Learning Basic Photoshop FIRST TIME Chapter 9 part 1

Chapter 9: Editing Images • Using the Painting and Drawing Tools • Brushes • Gradient Editor Using the Painting and Drawing ToolsPhotoshop ’s Drawing  Tools are very powerful.  For each Tool, there are sets of options (on the Options  Bar) you use to define how the Tool operates.  To use Photoshop effectively you should be familiar with all the fundamentals and use them in combination to create images for the Internet.  As we progress through the Drawing  Tools we’re going to use the image you created earlier we namedFirstImage.  Open Photoshop  and load FirstImage.  If you didn’t save FirstImage create a new image at 300x250, 72ppi, RGB, transparent background.  As you read this section, try the tools and options out on your image.  You might want to make a separate Layer  for each brush you experiment with. Brushes When you use any of the Painting Tools, it’s a good idea to select a brush size and shape immediately.  {Click} theBrushesTab in the Options  Bar. The Brushes Palette consists of a series of circular and irregular shaped brushes of various sizes.  The edges of the brush shapes vary from solid to soft.  Select a brush by {Clicking} on it.  If you set Painting Cursors  to Brush Size  under Preferences /Painting Cursors the mouse pointer will change to an outline of the brush shape you selected at the size you selected when you pass it over the Image Window . To create a new brush, {Click} the Options  Triangle and select New Brush.  Adjust Diameter, Hardness, (of the edge), Spacing (how much space is placed between each instance of the brush shape as you paint) Angle, (orientation of the shape), and Roundness (from circular to oval shapes).  The basis for your new brush is the currently selected brush shape.  You can save your brushes by selecting Options Triangle/Save Brushes.  To Load your brushes, or one of Photoshop ’s included Brush Sets select Options Triangle/Load Brushes and navigate to the location you store your brushes.  Photoshop’s included Brush Sets are located in Photoshop/Goodies/Brushes. To modify an existing brush, {Click} the brush shape and select Options  Triangle/Brush Options.  You can adjust the brush just as you create a new brush.  Modifying the default brushes isn’t recommended. To reset the Brushes to default select Options  Triangle/Reset Brushes. SwatchesThe Swatches  Palette defaults to a broad spectrum of available colors.  To choose or pick a color {Click} on a color swatch.  The color you select replaces the currentForeground Color. The Swatches  Palette

To Load a custom set of swatches select Options  Triangle/Load Swatches .  Adobe has also included a variety of various print-ready and web-safe Swatch sets for your convenience.   To reset your Swatches Paletteback to it’s default setting select Options Triangle/Reset Swatches. Adobe has increased the functionality of the Swatches Palette by allowing you to list the individual names or color codes for each Swatch.  This makes the process of choosing and referencing colors that much easier than it was before.  To list the Swatch Labels select Options  Triangle/Small List. The Swatches  Palette with Details Listed

Color PaletteThe Color Palette  is an interactive color mixer consisting of Color Sliders, Color Fields, Foreground and Backgroundswatches, and the Color Ramp.  Make sure you are in the RGB spectrum by selecting Options  Triangle/RGB Spectrum and Options Triangle/RGB Sliders.  The Color Palette To create colors simply {Click} and drag the Red, Green, or Blue sliders.  You can also {Click} and drag in theColor Ramp or input color values manually into the ColorFields.  {Click} on the Foreground Color swatch to change the Foreground Color.  {Click} on the Background Color swatch to change the Background Color. The Styles  PaletteThe Styles  Palette  contains prepackaged and customStyles that can be applied to shapes and text.   We’ll be looking at this Palette in depth in a later chapter. The Styles Palette

Airbrush Tool The Airbrush Tool  effectively sprays color onto an image, similar to painting with a can of Spray Paint.  Imagine the mouse button is the nozzle you press down and hold as you spray.  The longer you spray a particular area the more opaque or dense the color or paint becomes.  In other words, as you apply increased or consistent pressure the density of the color increases.  When you use the Airbrush Tool” you should select an appropriate brush and color and then use the Options  Bar to set the brush’s behavior. Airbrush Options The Options  Bar for the Airbrush contains Brush, Blend Mode , Pressure, and Brush Dynamic controls. Airbrush Options PressureThe Pressure setting regulates the speed at which the selected color builds opacity as you hold the mouse button down.   Reducing the value extends the time it takes for the color to reach full opacity.

Brush Dynamics  The Brush Dynamics dialog box applies to many of the Paint tools in the Toolbox .  It adjusts and modifies the way these tools apply color to an image. {Click} on the Brush Dynamics Icon to review your options. The Brush Dynamics dialog box Inputting values in the Size Drop Down Menu  will force your paint stroke  to decrease in size as you apply color.  The number of “steps” you enter affects the amount of time you have to keep the mouse button depressed.   Input a value greater than 0 to activate the Fade option.   The Pressure setting will gradually decrease the amount of pressure used to apply paint to 0.  The color setting will gradually transition the applied paint color from the foreground to background color.  The Stylus option is only applicable if you use aGraphic  Tablet for design. Size Fade Pressure Fade Color Fade

