to match the following option.

Updated By : T.J.Iskandar Abd Aziz @ 2009 Prepared By: Nazrita Ibrahim and Noor Fardela Zainal Abidin 2005

Photoshop CS Tutorial

10. Now click the Add to shape area icon.

11. Click on the Rectangle on the toolbar. Add the rectangle to the top of the existing shape. 12. Click on the Create new shape layer icon.

13. You could write text on the final image.

Updated By : T.J.Iskandar Abd Aziz @ 2009 Prepared By: Nazrita Ibrahim and Noor Fardela Zainal Abidin 2005