Click to enlarge photo
Handy Tools
& Shortcuts
Tools Shortcut Key
To Move ---------------------------------------V
To Zoom -------------------------------------- Z
To Type -------------------------------------- T
To Zoom IN ------------------------------ Ctrl & Plus (+)
To Zoom OUT---------------------------- Ctrl & Minus (-)
To change
Screen Display Modes --------- F
Opening a New Photoshop File & Page Settings
(Applies to
Adobe Photoshop Elements 5.0 also)
·
Open up a new page using - File / New Option
· Set
the Preset Option in the menu to International Paper
and Size to A4
·
Set the Resolution to 200
Pixels / inch (Minimum)
· Set
the Colour mode to RGB Color / 8 Bit and Background
Contents to White
· Start
adding images / texts and effects to your graphic page.
Separating
an Image from the Background
(Applies to
Adobe Photoshop Elements 5.0 also)
·
To Start with make sure you have
selected the Correct Background Layer /
Image to work on from the layer panel on the right hand side of the
Photoshop Home Screen.
·
Select the Polygonal Lasso tool 
from the Tool Bar
from the Tool Bar
·
Click on the Border of the
image that you want to separate to set the starting point
·
Draw an outline of the image
that you want to separate by clicking the mouse at short lines until you
reach the starting point
·
When you finish, join the outline
to the starting point to see the image highlighted .
·
Press Ctrl+Alt+D to
apply Feather Radius (To Smoothen the Edges of the separated Image)
·
Enter Value 3, Click OK
·
Press Ctrl+Alt+J to
separate the image from the background layer.
·
Now you should see a new
seperated layer of the image added to the Layer Panel
· Press
Ctrl+S to save the document in .PSD format (PSD -
Photoshop Document with Layers for future Editing)
Changing Background Colour of the Image
(Applies to
Adobe Photoshop Elements 5.0 also)
·
Open up a new page using - File / New Option
· Set
the Preset Option in the menu to International Paper
and Size to A4
·
Set the Resolution to 200
Pixels / inch (Minimum)
· Set
the Colour mode to RGB Color / 8 Bit and Background
Contents to White
·
Drag the Seperated Image to
the centre of the new page
·
Press Ctrl+T to enable
the Frame Buttons
·
Hold Down Shift + Alt keys and drag the right top corner button to
enlarge or fit the image to the page proportionately
·
Select the Background layer
from the layer Panel
·
Use the Background Colour
Picker from the tool bar to choose the desired colour
·
Go to Edit/Fill option and select Use/Background Colour
from the drop down menu, Click OK
· Press
Ctrl+S to save the document in .PSD format (PSD -
Photoshop Document with Layers for future Editing)
Cropping / Resizing Images
(Applies to
Adobe Photoshop Elements 5.0 also)
· Select the Crop Tool 
from the Tool Bar
from the Tool Bar
·
Now,
drag the Crop Tool to draw rectangular area to select part of
image that you want to Keep
·
Press Enter Key to apply the crop / resize effect
to the image.
·
Press Ctrl+S to save the document
Rotating
Images
·
Open up a new page using - File / New Option
·
Drag the Image
to the New Page
·
Press Ctrl+T to enable
the Frame Buttons
·
Move the mouse cursor outside
the Image to enable the Rotate Tool
·
Rotate the Image
at the desired level
·
Press Enter to apply
Applying Effects
·
Select the layer for the Image
/ Text that you want the effect to be applied to
·
Go to Layer / Layer Style
· Select
the Style from the menu and adjust the parameters according to the
desired levels.
· Click
OK to apply
Applying Texture Effects & Filters
·
Select the Layer (Background / Image) that you want the
effect to be applied to
·
Go to Filter, Select the Filter that you wish
to apply
·
Preview and Adjust the parameters to the desired level
·
Click OK to apply the
Effect
- Akshay
(Photo and information provided by Greenford High School)
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