Paintbrush Tool The Paintbrush Tool applies color to your image instantly, with a{Single-Click}, unlike the AirbrushTool which requires holding the mouse button down for a certain amount of time to match the color of the swatch. Paintbrush OptionsLike the AirbrushTool, the Paintbrush has options for Blend Mode and Fade.  There are also Opacity  and Wet Edges controls. Paintbrush Options

Opacity Opacity  sets the level of opacity.  100% is full opacity.  0% is full transparency. Wet EdgesChecking Wet Edges creates paint strokes that are translucent in the center with a solid outline at the edge, similar to painting by fingers. A normal paint stroke A paint stroke  with wet edges applied

Rubber Stamp Tool  The Rubber Stamp Tool operates like the Paintbrush Tool except that rather than selecting a color to paint with, you select an area of the image to duplicate or clone by {Alt/Option-Clicking} the area you wish to duplicate.  As you paint with the Rubber Stamp Tool a cross-hair passes over the area you’ve selected for your reference.  The size of the brush you select in the Brushes Palette determines the size or radius of the cloning area.  The Rubber Stamp tool is an outstanding tool for retouching photographs. Rubber Stamp OptionsOptions  include Blend Mode , Opacity , Use All Layers , and Aligned. Rubber Stamp Options

AlignedCheck Aligned to force the cross-hair to follow the Rubber Stamp regardless of how many times you {Click} and{Re-Click}.  When Aligned is unchecked the cross-hair returns to original position after you have released the mouse button and {Click} again to resume.

Use All LayersCheck Use All Layers  to duplicate visible image data in all Layers.  Uncheck to duplicate the image data of the currently active Layer .

“miyajima.psd”

the people at the base of the gate removed with the

Rubber Stamp tool in “miyajimaretouched.psd”

The Rubber Stamp Tool is not limited to duplicating image data into the same image or a single Layer .  You can{Alt-Click} in one Image Window  and duplicate the contents into another Image Window or another Layer. Open the landscape.psd image from the chapter006 folder and practice using the Rubber Stamp Tool.  Try to add and remove trees and rocks.  Duplicate  elements from landscape.psd into a new Layer  of FirstImage. Pattern Stamp Tool  The Pattern Stamp  Tool paints or repeats a pattern.  You use the Rectangular Marquee  Tool to define patterns in Photoshop . Defining a PatternUsing the landscape image create a rectangular selection around one of the trees.  Select Edit/Define Pattern.  There are no limits on the size or content of the pattern, but it must be rectangular.  Photoshop  stores the pattern you’ve just defined for use by any of the Tools that use patterns, such as the Pattern Stamp  Tool in a menu in the Options  Bar.  {Click} on the Pattern Menu  button to access your defined pattern in addition to a range of preset patterns.  {Clicking} on the Options Triangle in thePattern Menu will allow you to add to, delete, rename, and reset the Patterns available. The tree pattern we have created is added to the Pattern Menu

Painting with the Pattern Stamp ToolPaint with the Pattern Stamp  Tool as you do with thePaintbrush Tool.  You’ll notice that the pattern you just defined is painted and repeated.  Use Opacity  in theOptions  Bar to control opacity. History Brush Tool  The History Brush Tool operates like the Paintbrush Toolexcept that rather than selecting a color to paint with, you select a History State  to restore as you paint.  To illustrate how the History Brush Tool works we’re going to apply two filters to the toy image (filters are covered later) and then use the History Brush to restore particular areas of the image to previous States.

Open the toy image from the chapter006 folder. Select Filter/Artistic/Watercolor. Watercolor Filter dialog box Make Brush Detail 14, Shadow Intensity 0, and Texture 3.  {Click} OK.  The filter is applied, changing the look of the image from a photograph to a painting.

Select Filter/Brush Strokes/Crosshatch. Crosshatch Filter dialog box Make Stroke Length 30, Sharpness 6, and Strength 3. {Click} OK.  The filter is applied, changing the image to a distorted sketch. Examine the History Palette .  You’ll notice that both the Watercolor and Crosshatch filters are listed as States.  To get rid of the Crosshatch effect on the one of the toys select the History Brush Tool, select a brush size, and select 100% opacity.   {Click} the Toggle Box in theWatercolor State.   A History Brush icon appears.  Paint over the toy of your choice.  The Watercolor State of the image is restored as you paint.

Art History Brush  The Art History Brush  Tool operates like the History Brush Tool with additional brush or paint effects.  Like the History Brush, the Art History Brush samples data from a History State  of your choice. Art History Brush Options You can produce various natural media effects by changing the Blend Mode , Opacity , Paint Style , Fidelity, Area, andSpacing control in the Options  Bar.  Experiment with different settings to learn how they affect your image. Specialized Art History Brush Options

Paint StyleSelect from Tight Short, Tight Medium, Tight Long, Loose Medium, Loose Long, Dab, Tight Curl, Tight Curl Long, Loose Curl, and Loose Curl Long to define the shape of your brush strokes. FidelityFidelity determines how the currently selected Foreground Color mixes with the color in the selected History State . AreaArea determines how much of the image is covered by your paint strokes and the frequency of stroke  effects. SpacingSpacing determines the limitations of your strokes based on color variations.  Increasing the value limits your strokes to area of similar color.  Decreasing the value broadens the range of color your strokes affect.