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Digital and Interactive Media

Photo Editing Basics

The Basics Vocabulary

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Photo Editing Softwareo Programs that allow you to

• Retouch photographs• Merge and edit color images• Create collages or original artwork

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The Basics Vocabulary

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.BMP – Bitmap .PDF – Generic Portable Document Format .GIF – Graphics Interchange Format .EPS – Encapsulated PostScript .TIF – Tagged Image Format .JPEG – Picture Format


Menu Bar

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Menu commands that are followed by ellipses (...) indicate a dialog box where you can enter additional settings.

Menu commands that are followed by a right pointing arrow indicate a submenu of related commands.


Palettes

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Palettes are small windows used to verify settings and modify images.

By default, palettes appear in stacked groups at the right edge of the window.

Palettes can be moved or separated.

Each palette contains a menu that can be viewed by clicking the right arrow in the menu’s upper-right corner.


Palettes

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Palettes hold frequently used tabs and options so that the menu bar is used less often.

When you first open the photo editing software, the palettes are stacked along the right edge of your screen in palette groups.

Palette groups can be moved around in the workspace by clicking on the title bar and dragging.

Each palette group has a collapse and a close button in the title bar.


Layers Palette

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Most images are composed of multiple layers.

The Layers palette displays all layers within an open image.

You can use the Layers palette to create, delete, merge, copy, and reposition layers.

The effect created by using layers is similar to what you see when you look at a stack of clear plastic sheets.

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Layers

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They are images or effects overlaid on top of one another.

The standard kind of layer is called simply "Layer" in most programs. It contains just a picture which can be superimposed on another one.

A layer can have a certain transparency/opacity and a number of other properties.


History Palette

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Each action you perform during an editing session is recorded and made visible in the History palette.

The History palette tracks recent changes made within an image.

You can remove actions from the History palette.


Tool Bar

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The Tool Bar contains tools associated with frequently used editing commands.

Some tools are hidden from view; these tools are indicated by a small triangle in the lower-right corner of the tool.

To display a hidden tool, click and hold down the mouse button for a few seconds.


Move Tool

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Use the Move tool to move a selection or an entire image.

Use the Alt key with the Move tool to copy an image.

Use the Shift key with the Move tool to move a selection horizontally.


Selections

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Any area in an image surrounded by a Marquee is a selection.

There are several selection tools, includingo Marquee, Magic Wand and Lasso

Use the Select menu to deselect a Marquee or save a selection.

Use the Inverse Selection option to reverse the selection area.

Use the Shift key to add to a selection area. Use the Alt key to subtract from a selection

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Selection Tools

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Rectangular Marquee Tool (use with the Shift key to select a proportional square)

Elliptical Marquee Tool Single Row Marquee Tool Single Column Marquee Tool


Selection Tools Magnetic Lasso Tool Lasso Tool Polygon Lasso Tool Magic Wand Tool

When selecting with the Marquee tool, hold the spacebar to reposition the selection without having to release the mouse button.


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Paint Brush

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The Paint Brush tool is used for many things, including An actual paint brush A way to add custom shapes in a variety

of shapes and rotations A masking tool


Paint Bucket

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The Paint Bucket tool fills in a background or selection area.


Foreground/Background

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The tiny arrow to the top right allows you to swap foreground and background colors.

The tiny black and white swatch symbol to the lower left allows you to reset the colors to the default of black foreground and white background.

To change a color, click on either the foreground or background color swatch and select a new color in the color picker.


Documents

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