Chapter 2

Learning Photoshop Basics

Chapter Lessons

• Use organizational and management features• Use the Layers and History panel• Learn about Photoshop by using Help• View and print an image

Using Organizational and Management Features

• CS Live lets you connect to Acrobat.com– Button on the Photoshop Menu bar

• Acrobat.com makes it possible to organize your work

Using Metadata and Keywords• Metadata is

descriptive information about a file

• Keywords are used to filter images

The Complexity of Projects

• What does the client want?– The job should be done yesterday– It should be unbelievably cheap– The quality should be great

Project Management Principles

Use the Layers & History Panels Understanding Layers

• What are layers?– A section within an image that can be

manipulated independently– Use layers to control individual

elements in an image

Layers Panel

• The order in which the layers appear in the Layers panel matches the order in which they appear in the image

Layers Panel

Currently active layer

History Panel

• The History panel contains a record of each task completed in an image

• The record of an event is called a state• The History panel displays up to 20 states

Learn about Photoshop by Using Help

• Photoshop Help information appears in a browser window

• You can click a topic on the left side of the window or enter a keyword in the Search text box

View and Print an Image

• Use the Zoom tool to change views—up to a maximum of 1600%

View and Print an Image

• Use the File Info dialog box to make notes for other users

Create a Web Gallery

• Use the Output panel in Adobe Bridge