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Adobe Photoshop CC: The Professional Portfolio
Project 4:
City Promotion CardsCreating new files
Manipulating pixels
Working with text
Creating style with layers
Working in 3D
Adobe Photoshop CC: The Professional Portfolio
Creating a New File
File>New (Command/Control-N)
Define – Physical size
– Resolution
– Color mode
– Background contents (if any)
– Color profile
Adobe Photoshop CC: The Professional Portfolio
Foreground/Background Colors
Click a swatch in the Tools panel
Color Picker:– Define numerically
– Sample from the document window
Changes do not affect existing file until you apply the selected colors
Adobe Photoshop CC: The Professional Portfolio
Content-Aware Scaling
Edit>Content-Aware ScaleAutomatically detects areas of detailProtect areas based on existing masksProtect skin tones
Adobe Photoshop CC: The Professional Portfolio
Content-Aware Move tool
Adobe Photoshop CC: The Professional Portfolio
Blur Gallery
Discrete interface
On-screen controls
Adobe Photoshop CC: The Professional Portfolio
Working with Type
Adobe Photoshop CC: The Professional Portfolio
Working with Type (cont’d)
Move tool moves entire type layer
Edit>Free Transform does not rasterize the type layer– Type remains editable (“live”)
– Transformations are applied to type formatting options
– Can’t apply custom warps to live text
Adobe Photoshop CC: The Professional Portfolio
Type Formatting
New type layer adopts existing type settings
Character options = only selected characters
Paragraph options = entire paragraph (between two ¶ symbols) where characters are selected
Adobe Photoshop CC: The Professional Portfolio
Point Type
Click to create a new type layer
Type is oriented around the point where you click
Adobe Photoshop CC: The Professional Portfolio
Area Type
Click and drag to create area type layer
Drag defines “frame” within which type flows
Type tool: – Drag bounding-box
handles to change flow of type in area
Move tool:– Drag handles
to transform type layer
Adobe Photoshop CC: The Professional Portfolio
Type Styles
All formatting options in one click
Click to apply
Import from other files
Clear overrides
Adobe Photoshop CC: The Professional Portfolio
Rasterizing Type
Options in type layer contextual menu:– Rasterize Type =
Pixels in shape of text
– Convert to Shape = Vector shape layer
Makes text non-editable
Convert to Smart Object – Treat as pixels without
rasterizing
– Maintains “live” text in Smart Object file
Adobe Photoshop CC: The Professional Portfolio
Locking Layers
Adobe Photoshop CC: The Professional Portfolio
Working in 3D
Must have OpenGL Video capability
Vocabulary:– Z axis
– Meshes/Wireframes
– Materials
– Lighting
– Camera Position
Adobe Photoshop CC: The Professional Portfolio
3D Workspace
Adobe Photoshop CC: The Professional Portfolio
Layer Comps
Save active states of layers in a file
Saves visibility, position, and layer style appearance
Does NOT save settings of smart filters
Export using built-in script
