Transcript Photoshop CS4 Made Easy

Photoshop CS4
Made Easy
Tutorial
PhotoShop Tools
Lightening Dark Photos
Objective: Lighten the photograph
• Open “lightening dark photos.jpg”
• Choose Image>Adjustments>
Shadows/Highlights
• To lighten areas, drag the Shadows slider to
the right.
• Click OK when done
• Save As “ lightening dark photos.jpg” to your
portfolio
PhotoShop Tools
Darkening Light Photos
Objective: Make boat appear as it is headed
into a storm
• Open “darkening light photos.jpg”
• Choose Image>Adjustments>
Shadow/Hightlights
• To darken areas, drag the Highlights slider to
the right
• Click OK
• Save As “darkening light photos.jpg” to your
portfolio
PhotoShop Tools
Healing Brush Tool
Objective: Remove Wrinkles and Skin Blemishes
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Open “healing brush image 1.jpg” and “healing.jpg”
Select the healing brush tool. Be careful not to select the spot healing brush tool.
They look the same
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Choose a small sized brush diameter from the option bar
Zoom in on the photography
Hold the ALT key down and click on a bright colored pigment tone.
This will select a pigment tone and now you can just use the mouse to click and
wash out any wrinkles, scars, or dark colors under the eyes
Save as “healing brush image 1.jpg” and “healing.jpg”
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PhotoShop Tools
Spot Healing Brush Tool
Objective: Remove items from a picture
• Open Spot Healing Brush Image 1 and 2
• Zoom in with the magnifying glass
• Click on the band-aid on the toolbar and select the Spot Healing
Brush Tool
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This tool does not require you to hold the ALT key down
Adjust the brush diameter from the option bar to brush size of 8
Make the pictures on the left look like the picture on the right by
washing out elements of the image with you mouse
Save both images to your portfolio as Spot Healing Brush 1 and
2
Practice What You Learned
• You are now to practice working with some of the tools
you learned today.
• Go to Google Images and complete a search for two
pictures that it would be good to use the healing brush
and spot healing brushes on.
• Save each of these pictures to your H: drive
• Open each picture in Photoshop and practice using your
new tools.
• Save each picture to your portfolio as practice 1 and
practice 2 when complete.